Sigiswald Kuijken - Suite nr 1 BWV 1007 courante

[xjoshx18]

a curious instrument :D

[mariatheresiaheister]

Unglaublich ! Wer hat das Instrument gebaut? Violoncello piccolo ?

[bvolsky]

THIS INSTRUMENT LOOKS SO MUCH FUN.

[saboiniagreywolf]

i want the sheet music for this....my instroment is not quite that big though...it is only 16 inch

[chickenbutt101]

wut

[HaasEric]

Viola - from Latin 'vitula', originally a generic term for any stringed instrument (both violin and viol families): the rest is all a matter of SIZE

Violino - small viola (later specifically with 4 strings in 5ths)

Violone - large viola

Violoncello - small large viola

Viola da braccia - viola 'of the arm' (as opposed to 'da gamba', of the leg)

Viola da spalla - viola 'of the shoulder'

Jambe de Fer mentions a 'violoncello piccolo da spalla' = a 'very small large viola for the shoulder'

[MrProfessorbadarse]

@HaasEric i heard that'vitula' gave its name to the "vihuela" which then gave its name to the viola family as they have a similar curved body, also the vihuela predates the viola as it was a substitute for the lute and is strung the same ( the lute looked to arabic/moorish for the spanish/portuguese)

[cellomad1]

Get a haircut. By the way, nice performance.

[Timrath]

@cellomad1 Why should he? Is he in the army? :-p

[GregHuismans]

Freak show.

[opperhoofdgeilebizon]

wat mooi en ook zo zuiver .

[sunyuloveu]

Nice playing!!

[S4SS0F0N0]

It isn't cello. It is "viola da spalla".

[kaavest]

Wery cool to see a instrument like that in this. A wey colorful man and wery Baroque in his outloock. I also play theese pieces and six of them is in my account, play them after worc on a violin i got at the age of 12. cool pieces

[charlesbrooks]

What a tiny man!

[kay2010979]

is he playing a cello on his neck??? I heard somewhere that it was called a violoncello, but I thought that was just a term in pieces of music.

[AnitaLive1]

@kay2010979

Violoncello is just another name for a cello. What Sigiswald Kuijken is playing in this music is a viola da spalla.

[GBADCD]

@AnitaLive1 Is a "violoncello da spalla". Not a "viola da spalla". Just hear the sound of the instrument. Like a violoncello, not a viola.

[egonfmattos]

It looks like to be a child's cello.

[davidcello]

the trains in the background are more interesting...

and probably more pleasing to the ear..

[mrwasbesonders]

@davidcello I thought this was quite interesting......though I do concede to the correctness of your second point...!

[jwl268]

Everybody "like" this!!!

[stephanrahan]

looks heavy

but cool

[velderia]

Well, thanks to this video, I now know what a viola da spalla (newbie to baroque and stuff) is and sounds like. Lovely sound... Hope he didn't hurt his back/neck though. Looks like a tough instrument to master.

[Phyoomz]

@HerrBeckett you being serious? I was referring to the size of this instrument and the position in which it's held. Sorry that was so obscure to you.

[artboy22]

boy--is this good!!!

[Maarjoleinn]

I have to play this on the flute for my exam :)

[brittwait]

wow. that's pretty awesome. i didn't even hear of this instrument before tonight.

i just know that i wouldn't be able to move my neck after playing that thing for more than 2 minutes. lol.

[CBaruffaldi]

This is a vioncello da spalla!

[bystroffc]

I want one.

[95greenhorn]

That's Great!

[zeagle79]

Simply awesome.

[k73f]

WOW, it looks so peculiar, but it's amazing

[treborkanroh]

Wow !!!!!!!!!!

[HerrBeckett]

This is the cello for violin players

[Phyoomz]

@HerrBeckett lol, or guitar players

[HerrBeckett]

@Phyoomz The guitar and violin are a very diferent instruments, the guitar don´t have bow, for example.

[rayado612]

I have the recording of him playing this instrument and its says that this is a Cello di spalla, not a viola di spalla. Anyway, how the instrument is called is not big deal, what matters is how Mr. Kuijken play it with such musicallity, as it has accostumed us with his violin playing.

[NegativePermutation]

Wonderful. I love it.

[JSBACHingmad]

What a revelatory thing. Absolutely wonderful.

[carrottoponcrak]

i almost like this sound over the cello playing the same peice

[hlaakso]

this is what it was originally written for

[carrottoponcrak]

yes it was,spposedly. one of the suites was supposedly written for the viola da spalla with a fifth string added

[PeriodinstrumentfaN]

5 stars and favorited !!!

our petitions have won !!! and saved la Petite Bande !!! ...well worth the effort !!! :D

[DubbelBass]

Bravo!!

5 *****

[becker69xxx]

bravo maestro:

I would like to study with you.!!!!!!!!!!