The sound of the carnyx
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- Опубліковано 21 бер 2016
- Musician John Kenny brings the music of the past alive playing a replica of the Deskford carnyx, an Iron Age war trumpet that dates from 80-200AD.
The real and replica carnyces were part of the Celts exhibition at the National Museum of Scotland in 2016.
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That guy just gave +10 defence and unlimited stamina to his party.
I think a Celtic horn is probably more of an offence and speed boost though. Infantry charging with sword and shield to hack the enemy to pieces.
@@Ealsante I'm a noob. Lol.
Probably an "inspire fear" aswell
@@arthurreede4478 the inspire fear bonus only comes in ambush battles and/or when used with the druidic chant ability
Unlimited stamina OP nerf pls
A Roman soldier: _"Do Freebird!"_
Ah ffs. Every musician's worst nightmare 😂
hahahaha
A bard suddenly rifff
Do Ragnar The Red
Celt: Sorry, I don't know that one...ANYWAYS! Here's Wonderwall!
I hear this in the woods behind my house every morning. I can’t believe it was a tribe of celts the entire time!
Fr?
They are shy
I don’t know about a whole tribe. But, at least one or two Carnyxes.
Maybe it's just the band lol
clan lol
Hadrian: I’m not having any of this shit
*proceeds to build a massive wall*
Those would be the picts
@@AverageAlien aren't they technically Celts as well?
Exotick Designs they are, yes
@@AverageAlien They're not that well... depicted
More to the point, Hadrian's Wall _really_ wasn't what you'd call "massive". Pretty long though.
You know, that sounded way better than how I thought it would sound.
Wyatt K And it sure beats the crap they're puttin' out today! The oldies are still the best.
@@jaycorby uhm... can this keep up with an electric guitar? Didn’t think so.
I like the instrument in this video, don’t get me wrong, but stop being so f*ckin’ “oh, everything is shit nowadays, the old days were so much better”
@@jordinagel1184 Who said anything about electric, acoustic or any other kind of guitar? You hurt , bro? Thought so. As a matter of fact I enjoy a lot of new stuff, I never stated, "oh, everything is shit nowadays , the old days were so much better" Obviously part of your daily exercise routine is jumping to conclusions.
@@jaycorby “it sure beats the crap they’re putting out today!”
You did not specify what you mean with “it.” The music? The instrument? Since the video is about an instrument, I logically assumed you meant that, hence my comparison to an electric guitar. If you prefer, of course, we could also use a Hammond organ!
Of course, this sentence can also be construed as “everything (music or instruments, again, you didn’t make that very clear) they put out today is crap,” which essentially IS “everything today is shit compared to the past,” if only for one particular facet of society.
As you can see, my initial comment was entirely understandable. So please, stop pretending you didn’t say the shit you said, and don’t play the fuckin’ victim card as though you were on the payroll of Fox “News.”
@@jordinagel1184 There ya go again jumping to conclusions. You assume I'm somehow associated with Fox News? LOL LOL..I've been a diehard liberal my entire life! So, you 'logically assumed' incorrectly that I must hold conservative values. People like you enjoy arguing because you're enamored with the sound of your own 'voice'. You come off as erudite, precocious, perceptive, intuitive, when in fact you are infected with that quality of 'know it all ism' that tends to put people off. No doubt you're really fun at parties, if you happen to ever get invited to any.
Sounds weird but I love the way the tongue moves in the horn’s head, really makes it like its own little living creature more than just an instrument
The original otamatone
@@Biohazmat21 Oh hell yeah
That really tempt me to make a stupid comment about everybody preferring the Tounge above the Sound when it comes to horny giving heads....
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Long ago, before digital imagining and optical aids. Such a sight must've instilled great fear, for surely the enemy has tamed a dragon.
@@tonygarratt5832 "Julius, clean your spyglass, that's just the celts sticking dragon heads on everything again."
I expected a bloody war cry, but that was actually beautiful.
