My own version of the vietnamese dan bau

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  • Опубликовано: 24 дек 2024

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  • @fromthealiens
    @fromthealiens Год назад +221

    of the 972 instruments you've built, this is one of the 11 coolest-sounding ones!

    • @NicolasBras
      @NicolasBras  Год назад +60

      than, it's in my top 34 too!

    • @MatteoBosi76
      @MatteoBosi76 Год назад +9

      Which is the top one???😊

    • @LunaireTD
      @LunaireTD Год назад

      @@MatteoBosi76 Your mom in bed

    • @الدعوةالىالله-خ8م
      @الدعوةالىالله-خ8م Год назад

      @@NicolasBras ⚠ God has said in the Quran:
      🔵 { O mankind, worship your Lord, who created you and those before you, that you may become righteous - ( 2:21 )
      🔴 [He] who made for you the earth a bed [spread out] and the sky a ceiling and sent down from the sky, rain and brought forth thereby fruits as provision for you. So do not attribute to Allah equals while you know [that there is nothing similar to Him]. ( 2:22 )
      🔵 And if you are in doubt about what We have sent down upon Our Servant [Muhammad], then produce a surah the like thereof and call upon your witnesses other than Allah, if you should be truthful. ( 2:23 )
      🔴 But if you do not - and you will never be able to - then fear the Fire, whose fuel is men and stones, prepared for the disbelievers.( 2:24 )
      🔵 And give good tidings to those who believe and do righteous deeds that they will have gardens [in Paradise] beneath which rivers flow. Whenever they are provided with a provision of fruit therefrom, they will say, "This is what we were provided with before." And it is given to them in likeness. And they will have therein purified spouses, and they will abide therein eternally. ( 2:25 )
      ⚠ Quran

    • @cinarsinan
      @cinarsinan 3 месяца назад

      @@NicolasBras please make video about it

  • @samthomas214
    @samthomas214 Год назад +151

    That's so awesome. Hope you make even more traditional instruments from other cultures in the future.

    • @NicolasBras
      @NicolasBras  Год назад +41

      oh yes a lot more coming, that's my biggest source of inspiration, and I'll be able to start featurings with traditional buiders, can't wait to show you that!

    • @lawrencep8923
      @lawrencep8923 Год назад +2

      Something from the same region I reckon might work is a khaen

    • @isabelofthewoods
      @isabelofthewoods Год назад

      I would love if you made a valiha 😉@@NicolasBras such an interesting instrument!

  • @simondanielssonmusic
    @simondanielssonmusic Год назад +51

    Since you have three strings in your design, you could make use of that with some music theory and the harmonic overtone series.
    Tuning the strings to A, C# and E you could get an A major scale, but with all those sweet added extensions and non-diatonic notes that the overtone series give you.
    Or perhaps C, E and F# would be cool too. I get that tuning all the strings to the same note is the best thing for your music, since it's very melodic (which I love by the way!), but it would be cool to see this instrument used in a more modal ambient context too!

  • @dpsoulofmusic
    @dpsoulofmusic Год назад +20

    This is a traditional musical instrument of Vietnam, my homeland. Thank you for your interest in it

  • @macbird-lt8de
    @macbird-lt8de Год назад +4

    I hereby publicly nominate
    Nicholas Bras for a Nobel Prize.
    Not sure which category, because this achievement fits several.

  • @nguyenvpicipmu
    @nguyenvpicipmu Год назад +5

    Holy shit. Some one actually renovate our traditional instrument, with respect! Now why I haven't seen this kind of innovation in our country itself is just beyond me.

  • @carlwickman6508
    @carlwickman6508 Год назад +16

    I was flipping out when the distortion came in at the ending song. Well done. It is obvious the maddening fun you were having.

  • @broshmosh
    @broshmosh Год назад +52

    I love the new instrument, but just need to say how awesome that tin-can air bongo is amazing. Such a clear tone from it.

    • @NicolasBras
      @NicolasBras  Год назад +5

      Love this thing too, really useful in studio!

