His name is Jamie Turner and he is far from just a street performer. He has been on the Tonight show, Late night all the big talk shows etc. He is a very accomplished performer on the "Glass Harmonium" i believe its called. He plays in Old Town Alexandria for the love of music and performing. Very cool guy to talk to during breaks. Crazy to watch him tune the glasses and then crank out a tune.
Yes, you are correct. I knew him when he went by the name Jim Turner back in the 1970's. He is an amazing musician. He and I both were on the Tonight Show, not at the same time, though.
He was a customer at a now defunct grocery store I worked at. He bought his glasses water there It had time be distilled water. Loved taking with him about music when he came in to shop. So great to find this video!
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote his 1791 K. 617 and K.356 (K.617a) for the glass harmonica, which is an instrument that uses the exact same principles as this man's performance...vibrating glass. It looks a bit different but sounds basically the same. So, he wouldn't be too surprised.
Mozart did actually see this! Water glass performances were very popular in Europe during his time. The Philadelphia inventor Benjamin Franklin was actually inspired by water glass performances he saw in Europe to invent the glass armonica. The glass armonica was a further development of the same instrument and uses the same mechanisms to create vibrations and produce a similar sound. Both Beethoven and Mozart wrote pieces of music specifically for playing on the glass armonica.
I see this man just about every weekend when the weather is nice and people are out and about. He is a very pleasant man and is dedicated to performing for all the visitors of Old Town Alexandria.
Oh! I didn't realize this was in Alexandria! I actually just realized I HAVE seen this man play when I visited Alexandria once like 15 years ago! It was a very memorable thing to stumble upon while out walking around town
This piece was originally written by Mozart to be played on the Glass Armonica, made by Benjamin Franklin. To see it played on separate wine glasses is amazing!
For everyone saying this isn't real. It is. He performs in Old Town Alexandria in Virginia. I went and saw him one night and it was definitely authentic.
The Adagio and Rondo, K. 617, is a quintet composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart for glass harmonica, flute, oboe, viola and cello.[1] Completed on May 23, 1791 (the date indicated in Mozart's own list of his works[2]), it was written for Marianne Kirchgessner, a blind glass harmonica virtuoso, who played the first performance in the Burgtheater Akademie on June 10, 1791, and subsequently performed it at the Kärtnertortheater on August 19, 1791.[1] The autograph manuscript is in the British Library as part of the Stefan Zweig Collection. It was purchased by Zweig from a Berlin auction house in 1930.[3] The work was first published by Breitkopf & Härtel in 1799.[1] The adagio, in C minor, is 58 bars long, while the rondo (C major) contains 230 bars.[1]
I live in Alexandria Virginia and I remember asking my parents to take me there for my seventh birthday and this guy played happy birthday for me. It makes me sad because I don't get to go there often anymore and he's rarely ever there when I do go now.
He plays it in another video "Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women (4/4)." Best way I can describe it, if you want to mimic it, is to sing "ah" in the deepest note you can hit while still using a falsetto voice.
BeenieBomb It's really awesome. There's another instrument my band director let me know about in New Orleans, called the calliope. It's the epitome of what I think of when I think about carnival music.
that lovely gentleman is named jamey turner, and he is about the nicest person you will ever meet. so wonderful to see this online, even if i'm only finding it 10 years after it's been posted.
People, this is real. I saw this same man play a piece from Beethoven's 9th years ago. (Look up "Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women." He is the last act on that TV special.) The next day we went and bought some glasses from Goodwill and did it ourselves. People complaining it didn't work for them, you have to wet your fingertips before playing. Notice every glass harpist does just that before they begin.
Saw this performer last night on King St. In Alexandria, VA. It was very entertaining and he welcomed questions from children. We thoroughly enjoyed seeing him.
I FREAKIN MET THIS GUY TODAY! i was in Alexandria on a trip this was the same spot too! so cool. we also helped him play by playing the two big cups for like a background noise
How exciting! Love glass harp. We had the rare opportunity (for us, who live in Oregon) to be at the Torpedo Factory in Old Town and see and listen to this artist live!
