Liam Byrne, viola da gamba: Two Corants for Lyra Viol by Alfonso Ferrabosco II

Liam Byrne plays two Corants from Ferrabosco's Lessons for the Lyra Viol (1609). This is an excerpt from a short film by Samuel Dowd. Liam plays a viola da gamba by Marc Soubeyran after John Rose.
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[@CelloGuy80]

Good on you for using all plain gut! Beautiful sound and wonderful playing!

[@herculesraphaelolimpio3569]

You are a really impressive musician! You play really well the Viola da Gamba and can read old music. I'm awed. Loved your channel!

[@pbdelmoral]

This video is kind of a safe space for me

[@tomreadsthings7145]

This is wonderful

[@hubertrosier1801]

Bravo ,ou trouver cette partition ?

[@ivoryconsort]

Wonderful playing of great music! I just wish that the camera would have let us see the player actually perform, instead of hovering and meandering in a disinterested fashion, which I found quite distracting. Oh well, perhaps next time...

[@BobbiMac]

Is this a bass viol da gamba?

[@liambyrnevdg]

Yes!

[@miracle7948]

kinda sounds like a cello

[@Alice-gr1kb]

_ AlphaSongsPineapple _ they are similar in size, and pich

[@sifridbassoon]

there are more similarities than differences. There are six (or more) strings whereas a cello has only four, and the tuning for the strings is different. This makes "fingering" a note (finding the right location on the right string) different.