Wheelharp - Nicholas Pike

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  • @TheHeadHunter1000
    @TheHeadHunter1000 8 років тому +617

    Good lord. It like the essence of human sorrow in an instrument. The eerie sharp vibrato adds so much more empathy to the notes. Almost as if it was a last breath.

    • @redraven24
      @redraven24 7 років тому +32

      This is the most accurate and most poetic comment on here. And I totally agree...it does sound like a sorrowful last breath in the form of a song. Which to my melancholy artist's heart sounds deeply beautiful. Thanks for commenting!

    • @WichyBaldwin
      @WichyBaldwin 5 років тому +2

      😐🤢

    • @MikeyLikey95
      @MikeyLikey95 3 роки тому +11

      Yeah... somebody definitely put a human soul in this instrument.

    • @jokestermasteroflaughter7754
      @jokestermasteroflaughter7754 3 роки тому +3

      @@MikeyLikey95
      Yea it’s screaming in anguish and misery

    • @LeakyJAZZ
      @LeakyJAZZ 3 роки тому +1

      it's not vibrato, it's a harmonic

  • @GigabyteGhostieGG
    @GigabyteGhostieGG 8 років тому +66

    This could literally be an instrument used to describe a looming monster or a deity with not the best intentions or when something horrible is unfolding.
    _I love it._

  • @wizardmix
    @wizardmix 9 років тому +1809

    Like a glass harmonica but with chalkboards and teeth.

    • @paullambert7840
      @paullambert7840 9 років тому +48

      +Evan J I think your comparison is completely unfair but it made me laugh (in fact, I'm still chuckling at it as I write this), so you get a thumbs-up to your comment. (...still giggling).

    • @wizardmix
      @wizardmix 9 років тому +25

      Paul Lambert :) I actually like the way it sounds.

    • @LesterSmith
      @LesterSmith 9 років тому +11

      +Evan J Damn! I almost snorted hummus and chips out my nose reading that. :D

    • @paullambert7840
      @paullambert7840 9 років тому +3

      Lester Smith I know, right? It's hilarious.

    • @alphonsbretagne8468
      @alphonsbretagne8468 9 років тому

      +Evan J Made me laughing so hard! Thank you!

  • @alvagoldbook2
    @alvagoldbook2 8 років тому +450

    That's the most terrifying sounding instrument ever.

    • @sIpoolguy
      @sIpoolguy 8 років тому +4

      record previously held by the waterphone lol

    • @jorgesebastian1262
      @jorgesebastian1262 8 років тому +44

      I think it is beautiful

    • @Blitzentine
      @Blitzentine 8 років тому +13

      I still think the waterphone holds it. That or Justin Beiber's vocal chords.

    • @ZethKeeper
      @ZethKeeper 7 років тому +3

      Try octobass.

    • @Tryacc100
      @Tryacc100 7 років тому +2

      uhhh apprehension engine?

  • @RADIOACTIVEBUNY
    @RADIOACTIVEBUNY 9 років тому +469

    This is what the apocalypse sounds like. What a dark instrument.

    • @djeze6333
      @djeze6333 9 років тому +4

      +RADIOACTIVEBUNY BACH- TOCCATA AND FUGUE I THINK HE SHOULD PLAY THAT SONG!!!!!!!!!!

    • @RubyDragon-ed8xx
      @RubyDragon-ed8xx 8 років тому

      +DJ EZE Oh come on m8 lol

    • @RubyDragon-ed8xx
      @RubyDragon-ed8xx 8 років тому

      +DJ EZE I can slightly agree with you on that there

    • @alexisreichenbach3180
      @alexisreichenbach3180 5 років тому +1

      Listen to the Waterphone. It’s way worser.

    • @lsswappedcessna
      @lsswappedcessna 5 років тому +1

      Hey, I was just thinking this gave me a post-apocalyptic bayou feeling.

  • @johnmadden5933
    @johnmadden5933 2 роки тому +47

    9 years later I keep coming back to this, it's a hauntingly beautiful piece, on a hauntingly beautiful instrument.

    • @TheSCIOnce
      @TheSCIOnce Рік тому +1

      I find myself back here every couple of months. It almost haunts me I adore it.

