Furtok plays Tarantella

[Dogaradodia]

Certified Intergalactic! I listen to this from time to time. Love Furtok's playing of Bottesini Tarantella.

[Sap286]

I wonder f he knows what a Tarantella is...

[xbassist9x]

HAHAHA! I love how people are complaining about this man's posture and form while they're listening to him play this. Honestly people. Listen with your ears not your eyes. Whatever he's doing on that bass, he's doing it right so suck up your smug sense of superiority and try to appreciate this for what it is: a phenomenal performance.

[chbarich]

Absolut perfekt! Ich bin begeistert!

[Alessandro242424]

znakomite!

[vitoliuzzi]

Bog,

your Cd with Bottesini "duetti" is WONDERFUL.

But remember, My Tarantella is Better than yours :-)!!

Give me your Martin instrument !!

Simply GREAT !!

I suggest all you to buy FURTOK's CD: they are AMAZING!!

[nisanus]

Und das alles noch sauber gespielt. Absolute Weltspitze. Ich vermute, ich habe keinen besseren gehört? Auch Ludwig Streicher, Frantisek Posta......., ich kenn sie auch aus dem Konzert!? Muss ich unbedingt life hören! Und der Sound.......Tolllllllllllll!

[StopTheMoti0n]

this is stupendous, what is this piece called??

[SiGBoY552]

@StopTheMoti0n ITS ON THE TITLE

[StopTheMoti0n]

@SiGBoY552 apparently 5 months ago i couldn't read

[SiGBoY552]

@StopTheMoti0n :p

[innbjnjnklnkhbjn]

kakvo je ovo srane

[RasputnaViolist]

who says playing bass is boring am i right?

[afrenky82]

very good

[jasonkrw]

I don't know how the hell I'm gonna be able to play this. Practice, I suppose.

[Dogaradodia]

Certified Intergalactic!

[MrPadraigOConnor]

BRAVO!!

Please listen to my contrabass solo composition - REVERIE - at MrPadraigOConnor YouTube

[beatnik995299]

Chop Monster!

[idra69it]

santa polenta, chi è il soggetto? fa un po spavento...

[StopTheMoti0n]

he has his end pin really low

[kittwa]

I don't think his end pin height is creating any difficulty for him!

[manny75586]

...and? Who cares if he shoves the thing up his ass for support if he can play like this? You play where it is comfortable. Simple as that.

'Proper' form and all that is great when you are starting out but once you find the way you like to play and the way that lets you get more of you into your pieces is what should dictate your positioning not some diagram in a book based on someone who is 5 ft tall.

[Sonikbang2]

@manny75586 bravo! i've been playing for years and i'm still finding new little adjustments that i have to make here and there..

[jstemmlerbass]

@StopTheMoti0n actually, most classical teachers would say the nut of the bass should be about eye level. looks like he is right on.

[2bass88]

che spettacolo

[ceebass]

Oh wow. Wow. Oooahhhminyaneekoopowwow.

(hey this "audio preview" feature can be pretty fun.)

Seriously tho, wow.

[ROCK5LIN]

I love thet bass! Those harmonics come out so amazingly well!

[Dogaradodia]

Certified Intergalactic!

[xbassist9x]

what a beautiful piece. I'm going to start working on this piece after my least jury for the year. Does anyone have any advice or forewarnings for when I'm working on it?

[OriginalMoonbeam]

So impressive!

[Dogaradodia]

So you like it, too! My kind of music. :-)

[OriginalMoonbeam]

Quite remarkable I think...I have watched a number of his videos. Talk about some quick movement and powerful fingers, this guy has it. We always run into each other here and there don't we?????

[Sabrina483]

Can you please tell me where you got the piece of music to this beautiful you just played?

[Bifficus1987]

fabulous job.

I accidentally pressed a two star rating switching from window to window, but I really feel this is worth five stars.

[edlaksmi]

nice!

[2bass88]

bellissimo

[omerbass]

superr

[Rinhos]

Wonderful!!

One question: I'm not a double bassist, does he use the F#-B-E-A tuning?

[Ecclesplayer]

yep. i played this peice a little while ago.

[somanydreams]

brilliant!

[muzikoi]

The Best of..

POLAND!!

Bogusław Furtok..

Brawo!!

[shtucni]

all that jelly and no toast man!

[Dogaradodia]

Intergalactic! Fusion of heaven and hell. Priceless video!