    • @benleydon
      @benleydon Год назад +7

      @@NicolasBras As a guitar player I spotted why the pickup didnt sound that great - it should have been at the other end - up by the tin can.
      We have a similar technique on guitar - a harmonic is touched with one finger and the string is picked with another on the same hand - the pickup is on the side of the plucking finger, not the harmonic finger

  • @IsaacKuo
    @IsaacKuo Год назад +37

    Another sublime build, with such wonderfully expressive sounds. Overtones. Not just for air any more!

  • @i0i3
    @i0i3 Год назад +6

    that distortion is something else, sounds awesome!

  • @ScrapwoodCity
    @ScrapwoodCity Год назад +28

    Really cool instrument! The electric version sounds like doing dive bombs with a floyd rose bridge on a guitar! Which seems pretty logical!

    • @NicolasBras
      @NicolasBras  Год назад +8

      Right? Of course I had to rip off Hendrix for this solo

    • @mk_rexx
      @mk_rexx Год назад +3

      Guitar but it's all pinch harmonics

  • @herrvich
    @herrvich Год назад +2

    The song at the end is quite impressive. Great distortion.

  • @therealwhite
    @therealwhite Год назад +5

    human proof that we can make this world a better place

  • @jayslaze7988
    @jayslaze7988 Год назад +6

    5:45 damn, this could be intro for a western movie. This instrument sounds so unique...love it :)

  • @starshot5172
    @starshot5172 Год назад +19

    Nicolas, you are a massive inspiration to me as a soon to be new instrument inventor. The ease at which you create new instruments truly amazes me. The infinite possibilities of ways to change a sound are just so much fun

  • @ArtificialTomorrow
    @ArtificialTomorrow Год назад +3

    The microtones are amazing on that thing!

  • @ysteinberg5084
    @ysteinberg5084 Год назад +4

    Nice! I do recommend going to Vietnam. It's a fantastic country to travel in. There's lots of excellent musicians there, also lots of less excellent ones, but the two times I went to concerts where they used traditional instruments was awesome. As a guitar builder who's been months in Vietnam this video was exactly what I needed. I recommend going through some of the local guitar shops, I found a great acoustic guitar made in HCMC that's better than any mass produced ones I've ever tried. Only issue was cheap frets, but after refretting it's great. This video got you a new subscriber.

  • @TheScreamingFrog916
    @TheScreamingFrog916 Год назад +7

    Ever since I was a little kid, I loved making my own instruments DIY.
    So I love your content, it feeds my inner child with joy, and inspiration 🎶🌎☮❤

  • @simasjoch220
    @simasjoch220 Год назад +15

    Nicolas, I want you to know that I think what you're doing is really cool! I support you on patreon, simply because I truly wish you to continue creating these obscure diy instruments and showing everyone else how to do the same.
    Properly cool stuff

    • @NicolasBras
      @NicolasBras  Год назад +2

      thanks a lot for your support, it means a lot! For sure I'll continue, I got more ideas than ever

  • @TallPaul7771
    @TallPaul7771 Год назад +16

    I think this is the best instrument you have made so far! Love it, thanks for the inspiration!

    • @NicolasBras
      @NicolasBras  Год назад +3

      Thanks, more dan baus are coming, I really enjoy playing this!

    • @TallPaul7771
      @TallPaul7771 Год назад

      I wonder, does the string on the dan bau really need to be so high in the air at the resonator end? I've thought of building one using a section of pvc pipe, sliced lengthwise to form an arch topped sound box and using a pvc pipe cap for the resonator. Stil have to work out the material for the vertical shaft.@@NicolasBras

  • @stevestogsdill5791
    @stevestogsdill5791 Год назад +3

    Glad to see a new instrument build! Thank you.

  • @recursr1892
    @recursr1892 3 месяца назад +1

    Don‘t stop exploring. If a travel to vietnam is needed for that, I support it. Cool idea to have one end of the string be bendable for microtonalities👍 with an calabash instead of the cans I guess the distortion would be softer, as in the brasilian berimbau, and you gain a third articulation (the calabash opening). Nicolas, you need more arms, like an octopus, to play even more articulations 😂. Amazed, every time I return! A master of resonances!

