You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch on Contrabass Sax

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  • @bonetonelord
    @bonetonelord 11 лет назад +1112

    You're a large one, contrabass
    Giant, without a doubt
    You make me breathe on every count
    All red and puffing all about
    Contrabass

  • @matrix_624
    @matrix_624 10 лет назад +955

    And I thought I was a beast for marching a bari sax

  • @deezuschrist9794
    @deezuschrist9794 9 лет назад +512

    As a soprano sax player I feel obligated to say size doesn't matter!

    • @scrammedeggs2322
      @scrammedeggs2322 8 лет назад +32

      Lol dude I play Bari and this thing freaks me out.

    • @masonbeiler5693
      @masonbeiler5693 7 лет назад +35

      Deezus Christ I never thought I would hear a black guy say that

    • @RandomClip726
      @RandomClip726 7 лет назад +6

      Kenny Schultz I play tenor it freaks me the fuck out

    • @dollarderp9540
      @dollarderp9540 7 лет назад +1

      Lol

    • @alexhenwood4760
      @alexhenwood4760 6 лет назад +7

      I play euphonium and this instrument scares me

  • @legomn54321
    @legomn54321 9 лет назад +415

    Who would freak out if they discovered that the U.S. Army Field Band MARCHED with these things for decades?

    • @likeabossftwboyee
      @likeabossftwboyee 9 лет назад +9

      +American Outdoor Notification Systems me i figured it out last year and i was hysterical

    • @angrysquirrel8816
      @angrysquirrel8816 7 лет назад +14

      They also marched with the subcontrabass saxophone, they needed like 3 or 4 people to carry it

    • @paysonn
      @paysonn 6 лет назад +1

      TheOldTrombonium they marched with bigger ones too lol

    • @imnotaclown9603
      @imnotaclown9603 6 лет назад

      I saw a video on that earlier

    • @WitchKing-Of-Angmar
      @WitchKing-Of-Angmar 6 лет назад

      TheOldTrombonium that is a very specific thought, which further leads me to believe; you already know 😉

  • @ezreth
    @ezreth 9 лет назад +210

    Most of the time, people march with bassoons or tubas, and they're like "Yes, this instrument is very low."
    This fucking guy walks out and hes like "YES THIS INSTRUMENT EXISTS"

    • @dvskate891
      @dvskate891 8 лет назад

      Haha!

    • @kennethmccamish4092
      @kennethmccamish4092 8 лет назад +1

      +Alex Elsner "They're like, he's like. . . " what the heck language is that?

    • @trevinsnow6713
      @trevinsnow6713 8 лет назад +9

      +Kenneth McCamish Shut up. At least it's funny. I bet it's a funnier joke that you can ever make. :/

    • @hunteralexander9791
      @hunteralexander9791 8 лет назад +12

      We don't March with bassoons... I've tried that and the BD said "NO! NOT A MARCHING INSTRUMENT!"

    • @DoctorTurdmidget
      @DoctorTurdmidget 8 лет назад +13

      +Kenneth McCamish When you learn to read English a little better, they'll teach you about informal language. Slang, colloquialisms, dialect... it's all great stuff. There's more to the language than they taught you in the third grade.

  • @carmendevilla2
    @carmendevilla2 8 лет назад +154

    This guy is going places

    • @Matthew-ll3fp
      @Matthew-ll3fp 6 лет назад +2

      gringoire77 that was pretty good

    • @trickster7188
      @trickster7188 5 лет назад +7

      To the floor with that weight

    • @evanlee1617
      @evanlee1617 4 года назад +3

      Couldnt fit through the door frame

    • @imustbeames3727
      @imustbeames3727 3 года назад +6

      Yeah probably the chiropractor

  • @michaelsaxcoen1666
    @michaelsaxcoen1666 9 лет назад +211

    There, children, in that giant bell, you were born.
    I could fit like 7 of my Alto in there.

  • @seancm5329
    @seancm5329 7 лет назад +314

    You think your cool when you play bari until someone whips out a contrabass..... well shit there goes me being the biggest horn in band, but I love bari it's awsome

  • @mattbrandiirwin7100
    @mattbrandiirwin7100 6 лет назад +60

    *puts my bari in the bell of his sax*

  • @wilfredogomez5505
    @wilfredogomez5505 9 лет назад +179

    And I'm here with a Bari like

  • @maarley1823
    @maarley1823 8 лет назад +200

    And I think I'm the stuff with a bass clarinet..

