Octave mandolin should be way more popular

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@andrewhuang 8 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching! This is the octave mandolin I bought: www.eastmanguitars.com/mdo305 The song in this video is exclusive to my Patreon: patreon.com/andrewhuang Thanks Austrian Audio for sponsoring! Check out their MiCreator USB-C mic/interface: austrian.audio/micreator

@RantGrumps 8 месяцев назад

Nice playing

@Schwa_Iska 8 месяцев назад

Diablo 1 village vibes. Loving it.

@SPLENDIDZEN 8 месяцев назад

Andrew... it's your way (at least to get the attention of your followers). I love your videos about technology applied to music, but (there is always a but), these videos about musical instruments that are not so common, I "love" them... I hope you get excited about low frequency musical instruments ( for example the Fender IV or baritone guitars), I would also like you to be able to build homemade string musical instruments or others... A cordial greeting from Madrid (Spain)!!!

@FoolishFrost 8 месяцев назад

Wait until your heathen ways find out about the Mandobass. Eight string of pure bass evil.

@madsam7582 8 месяцев назад

The Mandocello is another great one, the sonorous tuning and feel of a cello, with the aural feel of a Mandolin.

@HurpleMonkey 8 месяцев назад

So, uh, we need an Andrew Huang progressive rock album, please and thank you.

@Oddity-ql2fk 8 месяцев назад

I was thinking the exact same thing 😂

@bluestarorion 8 месяцев назад

HOLY MOLY. AGREED.

@Sanber 8 месяцев назад

YES!

@Bein_Ian 8 месяцев назад

Work with polyphia or PPC

@kitsvn 8 месяцев назад

bump

@LegendaryMuffins 8 месяцев назад

This track can only be described as intensely beautiful, though it was slightly hard to hear over my wallet screaming in fear of me discovering a new instrument

@weirdo337 8 месяцев назад

Good news, I got one of these off thomann (the Thomann Octave Mandolin M1087) and it sounds great and it cost like 200 dollars so it’s pretty cheap for a whole instrument

@grays.2679 8 месяцев назад

Your wallet had good reason for it's fear

@thetophat5332 8 месяцев назад

I think we need a whole Andrew Huang Album in this style. It's fantastic

@Nicenigel14 8 месяцев назад

Agree

@PlasticCyborg 8 месяцев назад

As a mandolin player, I love this.

@andrewhuang 8 месяцев назад

This means a lot honestly haha!

@PlasticCyborg 8 месяцев назад

@@andrewhuang This video actually has made me feel like I'm no longer on the fence about wanting something like an octave mandolin or a bouzouki. I definitely want one now.

@joshuamorganmusic 8 месяцев назад

Me too! I also have a custom 5 string octave mando (very ‘guitar like’ but still it’s own thing)

@benraftery4256 8 месяцев назад

as a bousouki player this video is awesome

@rushikeshrawool9969 8 месяцев назад

As a human, I love this :)

@Daphoid 8 месяцев назад

I’m getting A Perfect Circle or Tool vibes here. I kept waiting for the drums and bass to kick in as the progressed. Woo. . Love it.

@Stratozfearz 8 месяцев назад

Was just thinking the same thing!

@MrMarci878 8 месяцев назад

Glad there's others with that feel

@ResidentRob 5 дней назад

With a little Soundgarden thrown in

@jacksonkerr2095 8 месяцев назад

The original name in Italian for the mandolin is actually "Mandolino" (transliterated 'little mandola') The Mandola, tuned a fifth lower is the equivalent of a viola in an orchestra. Then you have the octave mandolin which fills the tenor role, the mando-cello, and there is also a mando-bass, which is much larger in proportion to the mandolin than the other instruments are.

@eyeball226 8 месяцев назад

This is why octave mandolin is a silly name. The entire family is the mandola family, so naming it as a big version of a small version of the instrument is kind of redundant. In the UK, the higher CGDA instrument is a tenor mandola and the lower GDAE one is sometimes called an octave mandola (I just call mine a mandola).

@InventorZahran 8 месяцев назад

@@eyeball226The mando-cello was probably originally called "mandolincello", like its relative the violincello.