    • @NicolasBras
      @NicolasBras  3 месяца назад +1

      Thanks a lot! I open a shoe box with your collaboration, when it's full I go to Vietnam!

  • @Yenrabbit
    @Yenrabbit Год назад +4

    Your videos always make me so happy! I showed some friends how to make PVC whistles recently, and since then my DIY instrument collection has slowly been growing. Now it seems I need to get some guitar parts and follow in your footsteps once again :)

  • @JaredUnashamed
    @JaredUnashamed Год назад +1

    Don't know how I missed this! Well done, sounds great!

  • @debeshyouveheard1987
    @debeshyouveheard1987 Год назад +2

    I just fell in love. There should be a Decent Sampler for this beauty!

    • @NicolasBras
      @NicolasBras  Год назад

      I'll make a really cool virtual instrument for my soundpaint.com instrument series, at the end of my explorations!

    • @DebeshSuvat
      @DebeshSuvat Год назад

      That's fantastic! Keep up the great work, highly inspiring and intriguing!

  • @Xt4848zx
    @Xt4848zx Год назад +1

    That See you soon, Bye after a few minutes had me. Well played!

  • @TheDogn
    @TheDogn Год назад +1

    1:04 literally just you showing us how to play it sounded extremely cool

  • @fredlyr1
    @fredlyr1 Год назад +1

    Thanks to the algorhythm gods and Nicolas for sending this my way. Great sound!
    I had the good fortune to travel in Viet Nam about 25 years ago. I encountered a blind busker on a street in Ho Chi Minh City. He had a funky dan bau, with a tin can resonator and a cheap pickup powered by a motorcycle battery into a tiny amplifier of maybe 2 watts. He sang a traditional song while playing. It was so like a Mississippi blues song the hair stood up on my neck. Bottleneck Mekong delta blues!

    • @fredlyr1
      @fredlyr1 Год назад

      Subscribed to your site Nicolas. Cheers!

  • @thienpool
    @thienpool Месяц назад

    Thank you for highlighting and enjoying my native country's One and only , most unique instrument, and my favorite instrument ! and your pronunciation of Việt Nam and Đàn Bầu is perfect !

  • @CodingBill
    @CodingBill Год назад +1

    Tu m'as hook avec cet instrument... Whaa le son de ouf quand tu claques la disto, et comment tu le fais crier !
    ça me donne trop envie de build un truc du genre, merci beaucoup pour l'inspiration !
    keep it up !

  • @alexandreterroni1221
    @alexandreterroni1221 Год назад +1

    j'aimerai que tu amméliore ton accent anglais, la french touch est toujours audible.
    en tout cas tes vidés sont toujours au top, continue comme ça bonhomme !

  • @Sharpened_Spoon
    @Sharpened_Spoon Год назад +1

    When the bassline kicks in! Super cool idea!

  • @romeolz
    @romeolz Год назад +24

    Have you heard of the undertone series(as opposed to the overtone series)?
    It's a really underrated concept, and I feel like it is underutilized in the world of acoustic instruments

    • @NicolasBras
      @NicolasBras  Год назад +9

      Never tried to exploit it, but that could be interesting!

    • @codascheuer8426
      @codascheuer8426 9 месяцев назад +1

      The undertone series is theoretical and doesn’t exist in nature like the overtone series does. That’s why it’s not utilized because it literally can’t be

    • @romeolz
      @romeolz 9 месяцев назад

      Hit a tuning fork and put it against a piece of paper. If you do it right, the tuning fork will hit the paper every xth vibration making a tone lower than the fundamental

  • @ИванТарасов-х2ц
    @ИванТарасов-х2ц Год назад +2

    Не знаю английский язык, но понял, что речь идëт о музыкальном инструменте, родом из Вьетнама.. этого достаточно - остальное я просто слушал.. короче, я в восторге! 👏🤓

  • @SONGSTICKS
    @SONGSTICKS Год назад +1

    Love that !!
    Great bit of music at the end too 😊

  • @phil8569
    @phil8569 Год назад +1

    You are an absolute inspiration! I first saw the dan bau at a performance of 'water puppetry' in Hanoi. I LOVE what you've done with it!. Rocks with the distortion!! I think this is your best build yet!

