Up Close With A Curator: Octobasse 

Recorder: hhhhmmmmMmmmmMMMMmmm....

this but unironically

Oh yeah, the piccolo

There's more to music than what you can hear. There's something to be said for the inaudible impact that an instrument has on the body. If you've ever gone to an orchestral performance in person, there is just a certain something of a physical impact that the instruments have upon the body that don't exist in replayed recordings. Even if it's the same music and the same notes and they may have the same emotional effect, but the notes just feel hollow without that physical presence. I believe that the intention behind the octobase wasn't to create a nice sound, but rather to have a resonation chamber so large that it can effectively project its presence across a large space.

You can still feel 16hz. You can feel down to 10 hz in your bones.

thats... a violin

+ᐊᒻᒪᒐᕈᖅᓂᒃ NO! IT'S AN OCTOBASSSS

hahahaha

+Gonk Fascinating, knowledge is power

ᐊᒻᒪᒐᕈᖅᓂᒃ don't ruin our fantasy...let us dream.

Lmao!

I understand there were several fatalities during construction alone? Not counting the injuries that ensued when it was discovered that it could shake most concert halls to their foundations.

@@benjaminsagan5861 😄

@@dukecity7688 😁

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I personally like to play them in abandoned buildings such as houses or hospitals It really improves the vibe of the area 😊

Somebody plays one during my disturbing dreams

you seem fun

Great, I am getting sleepy and I already know that now my dreams are going to be even More Disturbing than they normally Are...

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LOL! 😆

thanks! I hate it

XD

Lots of water and sunlight too

Fish Animations This is one of the funniest comments I’ve seen, ever :)

Fancy finding you here

lol yeah people got a lot shorter. Like a lot lot. (I was hoping it would sound more beautiful. I guess it's just too beautiful for human ears.)

Bet you're fun at parties Peyton.

your music is awesome!

Lucas King haha I was just listening to your Christmas video the other day and then saw you here

They need to team up with a zoo and see what elephants think of this instrument…

And maybe whales…

❤

Ya!

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tByWfMabYV0.html

It adds nothing

my local orchestra has an octobass in their concert hall (although idk if its one of the ogs or the other replica) and well i see it every concert but ive only heard it once and it was pretty cool! i couldnt really hear it bc the whole orchestra was playing on top but we all focused on it and yea id say its not much of a specific sound, more like it adds a layer of overall sound?? hopefully i get to hear more of it through the years !!

yeah after learning about this i legally and morally have to write something for it

PUMPKIN PIE 😂😂😂

😂😂😂😂

Later that day if the neighbor comes over Neighbor 2:see Neighbor 1: Oh

Octobasse*😂

Why did I find this so funny

Yeti Confetti lmao....

Thats sad

I hate to say this but.. they get the horse hair from their tail..

Rip horses

They use sintetic hair

Yes! I love it! I don't know why everyone's hating and being snarky with the comments; this is one of the coolest things I've ever seen and I hope to see it in person one day. 😄

ONLY TRUE BASS LOVERS UNDERSTAND THIS.

​@@Cherrycreamsoda1because twosetviolin made a video about it so all of their snobby fans came to hate on this

Madison Carreiro what if you ride the bus lol

Hell yeah, show those football players what's up and go home with qb gf. Smooth playa

I have a 3rd floor band room 😅

I hate to be "that guy", so I won't. Also, I can't come up with a good joke.

@cgwworldministries you could slap some wheels on it, then you are the bus.

PickleJar251 R.I.P.

I can see it on the news now. "Man cut in half after octobass string snapped."

It could whip the player in the face....

Guillotine

Nathan Benitez strings on regular double basses can snap and they do. They have been known to take out the eyes of players in the past.

Mary Smith hahahahhahahaha just epic

C

For real!

D flat-sharp

H minor

actually LOL'd at this

Your a legend👍🏻

I read this with Bill Wurtz's voice. He should do a music history

Bhahahaha XD

Then what's the triple contrabass viol, the titanic

We wiggle around the Earth's axis at a frequence of (about) 1/86400 Hz, and we can perceive that circadian rhythm as well. It just doesn't register as sound anymore...

My thought exactly. :)

Fun fact: I’m allergic to lawn clippings lmao

Beautiful instrument but it's pointless. It doesn't even sound musical, it's just rumble.

I though train

Spectre if your are in the room with it you can feel the vibrations. You literally feel the music.

The results of eating beans...

@@miguelsuarez8010 stop I am wheezing so hard right now

all i could hear was lawnmower

You put it perfectly

You say creepy, I say metal

deep bass can excite primal fears

i flippin LOVE that movie, it’s definitely my favorite science fiction film of the 21st century

Owen Fay you included violas but not cellos

@@lzs4904 yeah.

Owen Fay how. Dare. You.

Violas forever

Samuel Rivero ew

LOL

LMFAO

Just lost a lung reading this. Holy shit!

LAMO YOUR A. GENIUS

200th like!

I have a full size cello, and was amazed that a bass was the size of me without the pin out. I'd be TERRIFIED to stand next to one of these gigantic beastly instruments😆 ( and that wording is meant with all the love in the world, I love strings with every bit of my heart. )

Had the same thing happen to me.😂

I have a whole herd of elephants following me around.

SAME lol 😂😂😂

Brilliant xD

Lol!!!!

Liesmith I bet a cellist could make it sound better... without technique, of course it's going to sound like crap.

esclrocks Whatever, it is awesome! To a musician there are no such thing as ugly sounds, the world is full of incredible sounds waiting to be harnessed!

esclrocks The one in the video is not a real instrument. I'm pretty sure he said it was a replica. It might not even have a soundpost.

Brent Breault It is a replica of the original. It is a real instrument. He just wasn't "playing" it. -simply showing how it works.

