The Icelandic artist Jónsi, leader of Sigur Rós, uses a cello bow on his electric guitar most of the time. It’s a huge part of the band’s ethereal sound.
holy FUCK ive been trying to remember sigur ros for like a week now, excuse me while i go listen to my absolute gibberish speaking boys (when theyre not speaking icelandic i mean)
Anyone who can take an instrument, play it in different ways & make it sound so peaceful & warm, definitely has a grip on what music is all about! This is lovely & would sound great with other instruments played similarly in harmony! True musician!
@@cameronmarzzarella3250 hey, this video ist just a cover of the song „return to the city we once called home“ by people legend. You gotta skip to the second minute
This sounds like the personification of someone who just learned to accept themselves and the confidence that came with that peace Like you can do anything, but it’s soft in your bones
I have a cat who loves this song. She can be running around all crazy, but when i play this song, she calms down and just watches the video. She is 2 and this is the only song she has ever reacted to.
Anyone else want an extended version of this? Maybe a full piece arrangement? That was beautiful. If there was an album of this I'd buy it in an instant
Check the song Dinosaur by King Crimson, also their album called Discipline, and search for chapman stick arrangements, I think that Tony Levin was a pioneer regarding the bow in the bass / chapman stick
@@imagiFantasy The viola (/viˈoʊlə/ vee-OH-lə,[1][2] also UK: /vaɪˈoʊlə/ vy-OH-lə,[3][4][a] Italian: [ˈvjɔːla, viˈɔːla]) is a string instrument that is bowed, plucked, or played with varying techniques. Slightly larger than a violin, it has a lower and deeper sound. Since the 18th century, it has been the middle or alto voice of the violin family, between the violin (which is tuned a perfect fifth above) and the cello (which is tuned an octave below).[5] The strings from low to high are typically tuned to C3, G3, D4, and A4.
Bro, that harmonic at 0:47 hits so hard. That was a beautiful note. It such a beautiful crying call. I feel like a volume pedal would be perfect with that. Slightly bring it up as it reaches the end. Very operatic.
@@ΙωάννηςΛέπουρας it isn’t overdramatization. It is subjective experience. Are you aware of what frisson is? In one form it is a beautiful experience of what is often physically manifested pleasure (e.g. goosebumps/chills) derived from music. To be explicit, I physically experience music. Do you also feel that people who comment on paintings are overdramatizing it? People identify with art. If you don’t identify with it in the same way, that’s fine. What purpose do you think it serves to disrespect someone’s love for the form or their subjective experience of it?
@Jesus is LORD Hello I will not. Thank you for your intent though, but to be fully honest I'm more creeped out than feeling loved and protected by Jesus right now.
Roger Waters uses a bow on his bass in the Pink Floyd song 'Lucifer Sam' and it sounds really cool ( from the Piper at the Gates of Dawn album, 1967 ).
Poor DR!P couldn't handle the heat? The music industry names instruments like Florida names roads, with no rhyme or reason.... Acoustic guitar, electric guitar. String bass, bass. I guess it's better than calling it a salmon.
Make this your style and be the only one in the world who transcends bass. Being honest, this sounds DIVINE, I can't even not think not to like the vid.
you can literally make an album of songs using this technique"bow on bass" and I'm sure it would be a success. I didn't want it to end. Very pleasing to listen to....
When a bow is used on a string instrument it gives it a voice, somewhat hollow but full of emotion, and I find that both breathtaking and cool as shit.
I saw les claypool in 2007ish play a single string stand up bass with a lever attached to it to change the pitch and he was slapping it with the bow too. Was pretty wild
yes it is a thing. A bass in an orchestra is played with a bow. This is an electric base so the body of the instrument doesn't amplify the sound but is still a bass none the less, so a bow will still work just fine
I'm not talking from expirience here as I binge radiohead content but the vocalist and guitarist have another (pandemic) band, and I'm pretty sure I've seen Johnny play bass with a bow a few times. It's called the smile
For a while in the late '70s a company made a device you could mount over your bridge and give you a button over each bass string, you could press the button and lower a spinning disk to each string, giving a bowed sound to your electric bass without having to bow -- because the flat topography of an electric bass doesn't lend itself as well to an actual bow as an upright bass does.
I played classical bass for a few years and things like this are why I just loved the sound. Started on violin, but moved up to the upright bass and never looked back. Definitely has some cello/ viola vibes - just such an awesome arrangement. Looks like a cello bow. Props for not getting rosin all over your frets.
@@Durzo1259 on top of it being larger and having a different tuning, which some of them can also have 5 strings (not totally sure for what though) a large majority of bass players (classical playing at least not jazz) players play standing upright rather than sitting and if they do sit it has to be on a stool due to the height
@@Durzo1259 In addition, even the shape is different: round shoulders on the cello's upper bouts, but sloping shoulders (a true viol shape) on those of the upright bass (hence its alternative name of "double-bass viol").
@@Durzo1259 a big difference, the bass it WAY bigger, and is also way lower. The way you tune it, the bow hold, and the finger patterns are also different. When you play the bass you shift a lot too. It’s like comparing the cello to the viola, except obviously different in the sense they have different differences. The bass is really difficult to play too, anybody who continues with the bass always has my respect.
If this doesn't get turned into a full song I will literally cry. It's so oddly nostalgic for me and I really wanna have this on repeat while I paint LMAO
@@Moon-ms4cy i mean the bass line is from here, not that it's conceptually same. If you are up to some sweat bass based music i can recall to album "Mechanisms" by Jean Baudin
IT SOUNDS LIKE NEVER GONNA GIVE U UP, I LITERALLY THOUGHT I WAS GETTING RICK ROLLED BUT UR LIKE THE ONLY COMMENT WHO NOTICES THE FAMILIARITY OF THIS SONG😭
I do love me some Cello, but I'd love to see / hear more of this because it feels different. It's probably pretty limited in what you can do, but it's still dope.
it’s funny bc it sounds a lot like a cello with the bow part! I think it’s tuned for it maybe? Idk, i play cello tho and I was impressed bc of the flat fret board it must be very hard to play w/a bow!
God how is this guy not only SO fucking talented at his instrument, but can also write the most insane and best original compositions. That's what I call talent.
