A Night in Tunisia -The Bass Gang - Double Bass Quartet

[Mrsfair100]

I can hear the special double bass sound ..I love this instrument and this is so unordinary to see four double basses playing at the same time ...almost like violins or chellos ...I love it !And I totally agree with the last commentator..that double bass is not a decoration ...double bass is a fenomen !

[OSUSZANN]

I love it, and I enjoyed the sound of the 3rd a lot :)

But the quartet is pretty awesome

[OSUSZANN]

I love it, and I enjoyed the sound of the 3rd a lot :)

But the quartet is pretty awesome

[OSUSZANN]

I love it, and I enjoyed the sound of the 3rd a lot :)

But the quartet is pretty awesome

[RussianBreed]

I think i just jizzed 

[Alesflute]

GENIALE !!! siete fantastici e bravissimi !! SPACCA ! E poi fate troppo ridere...questa così è la musicaaaaa....puro piacere !

[Kuramalove24]

FANTASTIC, i'm in awe.

[vaggos94]

i love the curly guy :D

[TendancyToFloatAway]

This made my cello jealous.

[TheDistortionBassist]

there are 6 people here who must be violinists----

[emanrules95]

:0......

[Alvarikoke16]

Bravooooo!!! great version....

[MegaBassman19]

i now i'm 1th year bass i bet i can play this

[maimaiHardcore]

That looks like so much fun.

[mindgames238]

@maimaiHardcore It really is!  Out of all the instruments I've tried the upright bass just took the prize as my favorite. It is so awkward and natually seems so limited that when you can do something unique it's such a high xD

[mlcg66]

I remember I had too play this for my middle school jazz band on upright, fingers hurt sooooo much!

[ajmkv9]

This shows why bass is the best. That kind of a sound is coming from 4 basses. Awesome, from a bass player, that's awesome!

[mindgames238]

@ajmkv9 Notice its just us bass players that actually look for this stuff xD

[jettyboom]

wow...this is amazing..this is coming from a double bass player myself

[tigerbounce17]

what kind of bass is the second playing? with the cut out at the bottom of the neck for the D and G stringds?

[JinjaB123]

sick sound quality!

[ConorBass024]

this is fuckin gypsy jazz the dopest shit i have ever heard fuck ya

[gyuru1234]

dude this vid is cool i like how the dude is play pizzicato.im going to play the bass

this year in school

[diegokillua]

woooowwwraleees

[JinjaB123]

these guys are beasts  especially the piccicato guy

[GlitchHalo]

@JinjaB123 *pizzicato

[christschick]

dude...pizzicato man....ETERNAL AWE!!!!! That's all i can say....

[charlottecs]

Such precision! What musiciality!! Ripping fantastic double bassists!! (Plus they all have killer bow hands.... what a great experience!)

A fellow Double bassist admirer in Stone Mountain GA.

[charlottecs]

@charlottecs

[jasonkrw]

These guys are amazing.

[charlottecs]

Such precision! What musiciality!! Ripping fantastic double bassists!! (Plus they all have killer bow hands.... what a great experience!)

A fellow Double bassist admirer in Stone Mountain GA.

[sacking100]

great, great, great, I will listen again, and again and again. Thanks for posting it

[pavlofill]

like cello.. super!!!

[icouzinsrocks]

i cant wait till i can play that fast. WOW! those are pretty basses!!!

[MisspeltYooth]

This is so so prime.

[goranctb]

allmost swinging...

[Morahman7vnNo2]

Funny, if I didn't see it, I would have thought it was a Violin, Viola, Cello, and only one Double Bass.

[GassyMaskz]

@Morahman7vnNo2 violin?

[Morahman7vnNo2]

Yes, they sure can hit high, those double basses.

[JamieSarah9]

out of tune and messy

[bozz21000]

god damn great stuff!!!!!!!

[illsueya99]

Look at the pizzicato guy GO!! His hands are freaking flying!!

