If you are interested in having a carnyx like that, I built them on a regular basis. You can send me an email at samuel.meric@gmail.com if you want to know more. **EDIT** Why don't I mention the price in the comment section? : - There isn't a single fixed price as it varies based on individual preferences and requirements. There are numerous customization options and details to discuss, making it impractical to cover them all here. That's why I've created an information sheet that I can share via email. - I retain your email for specific reasons, such as contacting you in case of order cancellations, which could potentially reduce the waiting time for your carnyx. I might also have immediate availability or need to communicate changes in pricing due to factors like fluctuations in metal suppliers. - I prefer engaging with serious individuals. If you're not willing to take the simple step of sending me an email, I don't consider you genuinely interested.
Roman General in full Armour: "You will submit to the eternal glory of Ro-" Half naked Celtic peasant covered in hallucinogenic blue paint: * Brrrrrrrr Doooooottttt Burrrrrrppp! * Roman General: "I SAID SUBMI-" Celt: * DOOOOOOTTTTT BURRRRRR *
Imagine 200 of these being played outside of the castle you live in, it’s night time and suddenly an army is on your doorstep and they play this instrument and drums. Immediately in panic is how most would be
“That is why they will remember my name Do you expect me to look upon their army and tremble Forth and fear no darkness for I see 100,000 gauls who will be dinning with hades in the underworld tonight. And if we shall meet our end here lads let us cover the soil with barbarian blood. Remember Brave Romans For we are Order! We are Power! We are Civilization! We Are Rome! Roma Victrix!!!” Unknown Centurion in Cesar’s army.
People always talk about how the Carnyx was a battle horn and how terrifying it would've been to hear as a roman legionary. I think the much more fascinating way to think about them is that they are cultural objects. Some ancient copper smith went and did a full recreation of a boar's head in metal, and that was an object that existed in the world from that point on. That can't have just been a signal horn for military purposes. It's an instrument. Imagine a class of young druids practicing on their carnices for some great festival. When the festival comes, they will form a procession, with each carnyx' head being carried on the shoulder of the person in front. A low hum emanates from them, stirring the guts of every festival goer. It is summer.
I think some of the Romans would've been freaked out, but most of the high ranking officers would've seen creatures like elephants, lions, and war dogs. They could probably prepare their infantry for the psychological/auditorial tactics the Celts used, which would've made them stronger. Other occasions make more sense, however I doubt they just had them "lying around", because it would take nearly up until the modern era for any large, organized group of people to give the common-person access to really any instruments.
The way the tone and mood switch from innocent , dreamy , and slowly transitions to menacing, doomful , horrific and then back and forth again is amazing. Total psychological mind fuck on the battle field.
It's almost like a mind game of mind reading saying, "I'm going to mock you with every emotion that's going through your head right now. You don't even know what's coming to get you right now 😈".
On some other video someone made a comment I can't stop considering.... They were just pointing out how TERRIFYING it must have been...to be some naive 19 year old Roman soldier, only aware of your own culture, thousands of miles from home, deep in the woods, at night, no clue where your enemy is.....and then you hear THIS, but not one....a massive chorus of them....seemingly coming from all directions. I would need new pants asap.
Imagine a well disciplined legion patiently marching towards you as one big metal beast, and you're a bunch of naked dudes in a forest with trumpets. It goes both ways
“That is why they will remember my name Do you expect me to look upon their army and tremble Forth and fear no darkness for I see 100,000 gauls who will be dinning with hades in the underworld tonight. And if we shall meet our end here lads let us cover the soil with barbarian blood. Remember Brave Romans For we are Order! We are Power! We are Civilization! We Are Rome! Roma Victrix!!!” Unknown Centurion in Cesar’s army.
The acoustics of the cave really improve the resonance of this recording, but the instrument is extraordinary even without. Can you imagine being a Roman legionary waiting in your army’s ranks, prior to battle, on a misty cold dawn, waiting for the barbarian Celts to come running over the skyline, accompanied by their horrible, Druidical, sorcerers ! And then you hear the sound of dozens of these Approaching? A serious test to discipline. Probably would have given the cavalry a few rough moments too.
Be a combination of beautifull and terror staring thousands of fed up celts in the face on the battlefield while they play this magnificent piece of history!!
I was having an conversation with my daughter about ancient weapons and how sound was often used to scare the enemy a few days ago. I just sent her this video. I am a trumpet player and she is a french horn player. This is just awesome. I would love to play one.
