Introducing the Baroque Bassoon

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OAE principal bassoonist Peter Whelan introduces the Baroque Bassoon.
"it's a really interesting journey to find the colours inside these instruments and just to see how the wood speaks and what it can say."
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@Revelwoodie 5 лет назад

You: "This one time, in band camp..." Bach: "I almost killed a man in a bassoon battle."

@panjames7992 4 года назад

@hellomoron 3 года назад

Watching this brings back so many memories. I remember getting bored and just blowing air through the reed like, "I'm a duck now. Quack quack kazoo." I never called it the boot though, I called the bottom piece the U-turn. This guy is so cool -- awesome story.

@mstalcup 6 лет назад

The upper register does it for me. Also, that's a mighty fine instrument there!

@Knutbsh 6 лет назад

Best Vsauce video yet

@EricFontaineJazz 6 лет назад

Vsauce1500

@LordQueezle 6 лет назад

Vsauce, Bassoon here!

@Maharani1991 6 лет назад

lol

5 лет назад

hahaha, i literally choked in my spit when i saw this xD

@oddhonk 5 лет назад

*hey vsauce peter here*

@WolfyGreen 6 лет назад

I loved the story of Bach having a scrap in the street and the fight being broken up by one one his female relatives - one hell of a Saturday night.....

@windmillwilly 4 года назад

He almost stabbed a guy

@ozielich 4 года назад

@@windmillwilly That guy must have played really out of tune. I trust they'd consider that self-defense at the time?

@Tenorcleff101 4 года назад

Me, too, but I think there is a lot more to this story than meets the eye. For a start Bach was calling him something very different than a nanny goat - everyone gets the translation wrong - and anyway, why was Bach wandering around town carrying a sword/dagger? Bach was looking for a fight. More likely the bassoonist had earlier said something about how surprising for Bach's girlfriend to find an organ in the organ loft, and asking what was she playing. This brought a retort questioning the bassoonist's natural inclinations (the meaning of the nanny goat mis-translation) and a suggestion where the bassoon should go, and it all went downhill very badly from there. Bach got his revenge and last laugh later with the 1st Orchestral Suite.

@ozielich 4 года назад

@@Tenorcleff101 It was a fashion sword. Not a fight sword. It was common in those days. Also... somewhere else, the translation is, someone whose flatulence denotes he has had too many unripe onions. Not the most pleasant thing to say about someone's bassoon playing. LOL

@Tenorcleff101 4 года назад

@@ozielich Onions! :0 Either way, Mr Bach was not being very nice to our bassoonist. I am siding with the bassoonist here and I think Bach was looking for a fight. After all, when did you last see a punch-up after a rehearsal because someone in the band played out of tune? :)

@beepot2764 6 лет назад

I love the sound of this instrument!

@theresashuller6344 3 года назад

Fantastic demonstration of this beautiful instrument

@millennial8441 6 лет назад

Man, I really enjoy this channel and all these explanations about early instruments. Outstanding videos and contents! I would like you make a video talking about baroque treble (alto) recorder.

@oae 6 лет назад

Thanks Lucas! A baroque recorder video is definitely on the cards.. watch this space..

@happyreeds 6 лет назад

I am glad to learn that Bach was not a revengeful person, he never wrote anything for bassoon solo but he wrote a lot of nice notes for the bassoon in many of his works

@gfweis 6 лет назад

This whole series gets an A+ from me, but this guy might have to work harder than anyone in the wind or brass sections, as he has to push so much air so much farther. What a workout! I doubt that he smokes.

@matthewkenworthy5567 4 года назад

Horns?

@cmw12 4 года назад

Gregory Weis oboists are working harder.

@arjenbij 4 года назад

@@cmw12 Consider that the continuo part is always moving and in every aria.

@susie360 3 года назад

Thank you for that! I happened to find you when I was trying to find more information after listening to the wonderful Gryphon Album. This is a beautiful instrument with such character and dare I say, joy.

@snowycroquet2687 6 лет назад

Super interesting beautiful instrument

@evandelacroix4868 4 года назад

0:11 and a oop

@jeremyjohnson6599 4 года назад

I didn't notice it XD

@fnersch3367 5 лет назад

Many years ago I acquired a Bassoon supposedly made in London about 1780 (Kusder). It has 5 keys and seems somewhat small in stature. The box it came in had the words: "Church Bassoon" written on it. Don't know if it has any value or not.

@RockStarOscarStern634 Год назад

Some Modern Bassoons have an Extra Key that allows you to play one more note lower than Bb down to a Low A.

@RockStarOscarStern634 10 месяцев назад

@@AncientRe Actually some bassoons also have an extra key and a slightly longer bell to allow for one more note lower than B flat down to Low A.