You're lucky. For while I'd not see him everyday I know I'd be a fan. It is so artful and beautiful (the glass harp) and the music is so pleasing to the ear.
It's amazing that someone could fill & tune the glasses so accurately. It's also amazing that some rude son-of-a-beeyitch didn't just knock his stuff over, breaking the glasses, etc.
I've seen this guy before. Always by the pier in Old Town Alexandria. He's done the glass playing professionally with symphony and pops orchestras. This guy is amazing.
i am sorry, but i am not letting a very skeptical non-musician get away with thinking that this was faked. what this man is playing is a glass harmonica. you can get them in many different shapes and sizes. the sound is made by the friction between your finger and the rim of the glass. it was invented by Benjamin Francklin and is said to cause insanity.
I saw this guy well over 20 years ago in Balboa Park, San Diego, CA. This has to be the same guy, how many people do this? He let me play a drone note on one of the larger goblets with another Kid and he played Cannon. What a trip to stumble on this all these years later, wasn't even looking for it. I always wondered what happened to him, how amazing he's still at it after all this time! Thanks for the post!
I just saw him tonight in Annapolis MD. What is his name, I've already forgotten. Bloody AMAZING!!! "MY dad did it when I was 6 years old. It was my favorite sound. I went to music school and played the fiddle. The day I realized that there were over 400 pieces of music for this, I quit the fiddle. You can't get a degree in wine glasses.😁" Thanks for sharing, I caught this in my search by the table in the still shot.
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so this is how old nintendo game songs were made
Ha
lol
Haha
SuperPlays Pokemon lol
hahaha that's funny
His name is Jamie Turner and he is far from just a street performer. He has been on the Tonight show, Late night all the big talk shows etc. He is a very accomplished performer on the "Glass Harmonium" i believe its called. He plays in Old Town Alexandria for the love of music and performing. Very cool guy to talk to during breaks. Crazy to watch him tune the glasses and then crank out a tune.
woa
Yes, you are correct. I knew him when he went by the name Jim Turner back in the 1970's. He is an amazing musician. He and I both were on the Tonight Show, not at the same time, though.
@@HandwhistlerBen he was performing in old town last night. Amazing to watch him get that sound from a collection of glasses.
He was a customer at a now defunct grocery store I worked at.
He bought his glasses water there
It had time be distilled water.
Loved taking with him about music when he came in to shop.
So great to find this video!
Am I the only one here that wanted to see him play the big glasses on the end?
me too 😂
+Christian Mitchell I was too =P =D!!
+Christian Mitchell nope you're not :(
You're not alone
same here :D
"so what instrument do you play?" "oh, I play glass"
There're probably holy water in those cups because if I tried at home I would be met with silence and the looks on my family's faces.
Same, lol
+Jenna Williams (Jynx49) I did it on New Years it was pretty easy (Tap water)
+Carolyn Doan i died when i read this..
+Carolyn Doan They have to be crystal glasses
it is because of resonance effect dear
This man deserves to be famous for his talent.
Imagine what Mozart would have thought if he saw this.
“What the fuck is this shit”
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote his 1791 K. 617 and K.356 (K.617a) for the glass harmonica, which is an instrument that uses the exact same principles as this man's performance...vibrating glass. It looks a bit different but sounds basically the same. So, he wouldn't be too surprised.
He would want to play too
Mozart did actually see this! Water glass performances were very popular in Europe during his time. The Philadelphia inventor Benjamin Franklin was actually inspired by water glass performances he saw in Europe to invent the glass armonica. The glass armonica was a further development of the same instrument and uses the same mechanisms to create vibrations and produce a similar sound. Both Beethoven and Mozart wrote pieces of music specifically for playing on the glass armonica.
I can't be the only one who wanted him to play those huge ones on the end of the table, right?