It’s fascinating how large the range and capabilities of this horn is. It’s able to capture brass horn sounds while managing to compete right along side a didgeridoo with those deep sounds. This is a Celtic war horn correct?
yes, it was used around the time the romans came to britain, theres many reports of roman soldiers being pretty freaked out by the very strange tall horns the british and irish used
Well it is a pretty long brass wind instrument, so you know it got the low pedal range and then pretty much no limit for high notes as ot just depends on the players skills. Just like any other brass instrument. Or instrument without a reed mouthpiece. Id compare this one to a tuba or a contrabasstrombone.
If I was a Roman warrior on an ancient battlefield, and a bunch of barely-armored Celts covered in blue paint showed up with this sound, screaming in fury and rage... I might tuck my tail and run
Plus, Celtic festivals should feature them en masse, like they were deployed with Celtic armies, especially as in the many battles with Roman armies. I want to know more about how they were used to rally the warriors gathering outside of Alesia on that fateful day, when the warriors could no longer wait, and against Vercingetorix's advice began to attack Julius Caesar's outer walls.
I love how at the start, it sang with the beauty of an angel. But then the notes got deeper...and deeper...and deeper... And it started sounding like a straight up war horn. That puppy started sounding absolutely *Filthy.* and i am all for it! Edit: oh my god he made it BARK!!!! This dude, and this instrument, are both insane. And incredible. ❤
The Carnyx is sometimes seen as a war horn but it wasn't really a war horn. The Celtic Gaels use play mind games with the Romans the most famous of which was going to battle naked. Seeing the Roman covered in armor and big shields and tight formations the Gaels looked at the Romans as cowards so they would strip of completely in front of the Romans before engaging. Another psychological tactic was involving this instrument, the carnyx. Was an instrument used for ceremonial hunts... but they would also then, blow the carnyx for the Romans to hear, to let them know they were little more than prey, and were being hunted! These mind games in conjunction with their no less terrifying combat tactics was very successful!
Interesting how they were masters of sound and...sound pushcology i guess you'd call it. I remember a long time ago visiting the Chislehurst caves in England and the oldest portion made by the Celts (also largest, they think it might go out all the way to dover iirc) was essentially a pitch black sensory deprivation hell maze only navigable by sound (or how to truly psychologically destroy any intruders - it's LOUD down there). Really makes me wish we knew more about them generally and what kind of technology they could've evolved if they weren't killed ir enslaved and then ousted to the corner. I imagine it would be very cool auditory based inventions.
@@thepoweroftacos5311 Not true at all. The Celts in Europe yes but the Gaels up ended the Romans. The Romans became terrified of the Gaels They abandoned any notion of conquering Ireland the abandoned the fort they were building in Scotland the retreated back to the south east of England and the Gaels followed them. Romans recorded themselves, that they would be on full alert at the site of a curly haired woman with black or red hair for fear that a group of gaels were on their way to attack! They built the London wall to keep the Gaels out (and the other celts that had banded together with them after the retreat of course). When you say 'mind games are successfull' it not said because it didn't work... lmao XD They were successful because they were fucking successful! Of course the Anglo-Saxons invaded from east and finished was left of the Romans in Britain and around the same time the surviving "barbarian" tribes in Europe took the opportunity of a crumbling and divided Senate in Roman and attacked causing the downfall of the empire. But basically The Roman expansion and conquest of northern Europe came to a complete halt when the met the Gaels
Grateful to every person who helps resurrect this instrument and keep it's sound alive. Glory to everyone who has kept Gaul from completely fading forever.
This is amazing!! A surprising range in styles! The soulfulness at the beginning was unexpected! Also that bark scared the crap out of me so thanks 😂😂😂 was that a sound of the pipe itself or your shout being amplified? How heavy is one of these?
@@samuelmeric-lobrador4580 that’s cool! And ah, lighter than I thought. Though I imagine the extreme top-heaviness might be hard to hold up after a while
The algorithm offered me a taste. I am now obsessed. Thank you deeply to those who value the past enough to explore it. And recreate it as the artisan mastercrafters and scienctists and archiologists music masters have done with these hauntingly beautiful war horns. Bless your endeavors and yourselves!
Imagine this being played at the ending of a battle, dead bodies all over the floor and people groaning in pain left and right, the occasional clang of a sword in the distance…. Fog rolling over a hill and the sound emanating from within…
imagine you're a young roman soldier from like southern italy and you're riding/walking through wet, cold swamps and then you hear that shit from the distance...
We all live more than this one lifetime. Your individualized PERSONALITY is what dies every time, but the larger soul monad is what is eternal and becomes reborn. Materialist science refuses to study the non-physical phenomena of consciousness, but it is my theory that in a few hundred years science will eventually catch up to the ancient mysteries. We are ETERNAL!
