J.S. Bach Chaconne for four double basses and octobass

[@WolfyGreen]

The times are indeed, quite miraculous. When I read about the Octobass nearly sixty years ago, in an already ancient book about musical curiosities I could only use an over-active imagination to conjure the sound - now I can type the word Octobass into a search engine and find one, not embalmed a museum or muted within the pages of a book but involved in an ensemble playing a Bach transcription. Amazement and joy don't quite cover it.

[@gildty9581]

Wolfy O'Hare Welcome to these new amazing times. We also have cute cat videos and people willingly setting themselves on fire, as well as videos from space, where most of the people watching argue over whether the earth is flat or not.

[@Nobody-qe3re]

Gildty ;-;

[@shadowthehedgehog9190]

That really puts things in perspective. Thanks for sharing.

[@twosweethounds]

The Montreal Symphony Orchestra now includes a fully functional octobass in its bass section :)

[@lebohangmabitle1619]

You must be a bit old🤭🏃🏿‍♂️🏃🏿‍♂️🏃🏿‍♂️

[@cretium805]

The double basses look like cellos next to the octobass.

[@williamrasasane364]

Cretium frl

[@pierrebalandras6320]

Yes 😂😂

[@MrUmachand]

So true

[@klaasbil8459]

Yes and they kinda have that role too

[@allegrafrost]

Lol yes! I think it also looks like that because they are holding the bass’s like cello’s

[@Some_Guy_From_The_Internet]

Why are these people so small and their violins so big? Look at that poor guy in the back. He's like half a foot tall, poor bastard.

[@Julia-ik4ck]

there not violins they are basses and an normal bass is supposed to be as tall as you when you put your hand in the air a double bass is a little bigger and as you can see the octobass is huge.

[@Julia-ik4ck]

well ok then, im dumb....

[@tibormalinsky8751]

Yes you are.

[@samuelwalker6496]

FINALLY! I've been searching FOREVER trying to find an actual preformance with an Octobass in it!

[@twosweethounds]

If you can travel to Montreal... the symphony has one as part of its regular bass section!

[@TheStockwell]

So, you want to play an octobass? There's one in Paris, another in Phoenix, one in Berlin, and a fourth in Montreal. Make your octo-dreams come true!

[@deineroehre]

Shouldn't be there EIGHT Octobasses in the world? Otherwise it should be renamed to Quadbass..

[@taliahd264]

@@deineroehre this comment is probably a joke but it doesn't work that way😂😂😂

[@aruyukimayu1199]

@@deineroehre lol!

[@THEROTATINGFOOT]

I bet this is 10x better in person

[@Aki-tu2pu]

yea because you can feel the bass and all

[@Callsign_Jaeger]

The people audibly dying in the audiance makes this sound even more brutal.

[@j.s.2744]

Callsign_Jaeger Made me laugh louder than I should

[@ami2evil]

One Guy even shaddam self...

[@daquarius_vi8759]

These guys are holding double basses like cellos. This is what a legend looks like people.

[@toraviabates7827]

i want to lie on the floor next to that beautiful giant bass and feel the vibrations of the earth

[@RCAvhstape]

For god's sake, people, take a cough drop before the performance.

[@oliviamontemayer7089]

Ikr

[@Karinholmgren1]

LOL the guy who didn't get the memo for "wear black only" lol

[@lebohangmabitle1619]

Karinholmgren1 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@genatzvalee]

I'm a contralto woman, big lover of basses and lower register in general. This is dark heaven for me. Thank you! My thoughts at the moment: 1) I'm not even sure I can distinguish the octobass. It's just bass galore, all over the place! 2) Apocalyptica should try to switch their cellos for double basses every once in a while.

[@bellofrus]

i want to play the octobass so bad

[@Hi-ke1kn]

Well you can if you keep that goal but you need a luthier or someone who crafts stringed instruments to make one which might take a chunk out of your pocket. Also you're going to have to find a way to figure out how to play it. And last you might need a partner sometimes when you play it. As the octobass sometimes requires two people unless you can work out a design in which you can play solo. But if you're truly determined and don't give up easily I'm sure you'll figure something out.

[@wuandondo4832]

The octobass is very inconvenient. I have seen videos where tons of hairs come off from the bow just from playing a single song. For most of the notes, you can hear the pitches that well. And the most challenging part of playing an octobass would be the bowing. Other than that, it’s not that hard of an instrument, just takes some time to get used to.

[@FortyHurts]

00:52 - This is why you need to turn your phone OFF, not just mute it.

[@keepyourshoesathedoor]

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[@blankspace4716]

It sounds beautiful, I loved that powerful sounds, double-basses, contrabasses and octabasse have a very interesting sounds together. I think I'm going to definitely change my violin.

