500 years from now students will learn about this instrument in a middle school music class and invariably one child will always raise their hand to ask why the base of the instrument is called the "footrest."
I like how most of the instruments you make end up sounding awkward on their own but when you layer them in a song you make each one sound amazing. A truly unique talent!
I wonder if brass nails would sound warmer. Or maybe if you polished the nails to a fine mirror polish with a polishing wheel and some polishing compound. You never know!
imagine the wheel of a hurdy-gurdy rotating, and an arangement moving nails against it. if you have a melody of nails on a second wheel you might also build a device that plays a melody by turning the second wheel against the first.
Can be done with a single wheel. You could have a melody 'nailed' on a wheel, and rotate the wheel so that the nails rub against a stationary bow that this brings the nails in vibration one by one.
@@klaasbil8459 yes, but the idea of a rotating wheel is long notes played, not just short notes. nails that rub against a stationary bow are a nice idea, imagine you create a doorbell that plays a short melody, whenever somebody opens the door.
@@ulrichkalber9039 But then you would have to vary the speed of the wheel with nails, which makes it complicated. With the single wheel, long notes could also be done by repeating the same note so that one takes over from the other. Or alternatively by inserting rests, as the nails will have some sustain anyway. The doorbell would be a nice idea for a weird music shop entry door.
Tbh playing it with fingers on the nailheads looks to me like a more intuitive & natural way to play this than with a bow. Maybe you could try making a layout of nails that is centered around that, so you can play it sort of like a piano?
I’m sure Inon Zur would love to use this in his compositions for Elder Scrolls 6, it honestly totally fits his music-making tastes, i.e his love of non-traditionally using instruments, such as bowing a guitar for example.
The sound I play are the fundamental frequency of each nail, but for the lowest ones could be better with a bass bow! I only have violin and cello bows at home for now, I'll have to equip myself!
Make your bridge curved. Make the neck longer and more narrow. You may also make it curved. That's so you can run the bow between the bridge and pegs while hitting one string at a time. It will be faster and easier transitions between notes.
That thing is amazing, it reminds me of the stuff sound engineers build for movies to get some new sound. It made me think of the old 70's and 80's cartoons when you were plucking both sides of nails
Splendide résultat ! Avec l'avènement des synthétiseurs, on aurait pu croire que l'on ferait le tour de l'acoustique musicale, mais vous démontrez fort heureusement que non ! Au-delà du musicien talentueux et inventif, on sent la maîtrise de tous les corps de métiers. Ici l'art de retrouver le centre d'un cylindre, ou de diviser régulièrement le quadrant, tout ça à la règle et au compas inspire le respect !!
The edit on these videos is amazing. This instruments are amazing. Damn! even this guy is amazin, he has a particular charm that makes you want more videos with him making and playing those weird instruments!
this is SO cool. I have recently moved..but if I were at the old house..I WOULD be in the shop trying to make one. Maybe in the future. I love making music from non-ordinary things
This is ridiculously interesting. I love anything to do with sympathetic strings or in this case, sympathetic nails. I've always wanted a banjo with sympathetic strings inside the drum head so it would have an Indian sitar sorta tone.
Nice work. Looks like it was a fun build. This is a first cousin to the Waterphone. If you are thinking of playing with the design a bit more, you could follow that lead and aim to refine it for resonance and not necessarily overall tuning.
if you were to incorporate some of the automaton violin tech into this device like the spinning bow cylinder (infinite draw) and implement one of them per nail note you could in theory rig them on a travel system like a hinge with a travel stop and a string to pull the sleeved shaft of the rotating drum and have those strings attached to a keyboard type system to effectively adapt this to a very usable instrument.
A really interesting video, seeing how you took a simple concept and made a really complex instrument at the end - it really sounded great. I loved the part towards the end when you played it with two hands without the bow.
Nice!! I like how the stringed part works like a psaltrey. I actually made a few years ago with long thin rods. The root notes are too low to hear, but the overtones are amazing!! I mounted a piezo pickup to it, and it sounds wild through my collection of guitar pedals. Incidentally, I found steel wire (I used baling wire) worked better than nails for me- I could chuck the wire in my cordless drill and use the drill to drive the wires in to the wood.