Don't insult him by calling it talent. First he has practiced for thousands of hours and second, he learnt music theory, you know thing most kids think is lame...
@@rattlehead999 Talent isn't just innate, it's passion and dedication and a yearning for improvement and a strive to learn, knowing you can and will always improve
@@rev9737 The definition of talent is an in-born skill. Nobody is born playing the bass. The baby/2-3 year old, doesn't just grab a bass guitar/bass and start shredding. But the younger you start a kid, the better the person will be, because kids learn and adapt extremely quickly and you ingrain the skill them from a young age. Which is why instead of neglecting kids to the "education" system, which wastes 12-20 years of people's lives, they youth and produces weak, stupid useless people(that goes doubly so for STEM), parents should start sending their kids to private courses from the age of 10-12 in one engineering field, or one trade, or law or commerce, so by the time they are 16-20 they can be highly skilled and knowledgeable professional experts, instead of being 22-27 and applying for an internship/junior position to every company under the sun...
Ikr?? Am astounded he produces such a gorgeous tone with that bow hold. It took me 10 years of learning violin before I had enough control to play something other people actually were happy to listen to 😜... String instruments are notoriously difficult to master, yet this guy who is a bass player just picks up a bow and says 'lets give this a go', and its stunning!!
I could be wrong, but I'm guessing it's a LOT easier to get a decent sound using a bow on a fretted bass or guitar than it is on a violin. I'm not belittling the skill involved here, but when you're dealing with a fretted instrument, you don't have to be as exact with either your finger placement on the string or the pressure and angle of the bow in order to get the right note, because the frets do so much of the work.
This should be definitely continued. Sounds exactly like a cello on steroids, absolutely immersive. Please make an album based on this style of playing.
I hope this gets made into an entire song. There are so many artists here on RUclips that make incredible pieces, but only a snippet of them. This is one of those snippets that would be a loss if it wasn’t brought to its full potential. This alone was good enough to my playlist. Hope to see an extended version.
New skill unlocked: "Played it like a fiddle." (Although it sounds more like a mix of guitar cello and violin) either way super cool and totally beautiful
Sounds a lot like the cello, which makes sense given the pitch range. Also that soft high note you did towards the end is called harmonics And finally, A: DID YOU ROSIN THE BOW B: if so, did you clean the rosin off the instrument after?
read the description "I used cello strings for this, which are essentially flatwounds that are somewhere between bass and guitar strings in thickness. Flatwounds definitely sound much better when bowing, for anyone who's interested in trying this! "
...why does this feel like a song that I've absolutely heard before? And it's not just the four-chord progression that's making me say that, it genuinely does sound very familiar.
And suddenly, he has a brain explosion as he realises the “Base” is named after the orchestral instrument it was designed to replace, hence the reason it sounds like one when bowed like one. Now, we need him to male more music like this.
The Electric bass was originally designed to replace acoustic upright basses in popular music in the 30s by Paul Tutmarc . Later put into production by Leo Fender and George Fullerton as the “P Bass “ when Fender started expanding their product range from telecasters and Strats .
To add to the previous reply, there was an expectation in the early years of the electric bass that some upright bass players would want to continue playing in their previous style, but with electric amplification, including even the use of a bow. That being the case, some early electric basses had an extendable leg where the rear strap button is on any modern bass (center at the "butt" of the instrument) that could be used to balance them on the floor like an upright. For whatever reason, few if any players tried this, so for approximately 65 years, we have been robbed of the tones that might otherwise have been achieved by such an arrangement.
try making up a melody along with it, it could help you feel like a cohesive part of a song, that helped me a little bit when overcoming my self consciousness in sight of talent like this
Don't think of it as a replacement, but more as a new member of the orchestra, something to add new flavor to the sound (don't mind me wandering sax player)
I mean, it’s definitely not the same thing Cello has a rich and deep sound that this can’t really make even though it has a fresh and bright sound to it Speaking from a violin player!
@@the.real.AK. I looked it up and did as you said. Sounds exactly the same as this video but with slightly poorer audio quality. And when I listened to the whole song it was just bits from what sounds like a bunch of different prog/math rock songs. I'm like 95% sure that it's not original at all. Thank you though.
There's a meme about things becoming increasingly derivative of the original thing until you eventually come full circle back to the original. I think this video demonstrates that in a way lol. Even though it's an electric bass, it can be played with a bow like an upright and produce beautiful results
Haha I was thinking of that same thing. Like this sounds lovely and is cool to see this done on a bass guitar - but also I’m not that surprised, as someone who started playing bass with an upright in an orchestra. And tbh it would sound even better with a violin and upright string bass playing the parts. But it’s nonetheless cool to see it all done on one instrument.
You have inspired me. I have a bow from a violin, and I have a bass. Hmm... There is a song I have been trying to write on the synth keys, but this technique of using electric bass with a bow, which is not new, but hearing this, I think I have a way of finishing my song. Thanks.
@@jebryth Urm its when you place your 1st finger down hard and you lightly place 2nd finger on the same string to make a higher pitch, generally in 1st position. Someone smarter can probably explain better sorry
@@Mothslime123 nah i get it actually don't talk like that about yourself Your explanation was actually good enough and the fact that you even bothered to reply makes it even better. Thanks for the reply, take care.
Bowing a bass guitar is one of those things that gets rediscovered every few years and I am here for it. This is by far the best version of the idea I've seen/heard. Well done.
@@mariuspoppFM Jonny does use a bow on an electric guitar for pyramid song yes, don't think they ever did it on a bass though Colin does play double bass sometimes
Oo, I asked for the same!...I do hope it happens... In fact, I hope this becomes a thing. Ya know? Just good music once again. The music industry needs to seriously slam a hand on the reset buttons....
So in some of the comments on the comments, people have identified that this bit of music appears in a longer song in a single called “Return to the empty city we once called home” by an artist named “people legend”. Except this part of that song sounds EXACTLY like this, down to the littlest nuance of performance, just with worse sound quality…plus that single seems to have come out AFTER Mr. Berthoud posted this video. People Legend has a few complete albums, and they honestly sound like they’re all made of songs which themselves are just made of other people’s music. It’s a bit of an unsolved mystery…but it seems pretty clear that at least as far as this video goes, Mr. Berthoud did it first!
