This reminds me of a Pipe Organ with a 64' rank of pipes (we had such a rank on the Mightiest Wurlitzer built in DeKalb, IL in the late 70's). You can hardly discern the pitch, but the sound creates a harmonic foundation that is rare and beautiful and very unique.
Well, close enough. It's tuned to drop C for the first three strings. "1st C (32.70 Hz) approximately 4.0 mm 2nd G (24.50 Hz) around 5.3 mm 3rd C (16.35 Hz): approx 8.0 mm" Find the source "Aquila Corde" through searching "octobass strings".
The octobasse in the Paris Conservatoire museum has a pedal keyboard, like that of an older French organ, to control the fretting. As to tuning, please note that the octobass' main advocate, Hector Berlioz, in his orchestration method, specifically states that the octobass' three stings are tuned to 16' C (c. 32 Herz, not 16 Herz), the G above that, then 8' C (c. 64 Herz). Thus the instrument only played an octave lower that the 'cello, and a major third below the string contrabass in its standard tuning. The term "octobass" simply meant that it played an octave lower than the bass, which latter meant the pitch level of the 'cello. So tuning the octobass to 32' pitch is not at all what the inventor intended.
I think the limitation here (starting with the manufacturer) is in assuming that this is a single-player instrument. I suspect that if you put it (almost) horizontal, and approached it as a two-player instrument, you could get some really good music out of it, using all the notes, not just the pre-approved ones, and sometimes two at once.
Wow, that is amazing. Looks real awkward to transport, to play. I remember a sitcom years ago where there was a wisecrack about a musical instrument making notes so low only fish could hear it. Well, I can still hear sounds from that thing - so go make another twice as big!
those remote control levers for the neck weren't always there, originally a second player had to stand on a ladder and do the fingering when Wagner first used them.
Do't get me wrong, it's great that this exists; but really it's so low frequency that it has very little practical purpose besides making epic fart sounds.
Timothy McGaw Its purpose is not as a solo or even a chamber orchestra insturment but as a full orchestral piece to provide a background "texture" to the music, you don't really hear it but you feel it in your body, when played correctly in a orchestra it provides a long sustained vibration that changes with the timbre of the piece and provides a gravitas (for lack of a better word) to the composition
I play the cello and my cello would look and sound like a ant (if they could make a sound)or a mouse to that octobass. And where is the 4th string (it would be a F (ill calculate the frequency and put it in another comment)
+Fats Catone It could even have a solo part. It would have to be Yo Yo AND his Ma! Better yet, why not have an ensemble. Someone said there are only five of these T-Rex-stringed monsters in existence. Where is Stradivarius when you need him. Didn't Haydn (or was it Hans Zimmer, or Dr. Dre) compose "Octobass Concerto No.1 in z infinity flat. Then again, I don't know if you could (or should) put these Jurassic behemoths in the same building. At their lowest energy levels you can't really hear them can you, just FEEL them? Bring a Richter scale, an ensemble may topple a building. Think of the film scores that could be rewritten for this instrument; "Phantom of the Opera," "Frankenstein," "The Bride of Frankenstein" "Night of the Living Dead," "Tales From the Crypt." What a concerto this could be!
The unrelenting physics of achieving such a low frequency with a string, show how thankfully should we be for speaker technology and electronic music. Nowadays low frequency can sound great and have interesting dynamics. Which are physically impossible to have with real acoustic instrument.
Actually, it was used for undertones. There were a few composers that used the octobass. It would have only been there to fill up the background. Kind of like when the string basses play whole notes tied together for many measures.
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finaly someone recorded it with a mic wich kind of captured the actual frequencies
That thing is terrifying. Gorgeous, but terrifying.
CrisRojas or Gwyneth paltrow.
How can you even tune it ?
It's futile to judge this instrument on what you hear at your end of the computer. It's designed to produce frequencies you feel, rather than hear.
Thank you for clarification.
Agree, but I prefer higher tuning from others videos
Now THIS guy knows how to play this thing. Props.
