Krummhoerner

[palapiku]

Almost dropped my laptop from laughing

[iorixs]

sounds great. your fly is open tho

[NarwhalsArePimps]

I bet you like sucking umbrella handles. Perverts.

[MrGrade69]

@NarwhalsArePimps They don't suck them. They blow. Giggidy.

[67hypnotic]

This is hilarious! Sounds like something from Monty Python.

[talinandrew]

Ok.....krummhoerner(ing) ..........hmmmmm

[bileapetre]

beautiful song, nice sound, even if like quaking ducks, as someone sais. I like it both as music and as funny. I can make anyone smile sending this link

[kitcoach]

Krummhorn is easy to play as far as getting the right notes, but playing the notes on pitch is the difficult part. It takes a lot of breath control to keep it from wobbling sharp or flat - that's just the nature of the instrument. I played one in college where it added some great variety to our recorder ensemble, and it's not so bad in a group of other instruments. Three people trying to stay in tune with each other is triply daunting. But now you know what a krummhorn sounds like.

[thepiper84]

I really love the chordal sounds they produce together.

[helelinha]

Rubbish music.

This is the most horrific I've ever seen in my life!

[ngroschen]

I'm baffled as to how you'd be insulted by the sight, rather than the sound.

I for one like it — sure, it leaves a lot to be desired, but it sure as heck sounds funny.

[yopeople70]

Sounds like a cazoo

[Alubre]

LOL it sounds like a choir of ducks! :D

[danbison]

You can't play these instruments in tune. Your mouth never touches the reed. The best you can do is adjust the flow of air but that doesn't do too much.

[RBenham]

You could say that about the recorder too, especially the smaller ones. That doesn't stop professional players from playing properly. It just takes some skill and practice.

[danbison]

Ah I see. Thanks for correcting me. I didn't know!

[RBenham]

Amazingly quick response!!

[Alubre]

as long as i know the modern recorders with conical bore are pretty pretty well tuned nothing to do with this ancient instruments, i guess you better play it alone or with another instrument but not ina a trio

[RBenham]

Recorders have always had a conical bore and have been around longer than Krummhörner. If you think they're easy to play in tune, listen to a bunch of primary-school kids playing on descant recorders! They completely killed the reputation of the instrument.

[ElephantBill]

Not so. Medieval recorders had cylindrical bores. And crumhorns had narrow cylindrical bores throughout, except at the very end where they flare out a lttle.

[RBenham]

Very little is known about mediaeval instruments, but certainly from the Renaissance onwards they tapered downwards. Anyway, my point stands: to talk about "modern" recorders as having conical bores suggests, falsely, that it is an invention of the last two hundred years or so.

[Alubre]

sorry i wasnt meaning that i said "modern" just to make shure people think that i know that some early recorders had cilindrical bores, the recorder made a popular instrument ( personal opinion) because of their kinda innovative conical bores in a time where most of the flutes had cilindrical bores that made them hassle to play in tune. My word "modern" was because of their innovative and evolved bores.

[RBenham]

OK. I would regard the mediaeval period in music as "pre-history" in that so little survives. From the Renaissance onwards, tapering bores were the norm. Actually, Hotteterre's flutes were also tapered....

Anyway, you are right that those guys sound like ducks quacking. It is hard to play the Krummhorn in tune, but that is no excuse for posting such a bad attempt.

[Alubre]

well ,you know ,in the renaissance, flutes had a cilindrical bore the baroque had a conical one,the very early recorders had cilindrical bore, so did the early shawms unlike the subsequent oboes. the conical bore is likely to be considered the"evolved design"

about my comment i hope they do not take me wrong when i laugh at the duck sound should take it as a joke im pretty sure that those instruments sound great separately and i just love the timbre of the ancient reed instruments, take care :)

[bigmandrel]

@RBenham Very ungenerous comment. We await your youtube debut to show us all how it is properly done. I found the clip quite fulfilling and enjoyable.

[robcmoseley]

@bigmandrel Here Here!

[barinicesinger]

hahahahahahahahah!!!!!!

[jmeans]

I like this.

[SimianHeretic]

I own a Moeck alto crumhorn since 1979, The instrument takes a lot of air, a lot of diaphragm control. If you don't blow in the right pressure, the pitch bends up or down quite a bit, so it takes a lot of work to be in tune. One of the benefits i heard was that you can play the notes in a mean tuning which will make a crumhorn consort sound rather better in the chords.

[angryjalapeno]

I think there are some tuning problems.

[RBenham]

I hate to rain on anybody's parade, but I do feel that if people can't play in tune, they shouldn't be unleashing their performance on the public.

[laathetlevenvloeien]

If you would know how difficult it is to play this instrument in tune, you wouldn't say something like that. Don't be critical about an instrument you don't play yourself.

[RBenham]

What an inane comment! So you can't criticize, say. an unreliable and unsafe model of car unless you can make a better car! My criticism stands: the standard of playing is not good enough to air in public. That does not depend on the difficulty of the instrument, only on the result produced. If it's hard, they should practise more before going public.

[laathetlevenvloeien]

you can't criticize an unreliable and unsafe model of car unless you drove it yourself, that is what I say. How could you utter comment if you never drove it?

[RBenham]

More nonsense. I was criticizing the playing, not the instrument. Besides, if a car is known to have no brakes, for example, would you want to drive it??

It is possible to play the krummhorn in tune, and even if it weren't, that would be a reason for not playing it in public, not an excuse for playing it out of tune! This performance is distressing to listen to.

[maisquisuije]

great you are the news GRYPHON !! do you thinks it' complicated to play that? it' s the same as a pipe?

[vangou45]

I have to learn about this in a project

good playing

they make a funny sound though

[PiusMatthias]

Great stuff, makes me wish I played one of those .

[john123245]

HEY!

How hard are crumhorns to learn?

How much money are they?

I love em'!

Please tell me!

Thanks!

John!

[Lifecomesfromwithin]

Moeck makes them in Germany. You can google that company name. If you happen to find any made of bamboo anywhere, please let me know too!! The ones shown here are expensive. It's difficult to play in tune, but if you love it enough to practice, you'd be ok.

[JustWickedSwede]

niiice! :D

[Fnidner]

I love this! Your clothes, your instruments, the nice look of your holiday good times!

Damn.. and krumhorn is nice!

Wirklich schönen Video!

[RBenham]

It's better if you can play in tune.

[vilxan]

It's harder than it looks

[PascalMiranda]

Good gracious! Minst ears are torn asunder from this awful riotous din! I scoff at this dated offal!

[RBenham]

It is a din because they are playing out of tune. Played in tune (which is possible), the krummhorn is very pleasant to listen to.

[PascalMiranda]

Aye, verily this be true

[markmm1066]

Cool! I never knew that Kurt Cobain played krummelhorn.

[samada3us]

Bravo. Schon schön Fortschritt gemacht. Aber wo bleibt die Mutter? Und Bitte an den gestreiften Spieler, bitte etwas weniger Show dafür mehr echte Gefühle.

Tschüss bis nächste Weihnacht.