For anyone that’s hoping this single will have a longer version of this video... it does not. But I agree with Blair, I think they adopted it from here!
You are great at finding the groove, and playing bass. Even more than that, when you play you breathe life into the piece. Thank you for sharing your talent with all of us.
Very nice! A couple tips from a strings player: the more perpendicular you can get the bow to the string the more consistent a tone you will get. Also you can apply a tiny bit more rosin to the bow to improve your tone, however be aware that this will leave a residue on the strings (if you wipe the strings down soon you should be good though). The things that influence sound the most are contact point (where on the string you have the bow, this will affect the overall vibration and how much the bow will need to move for sound), speed of the bow (how fast you're pulling it across the string), and weight on the string (not really as applicable here, but eh, now you know)
@@galumptiouspotato9989 well not really. It just means at right angles to the strings length direction. So bow in line with the frets. The seems eminently possible?
I was bored during lockdown so got a cheap violin ... I figured it was a reversed fretless bass (5th v 4ths so mirror image). I don't seem able to get rosin to stick to the bow - or I got a defective one - alas my violin pal now lives other side of UK so.no chance for him to show me. Instead I stick with the samples on the EMU Emulator. But if you have any YT hints on rosin etc please send them my way. Do you think bow would be less or more effective on nylon coated bass strings?
@@stephenhookings1985 You can basically scratch the rosin with sandpaper or the back of ur bow to get the powder, then u can apply it by passing the rosin on ur bow. I also bought one and thats how a lot of professionals do it apparently
What a beautiful piece of music and excellent playing. Thank you for making this world nicer with your contribution. Much love and appreciation from Toronto!
100%. He is on another level. There are lots of amazing players out there, but I personally always put Victor Wooten in the top spot, but I think Charles is on the same level, possibly even better. I never thought I would say that!
I have synesthesia, and when it's dark and silent it's even more vibrant, so listening to this with my headphones, and in pitch dark was so beautiful, idk what it is about instruments with bows, but they are always so blue, and purply, and they flow like a string of smoke, making spirals, going up and down, at the 0:49 mark it was so so pretty, i felt my eyes watering, you know when light hits water and it does a reflection? It was similar to that, and it was flashing slowly, i got chills 💖
I'm obsessed with this piece. It makes me feel like I'm standing on a very tall hill, watching as the morning sun crests over the horizon in the distance and catches on the rolling fog. Everything is bathed in the glow and a warm summer breeze carries the scent of wildflowers.
By making cats in the form of notes, the visual image of the score is positive. The delivery of musical images, an auditory element, was a score and performance that contrasted not to match the cat, and at the same time, the creativity of creating a harmonious section that seemed to auditory depict the cat's cuteness and the cat's steps stood out.
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I want a bunch of people to just play bass like this in an informal orchestra one day
I want someone to play the drums with a bow
Or better yet in a national orchestra!
@@TheHulksMistress Or a violin with drumsticks
@@TheHulksMistress ...WHY
YES PLEASE
As a former violinist and aspiring bass player, this greatly pleases me. Even more so to see you holding the bow properly!
it’s not a proper bass bowhold
@@jacobreeder8101 this was a joke, and to be taken sarcastically, but it’s alright if you missed it.
@@RedKiimuse 🤷♂️ seems to be fully genuine. maybe you didn’t get it?
@@RedKiimuse 🤓
Yeah I'm about to go to vilion from bass
The Icelandic artist Jónsi, leader of Sigur Rós, uses a cello bow on his electric guitar most of the time. It’s a huge part of the band’s ethereal sound.
I'll have to check that out
holy FUCK ive been trying to remember sigur ros for like a week now, excuse me while i go listen to my absolute gibberish speaking boys (when theyre not speaking icelandic i mean)
That explains a lot of the things I like about Sigur Rós, and also why I’ve heard this sound before
@@NoBodyToDanceWithMe enjoy!
Sigur ros is such a good band.
This genuinely feels like a somber arrangement of a video game protagonist’s theme that’s supposed to play during a tragic moment within the plot
117 likes and 0 comments is crazy lemme help with that. And yes this does sound like that
@@Viperone156 Not every upvoted comment needs a reply. Often the upvote is enough to signify that the other user(s) agreed
To me it sounds like a song that would play after the villain is defeated
There's a bit that sounds like Celes' opera song from FF6.
What song is this?
Playing instruments in unconventional ways often leads to impressive sounds, like this. I love this.
It's how new things are discovered/invented I suppose?
I would argue that playing a bass guitar like this isn't very unconventional considering this is how the standing bass is played.
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Like that time I Bowed my brothers harp string 💀
@@AiMaTayyou're definitely on to something there
Davie504: "Bass is the only instrument"
2Set Violin: "Violin is the best"
Charles: "I'm about to blow your mind"
....hold my beer.......and my bow😂😂😂
I wish 2set reviews this video!
A violin is too high for a bass guitar. Cello or Double Bass are possible.
bow your mind
Charles really said : hold my beer
As someone who plays both the double bass and electric bass, I must test this IMMEDIATELY
How’d it go?
Yeah I wanna know how it went too 0-0
Seems like he didn't make it, boys.
@@SillyMakesVids f for our fallen musician
Drop the link if you made it
Anyone who can take an instrument, play it in different ways & make it sound so peaceful & warm, definitely has a grip on what music is all about! This is lovely & would sound great with other instruments played similarly in harmony! True musician!
If this guy made a “relaxing bass” playlist, I’d listen to it instantly
Same!!!
Absolutely!
I’d love that so much
I agreed too! 👏
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This is honestly incredible.
Totally unexpected honestly.
It sounds like a mix between a violin and a cello.
That's called a viola, but this sounds nothing like it
Some people call that a viola :OOOO
This is emotional damaging, I play the viola and this just hurts.
@@Hi-dw4rc hah rip
or a double bass :D:D
You can’t just drop something as beautiful as this without following up with an album.
It's sad that it seems no one else wants one, and I just cant seem to find anything else like it. An album would be amazing.
would sign a petition for an album of bowed bass songs
@@cameronmarzzarella3250 hey, this video ist just a cover of the song „return to the city we once called home“ by people legend. You gotta skip to the second minute
@@the.real.AK. allahına kurban kız
I'm your 1k liker :)
0:20 i thought it was a rick roll
Same 😅
i had trauma. ☠️
The fact his bass sounds like a Cello, Violin, Guitar, and a Bass is crazy.