@eyeball226 8 месяцев назад

@@InventorZahran Well it's actually violoncello, not violincello. So I'd guess mandoloncello probably?

@gokuuzumaki70 8 месяцев назад

@@eyeball226Yes, mandocello in Italian is mandoloncello

@eyeball226 8 месяцев назад

@@gokuuzumaki70 Am I right in thinking the -cello suffix is diminutive? So a violoncello is a small violone (presumably an extinct larger instrument)?

@moisa123 8 месяцев назад

Andrew, you MUST know about the Brazilian viola caipira. 10 strings, open tuning, please hear a few songs in the style of "pagode de viola". We have our own Hendrix, Tião Carreiro. And really a beautiful sound, octave mandolin, thanks for sharing!

@lucasgraeff5391 8 месяцев назад

muito foda

@xorikenmusic 8 месяцев назад

slk seria foda

@evanbarnes9984 8 месяцев назад

Dude the way you can just pick up any instrument and immediately make gorgeous music is absolutely incredible!

@kennethlien7997 8 месяцев назад

In Norwegian hardanger fiddle music the GDAD tuning is called Ljøsblått which means light blue. There are around 20 different tunings in the hardanger fiddle tradition. All those tunings would work perfectly on this instrument. One of my favorites are called gorrlaus, which means damned loose, it’s FDAE. So you get the minor third as a bass drone. Used for the ecstatic tunes called «rammeslåtts»

@LukeG_Eire 8 месяцев назад

As an Irish traditional player. We also use GDAD, I use it on the Irish bozouki. Check out Daoiri Farrell if you want to hear it in action

@verbherbaceous Месяц назад

this is super cool

@areminderofwhatweare 8 месяцев назад

The octave mandolin is almost the same as an Irish bouzouki, although the bouzouki has a bit of a longer scale and GDAD is standard tuning. Easily one of my favorite instruments, I’ve kinda been playing it more than my guitar lately.

@MegaClaymore123 8 месяцев назад

I really want a bouzouki

@GizzyDillespee 8 месяцев назад

"The change-up of sounds was a nice break, but clearly they'd had more experience with the previous instrument." - from my new book, Interview With The Neighbors: stories from the other side of the fence, out soon!

@shanejoyce5813 8 месяцев назад

... and here I was with my Irish bouzouki thinking it was the same thing as an Octave mandolin. I definitely sounds different. I have mine tuned GDAE so it's basically an upside-down guitar.

@marcocammozzo7553 8 месяцев назад

They sound different in part from the tuning, GDAE vs GDAD, and from the soundhole also, irish bouzoukis usually have a round hole which gives a more mellow tone compared to f holes@@shanejoyce5813

@HamletHK 7 месяцев назад

I was about to write a comment about Irish bouzouki after they talked about tuning the octave mandolin to gdad. Very nice to see this comment already here!

@henrikpetersson3463 8 месяцев назад

Yeah! TOOL goes Irish folk! ☺ You really need to explore the mandolin family deeper. I'm sure you would love the Irish bouzouki as well as the mandocello. But the modern Cittern is really cool as well. More or less like the octave mando but with an extra pair of strings.

@Toadpapa 8 месяцев назад

Love him just sticking cables in his glasses and stealing stuff from the shelf while Andrew talked about the mics 😂

@Ariakiri_ 8 месяцев назад

Been loving these videos you've put together with Pusher. He has a great vibe and energy that just meshes with yours really well, Andrew. Keep up the great songwriting!

@itspusher 8 месяцев назад

I'm certainly having fun. Just gotta get the hi-five to work and my problems are gone

@MCLegoboy 8 месяцев назад

So when those drums kicked in the second time, it was like the ending to the second episode of Andor. All of the sudden things just start going hard, and so this song now feels like it's the end of an episode or a movie where things are slowly getting revealed, and then smashcut to someone behind it all or the key to everything, then credits.

@Suspense1376 8 месяцев назад

What makes this is the exploration of tunings here

@josephjimorris 8 месяцев назад

So good. Sounds like Metallica, Soundgarden, and Tool made a mathy relaxation track for a day spa because Periphery was stressed out.

@ThatGuyWithTheRedDakota 8 месяцев назад

I definitely got the same vibes.