    • @Barneyfunny321
      @Barneyfunny321 6 лет назад +5

      Maarley try contra my guy

    • @trickster7188
      @trickster7188 5 лет назад +2

      You mean ripoff saxophone(don’t kill me pls)

    • @billysechrist2959
      @billysechrist2959 4 года назад +3

      I have a contrabass clarinet

    • @derpysheep5872
      @derpysheep5872 4 года назад

      Maarley alto saxes are heavier

    • @zanejensen7403
      @zanejensen7403 4 года назад +2

      If you can sound good on bass clarinet then I respect you. Few can but it’s epic when they do.

  • @tonyflamingo8963
    @tonyflamingo8963 3 года назад +57

    You know, this was actually a REALLY solid band. And yes that’s including the contra.

  • @rjc7289
    @rjc7289 7 лет назад +38

    When does he hit the infamous low "brown note" and cause everyone to shit their pants? LOL!

  • @goatman9792
    @goatman9792 7 лет назад +51

    Legend says little jimmy is somewhere in that bell

  • @kevino3866
    @kevino3866 8 лет назад +85

    sure bring the Fog Horn to a concert lol !!

  • @cartertherandom4467
    @cartertherandom4467 5 лет назад +40

    Legend has it, the contrabass sax uses a 2x4 for its reed.

  • @sophiee4558
    @sophiee4558 8 лет назад +36

    I couldn't help but smile at this it was just so cool how they were all so chill about playing that and I'm just dying back here

  • @geminijets7373
    @geminijets7373 6 лет назад +16

    Where dose this guy guy get this kind of saxophone only 12 are still in existence

    • @Baribrotzer
      @Baribrotzer 8 месяцев назад +1

      One of those is in Seattle, owned and played by Jay Easton. This guy presumably borrowed or rented it from him.

    • @bamismyname
      @bamismyname 7 месяцев назад +2

      nah ur thinking of subcontrabass which is deeper and very much larger, contrabass' are far more common

    • @bamismyname
      @bamismyname 7 месяцев назад +1

      my bad i was wrong, there are only 15 "original" contrabass sax's (ones made by adolphe sax) however they still manufacture them today.

  • @BST-ri6gf
    @BST-ri6gf 6 лет назад +69

    *plays lowest note on bass clarinet*
    Me: pretty low
    *plays lowest note on this thing*
    Me: holy tonola crapola

    • @carmendevilla2
      @carmendevilla2 4 года назад +1

      Lowest note on the Contrabass Sax is actually an octave below the lowest note on the Bass Clarinet (if it’s a low E flat one)

    • @DerpDerp3001
      @DerpDerp3001 2 года назад

      The lowest note on a Contrabass Sax is written as Bb3 but played in Db1.

  • @dailynwold8
    @dailynwold8 8 лет назад +66

    That was amazing. I play tenor and it's always been a dream of mine to play the contrabass

    • @greasyllama5562
      @greasyllama5562 8 лет назад +1

      Be a bit different from switching from Bb to Eb

    • @_mptx_
      @_mptx_ 8 лет назад +1

      Not really. Ur Bb concert tuning nite goes from C to G

    • @greasyllama5562
      @greasyllama5562 8 лет назад

      Still a difference, a small one, but noticable.

    • @angrysquirrel8816
      @angrysquirrel8816 7 лет назад +3

      I play tenor and so far I want to play all of the different saxes, sadly that would cost 3 fortunes

    • @adonisdiaz969
      @adonisdiaz969 5 лет назад

      Same for me except I play alto,tenor,and bari.

  • @Astrobear356
    @Astrobear356 10 лет назад +76

    (looks at tenor) well dang...

    • @mattzacek277
      @mattzacek277 10 лет назад +12

      Even my bari is dwarfed by this thing!

    • @xXpurpedog426Xx
      @xXpurpedog426Xx 8 лет назад +2

      (Looks at Soprano Saxophone)

    • @drakegaming2819
      @drakegaming2819 5 лет назад +4

      *looks at sopranino*

    • @seanmathias232
      @seanmathias232 5 лет назад +4

      @@drakegaming2819 lol

    • @trickster7188
      @trickster7188 5 лет назад +1

      Matt Zacek me too and this is just one size above the bari like what?

  • @felipemoraes3101
    @felipemoraes3101 4 года назад +10

    Best sax ever. I'm proud of owning one

  • @yeetyootilooklikeaboot9855
    @yeetyootilooklikeaboot9855 7 лет назад +21

    if i get a contrabass clarinet for my freshman year in band then i'm gonna walk around challenging the brass to a fart noise contest xD

  • @pokeaust7800
    @pokeaust7800 8 лет назад +6

    Man this guy must be pretty strong to be doing this the entire time

  • @beershaft7776
    @beershaft7776 8 лет назад +157

    i though my bari was big shit

  • @martincadena8077
    @martincadena8077 6 лет назад +5

    Do a duo: Contrabass and Foghorn. Truly, a match made in heaven

  • @bellofrus
    @bellofrus 8 лет назад +57

    I feel him as a contrabass trombonist

  • @Phentex2192
    @Phentex2192 Год назад +3

    If there is one benefit to being sick, it's that you get to sing along with a legendary performance to a legendary instrument.