But imagine it coming from the woods, in that context it may sound creepy
@@Iknos997it sounds like the angel of death
It gives you goosbumps to hear a sound that has not been heard in so many centuries. Inspiring fear on the enemy was only a part of the effect. Battle horns and trumpets also had a more practical role; it was how orders were relayed before there were radios. A commander would have a designated player next to him who would play different notes, meaning “advance”, “retreat”, “regroup” and such similar orders his soldiers were trained to recognize and execute. That’s why these instruments had to be big and have such a deep sound because they had to be heard at a great distance over the noise of a battle. The Roman side would also have their own trumpets and codes. War was a lot more musical back in the days. ( ᐢ (oo) ᐢ )
@@E.V.C.E. Thanks. Fixed
not to mention the drummers that both sides had during the Revolutionary and Civil wars, mainly for marching and boosting morale
The Irish (and a lot of others) used big Lambheg drums as well as pipes in war to inspire their own and frighten their enemies.
so you're telling me, we lost the biggest possibility of having a DJ in war due to "tactical" advantages and whatnot? we trully are in the worst timeline
Wrong. This music bops *dances*
I love how ancient people did these wild ass animal designs. Can you imagine if Miles Davis was ripping Bitches Brew on a dragon trumpet? Damn
Really, this comment section is gold.
it's range is a bit limited.
I wasn't imagining that, but I can and will! Also a wild boar saxophone.
Yes
It was used in battle, hence the design was to look ornamental.
The Celts (and wider Gauls) were much more advanced than given credit for, media would give you the impression they're half naked people covered in mud, the Romans got many of their armour and weapon designs from the Gauls, Celts and Iberians
just chilling... imagine hearing 10 of these coming across the distance on an ancient Iberian Peninsula valley early in the morning on battle day...
Imagine hearing 4 of them: two playing a drone and the other two in alternatim. That would send shivers down anyone’s spine!
as an anglo the only thing I feel when imagining that is disgust.
Didn't seem to have much effect on the Romans.
@@georgeprchal3924 lol battle of Watling Street moment
Oooohhhfuckohfuckohfuckfuck
I love the beginning and end sections. It's so remorseful. Like "we feel the weight of the slaughter we are about to inflict upon your men". Absolutely badass.
"We've got you surrounded! Come out and toot!"
"I HATE THE CELTS! I HATE THE CELTS!"
first you played the charge signal and then blew the retreat tune, i just didn't know what to do
All is fair in love and war
Feint attack... duh 🤣.
@@cpurssey982 ROFL ROFL ROFL SOI SOI SOI SOI SOI
Este gallego es especialista en instrumentos celtas y otros antiguos. Tiene un carnix que ha fabricado él mismo y hace conciertos. ua-cam.com/video/dEQsM4SApQs/v-deo.html&ab_channel=Jailorete
Get drunk on mead, paint yourself blue and trust to luck?'
It took four hundred hours of meticulous work using Iron Age techniques, to make this Celtic horn.
Fascinating
And he defiled it with these jazz noises.
@@fikonfraktare what would you have preferred to hear, just a one note drone?
@@largebill1245 Something from Herb Alpert like Spanish flea.
@@fikonfraktare wait, really or is that a joke?
Holy shit, imagine hearing this as a roman soldier in the dark woods
The Roman’s were so awful.
I think the beginning sounds the most terrifying, the very simple high to low. I dunno, it just has a very foreboding tone to me. I mean, if you know nothing about history like I, then you expect a warhorn to be loud and proud as your warriors move bravely into battle, but the Carnyx in those first seconds sounds more like it plays for a funeral procession.
@@Numinon Exactly. High to low gave me chills- was not expecting that!
Or in Alessia. 10 to 1 and don't stop comming.
@@idonotliveinparaguay.2361 A member of the skittles nation!, your word means nothing.
As italian, i felt strange chills along my spine.
My ancestors are telling me something maybe
The Celts are reminding you to build another wall in Britain
The romans heard this and probably died💀
I'm Italian, Sicilian, Greek, Albanian, Spain, North African (Morocco, Tunisia), Levant, English, Scots-Irish, German, French, Norwegian, Belgian, Swiss, and Eastern Europe/Russia.....
...my body is in a constant state of absolute chaos and confusion. 😁
One could say I'm a walking battlefield.
@@pennsyltuckyreb9800 Maybe this is the real cause of autoimmune diseases - white cells of different nationalities fighting each other.
RUN BITCH RUUUUUUUUUUUN😂
Celts: *harness the power of smooth jazz*
The Romans: Now this is an Avengers level threat...
Yeah, it somehow reminds me the sound of sax, but creepier and more otherworldly.
@@quint3ssent1a might be the reverb
Fucking LMAO!