He does it by changing his embouchure, which is the word used to describe how tightly you purse your lips together and how much air you push through them. Usually, the tighter you purse your lips, the higher the note
It’s hard to hear this and not find yourself wondering how a Roman felt hearing this sound echoing through the morning fog deep in a primeval forest, that moment when the icy chill rolls down their spine like a waterfall.
@@Chungus8381 true, Roman’s got absolutely stomped on by the vandals and then everybody started bullying them until the empire just took a steamy poo into the notes of history
This is incredible. Thank you for sharing this. I would like to extend a genuine compliment that is free of that creepy thirst we all love to hate ... you are GORGEOUS.
Playing this in a cave with candles burning is awesome. This reminds me a bit of a French horn, but there is something ancient about it as well. Now this Celtic lass knows what our Carnyx sounds like--thank you so much for uploading!
The place where i live, we use it still. In the eastern part of The Netherlands you can hear this sound every winter in Twente (in Roman time called Teunti) our horses were used in the cavalry in England later and we still bare the horse on our Twente flag. As a tradition we sound the "midwinterhoorn" in the darkest days, winter, and it sounds similar altho ours is made of wood.
Very interesting notes come from that ancient brass instrument, I'm very intrigued by it. I'd love to hear what it would sound like if a song was played on it, some piece set to a cathedral pipe organ. The carnax seems like a single pipe played individually. Could it play the whole range, or would the song need several?
You can't play a "song" with the carnyx. here I played all the tone possible. It has its own scale, it's not a 12 tone scale like in Western modern music.
Oh right, it's the overtone series. There are some cool ancient sounding songs on overtone flutes, I wonder if those would work a bit on the carnyx. I just listened to some overtone flute music and it's vaguely similar to carnyx sound. Also I think two overtone flutes played together can make other resonant notes. Could work maybe. I think I'll try some experiments.
Everytime i sesrch this song on UA-cam i wonder why its not on Spotify but then i realise i have to come searching for this song when i need it and thats what makes it special, its my escapism.
@@genghis_connie It'd be quite physically difficult to hold it up for a long time but technically it isnt much different from playing a tuba/trombone as I said. As for your concerns of teeth pain, the proper technique would avoid that problem.
@@chelseajackman7730He's being for real...have you ever heard a saxophone being played? They have "spit-valves" because human mouths expell moisture into wind instruments. It's a necessity to keep things clean.
imagine hearing this in the dead of night, waking up to find yourself scrambling for your weapons and armor. only to come out of your resting place knowing that there are only two choices; either you will die with glory, or flee as a coward
Il n'y a sans doute aucun autre lieu en France qui puisse restituer de manière si vivante l'echo d'un instrument aussi ancien que la cathédrale de lombrives bravo pour cette initiative pleine de sens !
1:30 hearing that baritone note thousands of years ago would be absolutely nightmarish. That is such an odd frequency and it resonates only with a primal terror. And then that gnarly bark at 2:11…this man can play incredibly!
Este foi o instrumentista que obteve os mais variados sons que Carnyx pode oferecer, de muitos carnyx que escutei serem soprados. Gostei muito, parece bem natural e fácil pra ele tocar este instrumento. Parabéns, do Brasil.
Impressionnant et franchement bien joué ! Merci. J’espère que Risley Scott tournera un film sur Vercingétorix dans lequel le carnyx pourra s’exprimer.😉
If you are interested in having a carnyx like that, I built them on a regular basis. You can send me an email at samuel.meric@gmail.com if you want to know more.
**EDIT** Why don't I mention the price in the comment section? :
- There isn't a single fixed price as it varies based on individual preferences and requirements. There are numerous customization options and details to discuss, making it impractical to cover them all here. That's why I've created an information sheet that I can share via email.
- I retain your email for specific reasons, such as contacting you in case of order cancellations, which could potentially reduce the waiting time for your carnyx. I might also have immediate availability or need to communicate changes in pricing due to factors like fluctuations in metal suppliers.
- I prefer engaging with serious individuals. If you're not willing to take the simple step of sending me an email, I don't consider you genuinely interested.
Can I get one tuned like a lower version of this? ua-cam.com/video/yLyaCgbEGIo/v-deo.html
How much is it?
@@zub1936 Send me an email. I can't answer that in the comment section.
