Heard this instrument for the first time during Beating the Retreat ceremony in Delhi. Abide with Me was played with all other instruments not playing at all- in silence the sound of the tubular bells was so pure and so pristine. A soul lifting experience.
This instrument has been used in: -Shin Megami Tensei 4 -Deltarune -Terraria Calamity Mod -Rivals of Aether -Touhou Project Seriously, why does every single niche videogame artist use this soundfont?
Tubular bells are also popular with Hip Hop/Trap music; Lil Wayne 'Burn' , Young Jeezy 'Halloween Massacre', 2Pac "Hail Mary", etc. I'd argue that it's one of the few genre that actually does anything interesting with it that goes beyond the 1st down beat and into something melodic.
I have always wanted to learn this instrument and the xylophone they are the nicest sound in my opinion like the beautiful sound in the song “ come let us adore him sung by clay Aiken that Tubular bell chime ending is just amazing aaaah sounds like heaven just beautiful
Only instrument I ever played in a public performance, over 50 years ago. I was stage managing "The Beggars Opera", which called for church bells in the final act. There was no room in the orchestra pit. The musical director knew I could read music, and that I would be able to see him through a spyhole, so I played, only for three performances.
I remember we had one of these in my middle school band class. I think only 2 songs we played ever called for it but it was always so fun to play. Percussion really is awesome with so many different instruments all with different feelings that you get from playing them. Playing the massive base drum was probably my favorite with xylophone being my second fave. Oh almost forgot timpani drums are tied for second since they're so awesome I don't want to put them any lower.
I usually heard the sound of Chimes during Christmas season. Which makes me think Chimes is best for Christmas since it replicates the sound of Church's Bells.
Lmao the owner of this account is probably wondering why we're all here. If we gave him the sheet music, I wonder if he'd play that part from SMT4 for us
@@MusicArteTux that's my mistake. I should have said out of all of the orchestral percussion instruments the chimes are my favorit. i've herd those instruments some times refered to as keyboard percussion instruments because they have bars, or in this case toobs lined up in the same way the notes would bee on a keyboard of a piano..
what kind of xylophone uses Tubular Bells when i was in school there was a xylophone that did not use flat pieces of metal or wood that normally you would hit this one was using pips that was of a chrome color. thy sat on top of some kind of foam. the foam had half circle cut out slots the pips did not have any cap at all and u hit it with a xylophone mallets that was wood ball head on it or thy had some that was like cloth head ball but the wood ones work way better do u know the name of that kind of xylophone?
You missed a chance to play The Exorcist theme, which happens to be called tubular bells. Seriously, why has nobody played that theme on this instrument? It would literally be Tubular bells on tubular bells
Find it a bit perplexing how people are surprised by this instrument! The sound has been readily in the hands of composers since at least the DX7 synth! Soundtrack composers love this bell.
Question from a composer-I’m writing an orchestra piece and I actually think a more harmonic-filled sound would suit my work better. How do I notate or communicate that to chime players?
Does it hurt the bells if you strike them without holding down the pedal at all? My former band teacher never told us if that was the case, and I'm wondering because I'm planning on writing a piece where a muted sound would be better than a prolonged sound.
What songs feature this a lot? Ive never found one...apart from the song from the trailer "Joy" I put it on my channel if you want to hear it, but you never hear it featured so much in any other music.
@@kevindunne5753 The exorcist theme doesn't feature tubular bells. They only come around like, 5 minutes after the exorcist theme ends. They also appear in the closing section of the song. Other than that, however, yes. Mike Oldfield does indeed use the instrument a fair bit. Once you've listened to tubular bells, Amarok is just pure delight.
I’ve seen these a lot in large orchestras, especially in large churches. The person playing them often play other forms of percussion as well. So there’s a drummer, and then the “secondary”…?? Not sure what you would call it? Second percussionist maybe.
@@gnesix52 Do you know whether there is sheet music for the song "Tubular Bells". I have a hard time in finding solo pieces for chimes/tubular bells in general
My whole life i thought they were just the regular round shaped bell like you see on top of churches. I feel dumb for not thinking about the appearance based on its name. 🤣
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wow I didn't know this instrument exist until people said they used this on SMT 4 Apocalypse "B2 Boss theme". Neato!
Well, actually it was the original SMT IV, but it was in Apocalypse too.
Me tooo
Such a samurai skill!
Same here, crazy
Come Samurai, put on a good show!
Shin Megami Tensei 4
B2 Boss theme
*These are the instruments in that song*
@@scumparasite2014
Precisely why.
Best boss theme ever made imo, can't imagine how good SMTV's ost is gonna sound.
Labrys Strike
Critical damage! 142
Smirk!
Labrys Strike
lol i came because of that
yes
Heard this instrument for the first time during Beating the Retreat ceremony in Delhi. Abide with Me was played with all other instruments not playing at all- in silence the sound of the tubular bells was so pure and so pristine. A soul lifting experience.
