Theorbo (The enormous 14 string lute)

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[@xMrJanuaryx]

Pretty sure Brandon is a vampire and has been playing this instrument since he invented it back in 1666.

[@nguyenduc5938]

Robert yeah he like unbelievably good looking

[@allenlord8251]

He definitely has freakishly long hand and fingers...might be a vampire.

[@Alciato3]

I wouldn’t be surprised if he slept in a coffin in the basement

[@justsomeguyonquarantine7274]

He probably survived the great London fire

[@TheHitman-]

A.d. 1580

[@applebuster]

This Theorbo guy is a level 20 bard in D&D

[@Larken42]

Chezsit zubDANCE then what level is Rob?

[@mikahkilgore4972]

Chezsit zubDANCE most underrated comment of all time

[@ElZamo92]

Chezsit zubDANCE He destroys all the kobolds in a room with a single strum of his giant lute

[@adwitatherealadwita]

Instrument of the Bards: Theorbo Wondrous Item, Legendary Once per day, you can expend a 9th Level Spell Slot and for 24 hours you become the biggest chad in a 64 mile radius.

[@adirblazkowics7717]

More like level 80

[@Mayhemzz]

Well I expected all the comments to be saying how amazingly beautiful the Theorbo is. Instead I come to find all the comments saying how amazingly beautiful Brandon is.

[@kishascape]

They both are.

[@Dude8718]

He do be pretty sexy no homo

[@duxnihilo]

10:26 *BRANDON:* "I'll be your bass." *Everyone here in the comments:* "You can be my anything you want."

[@johnnyfivethephilosopher1086]

:D hahaha!

[@herpderp4078]

If your my bass you can't call the cops when I slap you

[@takayanagi-senseissurprise2104]

@@herpderp4078 HAHAHAHA 😂

[@darkone9572]

Yes !

[@b33sma11]

you reached out to find a theorbo expert, and then you find a person that not only has the instrument but is also a great speaker, and teacher. one can tell he truly loves this instrument and speaks through it....17 minutes...and i could watch it for another 17...thanks rob

[@johnfritz15]

I guessing he gets asked about this ALL OF THE TIME. It’s pretty slick.

[@VideoMask93]

And he's got his own channel, too!

[@ibrahimismail5625]

Guy has 400k subs rn

[@nnnnnnnnnick5557]

Goes into guitar center: "I need some synthetic gut strings for my giant lute"

[@OrangeColt]

They just replie, "What gage?".

[@christopherstube9473]

@@OrangeColt nyl-gut

[@reubenshiflet]

Nah he actually uses human gut cuz he's a vampire

[@M7awesat]

@@christopherstube9473 goat gut

[@eightfifty2309]

Then all of a sudden they have the brightly colored Ernie Ball package with strings made for that lol.

[@GuitarLessonsBobbyCrispy]

So a thousand years ago, lute players would say to each other 'I just came up with a great riff!!'??

[@cursedcliff7562]

Got riff?

[@bananabong4911]

"My lord, thou shall listen to that sick riff I just wrote"

[@HellBrYnger]

"checketh thy shit yo!"

[@boataxe4605]

Yeah, between groupie story’s.

[@g4joe]

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[@abedinsubashi]

1:17 when rob said “it’s beautiful” he wasn’t talking about the theorbo, he’s talking about Brandon

[@zeta970]

The moon is beautiful tonight

[@takayanagi-senseissurprise2104]

@@zeta970 Ouí ouí!

[@iridium141]

God, why do I have such a crush on him

[@papastalin69]

@@iridium141talented handsome vampire man

[@osees5197]

I have a painting in my hallway from the 1600s, that features Brandon playing this

[@DLBBALL]

Gosh, so the rumours of him inventing the theorbo itself may very well be true!

[@dalerider3124]

You just wish you did.

[@vtautogrow6096]

I have one that your mom painted

[@yonatanbeer3475]

This is the most underrated comment I'm dead

[@eli_are_ftw]

@@JordyMarincic i got one of him making that flute they consider the first instrument

[@mndlessdrwer]

Dude looks like what manga artists think musicians looks like. Damn.

