Introducing the Baroque Viola 

The viola: perhaps the least appreciated, important instrument of the orchestra of any period. But then, it's hard to get due attention when you're squeezed between the egos of the soprano and the tenor...

0:55 - "I don't have a modern [viola] to compare how high it would fly." Violist Nearly Accidentally Makes Up Viola Joke

Viola is such an underappreciated instrument, it has such a great tone.

Im a violist, i liked the video even before i watch it. 😂

viola gang viola gang viola gang

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

0:55 - I died 😱😂

The problem with those knocking the viola is that they have no understanding of its role in the sound of a string section. The viola has a unique timbre not achieved by other members of the string section. That violinists could be here knocking the viola just shows how ignorant some musicians can be; the kind that end up mere sight-reading machines in little orchestras.

My favorite instrument in the orchestra. :-) I always say that if a violin sounds like a (screechy) soprano, then a viola sounds like Aretha Franklin.

Well played. What a wonderful talent you are.

I played a trombone. It was baroque but it got fixed. couldn't resist that. I have enjoyed watching this series.

I don't get all the spottish/annoying comments about the viola being far less interesting than the violin. If both exist and have existed for centuries, it means they are both useful and needed. Besides, I like how mellow and warm violas sound. Not to mention that if an orchestra reduces the ratio between violins and violas, the overall sound is perhaps less penetrating but incredibly soft, dark and charming. Mozart, for example, becomes even more fascinating.

That was fun, thanks for sharing your knowledge and skill.

"Flying violas" - a good name for a baroque viola jazz quartet.

Great video!! Those few bars of Bach she played beautifully illustrate why people prefer period instruments over modern ones. I wish she had told us more after she played, but I love how it began an ended, she appears with a WHOOSH, explains the instrument, plays it brilliantly, stops, looks up in a sort of ironic expression, then disappears with a WHOOSH!!

The baroque viola sound like a higher pitch cello

I just watched a concert film this violist was in for a class I'm taking. Small world!

+OrchestraEnlighten *Very insightful article.* Being used to the wide-ish fingerings of guitar, as well as mindful of the limitations of both monofilament nylon and treated sheep tripe, I'd be after a five-string _Viola,_ similar to the four-string demonstrated here with an appropriately shortened fingerboard radius. Assuming Schaller® has a tailpiece with five fine tuners available for the fairly low action height of a reproduction Baroque string, I'd opt for fairly light steel strings: Silverwound C3, nickelwound G3, titanium-wound D4, aluminum-wound A4, and plain E5, with a natural- or synthetic-haired French bow as appropriate.

I'm not even going to bother scroll down, because I know most of the comments are going to be recycled Ling Ling/2set jokes that anyone could come up with.

Simone has something very special, besides being one of the finest viola players in the world, a golden smile.

I play a modern viola and I was actually surprised to hear that the baroque version has a brighter sound than mine. I think I actually prefer the modern viola’s darker tone. I do have an aversion to high pitched noises though so maybe that’s why.

These instrumental vignettes are fascinating, and I really appreciate being able to hear experts talk about their instruments! I’ve listened to Jordi Savall’s recording of the entire set of Beethoven symphonies on period instruments, and it is _incredible!!!_ Its such a different sound, so particularly beautiful, that I’d encourage everyone to listen to them here on RU-vid. This does not mean I think the older instruments are better, or the tuning, or anything….it’s just a really cool, different way to enjoy such compelling music, if your mind is capable of enjoying both the period and modern instrument performances. Thankfully, mine is!

Gorgeous! Brandenburg 6 is some voodoo magic.

The rest of the "Introducing the Baroque ---": 20-40k views. "Introducing the Baroque Viola": 5k views

2:19 that's some damn fine fiddling.

Watch out. Viola jokes incoming!

This sounds like a baroque viola! Like if u get the joke

Violas, if played well, make really beautiful sounds. Very warm and rich tones

I know there are some TwoSetViolin fans here.

Very nice, light, airy sound. Thank you much.

I'm typically pretty bad at remembering names and even worse at remember faces, but I recognized her from this one RU-vid video of Bach's Brandenburg Concertos that I used to watch a lot a few years ago. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Z4Ry71tOkwg.html Thanks for making great introduction videos for baroque instruments.

I could listen to you play this all day. I love this channel.

personally i like the baroque strings more , mental strings just heard sharp and noise

Très belle explication de Madame Simone Jandl , j’adore la musique baroque et l’art de cette remarquable virtuose

These are beautiful videos, I would like to see them with a bit more playing of the instrument and some better links to orchestra recordings.

Welp, Viola is very important. If u don't have a Viola in the bang, you don't have the merged sound.