DaneGraphics nope, me too
DaneGraphics me too
Citlalli Medellin me too
What are the big glasses for? Dubstep?
tatewbrown In case he gets thirsty.
I died laughing
tatewbrown that's how they make the "bwong" noise from Inception
tatewbrown ahaha... bwong sound...
To fill the little glasses
it must be nice if you can say: wait i have to tune my water glasses^^
can you make it drop D pls?
XD
only with a Capo xD
Riffs An stuff any thing can djent if you try hard enough
这么我去看芒
All the people stating that it's fake, have you ever heard of playing the fucking water glass? it isn't new.
The music is all around us. All you have to do is listen.
WHAT?
NitroNTV
It's a quote from the movie August Rush, and a very true statement for those with an ear for music, patterns, and beats.
CDG that movie is my fave!August rush is awesome
Though I'm mad that its a old movie!
true
CDG ji
I see this man just about every weekend when the weather is nice and people are out and about. He is a very pleasant man and is dedicated to performing for all the visitors of Old Town Alexandria.
Oh! I didn't realize this was in Alexandria! I actually just realized I HAVE seen this man play when I visited Alexandria once like 15 years ago! It was a very memorable thing to stumble upon while out walking around town
Who else thinks he should play the Lavender Town theme song on those things?
+JeromeNetwork That would be freaking amazing
lol
IF HE DID THE REMIX
This piece was originally written by Mozart to be played on the Glass Armonica, made by Benjamin Franklin. To see it played on separate wine glasses is amazing!
For everyone saying this isn't real. It is. He performs in Old Town Alexandria in Virginia. I went and saw him one night and it was definitely authentic.
omg!! i saw that man too earlier this year playing right outside of the place where the entrance to the lake is. He is sooo talented!!
I hope this man knows he had 4.7 million views on youtube!
This old man's skill, it warms my cold heart.
It's simply beautiful.
Sends chills down the spine. These are beautiful. Good thing McBashy the glass harp smashing mime was at another venue.
Gavin Curtis I'd buy that for a dollar.
I'm crying ohmygod this is so beautiful
I really appreciate him playing something a little more "less known" by Mozart, and it's beautiful. What more could you ask for?
I saw this guy! First thing people told me to go see when I moved to Alexandria.
The Adagio and Rondo, K. 617, is a quintet composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart for glass harmonica, flute, oboe, viola and cello.[1] Completed on May 23, 1791 (the date indicated in Mozart's own list of his works[2]), it was written for Marianne Kirchgessner, a blind glass harmonica virtuoso, who played the first performance in the Burgtheater Akademie on June 10, 1791, and subsequently performed it at the Kärtnertortheater on August 19, 1791.[1]
The autograph manuscript is in the British Library as part of the Stefan Zweig Collection. It was purchased by Zweig from a Berlin auction house in 1930.[3]
The work was first published by Breitkopf & Härtel in 1799.[1]
The adagio, in C minor, is 58 bars long, while the rondo (C major) contains 230 bars.[1]
I live in Alexandria Virginia and I remember asking my parents to take me there for my seventh birthday and this guy played happy birthday for me. It makes me sad because I don't get to go there often anymore and he's rarely ever there when I do go now.
anyone else waiting for him to play the biggest wine glass to hear how it would sound like?
He plays it in another video "Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women (4/4)." Best way I can describe it, if you want to mimic it, is to sing "ah" in the deepest note you can hit while still using a falsetto voice.
watch?v=XVijYCi81AQ
you're welcome
At least he's using his hands for something good.
Sir, that was awsome!
Now I know how they make carnival music! Super awesome :D
BeenieBomb
It's really awesome. There's another instrument my band director let me know about in New Orleans, called the calliope. It's the epitome of what I think of when I think about carnival music.
FireypepperCP Oh yeah! The calliope is awesome! Thanks for introducing me to another great instrument! :D
talent of this sort deserves much more appreciation..