[@tonuahmed4227]

I was going to write that

[@dabinoslapafoo9958]

I am sure he is a Vampire!

[@vuth94]

pushes glasses up

[@baconfister]

😂🤣OMFG you nailed it!

[@RitwikSilwalalchemy]

He's gotta maintain the authenticity man.

[@Ebrinck]

I love how politely Brandon starts to jam with Rob around 15:19. Love every single video these two have done together!

[@HaIsKuL]

The way it folds while retaining tension, and therefore tone, is a thing of genius. It's absolutely astounding how inventive people can be.

[@zookkkk]

i love the enthusiasm he has to explain this instrument. this is baffling

[@sk8terboi10003]

I think you have to be enthused to Play this intatrument

[@nextlifeonearth]

The repertoire is amazing. It drove me to play early instruments too, so yeah. Didn't get to find an affordable theorbo builder though, so it's just lute, recorder, vihuela, viol da gamba, hurdy gurdy, crumhorn, cornett and tambourine for me sadly. I'm not obsessed I swear.

[@zookkkk]

Thats a shame that you didnt get to play this insane thing

[@Aaron-zh4kj]

Passionate people get other people passionate too. Never ignore a passionate person. You'll learn so much, and they'll feel so loved when you listen.

[@iiirdeyeheretik]

@@nextlifeonearth The solo repertoire is good but there's nearly none of it out there. You could feasibly learn nearly every single piece ever written for the instrument in a pretty short period of time =/ The instrument is just so damn unwieldy and because of the re-etrant tuning it makes it difficult to write good melodic parts.

[@mikajoseph623]

The dude was smiling the whole time and it made me so happy

[@karsenhanna3280]

CurlyWurly77 ikr!! It’s so awesome to see people find others to just enjoy their passion with others. I’d bet it had been a long time since he got to teach another person and just jam and it’s amazing seeing the joy it brings

[@evgenysemenov6051]

CurlyWurly77 I’ll call you CurlyWhorely77

[@willmorris8198]

I love Brandon's personality. So intellectual yet so down to earth, like a great college professor.

[@musicmaster555]

I know this stuff probably bores a lot of people but this dude's emmense and enthusiastic knowledge/love for historical stringed instruments makes it all so fascinating. Such a fun video.

[@Dude8718]

Anything is interesting if the guy talking about it is interesting, and interested in the subject at hand. An interested, interesting guy can make anyone interested in their interest. (Mostly anyone, some people are lame)

[@aidantf8]

“the lute family is vast” is the sexiest sentence i’ve ever heard

[@robertgirtakovskis1670]

I like how we just agreed that theorbo guy is a anime/vampire/bard hybrid

[@katethegoat7507]

I'm super gay for him

[@critter8132]

Yeah this is the comment

[@pancakes5754]

D-dio?

[@willanthoniozeppeli7913]

I mean it's a common thing from his channel

[@heartache5742]

i feel straight

[@alpharage1090]

Lute guy has unreal genetics I have to say. Well-spoken, good on camera, fantastic musician, good looking. I am none of those things and I don't even have a sick lute to make up for it.

[@kingadalou]

All bout da lute

[@chriswedemann8599]

Sounds like a call to action to me. Will you answer the call?

[@chriswedemann8599]

@@kingadalou I love that Google thinks this needs to be translated into English.

[@instrumentalheadquarters7062]

@@chriswedemann8599 lol same

[@ryanb6503]

Don't forget the long fingers

[@Death2uall36]

I consider myself fairly straight, but Holy shit Brandon is the cutest most charming man I've ever seen.

[@itsstrange1213]

We're all a lil gay, I don't blame you he is cute

[@siddharthbirdi]

U gay

[@user-se8nh3yu1e]

@@siddharthbirdi u gay

[@notroger8673]

Yall gae

[@DonRoyalX]

“Fairly” straight what the hell Hahahaha

[@skraz0r]

"You're officially the third best Theorbo player in Chicago." Which, I think, means that there's like 4 of them total. Amazing instrument.

