"There remains a small niche market for people who like their instruments to break over time" As a piano tech I felt that
@Ashanmaril3 жыл бұрын
Those are some weird shaped birds
@SkrumpBumpky3 жыл бұрын
I bought a ticket to see Vulfpeck at the Brixton O2 Academy in October of 2019, but instead of a Vulfpeck gig, it was just Woody Goss giving a 2 hour lecture on the life cycle of the American Woodcock. I was surprised, but I’d be hard pressed to say I wasn’t informed.
@ItsACaptainDan2 жыл бұрын
American woodcocks are what I immediately picture when I hear The Birdwatcher lol
@coldfolkshomerecords37043 жыл бұрын
Why does it not surprise me that Woody finds the clearest, most concise explanation of vintage keys I've ever heard?
@coldfolkshomerecords37043 жыл бұрын
@@fredfp 😂
@jamesthenabignumber3 жыл бұрын
“With more precision than your finger...” “IMPOSSIBLE.”
@Shallowweb3 жыл бұрын
Thats true...
@0777coco3 жыл бұрын
"yeah"
@AliyahEnglish3 жыл бұрын
I feel like this would be something that would be a show on PBS. "Piano Pastime with Professor Goss". Thanks for uploading Woody!
@drewdahlgren4293 жыл бұрын
I didn’t understand what “electric piano” really meant until now. I had no clue that it was a pickup just like guitars
@AdamBorseti3 жыл бұрын
That's why I love em'. You can move the tone bars relative to the pickup and change the height of each, and it will dramatically change the sound. Analog baby!
@nickrichmond62843 жыл бұрын
Yeah a lot of people take the sound for granted and think it’s just synthesized (to be fair quite a bit of what they heard might have been by the Yamaha DX) but it has so much more character than that
@michaelavocado3 жыл бұрын
So thankful that Prof G still let me come on this field trip even though I forgot my permission slip!
@NachoMist3 жыл бұрын
i'm calling the police
@casuspacis31963 жыл бұрын
3:11 i want this groof full version 😍
@musicman8433 жыл бұрын
he is a real professor
@christopherroa97813 жыл бұрын
Definitely
@AfferbeckBeats3 жыл бұрын
See I was wondering if he actually was a professor, but then he said he was a real professor, so my doubts were put to rest.
@JobbityGifford3 жыл бұрын
Wants proofs
@AnthraxEnTuTampax3 жыл бұрын
0:46 the groove of this shit man
@MM-vs2et3 жыл бұрын
punctuation
@notpresobama15533 жыл бұрын
*groof*
@johnd57903 жыл бұрын
PhD in "groof"
@capiemusic3 жыл бұрын
The Prof of the Groof
@BikePitts3 жыл бұрын
This got my wheels spinning like a Mellotron.
@KC9UDX3 жыл бұрын
Hammond seems more appropriate. Alas Mellotron always trumps Hammond.
@8BitzelКүн бұрын
this is such a pleasure it feels like a john wilson work
@JonGreenMusic3 жыл бұрын
The resonator bars on a Rhoades absolutely changes the pitch, just not the fundamental pitch ;) the reason people say the rhoades has a bell like tone is because the tine and the resonator bar create what is essentially an assymetrical tuning fork. It has the same basic overtone series as other single fixed point vibrating tine like intruments such as a handbell. The different types and sizes of the resonator bars give the different sounding registers but each resonator bar is made to share the same natural resonance as the tine so it can store the mechanical energy and sustain the fundamental pitch for longer. If you changed those tone bars with something else the tine would likely vibrate at the same fundamemtal frequency but with less sustain and with a radically different sound due to the change in it's overtone series. The fundamental pitch always gets all the attention but every vibration matters when it comes to making a unique sound!
@maxbrink11183 жыл бұрын
Yeah, we talked resonant frequency and the tuning fork aspect but you can't fit every aspect the design into a short video... Sorry that the edits of that part of our conversation make it sound like the tone bars are less significant than they actually are.
@monotronfan13 жыл бұрын
I don’t think the sound would significantly change without the tone bar. I think the construction and material of the tine itself is all the characteristics of the Rhodes sound. The tone bars sole purpose is longer sustain
@maxbrink11183 жыл бұрын
@@monotronfan1 Correct. That's the point we were getting at while at the shop. Things got edited down to keep things concise.
@christopherroa97813 жыл бұрын
Drunk on Friday night and really loving this video
@WhiskerWhippers3 жыл бұрын
Run them all through a Leslie speaker and you’ve got gold Jerry, GOLD!
@obi-onekenerdi3 жыл бұрын
This guy has the right idea!!