A brilliant idea ! The author is a real fanatic of music and musical instruments, as well as a genius of invention. Thank you for the magical ideas and wonderful videos !
Neat idea. I plan to build a 4 octave version laid out in a linear chromatic fashion to play classical music on. There have been kalimbas made like this and are wonderful instruments to play on (and easy).
I like it! I might try a similar experiment. The sympathetic nails definitely help give it a fuller sound. I'd be tempted to go over each nail with a high grit sand paper, maybe 320-400 range, to give the surface a little more tooth. Not so much that you end up with gouges, but just to the shine off of them. You could run into issue of rusting with that idea, but the rosin might minimize that.
I never considered that you could bow a nail, but seeing as you can bow a vibraphone or a waterphone, it makes total sense that nails can be bowed too!
So glad to meet you through RUclips. I’m thinking of Harry Partch’s instruments and music and Jelle Hogenhuis flutes right now - I hope you knew Jelle - great flutist and flute maker - nice guy.
Nicolas, I love your videos just keep making them ! In an idle moment in my workshop I had a go at building one of your pipe instruments, I've got to say it was a lot of fun and very satisfying.
I mean, steel drums tuning is impractical too, and when you play it you're constantly knocking it out of tune. And people still love that instrument. 🤷♂️
I have only begun watching your videos, but I think that, if you really have a love of constructing such esoteric instruments, it would be nice to see you working with the likes of Hans Zimmer. Zimmer has talked about how he basically had to invent instruments in creating the otherworldly score for _Dune,_ and I think he would deeply appreciate your inventiveness. Bravo!
I play the violin (lor at least try to). While watching this, I was thinking of making one that plays like a violin. Basically one long neck with blocks of wood along it, with nails arranged in a curves. Then use a piezo pickup to capture the sound.
I just found you today and I love what you are doing. Great video. I think I will steal from you. I think I must steal from you. My gosh, GREAT WORK!!!
A most interesting sounding instrument. I like it! In for a Penny, an allusion to the United States measurement describing the length of a nail is designated by its penny size. Nice creative work!
I really enjoy your incredible musicianship, your inspirational instruments and craftsmanship, and also your brilliant video editing. Is there anything you are not good at? So grateful - many thanks!
Wow qué ingenioso hermano, es asombroso lograr que algo tan complejo como la música tan sólo requeriría de materiales ordinarios y mucha creatividad, increíble. Congratulations bro.
Tyvk, Nicholas! This is fascinating, and answered a lot of questions! Of course, I have subscribed, and can hardly wait to treat myself to another of your videos!
500 years from now students will learn about this instrument in a middle school music class and invariably one child will always raise their hand to ask why the base of the instrument is called the "footrest."
Why is it called a footrest?
And they will also consider why he "din't" use his nails on the nails ... nailed it
I would ask “where the hello can I get one”
Get it at your local hardware store... duh!
@@starbournehero771 *some assembly required.
You really nailed that instrument
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I like how most of the instruments you make end up sounding awkward on their own but when you layer them in a song you make each one sound amazing. A truly unique talent!
Thank you!
"I really don't want to practice this a lot to be able to play this." - Me about any instrument I've ever wished I could play.
That's why I build only instrument I can play quick!
I would love to have time an money to do this. Need help?
40 hour a day minimum of practice
Just sample it, and play it digitally
As a violinist, watching that bow go across the nails makes me crying in an unimaginable way. But he put alot if work into that and it sounds cool!
I use bows that a music store gave me, they were no longer good for playing the violin, so no regrets!
@@NicolasBras oh thank goodness
I prefer to say "Cringe" !
Nicolas - you, uh, nailed it!
I wonder if brass nails would sound warmer. Or maybe if you polished the nails to a fine mirror polish with a polishing wheel and some polishing compound. You never know!
I've been playing the saw for 50 years.
Now I can also play nails! YES 👍
Too bad the group Carpenters was already taken.
imagine the wheel of a hurdy-gurdy rotating, and an arangement moving nails against it.
if you have a melody of nails on a second wheel you might also build a device that plays a melody by turning the second wheel against the first.
Can be done with a single wheel. You could have a melody 'nailed' on a wheel, and rotate the wheel so that the nails rub against a stationary bow that this brings the nails in vibration one by one.
