I was looking for Viol music for my character in DND. I can proudly say, I'm going to use your video as reference for what their viol playing would sound like. Beautifully done good sir!
@@anightingalesings2696 A tiefling turned dhampir during a ritual that made her an aberrant mind sorcerer. She was always a music gal before the transformation lol.
Thank you my character in DnD plays a Viol and might play this for the group too listen too after all destroying a water cult makes you wanna take a break and relax for a sec.
I wanted to know what a Viol was for my DnD character, looking specifically for instruments that could inspire sadness and fear. Let me tell you, I am glad this example exists. I also want to hear more about viol's myself. (There doesn't seem to be a lot though)
Hi Drew, just wondering what kind of viola da gamba this is? Did you make it or purchase it? I would be very interesting in getting one myself. Thankyou for the great improv!
Hi Melanie - I'm afraid I don't have much info about it. I found it online and thought it looked interesting, so took a chance on it. It was made in 1955 in the town of Mittenwald, which has a luthier school. My guess is it is a starter instrument to learn how to build the basics before investing the time in a full viola da gamba. But that is just a guess!
@@drewmorgan7089 Wow what a great back story too. One wouldn't guess it was that old, it has such a clear and precise tone compared even to newly made viols. I shall have to do some more digging around the web!
@@melaniefranklin7607 It is on the harsh side, which I mellowed out a bit with some studio magic (warm ribbon mic, eq and reverb), but I think that is down to the strings. I need to experiment with some warmer ones. Do you play viol? Do you have advice on strings?
I'm guessing this is a fidel with metal strings. A viola da gamba would use gut strings, which would be a bit warmer. Try Boulder Early Music Shop for advice and strings, or the Viola da Gamba Society of America for more information.
This is a very nice sounding instrument, and it has a great raspy, old world organic sound. Excellent improvisation. Felt like I was listening to an old world composition from the Renaissance or early Baroque. I've been working on my own composition of "Over the Misty Mountains" from The Hobbit. One of the unusual things is that Tolkien calls out two viols "as big as themselves" (Dwarves). 0:43 - mind if I use that melody as an intro? Or maybe we should collaborate - I've just been using a cello, which I am renting, so I'm only okay at it. My main instrument is piano. I was starting to think this could be a collaboration project to try to create Tolkien's music in a historically informed way. That line would actually go good as a harmony layered over what you played afterwards... Also... how much are instruments like this? Where can I find such a rare beast of a thing? Lol.
Very good! I just got here after reading Lovecraft's short story "The Music of Erich Zann" where the titular character plays the Viol, and I wanted to know what it sounds like. I expected it to be very similar to a Cello but then I was surprised when you also started to pluck the strings. Is that a common way to play the Viol?
Heya - No this definitely isn't a common way to play the Viol, nor is this a traditional viol, as I'm sure your interent search has shown you. I found myself using bowed guitar on a few soundtracks and saw this strange instrument and thought it could be a good bend between cello and guitar (frets, but with an arched bridge). I wasn't interested in learning traditional baroque music, but rather wanted to see what this little box could do. Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for the message.
Hi Lee - thanks for the message. I'm afraid I don't have much info about the instrument. I found it online through a Dutch music shop and thought it looked interesting so took a chance on it. It was made in 1955 in the town of Mittenwald which has a luthier school. My guess is it is a starter instrument to learn how to build the basics before investing the time in a full viola da gamba. But that is just a guess!
Very nice! Suggestion: add a few words of biographical information about yourself (including the city/country in which you are based) to the "About" section of this RU-vid channel.
@@drewmorgan7089 I just posted this video in the "Modern Gamba" group at the social media site whose name starts with the letter F. Please consider joining! :-)
Those frets don't look tied on. Is this a fixed fret instrument or are my eyes deceiving me. Most viols with frets have them just made out of string tired around the neck.
Yes, you are correct, it isn't a normal viol by any stretch of the imagination. I don't really have much information about it, other than it was made in 1952 in Mittenwald which has an instrument making school. I'm guessing that it was a practice instrument. It is tuned like a viol, which is why I treat it roughtly like one.
Are you bowing like a cello because you don’t want to touch the horse hairs? Do you not have another bow you could use for playing it correctly? Lovely music by the way..
Hiya - No, basically I'm a cellist who found this instrument and haven't tried to appraoch it like a traditional viol. I'd like to get a viol bow for a number of reasons, but I mostly use my instruments for film scoring rather than "correct" use. Glad you liked the music, thank you.
@@drewmorgan7089 From what I can tell, your left arm is traditionally correct, so it’s a sort of halfway point I guess! The Viol bow and it’s hold can add a lot of unique expression and articulation!
Thanks for your kind words, Bruno. I'm afraid I don't have much info about it. I found it online and thought it looked interesting, so took a chance. It was made in 1955 in the town of Mittenwald, which has a luthier school. My guess is it is a starter instrument to learn how to build the basics before investing the time in a full viola da gamba. But that is just a guess. Someone else suggested it is a kind of "fidel" but I can't find much info about that.
Hi Walter - It is tuned like a viola da gamba and has frets, but other than that it is sort of its own beast. It may be a fidel with metal strings, according to a few people with more knowledge in the area. It was made in 1952 in Mittenwald, which has an instrument making school so I always figured it was a 1st year project or something. I'm afraid I don't have more info!
Dude. So i play a 5 string Viper violin tuned like an E standard guitar. And i run it thru an EHX Pitch Fork oktave pedal set to Perfekt 5th beliw oktave. I also hsve a fiddle fretter stikk on fret board. I recently tried tuning it like a violin but it just doesn't work for me. Im an old skull death metal head. So i was kurios; Does that make my violin more of a chin viol?
Hey man - I love the way octave pedals sound on strings... very cool. Yeah, I'm pretty sure your Viper violin is designed to be a chin violin, whereas this viola di gamba is actually the same as a DADFAD guitar tuning, but if you're getting a cool sound out of it who cares how you play it! Here's a video of an improv trio I have where I stick my cello through an octavader pedal... gets pretty heavy! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-taFIOS32ySw.html
