Wow, he sure has one big piece of wood...
I guess this is it again.
I guess this is another episode of TwoSet roasts,
where we show you some of the
weirdest musical videos on the internet that just...
Why?
Well.
Today's video is going to be about
the world's largest instruments.
Because... The bigger, the better, right?
Mhm.
You know what?
Let's just go right into it.
Playing a titanic tuba.
Titanic?!
Be careful.
Woah.
- Woah... - There's three people.
It takes three people to move it.
Very very functional.
Can definitely bring it to rehearsal in orchestra.
That's like seven seats on a plane, guys.
Expensive plane tickets.
It's a conversation starter.
It's something that you walk by and you say "wow".
"Look at that giant tuba!"
That's the whole point of making this tuba!
- To start conversations, guys! - Guys!
Woah!
Are you okay there? That looks really heavy.
Are you okay?
Well, I'm glad you asked!
My name is "I like attention!"
Yeah!!!
Something to really get people into the store.
So it's like...
A way of advertising?
When I walked in and saw the tuba for the first time...
I was speechless.
Did he just say he was speechless?
Thought it was meant to be a conversation starter.
I immediately wanted to play it.
It almost sounds like a jackhammer like...
A block away.
Great, guys.
Did you know a jackhammer is actually an instrument?
Makes great sounds.
Imagine playing that instrument and every...
Everyone of your neighbors just like...
- Why is there a jackhammer... - *Brett imitating jackhammer noise*
What a beautiful instrument.
It sounds like a wet fart.
It's not playable like a regular tuba,
where it can play a chromatic scale but
if it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's a duck.
You can play fundamental tones on it.
What is he on about?
If it looks like a duck and quack like a duck...
It must be a duck!
Quack! Quack! Quack! Fundamental tones...
I think that's a fundamental one, that one.
You think?
A professional tuba player is like "you think"?
Ohh...
He's like, "are you sure, man?"
Yeah...
I don't know but...
What categorizes a fundamental tone right these days?
I think that's fine.
It is not a normal tuba.
It doesn't actually have any pistons and valves.
It can only play the fundamental pitches.
It doesn't have pistons and valves?
I don't know about you,
but looks like there are pistons and valves,
it's just that the knobs are broken.
This is what a valveless brass instrument looks like.
I'm not a brass player, I'm just pointing it out.
It looks like it has pistons and valves, it's just broken.
It's all about fundamental tones, guys.
Yeah.
And it quacks like a duck.
Quack!
Fundamental pitches, which would be I, V.
Wait, the fundamental pitches are I, V?
For those of you that aren't aware...
Basically, tubas only play I, V anyway.
Dun, dun. Dun, dun... Dun...
I've emailed and been in contact with
the world guinness book of world records.
I haven't heard back yet.
She hasn't heard back
- cause she didn't pay the $800 priority fee. - Ohh!!!
- Ohh!!! - Ohh!!!
That's right, guys.
Oh, look. It sounds like real music!
I can hear pitches!
Woah!!!
Big tuba probably weighs easily over a 100 pounds.
45 kilos...
Extra luggage on the plane!
It takes a good set of ears to be able to hear the notes
because they are so low.
It sounds like a helicopter on there but...
So low...
*Brett imitates giant tuba sound*
- Surely, this must be a joke. - I know.
Takes a good set of ears to hear it because it's so low.
Well, why play it then?
I would say, would take at least four months
- and the right set of lungs, it can sound gorgeous. - Looks like he is talking to the tuba.
And the right set of lungs, it can sound gorgeous.
Battle cries.
Do you think it sounded gorgeous, Brett?
It's so beautiful.
Alright, next one.
My name is Colin.
I'm a curator at MIM.
And this is the octobass.
It sounds like a horror movie.
Yeah, it does, hey? *Imitates octobass*
Octobass was invented in 1850...
By the famous French violin maker,
Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume.
Is Vuillaume...
- Yeah, Vuillaume. - Who made...
- Hilary Hahn's violin, right? - Yeah.
Vuillaume, what were you thinking?
The intent was to create an instrument
that would add a low end rumble to any large orchestra.
A low end rumble.
Violins, what do you play?
I play the melody.
Basses, what do you play?
I play the bass line.
Percussion, what do you play?
I play the rhythm.
Octobass, what do you play?
I play the rumble...
Zzzzzz!
Can you imagine like practicing your entire life,
just to rumble?
The player stands on a platform.
And then pulls on levers,
which are connected to a mechanism
that pulls down a string on a fret,
to change the pitch of the string.