@@klaasbil8459 yes, but the idea of a rotating wheel is long notes played, not just short notes.
nails that rub against a stationary bow are a nice idea, imagine you create a doorbell that plays a short melody, whenever somebody opens the door.
@@ulrichkalber9039 But then you would have to vary the speed of the wheel with nails, which makes it complicated. With the single wheel, long notes could also be done by repeating the same note so that one takes over from the other. Or alternatively by inserting rests, as the nails will have some sustain anyway.
The doorbell would be a nice idea for a weird music shop entry door.
Maybe you could add extra nails for the longer notes that are all tuned to exactly the same pitch.
Interesting idea. Having just recently (about a month ago) learned what a hurdy-gurdy is, I would be interested to see this happen 🤔
The instrument is cool and I really appreciate how you edited the construction to match the beat of the background music.
Thanks!
So versatile, so many ways it could be played, even as a sort of drum to tap on. So much possibility of making creative, beautiful music.
he could do an entire Legend of Zelda soundtrack with this instrument
Yeah definitely getting some hardcore wind waker vibes.
That or like an old cartoon such as the raining scene in bambi.
Could be fun!
Soundboard for any kind of background music from Starships to ancient tribes. You could do a lot with that instrument and fantasy music.
The bow on the strings sounds exactly like some of the music in Red Dead Redemption 2
I thought that too!!! Lol
An awesome folk instrument with rich possibilities! My great respect and best wishes!
Thanks!
This is my first time hearing a nail violin. I like how the bowing of the nails produces a flute-like sound. Very interesting!
Tbh playing it with fingers on the nailheads looks to me like a more intuitive & natural way to play this than with a bow. Maybe you could try making a layout of nails that is centered around that, so you can play it sort of like a piano?
Yes I could! But for this one I focused more on the bowed playing
Basically a kalimba at that point haha
What a great little instrument for animations. The sounds are so familiar but so foreign.
I’m sure Inon Zur would love to use this in his compositions for Elder Scrolls 6, it honestly totally fits his music-making tastes, i.e his love of non-traditionally using instruments, such as bowing a guitar for example.
I wonder how it would sound with a bass bow and bass rosin. Nails probably need more grab to get the lower frequencies. Just a guess
The sound I play are the fundamental frequency of each nail, but for the lowest ones could be better with a bass bow! I only have violin and cello bows at home for now, I'll have to equip myself!
@@NicolasBras Curious about how this would sound with the standard nails swapped out for different metal such as brass rods.
yeah, stickier rosin and file or sand the nails length wise to put tiny grooves in them to catch the hair on the bow better
Make your bridge curved. Make the neck longer and more narrow. You may also make it curved. That's so you can run the bow between the bridge and pegs while hitting one string at a time. It will be faster and easier transitions between notes.
The german translation of the video title says "a violin out of likeable nails", idk if that is correct lol
Yeah the problem with words with multiple translations haha
@@sebastianzaczek I guess they thought "sympathetic" means "sympatisch" because they are so similar
Same with portuguese lol
Google translate, sorry!
@@NicolasBras Sans doute déjà trop souvent posée, mais pas trouvé de réponse : quelle est cette application pour l'accordage ? Merci pour les vidéos.
That thing is amazing, it reminds me of the stuff sound engineers build for movies to get some new sound. It made me think of the old 70's and 80's cartoons when you were plucking both sides of nails
Splendide résultat ! Avec l'avènement des synthétiseurs, on aurait pu croire que l'on ferait le tour de l'acoustique musicale, mais vous démontrez fort heureusement que non ! Au-delà du musicien talentueux et inventif, on sent la maîtrise de tous les corps de métiers. Ici l'art de retrouver le centre d'un cylindre, ou de diviser régulièrement le quadrant, tout ça à la règle et au compas inspire le respect !!
Merci beaucoup pour cette vidéo et pour tout ce que tu fais
Bravo
Tu es un véritable génie
grand merci!
C'est bluffant, j'aurais jamais cru qu'un truc pareil était possible!
The edit on these videos is amazing. This instruments are amazing. Damn! even this guy is amazin, he has a particular charm that makes you want more videos with him making and playing those weird instruments!