[vitoliuzzi]

BRAVO and BRAVO Maestro!

You could IMHO win Bottesini Competition.

[musicista50]

bogus, einfach unübertroffen gut!

[OSUSZANN]

It makes me want to play that piece as soon as possible! sounded great!!nice sound!!

[khanbass]

Splendid playing Furtok, as always. Very emotional, expresive, flawless and with great interpretation!

[clymnestre]

Bravo Furtok. Very well in tuned....I knew that Tarantella teached by Franco Petracchi at the Chigiana in Siena ...

[Sukottosan]

It makes me so happy to see that you use a german bow.

[lucioleita]

My compliments !!! Bravo !

[Musica6maos]

che animale maledetto Bottesini che tu sia benedetto...grande anche Furtok...

[jabeaudry]

Who is that?

[jgsky]

I'm touched

[dddstars]

tarantella in slower. the high g doesn't exit.

in fast arpeggios it's difficult to listen to all notes. there are some notes which aren't written. too weight with bow. too nervous.

great technique. good work

[fmz0507]

I LIKE TO THE WORK .Wellcome to see my videos.

[lelik60]

El mano derecho----My mal...

Bueno....

Pero no se puede verlo-----

[maxazi]

braaaaaaaavooooooooo!

[janey87]

oh my lord... SOO Good

[Sashka76]

просто пиздец.....

[1stChairCelloPlaya]

awesome

[MARTELECASTER]

definitivamente los mejores videos para contrabajo son los tuyos

bravisimo

[sshebassy]

Amazing, seriously, amazing

[jazz24p7]

thanks! its brilliant!

but still i think its a 4/4. or this brilliant player is even samller than me. lol

[alextgordon]

Indeed. I would say this bass is a 4/4. Notice how "thick" it is (as in the distance from front to back)

[khanbass]

The bass is not a 4/4, just so you know. Thickness has nothing to do with the size of the bass. I have encountered very small 3/4 basses and chamber basses that are just as thick, its purely stylistic and sometimes structural according to the type of bass. Furtok pays on a bass by Thomas Martin of England, a Nicola Bergonzi copy, explaining its Italian style. If you visit Furtok's website too, it shows him with it and you can see it is really not that large... 4/4's are terrifying!

[manouche123]

4/4 or 3/4 or 7/8 has nothing to do with size or shape. It's all about the mensure lenght.

[khanbass]

true, though it is string length and measurement that defines whether a bass falls under the paramaters of 3/4, 4/4, or 7/8

[jazz24p7]

is this a 4/4 and 5 string bass?

i couldn't imagine how else he could play these high notes...

[johonn]

nope, it's a normal bass, playing normal notes. Notice how high he has to go on the fingerboard to get those high notes.

[principalbass]

although it probably is in solo tuning

[vitoliuzzi]

BRAVO for every your videos!

I don't know if you will be able to answer me. But your instrument is a Tom Martin's double bass? Probably I'm in mistake, but is very and very bright ... is it a recording question?

Thanks in advance for an answer!

Btw, very beautiful!

Vito

[vitoliuzzi]

I've forgotten ... I've visited your interesting website. Very beautiful! I've noted there are also four CDs with an incredible repertorie.

My best regards.

Vito

There are four interesting Cd.

[sshebassy]

amazing man. kinda fast but looks like tons of fun when you can play it

[boomgungun]

why seperating all the notes that has big leaps? the vibrato don't really connect..

[washtubbass]

man, THAT looks like FUN !

[Defying89gravity]

That was AMAZING!!!! Wow. Very beautiful.

[chokolada1977]

not far from realy realy good!

[NeonVomit]

I'm sure he doesn't need advice...

[bigdonkey002]

Play closer to the bridge, only because the piano overpowers you at times.

[thedbassist]

Playing closer to the bridge for more volume will lead to decreased tonal qualities of the sound produced.

[Entanagol]

Camcorders have a hard time picking up double bass.

[CKDrummer]

its all about arm weight and feelin the string brotha, and i agree wit thedbassist on the tonal qualitys thing.

[qwertyty]

you're one of the best bass player and you know that!!

what a chance to see you playing like that!

i don't forget the pianist!

[greatgabo]

amazing

[vbass32]

Um grande mestre!! Maravihoso!

[mcnaire2004]

That was really really good man. Verry good.

[carlodario]

eah!,damn excellent!!!