Glad there was no Hellywood back then. It ruins all it touches such as depicting original Romans with actors who are of barbarian races similar to 300 depicting Leonidas by using a Pict.
@@scintillam_dei haha nice
Why is the sound so... sinister? It literally makes me feel uneasy and I love it.
A lot of movies use those notes for suspense scenes
Sounds both mournful and angry
You think that's sinister? Check out Aztec death whistles.
But the unsettling tones on this instrument are something their users would be used to, while the opposing side would feel uneasy. Just another layer of psychological warfare, and further proof that those in the past may have been ignorant of many things, but by and large weren't any more stupid than us.
You must have Roman blood.
To me it sounds soothing ,idk.
This instrument sounds like a cross between a horn and a didgeridoo, I love it!
That sound is so nostalgic and peaceful to me. I suppose it is because when I was little I watched Czech stories like Fimfarum and the like which had these strange visuals and noises quite similiar to the carnyx I would say. It spooked me a bit (especially the devil depictions) but I liked them anyway and watch them every once in a while to reminisce.
Now I am by no means an old man or a child who speaks like they are already past their prime, but the sound of the carnyx made me very nostalgic, so much so that those give or take 10 years feel like multiple decades.
Never knew the Celts were so smooth jazz.
It was our people's secret weapon, break out the smooth jazz and jam out.
There was nothing in this that sounds like smooth jazz.
Thought it was Kenny G
@@largebill1245 The last part sounds like the beginning of Bitches Brew, actually.
Bros brought epic sax guy to the fight
It's really quite impressive how much range that this instrument has: chilling enough to sound a ferocious charge, yet soulful enough to lament brothers lost in battle.
Same as with a bugle.
@@eldorados_lost_searcher The Klingons would use this sound as a warning.
Amazing to hear musical sounds that were trapped in ancient history for so long! Goosebumps, seriously!
I heard somewhere that this instrument was the inspiration for the war of the worlds tripod, and you can really hear the similarity.
The only difference is the instrument is a bit higher pitched and more ‘natural’ sounding compared to a tripod signalling your imminent doom.
I imagine hearing any bronze age instruments played inside a megalithic and neolithic stone tombs like Newgrange, there would be amazing acoustics. I'm sure ceremony there would be accompanied by sounds vocal and instrument, as an important part of the experience. Please, musicians, find a way to be funded by an historical group to play and record your instruments there for us to hear.
I believe your 1000% correct and will expand what I've found a bit further....A few years ago groups of new age mystic types have done similar things with Egyptian instruments in the pyramids of Giza. The sounds were intense to say the least! The US History Channel did a Stonehenge special and in part of it they tried to recreate the acoustics inside. I'm no audio engineer, but essentially they found that the sounds inside would have almost echoed back at a strange rate creating a sort of trance loop. I've always wondered it both Stonehenge and Giza were used for meditative religious rites to connect with the gods and I would think maybe even for healing rites. Today gong baths are increasing in popularity to help 'cleanse' and heal -- I imagine the benefits of such deep sounds would not be lost of the Celts or Egyptians either. Not trying to go on and on but this is a subject that's deeply fascinated me for the better part of a decade!
Egyptians and many other ancient civilizations were vary aware of frequencies, and how to use them, and structures like the pyramids of Giza demonstrate this to no end. Would love to hear recordings of this.
Check out a group called Heilung
@@dazurathefirst8456 Fuck Heilung, Danheims where its at
@@raeroa7982 same as the dijeridoo. Funny that you mention the music becoming a trance loop though. As it probably would have help guide the ancients into altered states of consciousness.
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Toooooot... wuuhhhhhh...
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WUOOAHUUUUAHHHHHHUUUUUIIEEEAHAAAAAAAA
Imagine hearing this is a Roman camp at dusk; low, as if off in the distance. Throughout the night randomly blowing out in the darkness til, in the wee hours of the morning, a foggy vision rolls across the camp turned a pale blue as the sun slowly raises. Then, a singular blast; deep and loud, echoing across the hollows of the hills as hundreds of ghostly blue painted wraiths charge out of the fog screaming unearthly battle cries, slamming into your lines, overwhelming you and your companions until each of you cut down to a man. The camp is destroyed , supplies and equipment looted, then one final blow as the wraiths fade back into the fog and silence settles over the hills. Right, off to bed with the light on.
This, yes
Good imagery …pretty much what it evokes
The fact that this instrument was ever invented is mind-blowing.