Edit: Yes Viola, praise Viola. 😂
He even did some vibrato
well he is playing a bass so it's not too crazy that his bass sounds like a bass
@@russellhughart8294 lol
@@russellhughart8294 I meant more of like how it sounds diverse but You’re not wrong.
Violin is way higher
0:46 that harmonic is heavenly honestly
YOU'RE heavenly honestly
@@465marko no YOU are!
@@halcyon_exb ........(you are...)
Wholesomenesss
Everyone here is awesome, and important!
My hair stood up
This sounds like the personification of someone who just learned to accept themselves and the confidence that came with that peace
Like you can do anything, but it’s soft in your bones
i love that
you put the _thing_ into _words_
You just put my life goals into words
Damn you're a poet
bro..
A bow harmonic on a bass is not something I expected to see this evening. God damn.
Can we get an extended version for this? That was actually mezmerizing!
@@RaldorSplint So there is! That's a bit strange but anyway it sounds fantastic
@@RaldorSplint adding to this, the part the dude played in this video starts at around 2:22 in the linked video for anyone wondering
@@lintea_ I actually think that it starts around 2:03 or something.
Wow, how were you able to find this?
@@RaldorSplint ugh thats music that was made by stealing parts of songs and putting them together
I have a cat who loves this song. She can be running around all crazy, but when i play this song, she calms down and just watches the video. She is 2 and this is the only song she has ever reacted to.
thus the power of Charles Berthoud he even made animals feel stuff
thank you for this beautiful comment
What song is it?
She likes the vibration
My cat loves it too dude!
Anyone else want an extended version of this? Maybe a full piece arrangement? That was beautiful. If there was an album of this I'd buy it in an instant
Yeah needs to be at least 3 minutes long so i can relax to it when its too rainy to go outdoors
Just listen to Cello music
The piece being played sounds as if it were the opening theme from a hit show. Really cool tho
vote: yes
Check the song Dinosaur by King Crimson, also their album called Discipline, and search for chapman stick arrangements, I think that Tony Levin was a pioneer regarding the bow in the bass / chapman stick
As a former cellist and now bass guitar player this makes me so happy❤❤❤
That would make sense since electric basses, while having guitar qualities, are based on the upright bass, a relative of the viola
Well the viol family as a whole.
Viola??
@@imagiFantasy The viola (/viˈoʊlə/ vee-OH-lə,[1][2] also UK: /vaɪˈoʊlə/ vy-OH-lə,[3][4][a] Italian: [ˈvjɔːla, viˈɔːla]) is a string instrument that is bowed, plucked, or played with varying techniques. Slightly larger than a violin, it has a lower and deeper sound. Since the 18th century, it has been the middle or alto voice of the violin family, between the violin (which is tuned a perfect fifth above) and the cello (which is tuned an octave below).[5] The strings from low to high are typically tuned to C3, G3, D4, and A4.
@@miklok433 it’s just he/she thought you would say violin or cello.
@@ikwenmusic why? It came from the bass range viola, not those higher range instruments
Bro, that harmonic at 0:47 hits so hard. That was a beautiful note. It such a beautiful crying call. I feel like a volume pedal would be perfect with that. Slightly bring it up as it reaches the end. Very operatic.
@@ΙωάννηςΛέπουρας relax to the note? Absolutely. It was such a relaxing note.
@@ΙωάννηςΛέπουρας hey man, if you don't like the nuances of music, that's on you. I respect the art that he delivers.
@@ΙωάννηςΛέπουρας it isn’t overdramatization. It is subjective experience. Are you aware of what frisson is? In one form it is a beautiful experience of what is often physically manifested pleasure (e.g. goosebumps/chills) derived from music. To be explicit, I physically experience music.
Do you also feel that people who comment on paintings are overdramatizing it? People identify with art. If you don’t identify with it in the same way, that’s fine. What purpose do you think it serves to disrespect someone’s love for the form or their subjective experience of it?
@@ΙωάννηςΛέπουρας that's subpar trolling, at this point. Maybe you'll find growth and happiness some day.
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I more than half expected this to be a still staying "ha, gotcha" with horrible sounds in the background, but no, this rocks!
Same 🌚😂
@Jesus is LORD Hello I will not. Thank you for your intent though, but to be fully honest I'm more creeped out than feeling loved and protected by Jesus right now.
You never know what to expect on the internet these days
Sounds like a violin, viola, cello, double bass, guitar, and bass guitar all at the same time is INSANE
the fact that he does this with only one instrument is mind-blowing, but people seem to forget cellos exist for a reason
Yeah, UT this one has a certain mix between the 2
Everybody also forgets about the viola but that's not surprising
@@unsupervised_orphan lol as a viola player, yup
@@unsupervised_orphan what is "Viola"? is it exist? xD
As a cellist I can confirm that us and viola players are often overlooked even though we make up half of a string quartet.
Roger Waters uses a bow on his bass in the Pink Floyd song 'Lucifer Sam' and it sounds really cool ( from the Piper at the Gates of Dawn album, 1967 ).
The 60s were really a time for experimentation; guitarists and bassists alike tried so many new things
I’ve seen Jimmy Page do it.
@@xenosmoke8915 Eddie Phillips and Jimmy Page are the 2 most known guitarists of the era who played that way
Man I used to play the shit out of that Piper album.
In the score for the Halloween reboot, there's a violin bow being used in an electric guitar.
Can we please get an extended version because this is genuinely one of the most impressive things I’ve heard, it’s so beautiful and calming
I agree.
Till then I'm going to play this on loop
Same
Yeah
It's so relaxing
Human creativity still amazes me
The only complain I have about this is that it's too short. That was absolutely amazing 💜
Yes I demand an extended version I could literally fall asleep to this.
If you want music like this, simply watch classical musicians play a double bass...
Right Click, select Loop.
You're welcome.
@@badbuddha93 Thank you.
Man. If only there were some kind of bass that was meant to be played with a bow. That would be so crazy.
@@-DRIP ...Check the dictionary for "sarcasm."
I know this is sarcasm, but I assume it sounds different on an electric bass than an orchestral one.