[@BetaAxolotl]

Double basses and contrabasses are the same thing. Double bass and string bass are used most commonly in north America and Oceania. In Europe, contrabass (sometimes spelled differently [i.e. Kontrabas {Swedish}]) is pretty common as well. I am not sure about South America or Asia, but I am petty sure in Africa classical music is not very common. Also, something to note is that in jazz ensembles, they are called upright basses, or, very rarely, acoustic basses. In all of these instances, it is commonly shortened to just bass. But Mae sure you clarify that it's not a bass guitar!

[@im_an_oyster]

Bach always came through for us forgotten instruments

[@judithwhitehouse2149]

JSB gave mankind that chaconne - what we do with it is up to us....this one, I like!!

[@Rurexxx]

We need octabass in prog metal. Please, let it happen.

[@terran236]

Yes!

[@skipfantry5059]

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[@user-wd8qt4do6f]

Double Basses look like cellos!!

[@lilmcchick4968]

Double basses look like double basses...

[@adamjones7701]

that's exactly what I said

[@user-wd8qt4do6f]

Okay then...

[@Hi-ke1kn]

I do agree they do like cellos.

[@martinvannostrand8488]

송동운 brilliant observation

[@bailleux8976]

Magnifique et quelle style ! HIP.

[@Solidgabe136]

WHAT THE HELL thats the biggest bass ive seen

[@DanGrossberg]

I think the octobass is intended to be felt more than heard.

[@priscianusjr]

There are moments when they are almost in tune, but very few. The one playing the octo-bass is the best - of course he's using pre-set levers.

[@urmorph]

The amazing thing about Bach's music is that it can sound good in many different transcriptions. This one, however....

[@davidma9801]

This is truly magnificent

[@labananiere]

Bravo pour la musque de Bach adaptée à l'OCTOBASS

[@jesuisravi]

it takes a master to get music out of one of those superbasses.

[@tomislavbuljan7478]

Once more me! Now I anderstand how are comming the earthskwakes on the bloody world. T. Buljan

[@JOTUNN_ENJOYER]

ТЫ ХОТЬ ЗНАЕШЬ СКОЛЬКО ТЕБЕ ЕЩЁ РАСТИ ДО МУЗЫКИ ЧТО НА ЭТОЙ ПЛАСТИНКЕ

[@augustedupin7112]

Кажеться, это другое произведение. В МФ было про концерт для оркестра с октобасом, а здесь chaconne вместо concerto, и оркестра нет. Так что продолжаем искать мистическую пластинку.

[@editionsrameau9016]

Surely the definitive version! ;o)

[@rosslemon4033]

Look at all those little basses, just like looking into a cataract

[@tobybourne4955]

It's really hard to take that Giant thing seriously 😂

[@samanli-tw3id]

Me: Wow, four cellos and a double bass!

[@nahuelvargas6883]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@SnowStreets]

ba-bach

[@peyreemmanuel9140]

lol ! or bachalot... aux échalottes.

[@augustedupin7112]

не Бах, а ба-бах! 😉

[@Tobberz]

Insane :D

[@moshpitsandbongrips6998]

octobass ads such an interesting tonality to the background.

[@Derrymaine148]

bass on steroids

[@larry_berry]

We're not gonna take it.

[@juandavidaquino9522]

Who else came here from MyMetalFamily ep 9?

[@augustedupin7112]

Me! But I think this is not the piece that Ches actually gave to Glam, because that was a concerto for octobass and orchestra. I´m still looking for it.

[@CitizenAyellowblue]

Octobass sounds like a Paul Robeson humming in the shower.

[@dfgjhdj]

puny double bass! i'll bet this was the first time the double bass players felt small.

[@tomislavbuljan7478]

Wy do you need a conductor?

[@BernardSalles]

***** With only one hour rehersal before concert it was easier with conductor. Normally it must be played without conductor

[@adamjones7701]

+Nicholas Alipaz the octo makes the basses look like cellos

[@desvlogs2352]

Adam Jones Come on we already know it's gigantic.

[@thierry1026]

you need someone to make signs for that guy on top oh his ladder

[@marie_171]

The double basses sure look tiny next to the octobass. It must be fun for the double basses to play and looking like a cello quartet. Good job.

[@obsessivecorvid]

we need a version of canon in d for the octobass

[@user-hw5hv9rf3e]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@adamcummings20]

0:52 make sure your Android phone is charged up and muted before playing guys ...lol

[@stankazakov1277]

Нереальная мощь

[@somerandomdragon558]

Enough childsplay. Play it on four octobasses and one octosubcontrabass.

[@DesignerShark44]

Bro this literally frostpunk ost

[@MiraDaWulf]

When you thought the double bass was big and low

[@mikhailvolkov4151]

I need a lossless recording of it

[@giralua1]

The fundamental of the octobass is not even audible on my computer's speakers. I think I'm hearing just some harmonics. Better with headphones, but not much.