Why not
I would like to be involved in the design process, because I think this could be big
Roman General in full Armour: "You will submit to the eternal glory of Ro-"
Half naked Celtic peasant covered in hallucinogenic blue paint: * Brrrrrrrr Doooooottttt Burrrrrrppp! *
Roman General: "I SAID SUBMI-"
Celt: * DOOOOOOTTTTT BURRRRRR *
😂😂😂😂
Coinciding with the human condition, doots are eternal
😂😂😂😂😂😂
*Celts gets obliterated* "should've listen to us"
😂🤣😂🤣
Roman: "........... You done?"
Celt: "..................... brrrrrrt."
Imagine 200 of these being played outside of the castle you live in, it’s night time and suddenly an army is on your doorstep and they play this instrument and drums. Immediately in panic is how most would be
Very well said 😰
The most effective laxative that ancient Mankind ever knew...😂😂😂
Scary to the point where your gut drops heart and gut turn with adrenaline and impending doom….
I have always hoped to listent to a concert with many of thèse instruments
“That is why they will remember my name Do you expect me to look upon their army and tremble Forth and fear no darkness for I see 100,000 gauls who will be dinning with hades in the underworld tonight. And if we shall meet our end here lads let us cover the soil with barbarian blood. Remember Brave Romans For we are Order! We are Power! We are Civilization! We Are Rome! Roma Victrix!!!” Unknown Centurion in Cesar’s army.
Imagine marching through the hills and through the misty woods you hear this and the screams of angry celts charging you.
Would be a nice change from hearing "Allahu Ackbar" and angry Muslims chasing us with knifes. 😅
@@theinnerlight8016 Brothers in arms just listen
Nothing special
I AM from Slavic cuntry
Yes - & there would be a good dozen in unison. The fact Celtics were never truly tamed is scary..
People always talk about how the Carnyx was a battle horn and how terrifying it would've been to hear as a roman legionary. I think the much more fascinating way to think about them is that they are cultural objects. Some ancient copper smith went and did a full recreation of a boar's head in metal, and that was an object that existed in the world from that point on.
That can't have just been a signal horn for military purposes. It's an instrument. Imagine a class of young druids practicing on their carnices for some great festival. When the festival comes, they will form a procession, with each carnyx' head being carried on the shoulder of the person in front. A low hum emanates from them, stirring the guts of every festival goer. It is summer.
I mean hey, modern Celts have their bagpipes, which are also known for being used in war, but that's certainly not all the Scots use them for.
I think some of the Romans would've been freaked out, but most of the high ranking officers would've seen creatures like elephants, lions, and war dogs. They could probably prepare their infantry for the psychological/auditorial tactics the Celts used, which would've made them stronger. Other occasions make more sense, however I doubt they just had them "lying around", because it would take nearly up until the modern era for any large, organized group of people to give the common-person access to really any instruments.
@@davidbakke9293oh god I had a horrible idea. For psychological warfare, hide in the forests play bagpipes. Constantly. Barely engage, just bagpipe.
The way the tone and mood switch from innocent , dreamy , and slowly transitions to menacing, doomful , horrific and then back and forth again is amazing. Total psychological mind fuck on the battle field.
It's almost like a mind game of mind reading saying, "I'm going to mock you with every emotion that's going through your head right now. You don't even know what's coming to get you right now 😈".
Ahhh...the sound of My People!❤❤❤
Imagine being a Roman on patrol past Hadrian's Wall and out of the mist, you hear this.
On some other video someone made a comment I can't stop considering....
They were just pointing out how TERRIFYING it must have been...to be some naive 19 year old Roman soldier, only aware of your own culture, thousands of miles from home, deep in the woods, at night, no clue where your enemy is.....and then you hear THIS, but not one....a massive chorus of them....seemingly coming from all directions. I would need new pants asap.
Good thing Roman's didn't typically wear pants (I'd also say the boy's age would be closer to 16/17 or on the opposite end and mid-late 20s)
The bit after when you got a face full of angry Celt would have been the bit where I dropped a brown note 😂
Imagine a well disciplined legion patiently marching towards you as one big metal beast, and you're a bunch of naked dudes in a forest with trumpets. It goes both ways
“That is why they will remember my name Do you expect me to look upon their army and tremble Forth and fear no darkness for I see 100,000 gauls who will be dinning with hades in the underworld tonight. And if we shall meet our end here lads let us cover the soil with barbarian blood. Remember Brave Romans For we are Order! We are Power! We are Civilization! We Are Rome! Roma Victrix!!!” Unknown Centurion in Cesar’s army.
Really starting to feel the Carnyx is what's been missing in my life.
The horn of Helm Hammerhand will sound in the deep, one last time.
