Amazing Grace: Serpent

This is a Kaiser Serpent ( http://kaiserserpents.com/ ) #24 when I made the recording I had been playing The Serpent for 1 Week. Some consider this is the hardest Brass Instremint to play. git info here: http://www.serpentwebsite.com/ I currently have a Kaiser mouth peace (the big one) and a Rogers Serpent mouth peace (the small one) the recording is done with the Rogers ( http://sites.google.com/site/jackofallbrass/jcs-instruments/rogers-serpentine... )
This is my 2nd ever video I've ever made.
For thoughs who asked for it here is a Video of me playing the same thing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sc4pWAIRY58

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Music

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• Serpent
• Instrument
• Tuba
• Baritone
• Euphonium
• Bass
• Horn
• Early
• Music
• Baroque
• Renaissance
• Trombone
• Correnette
• Cornet
• Zink
• Lizerden
• Recorder
• Amazing
• Grace

[verstengenericks]

I'm moved...Thanks for sharing how you are keeping alive an unconventional and largely forgotten part of human musical experience.

[Tubajock2]

@verstengenericks your welcome. i'm honored i could do that for you.

[jpstenino]

Back to this video for a visit. You are a very accomplished musician, congratulations. That having been said, your accompanist is a really hot pianist and what a great arrangement .... one of the finest I have heard.

[Tubajock2]

@jpstenino why thank you! but i will have to spill the beans: that's a computer playing piano in this video the other one i have is with the real thing.

[jpstenino]

@Tubajock2 What ever do you mean? Is is midi or some kind of Karaoke?

[Tubajock2]

@jpstenino I used a program called smart music to produce this. i played melody it followed me on accompanement. this is proof of how good that program is.

[Tubajock2]

@thewr0ngchild agreed! for the most part, it by disighn is a background instrument. there are a few (less than 10) exceptions to this i have herd so far

[StevenShields29]

Sounds like it was invented by Marquis de Sade, but getting any tone on it is a minor miracle. Just don't put it in the case after the newness wears off. Keep up the practice. And, btw, one improves most by doing--not reading, listening, observing, though all those things are good as ajuncts to the learning process. And if you think you sound bad, you should hear me on my new rackett.

[Zvatch00]

Not bad for 1 week. I hope you've improved since.

[MrWoofington]

A sentimental song played on such a sinister and harsh medieval instrument. I tip my hat to you, sir.

Bernard Herrmann used the serpent to great effect in several of his film scores.

[54canuck]

Your intonation sounds pretty good to me for only having played the instrument for 1 week. Listeners should see that this is not a wooden instrument as the original serpents were probably made from. Rather it is made from resin which has different sound charachteristics than wood.

Given some time to work on tone you will be a welcome addition to any group of vocalists who perform religious music or even popular music from the early 1700's and before. Good job!

[dimsimlord]

As sick as it may sound, it's cute and charming in a very strange way