  • @paullambert7840
    @paullambert7840 9 років тому +386

    Eerily beautiful. I see a lot of negative comments about the instrument, but it's really a soulful, sad, elegant sound.

    • @bveracka
      @bveracka 8 років тому +7

      +SvartSjel I absolutely agree there. He's playing in C minor and the instrument obviously lends itself to eerie minor key parts. If you tried to play a song in C major like Beethoven's 9th, your opinion would differ.

    • @doyoulikeveggies
      @doyoulikeveggies 8 років тому +10

      >Beethoven's 9th
      >C major
      ?????

    • @bveracka
      @bveracka 8 років тому +5

      Dylan (laughs) Sorry about that confusion! I should've just said "any major key piece" as this instrument obviously lends itself to 'darker' sounding pieces. I *believe* I confused #9 with the 8th symphony. I don't listen to classical music as often as I once did, and it's been many years since music appreciation classes I'm in a world/ethnic/cultural music phase these past few years.

    • @doyoulikeveggies
      @doyoulikeveggies 8 років тому +2

      *F major

    • @indigoskywalker
      @indigoskywalker 2 роки тому +1

      absolutely, it is perfect for the score

  • @eshock753
    @eshock753 3 роки тому +265

    We're one step closer to having an entire orchestra composed of hurdy gurdys. We just need something deeper than the Wheelharp, and something slightly higher pitched than the normal hurdy gurdy.

    • @shaunweiss8949
      @shaunweiss8949 2 роки тому +19

      Viola organista. It is like an entire bowed string section as a piano.

    • @jamesrosewell9081
      @jamesrosewell9081 Рік тому +2

      I think my ears would bleed

    • @calliopeshif7581
      @calliopeshif7581 10 місяців тому +5

      ​@@jamesrosewell9081from the sheer beauty of it all?

  • @tealosophy
    @tealosophy 8 років тому +420

    Hurdy Gurdy from hell

  • @WatchdogGoon
    @WatchdogGoon 8 років тому +52

    This sounds like someone choking on a harmonica.
    I love it!

  • @walpurgis943
    @walpurgis943 10 років тому +754

    this thing
    sounds like an orchestra of tortured violins playing a lullaby for Mephistopheles
    it's just abhorrent and screechy and discordant
    I love it.

    • @thegod.-.1550
      @thegod.-.1550 7 років тому +2

      Making-a-Mulligan boi

    • @Ucceah
      @Ucceah 6 років тому +4

      it's quite posssibly the rarest, most demanding, and least pleassant string instrument out there.

    • @whalesong999
      @whalesong999 5 років тому +1

      Like cellos who are suffering some depression .....

    • @heathermiller6046
      @heathermiller6046 4 роки тому

      @Making-a-Mulligan That made me laugh so hard 😄 I love the description

    • @lord21112
      @lord21112 4 роки тому

      Hi there it is 2020

  • @0prahTV
    @0prahTV 8 років тому +96

    how to be hated by your neighbors 101

  • @NicholasMarkovich
    @NicholasMarkovich 8 років тому +438

    Everybody in the comments is hating the sound of this instrument, but I think it's beautiful.

    • @SuperStev007
      @SuperStev007 8 років тому +12

      agreed

    • @thatonethattalksalot7656
      @thatonethattalksalot7656 8 років тому +6

      Nicholas Markovich
      it's the way the guy is playing it that is making everyone hate it! if he played something sad or beautiful out of this thing then people would really appreciate it!

    • @User-xn8cx
      @User-xn8cx 8 років тому +1

      Nicholas Markovich yea it's really cool sounding instrumental very unique

    • @PhoenyxRysing
      @PhoenyxRysing 8 років тому +15

      It is really pretty...Rather dark and sorrowful, but it could just be what he's playing. Reminds me a bit of 'The Impossible Planet' form Doctor Who.

    • @zorakandbrac
      @zorakandbrac 7 років тому +4

      Dani Stevens unique doesn't necessarily mean good.

  • @Nevatis_
    @Nevatis_ 8 років тому +30

    I love how dark it sounds

  • @spidaminida
    @spidaminida 8 років тому +71

    That would be magnificent incidental music for a horror film...