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Drum and Octobasse needs to be a thing
Idk if you're interested in it, but Hans Zimmer used it recently in Dune part two (soundtrack: Arrival)
This reminds me of a Pipe Organ with a 64' rank of pipes (we had such a rank on the Mightiest Wurlitzer built in DeKalb, IL in the late 70's). You can hardly discern the pitch, but the sound creates a harmonic foundation that is rare and beautiful and very unique.
Well, close enough.
It's tuned to drop C for the first three strings.
"1st C (32.70 Hz) approximately 4.0 mm
2nd G (24.50 Hz) around 5.3 mm
3rd C (16.35 Hz): approx 8.0 mm"
Find the source "Aquila Corde" through searching "octobass strings".
What kind of instrument do you play?
Octobass: I play a human.
I actually find the sound of that very pleasant.
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This is easily the best performance I’ve seen on RUclips with the octobasse
The octobasse in the Paris Conservatoire museum has a pedal keyboard, like that of an older French organ, to control the fretting. As to tuning, please note that the octobass' main advocate, Hector Berlioz, in his orchestration method, specifically states that the octobass' three stings are tuned to 16' C (c. 32 Herz, not 16 Herz), the G above that, then 8' C (c. 64 Herz). Thus the instrument only played an octave lower that the 'cello, and a major third below the string contrabass in its standard tuning. The term "octobass" simply meant that it played an octave lower than the bass, which latter meant the pitch level of the 'cello. So tuning the octobass to 32' pitch is not at all what the inventor intended.
if the right notes are played it may open a gate to another dimension
Pedal harpists: "no-one understands how hard it is to transport our instruments!... oh wait.. this guy knows"
Organist: "That's cute"
I love this instrument, I bet it's really different to hear in real life though!
my 13 year old son use to blay double bass and loves double basses. if i show him this he will want to play
I want to play this instrument before I die!
Beautiful!
The frequencies are so low that one must listen to this through premium subwoofers in order to hear as well as feel all the notes.
I think the limitation here (starting with the manufacturer) is in assuming that this is a single-player instrument. I suspect that if you put it (almost) horizontal, and approached it as a two-player instrument, you could get some really good music out of it, using all the notes, not just the pre-approved ones, and sometimes two at once.
rg0057 arm-barre-chords!
I wouldn't put my fingers on it
Wow, that is amazing. Looks real awkward to transport, to play. I remember a sitcom years ago where there was a wisecrack about a musical instrument making notes so low only fish could hear it. Well, I can still hear sounds from that thing - so go make another twice as big!
But does it Djent?
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It sounds like a bad day on the toilet
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Is the same sound that makes a lion when sleep, LOVE THAT SOUND ❤
I was gonna ask, but there is no need - that thing most certainly djents.
you NEVER djent on the bass family
Thank you for this video ✨
Twice the size, half the vibrations!
Now I juat wonder what tuner is used for this thing
Would love to compose a concerto for this instrument.
Did that already, Rob.
I love the sound
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I wonder if there exist any Caprice 24 Octobass version..... We seen double bass,viola,violin,and cello
dang that bass
The Miles Davis riffs makes this even better.
those remote control levers for the neck weren't always there, originally a second player had to stand on a ladder and do the fingering when Wagner first used them.
lol fingering hahaha lollololl im so immature hahahaha
To bad we cant do vibrato but oh well XD
Flutes can do vibrato so HA
Well, for a 470 million dollar instrument it's fine. This is not the instrument i play, Ash. I play the DOUBLE bass, not the OCTObasse
I know you don't play the octobass
Are you saying flutes cost 470 million or the bass does?
The Octobasse does
If I had to pay 470 million dollars for an instrument I'd want to be able to do vibrato.
But what if you make an electric version of this and try overdrive?
Do't get me wrong, it's great that this exists; but really it's so low frequency that it has very little practical purpose besides making epic fart sounds.
Funeral doom metal :D
XD fart sounds
Timothy McGaw Its purpose is not as a solo or even a chamber orchestra insturment but as a full orchestral piece to provide a background "texture" to the music, you don't really hear it but you feel it in your body, when played correctly in a orchestra it provides a long sustained vibration that changes with the timbre of the piece and provides a gravitas (for lack of a better word) to the composition
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"purpose"? I'm not sure that word has any useful meaning in a music context.
