I bet this guy's channel is gonna be huge soon. I can't believe he only has 10k subs.

I am a 63 yrs old old violist who studied at London's Royal Academy of Music in 1973, with Sidney Griller, and where we played 2 of the Bartok Quartets (3 and 6) in concerts. You, sir, are awesome. Thank you.

Bartok spent a lot of time collecting folklore melodies on the western side of Romania, which then he later arranged and developed them into serious compositions. In fact he was born in Sânnicolau Mare, a town in Timiș County. Back then it was under the occupation of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, but since 1920 is under the Romanian border. He was especially fascinated by the diversity of Christmas carols, many of them being sang in odd meters using modal structures. Thank you for showing me that the complexity of his music can also be integrated in modern settings!

Love this. Always loved Bartok's String Quartets. Absolutely adore the Concerto For Orchestra. That distorted bass tone works perfectly.

Bartok. It’s not just metal, it’s PROG metal! To think that this was written in 1934… I _should_ be listening to modern _older_ music!

I'm a classical bass player (student) and I have absolutely fallen in love with these videos. I feel like I get a lot from these videos, even about classical music, because of the deep knowlege and clearness. Just great!

I am Japanese amateur cellist. I love the tone color of E.Bass! And I love bartok's string quartet! This video is amazing... I'd like to listen to your bartok more!!!

Bortók was fantastic! Greetings from Hungary we are so proud of him :) nice job Adam, thanks for your advices!

...I've literally never heard or heard of Bartok before. It's FANTASTIC! Thank you!!

Best bass channel on KZfaq!

There's not very many things about my native country that I can be proud of in 2020, but Bartók Béla is one, and a timeless one at that. And I love the fact that you love his stuff so much, Adam!

there aint anything more cool than a bass dude jamming along to Bartok! yeah!!!

+Adam Neely ...awesome ...these have long been my favourite string quartets. Amazing to see you perform them on an electric bass.

It kinda sounds like King Crimson.. Awesome!

This is brilliant. It took balls. I thoroughly enjoy all your videos, but this one is exceptional. You've shed new light on some of my favourite music.

Just discovered this gem of a video. Will have to come back to watch it again, so much to learn here. Thanks, Adam!

This is awesome. Thanks Adam. Bartoks music is important, and this is a great translation to bass

What I love about your videos are that, while they are technically bass lessons, they're actually great lessons for musicians in general because you talk about music theory so much.

love your videos. The old ones and the new ones. LOVE YOU ADAM BASS

finally someone else that headbangs to classical music!

Is that Glenn's t-shirt? The rule number 2? Hahaha!

I've been a devout follower for a while, and every time I finish a new video I can't wait for the next. So, yeah, best bass channel on KZfaq-and, might I add, big time. Also, the choice of tone for this piece was bang on.

Adam, I just discovered you and your channel, watched about 8 videos including this one, and I am now subscribed! Excellent! Well produced, thoughtful, intelligent, and tasteful! Once I hit the Bartok, I was convinced you were right up my alley! Also loved the Cantus Firmus, classical musicians rhythm, Nancarrow, polyrhythms, and odd signatures. Your discussion of 5/8 in the odd sig one made me think of the middle section of the middle movement of Bartok's 5th (marked 3+2+2+3/8), which I've long loved for the way it begins to feel 6/8-ish at full speed. I look forward to watching more of your videos and listening to your music, too!

Wow, your blend and even your phrasing matched so well with the recording, especially towards the end.

I LOVE Bartok! he's my fave, I've played many of Bartoks compositions

very interesting and useful explanation, I have always tried to play orchestral music with both electric guitar and bass guitar,thanks to your videos now I have a better understanding of it!

Phantastic! Both you and Bartok!

I played this quartet not too long ago and I find it refreshing to mind a bass play the same part I had to figure out on cello. Well done!

This is SICK Adam. I love Bartok.

awesome to hear this composer spoken about in this context! Great playing too.

That was awesome and beautiful at the same time.It has definitely motivated to learn some Bartok,and fortunately I know I have some string quartet pieces on vinyl.I will have to see which pieces I own and then find the music.Again, that was beautiful.

Inspiring! This is another great informational video from you, not only for bassists. Thankyou.

Finding your videos so interesting and helpful - thank you!

Bartok is definitely the man!

That's pretty bold. I've done quite a bit of classical music transcribed to bass but more baroque and romantic. Bartok is another story. You got me thinking.

Truly fantastic.. you have it memorized.. what a piece.. thanks for getting it out there.. !!

tromboners

you rule youtube. your videos are awesome, pro pro pro. and your topic selection and breadth and depth of knowledge really resonates with me. happy to Patreon you, young buck. keep killing it

That "metal" bit was epic!!!!!!! got me listening to the whole thing

You must be the best music educator in KZfaq. I can't put to words how amazing your videos are

Cool! Very cool man! Great job Adam!

I rarely study bass guitar, but this material is still REAL interesting for me as a musician! In a first moment it automatically made me want to listen to Bartok again, and also made me mind little interpretation and dynamic content! Thanks a lot, Adam!