  • @InstrumentManiac
    @InstrumentManiac 8 років тому +17

    Interesting instrument! Although limited in dynamic and vibrato control you gain essentially an entire string quartet in one instrument. It also has a bellow quality to it without being a wind instrument which is cool

  • @videoboy331
    @videoboy331 8 років тому +1768

    Sounds like a bagpipe trying to be a string instrument😂😂

    • @777fiddlekrazy
      @777fiddlekrazy 7 років тому +13

      the intonation is off!

    • @Raxerm
      @Raxerm 7 років тому +24

      I hear that too, but I feel like it just adds to a dissonans that still gets resolved occassionally at the tones that happen to be better in tune with eachother

    • @pablitoandsons
      @pablitoandsons 7 років тому +6

      you didnt understand the joke

    • @EadsJasper
      @EadsJasper 7 років тому

      lmao good one

    • @KarMa-lx6oq
      @KarMa-lx6oq 7 років тому +1

      LOLOLOLOL. No offense, but maybe a accordian instead.

  • @duncangrant4580
    @duncangrant4580 8 років тому +18

    I'm afraid the sound this instrument produces brings back memories of the 'music' produced by the junior school orchestra my children used to play in...

  • @Fixti0n
    @Fixti0n 8 років тому +154

    It sounds awefull!, where can i get one?

    • @toxichipnotic9943
      @toxichipnotic9943 8 років тому +12

      +Fixti0n Some off music stores will carry them or you can find a person to make a custom one. Ive always loved the hauntingly horrific beauty a wheelharp can bestow into ones soul, its always made me calm :)

    • @happypiano4810
      @happypiano4810 4 роки тому +1

      Ha!

  • @cosmalad
    @cosmalad 9 місяців тому +1

    I really like the general vibe of this instrument. Its "tortured" sound adds a level of melancholic depth I've been searching for in bizarre instruments for uears now.

  • @theblockbros1
    @theblockbros1 8 років тому +13

    Every atmospheric black metal intro needs this

  • @betoneiracromadarebaixada8187
    @betoneiracromadarebaixada8187 10 місяців тому +2

    It sounds like the pain of every living creature being turned into a song, it's nothing less than extraordinary

  • @shadow64100
    @shadow64100 7 років тому +6

    It's beautiful, it's a very emotional instrument. It's like it's telling a story, it somehow just connects with your mind to create this deep pain filled story that could bring you to tears and leave you without any words for explanation. I love the sound

  • @monkeygirl1894
    @monkeygirl1894 8 років тому +19

    I personally like it. Of course, it may not be the instrument of choice for most songs, but things dark and creepy, this would work wonders for.

    • @thatonethattalksalot7656
      @thatonethattalksalot7656 8 років тому

      Brittany McCarty this instrument would be best to play for any theme. not just for the darksided creepy and eirieness, but this would definitely replace bagpipe memorials soon!! it just depends on the touch of its player!

    • @williamdevlin5233
      @williamdevlin5233 7 років тому

      A lot less portable than bagpipes.

  • @belladonnanightshade4693
    @belladonnanightshade4693 8 років тому +113

    I NEED ONE. There's something beautiful about how ugly it sounds

    • @zorakandbrac
      @zorakandbrac 7 років тому +2

      Belladonna Nightshade 2edgy4me

    • @LoverOfManTits
      @LoverOfManTits 3 роки тому +2

      @@zorakandbrac wow you're so funny

    • @JohnBomboy
      @JohnBomboy 11 місяців тому +1

      Idk if you're still around. But I genuinely love people like you. I personally could barely stand it. But that's just me and that's okay. The fact there's people out there that can appreciate these and other kinds of things is what keeps creativity going. God knows I make music and sounds people would find grotesque. So I can't say this instrument is bad. Only that I'm not a fan.
      But good on you, man. Follow that joy and happiness. 👍

  • @jamsistired
    @jamsistired Рік тому +2

    I love the sounds it’s so screechy like an old tortured machine that is desperately trying its hardest to play its melody and share its message, despite the roughness and decay

  • @TheSlugJones
    @TheSlugJones 7 років тому +4

    This needs to be used in some horror games/movies. Lovely, creepy, eerie, haunting. Love it.