California could use that water...
Lmao
RubLox Some South America Countries as well.
JonatasMonte shhh the media don't care
He's actually not wasting water its going on the rim
DanTheAussie he might you don't know it doesn't show after all and even if he pours it down the sink its going to go through a filter anyways
This must not be in California. Ya know, with the drought and all.
No, it's in Virginia
+Alexander Orban #Lennyface
Him:
Piano and Mozart: ARE WE A JOKE TO YOU
that lovely gentleman is named jamey turner, and he is about the nicest person you will ever meet. so wonderful to see this online, even if i'm only finding it 10 years after it's been posted.
I love the resonances of the glasses, some of the sounds are phenomenal on the ears.
OMG, I didnt even know that you cudd do dat whit Glass! :-0
People, this is real. I saw this same man play a piece from Beethoven's 9th years ago. (Look up "Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women." He is the last act on that TV special.) The next day we went and bought some glasses from Goodwill and did it ourselves. People complaining it didn't work for them, you have to wet your fingertips before playing. Notice every glass harpist does just that before they begin.
Exactly. Also, you can notice that the glasses have water dripping down the them when the camera zooms in.
The glasses are crystal and the water is probably vinegar (could just be water though)
Nope. He only uses distilled water. He said so himself on that tv show I mentioned.
ahh ok, i used to play around with this when i was a little kid and i used vinegar because my tap water wouldn't work, distilled is probably different
Lucky it's not raining.
Saw this performer last night on King St. In Alexandria, VA. It was very entertaining and he welcomed questions from children. We thoroughly enjoyed seeing him.
I saw this guy for real in old town Alexandria and this guy is legit
how the hell ?
U dumb
Donn The Legend
No u
Lel
Donn The Legend Lel u
xD
these glasses are making flute sounds!
We know!
Ashikur Rahman Yes, but it sounds way better than a flute imo
IKR?!
That and/or percussion sounds :)
+Ashikur Rahman No theyre not, they are making flute *like* sounds. Flutes produce sounds differently- by splitting the air (or smth like that). ^^
I really want to know which piece of mozart is this?
Mozart clarinet quintet
Adagio for Glass Harmonica
Such a lovely sound created using simple objects. It's amazing what can be accomplished with such ordinary items!
I FREAKIN MET THIS GUY TODAY! i was in Alexandria on a trip this was the same spot too! so cool. we also helped him play by playing the two big cups for like a background noise
I didn't know Ron Paul was into Water Glass music.
yet he's still is on the streets... 2015 ppl.
+Simply Joe Pretty sure he's not living on the streets, notice how hes wearing a clean shirt and tie.
what song is the one by mozart?
Caleb Benites same question !?
Adagio for Glass Harmonica
If i was there, i would hug that gramps, such beautifull music and talent, and he just play it for the people to enjoy.
How exciting! Love glass harp. We had the rare opportunity (for us, who live in Oregon) to be at the Torpedo Factory in Old Town and see and listen to this artist live!
bravo!
Sebastian from Kuroshitsuji II much?
omg yassss XD
YUSSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHH XDD
I saw this because I was looking up the glass armonica from that episode
man, anime finds its way into everything.
Admin Jenna: BASSYYYYY XD
Black Butler brought me here
Sebastiannnnn XD
thanks
one hell of a butler huh
Same
You're lucky. For while I'd not see him everyday I know I'd be a fan. It is so artful and beautiful (the glass harp) and the music is so pleasing to the ear.
What!! this is the best video i have ever seen in my life. This man is a pure genious
I wanna see 500 haters do this. this I guy is literally my hero lmao
This is art not the stupid modern "art" paintings which look like a small kid drew them ...
yeah, that kind of modern art is crap
+xHeavenHelpUsAll7771x Its pronounced shit not crap
black butler brought me here... no one else??
..mkay bye...
Same
hello
Oh shit
It's amazing that someone could fill & tune the glasses so accurately. It's also amazing that some rude son-of-a-beeyitch didn't just knock his stuff over, breaking the glasses, etc.