@ezekbardunsihk57353 жыл бұрын
I can smell this video
@EvanEngel3 жыл бұрын
0:46 I need a full track of this please
@belbiv3 жыл бұрын
yeah, what's going on here please? 03:13
@Killericon3 жыл бұрын
Would absolutely buy a record of Woody just noodling on a Clavinet.
@carsonsmelliott3 жыл бұрын
I got my Rhodes fixed there! That place is like heaven.
@paulvash3 жыл бұрын
The universe works in strange ways. This morning, over coffee, I was reminiscing over going down to Chicago to pick up my Markll suitcase from the Chicago Electric Piano company exactly one year ago. Then I swung by CME to buy a phaser for it and that was the happiest I’ve been in a long time. Thanks for reading my mind Woody.
@FacePomagranate2 жыл бұрын
Strawberry Fields Forever must be the Smoke On The Water of Mellotron.
@lefteyereport63546 ай бұрын
Watcher of the Skies is the Stairway of the Mellotron
@FacePomagranate6 ай бұрын
@@lefteyereport6354 I thought Stairway To Heaven [live] was the Stairway of Mellotron.
@lefteyereport63546 ай бұрын
@@FacePomagranate I thought about that right after posting, I was hoping I wouldn't get called out on it for a few days lol
@JMcG520 Жыл бұрын
I’ve heard of of professors before. But I’ve never heard of a precision-fingered professor. Groundbreaking.
@morgendorffer35043 жыл бұрын
4:14 "like the rhodes, it's vibrating parts that are amplified"... damn straight. you really are a professor of the subject
@smooooth_3 жыл бұрын
Everyone's vibrating parts should be amplified
@Holygiant3 жыл бұрын
I am excited for your next lecture out in space, Prof. Goss! :)
@АлександрДевяткин-п1р3 жыл бұрын
3:11 I just fell in love with this part and cut it for rington. If you will ever make full version of this masterpiece i'll be very happy
@noahmay7708 Жыл бұрын
Particularly fond of the fugue at 4:27, not sure if it was improv or not though.
@BrianKabalaMusic3 жыл бұрын
Thank you, professor! We need more electric piano education in our schools
@AfferbeckBeats3 жыл бұрын
No more government subsidies for passive pianos!
@morgendorffer35043 жыл бұрын
It's good that he said he's a real professor
@eggnogthespacecadet33923 жыл бұрын
I could watch an hour of this tbh
@ideasonek33743 жыл бұрын
Wow the mellotron blew my mind. I had NO IDEA it used tapes. That's sooo cool.
@lanoredigitalrecords72133 жыл бұрын
this place is keyboard nerd heaven and im here for it
@vincentian91583 жыл бұрын
Wow thanks KZbin recommendation
@Tsicky3 жыл бұрын
Where in space do you thing you’ll be. I just want to be ready to catch the next vid.
@jan_the_man3 жыл бұрын
The G is back
@DoctorWho83 жыл бұрын
Sweetness! More Mellotron!
@Grayham43 жыл бұрын
It’s so wild how the wurli is very clearly a kiddie student piano and yet look how we’ve fallen in love with them
@elloyellohello3 жыл бұрын
Absolutely terrific. Highly enlightening. Thank you, Professor Goss.
@piktormusic25383 жыл бұрын
Cool, thanks. Good explanations and great playing. I caught a glimpse of the Philicorda combo organ at the beginning of the video and was afraid that you were going to feature it. I have a working one (circa 1967, I think), but I am probably going to allow my tech friend to cannibalize it for any useful parts before I haul it off to the recycle station. No one should ever have to listen to that sound ever again.
@douglasalves32873 жыл бұрын
Woody please never stop uploading
@wrijack3 жыл бұрын
Regretting not being an Electrical Engineer so I can't just make cartoonishly wild pianos
@KC9UDX3 жыл бұрын
Pretty sure you don't have to be. Just piece parts together. You need lots of time, space, and money.
@rocoarighi3 жыл бұрын
See ya in space, professor
@CBass0143 жыл бұрын
THE BIRDWATCHER IS BACK BABY WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
@alisoncole32113 жыл бұрын
Woody that was great!! I loved it!! Miss you seeing you and I really appreciate this video! Love Alison 💜
@jonh9012713 жыл бұрын
More please!
@sermuns3 жыл бұрын
Thank YOU
@lewisconroy32683 жыл бұрын
super cool! Please make more videos!
@michaelnardini49343 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@musiceducationvideo41113 жыл бұрын
Fantastic
@andrewnicorn3 жыл бұрын
Clavinets are so cool. They have like, a percussive vibe.
