J.S. Bach Third Suite BWV 1009

[@talondavis2469]

Just casually some of the best double bass playing in the history of mankind. No big deal 😅

[@SteveAbrahall]

Who needs a cello! Not Joel! :-) Amazing work thank you - your an inspiration!

[@deafpick9707]

Deeply brilliant.. Thank you !

[@PabloBrie]

Gracias Joel! Se siente el amor por la música en cada nota!

[@braizahnjones745]

I didn't know how much I needed to hear this in 5ths on the bass. It sounds so natural!!!

[@CharlesSauthier]

Superbe

[@MarkHoemmen]

amazing -- thank you for sharing this with us!

[@asimo15]

... fantastic Joel !, thanks !. so much to learn ! You show what the real capabilities of the instrument are in the hands of somebody that knows how to play it !

[@jandenie5272]

Very nice! Unbelievable virtuosity, to play this in such a marvelous way on the contrabass !

[@nicolasperez4443]

thank you so much please do every suite it would make my life complete. Your 2 suite recordings are without doubt my favorite ever

[@cecilgriffiths6399]

So Beautiful!! 🙏🙏🙏❤

[@Opus766]

Allemande and Gigue were very moving. Can't wait to re listen to the whole thing. Thank you!

[@ryanmurnane7793]

I love the ending of the Courante. So epic.

[@Fernandoalmeidacbx]

Bravissimo Professor !!

[@davekanemusic]

What a phenomenal sound!!! Absolutely incredible playing. This is the best version I've ever heard of this suite played on the double bass. So incredibly beautiful !

[@antoniovisioli4460]

Maestro, sono sbalordito ed emozionato da questa sua esibizione: puntuale, fantastica, emozionante!!!

[@DouglasFerreira-w7w]

Before I die, I will say that I was lucky to have lived in the same era as Joel!

[@thedoublebasschannel7630]

Great maestro Joel!!! Wonderful Bach.

[@jaikee9477]

I fell in love with Bach's cello suites on double bass! Fantastic performance, thank you, Sir!👏👏👏

[@ThaaaFunk]

you are the great marvel of this bass playing world

[@danielvillarreal5534]

Oh yeah

[@brandensteele4486]

Simply amazing Joel. It's always amazing to see a lifetime of thoughtful hard work coalesce into a musical performance.

[@heinzhasenauer5258]

JOEL!!!!!! this is just beautiful and incredible work of art! outstanding in the history of bassartistery! i call Your sound butter-bass! nobody on this planet has this beautiful soft sound-like YOU! i‘m myself bass-artist-but cant‘reach this sound! greetings from Austria-Gasteinertal,where i play in the kurorchester Badgastein! go to spotify-kurorchester badgastein! or-Ronny Wiesauer-Chants to the sea with love from the austrian alps! Heinz Hasenauer

[@andrewchristianbrundidge]

Very nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ChamberForMusic]

Superbly beautiful! Lots of congrats!

[@richardbishop1916]

(and thanks Again kindly)

[@nicolassetnarsky8555]

What a gift for us to have such a brilliant performance of this masterpiece on the double bass. Thank you Maestro!

[@zevyzions]

Very, very good 👍🏿

[@DavidDalyDoubleBass]

Magnificent. Beautiful. Bravo.

[@antoniosommese5793]

Straordinario,un grande

[@kotruf]

Bravo!!!!!!

[@shawnmarko7131]

Thank you sir, your performances continue to inspire!

[@juangregoriobaquerojimenez4517]

Absolute Fantastic,!!!! Bravo !!

[@doublepick]

If you ever want a jam jar opened in your house - call Joel. Those hands are immense. A joy to watch!

[@volnogorets]

It's just flawless!

[@milarepa3154]

As always beautiful performance and great player! Thank you!

[@patrickmcphail8126]

Simply… Awesome!! You’re a rockstar JQ

[@philippeyared2050]

Beautiful phrasing!

[@matssundman9360]

GREAT! Innovative interpretation and chose of tonality. Thanks! PAX!

[@iaf4454]

Great ❤❤❤ thanks for sharing.. so inspiring ❤❤ powerful lower sounds❤❤

[@carmendevilla2]

5ths tuning is awesome

[@MehmetSurmeli]

Pleasure ❤ 👏

[@LukeAverillMusic]

Tearjerking and supremely generous performance, thank you so much Joel!! Had the privilege of playing your Upton copy at their shop a few years ago, had that new bass feel but man they sure got the tone right. Nearly shook the whole barn, all that sound coming back from the ceiling & walls. I was a lucky guy that day!

[@shawnmarko7131]

Yes tears!

[@anthonyaveray1324]

Wonderful and so intense

[@adolforosado]

Love your interpretation!

[@northspokaneorthodoxchurch653]

Marvelous!

[@wormpie4932]

Beautiful.

[@garybarwin]

oh this is so gorgeous.

[@Atomic_pavarotti]

Insane

[@jasonshortt7]

Always amazing

[@Atomic_pavarotti]

You keep getting better

[@andreabrissa4541]

Amazing 🎵🎵

[@hergestthered5314]

Amazing! I swear I prefer the cello suites on the contrabass.

[@cplbass]

Bravo 🎉🎉🎉

[@larlarson]

NO WORDS, dear Joel! Father Bach's Cello Suites have long been my #1 "Desert Island Music" choice, and this performance of #3 has now joined that collection! Thank you, my friend, and I hope you keep more of them coming!

