"Fundamental pitches..." zooms in on someone opening the spit valve

😂🤣

It wouldn't be too hard to just add functioning valves to that tuba. Sure is a shame nobody did that when it was built

They're non-functional, they are only there so that they could use a similar design to seem the same

Because they're for decoration.

I thought the exact same thing!

@@edmundsmith3943 "amateurs" you mean ?

@@jm56z43 yeah...

i was actually just about to comment that 😂 it sometimes feels like playing a whole building though 😅 💪😁

@@evaslanic3828 I have to make a confession. I... am *not* an organist.

host at a rally: aRe yoU reAdY tO ruMBLe!?!?!? octobassists: *y e s*

@@officxlsofti8558 Congratulations you rephrased my comment. You're now officially a pain in my ass

Actually I don't think anyone is lucky enough to learn how to play it cuz there's only 2 in the whole world

swans, etc: quAcK- hoNk- *huh?*

The guy must be a programmer

Sultan Momynov lol

I can smell some NSFW here

lmao

Lmao

Smol dicc, or big dicc

there is one instrument that goes lower than the octobass, black hole

@@ubiquityphantom6354 That's pathetic.

@@andrewdevine3920 exactly how?

You mean the subcontrabass

Claire W Edits no its an octobass

MC Venne total bruh moment. Though I’m sure in the case of this piece it was a couple steps above what’s considered the standard tuning so that way the audience can hear more than the overtones

MC Venne which is probably why the sting broke

Yess the octobass is now displayed in the famous concert hall "maison symphonique" and I always wanted to hear it during a concertt

@Èvan Moreau You're also from Montréal. Cool! Do you prefer the OM or the OSM. I've always loved the OSM, but my clarinet teacher is in the OM. I got to see him kill some super difficult Shostakovich solos. It was awesome!

@Èvan Moreau Montreal has 1 of the couple in the world, the other one is in Arizona somewhere

Made a playlist of my favourite TACET orchestral excerpts for tuba, by ArnoldJacobs

The world is going to end soon: one of the pieces at my brass band starts with a tuba solo.

Also, holding pedal tone for about 8 measures.

As a bass trombonist for my hs band I can confirm this because i just dub the tuba part a octave higher. I cry every time time

@@ultamateamazingcraft9270 you should see if your director would pick something by John Mackey such as Aurora Awakes that actually allows for the bass trombone to be showed off properly. We played that last year and our low brass had a blast. Also, check out Starry Crown for the ultimate band trombone moment. We're playing that this year.

That comment lol. I just died laughing😂😂😂

@@joellejosephk I did too LOL

that might have been _part_ of the reason the city fathers of Atlantic City and Sydney consented for 64' ranks to be engineered, constructed, and installed in their immense municipal organs. but some deep and childlike sense of wow and wonder, i feel sure, was the _rest_ of the reason for those mighty subsonic voices to be manifested physically. _just because we can._

Is it really inaudible though? I mean, it's not like I hear nothing when one of those large instruments is at C-1 at 16 Hz. And it sounds lower than the octave above, so I don't know that I'd say 16 Hz is inaudible, at least not for all of us. Maybe my perfect pitch has something to do with why I can hear the really low stuff as pitches as well as that bass depth?

@@caterscarrots3407you’re experiencing the illusion called the “missing fundamental” where you extrapolate other harmonics to perceive and basically mentally fill in the fundamental. When we talk about the limit of human hearing we mean what frequency a “pure tone” needs to be until it’s inaudible. And even testing that is extremely difficult because all audio equipment and our ears themselves have nominal distortion, which can form harmonics even when the source is a pure tone.

No there ain't because no organist ever paid for that, their church does instead >:3

maiti fstr To me, it sounded like a loud, big boat.

True tho ☕👌😅

It sounded like a cruise ship to me lmao

That probably has a measurable frequency. I like playing with low frequencies on my speakers to make different parts of my house resonate

Hahhahaaahahahahah

What, no. He said Ally K. Tension, the famous tubist.

@@HainPepito Learnt sth new nice :D but pun not intended is still a good pun ;)

@Jacey Long It's called luck, post at just the right time with something vaguely funny and people will spot your comment and like. There's no magic to it, but hey who cares? Likes on youtube do not an achievement make

brett should just shut up and go home

rock salt cheese bubble tea I love the kitty in your profile picture!!!

Just place a mic up to them and amplify

You really couldn’t just transcribe a peddle tone instrument to a bass flute. They can only play a quarter note at a time. Puh puh puh really diminishes its practicality.

dudejohnify I wanted to, but you opened my eyes. I'm sorry.