  • @NelKeu
    @NelKeu Год назад +3

    Yay a new video! 🎉 I am very hapy to see a new instrument!

  • @timjmoran
    @timjmoran Год назад +4

    Wow ! You are Some kind of genius!! Love what you are doing. The fact that you make such a cool,expressive instrument out of stuff laying around your house is mind-melting. Do you have any recordings of yourself playing these fantastic instruments? Love to hear that. Meanwhile, please never stop letting your imagination run wild ! And thank you for having the vision to create like you do- it's a truly wonderful thing.

  • @jhhl
    @jhhl Год назад +1

    I'm glad you are branching out to Vietnamese instruments! You can also just use a marker on the string for the harmonics. Also: use 3 strings tuned a fifth apart from each other (G-D-A), and you can play a diatonic scale on the harmonics.

  • @lawrencep8923
    @lawrencep8923 Год назад +4

    Good to see you back! Sounds awesome. Another traditional instrument from the same region (thailand/laos) which i think would be cool to see is a khaen, fitting with the pvc instruments.

  • @SlyHikari03
    @SlyHikari03 Год назад

    I love the distorted dan bau.
    It’s so cool.

  • @mx.notyourbusiness8693
    @mx.notyourbusiness8693 Год назад +5

    You are super inspiring 😊 I love the sound of that dan bau.

  • @funwithmadness
    @funwithmadness Год назад +1

    that was fun... I was playing harmonica along with you. ;)

  • @transcendedsounds4713
    @transcendedsounds4713 Год назад +1

    absolutely killed it on this one

  • @kiko7247
    @kiko7247 Год назад +1

    Outstanding! Please make this a series!

  • @madmatt112
    @madmatt112 9 месяцев назад

    This was transcendental

  • @johnecollins9503
    @johnecollins9503 Год назад +1

    I'm always making things like lap guitars and cigar box guitars and now I have to try and make one of these... Very COOL...

  • @Sergei_WHY
    @Sergei_WHY Год назад

    My mind has been blown. Not only did I learn about a cool Vietnamese instrument, but also, this build and music is awesome!

  • @RevvyTone
    @RevvyTone Год назад +1

    I've been meaning to build an electric Dan Bau,- now I'm inspired!!!!

  • @gkaisersoze
    @gkaisersoze Год назад +1

    For my 2 cents- best of many cool things you've created. THANKS for sharing it here!

  • @jimlipscomb3236
    @jimlipscomb3236 Год назад +1

    This first video I've seen of yours earned you a subscription!

  • @havokvladimirovichstalinov
    @havokvladimirovichstalinov Год назад +1

    I was just looking at your channel hoping I didnt miss a new video. Glad to see you back!

  • @stan_dundalk985
    @stan_dundalk985 Год назад

    Nicolas is waaay undersubscribed. Absolutely love this channel

  • @heapogarbage5455
    @heapogarbage5455 6 месяцев назад

    i love how he makes all the background music

  • @JEchamalet
    @JEchamalet Год назад +1

    I think it's one of my favorite video of the Chanel !!! You really got me on the trip to Vietnam!!!

  • @joethompson11
    @joethompson11 Год назад +1

    Great to see you back here!

  • @beboppinblue
    @beboppinblue Год назад

    The instrument is very cool and sounds great, but to me the best part is how you put all the sounds together to make a song - love it!

  • @MarkMcCluney
    @MarkMcCluney Год назад +4

    Brilliant, as always. Thanks Nic, I really enjoyed this one.

  • @saullaski7295
    @saullaski7295 Год назад +3

    Everytime you post a new vid, it always makes my day! That one was really nice, especially with the distortion~

  • @FloridianBarit0ne
    @FloridianBarit0ne Год назад +1

    Hello! I love your creativity, and I’m happy to see you back on RUclips!

  • @willbohland3698
    @willbohland3698 Год назад +1

    That sounds really different and cool. I thought this video was going to be about the spike traps until I saw that humbucker.