[@slwright555]

Wow so beautiful and fun to listen! Inspiring❤

[@ralf-peter.schwarz]

Wow simply amazing!!!

[@nicolasnantes8703]

Bravo!

[@ThaaaFunk]

fantastic, outstanding

[@thivyasubbukutty4396]

This is marvelous

[@BenAbraham2701]

Which almost ontologically prove the existence of God! (Yes, it is that beautiful.)

[@BenAbraham2701]

Typo corrected: which (...) proves.

[@RadekNiec]

amazing! bravo!

[@christopherherrmann921]

The first bassplayer I ever heard, that would be able to make me overthinking my own phrasing and usage of tone when I as a cellist play the suites...

[@abrahamflannigan8427]

when will the fourth suite recording come out?

[@JoelQuarrington]

One and two are done, four and five in 2024.

[@JackTadoussac]

I know that there is only a one octave difference between a cello and a double bass that is tuned in fifths -- but wow, this instrument and this talented player is up there with YoYo Ma. It is not really about which is better, except that here there a strength and physicality to playing the double bass at this level. Coming back down to earth, I retuned my own double bass yesterday to fifths, and I must say, what a difference a day makes.

[@KorneyKey]

Подскажите как настроен контрабас? И по каким нотам играет Джоель? Это специальное переложение для контрабаса?

[@JackTadoussac]

@@KorneyKey ask Joel -- he must read the comments from time to time.

[@CC-Pi]

Hey Joel, I am just wondering how many years of practice did it take to get that amazing? I am in awe of your playing, I only recently started learning the cello about 4 months ago and have been learning some of the pieces you played, they are really hard on the cello, let alone on a double bass, so I am curious as to what it has taken for you to get to where you are, thanks 😀

[@aartedoverso]

And I don't think I would ever see anything as wonderful performed as the sixth. Mr. Joel, do you still teach at any institution?

[@themusiccovenant]

Excellent. Where can I download the sheet music sir?

[@RodolfoLimacbx]

BRAVO Joel! This is the cello tunning and adapted to G Major, right? An amazing job!

[@ugurbasar9201]

He tuned the double bass to C, G, D, A like the cello. ❤

[@zevyzions]

@@ugurbasar9201It’s in G major and the lowest note is G. So there is a scordatura here, but I don’t play the instrument therefore I can’t tell what the exact tuning is.

[@stk4847]

@@zevyzionsIt is not a scordatura, the piece is transposed to G Major rather than the original C Major, and Joel tunes C G D A

[@richardbishop1916]

On "Gigue" at 21:14- ..16 ,...and at 22:11- , ..15 . Harmonic pitch sang wonderfully, and the "Power" of the drones !, thank you Joel, ..I was wondering about the Placement of the Mic Behind you as well?

[@JoelQuarrington]

I don’t know that Travis ended up using that one; we thought it got more of the profoundo range at some point.

[@canadabassbass]

The fart detector? It's in the mix!

[@elsonarcos7068]

😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@santiagobenitez1388]

the height on those strings o.o

[@isabellanakahara]

I am becoming a double bass junkie.

[@레고렉스]

[@loiseaunoir1021]

Is that bass tuned in fifths? What is the tunig Joel pl? Thx

[@CCMorgan]

I will always refer bass students to JQ first when talking about Bach on the bass.

[@thebadcellist]

Using his trademark fifths tuning, but transposed up to G. I suppose playing it in the original C would be too muddy. One way he manages fifths tuning is by spending very little time in first and second position where unavoidably you're shifting for almost every note. Up in fourth position, you're at cello string length and can play one finger per half step like cellists do. I could add that he sounds great but with him that goes with out saying!

[@glenng725]

Wow, bravo! Thanks for this! You’d most likely not pass a round though, your playing is too good😂

[@ИлонМаск-э7ж]

Не понимаю, какой строй у контрабаса?

[@JoelQuarrington]

Он настроен на квинты, на октаву ниже, чем у виолончели, CGDA. Надеюсь, вам понравится мой русский.

[@kevwang0712]

A (possibly stupid) question: if the instrument is tuned in fifths an octave lower than the cello, is there a reason for transposing to G major as opposed to simply playing in the original key?

[@canadabassbass]

Not that this opinion is shared by all, but the sonority of the bass is much more pleasant in this range. Playing it "at pitch" is certainly possible, but it simply doesn't resonate as beautifully on the bass compared to the cello. In other words, we care more about the affect than the key, as this fits resonance of the instrument better; many bassists play the cello suites in transposed keys because of this.

[@alfieharries]

It would sound an octave lower than the cello version as bass is a transposing instrument, which just wouldnt sound great - that low octave just gets very muddy harmonically

[@canadabassbass]

That's also possible... But most who keep the key the same also keep the octave the same (lots of high fingerboard playing).

[@TheGalen62]

24 minutes long and over way too soon.

[@ericoschmitt]

Why transpose a fifth up to G and make fingerings harder? At least, why not ditch the C string, add a high E and use 4 strings to play instead of 3? I'm confused. I play the suites on my electric bass in fifths, including this one, and although my 5 strings bass has a high E, I just play it in C major and it sounds alright for my taste.