Rushad, thanks for this. I'm going to use it in my teaching studio to show the different techniques which are done so well here. I might not encourage too much of the pizzicato technique as I try to teach classically but it's cool to turn the cello on its side now and then and get a different perspective. Rock on!
Adding onto ElectricG's comment, he has his C and G strings tuned up to Db and Ab, and A and D strings tuned down to the same. In short, tuned Db Ab Db Ab going up.
it is just a sit-down viola :P and a viola is just a violin which is missing the 5th string :) . That was the all-in one instrument. A 5 string thing you held to your chest, some times small some times larger :)
It's "Jark" and "Jick." He discribes Jark as horse like, a belly laugh like harharhar. Jick he describes as weasel like, a hehehe laugh. So, uh, yeah...
I give it to the guy who is laughing all the way to the bank. But God, my ears are pissed off at me for torturing them for the 3 minutes before I hit mute. Playing in an open tuning and everything sounds the same very quickly. But as I said , more power to a man who can make a Dr. Suess concept and make money from it . I'm jeolous I didnt think of it first.
Jesus, somebody's jealous of monster talent. Every movement sounds totally different, but all united by the cross tuning. In fact, it's called "cross tuned cello suite."