[@SilentHillFetishist]

Then at least your speakers doesn´t bloat, what they can´t play into mud.

[@klimentpetrov8789]

Double bass in bulgarian is "contrabass"

[@ninjaron07]

Es Bach, pero por qué tiene octabajo ¿Sabes al menos cuánto tienes que mejorar para tocar la música de éste disco?

[@cretium805]

2:34 someone forgot to mute the sound of his iPhone -,-

[@ridhimajoshi9296]

How many instruments did Bach play ?

[@yyyyyrs3679]

pog

[@VallinSFAS]

Meghan Trainor's new backup group!

[@Julia-ik4ck]

omg im dead XD

[@kylebarbosa9981]

BASSSSSSSSSSS

[@MotoMoto-ld9gi]

This sounds way better than violin Chaconne

[@LionEagleOx]

All hail Farmer Dan!

[@xuszetwo3435]

And you guys thought the double bass was big

[@javierdiazsantana]

The musicians have an excellent level but unfortunately the transcription is incorrectly made.

[@marcelouz1]

Curious and innovative interpretation of the "Chaconne" originally for solo violin . Sorry but not for those instruments, there are some untuned passajes, too much bass registers . The best is the guitar transcription made by Andres Segovia.

[@natanellayevsky7289]

why so fast?

[@daquarius_vi8759]

because they are gods

[@unknown-qw1fu]

Так вот шо глэм слушал

[@stephenallen1149]

My present headphones are ill-suited to this piece. (But work great on piccolos).

[@xeniaman3853]

I think the octobass is a bit overpowered by the other instruments...

[@pierreboufil8736]

WHY ????

[@alorrrviaa4368]

Is it me that I see a black double bass

[@alorrrviaa4368]

No?

[@captainwilliam3920]

But does it djent?

[@ami2evil]

Thwap, Thwap... Thwap...

[@robleytrades]

cant hear the octobass at all

[@marcelloscandelli3102]

Cinque persone che suonano hanno bisogno di uno che li diriga?

[@SebasChaaan27]

man, i had SUCH a hard time putting this together (when hearing it). honestly, i couldnt finish listening to it. kind of a disappointment. :( i think it wouldve been Much better and easier on the ears, had it been 2 Cellos, 2 bass, and the 1 octobass..., rather than the 4 burly basses and 1 massive creature of abyss (octobass) all going at once. i felt it needed a lighter tone (no pun! haha) to even out the sound.. and kinda feel the cello wouldve been Perfect for that. maybe ill give it another listen to see, but so far, its a tad brutal on the ears for me :(

[@jpm83]

On some places intonation was quite badly off I don't know which one of the basses it was but I think it was same one or two basses that were doing it.

[@qoreytaus2767]

Just don't give the elephant a headache. :)

[@mrbigarms]

Not a particularly nice sound and sounding a bit off key in places.

[@corrda1993]

welcome to bass quartets.

[@benjaminmarin1407]

But Djents

[@alexgu177]

you need better speakers for these low sounds

[@flacidhouse350]

Your speakers can't reproduce the actual notes. you are hearing overtones.

[@artysanmobile]

I guess you’d have to check that as baggage.

[@goldencookie5807]

Amazing this about to fall and your 5”1 like me trying to catch it... 😂😂😂 life or death situation

[@Jackherbert10]

And I thought a bass was big

[@Scorponox93]

BMV? hehehehej come on man..

[@tibormalinsky8751]

Scorponox93 Holy Sith! :'D BMW :'D

[@eliascamacho7923]

Im here for metal family xD

[@mamasakhalina]

Me too)

[@zariashy5452]

And I though the bass was huge lol

[@Mabeylater293]

Sad. Just sad. We need a Cameron carpenter to do to the contrabass, what he did with the pipe organ.

[@lowendlover5804]

cough cough cough cough cough cough... damn, leave the room of you gotta hack something up...

[@samwaylen]

This " seems " to contain some of the worst intonation I have heard on a publicly available recording of a bowed instrument. Is it the acoustics ? The Microphone ( s ) ? The recorder ? Me ? or What ? No -one else seems to be commenting this way.........

[@ellis20022]

I don't understand the point of the octobass, it sounds so ugly...

[@JohannesJ7539]

bountyMagnetism If you have cheap speakers it does. And live you can feel the vibrations, it's almost otherworldly.

[@QuantumZebra]

of course it's interesting to see such an impractical instrument actually being used, but this has to be the worst interpretation of the chaconne ever. i don't blame anyone for coughing

[@BubuMarimba]

Terrible recording or terrible performance I have not decided...

[@F0SC0]

HORROR!

[@bobjacobson858]

Someone is out of tune.

[@robertmckenzie9803]

No need for octobass, its crap

[@dryokol]

Poor Bach.

[@user-ut2ui8kk8d]

Позорище!

[@chrisb4419]

Intonation hell