Timothy McGaw Took the words right out of my mouth!
I have a subwoofer and my neighbors will never sleep again.
I really want to know where people get lessons to play this instrument.
That is how i would feel about the octo contrabassclarinet. That would be neat.
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(Sounds interesting!) .
What microphone did it record so wonderfully?
Is there a Bass version of one of these?
I really want twoset to see this
Is there anywhere we could hear these professional recordings in full quality?
Brown note...
What actual song that does require this instrument?
Arrival - Hans Zimmer (Dune part two)
I would really like to learn the octobass, but I think it doesn’t fit into my room.
Wear your headphones to hear it properly.....Hans Zimmer needs one
Nico, you're making me hungry.
Hope Sunn O))) get one of those soon o)))
M playing a little Sting in there!!!
Strings and bow re-hairs are already expensive enough, man!
we already have a bass that we can't play sitting down, this might be going over the line a little.
I play the cello and my cello would look and sound like a ant (if they could make a sound)or a mouse to that octobass. And where is the 4th string (it would be a F (ill calculate the frequency and put it in another comment)
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L exemplaires original est exposés au musée de la musique a Paris
You know your bad when someone plucks on the octobass better than you pluck in regular bass.
I bet Fieldy from Korn could do some amazing shit with this thing.
And I thought it was hard enough to put a double bass in a case and move it around.
hahaha wtf this is insane!!!
Custom made for shaq!
This instrument needes specual electronic or mechanical interface to comfortable playing
Dang why it so huge tho.
Player: Hi! My name is I like attention!
It sounds like he was trying to play Anesthesia in the beginning.
very impressive, but what can- oh wait wrong channel
what if that played in a concert
+Fats Catone
It could even have a solo part. It would have to be Yo Yo AND his Ma!
Better yet, why not have an ensemble. Someone said there are only five of these T-Rex-stringed monsters in existence. Where is Stradivarius when you need him. Didn't Haydn (or was it Hans Zimmer, or Dr. Dre) compose "Octobass Concerto No.1 in z infinity flat. Then again, I don't know if you could (or should) put these Jurassic behemoths in the same building. At their lowest energy levels you can't really hear them can you, just FEEL them? Bring a Richter scale, an ensemble may topple a building. Think of the film scores that could be rewritten for this instrument; "Phantom of the Opera," "Frankenstein," "The Bride of Frankenstein" "Night of the Living Dead," "Tales From the Crypt." What a concerto this could be!
What is this, that stands before me...?
The unrelenting physics of achieving such a low frequency with a string, show how thankfully should we be for speaker technology and electronic music.
Nowadays low frequency can sound great and have interesting dynamics. Which are physically impossible to have with real acoustic instrument.
Most of the speakers, amplifiers or human ears are unable to deal with those very low frequencies.
"People were crazy or crazier back then about music than we are now"
How completely and totally wrong! He is so out of touch.
Its only just within human hearing range LOL
Can I hear the goddamn thing?
Ozkar García
That's a question best answered by you.
Ozkar García not until you get some better speakers.
Max Johnson Yes, the speaker must have a low frequency response to play all tones from the octobass.
...it's tuned to Z flat
Rumble guts anyone???
And I thought a 42" scale was hard to play...
Shaq could play this without the levers
Give it a subwoofer.
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Awesome but it really does sound like shit from a musical standpoint, from a sound design standpoint I FUCKING WANT ONE!
What’s the usefulness of this instrument 😅 .. the sound is so angry
Must be a bitch to tune
that' thing is NOT MUSIC
Sounds like complete crap..
So if a world-class bass player can't make it sound good then I guess it is completely useless as an actual instrument.
Actually, it was used for undertones. There were a few composers that used the octobass. It would have only been there to fill up the background. Kind of like when the string basses play whole notes tied together for many measures.
My farts sound better than this
News flash, he's not really a musician, no one can tell anyways.
Playing the octobasse may be “a surreal experience”, but listening to it is NOT!
Incredible!
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