Luv' me Wode dye
luv' me droods
luv' me torque necklace
luv' me Nodens
luv' me Albion
'ate Caesar
'ate baffs
'ate walls
'ate Jupiter
'ate Romans (not racist like, just don't like 'em.)
Simple as
Ahaha nice one
ROMA INVICTA. AD MORTEM INIMICUS ROMANORUM (irony of course ahaha)
Lmfao
*ate Caesar
holy based
Imagine being a Roman soldier marching through Scotland... And hearing that echo throughout the fog covered hills and rocks as the grey cloudy skies deprive you of the warmth and light of the sun....
What? Grey cloudy skies... In SCOTLAND? I've never heard such tosh!
Why, it's barely raining at all!
The original “boss music”
That was really cool. I don't know why but l always imagined they had just one note. This is way better as well as being a stunning looking instrument.
There is something to the darknes of this sound that makes me want to hear more of it.
It.....actually sounded 'mystical' too me.
So hauntingly eerie, sounds almost alien. This must have put the fear of god up any foe that heard it.
that's because aliens are behind most technological advances in human history
@@sparklesparklesparkle6318 Yes I'm sure it was impossible for humanity to come up with the idea of a horn you blow through to make music, lmao.
@@LordVader1094 humans didn't even have ears until the Pleiadians first arrived on Plamet Earth 14,000 years ago. Before that all humans were reptelians and sensed vibrations like snakes, using their bellies and using their fangs to project hormones, like ants. Most humans were upgraded to monkeyboys but some were missed due to lack of 5G in the area to sense all of them. So now the reptiles rule over man and subjegate them due to their jealousy of having ears and that's why Joe Biden is president. I guess 5G isn't so harmful after all huh?
@@sparklesparklesparkle6318 Please seek therapy. Genuinely.
@@sparklesparklesparkle6318 I sincerely hope this is satire
Anyone who plays Assassin's Creed: Valhalla will immediately recognize this instrument - and John Kenny's playing style - from the soundtrack
this is one of the funniest comment reels I've had in a while. no stupid or violent comments, all just good jokes, interesting background info or funny lines
Everybody gangsta until sun sets over the makeshift forest camp and somewhere out there the celtic brass section, quits the mellow background soul track and breaks into the JAWS Theme
The forest speaks Celtic
Few instruments can handle more then 4 octaves on their scale.
I think this one has like 8 or 10 . Very impressive.
Awesome! It's amazing to hear these sounds of the past that our ancestors knew so well.
Thank you!! These are depicted on the Gundestrup cauldron, circa 150 to 1 BC. Fabulous to hear.
My grandfather used to guide me to a great menhir near is house in bretagne when i was a kid, telling me that a Celtic war chief has dig his treasure under the menhir and put a malediction on it that everyone that would try to take his treasure would be strike by the lightning. I would dream about this all night trying to figured out how to dig out the treasure without getting the malediction. Idk why but this song remind me about this story and many more stories that my grandfather has tell me about our ancestors.
it's sad the french government is trying to assimilate the bretons so hard
What I’m always bewildered by is the interior workings of the instrument. How do you make something sound like it’s so far away despite being right there?
Wild! Not what I would have imagined it sounding like!
That sounds just absolutely fantastic!
"The men are waving!"
Don't you mean wavering? Or am I just the nerd here?
@@imrukiitoaoffire1908 SHAMEFUL DISPLAY
Looking at the face I presumed this would be some kind of long distance war instrument but actually its just somber and lovely. Want to see one of these in a classical arrangement
Incredible technique. That sounded great.
the fact that one celt held thing up while he has to rest it on a stand shows how strong they were
They coulda just laid it on a branch
Falgorn A these instruments were usually held up without aid of anyone else or anything else
When you conquer your way from Gaul to Greece to Egypt.
@Hazed Metz that is a massive lie. Celts went as far East as Anatolia, and several of them populated a land (Galatians) and later became Hellenized. They used to occupy most of western Europe, they were present in the Balkans (Belgrade used to be a Celtic center), Greece, Anatolia and very likely few of them were in North Africa
@Hazed Metz and they definitely went to the Mediterranean sea, all of the southern french coast and part of the northwest and northeast Italian coasts were populated by Celts and celto-ligurs in the pre-roman era
VAE VICTUS!
When exactly did that take place?
@@iltoni6895 they were traders though
This sounds really cool, and I love how its tongue moves!