I've never thought of it that way! Hahahaha!

Actually, the worlds largest instrument is a black hole. It plays a Bb. Mind changed.

@@sc1ss0r1ng I'm quite sure, a black whole does not qualify for being on this world. It's "from a new world"

@@vollelektrolysierer5773 I don't remember Dvorak scoring a black hole in his 9th?

No

@Nicholas Simonelli Hahaha, lmao

Royal RUUUUUUMBLE!!!

*Titanic Tuba, Contrabass Flute, And Octobass have entered the chat*

*A’S FOR DAAAAAYS*

It’s more of the feeling it gives. I strongly encourage you to look up videos of an octobass in concert, it’s actually amazing

There’s strong evidence that subsonic sounds can influence a person’s mood, and even a study suggesting them to be the explanation for some “hauntings.”

You can perceive vibrations through the skin and body, not just air vibrations. Many movies, eg Irreversible, use infrasonics to create ominous uncomfortable feelings. Also, 20Hz-20k Hz as the human hearing is very approximate. Very few adults can hear up to 20kHz. I tested that I can hear 14Hz - 18.2kHz. A lot of people like myself should be able to hear octobass.

*t h e r u m b l e*

When we talk about frequency we talk about fundamental. Unless you are talking about a sinewave, a sound is made of fundamental frequency and overtone (2x, 3x, 4x, 5x... times higher tones at different frequencies) this is what makes different instruments playing same frequencies sound different, with frequencies below 20 you listen to only the overtones of the frequency you are playing.

Rest assured, this won't be their famous last words. We have a lot to expect from them

The irony is at the time when they say it, it’s the viola (and cello) playing melody in the background. I don’t know whether this is intentional or not.

Nobuko imai sound much better on the viola than them on the violin

maybe alto clarinet is

We viola players are inhaling, getting titanic tubas ready to throw at them.

Yeah, I cant really imagine the other ones being musically useful. Howevet I just dont think such a low flute really blends with all the higher ones.

@@ItsMe-ic5oc the octobass is useful. When you get into notes that low they create a lot of... well... bass and you can physically feel them, even the ones you can't hear. That kind of sound can be really useful if you want the audience to feel discomfort as sounds beneath or at the bottom of human hearing often create anxiety in humans, or put a lot of low rumbling power into the piece where you feel the music more than hear it. It's nice to have the option for effect.

@@pubcle I agree with what you say. I wrote my comment based on the fact that the contrabass flutes' range is quite higher than the octobass and that tuba. I do think the octobass (and the tuba) can make a useful sound effect like that. I also watched a video of Richard Bobo about a sub contrabassoon that he is building, where he explains that even for the lower notes that are below the human hearing range (like on the octobass), the sound will still have plenty of audible overtones.

Yeah it sounds perfectly fine, but the SubContrabass Recorder is even cooler and actually made out of wood.

TheChalantNerd I am planning to play bassoon next year :)

dude there are flutes that are literally the price of a small house. instruments are crazy bro. whoever thought "lets make a metal tube like... $80,000 that makes sense"

*almost* okay almost every instrument costs a lot, depending on the brand and quality

Google the price of Bösendorfer Imperial

@@officxlsofti8558 Even trumpets can get up to $40k if you buy a Monette

Peter Tchaikovsky lollllll

😂

Haha absolutely

No cannons are the loudest instrument in the world, not largest

@@Amayagma By some definition, it could be said that tanks and destroyer ships have cannons. Them be big instruments, there

Yeah

16Hz is too high for Ling Ling. Its 0.5Hz. Hahahah!

Same and hello, you have gotten this reply a year later 😂

Me too

I play flute also! I like the sound of the contra bass and wish I could afford one. I hope someday to be able to own at least a bass flute. After years of playing so many high notes it would be fun to play on the low end for a change!

same 😂

Same

Some performers perform all over the world.

@@user-gu9yq5sj7c I know, I know, I just found very funny how Brett kept talking about planes

Subcontractavethings on a plane!

