Roland Hutchinson and the baryton

Another interesting bowed string instrument... that is also plucked! See http://vdgsa.org/pgs/video.html
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[animeviolalord]

I don't know if it's just me, but it sounds like it resonates more than the bass viol, am I right?

[Eriq Koontz]

Right, because the sympathetic strings vibrate.

[hammerguy1511]

Where Can I get an instrument like this? Are there any recordings availble for solo Baryton, I really want to hear the difference in tonal quality between the Viola da Gamaba and the Baryton.

[Eriq Koontz]

You can have one made for you by the British-American luthier, John Pringle. He's an excellent instrument maker, and one of the best-known in the viol world.

[Cavin8r]

That's awesome, how much would these go for? I really love the fact you can pluck AND bow at the same time. Have you ever played a 20-24 string Baryton?

[MrLabelChannel]

this is like a Viola da Gamba mixed together with a lute (The lute with the extra strings)

[eveecooper]

You play beautifully! =) It's a fascinating instrument! I only discovered its existence from Victor Borge's book "My Favourite Comedies in Music" where he gives an account of Haydn's life and works. Such a resonant sound!

[TheShadowsedge]

it means that the string resonates when another string is played. It is not a brand nor a mistake.

[deathorca]

yea look up the term Sympathetic Resonance, the first set of strings will resonate/vibrate at a certain frequency which can cause the second set to do the same, since they will sound at the same frequency.

[ChickenVendetta]

Sympathetic? Is that the brand or type of string? Or did you mean synthetic? as in not natural

[Trcls]

the plucked strings are at the back

[SarniaLute]

There is so much interesting 17th Century music (in manuscript sources) for baryton. Why do we only ever hear the later repertoire, like Haydn? I almost feel like you brave soldiers who have these instruments have a duty to get a broader spectrum of repertoire in the public ear.

[bebopj]

Beautiful sounding instrument! Could you answer a few questions?

1. Is the bowed side fully chromatic?

2. Can you also pluck the bowed side?

3. Besides Haydn, who else wrote for the baryton?

[duhhh86]

i wonder why this instrument is obsolete. i think it's complete in itself. even the piano isn't such a complete instrument - though it can play in many voices, all the voices have the same tone and character. the baryton is different - it has the lyrical tone of a string instrument, and can at the same time provide its own accompaniment of a different character.

[ranileto]

Yeah I'm taking a music class and just found this video after searching because I was reading of Haydn and it talked about the baryton being a "complicated string instrument now obsolete."