"It sounds exactly like how you thinknit would. Absolutely barbaric."
-Romans probably
The romans come up against them once and one of the soldiers said that the sound was absolutely enormous, like all the air had changed to sound. The army they were up against wasn't that big but the noise and spook factor was.
Warchief : "What you need a buff?? Sure!" *blow war trumpet furiously*
Step 1 - find ancient celt instrument
Step 2 - Do the woody woodpecker laugh 0:21
Step 3 - profit
I'm Lusitanian (Portuguese) proudness to my Celtic and Iberian ancestors
Felt my ancestors calling.Thank you!
I don't get terrified with the sound,I actually love it.
The Celts: "Ya' like jazz?"
This sounds very comforting, like watching at the the blueish grey ocean lap a rocky cliffside on a rainy foggy day, smelling the rain and ocean in the air and feeling the soft green grass under your feet.
Those first 12 seconds were so soothing.
Interesting instrument. My ancestors were using one called ,,BUCIUM'' in order to inform about different actions , like coming of messengers or enemies.From one hill to the other the message was sent very quick/ a very practical way to maintain key people ready.
Beautifully done.
The Hunting Horn is a welcome addition to any hunt.
Man that’s super cool, sounds quite haunting
Sounds amazing!
Ancient Celt: Honey?! romans are pillaging the villages again
Celts Wife: Gets the axe and strip
Incredible sound.
Love it. Absolutely beautiful
Immagine being a soldier and then hearing this in the middle of the night
Impressively versatile. God bless
Beautiful~
Well that was an unexpected pleasure, how marvellous!
God i want to paint myself blue so badly.
Our governments might need taking down the old-fashioned way if it becomes the only way to restore the old normal freedoms post-lockdowns, so keep the blue paint handy.
Wheres me torq
i wanna buy one of these and play it every day at 7o’clock
! Four unique and beautiful sound.
Mw
My dog stood up, jumped off the bed, and ran out the back door. She's still running around the backyard barking as I'm typing this.
Beautiful! I’d heard that the Carnyx made an ear-splitting, squealing sound, but this is most melodious.
Melody Effects activated: Attack up Large, Stamina regeneration
Showing this to my band director!
It's beautiful yet haunting.
Imagine being a roman soldier and just hearing this bang out through a forest in the evening. Beautiful, yet you know it is the sound of death.
Excellent
Sounds cool 😎👍🏴.
Hauntingly beautiful
And THAT my friends ..... Jazz was born 😁
Shut the fuck up
I love it! ;)
You know that would be chilling to hear on the battlefield
Amazing!
There was music on an audio version I have of “The Eagle of the Ninth”. I always thought it was kind of random and made up, but it sounded just like this!
Santa, forget about a man for Christmas. I want a CARNYX. 😅
LMFAO!
Why not both?
@@feralcyborggaming1531 A carnyx is more of a serious commitment
@@whynottalklikeapirat Dogs have sex without commitment. Liberalism corrupts societies telling them the atheist lie that we are just animals. So atheists and liberal extremists have no right to complain when they see the consequences: people acting like animals.
@@scintillam_dei What do you mean "just" animals? Clearly animals are very different, some significantly more advanced than others. Aside from degrading animals, you are making some incompetent, generalised categorisations there. YOu are also not cashing in the proposal that gods should exist, and nor are you proving that modern science is not merely a body of knowledge you'd like to critique but an outright lie. All your work still ahead of you. Good luck.
It's amazing how his tongue reaches all the way out to the end
What an amazing instrument😮. Beautiful sound!
Love this sound. The human race needs to recover it.
This is incredible, a beautiful job and what a sound. But as a restorer of such things, why does this Boar not have tusks? If it was because the excavated version was found without them , I wager they were robbed, because surely to have a Boar without tusks would be to have a Eagle without wings? A genuine question from a genuine restorer. Best wishes one and all 🏆🎄
How beautiful!
I had no idea what to expect, wasn’t disappointed.
00:21 an amazing Woody Woodpecker imitation.
Roman soldier: “hippity hoppity, you are now my property”
Celt: Pikachu face
This sounds beautiful.
I herby sub the, for the extraordinarily, amazingly lil history that makes it a big difference!¡! 💛💖💝🤟😎👑
Romans : What are you possibly gonna do to stand up to us?
Celt: How about this cheeky little solo?