_Let this be the hour when we draw swords together. Fell deeds awake. Now for wrath, now for ruin, and the red dawn. Forth, Eorlingas!_
Yeeeessss!!
i was JUST thinking how Tolkien would LOVE this
The acoustics of the cave really improve the resonance of this recording, but the instrument is extraordinary even without. Can you imagine being a Roman legionary waiting in your army’s ranks, prior to battle, on a misty cold dawn, waiting for the barbarian Celts to come running over the skyline, accompanied by their horrible, Druidical, sorcerers ! And then you hear the sound of dozens of these Approaching? A serious test to discipline. Probably would have given the cavalry a few rough moments too.
The "Horrible Druidical Sorcerers" seem to be very well respected by anyone who's written about them from Romans to Saints.
Imagine 100+ of these playing across a battlefield. Wild.
Be a combination of beautifull and terror staring thousands of fed up celts in the face on the battlefield while they play this magnificent piece of history!!
I was having an conversation with my daughter about ancient weapons and how sound was often used to scare the enemy a few days ago. I just sent her this video. I am a trumpet player and she is a french horn player. This is just awesome. I would love to play one.
Thank you. You can send me an email at samuel.meric at gmail.com if you want to know more
It’s fascinating how large the range and capabilities of this horn is. It’s able to capture brass horn sounds while managing to compete right along side a didgeridoo with those deep sounds. This is a Celtic war horn correct?
yes, it was used around the time the romans came to britain, theres many reports of roman soldiers being pretty freaked out by the very strange tall horns the british and irish used
Well it is a pretty long brass wind instrument, so you know it got the low pedal range and then pretty much no limit for high notes as ot just depends on the players skills. Just like any other brass instrument. Or instrument without a reed mouthpiece. Id compare this one to a tuba or a contrabasstrombone.
If I was a Roman warrior on an ancient battlefield, and a bunch of barely-armored Celts covered in blue paint showed up with this sound, screaming in fury and rage... I might tuck my tail and run
Legionaries be like: "This is anti-Italian discrimination!"
Never forget! Our Roman gods are watching us on this day! Make sure they are not ashamed!
"DO STAIRWAY TO ELYSIUM!"
Celtic cum face?
No I'm taking that instrument after we're done fighting.
Absolutely wonderful. Our Celtic festivals should include these, with instruction on how ancient they are.
Plus, Celtic festivals should feature them en masse, like they were deployed with Celtic armies, especially as in the many battles with Roman armies. I want to know more about how they were used to rally the warriors gathering outside of Alesia on that fateful day, when the warriors could no longer wait, and against Vercingetorix's advice began to attack Julius Caesar's outer walls.
I like when it makes the quick bark sound "grrrrr.... wowf!" 2:13
I love how at the start, it sang with the beauty of an angel.
But then the notes got deeper...and deeper...and deeper...
And it started sounding like a straight up war horn.
That puppy started sounding absolutely *Filthy.* and i am all for it!
Edit: oh my god he made it BARK!!!!
This dude, and this instrument, are both insane. And incredible. ❤
The Carnyx is sometimes seen as a war horn but it wasn't really a war horn. The Celtic Gaels use play mind games with the Romans the most famous of which was going to battle naked. Seeing the Roman covered in armor and big shields and tight formations the Gaels looked at the Romans as cowards so they would strip of completely in front of the Romans before engaging. Another psychological tactic was involving this instrument, the carnyx. Was an instrument used for ceremonial hunts... but they would also then, blow the carnyx for the Romans to hear, to let them know they were little more than prey, and were being hunted! These mind games in conjunction with their no less terrifying combat tactics was very successful!
Interesting how they were masters of sound and...sound pushcology i guess you'd call it. I remember a long time ago visiting the Chislehurst caves in England and the oldest portion made by the Celts (also largest, they think it might go out all the way to dover iirc) was essentially a pitch black sensory deprivation hell maze only navigable by sound (or how to truly psychologically destroy any intruders - it's LOUD down there).
Really makes me wish we knew more about them generally and what kind of technology they could've evolved if they weren't killed ir enslaved and then ousted to the corner. I imagine it would be very cool auditory based inventions.
the nakedness doesn't seem like a mind game, more so like a tradition related to the way of fighting no?