@@serixskylark If only they had electric versions of acoustic instruments... Seriously electric upright bass is a thing amd has been for a long time.
Poor DR!P couldn't handle the heat?
The music industry names instruments like Florida names roads, with no rhyme or reason....
Acoustic guitar, electric guitar.
String bass, bass.
I guess it's better than calling it a salmon.
@@truthsRsung or salmonello!!
I thought this was gonna be a joke but now I need hours of music like this-
Riiight?
Some of Apocalyptica songs sound like this. Like bittersweet
@@masterxak Oooh! THANKS❤️
A bit unrelated, but look up some music played on a guitar harp. It's entrancing.
@@jas9574 had no idea that was a thing-
It's not only how you're playing, but also what you're playing. That song is gorgeous! I need an hour-long version of this!
Make this your style and be the only one in the world who transcends bass.
Being honest, this sounds DIVINE, I can't even not think not to like the vid.
not even jaco did this :3
There are others who use a bow on bass. For example, Victor Wooten.
>transcends bass
>reverts back to playing it in the same way it was played over 100 years ago
pick one
Jonny Greenwood from Radiohead uses a bow on guitar and bass pretty frequently
@@philfedorowick lol thats what i was thinking, dont they used to play this way? its not that special
you can literally make an album of songs using this technique"bow on bass" and I'm sure it would be a success. I didn't want it to end. Very pleasing to listen to....
Right?
its been done hundreds of years ago , are you new/?
Yes, they have that. It is called classical music. There were some decent songwriters then.
@@RobertELee420 Robert E. Lee! What are you doing on RUclips I thought you died in the 1870’s.
@@RobertELee420 "Hundreds of years"? 🤔 Probably not on an ELECTRIC bass. 🙄
When a bow is used on a string instrument it gives it a voice, somewhat hollow but full of emotion, and I find that both breathtaking and cool as shit.
Makes sense, actually. When a human speaks, they dont do so with quick, rapid flicks of their vocal cords, but rather with slow, steady vibrations.
This brings back so much nostalgia from when i was really young. I feel like ive heard it a long time ago, but this song honestly reflects it
Wait... what the actual hell? You can do that?! Has anyone tried this on a guitar? How come this isn't a thing?! That was awesome!
Jimmy Page from Led Zeppelin did it.
Sigur Ros sometimes has bowed guitar. If I remember correctly, they bow guitar on Svefn-G-Englar.
Jonny Greenwood from radiohead does it.
I saw les claypool in 2007ish play a single string stand up bass with a lever attached to it to change the pitch and he was slapping it with the bow too. Was pretty wild
yes it is a thing. A bass in an orchestra is played with a bow. This is an electric base so the body of the instrument doesn't amplify the sound but is still a bass none the less, so a bow will still work just fine
This is beautiful! Who else wants a whole song for this?
Me!
Me! :)
Me
I'm not talking from expirience here as I binge radiohead content but the vocalist and guitarist have another (pandemic) band, and I'm pretty sure I've seen Johnny play bass with a bow a few times. It's called the smile
Raises hand
I wanna hear a full version of this song. That'll be amazing honestly.
I need a full version so bad, it sounds so good
yes i petition
Closest I could give you is "somebody I used to know - String Quartet". Resembles it a bit.
For a while in the late '70s a company made a device you could mount over your bridge and give you a button over each bass string, you could press the button and lower a spinning disk to each string, giving a bowed sound to your electric bass without having to bow -- because the flat topography of an electric bass doesn't lend itself as well to an actual bow as an upright bass does.
Dude this guy’s level of talent is seriously beyond insane.
It's not talent but I know what you meen, simply incredible
Amen to that! 😉
Be nice.
Yes
Buddy, this dude ain't your guy
I played classical bass for a few years and things like this are why I just loved the sound. Started on violin, but moved up to the upright bass and never looked back. Definitely has some cello/ viola vibes - just such an awesome arrangement. Looks like a cello bow. Props for not getting rosin all over your frets.
Just curious, is there even a difference between a classical bass and a cello?
@@Durzo1259 A classical bass is twice the size, and has different tuning/ strings.
@@Durzo1259 on top of it being larger and having a different tuning, which some of them can also have 5 strings (not totally sure for what though)
a large majority of bass players (classical playing at least not jazz)
players play standing upright rather than sitting and if they do sit it has to be on a stool due to the height
@@Durzo1259 In addition, even the shape is different: round shoulders on the cello's upper bouts, but sloping shoulders (a true viol shape) on those of the upright bass (hence its alternative name of "double-bass viol").
@@Durzo1259 a big difference, the bass it WAY bigger, and is also way lower. The way you tune it, the bow hold, and the finger patterns are also different. When you play the bass you shift a lot too. It’s like comparing the cello to the viola, except obviously different in the sense they have different differences. The bass is really difficult to play too, anybody who continues with the bass always has my respect.
That was pretty cool. The only problem is that it wasn’t long enough, lol. Make an album or two doing that.
At least a full 3 minutes of this song, its honestly what many need right now 😑 God bless to all! 💙 May the love of music hold us together
@@kingtonsiljockey528 Settle down Sally, no need to get all evangelical about it.
PLEASE make an extended version of this! It is such a great rhythm!
@@bnk091182 the Song ist called RETURN TO THE CITY WE ONCE CALLED HOME by PEOPLE LEGEND. Skip to the second minute of the song.
whole lotta love / dazed and confused by led zeppelin
That’s pretty awesome!
If this doesn't get turned into a full song I will literally cry. It's so oddly nostalgic for me and I really wanna have this on repeat while I paint LMAO
Check song "Futurism vs. Passéism Part 2" by blonde redhead
@@firstandlast4435 i wouldnt consider it the same. Its great but not for me.
@@Moon-ms4cy i mean the bass line is from here, not that it's conceptually same. If you are up to some sweat bass based music i can recall to album "Mechanisms" by Jean Baudin
as a fellow artist/painter i completely agree 😩
@@cheesecake4334 it does kinda sound like one summers day
The thing that irritates me is how familiar it sounds, as if I heard it before outside of that annoying familiarity it's a beautiful song
IT SOUNDS LIKE NEVER GONNA GIVE U UP, I LITERALLY THOUGHT I WAS GETTING RICK ROLLED BUT UR LIKE THE ONLY COMMENT WHO NOTICES THE FAMILIARITY OF THIS SONG😭
Bro….. seriously! I swear I’ve heard this song before I saved it so I can compare it to others I’ve heard but I just can’t pinpoint it
It’s very similar to an Ed Sheeran - 2 Step
So I’ve been listening to this for about 6 months now. I keep getting Sade, Kiss of life and Maze, before I let go. I keep humming those two songs.