[@Pannemat]

Flight of the Conchords reference. :-)

[@russellzauner]

Nice, nice and it was a joke because CHI probably has ter...tha....terob fuck whatever clubs. Lots of old universities and churchy shit going on, symphony and orchestra communities that are fairly elite...I think they could find even more rad shit to expose himself to. Do a djent on weird old instruments tour it's been at least a month since Someone Else did lol

[@Broshare1]

Theorbo Guy: Ive prepared my whole life for this moment.

[@bernhardsonn8996]

Seems so

[@AR-xl6ym]

lmao

[@averycompany7343]

Hunny should I wear the blue power sweater? Ya def

[@simgingergirl]

He's cute tho

[@caleyoung6812]

@@averycompany7343 I laughed way too hard at that 🤣

[@mmuussmiiisssimmmmmmiiiii1034]

You should have titled it “Sexy Vampire Plays Oar With Gut Strings”

[@justinz9225]

"Synthetic Gut". NEW BAND NAME, I CALL IT

[@arnoldrivas4590]

I'm buying the first album :)

[@therealeren2045]

We need an update

[@vsGoliath96]

It's a medieval metal band but you can only use lutes, viols, and hand drums.

[@BrotherLawson]

This is the most metal instrument ever. Strings made of Guts More than 7 strings Super Djenty The sound holes look like black metal band logos.

[@AgeofJP]

Sorry for being that guy, but I don't consider Djent to be Metal...it's literally it's own thing. More than 6 strings are not needed in metal and most metalheads I know despise Djent and the few Djent fans I know only like Djent. Metal to me is the perfect blend between art and brutality. US metal already tends to put *much* more emphasis on the brutality aspect than European Metal but Djent isn't even compareable to that. I know it sounds like an insult but Djent where I live is treated like Rap music...and I mean literally. They are two groups that rarely interacts with each other, metalheads hate the music, usually can't find anything likeable even if they try and vice versa. My fav genre is Melodic Deathmetal (finnish style) but I listen to pretty much every other subgenre and I have at least a few songs that I really like within most genres I can think of...I'm very tolerant when it comes to different tastes. The only exeptions where I was truely appaled by what I listened to where screamo, some of the -core genres and most of them all Djent. Core genres I just didn't like at all, they felt like the most basic and generic kind of metal I've heard. But in Djent there's literally nothing metal I could find.(it fits the word, but not the music) They may use the same instruments, but the way *how* they use them is so fundamentally different But I guess the US definition of metal is so different that Djent seems more metal there than let's say symphonic metal or 90s power metal

[@ssosso79]

@@AgeofJP haha. amusing. djent sucks. the only djent i can stand is when metal bands are influenced by djent. like meshuggah. but even then. it can be.. hard to fully appreciate.

[@ssosso79]

i guess i mean... the only correct "djent" is meshuggah. anything "djent" that isnt meshuggah. is a ripoff. in a way.

[@AgeofJP]

lol your username...guess I never was "that guy" to begin with

[@skwisgaarskwigelf331]

They amment's metal. It ams a grandspas guitars.

[@JaredDines_]

Brandon is such a talent. wow. you guys captured some magic moments. that was awesome!

[@Kommisar_Lutter]

Time to do djent 1619.

[@omniheart2381]

Jared, if you don't metal-fy this instrument with him then what is life?

[@Josh-it6uy]

go make reaction videos

[@dashqe]

@@Josh-it6uy ouch

[@brandonacker]

Thanks, Jared! I'm a fan of yours as well. Keep up the great videos.

[@raptorplaya1]

17:09 My mans got the Bold and Brash by the window😂

[@saintfrosty6165]

Omfg he actually does what a legend

[@clithero1]

i love how excited Brandon is about this instrument.

[@Doikmania]

He looks exactly like I would have imagined a Theorbo player to look like

[@MRBOOOYA]

What, Harry potter? xD

[@quizarorobzaqu8558]

Me

[@ronanator789]

Just think of the most intellectual man you can possibly think of=Brandon

[@VanGruuv]

hot? yeah

[@FrontierSettler]

Oh really? Not to be rude, but I pictured Cicero from Skyrim. lol

[@dylanlucas9720]

"Wow, I'm having trouble wrapping my head around this" *composes entire song*

[@garyjohnson4575]

back to the future......!

