What guitars were like 400 years ago (The 9 String Baroque Guitar)
They were 9 strings.
Here's the Baroque guitar. This would have been what your instrument was like if you were a guitar player in the 1600's. 9 strings, tuned fairly similarly and with way more gut then you're used to.
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A youngster adding a low E to the guitar for the first time: “Fath'r, i wilt Djent”
Father, I crave cheddar
I had a good laugh at that for a while
I feel like I'm so close to understanding this, I just don't know what 'Djent' is supposed to mean. Could someone explain that for me?
@@yisu575 Ahh, thank you! Goes to show I'm not a guitarist, but at least now I know a little more.
I almost died from laughing at that xD
Notice how he says “we” when he talks about the 18th century...yeah he’s definitely a vampire
uh oh
i think he isn't, notice how he doesn't burn to ashes by a direct sunlight?
@@wafyalfahrezy9817 he put up a lot of maik up so no one se him sheining like a disco ball
No. Vampires don't play nothing. Believe me..... He's an Elf...an very old and tallented Elf
Makes you wonder where the others are, whether they also play any instrument, whether they have a band, and if they are on Spotify.
I never thought I'd see two dudes duet Blackbird on 400 year old guitars
Right?? Beautiful moment imo
Timestamp bro XD?
@@Turbomanz 13:35
that was awesome
They're not 400 years old they were built recently he said the design is though
your relationship status: high E on 9 string baroque guitar
this is smart
None
This just made me smile.
*single*
Name it Leo Valdez
This guy for sure is a vampire and learned these instruments when they were popular
"People find it weird when they turn up to my house and there's all these bags of intestines" yea your theory checks out
but... ...but he's in the sun
Uh he isn't even sparkling
Psychedelic Sunrise maybe he’s like Aidan from being human
@@psychedelicsunrise6397 he has adapted
I feel like Brandon is just Rob from the parallel dimension where he became interested in history instead of Djent
And where he never went bald
:'(
@@georgedoty-williams2085 Damn that hit home dude, poor Rob with the bald shamming lol.
Baroque Rob? Barobue Scallon?
And without that stupid ugly thing he wears on his head
I would love a PBS style travel show where Rob and Brandon just go around looking at traditional and antique instruments and just jamming and talking to the expert players.
upvote this
I'd pay for such a thing.
Diane Bish had a program like that before, she's an organist though so mostly focused on that.
The only time you see a white man on PBS is, if he’s gay, effeminate, or at least really liberal, or if he is a complete fool or preferably lunatic.
The Tone Poems series by Tony Rice and David Grisman is pretty much what you described
Brandon looks so happy that hes able to play with someone else on these beautiful instruments.
@Caetano Silveira Stop spreading your nosferatu-propaganda around here.
@@chrisakaschulbus4903 How do you know he's nosfaratu? He could be a vrykolakas instead
Rob’s channel in 2012: DOES IT DJENT, ROB?! Rob’s channel in 2019: respectable educational content about history of music
This is called aging
@@mrmuf3855 and for the better
Except he just recently did a djent video...and has done educational instrument videos in the past. Sounded cool though.
Absolutely love that fact!
Welcome to the past Rob
I feel like this dude knows where the Pick of Destiny is.
@Khair Owen Sullivan III 'Godless Rathead' he definitely did that
Probably he melted his nails to make te pick of destiny tbh
The fact that you have 666 likes...
Lol the pick of destiny is in Eddie Van Halen's throat that's giving him cancer.
@@paolo-1283 change the letter P with a D and your comment would be right...