@@ditzydoll47 I just listened to that song you mentioned, that is to new of a song to recreate. Good song tho!
I do love me some Cello, but I'd love to see / hear more of this because it feels different. It's probably pretty limited in what you can do, but it's still dope.
Here's the original (uncredited, might be the same person) song if you want the full version. ruclips.net/video/MdsQT_DVM1I/видео.html
@@RaldorSplint but this one was uploaded later
Funny part is that the strings are tuned exactly like a double bass
it’s funny bc it sounds a lot like a cello with the bow part! I think it’s tuned for it maybe? Idk, i play cello tho and I was impressed bc of the flat fret board it must be very hard to play w/a bow!
@@crypticshadows Yes, makes me wonder if this could be done on electric cello.
We need a full version of this song!
God how is this guy not only SO fucking talented at his instrument, but can also write the most insane and best original compositions. That's what I call talent.
Thousands of hours of practice and intentional self-improvement will do that.
Don't insult him by calling it talent. First he has practiced for thousands of hours and second, he learnt music theory, you know thing most kids think is lame...
@@rattlehead999 Talent isn't just innate, it's passion and dedication and a yearning for improvement and a strive to learn, knowing you can and will always improve
@@rattlehead999 Is that not still talent? Talent is talent whether it's earned or naturally gifted.
@@rev9737 The definition of talent is an in-born skill. Nobody is born playing the bass. The baby/2-3 year old, doesn't just grab a bass guitar/bass and start shredding.
But the younger you start a kid, the better the person will be, because kids learn and adapt extremely quickly and you ingrain the skill them from a young age.
Which is why instead of neglecting kids to the "education" system, which wastes 12-20 years of people's lives, they youth and produces weak, stupid useless people(that goes doubly so for STEM), parents should start sending their kids to private courses from the age of 10-12 in one engineering field, or one trade, or law or commerce, so by the time they are 16-20 they can be highly skilled and knowledgeable professional experts, instead of being 22-27 and applying for an internship/junior position to every company under the sun...
Me: sounds extremely HEAVENLY
Also me: that bow hold is *sacrilegious*
He holds the bow like some people like holding their fork
twoset violin
Ikr?? Am astounded he produces such a gorgeous tone with that bow hold. It took me 10 years of learning violin before I had enough control to play something other people actually were happy to listen to 😜... String instruments are notoriously difficult to master, yet this guy who is a bass player just picks up a bow and says 'lets give this a go', and its stunning!!
I could be wrong, but I'm guessing it's a LOT easier to get a decent sound using a bow on a fretted bass or guitar than it is on a violin.
I'm not belittling the skill involved here, but when you're dealing with a fretted instrument, you don't have to be as exact with either your finger placement on the string or the pressure and angle of the bow in order to get the right note, because the frets do so much of the work.
Pretty sure a correct bow hold would make this nigh impossible
0:47 that harmonic gave me chills
Same. Took me a moment to even notice that's what it was
SAME HOLY SHIT
CHILLZ
SAME
Same
I love when people do things like this. finding new and incredible ways to play an instrument
This should be definitely continued. Sounds exactly like a cello on steroids, absolutely immersive. Please make an album based on this style of playing.
thats called a dubblebass my good sir
Kire szavaztál?
Yes, please do. Take my money!
@@comet_0209 as a bassist (double) I like the acknowledgment that we exist!
@@eleanorlanpher34 ive been playing for 3 years. how about you?
This sounds oddly nostalgic. I swear at some point in the past there was so much ethereal sounding pop that sounded like this.
Mii music
@Taylor. lmao
@taylor same
It reminds me of a scene in that one barbie horse movie where she tames a wild horse with pink highlights
@@Olivia-vg4mm Barbie and her sisters in a pony tale
"You're the one"
Ok but imagine an instrumental of “Achilles Come Down” played like this
YES
Oh fuck yeah that'd be so cool
If that happened it might just be my breaking point
Oh my god now i need this to happen
Dude, I’d fucking pay to see that
It sounds like some mysterious soothing velvety cello... 😊
I hope this gets made into an entire song. There are so many artists here on RUclips that make incredible pieces, but only a snippet of them. This is one of those snippets that would be a loss if it wasn’t brought to its full potential. This alone was good enough to my playlist. Hope to see an extended version.
Claypool has a couple songs where he does it. Like jillys on smack and mr krinkle. But i do wish it was used more
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Yes! Totally Agree!
Check song "Futurism vs. Passéism Part 2" by blonde redhead I might mistake but i think bass line is from here
Agreed my friend. Your absolutely correct
New skill unlocked: "Played it like a fiddle."
(Although it sounds more like a mix of guitar cello and violin) either way super cool and totally beautiful
The bass be like "THEY PLAYED US LIKE A DAMN FIDDLE!"
@@crestfallensunbro6001 Amazing! Mission complete! That right there is why you’re the best, Boss. The one and only!
A mix of cello and violin is viola lol
He used cello strings so that makes sense
my guy a fiddle and a violin are the same instrument they're just played differently
Sounds a lot like the cello, which makes sense given the pitch range.
Also that soft high note you did towards the end is called harmonics
And finally,
A: DID YOU ROSIN THE BOW
B: if so, did you clean the rosin off the instrument after?
I just noticed in the description, it says that he did use cello strings, so that's probably part of the reason it sounded so cello-like.
I bet he plays cello.
read the description
"I used cello strings for this, which are essentially flatwounds that are somewhere between bass and guitar strings in thickness. Flatwounds definitely sound much better when bowing, for anyone who's interested in trying this!
"
Cello is The original Bass.
i get the feeling he did use rosin, maybe it’s just fingerprints but there’s some residue around the base of the. bass
Am I the only one who wants a deep two hour version with this??
...why does this feel like a song that I've absolutely heard before?