This instrument has been used in:
-Shin Megami Tensei 4
-Deltarune
-Terraria Calamity Mod
-Rivals of Aether
-Touhou Project
Seriously, why does every single niche videogame artist use this soundfont?
Dark Souls OST have a lot of this instrument too
Because it’s awesome
Tubular bells are also popular with Hip Hop/Trap music; Lil Wayne 'Burn' , Young Jeezy 'Halloween Massacre', 2Pac "Hail Mary", etc. I'd argue that it's one of the few genre that actually does anything interesting with it that goes beyond the 1st down beat and into something melodic.
it just sounds good
I love everyone of those
I have always wanted to learn this instrument and the xylophone they are the nicest sound in my opinion like the beautiful sound in the song “ come let us adore him sung by clay Aiken that Tubular bell chime ending is just amazing aaaah sounds like heaven just beautiful
I love, love, love the sound. I fell in love with it when i was in a school band. It was a part of “jacob’s ladder to a crescent”.
love the sound of chimes, vibraphone, kalimba and the like mmm
It's the fox! And celesta!
"Two slightly distorted guitars"
Only instrument I ever played in a public performance, over 50 years ago. I was stage managing "The Beggars Opera", which called for church bells in the final act. There was no room in the orchestra pit. The musical director knew I could read music, and that I would be able to see him through a spyhole, so I played, only for three performances.
I remember we had one of these in my middle school band class. I think only 2 songs we played ever called for it but it was always so fun to play. Percussion really is awesome with so many different instruments all with different feelings that you get from playing them. Playing the massive base drum was probably my favorite with xylophone being my second fave. Oh almost forgot timpani drums are tied for second since they're so awesome I don't want to put them any lower.
Thanks for sharing your story
Your middle school band class had a set of tubular bells?! I'm unfathomably jealous... our percussion section consisted of a single snare drum!
I usually heard the sound of Chimes during Christmas season. Which makes me think Chimes is best for Christmas since it replicates the sound of Church's Bells.
Thankyou for you time. Really well explained . I never knew until today about this great and beautiful instrument
That shirt is fabulous!
*SHIN MEGOOMI TENSAY*
*Sheen megoomi tensay
Lmao the owner of this account is probably wondering why we're all here. If we gave him the sheet music, I wonder if he'd play that part from SMT4 for us
We are waiting for Shin Megami Tensei IV Battle B2 with real tubullar bells.
I would love to see someone play it.
Thx for this video, your explanation is really useful for me
Gave the 200th like! Thank you for the video, i always wanted to learn more about this instrument.
These were also used by Neil Peart in the song Closer To The Heart by Rush.
Don't forget the epic Xanadu from the same album(s). ruclips.net/video/RTwLi35hGvE/видео.html
out of all the keyboard percussion instruments, the chimes are my favorit!
TB's are not played with a keyboard, but with a mallet, is just percussion.
@@MusicArteTux that's my mistake. I should have said out of all of the orchestral percussion instruments the chimes are my favorit.
i've herd those instruments some times refered to as keyboard percussion instruments because they have bars, or in this case toobs lined up in the same way the notes would bee on a keyboard of a piano..
Yes, I think you are correct.
I’ve seen glockenspiel, xylophone; marimba and vibraphone all referred to as “keyboard percussion.”
Thank you for this very informative class.
I'd love to play Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield on one of these
If you'd like to get the right sound, you have to use a 12oz claw hammer instead of the mallet :)
Awesome job Gary.
Thank you Burt, all the videos are live as in a class.
*Minotaur likes this*
*cast agi*
Thank you for your good information!
They sound pretty good.
So that's what they use in all the Christmas songs! Very unique.
I believe these were used in a lot of Drakengard and NieR songs
The Futurama theme is played on one of these.
I finally found the calamity bells!
Great lesson, thanks!
He is playing the Taco Bell instrument
what kind of xylophone uses Tubular Bells when i was in school there was a xylophone that did not use flat pieces of metal or wood that normally you would hit this one was using pips that was of a chrome color. thy sat on top of some kind of foam. the foam had half circle cut out slots the pips did not have any cap at all and u hit it with a xylophone mallets that was wood ball head on it or thy had some that was like cloth head ball but the wood ones work way better do u know the name of that kind of xylophone?
I guess is just a tubular xylophone
Made famous by the Futurama theme song
You missed a chance to play The Exorcist theme, which happens to be called tubular bells.
Seriously, why has nobody played that theme on this instrument? It would literally be Tubular bells on tubular bells
That was the beginning of the piece, though. The actual bells didn't come in until the end.
@@quasarsphere they’re also played in the short opening section before the acoustic guitar part that opens up the finale.
The Exorcist theme isn't called Tubular Bells, they used the song for that. That's a difference.