  • @joecoffman284
    @joecoffman284 Год назад +1

    Great video Nicolas. You were really jamming there at the end. I loved it man. Anybody ever told you that you have a very unique but satisfying personality? Can't wait to see more videos of yours.

  • @WryTrvr
    @WryTrvr Год назад +1

    That's a crazy sounding instrument you've made. I can't say I've heard anything else like it

  • @moonants
    @moonants Год назад +2

    Amazing and inspiring! I'm sure that you could have a lot of fun with a bow on this instrument.

  • @hotchow1000
    @hotchow1000 11 месяцев назад

    I've recently begun my own sound therapy practice. I've been looking through monochord instruments and found the Dan Bau. That lead me to your video. This "sound" has some incredible potential in the healing arts! Thank you for this. Amazing!

  • @TrentDan
    @TrentDan Год назад +1

    They use to roll out the big Tv and make us watch stuff like this in school t spark creativity.
    I hope some teacher somewhere does the same for their students.

  • @hindisikhnewaalaa
    @hindisikhnewaalaa Год назад

    Longue vie, M. Bras! Le génie mérite tout le temps que la nature peut lui garantir.

  • @pastiesandagstring
    @pastiesandagstring Год назад +1

    Very cool. Stringed instruments with Note benders are so much fun.
    Thank you for all these videos. You showed me you can make amazing instruments from junk essentially. Without spending a fortune, having to go to great lengths to make a “professional” looking instrument or make every little thing 100% perfect. It inspired me to finally actually attempt to build a bass. I lost my job/workshop unfortunately, so it’s at a stand still currently but I made a mini fretless bass. Needs a little tweaking on intonation and string spacing. Some Routing and electronics. Then some sort of finish to go on the whole thing. I surprised myself with the results. I couldn’t believe I made something that actually felt good to play and sounded quite good. Hope I can get my own workshop again soon so I can finish and build more.
    Keep being awesome!

    • @NicolasBras
      @NicolasBras  Год назад

      thanks, have some fun buildings!

  • @TueDinhCao
    @TueDinhCao Год назад +6

    I love your video so much, very fascinating how you expand the octaves-if you can try experimenting with chords, that will be great as well :DD ! I'm Vietnamese myself, and it is indeed the chief use of artificial harmonics and the whammy-bar-ish rod that made me picked up this instrument :,3 As an instrument that borders the realms of traditional and modern instruments, it produces some cool effects and suitable for various old and new music genres :D A long way coming from its original background as an instrument for Northern Vietnamese minstrelsy (hat xam) and Central Vietnamese poetry recitation (ngam tho Hue)

    • @NicolasBras
      @NicolasBras  Год назад +3

      Thanks! this is my first exploration of this lovely instrument, more prototypes in my head!

  • @clippedwings225
    @clippedwings225 Год назад +1

    Delighted to see a new video!

  • @WispOfSoul
    @WispOfSoul Год назад

    I love watching you make instruments

  • @kendrickdanny
    @kendrickdanny Год назад +1

    Damn, that was awesome! I've always loved the dan bau. It always sounded like the hot, humid vietnamese midday was melting the musical notes! 😂

  • @erniesbudolab
    @erniesbudolab 11 месяцев назад

    That groove was mesmerizing!

  • @Yabroproductions33
    @Yabroproductions33 Год назад

    Im glad I made it to the epic jam at the end!!!

  • @victorcook8794
    @victorcook8794 Год назад

    SPECTACULAR!!!!!!! NICOLAS, YOU'RE A GENIUS!!!!!!!!!

  • @adrianmauri9697
    @adrianmauri9697 Год назад

    My bro, you're the real avant garde.

  • @TheMarquistador
    @TheMarquistador Год назад +1

    Thanks! You are such a joyful bad ass

  • @spiralarchitect84
    @spiralarchitect84 Год назад

    I saw one of these being played at a street festival in Hanoi last year, and I've been wondering what it was ever since. In the hands of an experience player it sounded kind of like a pedal steel. Such a beautiful and unique instrument, and a awesome video!