+mafurock33 exactly, I'm getting an awesome dubstep vibe from this, sounds awesome

Can confirm: works with whales, also octopuses.

Wikipedia says that 'octopuses', 'octopai', and 'octopedes' are all correct. :)

Ardin Catish Wikipedia is not an academic source.. damn you college!

Ardin Catish Could be also "octopussy?"

I looked it up in Webster's New World Dictionary Third College Edition and it says either octopuses or octopi are correct, though nothing about octopedes.

This one would be flight of the sperm whale

I bet he can play 15 notes per second on that instrument

@@angelserenade Ben lee

Thatll be sAcRelIGioUs

VLanceV lol twosetviolin

Kim Seokjin nooooooooo XD

Kim Seokjin i would actually love that

Omggg 😶😂😂

BOOOO9OOOOOOOOOOOPPOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM

oh boi

Ukkonen 3d this comment is gold

HAHAHAHA

Give this man a Ham burger he deserves it.

Ukkonen 3d cuz the viola sounds low

Neither the cello nor bass have 3 strings, they have 4.

Yes, the cello sounds beautiful. The Octobass does not.

yess 😂

Natethesandman1 it sounds like a semi using its Jake brake going downhill.

Natethesandman1 like a deeep fart

a v32 with 700 hp

Natethesandman1 Yes, but it sounds sooo beautiful...

Fookin brilliant

Perfect for most musicians

Hahahaha

I don’t get it

@@SoggySandwich80 I think the joke is that the instrument is so big one can go inside it and in exaggerated terms live in it. The other joke is that musicians are homeless so this would be very useful to them.

Heart of Crow then, run the fuck away

My God that would be crazy

I want to learn the OCTOBASS

I'm a child age ten and I wanna learn it

There’s only 7 octobasses in the world, they probably will never own one

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Anıl Yazar I'm crying laughing! This comment wins RU-vid for the month!

R. Darling ok jozgjul

_comes with softcase_ - and a shoulder rest too.

ew. unless it has backpack straps. then its cool.

Ian Black comedy bang bang

Ian Black omg dude 😂😂😂😂

Now all I can hear is a lawn mower!😂

I live for this comment 😂

No, I need the SUV for the bow.

Chilly Dawgg string instruments are orchestra not band get it right for once for fucks sake

Chilly Dawgg orchestra not band

BAND?!?!

no, only cellos, violas, violins aren't in band basses exist in band and are a very large part of it

You must be an elephant.

Nope, we just see you playing a cello

Dayana Valles you ruined an amazing joke 😂😂😂😂😂

My dude. Your lowkey on point with that statement. All the people in my school r short little ants

How do u think bass players feel?

LMAOOO

the longer the note, the more dread

Ancient inspiration for Black Sabbath.

God, that's terrible. It's worse than Darryl's bloody cor anglais.

actually you are completely on the point. Low sounds especially in the 3-10 Hz cause physical changes in humans that we associate with dread, fear and anxiety.

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double bass*

MrKlausbaudelaire Nice profile pic.

You've won! '-D

Also, DJ Octavio does only Dubstep, and not orchestral.

🤣🤣🤣 (I laughed an octave lower than usually, of course 😄)

This is copied from the lingling40hrs reddit.

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@@zswu31416 i can assure you it did not originate there, very common joke.

@@sylphyyreal

Probably

is it a v8? c;

mechanic: what's wrong? me: ... you ever hear an octobass?

I laughed so hard a the last replay

Yeah they would buy a fucking super rare instrument just to make ship creaking noises

@@jayocaine2946 they could borrow it?

is it cheaper to just sink a ship?

considering people rent 40 thousand dollar microphones to record a song i could see a multi million dollar production paying a few thousand to record a few notes from it

Dilan Pearson well in its true form, it’s a large box with very thick strings attached to it. That doesn’t sound hard for a Hollywood production to make and if they made it once it can be used many many times

Of course it is. He's disrupting its slumber.

Isn't it lovely?

marsgirl675 how to get bold txt

Weird Cat Yep. Just like a Vietnam era Huey!

But the thing is: you can't be sure, if it sounds that way, because you don't know, if the microphone could pick it up. :)

Omg it does!

Do you know any music that uses the octobass?

Unfortunately we only know of seven in the world. One of which is currently in possession of the OSM (Montréal Symphony Orchestra) and is featured in some of their work. Their official RU-vid channel shows a little bit of its place in a symphony. (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tByWfMabYV0.html)

@@Violetcas97 link didn't work :(

Rhea Morales simply search OSM Octobass and you ought to come up with the video I linked. It’s on their official RU-vid channel so it isn’t too difficult to track down.

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jCEYPyUBDAU.html this one shows an octobass played along with double bass

Kai Or a regular bass XD

E X T R A T H I C C

Oh lawd it vibrating

*U L T R A T H I C C*

You mean t h i c c c with 1000 c right¿

Especially over RU-vid.

Colton Smith you could feel it in person I would imagine

Emma Lusk I’d imagine you could hear the infrasound in person, yes. It’s the video compression and mediocre phone/computer speakers that don’t do it justice.

@@Free_Snooki ... You mean the human hearing range?

@@Free_Snooki doesn't make any sense, what you just said.

Lolol

HP Lovecraft's bass.

Cellothulhu?

And I was like, "I can't believe two more were made after the first."

Don't be silly dinosaurs don't listen to classical music, they listen to ROCK get it

not the t rex though, they have tiny arms..

It sounds like a dinosaur 😂

Lol

The PandorasBox T-Rexes are actually great violin and ukulele players

But does it djent?

@@DragonGrafx-16 “play djent bass on the octabass” is a video I’d watch

You need to get that checked out ;)

If they started selling octobasses at guitar center then yes it would be an onion article