@miniman6565 8 месяцев назад

Reminds me a lot of the stuff Darren Korb composes for Supergiant Games. Excellent stuff

@InventorZahran 8 месяцев назад

'Good Riddance' from Hades was recorded on a Turkish Guitar, which has three pairs of strings. It does sound very similar to an octave mandolin!

@Seren_Moth 7 месяцев назад

THATS WHAT I WAS THINKING

@JamesMunns 8 месяцев назад

This makes me want to listen to the Bastion soundtrack. This is such a good groove.

@TeddySaxbang659 4 месяца назад

I immediately thought of Bastion & Darren Korb! For years I’ve enjoyed the sound, but didn’t know the specific instrument.

@DavethePie 8 месяцев назад

Hi Andrew, if you're going with the GDAD tuning, you might consider checking out the Bouzouki. It is a similar instrument, double stringed much like the mandolin, but the GDAD tuning is it's default tuning. It has a very robust sound, similar to the mandolin, but unique and delightful.

@hthazee 8 месяцев назад

god this ended up so cooooool! I WANNA JAM IN THAT STUDIOOOOO

@zawmgwtf 8 месяцев назад

Pusher pulling the cables out of his glasses during the adread was great xD

@bricelory9534 8 месяцев назад

Absolutely loved the track! The modal scale gave it a delicious folkness that translated well with the percussive soundscape and quality of bass/drums. Really felt like I was caravanning somewhere, probably in the videogame Pyre. Absolutely loved it!

@ASPhylactery 8 месяцев назад

That was the exact thought I had aswell! Darren Korb's bass tone also sounds similair.

@thodpap1 8 месяцев назад

Tool in a barn! Cool song😃I've also wanted to try the oct mandolin for a long time 🤩

@Nathan_Lundstrom 8 месяцев назад

This is 100% what came to my mind 😂

@thodpap1 8 месяцев назад

@@Nathan_Lundstrom haha yeh man 😇

@liambrewster3579 8 месяцев назад

While I can't get behind the mandolin hate... I absolutely love my octave mandolin. I have the same model as the one here. It is such a versatile and beautiful instrument to play with. It has become my go to axe for most situations and its great. Glad to see some love from Andrew for it :)

@TuckerTheMandolinist 8 месяцев назад

Thank you! I have been requesting this for a few weeks now! I love it and am super happy! The world needs more Rock-tave mandolin

@Jongamebeer 8 месяцев назад

This was like stoner metal without the crunch and I am 100% for it!

@hellacious_ 8 месяцев назад

I freaking LOVED this. Such a cool sound. Please, we need more prog rock from you Andrew!

@NewHandleWhoDeez 8 месяцев назад

GDAD, "Gee, Dad, tell me more" Incredible

@ZElTGElST 8 месяцев назад

Andrew is on perma fire. I was expecting Chris Cornell to appear and sing over the delicious progressive jam in any moment. In memoriam

@ShaneT5S 8 месяцев назад

I know they're the sponsor of the video, but gosh I love Austrian Audio, I JUST got their OC18 mic a month and a bit ago, and I fell in love instantly

@davidledoux1736 8 месяцев назад

Super nice track! Really enjoyed watching the layering process.

@DirtyKouhai 8 месяцев назад

i dunno about anyone else, but i was definitely getting Mastodon vibes off of this, with the breadth of stuff you put on this and also the vibe that y'all made for this. Good stuff, and cant wait for this years "1st October" release.

@somepunkinthecomments471 7 месяцев назад

I need dark octave mandolin/mandocello ambient music. That solo was sick.

@xSijnx 8 месяцев назад

So happy to see how far your music has evolved over the years. Cheers

@607 8 месяцев назад

Great track! If it had been released as a single, I probably would've bought it.

@Gotblade 8 месяцев назад

I keep wanting Rick Beato to check out what you do but I haven't gotten a reaction from him yet on it. He appreciates music so much and the two of you collaborating together would be awesome!

@MarkLiebrand 8 месяцев назад

Has a Tool vibe to it. Andrew you sir are a musical genius and so inspiring

@weirdo337 8 месяцев назад

This is an absurd coincidence. I literally bought one of these five days ago and now you release this video. I also agree that the octave mandolin is amazing and better than a regular mandolin

@jers132 7 месяцев назад

Brilliantly done...sweet bass-line!