@ryanmelvey87643 жыл бұрын
woo!
@mattcoakleymusic3 жыл бұрын
I've been dreaming of stopping in here since I moved to Chicago a year and a half ago. Thanks for the video!
@chrissapp92433 жыл бұрын
Absolutely fascinating! More please
@mattmonroemusic903 жыл бұрын
This video is great and hilarious. "Who want the instrument to break over time" love it!
@iPig2 жыл бұрын
Why isn't this an hour long PBS special?
@sweetegg3 жыл бұрын
Thanks professor
@ryderlippman31053 жыл бұрын
SWEET
@Ze_L3 жыл бұрын
This is one of the greatest videos on the youtube. Congratulations
@pappabearlee89383 жыл бұрын
Love this! I have a sick fascination with electric pianos. My RMI 368 has given me so much joy! And also so much madness! It's like a 6th child!
@calebtar3 жыл бұрын
This is shaaawwwweeeeeeeet
@MrAndMrsGrover3 жыл бұрын
Very cool, Woody
@Sam_Perman3 жыл бұрын
Hell yeah! Love you Prof. Goss
@apastasauce59053 жыл бұрын
Wild Chicago vibe!!!👍good job
@haha-ju3pj3 жыл бұрын
thank you for sharing prof!
@jaydmorales233 жыл бұрын
This is reminding me to finish my repairs on my 1973 buz Watson 🎹 🥴
@businessbusiness94073 жыл бұрын
That was the single best video I've ever seen about electric pianos
@blindboyflowers3 жыл бұрын
Woody your videos give me life
@simonhodgetts65303 жыл бұрын
Fantastic - always wondered how a Clavinet worked - now I know!
@brysid14353 жыл бұрын
you're a very good player
@MattGriffo3 жыл бұрын
This is awesome. I’m in Chicago and I didn’t know this place existed
@AdamBorseti3 жыл бұрын
As the owner of a Rhodes MK1 and Wurlitzer 206, I encourage any new keyboard players to learn about both of these wonderful old instruments and what makes them special. (Then, learn about what makes them a stabbing pain in the ass lol)
@ryannadler26173 жыл бұрын
This is incredible.
@irl_tommy3 жыл бұрын
A perfect video thank u prof
@Taped0uT13 жыл бұрын
This is so frickin good.
@heavypiano3 жыл бұрын
Nice chops, Woody.
@worldpeace31033 жыл бұрын
What a lovely video!!! Thanks a lot Prof G
@spencerleigh27443 жыл бұрын
more of this please!!
@brisleeadams3 жыл бұрын
Cool video!
@XzantozX3 жыл бұрын
Love this channel woody. Keep it up.
@AuntieClimaxx3 жыл бұрын
This is the same vibe as when Mr. Rogers used to take us on field trips to see how crayons are made!
@JustSnowglow3 жыл бұрын
This is amazing. Thank you Prof. Goss!
@mahoganybats953 жыл бұрын
love all the random facts, and finally seeing the mechanics of the Mellotron was interesting! thank you, Professor
@iamthemoneyj3 жыл бұрын
Wow, this is very educational for the vulfpeck fan who has learned about Rhodes, wurli, clavinet from seeing them in the video descriptions. Thank you woody 🙏
@szrnkabela3 жыл бұрын
Delightful video, dear Professor. 😎 Please make more of these. As I watched the original video to "Cory Wong", I realize now that you were the 4. man in the "String Quartetto" as Jack said in the concert footage. 🤭
@LukeLaczynski3 жыл бұрын
i am in space
@jacobanteau60203 жыл бұрын
magnificent
@narnbrez3 жыл бұрын
thanks woody. i just bought my first midi keyboard, cool to see how the sounds I can make now without batting an eye were made
@randomroughneck10303 жыл бұрын
Full hohner clav music maybe? (please)... so FUNKY!
@PedroPetracco3 жыл бұрын
OH yesss
@nolanrector-brooks62313 жыл бұрын
Why can’t we be friends like you and Kirschemann?
@menriquez893 жыл бұрын
Cool
@RKisBae3 жыл бұрын
Big yes Dr goss
@nicoadamo3 жыл бұрын
Anyone know the tune he’s playing over at 2:24 on the Rhodes?
@jtn1913 жыл бұрын
Sounds like Monk. Check out his album Solo Rhodes on bandcamp!
@TheTapMusic3 жыл бұрын
Yes. Just yes.
@WaterTimeLapse3 жыл бұрын
Got this suggested on my home page. Was not disappointed. Great stuff woody!