  • @MadalynR
    @MadalynR 10 лет назад +26

    Now my tenor sax looks miniscule.

    • @ACMulti100
      @ACMulti100 Год назад

      Also Bari sax is small with comparing of contrabass sax)))
      🤔🤔🤔

  • @RCHobbyist463
    @RCHobbyist463 12 лет назад +3

    A saxophone is a great way to show off masculinity where the deeper you go the manlier you are. I also play the bari sax and I fear that this kid is more of a man than I can ever become.

  • @deathlyhallows888
    @deathlyhallows888 13 лет назад +1

    You and contrabass saxes... why isn't this viral?

  • @pkmnMaster5678
    @pkmnMaster5678 8 лет назад +55

    Damn I thought I was the cool kid being first trumpet

  • @Clara55555ification
    @Clara55555ification 10 лет назад +95

    I thought that my Bari was big...
    Sigh

    • @tehmusicalnotessimo5682
      @tehmusicalnotessimo5682 10 лет назад

      Clara55555ification There are types of saxophones around here.

    • @Paxton378
      @Paxton378 9 лет назад

      Ikr! Getting your hands on one of these is hard though.

    • @thejuggernaut1739
      @thejuggernaut1739 9 лет назад

      ***** you can too hold those

    • @thejuggernaut1739
      @thejuggernaut1739 9 лет назад

      True

    • @shaunbodnar3246
      @shaunbodnar3246 6 лет назад

      SAAAAAMMMEE I was all like I have the biggest sax in band and then I saw this and my jaw dropped

  • @xijinmusic
    @xijinmusic 10 лет назад +12

    Fiiiiive Golden Riiiiings.

  • @robertglogowski777
    @robertglogowski777 4 года назад +12

    Where’d they even get one?! Amazing job playing that beast!

  • @Kaybri0526
    @Kaybri0526 10 лет назад +5

    My little alto sax is NOTHING compared to that monster!!!🎷👧

  • @donnabelhadj5106
    @donnabelhadj5106 9 лет назад +34

    I can get pretty low on my Bb clarinet but...WOW! This is amazing.

    • @matthewmiles4490
      @matthewmiles4490 9 лет назад +3

      check out the tubax. it's in a video by the United States army field band where they look at unheard of instruments in the sax family

    • @donnabelhadj5106
      @donnabelhadj5106 9 лет назад

      I've seen it. Good video!

    • @maarley1823
      @maarley1823 8 лет назад

      +Donna Belhadj I played Bb clarinet ... I couldn't get any lower than g ... I play bass clarinet now lol .

    • @donnabelhadj5106
      @donnabelhadj5106 8 лет назад

      lol

    • @manswine7735
      @manswine7735 6 лет назад +1

      what? Clarinet only goes down to low e, max. It's impossible to not get to the lowest note

  • @robbm.cupich2120
    @robbm.cupich2120 6 лет назад +7

    Great sound, I would love to play a giant like that, but it’s too expensive

  • @Kaiveran
    @Kaiveran 3 года назад +2

    Wherever you are, Marcell, I'm glad you saw fit to give use the three videos you did, and I hope you're doing well

    • @marcelhelland
      @marcelhelland  3 года назад +2

      Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed them. I'm currently working on some new recordings to make the channel more active, as it's been over a decade since my last upload.

    • @ACMulti100
      @ACMulti100 Год назад

      ​@@marcelhelland, tell me please, if you know. Which brand and model of contrabass saxophone in this video? Thanks!

  • @Phippsta
    @Phippsta 11 лет назад +1

    This is the very definition of EPIC!!!

  • @hiabbeyhimaggy
    @hiabbeyhimaggy 13 лет назад +2

    That was fantastic! And very impressive how well he survived with that choking him. My bari. seems like nothing compared to that.

  • @Hitherto90
    @Hitherto90 5 лет назад

    That tone is unmatched.

  • @BODYtheBand
    @BODYtheBand 12 лет назад +2

    That's freakin' awesome.

  • @natsuthehedgehogboi3408
    @natsuthehedgehogboi3408 8 лет назад +4

    Man, do I wish my school wasn't poor, and we could have a controbass. I play bari.