Thanks a lot!
this is SO cool. I have recently moved..but if I were at the old house..I WOULD be in the shop trying to make one. Maybe in the future. I love making music from non-ordinary things
Wood worker and musician? Never thought that would work together so well
This is Nail Biting!
I think you nailed it...
It sounds really nice. Can't wait to hear a full song on it
Your videos always make me smile. Wonderful, thank you!
This is ridiculously interesting. I love anything to do with sympathetic strings or in this case, sympathetic nails. I've always wanted a banjo with sympathetic strings inside the drum head so it would have an Indian sitar sorta tone.
Everything is better with sympathetic strings!
This guy is the most creative and interesting dude on RUclips. You Rock! Very inspiring! Thanks for the vids.
I feel like such a new and unique instrument needs a bow designed just to play it. Really cool.
It’s sound is beautiful with a dash of magical
Nice work. Looks like it was a fun build. This is a first cousin to the Waterphone. If you are thinking of playing with the design a bit more, you could follow that lead and aim to refine it for resonance and not necessarily overall tuning.
It has a lovely tone .
This is so cool!! I never would have guessed that nails could sound like that!!
double bow sounded amazing! super RAD!!!!
That sounds way better than I expected.
Back in the medieval times, you would have been the king's personal instrument inventor.
Nail violin..
I can't believe.. Where is the limit of imagination...
Your work of art will change the mind of the people who will change the world...
if you were to incorporate some of the automaton violin tech into this device like the spinning bow cylinder (infinite draw) and implement one of them per nail note you could in theory rig them on a travel system like a hinge with a travel stop and a string to pull the sleeved shaft of the rotating drum and have those strings attached to a keyboard type system to effectively adapt this to a very usable instrument.
i love the sound, it reminds me of the whistler used to call songbird in bioshock
This is a great instrument to create incidental music or effects for video and film, even plays and theatre
A really interesting video, seeing how you took a simple concept and made a really complex instrument at the end - it really sounded great. I loved the part towards the end when you played it with two hands without the bow.
Thanks!
Nice!! I like how the stringed part works like a psaltrey. I actually made a few years ago with long thin rods. The root notes are too low to hear, but the overtones are amazing!! I mounted a piezo pickup to it, and it sounds wild through my collection of guitar pedals.
Incidentally, I found steel wire (I used baling wire) worked better than nails for me- I could chuck the wire in my cordless drill and use the drill to drive the wires in to the wood.
You have to send me video!
@@NicolasBras I need to make a video 😁 I have a RUclips page, Instagram and Facebook, and I never post videos of my stuff- not really sure why not....
A brilliant idea ! The author is a real fanatic of music and musical instruments, as well as a genius of invention. Thank you for the magical ideas and wonderful videos !
Nice build! An idea: you could try buckled springs to put on the nails and make them easily tunable. Like in a Fender Rhodes.
Why is this the coolest thing I've ever seen
a cada instrumento fico mais fascinado, eu vi as flautas adorei o projeto parabens
The editing is great!
Thanks!
Neat idea. I plan to build a 4 octave version laid out in a linear chromatic fashion to play classical music on. There have been kalimbas made like this and are wonderful instruments to play on (and easy).
Some notes are really asmr inducing, would wanna hear a long soundtrack with the gentle playing (:
C'est vraiment impressionnant ce travail ! Bravo !!
Un grand merci !
Mais de rien !
Your video was so refreshing. I'm absolutely in awe ♥
Thanks!
This has so many applications for soundtracks and effects for movies and games.
The opportunities are endless.
Right!
I love this channel. I love unconventional instruments.
I like it! I might try a similar experiment.
The sympathetic nails definitely help give it a fuller sound. I'd be tempted to go over each nail with a high grit sand paper, maybe 320-400 range, to give the surface a little more tooth. Not so much that you end up with gouges, but just to the shine off of them. You could run into issue of rusting with that idea, but the rosin might minimize that.
I'm experimenting those days, I'll try sanding, I know rusty nails are not so good
I so love your creativity and thank you for sharing your amazing instruments.
Thanks!
You are a true artist my friend
Thanks!