@BananaMcGee1 8 месяцев назад

The final track gives off heavy Darren Korb vibes, and I NEED MORE PLEASE IT'S SO GOOD!

@RachelHardy 8 месяцев назад

I find these videos really inspiring because I have so much trouble forcing myself to like things, but I gotta do more of this... just jamming and recording and digging it haha. Also just got an octave mando and loving it!

@up4open 8 месяцев назад

Have you considered a sugar fast? Dunno, RU-vid keeps suggesting it to me today. Might help? Probably can't hurt.

@steamingmushrooms 8 месяцев назад

I love this track and the mandolin discovery but I must also express appreciation for Pusher's rad dance moves

@WilliamVoisen 8 месяцев назад

That octave mandolin has a great tone, and it looks cool too. I enjoyed the tune y'all came up with.

@eqz666 8 месяцев назад

For me, this is the best song from you to the date! Awesome stuff

@MandolinSecrets 7 месяцев назад

Thanks Andrew, cool video! I also love playing the octave mandolin.

@mrdaviddlg331 8 месяцев назад

The Octave Mandolin and a Bunch of Other Stuff is a fantastically far out jam. Thank you for that wonderful piece of soul stirring music.

@jansestak954 8 месяцев назад

Seeing the creative process from the top to bottom is really cool. Makes me think about music differently.

@Dirk_Mcgurk 8 месяцев назад

man, you make the process of making an awesome song look so easy. I love this

@YankInches 8 месяцев назад

I absolutely am in love with how this sounds

@marukazuaki 8 месяцев назад

Reminds me a lot of songs like Brandish and Overturned. You always bring so much emotion out of acoustic instruments.

@murdockscott 8 месяцев назад

Really nice. Right up my alley sonically.

@arianswets8513 8 месяцев назад

I've been waiting for a video about this instrument!

@cashwarior 8 месяцев назад

absolutely mesmerized by this whole video

@gameassist1660 8 месяцев назад

Haven't had the chance to watch this yet, but I'm excited. Octave Mandolins are so cool!

@hugaluga 8 месяцев назад

More of this please!

@mk_rexx 8 месяцев назад

I once (twice?) fall into videos about converting shorter guitars into octave mandolins. I just love the mandolin family even though I never played a real one. Also excited about the new FOO album :D

@Asspirin101 8 месяцев назад

This reminds me Soen so much! Great stuff!

@thanatomorfo 8 месяцев назад

DUDE THIS IS MINDBLOWING

@dcshoes841 8 месяцев назад

I think they just made an acoustic Tool song by complete accident.

@Asspirin101 8 месяцев назад

It's pretty much what Puscifer is, lol

@ryanspruiell4402 8 месяцев назад

Damn this is sick Andrew pleasantly surprised. Much different than your usual stuff. I like the vibe

@thescoobymike 6 месяцев назад

Probably my favorite thing you’ve made

@trivngl3 8 месяцев назад

This was actually so cool. Never thought id enjoy this so much.

@Daug7add9addb13 8 месяцев назад

Youre my depression comfort youtuber. Love you

@andrewhuang 8 месяцев назад

♥️♥️

@AmosTheTalented 4 месяца назад

Sweet collaboration!

@ryukisai99 8 месяцев назад

Great tune! And great recording-mixing!

@Necrotoxin44 8 месяцев назад

I bloody loved this.

@Forgeahead 8 месяцев назад

I actually bought one of these about a year ago as well. I got it for one song, but then in learning about it fell in love with the instrument

@floppydisk921 7 месяцев назад

When you played the mandolin and octave mandolin together it instantly reminded me of Sam Shepherd's "Promises" motif. Just that very suspended sound together with the stringy sound of the mandolins that remind me of the harpsichord

@Flargenyargen 8 месяцев назад

Oh, I'd love to have one of those. Whoa. Awesome song, too!

@TheAbsolyte 8 месяцев назад

These kinds of vids have been a huge inspiration! Love sonic boom!

@EzyoMusic 8 месяцев назад

I first heard Sierra Hull play the octave mandolin and kinda wanted one ever since, wish they weren't so rare.