[@caletoews8003]

I love reading comments from people that don't play instruments on Robs Channel cuz it's sooooooooo wrong yet so flattering lol

[@alexfoy5177]

cale you came in hot with the backhanded compliment there

[@Agent-47-eh]

I love how 98% of the comments is thirsting for Theorbo Bard and I'm not complaining because same

[@tdiddle8950]

In a lot of ways, we live in such an amazing world that people are still into playing instruments from the 1500's to the 1600's.

[@tdiddle8950]

Or well, I guess it is for opera too, which is much later.

[@Davmm96]

I'm really glad that this video made the theorbo get a 999% increase in its audience.

[@bcc5701]

Jesus it’s got 5 mil views and EVERYONE is raving about it. How cool something so obscure now is getting seen. Internets cool sometimes man

[@Goku17yen]

So true 😂

[@NathanArundel]

Therapist: long guitar isn’t real, it can’t hurt you. Long guitar:

[@aryanshygun4317]

aM i a jOkE tO YoU

[@diegotorres1214]

Long guitar: Hold my beer

[@bernhardsonn8996]

?

[@bernhardsonn8996]

@@diegotorres1214 xD

[@mkultra6161]

It came back

[@MegaRotors]

15:11 you can see Rob go into his usual trance of getting familiar with an instrument, and you see Brandon join in like he sees Rob as an equal value colleague, Brandon is a good man. You have an expert player with a good heart and someone who might as well be considered a savant of stringed instruments and they just make a great duo.

[@thorn99thorn]

Rob is a golden retriever and Brandon is a classy dachshund

[@hyenagametalk7293]

them (talks about complicated music lingo) me *thats a big guitar wow*

[@OldManDoom]

Now THAT is a guy who got his money’s worth from a college education. As soon he started talking about the Renaissance and the Baroque period, I just said “This one’s for me!”

[@mesh6275]

Snoo Lee Imma give you an L on this, you’re just straight poor m8

[@dumbstupid5065]

Not sure why this came up in my recommended videos over a year and a half later but it reminded me that I really enjoy Brandon's videos and he hasn't posted anything in a while. I subbed after I watched this video and have watched all his videos ever since. Dude is crazy talented.

[@judemisura4323]

This entire series where you learn about new instruments AND play them, is some of the best content ever. My utmost respect to you Rob. Please do more of these

[@slimkt]

Damn, imagine how many people you could take out with that neck with just a careless half turn. I could listen to Brandon talk about the theorbo all day. Love when you can really feel someone's passion when talking about something they truly enjoy. Rob could play mayonnaise at this point and I wouldn't be surprised that it sounded good.

[@Loebane]

You'd all better duck, because I'm about to turn left.

[@tigerwoodz86]

That guy was a great guest! Really knows his stuff.

[@outhouser6963]

This is the first time I had to convince myself I'm not gay out loud,... and it's not working.

[@georgealderson4424]

Size is not everything!

[@Dicen_Delirio]

You just have to embrace it ;)

[@avzarathustra6164]

@@Dicen_Delirio Lol yeah

[@DonRoyalX]

Man ur all gae as hell hahaha

[@darkone9572]

Run down the fence you can jump either way at any time !!

[@Zanenoth]

Brandon: You're a natural, man. Rob: *Why am I not the best at this already?*

[@simgingergirl]

I used to have a theorbo but I baroque it.

[@jcmick8430]

appreciate you

[@thetravisstory]

Top notch

[@hoopstabr]

get out

[@MattGDesign]

Doesn't work with English pronunciation 😪

[@Arthirias]

Clever girl

[@jacksales9342]

I can't get over how good the bass strings sound.

[@nicholasjaworski9368]

Jack Sales right!

[@DaOttah]

for real, i really want that tone

[@Zawmbbeh]

it feels like an 8 string’s F# at longbass tension, so punchy and nasally

[@lifeguard8887]

Same!

[@vimtheprotogen2855]

It's all about scale length!

[@rokrjock33]

Kudos to Brandon for his skill and expertise I just realized how much of work it is to make it sound like it used to sound in its time. The process he described of trying to get there is hard... love these videos when you collaborate. I need to go to Brandon's channel too.