  • @DavidMartins1
    @DavidMartins1 5 років тому +1

    That blew me away. That has to be one of the most amazing sounds produced by an instrument...

  • @Kevn3000
    @Kevn3000 9 років тому +83

    It's like they took the screeching blackboard sounds and made a melody.

    • @Kevn3000
      @Kevn3000 9 років тому +3

      It kind of scares me a little bit actually

    • @MoviMakr
      @MoviMakr 9 років тому

      +Kevin R. Serrano It sounds like a burning gypsy caravan.

    • @Kevn3000
      @Kevn3000 9 років тому

      I have no idea what a gypsy caravan is or what it sounds like so I can't compare.

    • @markpettigrew3482
      @markpettigrew3482 9 років тому +1

      +Kevin R. Serrano -- I can see why the demo is given by a film composer.
      From Wikipedia:
      The wheelharp is a musical instrument with bowed strings controlled by a keyboard and foot-controlled motor, similar to Leonardo da Vinci's Viola organista, a keyboard-operated string instrument for continuously sounding strings by rubbing the strings with spinning wheels, powered by a treadle controlled by one foot of the musician. Created by Jon Jones and Mitchell Manger, the wheelharp debuted at the 2013 NAMM Show in Anaheim, California.
      According to the Wall Street Journal, it "looks and works like a cross between a harpsichord and a hurdy-gurdy: a motor driven wheel spins, rubbing against strings when the player depresses a key."

    • @MoviMakr
      @MoviMakr 9 років тому +1

      Kevin R. Serrano A caravan is a group of people traveling in mobile homes. Gypsies tend to enjoy music with accordions and fiddles. My simile was comparing the sound of those burning instruments and the screams of people to the sound of this instrument.

  • @kyleethekelt
    @kyleethekelt Рік тому +2

    It sounds like a cross between a hurdy-gurdy and a nyckelharpa. It also reminds me of an early synth, though electronica could never quite replicate the sound of a good analogue instrument. Wonderful.

  • @uzzwickg3415
    @uzzwickg3415 9 років тому +25

    holy shit, i love the sound, so atmospheric

  • @loughkb
    @loughkb 8 років тому +670

    I'm torn between the coolness of this unique instrument and the imagination it took to create, and the sound that it makes. Which, honestly, has dethroned Bagpipes as the most nerve grindingly uncomfortable noise man has made. ;-)

    • @HubrisInc
      @HubrisInc 8 років тому +62

      you take that back about bagpipes

    • @Omfgwhtavid
      @Omfgwhtavid 8 років тому +5

      bagpipes are shit

    • @danieljones23
      @danieljones23 8 років тому +21

      Actually, if you listen to some other recordings of music on this instrument, it is actually quite beautiful. I think it may sound terrible here because of the chords he uses, and probably the way he is playing it. After all, the piece he is playing is the theme from "Devil May Call," so it is entirely probable that he is playing that way on purpose.

    • @fujiyokocookiecutter
      @fujiyokocookiecutter 8 років тому +5

      I think it just needs more rosin.

    • @DrHokeyPokey
      @DrHokeyPokey 8 років тому +2

      It's like the opposite of "if it's stupid and it works..."

  • @moorooster223
    @moorooster223 8 років тому +270

    it would sound great for darker stuff, but I don't think you could make it sound elegant.

    • @chaejuru8596
      @chaejuru8596 8 років тому +24

      Don't forget, it was build by hand. This could be the beginning of an elegant instrument.
      But god damn, does it sound ugly! lol

    • @nater1625
      @nater1625 8 років тому +13

      Excuse me? This sounds like the things used to make the Fallout 4 soundtrack, which was absolute fantastic.

    • @samwallaceart288
      @samwallaceart288 8 років тому +8

      This would go good in a Tim Burton movie

    • @thatonethattalksalot7656
      @thatonethattalksalot7656 8 років тому +3

      Moo Rooster
      and it would sound great for a beautiful wedding song too! yeah!!

    • @Satchmoeddie
      @Satchmoeddie 8 років тому +26

      That depends on who you are marrying. Anyone marrying my ex, and I'll come and play for free!