@oliviaforrest29 5 лет назад

dude i think your bassoon is baroquen

@therealzilch 6 лет назад

Very nice. One minor correction: the reed is not made of bamboo, but of the Mediterranean reed Arundo donax.

@jameschristiansson3137 6 лет назад

Donax, don't tell.

@happyreeds 6 лет назад

people have no idea what Arundo Donax is even if it grows in their back yard so calling AD bamboo in an informative video is ok I think.

@F0nkyNinja 6 лет назад

No it's not, because it's misleading and a lie.

@Ana_crusis 5 лет назад

@@F0nkyNinja I agree but don't call it a lie. A lie is an deliberate attempt to misinform; I'm sure he wasn't doing that....

@F0nkyNinja 5 лет назад

True. Call it a reed, made out of cane.

@pauldow1648 6 лет назад

Really such a arousing sound invoking wonderful feelings..

@grandcarriage1 5 лет назад

Was there a bassoon? I didn't notice. Just kidding. This was awesome. Fabulous timbre. I could watch this all day.

@infledermaus 11 месяцев назад

I really like this family of instruments. Something about the vibration of the instrument that is so rich. I know almost nothing about woodwinds and why they sound differently, but I know I don't like the clarinet family in classical music. Oboes rule! I'm also a Bach monster (HUGE fan 😉😁😊)! He is my hero! Wonderful demonstration! Thank you!

@noseoil4267 5 лет назад

Very pretty, both the sound and the bassoon! I have an all-city and all-region competition coming up and I very excited!

@craigdouglas9979 6 лет назад

Great clip, well done

@bigfan2710 5 лет назад

Off topic but thank you for your direction of Radamisto with ETO last year. Splendid!

@ozielich 4 года назад

Would love to have more Bach soon! hehehe

@oae 4 года назад

Ask and you shall receive: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-eumxlVBlG5k.html

@Maharani1991 6 лет назад

Beautiful instrument and demonstration. :)

@jaksilver3656 6 лет назад

I honestly LOVE the sounds of the baroque instruments far above the sounds of the modern...

5 лет назад

it't probably also because a lot of people don't know how to play correctly. I do agree with you though

@ozielich 4 года назад

Love the Seid Wachsam ihr heilige Wächter. Want the whole version!

@alessiabrancia3899 Год назад

Hi Peter, I'm just in love with your sound 😍 what baroque bassoon do you play? Thank you 😊

@estudiomonteverdi 4 года назад

Wonderful

@andycordy5190 2 года назад

What an insight! Bach was a brawler!

@dcfreak23 7 лет назад

Woof.

@gazzamuso 5 лет назад

Yes!

@yurtnurtgarr Год назад

Guntram Woof

@adonisadmirer2752 5 лет назад

1:55 "It's great to get bach"

@adolfoclaudiolazary3127 6 лет назад

Gracias!

@ilovebartok 6 лет назад

The varnish isn't the only beautiful thing about this video... 🙋

@simEXOgaming 4 года назад

A typical instrument for the basso continuo.

@vasilikaranos8603 4 года назад

I love how in almost every other language the bassoon is called something else... lol

@eolgrillo 3 года назад

It should be the first word to be taught when learning english so that you don't say that word accidentally when talking about the basoon

@HivusLibrevilleThiephyst 6 лет назад

Do you have the giant bassoon played in BBC Prom Water Music by Le Concert Spirituel? That gigantic beast just amazing...

@oae 6 лет назад

Hi Yamato, I think you are referring to the contrabassoon - we hope to feature this instrument in a future video!

@HivusLibrevilleThiephyst 6 лет назад

O really? Wow okay....

@hannahorvath5577 4 года назад

So it's courtly on the streets and country in the sheets?

@alexworrall6283 6 лет назад

Where can I get one of these?

@amacuro 5 лет назад

As a Vivaldi fan i find it irritating that every single member of this series refers to Bach instead

@whs1pmjazz 4 года назад

Bach was pretty good tho, you gotta admit

@amacuro 4 года назад

@@whs1pmjazz Yes indeed he was

@ethanicuscopernicus6758 7 месяцев назад

Omg how dare they recognize a famous composer and not another. The audacity! I think I'll send in a formal complaint to this RU-vid channel! Should succumb my massive ego.

@trainroomgary 7 лет назад

🎹 Like 🚂

@diezweizocken9700 3 года назад

How do you hold that thing up?

@naivera7490 4 года назад

what is the name of the piece you play at the end?

@christophertaylor8761 6 лет назад

What was the music he was playing at the end?

@oae 6 лет назад

Hi Christopher. The piece is by JS Bach - it's from an aria called 'Seid wachsam, ihr heiligen Wächter' from the Cantata 'Man Singet mit Freuden vom Sieg', BWV 149.

@christophertaylor8761 6 лет назад

Thanks

@ozielich 4 года назад

@@christophertaylor8761 It's an awesome duet! Tenor and alto if I am not mistaken. Two bassons, partitiv and voices.