[@louper3002]

rob seems so humbled by brandon which is quite cool because i really respect this guys playing

[@nathanweaver3378]

I always wonder if some lute player like 400 years ago was messing around and like strummed out some ye old Metallica riffs or something

[@onidaaitsubasa4177]

Yeah, I also saw a similarity to Metallica's music, for all we know a lute player could've been performing 15th century Metallica to a crowd of people and never even knew it.

[@StonedSpagooter]

I was thinking the same thing, add some volts to that rift and you got a beautiful solo

[@KitZunekaze]

That's a really fun thought. I wonder if any huge modern songs accidentally got played in the past, but never recorded.

[@caletoews8003]

@@onidaaitsubasa4177 That's because Metallica is not metal :) They are versatile but currently basically country, due to tone used during and after black album

[@DelinkventeN]

Battery

[@Khaeredan_]

It was really interesting listening to Brandon, seems like a really passionate person. The folding neck is awesome, especially the fact that it stays tuned ! Awesome ! :D

[@TonyLynTV]

Can't agree more brother.

[@xenontesla122]

I wonder if that could be incorporated into other instruments to make them more compact.

[@iiirdeyeheretik]

Most lutenists are pretty passionate as the lute family are not easy to play, very expensive, and pretty obscure so it takes a certain passion to build a career out of it.

[@ThinWhiteAxe]

Yeah, I want a guitar that folds up.

[@loveisinportant5570]

Rewatching this reminds me of how much I love musicians. To just look at another musician playing something and figuring it out and joining in to make something that sounds good is so incredible to me.

[@chickenmangaming1]

Same, those little moments are what make being around other musicians fun

[@johnsmith6586]

I wonder if they kick you out of the Theorbo store for playing "Stairway to Heaven"

[@defaultset]

They're gonna put you to the stairway itself i heard.

[@ZephyrusAsmodeus]

@@defaultset Gotta use it to tune the bass strings if it ain't a folding model

[@GermanShredEffizienz]

This guy looks 100% like an anime character come to life

[@EpicureMammon]

The shoes and everything. It has to be intentional, right?

[@NeloAmaru]

@OptimisticGreg a really hot one for sure

[@AsRiHack3x2]

Honestly and it's really distracting. Especially the way the hair just sits on the glasses.

[@nigiyakapepper977]

i just burst out laughing at this comment. thank you

[@phungtrankim5624]

He likes Leon in RE2

[@ISmellMopWho]

"Aye bro where's that weird looking guitar?" "It's right over theorbo"

[@shaynevaldez4237]

Nick Urban underrated comment lmao

[@ducati1957]

Noting on the internet makes me laugh out loud. I never really comment either. However, this "bro" play has killed me. Too funny!

[@andresxcore1]

nice

[@carracroucher6686]

This has been the comment that has finally made me laugh out loud

[@KyoshiNin]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@gigachadnumber7187]

Brandon is a 482 year old vampire and is acting like he never even invented when we all know he did

[@nisakuday1600]

I keep repeating that beautiful jam session from around 15:10 onwards. It's so lovely, I wish there was a whole track.

[@aaronflorian8150]

1:24 “Italian invention” Davie504: *heavy breathing*

[@vasiliskavoukidis1827]

gold xD

[@AbsoluteAbsurd]

XD

[@borismihalko1]

Nice profile picture

[@aaronflorian8150]

boorisko u ayyy

[@cindipossidento5688]

That’s The Godfather of guitars!!! There will be NO other !!!!! Yeahhhhh. Hahahaha

[@akosslive03]

Bass: Tells a "size matters" joke Theorbo: HOLD MY BEER

[@proveitbytch8379]

When is the hold my beer thing going to die off? Wasn't funny the first time.

[@akosslive03]

@@proveitbytch8379 Hold my beer=MEME MEME's live forever

[@shinso516]

Bass: size matters Therobo: hold my beer Octo bass: hold my whiskey

[@proveitbytch8379]

@@akosslive03 ... Memes live forever... I don't like it. Not one bit.