That's pretty cool, you get frets.
You don't have to play in tune anymore.
- And you get to stand on your platform too. - Wow, guys.
No intonation problems forever!
Needless to say,
nothing happens quickly on this instrument.
If you can play something slowly, you can play it quickly.
Here we have the octobass bow.
This is specially made for the octobass.
- You know what I just realized? - Mhm.
- The background music is - They used cello music. - I know!
They should have octobass music,
- it fits with the marketing plan, guys. - Yeah.
Well, whatever they are showing.
Why would you use cello music?
In this case, it's so big and heavy.
All I can do is hold on.
Just hold on.
Guys, just hold on.
- It's a Ling Ling workout. - Yeah.
The instrument is tuned two octaves below a cello.
The lowest C note on it is at 16 hertz,
which means it is actually below
the frequency that humans can actually hear.
I can't hear it, there's no point.
I mean, I guess there is a reason why the titanic tuba
and the octobass are not in the orchestra.
You know like those like club speakers?
That like... Just the bass?
- Oh, okay. Yeah, you feel it. Yeah, yeah. - And you don't hear it, you just feel it.
That's what their job is. Send like rumble vibrations.
Bzzzz
Dude, it sounds like a car engine.
Can you imagine coming to your show...
Hey guys, welcome! Du-du-du-du.....
Du-du-du-du.....
Dude, I want to see a recital with an octobass
- and a titanic tuba. - Oh, no...
And at the end the titanic tuba's like crashes and sinks.
- And then Leonardo Dicaprio is floating on
- the octobass. - Octobass...
That's where the Titanic movie comes from, guys.
Oh god.
Top string you can still hear a pitch.
- Yeah. - By the end it's just like d-d-d....
And then back to the cello music, guys.
These strings are so large and so massive,
that the vibrations are slow enough
for us to actually see them.
They spent all that money and wood
to build an instrument just so people can
be educated about how string vibrates.
Apparently...
Thanks for watching.
Oh god...
Oh man.
I need to practice.
Finally, we have the biggest brass instrument,
biggest string instrument.
Of course, that leaves the
- biggest woodwind instrument. - Wow...
The world's largest flute.
The subcontrabass.
On this Stetson University stage,
is an ensemble known on the national stage.
I just realized that's the flute sound!
- Dun - Dun - Dun - Dun. - Yeah.
- Actually? Oh my god. - Yeah!
It sounds like a beat!
They are music teachers and professors,
who make up the Florida flute orchestra,
under the direction of Paige Long.
Very, very beautiful sounds.
Very, very beautiful sound...
Pppfff
All these nice flutes are Da da da da~
- The flutes are sounding all nice. - Pppff.
Ppff.
The piccolo hits the top C.
The lowest C...
Why... Why...
I love how comments are disabled for this video.
- I wonder why... - Just why...
Guys, why would you do this?
The double contrabass is made of more than
18 feet of tubing.
And stands eight feet tall.
- Woah... - Five and a half meters of tubing!
Woah!
How would you carry that on the plane?
I don't know!
Boy, are they rare. Only four of these in the world!
Well, wonder why it's rare?
Maybe because no one wants to play it?
Oooh!
To be fair, at least this one...
Has pitch. You can hear music. Kind of.
It takes some time and patience to set them up.
But for what they cost, you wouldn't rush it either.
They are automobile pricing.
Automobile pricing.
Yeah, just sell your car and spend 50 grand on a...
I feel like the video's self evident.
- Yeah. Oh, yeah. - We don't even need to comment on this. It's just -
That's why other flute orchestra conductors who say,
"we really need more bottom,"
will use PVC piping instead for the low end.
- It does sound like plastic piping. - Yeah.
Doo, doo, doo, doo~
Guys, you need more bottom? Just -
Use... Uh...
Other instruments, guys.
Use the tuba.
Yeah!
That's what they are made for.
Just don't compose that low for flute orchestra.
We blow.
We... We...
...have a lot of air but it's a beautiful sound.
And it won't get bigger than this in Flagler beach.
I reached my limit.
Yeah, I would too. I have reached my limit.
I think we have reached our limit, guys.
I never thought I would say this but...
Maybe viola isn't the most useless instrument in the world.
- Ooohh!!! That's true. - Ooh!! Viola gang!
Viola gang!
For once, I might be siding with the violas, guys.
Alright, guys. Thank you so much for watching.
Hope you enjoyed the big instruments.
Keep practicing, guys.
It's important.
The more you practice,
the less chance of playing big instruments.