Flying on planes is a touchy subject in the music world. Things were fine for many years and then got really bad. I believe the first widespread incidents were with acoustic guitar players. They would check their guitars, but when reclaimed the instruments were damaged, missing, or completely destroyed, either by mishandling or the temperatures and pressure changes under the plane. Checking your instrument very quickly became taboo. Then things started happening to instruments that didn't need to get checked. In one case an airline agent reached over a counter to take a violin from a musician who was holding it, they both lost their grip on the case and the violin broke on the floor. To avoid all of this, it's common for independent artists with larger instruments like cellos to purchase a second seat for the instrument (that's what Brett is talking about). A few airlines are cool with this but sometimes TSA will force you to check your instrument or refuse to let you on the plane altogether, with no policy saying it's not allowed and no reimbursement for the tickets. So yeah, it's hard to imagine what you would do for one of these.

I'd buy it

Eren approves

people would think you play LoL

As a bass player, I need this

+1 that would be nice

The subcontrabass.

I liked it too lmao

Double contrabass

I think it sounds better than the other ones 😅

Definitely the flute form of bass

Now this is epic everyone

Yeah, the octo bass showed in this video sounds bad because that guy didn't play it good enough, and we hear it through a speaker.

@@QuynhNguyen-qv9xy the guy who played, if I'm not mistaken, is a curator and not a musician

I’m sorry but... John Adams? Yeah I’m Hamilton trash

Honestly this video kinda rubs me the wrong way. Yeah sure, all these instruments admittedly don't have much of a purpose in mainstream ensemble/orchestral music, but they're unique and can provide a very distinct sound when used properly. No one was saying "Hey, look at this giant instrument, why aren't we always using these in orchestras??" It's just cool to see unique instruments like this that you don't see or hear in a normal setting. I was especially digging that sub-contrabass flute :)

Lol yes

Yes, its main job is to split entire continents apart

I could probably make that tomorrow if I wanted to. How many times bigger than a standard one do you want it?

Ricardo Stevens i want one weighing about 2 tons and the sick should be a metal pipe

It's played exactly once in a concert and the stage shatters as a result

how does one even learn sm like an organ? isn't it mad expensive and huge and cant be moved?

@@rim2955 well, you go and take lessons on actual organs, so you have to commute to a church. You can get small organs for home use, they look similar to upright pianos but with multiple keyboards + the foot keyboard. And yes, those are really expensive. If you can play the piano you can at least keep your fingers in check, if you have a piano at home. And I have read on one school's website that they take their organ students on regular "trips" to play on many different organs, since all organs function a bit differently. -Sincerly, knowledge from the internet

Actually, the smallest organ is far smaller than you think. And I'm not even talking about small reed organs the size of a normal desk. Have a look at this: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/i9FknLmg0cqUlYk.html

why viola is better than violin: two words *****Stroh violin***** :)

Trung Nguyen I was confused hearing this

I was thinking of another thing for that I mean you know ... the bigger the better *wink*

Wow 666 likes

I don’t play an instrument so I that of someting else.... ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

And wasteful. And pushing other human beings into believe it isn't useless shit... not adorable at all.

K Håland Which planet are your from?

I fully agree! The creative nature of the human race is what sets us apart.

K Håland you’re talking as if you are an alien or some shit

K Håland yep. Those humans are so charming. Us aliens would know.

trombone moment

Lmao

ItzMyLife And it’s pointless 😂

He doesn't do that. He only lifts important things like his 1.3 mill violin or his medical books

Yeah pinky

"It" could at least play that Octo Bass properly.. Rephrase: Ling Ling could at least play that Octo Bass properly.

Because he does scales for 15 hrs a day

i got a tin whistle recently!!

I love to listen to tin whistle but I don't think I'd ever play it - such a high sound!

Angelica Hernandez this is kind of offensive to viola players

@@hollylawrence4906 If you're sensitive to jokes about viola players then you're on the wrong channel

It was a joke I know😂

the owner must feed it well

Us uke players be like - but is it LOW G??

Sacha XD its called a guitar

@@kawaii7573 A gutiar is a uke with extra strings and unnecessary frets.

You mean the Octolele

And also I think Harvard(don’t know if it’s big Harvard or another one)used to have a giant Tuba In their orchestra,it was rotting away a few years back but now it’s like restored now though.

@@kingadam69 Ohh yea I think I've heard of that, wasn't it called like "Titanic Tuba" or something?

*LOW*key I'm sorry I had too- No I'm not!

Actually, the bass is way, way softer and less ugly, it doesn't sound like that monstrosity..

yeah to bad

Maurice Di Bert *too

Ulric-cirlU *too

Fricking grammar nazis.

Maurice Di Bert or maybe no one would have to correct anyone anymore if you just took an extra half millisecond to tap another “o” with your finger.

Right. You need speakers the size of a fridge to actually hear what it's like. But if I got speakers like that the neighbours would sue.