What a joy would it be to have this man as a music teacher.
You give some money to him? You have a lot of visualizations in this video. Visualizations = $$ . Think about ;-)
Song ?
Darude- Sandstorm
DireXe This is getting so old
Jonas Zeidler it is man, dont you know?
Adagio for Glass Harmonica
reminds me of mario 3d
I've seen this guy before. Always by the pier in Old Town Alexandria. He's done the glass playing professionally with symphony and pops orchestras. This guy is amazing.
This guy is in Old Town Alexandria, VA. I got to see him live! What a treat.
Bill Nye?
im glad someone said it
fake. nice try :-))
i am sorry, but i am not letting a very skeptical non-musician get away with thinking that this was faked. what this man is playing is a glass harmonica. you can get them in many different shapes and sizes. the sound is made by the friction between your finger and the rim of the glass. it was invented by Benjamin Francklin and is said to cause insanity.
Hamish Sennett AGREE! :D
Hamish Sennett yyou are right there is no way
Hamish Sennett AGREE 😉
Eye witness here. It's real.
I always see him. He plays in oldtown Alexandria VA. Rain or shine he is there
I saw this guy well over 20 years ago in Balboa Park, San Diego, CA. This has to be the same guy, how many people do this? He let me play a drone note on one of the larger goblets with another Kid and he played Cannon. What a trip to stumble on this all these years later, wasn't even looking for it. I always wondered what happened to him, how amazing he's still at it after all this time! Thanks for the post!
I just saw him tonight in Annapolis MD. What is his name, I've already forgotten. Bloody AMAZING!!!
"MY dad did it when I was 6 years old. It was my favorite sound. I went to music school and played the fiddle. The day I realized that there were over 400 pieces of music for this, I quit the fiddle. You can't get a degree in wine glasses.😁"
Thanks for sharing, I caught this in my search by the table in the still shot.
And the prize for the most amazing person in the world is.....The guy in this video !!! Congratulations !
this man disserves a medal of some sort
My jaw dropped seeing this. It's so much louder, faster, and more accurate than I expected it could be!
Excellent. Thanks for the knowledge and pleasure.
So far this video has been the coolest I've seen all night
Extremely talented! What an incredibly amazing musician!
Amazing, tearfully beautiful.
WOW, THAT must have taken lots of practice...amazing, using the vibration of the glass like that. mind blown
I just said bravo once it finished the video. This old man is a great musician. It´s an amazing man.
bro, i saw this guy and asked him to do the starwars them....best thing ever!!!!
this is the most epic talent! I salute this kind of people who do this kind of things instead of jerking of somebody else's money to survive.
:) this man is genius in his own way.. wish i can see it live.. must be very impresive #musiceverywhere
when I go to sleep I always listen to this music
:D
I wish you had more of his performance. What a talent!
This guy should be recognized for his talent. FACEBOOK him please
Unique sound that reminds me of small violins and bells.
A very creative musician performing in a very creative way.
I'm sorry but I really like this video and the sense of music he performs
wowwwwwwwww...!! almost unbelievable..... but can't deny what my eyes can see..!!
That's what I called: superb-talented!!!
Omg!!!!! This is incredible. You deserve Guinness pay.
i worship this man. someone please tell him he is my inspiration
U mean senpai
I saw him live just last year, he's really good!
I saw this guy with my girlfriend three months after this! He was so damn awesome, I hope he's still there. He seemed so happy doing it.
Well done! Things changed a lot in the time I was gone
It sounds great and he is so talented..............................
He is the best street musician i've seen ever.
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Boy I'm parched! I think I'll get some water from this guy playing beautiful music over there.
Music is everywhere and can be played on anything you want
I've been going to see him (his name is Jamey I think) since I was a little girl. He's absolutely amazing!
That was😂😂😂😂😂😂 I want to see more!😀😄😇