  • @Frenchhorngirl100
    @Frenchhorngirl100 15 лет назад +1

    This guy is awsome!!!!!!

  • @_kopick
    @_kopick 14 лет назад +1

    the orchestra is amazing!

  • @gfrohling1
    @gfrohling1 4 года назад +1

    Holy back ache right there. Props to him for carrying that for that long!

  • @sarahigonzales
    @sarahigonzales 4 года назад

    This is child is Beast to have that much breath in one measure

  • @crustydusty5201
    @crustydusty5201 2 года назад +1

    It’s my dream to one day play the contrabass

  • @DrDespicable
    @DrDespicable 7 лет назад

    Brilliant! And I really needed the laugh, so thanks!

  • @Rache28
    @Rache28 6 лет назад +1

    One wrong move and the conductor would be sent flying by that big old horn!! XD

  • @2brok3dudes
    @2brok3dudes 11 лет назад +26

    Is this a highschool band or college band

    • @RandomClip726
      @RandomClip726 7 лет назад +1

      Collage

    • @rustOfunk
      @rustOfunk 3 года назад

      The descriptions states it is the Rainbow city band of Seattle. Look closely at the members. You’ll see mainly older people.

  • @marvinthemaniac7698
    @marvinthemaniac7698 5 лет назад

    My brother introduced me to the contrabass saxophone.

  • @monsta3214
    @monsta3214 12 лет назад +1

    im a 14 year old girl and im loving it boys that play saxophone

  • @RavnMTM
    @RavnMTM 14 лет назад

    Epic Win. I wish our school had a contrabass...

    • @AidTimeGaming
      @AidTimeGaming 5 лет назад

      My school haves a Contra-Alto Clarinet in EEb

  • @jpboogie23
    @jpboogie23 13 лет назад +2

    Love it!! ♥

  • @saxtek
    @saxtek 9 лет назад +15

    Nice, Marcel!

    • @marcelhelland
      @marcelhelland  9 лет назад +1

      Thanks, Randy!

    • @LansTaylor
      @LansTaylor 8 лет назад

      You're awesome! Where did you get the contrabass?

  • @shadowkiss53
    @shadowkiss53 13 лет назад

    got love that contrabass!!!!

  • @paulrichter4645
    @paulrichter4645 8 лет назад +1

    i wanna learn sax just to play this...wow!

  • @jimthompson606
    @jimthompson606 9 месяцев назад

    This is funny and good beyond all imagining.

  • @aychous4679
    @aychous4679 4 года назад

    Last video 10 years ago omg!!Just imagine where is he now.No way

  • @kolbybui5317
    @kolbybui5317 6 лет назад +8

    And I thought the bari was freakin huge

  • @diegoumac
    @diegoumac 9 лет назад

    That was so cool!

  • @zuzannakazmierczak1598
    @zuzannakazmierczak1598 11 лет назад

    This. Is amazing.

  • @disrea
    @disrea 14 лет назад

    the god of saxophones right there

  • @Scootertin
    @Scootertin 8 лет назад +14

    Omg I want one

    • @_mptx_
      @_mptx_ 8 лет назад

      Me too

    • @avier.b2896
      @avier.b2896 8 лет назад +2

      Jeffrey Tinsley This saxaphone is very rare. you probably wont find it anywhere. but the bass saxaphone sounds the same. thats what im trying to get.

    • @ogsteviewonder
      @ogsteviewonder 8 лет назад +2

      Minecraft Warrior you can buy one at sax.co.uk, but it's really expensive; like $30000~$20000's

  • @PaulBoos
    @PaulBoos 6 лет назад

    That was great!

  • @jazzybaby2391
    @jazzybaby2391 9 лет назад +10

    I'm in love omfg yes #SaxySax

  • @treK954
    @treK954 13 лет назад

    yeahhhh!! bravooo!!

  • @notmanatee2445
    @notmanatee2445 7 месяцев назад

    Its a huge horn! Amd a great cover!

  • @juannago
    @juannago 7 лет назад +4

    Imma just walk the opposite direction with my alto *walks away*

  • @xiaranman794
    @xiaranman794 11 лет назад

    my mind has been blow....... AGIAN!!!

  • @everlasting9292
    @everlasting9292 6 лет назад +1

    I cannot imagine the lung power he must have. Holy shit.

  • @HipNoticQ
    @HipNoticQ 6 лет назад

    Good job!!!!