  • @EverloyalSGK
    @EverloyalSGK 7 років тому +1

    I love this. I can imagine this being used well in a piece where you want something to sound both eerie and heartrending. Dark, yes, but beautiful in its own unpolished way.

  • @rippspeck
    @rippspeck 9 років тому +11

    Sounds like a distorted accordion layered with a cello to my layman's ears.
    Great sound!

    • @haleygregg674
      @haleygregg674 9 років тому

      Well it could be a cello or a base in different areas of the song

  • @winnerwinnerchickendinner8042
    @winnerwinnerchickendinner8042 8 років тому

    For a film score this would be perfect which is what it was created for. I'm not sure why so many people dislike it, it is unnerving on purpose, and does a brilliant job at doing what it was made for.

  • @Madison-bw7rn
    @Madison-bw7rn 8 років тому +10

    It's terrifying but beautiful.

  • @c_farther5208
    @c_farther5208 8 років тому +1

    I've never heard an instrument so haunting and beautiful. Thank you for sharing this with us.

  • @Yadoking-w4m
    @Yadoking-w4m 8 років тому +5

    Oh my god that instrument is so terrifying that its amazing! I WANT IT!!!

  • @hydraxisfrimon9785
    @hydraxisfrimon9785 Рік тому

    LOVE IT!!! Like wind blowing across an amazing landscape of exposed souls yearning to speak. Fabulous!!!

  • @BobertJunior1025
    @BobertJunior1025 8 років тому +91

    Everyone hating on the instrument because it doesn't sound perfect and clear. Why would we need another instrument that can do that? We have plenty of them already.

    • @hezechiahjones8365
      @hezechiahjones8365 8 років тому +11

      But we also don't need a music that sounds like scraping a chalkboard.

    • @BobertJunior1025
      @BobertJunior1025 8 років тому +17

      crazyguywithasword Maybe you dont.

    • @Jack-rn3rm
      @Jack-rn3rm 8 років тому +12

      Instruments should range from clear sounding to scratchy and metallic. It's all subjective and will change from time to time, from genre to genre.

    • @arthasmenethil9605
      @arthasmenethil9605 8 років тому +4

      Music is supposed to be beautiful. This isn't. It's a cool idea but it just doesn't SOUND good. This sounds like dragging 1.000.000 cats down a highway, it's horrendous.

    • @Jack-rn3rm
      @Jack-rn3rm 8 років тому +17

      Saying music is supposed to be beautiful is such a shallow and uneducated way of viewing music. Music is meant to invoke feeling. Do you find a horror score beautiful? Music sets the mood. Whether it is horrendous or calming, Music being beautiful is a very western idea anyway, if you have ever heard music from other areas of the world you will find they don't sound as beautiful to you. To them, its the other way around.

  • @RockStarOscarStern634
    @RockStarOscarStern634 Рік тому +1

    NicholasPikeMusic
    It's basically a Bowed Harpsichord, it has Reverse Colored Keys (Black Naturals & White Sharps).

  • @woodstoney
    @woodstoney 8 років тому +7

    That instrument would be soo perfect for some of those psychological horror / terror types of productions. I'm almost sure Stephen King would have a use for one in his movies. Very cool in it's own right.

  • @kellyburket6955
    @kellyburket6955 9 місяців тому

    I can't imagine this being a pleasurable instrument to listen to, but surely has a place in horror movie's background music/sounds.

  • @safety_dirt
    @safety_dirt 9 років тому +8

    Sounds awesome! Definitely needs more rosin and new strings, but this instrument is amazing and could be very beautiful. Very creative!

  • @felixbonigk9162
    @felixbonigk9162 8 років тому +1

    Damn. That's fantastic!
    Love the sound. Archaic and apocalyptic.

  • @frenchiecocorico1
    @frenchiecocorico1 10 років тому +5

    Around 1490, Leonardo da Vinci designed such a wheel stringed instrument played by a keyboard that he called 'Viola organista'. (violin-organ). However, it was unsure he could really built what he only drew. .In 1600, the german engineer Hans Hayden built its look like harpsichord 'geigenwerk' (violin machine) where the strings of a harpsichord were gathered by groups of 8 over separate bridges and wheels. All the wheels were moved simultaneously by a rocking pedal. When a key is pressed, a lever pull down the related string in contact with the related rotating wheel. A historical copy built in 1625 by the spanish monk Fray Raymundo Truchado is on exhibition at the Royal Museum of musical instruments in Brussel (Belgium). In our times the Japaneese maker Akio Obuchi started to build and improve the Geigenwerk in the 1990's. His website included a full explanation and history about this instrument; Two years ago a polish harpsichordist built successfully such a Geigenwerk with which he gave public concerts.