Hey, I can help with that! I have a copy of a medieval catapult here. Let's see which one flies higher - Baroque or Modern :P

Wait aren't all violas baroque-en anyways

Her hands are beautiful of course

Mar.21/2023@2236. HowManyViolistsDoesItTakeToChangeA LightBulb? None. Light bulbs were replaced by LED's. Knot-Phunny eye no.

*TwoSetViolin don't like this*

Yes, the full size violin is approx 4 inches smaller than the viola. Im not sure what size viola, mabe small, maybe large,, the basic thing you come away with here is this, the viola is better for a tall large man. Some petit women do play the viola,however the viola makes there head look tiny. ONE VIOLA CAN FILL A MULTPURPISE ROOM WITH LOUD SOUND. A VIOLIN COULD, BUT MUST HAVE EXTREMELY STICKY ROSIN TO DRIVE THE STRINGS. THAT BASICLY IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A VIOLA AND VIOLIN. OH AND ONE OTHER THING. A VIOLA HAS SHOULDERS ON THE BOTTOM OF THE STRING BOX. THATS HOW TO POSITIVELY IDENTIFY A VIOLA FROM A VIOLIN.

Brilliant observation!, technically I guess that's a no no but, I enjoyed the music anyway. That's right, in classical music the vibrato is frowned upon. Vibrato is like a Ferrarri, IF you play it it will get away from you. You must keep a harness on vibrato and use it tastefully. Otherwise it's like too much chocolate, it melts over everything.

Me enamoré!!!

A VIOLA is a violin on steroids, there larger. Now quit asking that question, there are encyclopedias available!

Why is her bow so loose? You ask. The bow makes music too, you can have a high tension bow and the viola will scream higher. Or the. Tambor will be more mellow with less tension on the bow. More reedy sounding. That's basicly it.

next episode: Introducing the Baroque Synth

*The Lady of many faces*

Thank you for video! And some addition - the bow was different from modern)

1:03 did she say on the bitch or bridge? I'm sure she meant the latter, but it sure did sound like the former lol

I had anxiety when she tossed the instrument

How hipster you have to be to play the baroque viola? (just kidding , great video!)

Baroque... Viola. Omfg can you get anymore irrelevant?! jk pls don't strangle me with gut strings o.o

Greetings from a tenor violist! (48 cm)

Beautiful viola sound ! I prefer the 415 Hz baroque tuning than the modern 440 Hz.

Bravo.. I truly love to watch musicians at play.. you sounded superb my dear thank you!

Is Katherine Hart still playing viola with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment?

Audiences in the Baroque era didn't have to fight automobiles and IPhones!

Better fix it if if is Baroque. LOL very interesting. My daughter is a violist.

Very delightful sounding. Thank you!

POGGERS

Cool.

Wow, this viola actually sounds really nice and very sweet

But don't all violas sound "baroque"?

Beautiful music thank you for your sound

i clicked because i thought it said violin

Why is her bow so loose?

Aaahh she is beautiful .. great instrument

I fell in love with Simone...

Of you dont tune, this is your violin

It is pointless to mention a flatter neck angle without mentioning the wedged fingerboard, which causes the string angle over the bridge to be more or less equal to that on a modern setup.

what a sound you have!! bravo!!

That is a gorgeous viola!

Viola gang two set

Baroque ASMR

Beautiful

Lovely!

¡Suena genial!

can someone explain the actual difference between this and a violin ?

2:18

Who else got a heart attack when she threw the viola

2:18

VIOLA GAAAAANG (twoset fans will understand)

I regret that I stopped playing viola. At least I can still read music after 15 years...

She used vibrato on a baroque style song 🙁

No! Another type of viola?! Noooo! TWOSETVIOLIN COME SAVE US PLEASE!

She explains the instrument, but DOESN'T play it?

How dare you use vibrato on a baroque instrument with baroque tuning

I thought she was Isabelle Faust

Ling Ling invented Baroque Viola

what's a viola? Is that like an off brand violin?

This is kind of hilarious. Typical violist... shortest of the series. That look she gives at the end... "okay, I'm done... can I stop talking now?"

Baroque viola? Isn't the bad reputation of "original viola" enough

viola? more like viol-nah

00:54 - Seriously?? This person is convinced that a baroque viola is literally less heavy _because_ of the lower tension of its strings? Well... strictly speaking, because of Einstein's general-relativistic mass-energy equivalence, it _is_ true that a higher tension would result in a higher mass and hence weight... but... I mean... the energy given by the tension on a couple of strings on a viola would result in a _ridiculously small_ corresponding additional amount of mass! :D

Wonderful explanation

What does viola say?

lingling was here

Actually, the baroque viola is more steep angle than the classic viola, not the opposite as you say. The reason for this is because gut strings can take much more tension than metal strings, but they also give less volume in the sound, so with more tension, there is a chance to get better volume.

My god don't ever throw your instrument like that. Gave me a heart attack.