@Machodave2020 3 года назад

2:10 - 2:19: So you saying Bach is from Philly or NYC? That's the type of stuff we do here.

@GOLDSMITHEXILE 6 лет назад

not a million miles away from those shepherd flutes in eastern europe with the 2 vertical pipes joined ?

@JeremyGabbard 5 лет назад

Is this a chromatic instrument like modern bassoon even without all the keys?

@orgelspielerkmd 4 года назад

It's fully chromatic, save the low B natural and low E-flat (though some have an E-flat key). The fingering is simply a bit more creative and there are some notes that are more stable than others -- all features that give the instrument its unique character.

@JeremyGabbard 4 года назад

@@orgelspielerkmd neat, thanks! I know instruments like recorders are chromatic without keys, but there the fingers can reach all the holes, so I was curious about this one. (and the modern bassoon has... so many keys)

@magicaltour1 2 года назад

The sound reminds me of a saxophone 🎷 instead of a modern bassoon.

@pearspeedruns 5 лет назад

No strap?

@Saxshoe 6 лет назад

It sounds very similar to a modern bassoon.

@yomdood 6 лет назад

what only left 4 thumbs!?!?! I wish

@bernarddaigle2830 3 года назад

Reeds are not made of bamboo, they're made of cane.

@albertevans1600 6 лет назад

someone could say its a piece of baroque art...

@cyndie26 6 лет назад

Is this tuned to A440 or A415?

@oae 6 лет назад

Hi cyndie26, it is A415

@cyndie26 6 лет назад

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Do you think they made any in A440?

@sifridbassoon 6 лет назад

I have one made by Guntram Wolf that is 440. I got it at that pitch because I figured I could get more use playing it with modern instruments. A lot of manufacturers (like makers of recorders etc.) produce both 415 and 40 versions of the same instrument. One of the challenges of playing early music reed instruments is getting reeds. There are very few makers of early music double reeds. The best thing to do is to just bite the bullet and learn how to make your own!

@aycc-nbh7289 5 лет назад

sifridbassoon Could I use a modern bassoon reed?

@user-un9mp6lc9y 2 года назад

The upper register sounds like a sax

@nipulkradmsinatagras8293 5 лет назад

Vsauce! Steve Jobs here!

@GClephMusique 4 года назад

If it's baroque, why don't you get it fixed?

@user-gy8zs3sv8y 7 лет назад

Not a single word about Rameau ... that is a pity !

@oae 6 лет назад

Rameau used a French-style instrument which is very different to the German instrument shown in the video. Perhaps we need another video to discuss the wonderful music of Rameau!

@user-gy8zs3sv8y 6 лет назад

Thank you for answering ! I did not understand you were talking about german instrument ! Where can I find an article or a video about these différences ? I love the way Rameau used the bassoon as a tenor a bit like violas and I think this is a pretty big innovation !

@silviaf2725 6 лет назад

Considering the volume of a bassoon, I think Bach would have no chance to win...

@paulojorgecruz6768 3 года назад

I wonder how the one who plays an Eichentopf Bassoon can't pronounce properly his name, so "Áikentópf" instead of the (easy) "Aisshentopf". I wonder, in fact.

@killyourself9260 7 лет назад

I wish I could try bamboo reeds...cane reds kinda suck, and synthetic reeds are worse

@cyborgjonny 6 лет назад

Possessy aren't cane and bamboo the same thing

@killyourself9260 6 лет назад

Nahtanoj Enotsylb no cane is a type of bamboo that is hollow (excellent for making reeds), but bamboo is just a formality tropical grass that is used for furniture and well reeds.

@pearspeedruns 5 лет назад

Synthetic reeds are great on single reed instruments

@JasonJason210 4 года назад

I bet they cost a fortune.

@rickmarti77 2 года назад

Fact check please. The way I heard it was that Bach said the bassoonist sounded like pig farts.

@zelayaelijah 4 года назад

Lol Americans call it a crook too

@squ4rium 4 года назад

Barrack Bassoon

@DCBfanboy 3 года назад

1:59 *realises the horrible joke he just made*

@Emperatriz_Valentina 6 лет назад

Bach pulled a Dager on the Bassoonist so Bach was just as bad as the Bassoonist

@JonatasMonte 6 лет назад

I prefer the modern one in the design department. This one looks like a coat hanger.

@iamfrank5171 6 лет назад

Sounds a lot like a saxophone. Would love to hear some sexy jazz riff on this.

@ZHCH333 6 лет назад

If the reed is "made of bamboo" - it is not a reed...

@therealzilch 6 лет назад

Actually, you can make reeds of bamboo, but they are very hard and don't work very well- I've done it. But you're right: bassoon reeds, including baroque bassoon, are not of bamboo, but of reed: arundo donax.