Salut Nicolas, voilà, c'est un peu Ça le futur. Génial comme d'habitude. Don't stop . Yuss
Hello Yuss, merci! Passe à la maison, ça me ferait tellement plaisir!
This is really something new! Congratulations!!!
Thanks!
Well, you nailed it!
I never considered that you could bow a nail, but seeing as you can bow a vibraphone or a waterphone, it makes total sense that nails can be bowed too!
So glad to meet you through RUclips. I’m thinking of Harry Partch’s instruments and music and Jelle Hogenhuis flutes right now - I hope you knew Jelle - great flutist and flute maker - nice guy.
You really nailed that chordophone!
You are brilliant I love any music instrument even I don't how to play.
Thanks!
absolutely beautiful and creative!
Nicolas, I love your videos just keep making them ! In an idle moment in my workshop I had a go at building one of your pipe instruments, I've got to say it was a lot of fun and very satisfying.
So cool! Great build!
Ling Ling would be proud!
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You have to practice at least 40 hours a day on it to get good on it though
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I imagine that the nails can also be hit similar to a Xylophone and it would also sound great.
i had that thought too, however to play it like that, the thing would have to be played, extremely carefully.
You have recreated the sound of a Bowed Sultry! Nice.
freaking awesome, I heard about this nails in this video. the tuning is a bit inpracticable but still fucking awesome 😍
I mean, steel drums tuning is impractical too, and when you play it you're constantly knocking it out of tune.
And people still love that instrument. 🤷♂️
Yup. He nailed it.
I have only begun watching your videos, but I think that, if you really have a love of constructing such esoteric instruments, it would be nice to see you working with the likes of Hans Zimmer. Zimmer has talked about how he basically had to invent instruments in creating the otherworldly score for _Dune,_ and I think he would deeply appreciate your inventiveness. Bravo!
you did it again! so nice that you took time to explain us how that works. this violin has a really good sound, hope you make good music with it.
I will!
I play the violin (lor at least try to). While watching this, I was thinking of making one that plays like a violin. Basically one long neck with blocks of wood along it, with nails arranged in a curves. Then use a piezo pickup to capture the sound.
Take a look at the flagiola, an austrian iron violin!
I just found you today and I love what you are doing. Great video. I think I will steal from you. I think I must steal from you. My gosh, GREAT WORK!!!
No stealing, only inspiration!
You do such wonderful projects
Thanks!
Vous m'avez... Cloué!
Great job
With part threaded screws and pilot holes, the instrument would be tunable too.
Awesome machine!
A most interesting sounding instrument. I like it! In for a Penny, an allusion to the United States measurement describing the length of a nail is designated by its penny size. Nice creative work!
Thank you!
That's super cool. I like all the instruments you make. Very interesting.
Thank you very much!
I really enjoy your incredible musicianship, your inspirational instruments and craftsmanship, and also your brilliant video editing. Is there anything you are not good at? So grateful - many thanks!
Bloody genius!! Music with Aquaman!
Hey, I just wanted to let you know that I love this video.
You are a nerd and I love that.
【Side note】
: I also like your voice.
Thanks!
Beautiful sounds!
You may have made a lot of custom instruments, but you nailed this one.
Wow qué ingenioso hermano, es asombroso lograr que algo tan complejo como la música tan sólo requeriría de materiales ordinarios y mucha creatividad, increíble.
Congratulations bro.
Thanks!
The two bow strat was actually really nice
I... I want this instrument. Like for my music production. This is incredible.
Sounds a little like a daxophone. Great video!
Thanks!
Absolutely amazing! Glad I dug into your uploads
Thanks!
This would be perfect for ambient music
you are an incredibly fascinating musician.
Thanks!
I wonder if aligning sympathetic nails according to the overtone series of the played nail's fundemental might give a richer timbre?
Tyvk, Nicholas! This is fascinating, and answered a lot of questions! Of course, I have subscribed, and can hardly wait to treat myself to another of your videos!
Thanks!
J'en rêvais, vous l'avez fait ! ;0)
Vous êtes le Marc Rebillet de la boîte à clous 🍾🎉🔥🔥🔥
woow spettaculary instrument! reminds me of the sound of Pinuccio Sciola
Thanks!