These have a neat part in symphony piece: "In the Bleak Midwinter"
Find it a bit perplexing how people are surprised by this instrument! The sound has been readily in the hands of composers since at least the DX7 synth! Soundtrack composers love this bell.
Question from a composer-I’m writing an orchestra piece and I actually think a more harmonic-filled sound would suit my work better. How do I notate or communicate that to chime players?
Already know how to and do play this but am going to watch anyway 😂
Me and the boys love tubular bells
I’m in percussion in middle school if u play the letter e it sounds like Taco Bell
how wonderful
can you play 4 tubes at a time with two precisionists? I'm writing for it and I need a chord!
I think that’s possible if you grip the mallets the same way some people play the vibraphone. With two sticks in one hand.
Thank you very much for this vedeo... Really amazing this sound...
We can see Alan Wilder playing on this in the A Question Of Lust video.
Shoutout Michigan rap scene they be using these hella on their beats
Why not use a rubber mallet?
K need a pdf of the every note I need to play them tommorow 😅😅😅😅
Which is the lowest note?
Does it hurt the bells if you strike them without holding down the pedal at all? My former band teacher never told us if that was the case, and I'm wondering because I'm planning on writing a piece where a muted sound would be better than a prolonged sound.
Hello, it does not hurt them to play with dampener on 😊
thanks, exactly my doubt!
Sounds good!!!
Coincidentally, his voice reminds me of William Friedkin's
I need one!!!!!!!!
What type of metal are these bells made from?
Yeat watching this like😃😃
They are also called orchestral bells. I thought tubular bells were just the title of the Mike Oldfield Exorcist song.
Hi! very instructive and wonderful video! Question, do you know how much this kind of instrument runs in price? ballpark?
Mike Oldfield brought me here
We are yet to see many things in the world 🙂🙂🙂
nice sandles
What songs feature this a lot? Ive never found one...apart from the song from the trailer "Joy" I put it on my channel if you want to hear it, but you never hear it featured so much in any other music.
The music of Mike Oldfield, features a lot of the instrument, especially the opening scenes of the exorcist
@@kevindunne5753 The exorcist theme doesn't feature tubular bells. They only come around like, 5 minutes after the exorcist theme ends. They also appear in the closing section of the song.
Other than that, however, yes. Mike Oldfield does indeed use the instrument a fair bit. Once you've listened to tubular bells, Amarok is just pure delight.
I really wish I made more money and room so I could buy one of these
I came here because Calamity, I don't even know what B2 is
ruclips.net/video/A6cSbof7Pik/видео.html this is B2
@@Coco-by8qs the smt profile fits.
Looking for a musician who can play the these bells at a function, western cape
Came here from Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten
I’ve seen these a lot in large orchestras, especially in large churches. The person playing them often play other forms of percussion as well. So there’s a drummer, and then the “secondary”…?? Not sure what you would call it? Second percussionist maybe.
You should have played tubular bells on the tubular bells!
What do you mean?
@@davidrenz1534 Tubular bells is also the name of a song
@@gnesix52 Do you know whether there is sheet music for the song "Tubular Bells". I have a hard time in finding solo pieces for chimes/tubular bells in general
@JulianRock it's both
@@davidrenz1534 its the exorcist main theme
don't know what you guys are talking about, i think of the 2-4 star ranking music in wii fit
Behold, my demons!
I really want these but their to expensive
For some reason I knew your name was gary without even looking at the title, you look like a gary
I have to play this instrument for my festival band performance and I have no idea how to
doc oc explaining how to play bells
Yoi yoi don da yo!
SMT 4 brought me here.
1:27
is this calamity
Terraria calamity yes
I'm here because SMT~ lol
One word: CHRISTMAS
Indeed
dm dokuro was here
My whole life i thought they were just the regular round shaped bell like you see on top of churches.
I feel dumb for not thinking about the appearance based on its name. 🤣
Am I the only one that came from Calamity
Professor PhD no
i came from calamity too lol(･∀･)
Nope
We found it bois
Finally someone else
flint michigan brought me
Calamity Bells tm
Sounds like the bell from FNaF 1
critical
2:45，Return of the Obra Dinn?
"Lear"?
After 3 years how do RUclips things like this never get fixed, and _never get commented on?_
I fixed it 😎
Futurama
Pokemon black/white victory road anyone???
Deoxys Battle theme too
0:24 le possion ou la chat ?! 😳
Det besitz oder die katze
I’d w r. D a. Riwioq
Damn dude could a put some socks on if he knew they're gonna do a close up of his feet
Nah dude he got nice toes
He's not lame so he doesn't wear socks with sandals
Yeah man, I got sick looking at those hoofs!
Harryyyyy
Nobody about the price tag? :))
Yeat type beat
Wind chimes.
Wii Play Tanks.
rehehehhehhehehheheheh
First!
u were first for a whole month lol
Taco Bell