Mind games until the fight started and the romans killed them at a 20-1 ratio
@@thepoweroftacos5311 Not true at all. The Celts in Europe yes but the Gaels up ended the Romans. The Romans became terrified of the Gaels They abandoned any notion of conquering Ireland the abandoned the fort they were building in Scotland the retreated back to the south east of England and the Gaels followed them. Romans recorded themselves, that they would be on full alert at the site of a curly haired woman with black or red hair for fear that a group of gaels were on their way to attack! They built the London wall to keep the Gaels out (and the other celts that had banded together with them after the retreat of course). When you say 'mind games are successfull' it not said because it didn't work... lmao XD They were successful because they were fucking successful! Of course the Anglo-Saxons invaded from east and finished was left of the Romans in Britain and around the same time the surviving "barbarian" tribes in Europe took the opportunity of a crumbling and divided Senate in Roman and attacked causing the downfall of the empire. But basically The Roman expansion and conquest of northern Europe came to a complete halt when the met the Gaels
@GoyimPride 92 In europe and south england... But I mentioned the Gaels! Re-read
UA-cam has been suggesting a surprisingly huge amount of Carnyx content since I watched one cool video about it. And I love it.
Lowkey thought we were gonna get Jurasic Park with the first couple notes lmao
Love this, impressive sound, love myself some intimidating war horns
Came here to comment this!
Grateful to every person who helps resurrect this instrument and keep it's sound alive. Glory to everyone who has kept Gaul from completely fading forever.
Algerians and Moroccans are chiefly responsible for that.
@@fedyno4reviews That's awesome honestly, especially with the history of Gaul and Carthage fighting together against Rome.
Ineed, dito! Your poetic words in God's ear!
This is amazing!! A surprising range in styles! The soulfulness at the beginning was unexpected!
Also that bark scared the crap out of me so thanks 😂😂😂 was that a sound of the pipe itself or your shout being amplified?
How heavy is one of these?
Thank you. Yes I definitely shout in the instruments but I have to combine technics, it's hard to explain. My carnyx is about 2,5kg.
@@samuelmeric-lobrador4580 that’s cool! And ah, lighter than I thought. Though I imagine the extreme top-heaviness might be hard to hold up after a while
Thank you my dude, for keeping this tradition alive. A lot of celtic peoples must appreciate this. That sound is hunting.
I love the sound of Carnyx in the morning. Sounds like……victory.
Fantastic comment!
Add in a Roman cornu and a misty setting you got yourself a battle musical of the ages.
Boom!
The algorithm offered me a taste. I am now obsessed. Thank you deeply to those who value the past enough to explore it. And recreate it as the artisan mastercrafters and scienctists and archiologists music masters have done with these hauntingly beautiful war horns. Bless your endeavors and yourselves!
ur the opposing force staring into the fog for a sign of where ur enemies are when all of a sudden five of these things start up at once
"We are here."
"Come and get us."
It sounds mournful and suspenseful, but the low part into the sort of elk sound is where it gets eerie, creepy and somewhat terrifying
POV: Your legion just finished erecting the log walls of your fort. It's 4am, and the surrounding forest sounds like this for some reason.
I read that to my girlfriend while listening to this, she said it sent shivers down her spine......she has Iberian genetics
Don't forget the incoming fog.
Then an awesome synth line comes louder and it's actually the clip of Deutschland from Rammstein that is being recorded.
Few.
the way he's changing notes so fluidly... that's not as easy at it seems...
My digereedoo lessons are all coming back to me
@beldin4704 Haha, same!
Imagine being the night sentinel at a Roman outpost in some Gallic forest and hearing this coming out of the trees
Galos les costo20 años,celtiberos 200'
Imagine this being played at the ending of a battle, dead bodies all over the floor and people groaning in pain left and right, the occasional clang of a sword in the distance…. Fog rolling over a hill and the sound emanating from within…
I can see it as well as I hear it. cool as fukk
I love that so much it gaves me samorost nostalgia
imagine you're a young roman soldier from like southern italy and you're riding/walking through wet, cold swamps and then you hear that shit from the distance...
I am obsessed with caves < I am obsessed with playing music in caves.
War time instruments are often haunting but they certainly make for good pieces outside of war
The primal feeling it delivers through my body is amazing. This is our blood. This is our heritage speaking to our souls.
Wow. You got so many different sounds from it. Thank you for making the ancestors come alive again.
Imagine many of these playing together in a valley just before a battle.
Imagine you are a roman stumbling into a mist and these sounds start playing, getting closer and closer.
And then you proceed to annihilate the celts.
@@BirdsfromHuntingdon But suddenly you realise it's 390bc. oh no!
@@musicjunk8266 Agh! Damn Brennus!
I've typed this before, play a few roman cornu and you have a battle scene.
Roman Soldier: "sir do you hear that?"
Centurion: "probably just the wind"
The wind in question:
Thanks!
This sounds somehow beautiful and creepy at the same time.
