Viola D'amore

[MegaGioiello]

I lovwe your playing. Thank you for videos!

[moderninstruments]

Lovely. What song are you playing?

[chazmizzle]

Such a lovely tone..

[catmoondevil]

12 or 6 string??? O.o?

[arkhatych]

it's 6 doubled strings which means 12 strings over all

[UncleTito72]

@arkhatych Clarification: Six PLAYING strings. The remaining six go THROUGH the neck and unto the peg head, they are not played, but ring sympathetically with the ones that are. So you are right, 12 strings (for this instrument. some have 14), but only 6 are played.

[UncleTito72]

@catmoondevil 6 PLAYING strings. The other 6 are not played but ring sympathetically. Some instruments have 14 (7 playing, 7 sympathetic). It is not standardized so you see many variants. A violin has very specific measurements, but not these. In addition, it is not tuned in 5ths like the violin. It is generally tuned to a D major chord, so for a 7 string instrument it would be A, d, a, d', f♯', a', d, but the tuning changed with the piece. Nothing is standard with the Viola d'amore.

[ChoZoxKnightx]

@catmoondevil lol you couldn't count the pegs?

[MartinRaetzJr]

Wonderful istrument, great playing! I add it to my playlist "musical instruments".

[JAFRA414]

Bravissimo!

Please listen to my VERMEER TRIPTYCH via YouTube channel VIKFR

Yours, Jan Freidlin

[arkhatych]

Are you Jewish?

[fado007]

Bravo grande facilita' tecnica e bello stile complimenti

[duhhh86]

wow. i play the viola. would like to try this lovely instrument one day.

[TonicMike]

It's not classical music. It's baroque.

[Datsyukfan123]

*applaudes*

[lambertolos]

Très beau. Very beautiful. Quelle sonorité §

[lambertolos]

Très irish, superbe, très belle sonorité !

[aledemeza]

Me encanta!!!! muy sexy!!! quiero comprar un dvd de el! :-)

[LaFamilleDesCordes]

The neck is the same we used on the viola da gamba. This one is beautiful.

[arkhatych]

Tell me something. Do you build This Kind of Violas? It's so difficult with the double strings?

[violaviolino]

Beautiful sound of viola d' amore!!! Wonderful instrument!!! Is it possible to get some lesson with this great player?

[philosoful]

Where abouts is this Englishman from? Fellow Englishman here wanting to know if a Viola D'amore player lives near here! Thanks.

[baabroma]

This is Thomas Georgi. He lives in Toronto I think. He's in the early music ensemble Tafelmusik.

[arkhatych]

Thank you for the Info. 4 years I lived without knowing anything about this man.

[Elcomunisto]

asi es la vida, fugaz, siempre revererberan los ecos al final de este viaje.

[Anielybb1]

I love me viola D`amore

[Elcomunisto]

i love my viola!

[arkhatych]

Do you have a viola D'amor or Viola? Do you have some records?

[chocobochoco]

wow great...

[jonathantosio]

Do they have extra support for the bridge to compensate for the 8 (??) strings?

[espado33]

No. Constuction is the same like normal viola - bas bar and sound post

[mrozka33]

Do anybody want viola d´amore?I´ve bought one six months ago.

[dimaruvio]

hi, i'm very interest!!!!! who can i do it????

[mrgrinch14]

I want to find one really bad.

[RisingSunsvk]

Gratulálok/Great. A Viola D'amore az egy csodálatos hangszer.

[mrgrinch14]

It sounds like.. A sweet bowed guitar. Almost.

I want one.

[arkhatych]

You don't even know how hard is getting one of these.

[Alexjr1543]

Why don't they make those anymore? True, it had a lot of tuning pegs, but it sounds better than the modern viola!

[arkhatych]

Midieval Instrument fell of use and thats why there it's impossible to find them!!!

[PeriodinstrumentfaN]

it's more of a baroque instrument really... :-/ string intruments w/c can play both the continuo part and the treble part are a relatively recent invention ... :>

[musicologistblondie]

they do now... there is a maker in chicago named martin biller who will make them brand new... they are fabulous instruments (tom georgi, the man playing the V d'A in the video, had him make them), and I've played them. They are so awesome!!!! I'm a total fan!

[isabellanakahara]

Thanks for posting this. It almost makes me cry. Beautiful!

[kubinko444]

Wow, wonderful sound, thank you for posting...for my information - wish to know the tuning, I lost my orientation :) many empty strings sounds very airy.

[LGA0440]

bravo

[PeriodinstrumentfaN]

This is Vivaldi right ?

[Brujo86]

i want one of them, where can i buy one ?

[arkhatych]

It's impossible to buy them in these 21th century

[bewareofthevlaplayer]

I have bought one two years ago

[bewareofthevlaplayer]

I have bought one two years ago...

[arkhatych]

Can you make a video of you playing the Viola??? I will be glad to see you playing.

[bewareofthevlaplayer]

when i'll return at home...

[PeriodinstrumentfaN]

There is a shop in the San Francisco Bay Area... but i doubt it if it's made by a Luthier... probably made in some factory... :-/

[masael255]

Lark in the Morning? It's not bad, I've tried it. But $3000 for it. x_x

[PeriodinstrumentfaN]

lol... :>

[anorphirith]

where did he bought it ?? that's so hard to find ...