[leyshjonoe]

He's the one doing what's traditionally the bassline isn't he? Doesn't look like the most efficient way of playing it. I'm prolly confused; been ages since I played acoustic.

[illsueya99]

I have no idea, only started a few weeks ago :D

[cbrashawnm]

omg that plucking solo was RAW!!! :D:D:D

[Black0rpheus1]

for classical players, these cats can swing pretty hard

[markiss111]

Do not listen the guy under me.That's absolutly amazing!!!!!!!!!!!

[JamieSarah9]

wat are u guys talking about? i expected so much more, they are so out of tune, sounds so awful

[matthewanisfeld]

their intonnation is phenomenal...

[illsueya99]

No, YOU'RE out of tune >:(

Don't insult them, this was too awesome!!

[genatzvalee]

Wonderful! I like the doublebass a lot, I think it's a cool instrument, which unfortunately is on a background most of the time. It's great that there are guys who bring it to the spotlight!

[followurnosex3]

Thisss. Is absolutely amazing! I need to go practice now..! xD

[doobmarster]

hahaha nice facials

but also nice bass

[kingbolterz]

Wow I gotta go practice!

[maskscraper]

Can somebody explain why three of them went downstage before the final ending?

[amuri1990]

To give respect to the fourth as he was soloing :)

[maskscraper]

is that a part of the composition?

[amuri1990]

Well this is clearly a very innovative composition, probably created by the players them selves, so i'm guessing theres a cadenza (non-measured time for a single soloist) dedicated to him. He's also the rhythm throughout the song, so they're thanking him I think too! :)

[maskscraper]

@amuri1990 It is a really good thing for all of us to know that Double Bass is much much much more than a decoration in the Orchestra.

I hate the members of orchestra just keeps looking down with the Bass players.

[organist121893]

he was damn good too

[bassteacher]

WoW!

Very Nice. Great playing. Great sounding basses. I like the arrangement.

Excellent groove.

Jim

[tikiblunt]

truly an inspiration

[JazzmanJibilla]

Over the top guys!  Wonderful playing.

[nothing2do962]

I just started playing the double bass for band. The band was asked to find musicians for their section. I thought that I was so dead as I did not know any musicians who played double bass. But there is! These musicians are really talented!

[johnnycorvo]

take a look at edgar meyer... hes the best!.... enjoy playing

[maxigor89]

You say, Meyer is among those guys or in another video?

[johnnycorvo]

Hes not in this video, hes in this one /watch?v=75-nFTAasH8..... its seriously worth it to watch all 3 parts....have a good one!

[marleyjay01]

lol u gotta be playing haha good job guys greata job actually

[manimaneman]

great song!! insane solo.

[KapnKoolio]

Wow! I'm off to the woodshed -- no, I think I'll just put my basses on eBay instead.

[niki471]

yesssss french bow!

[jonnisbas]

БРАВО!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)))))))­))))))))

[StrangeNormality]

I've always loved the double bass and as a quartet it sounds amazing. These musicians are very talented.

[emixolydian]

Pretty amazing. No intonation problems, wow, that's a feat in itself! Especially in the higher range.

[donfat50]

can anyone tell me who's who in the quartet and where they are from?

[apelsinljuice]

Beautiful arr! Love this! Great feeling and of course great techniuq

[TheRealShadoninja]

fantastic composition, and an even more fantastic arrangement.

[MeloAppletree]

Incredibile!Semplicemente strepitosi!

[sibwana]

Bravo! Bravísimo!!!!!!!!

[aeonbrit]

so is the double bass hard to learn?

i'm quit found of bow instrements and i think the distance of the double bass would make ideal for me too learn... thoguths anyone?

[Kenya101]

Does it look easy?

[CAPTAINOCTAVE]

it takes much more physical stamina than a violin obviously, and i produces a much rougher sound thats harder to refine.