And it's not just the four-chord progression that's making me say that, it genuinely does sound very familiar.
I was getting assassins creed vibes from this
the first few he plays are the same as one of the sections of the My Singing Monsters plant island
It sounds very Indian classical to me..glas someone else is feeling this as familiar to them..
Sounds like a Lindsay Sterling song
It's eating me alive that I can't figure it out
Me, who plays both the double bass and bass guitar: ah yes, a masterpiece, cant wait to try it out for myself
same lol
Same this is great
Same imagine holding both at once tho
bruh same
How’d it go?
And suddenly, he has a brain explosion as he realises the “Base” is named after the orchestral instrument it was designed to replace, hence the reason it sounds like one when bowed like one. Now, we need him to male more music like this.
Basse actually means low, for the low notes. Hence the bassoon, etc.
🤯🤯🤯🤯
Male so much music 😼
The Electric bass was originally designed to replace acoustic upright basses in popular music in the 30s by Paul Tutmarc . Later put into production by Leo Fender and George Fullerton as the “P Bass “ when Fender started expanding their product range from telecasters and Strats .
To add to the previous reply, there was an expectation in the early years of the electric bass that some upright bass players would want to continue playing in their previous style, but with electric amplification, including even the use of a bow. That being the case, some early electric basses had an extendable leg where the rear strap button is on any modern bass (center at the "butt" of the instrument) that could be used to balance them on the floor like an upright. For whatever reason, few if any players tried this, so for approximately 65 years, we have been robbed of the tones that might otherwise have been achieved by such an arrangement.
I would be so blessed if you were create a full version of this song
I just felt the last bit of confidence I had as a cellist disappear, that aside very interesting technique and sound
Same
try making up a melody along with it, it could help you feel like a cohesive part of a song, that helped me a little bit when overcoming my self consciousness in sight of talent like this
Same. I feel obsolete.
Don't think of it as a replacement, but more as a new member of the orchestra, something to add new flavor to the sound (don't mind me wandering sax player)
I mean, it’s definitely not the same thing
Cello has a rich and deep sound that this can’t really make even though it has a fresh and bright sound to it
Speaking from a violin player!
I've never heard or seen this before. Those tones coming from a bass. Incredible dude.
m.ruclips.net/video/V9R_KzTgRXY/видео.html
@@Nickmassiedesigns cello?
A stand up bass sounds jus like this.
Peter Murphy - "Cuts you up" music video. Wesley Snipes plays a fretless electric bass with a bow. Great track.
probably because cello strings were used
Not to sound greedy, but can we get a full/longer/extended version of this? It's so beautiful!❤❤❤❤❤
Bro that ain't greedy, that's normal.
Not greedy lmfao💀
Just casually creates a masterpiece
Please tell me there's an extended version of this song. It sounds perfect for closing your eyes and imagining the story it tells.
I know right! I do this is all songs I listen to.
This is just a cover of the song „Return to the city we once called home“ by People Legend. Skip to second minute
@@the.real.AK. I looked it up and did as you said. Sounds exactly the same as this video but with slightly poorer audio quality. And when I listened to the whole song it was just bits from what sounds like a bunch of different prog/math rock songs. I'm like 95% sure that it's not original at all. Thank you though.
@@sophiaglass2000 yeah I also looked it up. That song they mentioned was released/uploaded after this video came out.
Once upon a time...
Hitler shot himself.
"Song plays"
We need a longer version of this, like AT LEAST 4 more minutes, though 10 would be preferred.
Yes!!
Most definitely!
Guess someone's goin' to do a "10 hours" version of this masterpiece for working/studying purposes...hope that
Yes! Force him to play more! Pay him a million, when you are a Patreon, that will persuade him!
👍
There's a meme about things becoming increasingly derivative of the original thing until you eventually come full circle back to the original. I think this video demonstrates that in a way lol. Even though it's an electric bass, it can be played with a bow like an upright and produce beautiful results
Haha I was thinking of that same thing. Like this sounds lovely and is cool to see this done on a bass guitar - but also I’m not that surprised, as someone who started playing bass with an upright in an orchestra. And tbh it would sound even better with a violin and upright string bass playing the parts. But it’s nonetheless cool to see it all done on one instrument.
You have inspired me. I have a bow from a violin, and I have a bass. Hmm... There is a song I have been trying to write on the synth keys, but this technique of using electric bass with a bow, which is not new, but hearing this, I think I have a way of finishing my song. Thanks.
PLEASE MAKE A FULL VERSION OF THIS I AM BEGGING THIS SOUNDS INCREDIBLE
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And this request accepted
Guy will become a celebrity if he does it
@@FuriousMaximum Of course
Yes I agree also
The artificial harmonics at 0:47 is amazing. Your bowing technique is so smooth. Very very impressive
What is a harmonic
@@jebryth Urm its when you place your 1st finger down hard and you lightly place 2nd finger on the same string to make a higher pitch, generally in 1st position.
Someone smarter can probably explain better sorry
@@Mothslime123 nah i get it actually
don't talk like that about yourself
Your explanation was actually good enough and the fact that you even bothered to reply makes it even better.
Thanks for the reply, take care.
@@jebryth Aw thanks!
@@Mothslime123sometimes a simple answer is the best answer.
Bowing a bass guitar is one of those things that gets rediscovered every few years and I am here for it. This is by far the best version of the idea I've seen/heard. Well done.
I think Radiohead used this many times
@@mariuspoppFM Jonny does use a bow on an electric guitar for pyramid song yes, don't think they ever did it on a bass though Colin does play double bass sometimes
I just can't get over how beautiful this is!
I never thought a bass could even be played like that!
You gave it a whole different spin!
Good work.
@Someguy136 im so confused by everyones astonishment here.
@Someguy136 No, I haven't heard of them.
@Someguy136 neh
@@OrangeHeadTM its because the bass is played more like a regular guitarand not like a violin and the fact yhat he does that so well is astonishing
@@OrangeHeadTM exactly it’s like you listen with airport headphones people have been doing this for years😭😭😭😭
Extended version please, this sounds heavenly indeed
Oo, I asked for the same!...I do hope it happens...
In fact, I hope this becomes a thing.
Ya know? Just good music once again. The music industry needs to seriously slam a hand on the reset buttons....