Which is probably the original intention.
Why do I get such energy and interior rage when I hear this? It's so relaxing yet so powerful
Epigenetics. The experiences of your ancestors are within you.
That growl around 2:15… perfection
It's incredible how many sounds you can create with this. So beautiful. Hits me to the core for sure
Am I the only one whose blood stirred and woke when hearing this? Like a primal memory of lives past. I think i must have one.
We all live more than this one lifetime.
Your individualized PERSONALITY is what dies every time, but the larger soul monad is what is eternal and becomes reborn.
Materialist science refuses to study the non-physical phenomena of consciousness, but it is my theory that in a few hundred years science will eventually catch up to the ancient mysteries.
We are ETERNAL!
@@steviechampagne
Nonsense. Personality is produced by neurology and dies with it.
@@Pyriphlegeton correct. your personality is what only lasts one lifetime, one incarnation.
consciousness is NOT generated by the brain
@@steviechampagne I felt my ancestors swinging an axe as i heard this
I have Celtic roots, I feel it in my blood and bones as-well. A echo of our ancestors awakens within.
Fuckin metal 🤘
Beautiful sound, I love its deepness
The overtones and the reverb ❤
My cats were super interested in this sound 😮
His fingers don't move... how does he change the notes being played?
With brass instruments you can change with lip movement or air speed
Horns resonate at different harmonic frequencies. So you get those specific notes for free without any valves at all.
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Fascinating! Thank you!
He does it by changing his embouchure, which is the word used to describe how tightly you purse your lips together and how much air you push through them. Usually, the tighter you purse your lips, the higher the note
@@trash.mantis4618 Thank you!
It’s hard to hear this and not find yourself wondering how a Roman felt hearing this sound echoing through the morning fog deep in a primeval forest, that moment when the icy chill rolls down their spine like a waterfall.
and then they crushed the celts and gave them technology :)
This.
@@nikw3026 and where are the romans today? celts still alive and well
@@Chungus8381 In Italy? And maybe in your genetics since they conquered you. The only civilized nation in Europe besides Greek Pre the Western year 0
@@Chungus8381 true, Roman’s got absolutely stomped on by the vandals and then everybody started bullying them until the empire just took a steamy poo into the notes of history
This is incredible. Thank you for sharing this. I would like to extend a genuine compliment that is free of that creepy thirst we all love to hate ... you are GORGEOUS.
Playing this in a cave with candles burning is awesome. This reminds me a bit of a French horn, but there is something ancient about it as well. Now this Celtic lass knows what our Carnyx sounds like--thank you so much for uploading!
I can't tell if I should be charmed or terrified. What a wonderful piece of culture
this is what fish have to put up with all day living next to whales
😂
This comment made me laugh to myself in my car 😂
Everyone's a Roman until the trees start speaking Germanic.
The place where i live, we use it still. In the eastern part of The Netherlands you can hear this sound every winter in Twente (in Roman time called Teunti) our horses were used in the cavalry in England later and we still bare the horse on our Twente flag. As a tradition we sound the "midwinterhoorn" in the darkest days, winter, and it sounds similar altho ours is made of wood.
Very interesting notes come from that ancient brass instrument, I'm very intrigued by it. I'd love to hear what it would sound like if a song was played on it, some piece set to a cathedral pipe organ. The carnax seems like a single pipe played individually. Could it play the whole range, or would the song need several?
You can't play a "song" with the carnyx. here I played all the tone possible. It has its own scale, it's not a 12 tone scale like in Western modern music.
Thanks! Very interesting! Does that mean the carnyx plays in pentatonic scale? Or some other scale?
Oh right, it's the overtone series. There are some cool ancient sounding songs on overtone flutes, I wonder if those would work a bit on the carnyx.
I just listened to some overtone flute music and it's vaguely similar to carnyx sound.
Also I think two overtone flutes played together can make other resonant notes. Could work maybe. I think I'll try some experiments.
Activating some poor ghosts’ post traumatic stress disorder
That "wow" sound at about 2:20 would be freaky to warriors who had never heard it. And humming another pitch makes wild overtones. Yes!
My favorite horn of all. What a magnificent and beautiful instrument.
Everytime i sesrch this song on UA-cam i wonder why its not on Spotify but then i realise i have to come searching for this song when i need it and thats what makes it special, its my escapism.
everyone before one was dug up- “what does it sound like”
only historian to describe it- “war”
The high notes are like a French horn, but the low notes are like a didgeridoo!