[mamoleo]

to learn to play bass will take some time and alot of power in your hands and fingers because it is hard to press down on a bass and you get very sore on long songs i suggest you learn how to play piano first before learning the bass so you know how to read bass cleff

[hakushomelon0]

i agree, but i never remember it being hard because of that, it tends to be hard for me because i press TOO hard

i haven't played in over a year ='( i miss it

although i started playing at a young age, that would be why i never remember having trouble with being tired from playing long?

[donfat50]

yeah some great points, its all about building up strength with your fingers far and for most. youll see in the beginning how exhausting it is and how sore your whole left arm is going to be. but make no mistake this is by far the best stringed instrument, no instrument can produce such a beautiful tone. and also i think it would be easier to learn how to play electric upright or even guitar so you can get familiar with the notes on the neck.

[genavaveev]

Why bother learning something else to learn bass? The whole point of practicing is to become more familiar and learn. jeez.. Otherwise its a waste of time practicing on an instrument you dont want to learn. Same thing with mamoleo's comment about basscleff.

[donfat50]

lol sorry i mean electric bass* im so MESMERIZED by this piece of music all i think about is upright, i can't wait till i get my own!

[Penguines]

For me, it was easy. But I started in 4th grade. The first week/month is going to be painful for some because of calluses and blisters. After that it's good. I don't recommend what the other guy said about learning piano. It's just stupid. Learn bass and learn bass clef while learning bass.

[orestisps]

About learning to play the upright bass. I play myself the electric bass for years and I want to move to upright bass but I have no experience on instruments such a violin. Can I make it with hard work?

[Penguines]

You most likely played a fretted electric bass so you'll have intonation problems at the beginning. I have never played electric bass before but I believe is 1-2-4 fingerings. So it shouldn't be hard. The only thing hard is thumb position when you play closer to the bridge (kind of like a pickup for electric bass). You should definitely have intonation problems there.

[4stringfreedom]

I played electric bass for 8 years and within the last year a double bass fell into my hands. It has become a new love. I auditioned to study double bass at university and i got in. With the right kind of hard work anything is possible.

[danemarley]

yes

[jfgsquaredragon]

Welcome to the Brave New World of bass playing; I'm playing with Edgar Meyer this week - think I'll ask him how he feels about the whole bass ensemblel thing as a composer/bassist.

[xocivu]

music for dancing robots

[RobinHC2009]

Awesome!!!

[ZoranBasistaNS]

super

[jerec576]

That shit sucks imo. Cool, but i guess i dont like the sound of a bass playing a lead line cause we trumpet players are very coincided and like to keep everybody down below Oh well

[bassmusicmanAHS]

think before you speak

[TheTLab]

lame

[BassplayerTCL]

i would rate this 5 stars twice if i could

[emilieecstasy]

amazingggggggggg I love these guys.

[underche]

Great!!!!!!

[wykowski]

you have the same tone. which sounds always makes quartets sound better

[2bass88]

grandi grandi grandi grandi grandi grandi grandi grandi grandi grandi grandi grandi........

[joejazzmaniac]

GREAT!!!!

[dvejetainisnulis]

I was there, sitting in the 2nd row :)

Liked Pink Panther and Americano the most :)

[MorfeuV]

Were you, one of The ELITES?

[dvejetainisnulis]

Nope :)

[bxj91]

I noticed the length of this video, and I assumed I would watch half of it or somethin. Didn't work out that way. I was enticed by their skill. I play the double bass and I wish I could play like that. =/

Nicely done.

[AeroCotipelto]

como assim o terceiro dedo na primeira posição?!

[karapoutsaria]

excellent!! very interesting!!!

[JamesBannerBass]

This is amazing!!!

[turbolawnmower]

im blown away.

[TheFatKat]

I love how you guys use all the ranges, techniques, and parts of the bass to play these amazing songs with just 4 of the same instruments, 5 stars xD