    • @mq9demo
      @mq9demo 10 років тому

      How come the only nationality you forgot to capitalize was Polish?

    • @frenchiecocorico1
      @frenchiecocorico1 10 років тому +1

      Matthew Latawiec
      Because M.Slawomir Zubrzycki's Viola Organista copy it's not an important step in the history of this instrument but an outdated and late devellopment like this Wheelharp which aren't original inventions. Here below is the link of M Zubrzycki website where he explained the conditions of his rebuilding copy. You could notice that he was inspired by: I- Hans Hayden Viola Organista from 1575 but depicted in Michael Praetorius Syngtama Musicum published in 1600, II- the Viola Celi built by Fray Raymundo Truchado in 1625 now on exhibition at the Royal Museum of musical instruments in Brussels, III- above all by the description of the Viola Organista copy from Hans Hayden model that the polish Jan Jarmuciewicz published in the 1880's.
      For my own point of view the most important was the revival of this instrument M Akio Obuchi has done in the modern times from 1993
      www.zubrzycki.art.pl/Viola%20Organista_En.htm
      .

  • @frostbot117
    @frostbot117 8 років тому +1

    That creates such an eerie sound, pretty cool.

  • @kavaldzhia
    @kavaldzhia 8 років тому +25

    sounds like a string quartet trying to play after being pushed off of the dock

  • @PGFTopera
    @PGFTopera 6 років тому

    Very intriguing, frightening somehow and fascinating sound. I love this. Thank you !

  • @MrSatchelpack
    @MrSatchelpack 8 років тому +4

    This sounds like voices of angels who have all been shot in the throat.

  • @billiecipher5755
    @billiecipher5755 8 років тому +1

    i love this so much! ahh the sound!!

  • @TheNavalAviator
    @TheNavalAviator 8 років тому +14

    Like a square-waved synth.

  • @nsalaza
    @nsalaza 7 років тому

    This is one of the coolest instruments I've seen in a long time!

  • @micahfoley9572
    @micahfoley9572 8 років тому +3

    "Hey, I kinda got my hands full, and i have to be at the recital hall in, like, 5 minutes. Would you do me a huge favor and tune my whee..."
    "Hell no."

  • @bullerfugl
    @bullerfugl 7 років тому

    I absolutely love it, its like something inside my heart is screeching to come out

  • @MarcusWarnerMusic
    @MarcusWarnerMusic 8 років тому +107

    Fantastic instrument! Have to say the composition didn't do it justice at all, I think so many more awesome sounds could have been made with it, but oh well.

    • @zee339
      @zee339 8 років тому +2

      they burned the harp to the ground after this video, so now we will never know.

    • @neilbradley9035
      @neilbradley9035 8 років тому +1

      seriously?

    • @zee339
      @zee339 8 років тому +3

      Neil Bradley oh yes!

    • @bastidepp2
      @bastidepp2 7 років тому

      oh those darn humans!

    • @hizkias2679
      @hizkias2679 7 років тому

      asdfghjkl i wasn't expecting to see you here, you're one of my favorite composers!

  • @snertalert286
    @snertalert286 7 років тому

    I'm addicted. This instrument would be great for dark, yet elegant, themes. Ack! I want to hear more of it!

  • @gantmj
    @gantmj 8 років тому +359

    Bagpipes are angelic compared to this sound.

    • @moonrazk
      @moonrazk 8 років тому +7

      I'm pretty sure that if he practiced more a better sound would come out of it.

    • @VibeSensational
      @VibeSensational 8 років тому

      gimmie

    • @yeetman4953
      @yeetman4953 7 років тому +6

      gantmj weelharp with distortions would sound metal as all hell

    • @scottjampa6374
      @scottjampa6374 7 років тому

      @Die Please- Plug it into a Sunn Model T and see what happens

    • @gusjohnnson9641
      @gusjohnnson9641 7 років тому +9

      Why does everyone hate on the bagpipe :( I play the bagpipes and I love it.