I imagine warriors running through the woods with this playing in the background so their footsteps can’t be heard
I genuinely find the high octave “trills” extremely pleasing
Merci à l'archéologie de nous avoir fait découvrir cette instrument antique celtique
It would be interesting to see five or so playing at once.
Awesome, haunting and magical. Congratulations on being able to make such a beautiful instrument.
I'm impressed you managed to produce quite nice melody with that, must have taken a long time to master the intonation with that. Well done!
I don't find their sound terrifying. I hear their potential for beauty.
You would change your mind if you were a Roman soldier who just entered a dark endless forest in Gallia.
You would change your mind if you were a Roman soldier entering a dark, endless forest in the barbaric Gallia.
Yes and yes
@samuellambert6502 - battle formation
If I were to draw the one person who would master this thing - it would be him.
This is wildly beautiful. Brilliant!
It's actually a lot easier than it looks, its really similar to the trombone or tuba actually
@@sovietball2161 it’s mesmerizing. It looks like there’s no stand - I think I would lose a few teeth! How hard is that?
@@genghis_connie It'd be quite physically difficult to hold it up for a long time but technically it isnt much different from playing a tuba/trombone as I said. As for your concerns of teeth pain, the proper technique would avoid that problem.
And then he blew it so hard the cave collapsed on him due to resonance but it was beautiful while it lasted :D
Truly stunning, well done.
Been a while since a piece of music triggered my “I’m in danger” sense like that. My goosebumps have goosebumps
mf accidently walks past this cave and hears this shit, id just about think Armageddon has started
Or that the Wild Hunt was mustering, and he was its first target ...
@@seanbigay1042 its starting to feel a little chilly out rn
I'll be honest with you, this is not even close to the first carnyx video I've watched
“Bae come over my parents are gone”
“Can’t. Watching Carynx vids”
Wonderful! I have so many questions about this horn, but will wait for more performances from you. Skal
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1:28 just saving the best part, don't mind me
Sounds great, but also really hoping it comes with a spit valve at the bottom with all the condensation build up
EEEEWWWWWWWW 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@chelseajackman7730He's being for real...have you ever heard a saxophone being played? They have "spit-valves" because human mouths expell moisture into wind instruments. It's a necessity to keep things clean.
Wonderful performance. Thank you for bringing back this ancient instrument. Kudos from 🇵🇹
imagine hearing this in the dead of night, waking up to find yourself scrambling for your weapons and armor. only to come out of your resting place knowing that there are only two choices; either you will die with glory, or flee as a coward
Il n'y a sans doute aucun autre lieu en France qui puisse restituer de manière si vivante l'echo d'un instrument aussi ancien que la cathédrale de lombrives bravo pour cette initiative pleine de sens !
Wow. Sounds like a calming funeral melody. Or a wedding melody if you are both inner Celts
its meant to be the sound of hellish demons coming
I feel like crying and sleeping
Holy crap! My friend just shared this with me and my god. My man, this was some great stuff.
The amount of breathing skills this man has is astonishing
1:30 hearing that baritone note thousands of years ago would be absolutely nightmarish. That is such an odd frequency and it resonates only with a primal terror. And then that gnarly bark at 2:11…this man can play incredibly!
reminds me of the good old days.
Waves of goosebumps the whole time. I'm a sucker for good sound and this tickles my brain nicely.
Gives me that fall of Rome vibe
Este foi o instrumentista que obteve os mais variados sons que Carnyx pode oferecer, de muitos carnyx que escutei serem soprados. Gostei muito, parece bem natural e fácil pra ele tocar este instrumento. Parabéns, do Brasil.
That bark at 2:14 was cool as hell
I was wondering if that was actually a dog. To be honest, I'm still wondering.
Gorgeous, I'm going to listen to more on your bandcamp link.
Imagine the boats coming to shore and hearing this. Not just one but hundreds. the terro this would cause.
i cant believe you build these things man, your incredibly talented for this stuff, thinking about buying one. whats the price?
Thank you, if you want to know the price and more, send an email to samuel.meric@gmail.com.
I'm now convinced a modern day Caryn is what what people are claiming is this "Global Hum" coming out of the sky.
Impressionnant et franchement bien joué ! Merci. J’espère que Risley Scott tournera un film sur Vercingétorix dans lequel le carnyx pourra s’exprimer.😉
Calls from the gods. 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏
Beautiful.
That lowest sound was chilling! Otherwise, beautiful and charming. Sounded like you were playing a modified version of taps to start with.
Romans heard this somewehre in the UK and went "fuck this shit, build a wall NOW"
It was actually from Gaul, so it was more of a "we have to kill the shit out of these guys NOW"
Two were found in Britain.