People saying he can’t be a vampire because he was in the sun.. the thing is that lore didn’t come around until centuries after the “vampire” or general sanguinarian humanoid legends and folk lore were beginning to appear in society... originally it was believed that vampires can go into the sun but because they are night hunters they stayed indoors during the day for more of a resting up for the hunt sort of reason... although some older legends to say that vampiristic beings had a sensitivity to the sun similar to an allergy causing a rash or burns very quickly they still would not die, and with modern inventions such as sunscreen a “vampire” would probably be able to stay in the sun for long periods with minimal effect
Yeah. The whole 'vampires burning to dust in sunlight' thing was invented by the filmmakers for Nosferatu, both to add to the moralism, and to try and skirt the copyright infringement they knew they were doing (they were adapting Dracula without having obtained the rights, so they did a few things to change the story to try and get around that but Stoker's widow still sued and they lost big time. But the point is that Dracula was merely weakened by the sun, not killed)
Thanks for the info I'll continue to start killing anyone I suspect to be a vampire indiscriminately via high velocity lead poisoning even if they're in the sun.
@@GoodVolition hold the fuck up-
@@TiggerIsMyCat there's also this thing called a dhampir They're human-vampire hybrids who can go in the sun and have supernatural powers but are not as immortal as actual vampires
@@MundongLeyo Yup. Sometimes dhampirs are the children of a vampire and a human, also.
I love how Acker just randomly was like, "tired of waiting to jam with this guy" and started playing a tune, almost like forcing Rob to start improvising. Lol, held him at guitar-point. 11:16
*accidentally breaks the string* Brandon : so this string was made out of dragon's pubes hair.
🤣🤣🤣
Hahahahaha
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Parag Jain with a core of unicorn tail
Lmaooooo
Imagine having 2 G strings that will never be in tune😳
dmn bro i broke both g strings
As long as it's not a Gibson.
G-strings, eh?
As a bass player, i am an expert of fingering the g string, to the contrary of my sex life being a flatline
Yes, what would BACH have done with that? DOUBLE air???
As a straight male, this vampire is making me question my loyalty to Rome
Oh my god-
As a non straight male, the vampire reaffirms my loyalty to Athens
Yrs, but will it "Djent"?🤔
SPARTA!!!
God Christ Jesus bless you all and have a wonderful day my family :" )
We just need a whole album of Rob and Brandon jamming on the Theorbo and Baroque Guitar
absolutely
Anywayeth, hereth wonderwall.
0 3 5
Playeth Freebird!!
Thou didst read my mind, confrare.
Good man! Next, playeth the song that go 0 3 5 as the fret markers. Hahahaa! Wouldst’m’ve that be hilarious!
loool God Christ Jesus bless you all and have a wonderful day
Did you film outside in the day light just to prove Brandon is not a vampire?
Lmao
Sparkling was edited out in post.
I saw some bright and flash lights from his skin, He is a vampire from Twilight Saga????
Yes 😂
Why do you think they went inside like halfway through the video
these guys are so god damn wholesome with their ancient guitars and singing in harmony and friendly conversations
“I see a red door and I want it painted black....” 2:38
Sonny Taylor that actually goes with it “no colors any more, I want them to turn black”
Apex Predator haha, I know. “I see those girls walk by, dressed in their summer clothes.”
Sonny Taylor “i have to turn my head until my darkness goes”
Apex Predator hahahah, nice
Sonny Taylor 👌
"I had this made for me by a luthier in Spain (300 years ago)"
Hong Kong Hermit he’s a vampire lol he was alive then
Timestamp?
he was outside the whole time without shade, not a vampire
@@brenduck going outside doesn't mean he will die it will only make him weak thats all i think
@@brenduck maybe this whole vampire thing is a joke lol
Guitar shops in the 1600's "If you baroque it, you bought it." Also, "No Stairway."
But the pope said we could buy one
freeBurrd!
1600's guitar player - "There's a lady who knows" The 1600's audience - "Tell us where the witch is and we will burn her"
"No Lachrimae!"
Gold
Them playing/singing Blackbird was the type of wholesome shit I needed in my life.
14:20 I would love to see a cover of Blackbird by Rob and Brandon, playing those two exact instruments.
it's absolutely mind-blowing how good that song sounds on those old instruments. just shows that good music transcends time... and even the instruments its played on.