You are the man Adam. Excellent playing and teaching!!!✌🏻

Wicked awesome. Keep up the amazing videos, dude!

Love your channel. Always good stuff. Thanks.

Excellent performance, sir. I especially dig your choice of a dirtier bass tone reminiscent of John Wetton during his King Crimson days (and considering Robert Fripp of the same band was heavily influenced by these same Bartok quartets, it actually kinda makes sense). Out of curiosity (maybe it might get covered in your Q&As), what's your personal taste for the use of distorted bass tones?

Adam, I first discovered you when you released your "All the Lebanese in Louisiana" video in 2009. Nearly 7 years later, here I am loving your content still!

Tremendously informative ! Best bass lessons on KZfaq by a country mile

In Hungary, Bela Bartok is famous for collecting and categorising folk music, and now you saying he was basically composing music resembles The Dillinger escape plan. Damn, I love the Internet. Thanks Adam Neely. I wuv you.

I would like to hear a whole movement.

Wow that's great!! It inspires me quite a lot to look into classical music. Also I never realized how good a distorted P-bass could sound blended with a string quartet.

Great Adam! Your stuff is really wonderful....

This channel is fantastic!

Finally someone who knows his shit! I really love what your're doing, it's so insightful.

Thanks for doing such videos!

Great video! I never had any formal music training but when I'm practicing at home, I've always gravitated to classical. Joy of man's desiring, Bach prelude 1. I found it really helped my fingering even though i haven't been able to bring that into my folk/funk band. I think I'm a cello player trapped in this bassists body. My first bass was a fretless too! Now I am rambling...Bass.

Nice choice of material, nice commentary, nice playing. High five.

Awesome work. Very inspiring!

I think this is the best "lesson" of yours that I've watched so far ))))

I just learnt so much. Adam Neely for President...

A Bryan Beller reference AND a Rule #2 shirt? In a video about Bartok on the bass guitar? Awesome.

man your channel is divine

incredible music that man wrote, always so much more than just a listening experience.

Brilliant job!

Wow Adam. Great job!

Oh, man! So cool! I love Bartok's atring quartets. I've been watching your stuff lately, and I'm enjoying the vídeos very much. Although some information in the vídeos are very familiar to me, you have some great insights that make me re-think all of those concepts I already know (or thought I knew hahaha). Cheers form Brasil!

This is sooo cool man! Thanks.

I'm a cellist in a family of other cellist, so I've kinda grown up listening to string ensembles, and your tone actually blends really well, this was so cool as really interesting to see my instrument's functin in a quartet from a different perspective! Also if you haven't already, listen to Bartok's Divertimento, especially the last movement; I'm playing it atm with my youth string ensemble and it's epic

Nicely done!

That tone was like Chris Squire's rick… awesome.

Awesome ! And the dirty tone fits perfectly the string quartet.

These are really fabulous. The bass sound is just right to blend yet be heard clearly. As someone pointed out, it is similar to Wetton's tone in the 70s King Crimson. Fripp was a huge Bartok fan and was writing rock using similar approaches (see Fracture). Kudos to you for taking this further. And if you'd like to hear some more Bartok arranged for rock power trio, check out Dialeto's Bartok in Rock album and the live follow-up, both of which feature David Cross. Thanks for this!

Fucking awesome, so glad to be introduced to this, definitely the kind of person to take inspiration from.

Stunning musicality. It breathes.

I love your channel!

This is pure gold

Mate... Wow! Really, WOW! This was sensational! 😳

That’s great Adam

awesome lesson... thorough

Thanks Adam..another cool video, and shirt too! LOL

Lots of interesting stuff nicely presented. Thanks. cheers from cold Vienna, Scott

This is really great. I like all the info even if i don't understand it all.

That was fantastic, well done:)

My high school marching and used the fifth movement of his fourth quartet in our show my senior year. It sounds legit when transcribed for a brass section.

This video made my night! I'm all smiles :-) Bartok is the yummiest! I'v loved him since I was 7-8 years old and played his nursery rhymes and was like, WTF is this??? heehee :) It blew my mind because it reflected what I felt and I fell in love with his music! Thank you Adam for doing this. I absolutely love your channel! :-)

Bartok, the real originator of metal.

Very cool. Brought up thoughts of King Crimson and then the 'chime' thing seemed also to explain John Wetton's bass technique (in that band). [Big respect for all your vids]

This was awesome.

This is amazing

i have to listen to bartok now!

Gorgeous stuff!

That was so awesome 😎

Love the original, love your interpretation.

I literally put "Bartok" in the KZfaq search box and the first suggestion was "Bartok string quartet 4 movement 5". I think that is how big is this channel's size. Keep up the good work! (I know this is an old video, just wanted to point that out).

Bravo sir. Barton would have been proud. 100 years later and yes still the most metal thing in the music world

This is so good that I find it seriously disturbing that you didn't play the whole damn thing. But thank you so much for the segment you shared.

that was sick, good one ol' pal

Finally Bartok getting some love.

Holy hell!! The 5th movement from the 4th string quartet blew my mind. That's a century ago... truly mind boggling. Doing a thrash cover asap!!!

I LOVE YOUR CHANNEL.