BASSE DANSE, published by Pierre Attaignant 1530. Performed by Yasuhiko Higaki, 2022.

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BASSE DANSE
Published by Pierre Attaignant, 1530.
Performed by Yasuhiko Higaki, 2022.
Note:
This video features a performance of Basse Danse from a collection published by Attaignant in 1530, played by seven Yasuhiko Higakis using Renaissance instruments.
First, the piece is performed with five parts: soprano dulcian, alto dulcian, tenor dulcian, bass dulcian, and bass rackett. Next, it is performed with four parts in a lower octave using three bass dulcians and one bass rackett. Finally, all parts are played together, with the soprano, alto, and tenor parts doubled an octave apart. The dulcian is the predecessor of the bassoon. The rackett, with its long, thin internal tubing, produces much lower sounds than its appearance suggests. It produces the lowest sound among the instruments used here.
Instruments used:
- Soprano dulcian by Paul Crosby, made from designs by Eric Moulder
- Alto dulcian by Paul Crosby, made from designs by Eric Moulder
- Tenor dulcian by Korber
- Bass dulcian by Graham Lyndon-Jones
- Bass Rackett by Paul Crosby, made from EMS Kit
Room picture from pixabay.com/
Rcording: January 2022
Audio video editing: Yasuhiko Higaki, DP-008EX, Sound forge pro 13.0 with Melodyne 5, HDR-CX390, Vegas pro 19.0.
May 5, 2022.

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Allways nice to have cooprative brothers.

[@SprocketGames]

You've done a wonderful job! It sounds beautiful. Thank you for breathing life into this song for us.

[@davidbouvier8895]

Wow! Septuplets!

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Gar trefflich gespielet! 👍

[@stevenappel1603]

檜垣先輩、完璧なパフォーマンスで私たちを楽しませてくれてありがとうございました。

[@Smba4954]

Amazing ❤👏👍

[@ganjaklaus80]

wow!

[@AndromedaCripps]

Love it!!! I’m a huge rackett fan so seeing that was cool! And a great song ✨

[@Squidward_Tikiland]

Thank you for bringing early music to life!

[@ChrisDragotta]

Very interesting. Beautiful sound. Thank you!

[@gerovommuhlenberge3801]

A truly wonderful performance!

[@anotherdamn6c]

That was a treat!

[@JuliaGarbe1]

Awesome!

[@hervegirard7423]

Bravo !

[@christinellorens6161]

Bravo

[@andrejshamin1452]

Очень необычное звучание, проникновенное исполнение. Местами казалось между исполнителями не хватало сыгранности, а вообще хорошая мелодия, сейчас такую не напишут.

[@vsemprivet]

надо было чаще собираться вместе и репетировать

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[@adolflazary5864]

Muchas gracias maestro. Saludos

[@cathy7382]

I can play this one although a different variation

[@TitanScream]

You're a hero

[@giuseppelogiurato5718]

I would guess that this is the first type of European music the Japanese People would've ever heard... I can imagine (without stretching my imagination too far) that the Portuguese and Dutch merchants would've been playing instruments similar to these, if not singing the same sort of thing. For sure, the people of Japan encountered and appreciated the charm of this type of music LONG before the average "Westerner" was aquatinted with "Gagaku" or any other classical Japanese music.

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1000 of these views are from me

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His saintly wife.

[@gozzilla78]

Ahah! I spit my coffee out!

[@stephenrivera4382]

The shortest instrument plays the lowest pitches. Cool!

[@giuseppelogiurato5718]

I know what you mean... I'm guessing the "tube" is doubled back and forth on itself, like a bassoon... I think it's called a "sackbutt"? 😂

[@christopherstube9473]

It appears to be an extraordinary form of the Rackett in that it is blown through the central axis with a reed and has like seven to nine bores around the diameter which are connected into one long tube. I wonder if the bell exits below? I would guess it is about three meters of pipe.

[@mantistoboggan2676]

@@giuseppelogiurato5718sackbutts are like trombones.

[@Chompchompyerded]

I wonder if he plays with himself often.

[@mattmilford8106]

Well if you want something done right....

[@RebeccaLynnMusic]

And on video!

[@ChrisDragotta]

And you cloned yourself.