The art of feeling the music physically is a special sensation only the octobass can do. A pipe organ can easily combat this with a 32' resultant stop to add a deep rumble to the already voiced ensemble. But sometimes you need a natural timbre. So the sub-contrabass flute is use which is equivalent to a tuba in a regular ensemble to add the deep end to a flute ensemble

I fully agree with you. I neither can think of anything the (subcontrabass?)tuba might be played at. But the doublecontrabass flute has a beautiful sound and the octobass actually is part of few compositions. I really don't think these instruments were invented and built just by fun. It has a reason why they do exist. I also got to know, that Hans Zimmer for example used the octobass in some of his pieces. So I can't do anything but disagree with what TwoSet were talking about.

@@matthewbeesley8184 32' resultant? why not use a 32' stopped rank, or an actual 32' open pipe?

I think that they might sound a lot better in real life, idk but I think the sound is quite bad quality at that pitch. I really want to hear any of these live though!

They just Sound like arrogant snobs in this video. Oh, those Instruments are not " classic" ....no thats Not Good....

River Freeman is it fun playing the contrabass clarinet I’ve been wanting to switch to it

River Freeman me a baritone Saxophone player....

finally another contra

River Freeman what about this guy kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b6iZipWeu7HPYKs.html

@@emmahouse8364 get yourself some Charles Mingus "Moanin'" in your life as well as some Leo P, you'll never think of the bari like that again

And now it's also a slang for having sex...

69th like Nice

@Kyle Billie That's what she said Sorry

it's actually a cello, isn't it?

@@yanas9871 yeah, it is a cello, not a viola or a violin

the saxophones are the most oppressed community

Zorcher101 Ya lol

what about euphoniums, we are forgotten and overshadowed all the time lmao

Contrabass clarinet... look it up

@@user-hs5bo1mp3z contrabass clarinets get a good rep as is and aren't completely overshadowed all the time. but yea sometimes they are forgotten and it sucks :T

Indeed

Agreed.

Weed (just following the double "e" trend here)

oooohhhh, sikeee

buurrnnnnnnn

He can, but he won't.

Ling Ling can make useless instruments useful

Everything but Strad is below Ling Ling

As a violist I can confirm

Me, a violador, yes

On his shoulder

CuboProCraft ling ling is now an octobass

I wasn't aware that he was a lead guitarist.

Who do you think he is, a first chair trumpet?

Have we got a show for you...

@@jaybirdk7414VEGGIE TALES VEGGIE TALES VEGGIE TALLES veggie tales

Maybe for Flutes, but Clarinets or Trympets made of plastic sound much worse than ones made of wood and brass respectively

Unless it’s a $79.00 eBay special and then it doesn’t sound at all...(I found that out the hard way... )

Its not even close to 100% air. The air column bounces in different ways depending on material, gold/silver and nickel flutes sound different. Wood flutes sound way different.

This isn’t true, flute sounds come from our air vibrating the lip plate, and the vibrations spread throughout the instrument. Concrete wouldn’t be able to vibrate to well tho

Okay

The reason subwoofers are a thing today, was probably the reason Berlioz thought of that. In a way, he was right, if only ahead of his time. They joke of being a rumble maker, but maybe that's exactly what he wanted. Wouldn't John Williams Earthquake sound better with it? More importantly, the people in the presence of it most likely feel it with their bodies. Most speakers can't simply reproduce the sound. Also TwoSetViolin making jokes about an instrument costing like a car, they were given 10M+ strads to play with...

@@freeculture Well yeah. To me the real reason octobasses never caught on is simply cost and lack of repertoire (although a couple of Berlioz's works actually call for octobass). No reasonable orchestra could hire one or even multiple octobassists when there is barely anything for them to play. No reasonable musician chooses an instrument that brings them no jobs

of their kind

wouldn't clocktowers be the largest intrument in the world then?

The organ in my city can go lower lower than titanic tuba

Aeroplanes. I'm damn sure aeroplanes are the pargest instruments!

How are you meant to carry the organ on the plane

Ian Hawkins the pistons and valves are on the inside of the valve block bruh

So that you can add a little fun to the concert hall by playing a note so low that it causes the roof to crumble and crush everyone

As a conversation starter lmao

To pay your attention lol

If you can play it small, you can *_p l a y i t B I G G_* /s

@@Elizabeth-il5ps That's the works of a mass muder mind. Now everything makes sense.

Bro it's an OCTOBASS OCTO