  • @antoniolopes8776
    @antoniolopes8776 8 років тому

    Fabulous! Thanks for posting and greetings from Portugal.

  • @FooBarBash
    @FooBarBash 8 років тому +7

    The melody underneath is so beautiful. But it sounds so grating.

  • @sundaymoon000
    @sundaymoon000 8 років тому

    what a mysterious and magical sounding instrument.. I love this. could hear it more often.

  • @creamofthecrop4339
    @creamofthecrop4339 8 років тому +6

    Would make a great horror/sci-fi discovery movie

  • @Anonymouzor
    @Anonymouzor 3 роки тому

    never have i heart an instrument that capture minor key so much

  • @TheFatPunisher
    @TheFatPunisher 8 років тому +543

    what a painful instrument..

    • @VibeSensational
      @VibeSensational 8 років тому +1

      haha i get it.. because it's like depressing and stuff

    • @piercethepotato7287
      @piercethepotato7287 8 років тому

      k.

    • @Greg07623
      @Greg07623 8 років тому +14

      The Fat Punisher: Obviously you never heard my Concerto for Wheelharp and Yoko Ono. It's said that one hearing would drive people to jump off the nearest bridge as it sounded a squeaking chalkboard accompanied by a bag of cats being rapidly twirled around.

    • @slmeyers464
      @slmeyers464 8 років тому +7

      Okay, you deserve many, many more thumbs up for that. Concerto for Wheelharp and Yoko Ono! I have a very shrill ol' rescue Turkish Angora who would like to be first chair for your bag of cats.

    • @TheFatPunisher
      @TheFatPunisher 8 років тому +7

      Yeah I've heard of Yoko Ono...unfortunately

  • @Abelhawk
    @Abelhawk 8 років тому +5

    Sounds awesome!

  • @jrzzrj
    @jrzzrj 9 років тому +5

    can you imagine one of these in every home parlor used for family sing a longs?

    • @LuisEduardoGalindo
      @LuisEduardoGalindo 9 років тому

      +J.R. Zippie yes interesting, but the image i get is that of Superman Bizzaro World like...

  • @R2MI7
    @R2MI7 8 років тому +1

    I love this instrument, it's amazing ! :o

  • @JonasClark
    @JonasClark 7 років тому +3

    This sounds like it's something someone listening to a soundtrack would have a difficult time identifying. To anyone saying it sounds terrible, this piece seems to have been written to have a horror edge; find other videos of the Wheelharp, and it sounds like a deep bass cello or other bowed string instrument.

  • @darkcheese98
    @darkcheese98 7 років тому

    All these people saying it sounds bad... I keep coming back to this video because I think it's very beautiful. Those consonances are so resonant. To each his own I guess.

  • @frankiewilson-simm5573
    @frankiewilson-simm5573 11 років тому +18

    For all of you out there complaining about how "harsh" and "creepy" this instrument sounds, open up your brain and think for a second. This instrument is supposed to sound like this. It's meant to sound medieval and rustic. So maybe next time before you post how harsh it sounds, remember that maybe it's intended for a reason.

    • @chaimewhhuguinssh2771
      @chaimewhhuguinssh2771 7 років тому +3

      Medieval music is actually pretty beautiful. It's a fun idea but it sounds bad.

  • @FoundryStreetJason
    @FoundryStreetJason 7 років тому

    So much work and craftsmanship went into this instrument.

  • @charlesalindogan9751
    @charlesalindogan9751 8 років тому +3

    the best Theme sound for horror movies 😀

  • @animalprincess35
    @animalprincess35 7 років тому +2

    i actually find this piece quite charming, in its own way. a haunting, melancholy song, accompanied by the genuine and organic sound of the instrument. chilling, almost.

  • @daad3210
    @daad3210 8 років тому +35

    Its good, But Does it Djent?

    • @shiningarmor2838
      @shiningarmor2838 8 років тому

      diego ayala It goes to drop C, maybe

    • @josephbrandenburg4373
      @josephbrandenburg4373 8 років тому

      Lol, drop C don't djent. Try more like double-drop Q.