[@ikariim]

Bass: size matters Therobo: hold my beer Octo bass: hold my whiskey Plucking the wires on a suspension bridge: **laughs inaudibly**

[@littletoast9465]

Every once and a while youtube will recommend me your channel again and I always fall in love with your love for music and learning. It inspires me a lot as I was raised in a musical family but never really found anything I clicked with. Maybe I'm just looking at instruments from the wrong century.

[@astralLichen]

Oh my this was beautiful, genuinley speechless at the improv at 15:14

[@RainyNebula]

This guy is super cool and informative on the theorbro, he seems like a really interesting dude

[@mal2ksc]

He kinda reminds me of Eagle McMahon, with a similar kind of enthusiasm mixed with mastery. facebook.com/Eagle-McMahon-827952767308488/

[@TheLumbersnack]

Seems like a pretty good reason to check out his channel linked at the end of the video. I agree he seems really interesting, mainly for me, because of how passionate he appears to be about what he's into. Definitely somebody that I could listen to talk about their hobbies for quite a while.

[@sophelet]

he also plays lots of instruments: acoustic guitar, electric guitar, electric bass, banjo, ukulele, lute, theorbo, classical guitar.... a master

[@flatjesus]

@@mal2kscI guess I'm not the only person who loves weird instruments and disc golf.

[@paolobaluran3021]

Using a guitar with strings made of sheep guts? now thats metal.

[@GabrielTellesHarp]

The harp also uses gut strings.

[@mentalitydesignvideo]

Next: Phoetus guts for Medieval Djent.

[@kebm1388]

The first condoms were made of sheep intestine

[@andreasmakrygiannis359]

@@kebm1388 I think the first ones were from crocodile skin in Egypt.

[@paulatreides9296]

Ironically, using metal strings is less metal

[@R.Daneel]

That cylinder that keeps the bent strings in tune is pure genius!

[@wilmapistorius7786]

At the moment I'm writing a new piece for theorbo, and found this video super helpful! Thank you very much. Also, great playing, and good style. Always nice to see cool people playing old instruments.

[@dr.zoidberg5096]

Thank you for letting him talk about the history of the instrument. Love that brain nectar.

[@rifuki9940]

this theorbo guy strightly looks like from a fantasy movie totally not disappointed

[@naiman4535]

Equal Temperament is a system of tuning in which the intervals or distances between every half step within the octave are exactly equal. Equal Temperament was starting to become the norm in Western classical music at around the time of JS Bach, who wrote a series of piano pieces entitled The Well Tempered Clavier. If the interval distances between all the half steps are exactly equal, then you can modulate from key to key as many times as you want, and even to a key that is far removed from where you started, and things will still sound in tune, and not out of sorts. An interesting phenomenon when it comes to Equal Temperament is the Circle of Fifths - with Equal Temperament, after going all the way around the circle through all twelve keys or notes, you will eventually return to exactly where you started, or an exactly even number of octaves above or below. In the old Pythagorean system, with the Pythagorean Fifth - a simple 2 to 3 ratio of vibrations or cycles per second - which was lightly larger than the well-tempered Fifth, you can go through the entire Cycle of Fifths and never get back to exactly where you started. The note that is supposed to be the return note of the cycle will be slightly higher in pitch than where you started - musical theorists call this the Pythagorean Comma. I learned all this when I was studying and reading books on the theory of Indian Music, with all its intricate microtones, when I was in high school in Tokyo, Japan.

[@harryhines1334]

Brandon has such talent and knowledge, so cool to have him there, I'd love to see more with him

[@benmcdaniel3428]

I bet his theorbo isn't the only thing he has to fold in half when he leaves the house.

[@YeOleBorther]

😂😂😂😂😂🤢🤮

[@omni1607]

Of course, he must fold his wallet closed!

[@dillardfilth8933]

I ugly laughed on that one 😂

[@kalebvera1841]

i feel dense cuz i dont get it

[@wigwagstudios2474]

It’s probably a dick joke but how tf you fold a dick I’m dense af

[@LucaMiebach]

"You got a 7/12 chance of hitting an intune note." My new approach to everything I do musically lol

[@agent_of_cthulhu]

Awesome video. Glad to see musicians being so willing to try out new instruments and learn the history of stringed instruments.