  • @DiscountLionSafari
    @DiscountLionSafari 7 месяцев назад

    That jam at the end is sick

  • @thelanavishnuorchestra
    @thelanavishnuorchestra Год назад

    Oh, man! That's pretty dang awesome. It's music!

  • @notpopebuthope
    @notpopebuthope Год назад

    SOUNDS & FEELS GREAT!

  • @El_Couch_Potato
    @El_Couch_Potato Год назад +6

    Wow! The amount of talent both building and playing the instrument 👏👏👏
    Also have you considered somehow adding frets to it? Or using the metal thing they use on resonator guitar to change the pitch

    • @guitarfox8316
      @guitarfox8316 Год назад

      You can use a slide(the metal thing you are talking about )on almost all string instruments

  • @Rouverius
    @Rouverius Год назад

    It's got do much of a steel guiter vibe that I can almost see the tumbleweed and hear the jangle of spurs😄
    Great stuff👍

  • @5ur3nh0hn
    @5ur3nh0hn 11 месяцев назад

    man i hope your channel goes through the roof! very inspiring

  • @repeat_defender
    @repeat_defender Год назад +1

    This is def one of my favorites! So cool sounding.

  • @jkRatbird
    @jkRatbird Год назад +1

    Best end of video song yet!

    • @NicolasBras
      @NicolasBras  Год назад

      Thanks!

    • @jkRatbird
      @jkRatbird Год назад

      Thanks to YOU! You’re a huge inspiration in the quest of empowering musicians! Have watched all of your videos and built many instruments inspired by your designs! I just released a free looping software for jamming that I worked on for many years, would be an honour if you checked it out on my channel!

  • @lagrotteenbordel3727
    @lagrotteenbordel3727 Год назад

    Je suis toujours aussi impressionné par la qualité du rendu musical par rapport à la "simplicité " de la mise en oeuvre d'une part et par l'apparente (?) Facilité de prise en main de l'instrument.
    Cette vidéo est vraiment très coool. Merci

  • @JohnQ5
    @JohnQ5 Год назад

    Glorious.
    As ever a true master can craft their own tools.

  • @spazimdam
    @spazimdam Год назад +1

    Your instruments are so cool! I love it. So bizarre and inventively creative. I like.

  • @bogdahn689
    @bogdahn689 Год назад

    Punaise j'avais plus de notif de ta chaine depuis longtemps, ça fait plaisir de te revoir et entendre !

    • @NicolasBras
      @NicolasBras  Год назад

      oui, de retour, beaucoup de chouettes projets pour cette annee

  • @owenmayes2128
    @owenmayes2128 Год назад

    Wow! Absolutely superb. I would love to hear more of this composition, what a beautiful sound.

  • @tracymcdougal4729
    @tracymcdougal4729 Год назад

    This is an incredible instrument. Looking forward to building mine.

  • @Judit341
    @Judit341 10 месяцев назад

    Danke!

  • @sseim5654
    @sseim5654 Год назад

    How very interesting. A great winter project ahead. Thank you.

  • @normanfreund
    @normanfreund Год назад

    The is your best video yet, can see and hear you enjoyed making it.

  • @CEric-xd2rt
    @CEric-xd2rt Год назад

    ahhh ça me procure toujours autant de plaisir de voir ton travail ! :)

  • @WarrenPostma
    @WarrenPostma Год назад

    Extremely great. Now I want one.

  • @Wagoo
    @Wagoo Год назад

    I first came across a dan bau performance a few years ago and it took a bit of a double-take before I realised what it was doing. This looks like a great adaption of the concept :)

  • @neilshenton1834
    @neilshenton1834 Год назад +1

    Love it. Sounds awesome with the distortion. 🤩👍

  • @ri...
    @ri... 8 месяцев назад

    Dam... How?! It was so good already!!! ...and your video had such huge upgrade?! Amazing to see other parts of your process!!! What a beauty!!! And of course! Amazing Art... thank you so much, such an inspiration!!!!

    • @ri...
      @ri... 8 месяцев назад

      Ahahahahahah!!!! That's what hapens when you express before the end of the video.... This music... ohhhhhh... speachless it's so goood!... You.... Ummm!