    • @rodrigomacias
      @rodrigomacias 7 років тому

      A meshuggah song with this instrument would be sick!

  • @grandmabeanie
    @grandmabeanie 8 років тому

    Imagine the creativity in the minds who we least expect it. Amazing!

  • @keithturbin6768
    @keithturbin6768 8 років тому +8

    oh yeah,i almost forgot. YOUR DADS GOING TO BE PISSED when he sees what you did to his piano

  • @MagnusMoerkoereJohannesen
    @MagnusMoerkoereJohannesen 8 років тому

    Wow, I love that distorted, ever-so-slightly sinister sound of it! Absolutely fascinating, and atmospheric as all get-out!

  • @GIGeorge23
    @GIGeorge23 9 років тому +7

    Sounds so fucking Godspeed you! Black emperor.

  • @jocosesonata
    @jocosesonata Рік тому +1

    I feel like this is the type of instrument that befits a surreal and somber psychological thriller. It's not there to soothe or comfort, but to accentuate an air of apathetic dread, and an atmosphere of one long agonisingly slow discord. Akin to a horrible train wreck happening only in the barest increments that could last centuries.
    Also, it reminds me of _Everywhere at the End of Time._

  • @KhanggiTanka
    @KhanggiTanka 8 років тому +5

    thats such a beutifull sounding instrument man that gave me shivers

  • @kellenredx
    @kellenredx 7 років тому

    Absolutely beautiful sound, I love it!

  • @TheDeffend
    @TheDeffend 8 років тому +5

    i am in a great deal of pain

    • @TheDeffend
      @TheDeffend 8 років тому +2

      but it's certainly a beautiful piece of machinery

    • @bobu5213
      @bobu5213 8 років тому

      Yeah I don't really like the song he chose either.

  • @lars1588
    @lars1588 11 місяців тому +1

    I've only heard this kind of sound from certain digital synthesizers. Fascinating to see an acoustic instrument produce it.

  • @parkjammer
    @parkjammer 8 років тому +83

    Great for horror shows... the actors and the audience would simply beg for death after being subjected to it for more than a few minutes.

    • @amirehosseyni
      @amirehosseyni 8 років тому

      Also very deep spiritual eastern asian
      scenes ! ^_^

    • @amirehosseyni
      @amirehosseyni 8 років тому

      Really ? That much XD ?

  • @jasonsummit1885
    @jasonsummit1885 4 роки тому

    This is one of the coolest instruments I've never seen before this video.👍

  • @ssabykoops
    @ssabykoops 8 років тому +4

    The Witcher 4 , Should use this for creating its theme music

  • @Campo_
    @Campo_ 8 років тому

    This sounded amazing! I love interesting instruments making interesting music!

  • @Slackdragon
    @Slackdragon 10 років тому +6

    Sounds like nightmares.

  • @aaronbrindley106
    @aaronbrindley106 5 років тому

    This thing is amazing. Really best applied when trying to create a dark, uncertain atmosphere

  • @dsjykf1427
    @dsjykf1427 8 років тому +3

    So how long will it be for a metal band to start playing with one of these?

  • @QK97749
    @QK97749 7 років тому

    this is an awesome instrument! The sound is so menacing!

  • @aloysiusdevadanderabercrombie8
    @aloysiusdevadanderabercrombie8 8 років тому +3

    I honestly kind of like the sound.

  • @micahh9351
    @micahh9351 3 роки тому +1

    how they made ufo sound in movies. but seriously, coolest stringed instrument ive seen. its like a giant hurdy gurdy

  • @crunchb3rry
    @crunchb3rry 8 років тому +4

    Reminds me of Assassination of Jesse James

  • @ColonelKlink100
    @ColonelKlink100 7 років тому +1

    I've just found a new favorite instrument.

  • @fos427
    @fos427 8 років тому +6

    Wheelharp hero anyone?

  • @syd5380
    @syd5380 7 років тому

    I think this is incredibly beautiful

  • @EinFreundOderNicht
    @EinFreundOderNicht 8 років тому +6

    My ears are bleeding a lil

  • @skiie
    @skiie 8 років тому

    Great you have every tone of "alarm clock" mastered