[@aceusmusic2168]

The excitement between them over playing these instruments is honestly contagious and it makes my appreciation and love for music that much more

[@mateogaona3948]

Everybody is paying attention to the guest but I'm more focused on how this guy adapted so quickly to this instrument... genius

[@nosslraK]

True. At this point it's kind off become a meme that Rob can play anything he touches

[@leavewe]

it isn't like he hasn't played a lute before

[@karlpoppins]

It's not that impressive for a decent guitarist, such as Rob, to be able to play other plucked instruments.

[@DLBBALL]

Мариос Христодулу I thought it was pretty impressive how he’s great at other instruments too - bass, drums, etc. And how quickly he adapts to non-string instruments as well (I.e playing For Whom The Bell Tolls on a Carillon).

[@karlpoppins]

@@DLBBALL Percussion is an entirely different animal, but I count all plucked strings as essentially one instrument - and I say that from personal experience.

[@cozyfeller]

this theorbo dude could drop the sickest black metal album

[@eijlha]

soad tribute band

[@ianmorgan889]

One of the best vid's I have seen on Musical Instruments, I really learned something so thanks for that!

[@austinfisher7697]

what a grat chap to have on the channel, very easy going,smart and instructive Thanks Rob and Brandon Great job dudes

[@landjplay1799]

Yo wtf this dood teaches the little kids at our school in Chicago sick

[@cranki6316]

He seems like a great teacher.

[@chelcyndo1759]

@@cranki6316 he legit looks like a teacher that would have you playing the instrument with a pasion after he's done teaching you how to play

[@cranki6316]

@@chelcyndo1759 Except me. I can only play the radio. It's fascinating seeing how they make it look so easy. It seems like rocket science to me.

[@Omfgwhtavid]

at first glance i thought that said touches

[@chelcyndo1759]

@@cranki6316 i can relate, i've got a Bass Guitar for 2 years now and all i can play is Seven Nation Army

[@ashtonebinger5651]

You, a lute player. Verses the dude she tells you not to worry about

[@machinenkanone9358]

@Dr. Krieger nah ... .kill the lute too, my liege.

[@zanderclark1461]

@@machinenkanone9358 *Wind blows ominously*

[@RetroPlus]

Those are some of the prettiest string sounds I've ever heard at 15:20 truly beautiful

[@hannahjohnson4582]

I love how gentle Brandon is with Rob in all these videos they have done together😍😍 what a sweetheart.

[@SeraphSeraphim]

That was the most tactfully done KZbin advertisement I've ever seen. It was subtle, I was still able to watch the video on the left side, and the progress bar down the center reassured me that it wasn't going to drag on forever. Awesome. Didn't stop me from enjoying the video one bit.

[@GregJonson]

To any fellow perfect-pitch-ers out there, I'd like to remind you that the fact that Brandon refers to F# as a G is not a mistake or mistuning. Baroque tuning used to be 1/2 step lower than our contemporary tuning, so the baroque G does sound like our F#. Having this theorbo tuned in authentic tuning is either a necessity because the baroque instruments would be severely damaged if you tried to add more tension on each string; or, in case this particular instrument is a modern remake (I can't really tell), it pays an homage to the old times and adds the authenticity to it.

[@mr.fodder7260]

thank you I was having a panic attack

[@bardfinn]

It's a modern manufacture theorbo.

[@Merlyno99]

it "sounds" like 1/2 step down because they tuned in 415 ish hertz while we tune usually around 440

[@mentalitydesignvideo]

Correct. Modern widely accepted tuning for baroque music and period instruments is A=415 Hz, which is close enough to ½ lower than 440. (Or the new European symphonic standard of 442-444.)

[@evilgremlin]

And all of that is totally pointless now because of equal temperament.

[@NovusCantus]

SO happy I found this video - such an awesome instrument. Great job explaining its features... and now I want one.

[@ErokLobotomist]

Good lord what an absolutely gorgeous sound. Thank you for finding this guy for this video. Absolutely stunning.

