The Baroque Violin and the Modern Violin: Similar, but very Different

[frenchiecocorico1]

François Xavier Tourte (1747-1835) was a famous french bow maker whose former profession was clockmaker. He nicknamed "the Stradivari of the bow" because determining Pernambouc was the best wood for bow making due to its great suppleness, lightness and strength. He achieved experiences to obtain the better bow shape which becomes now the modern standard. In past times, bows were made of Snakewood (Bois d'Amourette / Brosimum Aubletti) for its resistivity but it was an heavy wood.

[frenchiecocorico1]

Joseph Barnabé Saint Sevin so called "L'Abbé le fils" (1727-1803) was a famous french violinist and composer. He was a pupil of the great violin virtuoso Jean Marie Leclair. He taught about the chin rest in his violin method (1761) "Principes du Violon, pour apprendre le doigté de cet instrument et les différens agrémens dont il est susceptible » œuvre dédiée à Monsieur le Marquis de Rodoüan de Damartin, It proves the chin rest was used long before the method publishing.

[arcopizzicato]

aawwww and all this time i was waiting for you to play it :(

[jasmine543210]

Very informative video but could you post another where you play the baroque violin with a baroque bow alongside a modern one so that we could hear the difference?

[1banders]

@jasmine543210 To hear the difference, simply compare YouTube recordings of HIP and unHIP performances of Baroque music. (HIP=historically informed, unHIP=historically uninformed)

[HiriVolt]

very good video; interesting & usefull.

but, the violin of the future is missing ; ) the C-Violine, also similar, but very Different.

Check it out, on my channel.

[jrodrigoae]

very nice Thank you! hope other video with the difference of sound and different way to use the baroque bow

[PsanterShelZahav]

The most important aspect is missing: the sound! :(

[1banders]

@PsanterShelZahav Most of the difference in sound is due to the bow, the bowing technique and the use of gut and wirewound gut string vs metal strings, which did not come into wide use until WWI, when the demand for gut for surgical sutures and the disruption of commerce made it difficult to find quality gut for strings. Even so, gut was preferred over metal. The concertmaster of a major philharmonic used gut until he retired in 1960.

[karahan246]

THanks for your video, very interesting. Wish you can tell more differences between Baroque instruments and their modern "brothers and sisters"

[bandreification]

wtf why didnt you play them...

[ajwiebe]

@bandreification I know. Absurd. I might as well have read a wiki entry instead. The BaroqueBand segment on clavichord/harpsichord/piano is outstanding, though.

[mylillambs]

Thank you for explaining all that, very interesting, well done.

[vazquezbare]

Excellent video!!!!!!

[airplanelova93]

Very nice video :)

[PeriodinstrumentfaN]

how nice to actually compare both modern and baroque !!! ^-^

5/5 and favorited !!! :-)