Introducing the Viennese Bass 

I play this type of instrument. It's very fun and great for chords and all the 18th century concerto repertoire!

man that smile you can tell she loves this stuff

5 string low tuned? So can I play Cannibal Corpse hammer smashed face on that thing?

It's got such a LOVELY RICH mellow sound!!!!

Lovvvve the reedy fret sound 😌

It went from A to F#…I love it! I’m a guitarist , a couple of my favorites are CADFAD and DADGBE

Always fantastic, Maggie

+OrchestraEnlighten *Thanks for the briefing on the Violone.*

Super! Danke!

Is there a whole video about it?☺️

Thanks for that. I’ll be building an EUB and was considering fretting it. Yes please.

I was playing a bass in 6th grade, I would always make creepy sounds or play music from horror movies/games 😭

For one accustomed to the more traditional tuning, I can imagine this taking extraordinary concentration to play.

A 5 string double bass ❤ Sweet

That is fascinating!

I notice the shape is much more like a violin, whereas the double bass is shaped more like a viol.

I played a fredded baroque bass sometimes. It's fun but gutt strings need constant tuning and tuning takes lots of time!

Slap it.

Fascinating!

love this

So how are the frets spaced? Are they adjusted for equal temperament like guitars? And what happens when you play down below the frets? Because I see you only have frets at the top of the fretboard

Reminds me of mr krinkle by primus

Omg thats beautiful. I want frets on my stand-up

I like the notion that some bass player has played upright their whole lives and genuinely thought "Oh man, yea! What DO these.. phurets do?"

I was wondering if there was gonna be an E after that open D 🙂

Hello, I've been experimenting with alternative tunings myself, ¿what might you think of a D G Bb D G tuning ? (Inverted Gmin chord, no 5th on low but a 4th, no diminished 9th but perfect octaves on a 3-string interval, and still those interesting 3rds for chords and arepeggios. The minor triad being able to transform easily to major by an addition, and maybe sounding more fit ting to the bass register)

An F and an F# in the same tuning is pretty strange.

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This would be a mean upright for jazz.

I thought she's gonna play the bass line of canon in D all on open strings

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Like a Violone, I like it, I did die inside when I saw the gut frets as I know how horrible they can be. I play Theorbo, baroque guitar and Vihuela and the gut frets have to be the worst thing about baroque and renaissance era plucked string instruments

Frets make a lot more sense, I think beginner violin and cello players should have frets too. Then you can get playing in tune a lot quicker, like a guitar

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Would you be allowed to play it with others say in an orchestra?

This must be the bass that Paul Chambers played. Listen to that bowed sound.

Bruh I knew Hayden and motzart were dogs, but them boys playing in Drop D

Hello, are the Frets ribons?

Thirds do make a lot of sense if you want to play chords, I guess.

I've always wondered why these instruments have like 5 or 7 frets and then go fretless. Is it because they didn't expect or see any need for more frets?

So why don't violin family instruments have frets? Thanks.

With frets ?

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When she says "it is more of a gamba" then I think, sure, where do you think the double bass tuning comes from? It is part of the gamba family. That's what I remember, it explains why these things are different from bass guitars. Sure, there are strings, some have frets, some are fretless, that is similar. But the number of strings, and the intervals between the strings are usually very different, comparing the violin and guitar bass instruments. Think about the implications while playing. Having a 4 string or a 5 string bass is not "just one extra string", you get new positions where you can play a lot of tones, and you need to learn using them. I guess the double bass and this Vienna bass have similar implications for how you play them. There are no simple differences, think about the circle of quints, an alternative tuning has effects on how to play in the several existing keys.

Love Baroque strings.

as an upright player, that weirds me out :)

I see an EPIC bass battle with Davie504 and Charles Berthoud coming soon

That's hot.

That's fretted? Why?

Viennese bass is a double bass but 5 string

Babe alert! She fine!!

Wait, what about the bow you're using?!?!

so a bass/cello?

Such a shame Haydn's DB Concerto went awol...

Frets!?

I think those frets are very sacrilegious

Is the bass a part of the gamba family?

F but why did you not tune it to 432 geeee butterfinger no bread no noodles 😅

Unusual??? It's so pronounce! It's like the note says its name.

Sorry but these basses always sound terrible to me lol Might be the gut strings, might be the different bow, might be the frets, maybe it's the way the whole instrument is built. It's just the epitome of the sound I try to avoid

oh look that's the sacrilegious bass

Rad

When were the frets added? I'm assuming it's not original to the instrument

Play Metallica on it

Open f on the bottom🤢🤮