[@DVincentW]

Synthetic guts. Nice sounding instrument.. brings back ancient memories..

[@Dunkle0steus]

The name of a theorbo-based metal band.

[@anjoliwanag4927]

How old are you?

[@georgepapad5272]

Ancient MEMORIES??

[@s3uche]

@@georgepapad5272 I was falling over this too 😅

[@Dunkle0steus]

@Anjo Liwanag, are you asking me?

[@WangleLine]

It's not a Theorbo, it's a giraffitar

[@boyfromzambia]

I thought it was a long neck stylar, I stand corrected

[@fabianclair-woods8169]

Can't tell if you're serious or not?

[@boyfromzambia]

@@fabianclair-woods8169 Deathly serious. Long neck stylars and giraffitars aren't anything to joke about

[@awesomestuff9715]

@@boyfromzambia hahaha lmao

[@Thurston86]

Hahaha that’s Hilarious!

[@dylanyutzy2228]

i love how Rob's beard matches perfectly with his hat seam

[@bradhughes510]

the knowledge contained in Brandons mind is jsut incredible, and it is so wonderful that he shares it, and hats off to Rob for being able to pick up so quickly, thats a gift very rare

[@cycytries]

I'm not convinced this guy's not a vampire.

[@MrsLockenload]

he's a Cullen. (twilight)

[@nipulkradmsinatagras8293]

That's for sure.

[@AndreLuiz-ip3fh]

He is a distant cousin of Keanu Reeves, another vampire.

[@TheAce12570]

@@14moldyhamsandwich don't be an ass, it's an innocent joke. The guy is awesome, he's obviously very young and yet at the same time you can't help but feel like he has hundreds of years of knowledge. There's nothing wrong with talking about that.

[@dreugh424]

@@14moldyhamsandwich Yeah, you kind of are being an ass. Ignorant, at the least.

[@MYCHEM1CALR0M4NCE]

PLEASE tell me there is 30 more minutes of you two jamming out? Sounded so beautiful

[@0000Sierra117]

Re-watching all of Rob's vids after finally getting half-decent headphones. Wow! Everything genuinely sounds so good! There must be so much effort he puts into mic-ing and recording.

[@AlphaMachina]

Man, this is officially my favorite video of all time. I want to see more of this guy.

[@nikonmikon8915]

14:34 "you just learned how to play a 17th century 12 bar blues essentially" rob: djent djent

[@clayheinzerling1852]

Synthetic guts is my next band

[@nickl2854]

Thats kind of a great name

[@anddoomsticeforall8140]

I want someone to use my guts as Strings lol

[@GroovySquiddo]

That’s actually a good name

[@russellzauner]

HEY THAT'S MY BAND THAT DOES CHAMBER MUSIC TREMONTI COVERS

[@roosolini7105]

Nope, I called it. If I ever see your band, expect a lawsuit

[@michaelg9344]

Beautiful that the sound holes are a work of art in themselves. Love that bass too.

[@dannymac25]

15:10.. Mr. Acker’s reaction to something he can jam with is so great.

[@experimenteight4550]

Brandon is the exact person you need to watch your significant other around; especially when his instrument reaches full extension

[@fenderstratguy]

I almost spit my coffee out of my nose there

[@IROCK80551]

I almost spit my nose out of my coffee there

[@MisterMojoRising]

I almost coffee my nose out of my spit there

[@LJLewis94]

Spit my coffee nose I almost there out of my

[@chricechiu3673]

I almost nose my coffee out of my spit there

[@lred1383]

The thing that impresses me the most about the theorbo player is how fast and clean his trills are. He does like 10 pulloffs per second

[@Giganfan2k1]

That's that college play.

[@luvkillzslowly07]

Wow 🤩 what a Beautiful piece!!! My husband and I are both Italian and we never heard of this till last night on this video and it sounds so beautiful. It was very discouraging that every time one of the two men here would start to place something it’s like they didn’t fully know how to play it. But beautiful sound…

[@waxi11iam34]

I love the lute so much and knowing that this instrument exists brings me much joy and inspiration. Thank you for bringing this to my attention. I have a new expensive goal to reach now.