@SheppyHand 7 месяцев назад

Oh dude, you've definitely been working on your drum chops, that was absolutely sick.

@Sean-Ax 8 месяцев назад

I knew I needed one of these when I first saw it in that Sonic Boom episode, but this combo of big mando and little mando is awesome.

@Princess_Tronston 8 месяцев назад

I love this song!

@eyeofthebeholder_ 8 месяцев назад

And just like that, Andrew keeps dropping proggy bangers by accident.

@FA-Q 8 месяцев назад

Really dope andrew

@TSGEnt 8 месяцев назад

It had a cool vibe for sure!

@chrisharmony160 6 месяцев назад

This is truly legendary

@MichaelNatrin Месяц назад

Thank you for making this.

@rrrosecarbinela 8 месяцев назад

Awesome. I have a bouzouki, tuned to DGDG. I may try this tuning. Tuning the mando down a third sounded awesome. Now I want to try it!

@Hadiplaysmusic 8 месяцев назад

Amazing Andrew!! Got some old Opeth and some Tool vibes. Sooo good!

@jesseanderson991 8 месяцев назад

Incredible song

@firewordsparkler 8 месяцев назад

This is gorgeous wow

@JoshuaBennettMusic 8 месяцев назад

My background is more as a rock/acoustic singer-songwriter, but I've recently joined a group focused more on Irish and other traditional folk tunes, so I've been learning to play octave mandolin/Irish bouzouki. The particular instrument I play (which I'm borrowing from another band member, who has also been giving me lessons) is, as far as I can tell, completely unique. Imagine an octave mandolin approximately the size and shape of a parlor guitar, but with a steep double-cutaway, resulting in the upper bout being somewhat narrow and 'horned' rather than rounded. It's tuned G-D-A-D, *but* the two lowest courses are tuned in octaves like a 12-string guitar, in this case, higher pitch on top. The actual tuning, therefore, is G3-G2-D4-D3-A3-A3-D4-D4. Since a lot of traditional folk music is in D, G, or related modes (e.g., Bm, Em, A Dorian, E Dorian, etc.) -- and Irish music in particular often makes use of one or more drone strings -- this 'mandotar' lends itself very well to the chordal accompaniment. There are entire tunes that I play fretting only the lower two string courses, letting the A and D ring throughout. (Heck, I even use the 'open' Gsus2 in place of a G-major sometimes. Sounds very Irish! 🙂) Incidentally, the instrument has no name, emblem, or other markings that I can find. Its owner bought it second-hand, and he tells me that he only knows it was built by a luthier somewhere in Washington state, but doesn't know their name, location, or the date of manufacture. In any case, with its larger body, longer scale, and, peering into the soundhole, what appear to be fiberglass rods reinforcing the body to deal with the tremendous string tension, it sounds absolutely INCREDIBLE. ❤ It's one of those instruments you pick up and strum with no intention of playing anything in particular, just to hear the beautiful sound it makes. Anyway, glad to see you discovering -- and making really interesting music with -- this underappreciated instrument!

@RabbitWithFeathers 8 месяцев назад

I've actually been really wanting to get a mandocello, which is another lesser known mandolin type instrument, but it's in the exact same tuning as a cello and I would love to play one someday. Really cool final track!

@jimmydeansausage6952 8 месяцев назад

Love the sound… that what I’m always lookin for

@gordak985 7 месяцев назад

Reminds me of video game "Bastion", great work, as always.

@MadCat-75 8 месяцев назад

Wow, the sound carpet is so dense but doesn't seem crowded. Great song!

@alberthjortshj1288 8 месяцев назад

This is amazing

@arjunsubrahmanian7535 7 месяцев назад

This was SO GOOD! 😍

@racacac9456 8 месяцев назад

The final result sounds like something out of Borderlands, I love it!

@roshko7115 8 месяцев назад

Great video!

@briancrooks 8 месяцев назад

For anyone interested... the Vibra Slap is based on an instrument called the Quijada. It's a donkey jawbone, close Andrew!! I know it as a traditional Peruvian instrument, but they are found all over Latin America. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jawbone_%28instrument%29