  • @thejuggernaut1739
    @thejuggernaut1739 9 лет назад +8

    COOL thing is i marched with one

    • @RadiumX
      @RadiumX 9 лет назад +1

      How in the world? I tried picking up my friends Bari while sitting, and it was hard to lift XD

    • @thejuggernaut1739
      @thejuggernaut1739 9 лет назад +4

      I lift weights so lifting my bari is like lifting an alto and the contrabass is like my bari

    • @RadiumX
      @RadiumX 9 лет назад +1

      Lol XD

    • @the_festive_gentleman
      @the_festive_gentleman 9 лет назад

      I feel sorry for your back and shoulders

  • @qchavez7971
    @qchavez7971 9 лет назад

    i like how it sounds like 2 12s and a amp pushin through a trunk. bad ass

  • @zacharyholmes2600
    @zacharyholmes2600 7 лет назад +1

    I thought marching with a sousaphone was beast

  • @CaptainAndy27
    @CaptainAndy27 14 лет назад

    That's amazing, I know orchestra kids that marvel at my Bari sax, and tweak when they hear my pedal tone. P.S. I love that you have to use a guitar neckstrap to hold it.

  • @shealinbanta4169
    @shealinbanta4169 4 года назад

    that’s so cool! sadly my high school doesn’t have a contrabass saxophone. but I would love to try out that instrument

    • @willmigas8126
      @willmigas8126 2 года назад

      Nobodies hs just has one these are rare asf

  • @WindcontrolTV
    @WindcontrolTV 12 лет назад

    I wish my parents would by me a contrabass saxophone :)

  • @burgballs5780
    @burgballs5780 5 лет назад +1

    i wish my school had one

  • @TH35IL3NT
    @TH35IL3NT 7 лет назад +2

    Aye the trumpets tho 👌

  • @Socksshoesandhats
    @Socksshoesandhats 8 лет назад +1

    This makes me want to create a sousaphone-like sax so these things are easier to hold.

    • @lc9991x
      @lc9991x 8 лет назад +1

      I believe Adolph Sax tried something like that but it was ultimately a failure. Check out tubax

  • @just-a-silly-goofy-guy
    @just-a-silly-goofy-guy 6 лет назад

    Over here with a trumpet like...

  • @z408rmf
    @z408rmf 6 лет назад +2

    Lungs like Hulk

  • @lancemartoni2225
    @lancemartoni2225 3 года назад

    I would die to March with this taht would be so epix

  • @johndamascus2634
    @johndamascus2634 9 лет назад

    Bravo!!

  • @rilke1791
    @rilke1791 4 года назад

    Wow a high school with this? That’s crazy

  • @Reeal15
    @Reeal15 13 лет назад +2

    @Buddy12997 Agreed. As much as I love the tone on my soprano and the fact that I can play it for an extremely long time without breathing, my bari plays with MUCH better ease. Depending on the reed strength/quality it may or may not sustain as well and require a larger volume of air, but the notes definitely come out with significantly less work.

  • @nycjxiscool3283
    @nycjxiscool3283 10 лет назад +3

    Bass sax Bari sax Contra Giant Bass Sax lol. sounds like a Guitar and it has a big bell . Try running a lap around it and Great Job Kid

  • @erickcoffee3449
    @erickcoffee3449 7 лет назад +9

    And I thought that out alto saxophone were to loud

    • @Leraminchik
      @Leraminchik 7 лет назад

      The Pokémon Go master Alto sax is the loudest saxophone.... That contrabass has a microphone, because man can't here its low notes

    • @mikeyeyey8678
      @mikeyeyey8678 5 лет назад

      Хит'оЛерамин 2206 ЦК СМН alto gang more like alto gay

  • @WalkAwayWind
    @WalkAwayWind 12 лет назад

    Amazing

  • @rducky01
    @rducky01 13 лет назад

    I wanna see that on a football field!

  • @TheIzzysteve
    @TheIzzysteve 14 лет назад

    That is the reediest timbre ever! Bet the reed's like a 2x4!

  • @Harveycartoonlvr11
    @Harveycartoonlvr11 12 лет назад

    HAHAHAHA! In response to Miannafilms...after marching in High School Band with a Baritone Saxophone, I wouldn't even think of marching with one! (lol) :)

  • @musicedward
    @musicedward 2 года назад +2

    And yet the music to this is still written in treble clef........

  • @afu3137
    @afu3137 7 лет назад

    People are like “a string bass is really low.” The this guy comes out like “hey wussup”

  • @daboiisric134
    @daboiisric134 2 года назад

    I play alto, now I can safely say, size doesn't matter!

  • @sorrysarge
    @sorrysarge 14 лет назад

    that is the biggest saxophone i have ever seen

  • @merkymerbalo
    @merkymerbalo 12 лет назад

    you obviously dont appreciate the fucking awesomeness of this instrument.