So in some of the comments on the comments, people have identified that this bit of music appears in a longer song in a single called “Return to the empty city we once called home” by an artist named “people legend”. Except this part of that song sounds EXACTLY like this, down to the littlest nuance of performance, just with worse sound quality…plus that single seems to have come out AFTER Mr. Berthoud posted this video. People Legend has a few complete albums, and they honestly sound like they’re all made of songs which themselves are just made of other people’s music. It’s a bit of an unsolved mystery…but it seems pretty clear that at least as far as this video goes, Mr. Berthoud did it first!
For anyone that’s hoping this single will have a longer version of this video... it does not. But I agree with Blair, I think they adopted it from here!
I really had an enchanting sound, it reminds me of a viola and a cello kinda mixed with the bass mixed in. Gorgeous
You are great at finding the groove, and playing bass. Even more than that, when you play you breathe life into the piece. Thank you for sharing your talent with all of us.
Bro invented the electric cello 🎻
Triple bass
Triple bass
Triple bass
@@ACTUALBillyKidZZZ and @brookeville y’all copy cats
@@Anonymouspersonguy it’s called starting a chain.
Very nice! A couple tips from a strings player: the more perpendicular you can get the bow to the string the more consistent a tone you will get. Also you can apply a tiny bit more rosin to the bow to improve your tone, however be aware that this will leave a residue on the strings (if you wipe the strings down soon you should be good though). The things that influence sound the most are contact point (where on the string you have the bow, this will affect the overall vibration and how much the bow will need to move for sound), speed of the bow (how fast you're pulling it across the string), and weight on the string (not really as applicable here, but eh, now you know)
He’s on a guitar so getting it perpendicular is impossible
@@galumptiouspotato9989 well not really. It just means at right angles to the strings length direction. So bow in line with the frets. The seems eminently possible?
I was bored during lockdown so got a cheap violin ... I figured it was a reversed fretless bass (5th v 4ths so mirror image).
I don't seem able to get rosin to stick to the bow - or I got a defective one - alas my violin pal now lives other side of UK so.no chance for him to show me.
Instead I stick with the samples on the EMU Emulator. But if you have any YT hints on rosin etc please send them my way. Do you think bow would be less or more effective on nylon coated bass strings?
@@stephenhookings1985 increased temperature and humidity could help a dry powder adhere to a dry, frayed, taught fiber.
@@stephenhookings1985 You can basically scratch the rosin with sandpaper or the back of ur bow to get the powder, then u can apply it by passing the rosin on ur bow. I also bought one and thats how a lot of professionals do it apparently
What a beautiful piece of music and excellent playing.
Thank you for making this world nicer with your contribution.
Much love and appreciation from Toronto!
I think we're all witnessing something very special with Charles's channel. Thank you, brother. That was beautiful.
He's a class act
I don't get why people upvote these generic bot comments.
@@Makstuff Bot comment? It was a compliment. Dude has quarter of a mil subs and puts out content lmao. What are you talking about
We need more of this!
100%. He is on another level. There are lots of amazing players out there, but I personally always put Victor Wooten in the top spot, but I think Charles is on the same level, possibly even better. I never thought I would say that!
This really needs to be about 4 minutes longer. What a beautiful melody.
4 minutes? Nah, I need AT LEAST 24 hours of this
marketing scheme. make it shorter so people view it more
I have synesthesia, and when it's dark and silent it's even more vibrant, so listening to this with my headphones, and in pitch dark was so beautiful, idk what it is about instruments with bows, but they are always so blue, and purply, and they flow like a string of smoke, making spirals, going up and down, at the 0:49 mark it was so so pretty, i felt my eyes watering, you know when light hits water and it does a reflection? It was similar to that, and it was flashing slowly, i got chills 💖
What a beautiful description :)
That is sick
God that was wonderful to read. You described it so beautifully
Wow you really have an ear for music and aind for writing.
Thank you people, it is very beautiful to see, and i wish everyone could experience it at least once in their lifetime, makes the music really alive!
You just keep blowing my mind with your explorations of the potential of the electric bass! You go Charles!
I'm obsessed with this piece. It makes me feel like I'm standing on a very tall hill, watching as the morning sun crests over the horizon in the distance and catches on the rolling fog. Everything is bathed in the glow and a warm summer breeze carries the scent of wildflowers.
Lol.. Don't bogart that joint ma friend - pass it over to me.
Unclaimed username, your comment is like poetry. Very nice!😊
You’d probably like Mike Oldfield then..
everyone should focus on imagery like this alot more often. imagine the world peace we could bring about. ❤
@@phoenix.maximus ~ says someone who does nothing to work on the world’s problems.
Man - that wasn't the bow....that was your amazing skill using the bow on the bass!! Absolutely beautiful! You are Blessed!
This needs to be a longer song.
Seriously.
By making cats in the form of notes, the visual image of the score is positive.
The delivery of musical images, an auditory element, was a score and performance that contrasted not to match the cat, and at the same time, the creativity of creating a harmonious section that seemed to auditory depict the cat's cuteness and the cat's steps stood out.
This could easily be a new genre called “light rock”
Or feather lol
Considering hard rock is a genre, light rock is probably just rock.
@@phlegm5596 that's probably middle rock then lol
Department Store Rawk
*Wuss rock
0:46 That harmonic on the C note was not something I expected with a bow. Brilliant touch
Somebody: Hey what instruments do you play?
Charles: All of them, on bass!
If someone asks me what Charles plays, I say "yes".
@@asafrokni3339 Hah!
@@asafrokni3339 Is that a regular occurrence for you or...
@@anonymousaccordionist3326 just when i introduce the channel to someone new
This sounds like the reprise of one's life. This song feels like only better things are to come.
I need this to be playing on loop. The emotion it evokes. I don't want to leave it.
Here's the original (uncredited, might be the same person) song. ruclips.net/video/MdsQT_DVM1I/видео.html
Yeah the emotions is too deep
@@RaldorSplint check the dates that "music" was released 2 months later then this one
As a violinist, this is lovely! I love how it sounds both strong and delicate. :)
0:35 these note glides reminded of old vocaloid tracks where the vocals were gliding the similar way ❤️
VOCALOID MENTIONED
He sounds so good at doing it. You sound so amazing at doing it!!!!!!!!!!