Serpent

A musician demonstrates the serpent, a 16th-century French bass wind instrument that was used in orchestras before the tuba.

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Music

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• NEFFA
• jamming
• music
• folk
• festival
• serpent

[saxophoney]

cool. Thanks for posting.  never heard a serpent played before.

[fabulousredhead]

Glad you enjoyed it! I hadn't even known these things existed before I met this woman at the festival. I wonder who makes them still?

[thewr0ngchild]

these would look so good in a black metal band..

[ledormant]

Well farted !!

[Tylendal242]

"What the devil is that thing?" Okay, I know what a serpent is, but it's a quote from... someone, from back when the serpent was very first invented. I looked up serpent specifically so I could use that line.

[ClueLou]

oh wow

[Bachsoboe]

Good video, its in a fair few Handel pieces.

[MrNoelJMIS]

Aaaaannnddd that's why we have the tuba now instead. :) Fun to listen to though!

[bigmandrel]

@papoocanada Oh, I don't know. I think one can make a case for it being a distant relative of the tuba; the word used was distant.

[VampireChick1231]

wood wind - brass insrument *hmph* its awsome

[papoocanada]

it is not a relative of the tuba .........tuba hadnt been invented..........many ancient works are scored for serpent, early Wagner, Meyerbeer, Mehul, Mendelssohn, Berlioz, the closest relative it would have was the ophicleide, that is "key serpent" Serpent is the bass of the cornetts.

[brainrape666]

The serpent is a distant relative to the Tuba. And a close cousin to the Cornett. It is in the Brass section of instruments.