"you know what, I'm gonna put an extra string to go lower" -classic djent dude, 1600 colorized
djent sucks
Robius Scalliaone 1600 Baroque Guitar Player
@@Josh-it6uy I guess you mother sucks as well
Djent's for kids, just look that replies, "your mom sucks as well" "GET OUT"
Lmfaoooooo
Weak cover story for not being vampire... ”Oh h-how I know how to play these instruments? I uh... studied paintings”
But... He is out in the sun !
@@stormxlr2377 They sparkle now.
Lmao!
@@stormxlr2377 He's just using some sort of a blood sorcery ritual to not burn in the sun for like an hour or two.
@@stormxlr2377 did you see how frantic he was to get back inside? Totally suss
Just wanna say, Rob Scallon is an incredibly versatile musician, and an overall incredible musician
Dude I like the sound of this guitar more then the normal 6 string guitar. A simple strum makes a mystical sound it’s beautiful.
Get this man a medal for maintaining his posture the whole time 😂
Junkbasher then there’s me slouching
His posture is probably connected with lower back strength from playing that enormous theorbo all the time. XD
Just Some guy I think Kurt had scoliosis which I think was also one of the reasons he had stomach pain
@I have no name CURT Cobain Oh boy, would be even better if u said Kurdt Cocaine
Now I can’t stop noticing it lol. It looks like he has an invisible board behind him, it’s insane. Good for him for maintaining that posture though.
just two bros playing with ancient guitars for the weekend
they kissed off camera 😣
5 feet apart cause they not gay
me at the start of the the video "wow that'a really strange guitar" Me at 11:00 "what the hell is that!!!"
?
@@izzieredmond2526 hes talking about the huge one a bit after
11:14 YEAH IT LOOKS LIKE A DUBBLE BASS but thin
Theorbo it is
0:20 Brandon is talking hypothetically to hide his secret
@Deus Vult. “back in my day-I mean.... uh.... _in the 16th century_ ....”
we need more history time with Rob and Brandon.
Derptato when the lights out, derpatato!
The best would be an Album featuring the both of them
@@simonwaechter9641 I would buy that album!
I agree!
I totally agree this was so cool dude.
Brandon: people show up to my house and i have all these bags of intestines" dude you aren't helping your case with the vampire thing.
Brandon Acker is HANDS DOWN my favorite early music performer. If he plucks it, I will listen.
He's hip with the HIP
When he broke out the blackbird rift it was so satisfying lol
Interesting to know that this would have been what your instrument was like if you were a guitar player in the 1600's. 9 strings, tuned fairly similarly and with way more animal intestine then you're used to.
That's metal af DoEs iT dJeNt
Love you Rob
Always great contents Rob , Keep it up , You inspire me a lot, I have couple of very old instruments from north africa on my channel I hope you check them out, Peace
You play Baroque when you BUROKE
The interesting thing, Rob, is that there's a similar instrument like that 9 string guitar here in Brazil. It's called a "Viola Caipira" (it translates something among the lines as "Countryside Viola"), and it has a similar string set: 10 strings, but in 5 pairs. It is deeply used in folk, brazilian countryside (caipira) music, but it's a popular instrument in some genres and music in Brazil
Guitarists in the 1600s were more metal than I thought.
Cameron Neal metal guitarists are more classical than you thought 😛
@@JamieClark no
@@JamieClark you're not wrong lol
@@JamieClark Yes. Absolutely Mate - especially some of those early Arabesqe scales/modes that Metalers and Progsters use that predated our modern ways. There is a lot of crossover between some types of metal and earlier music
A lot of metal artists take inspiration from baroque artists: cliff Burton and Ritchie Blackmore are big examples of that
I was struck by how incredibly beautiful the song blackbird was, I'd never heard it before and after a small search I have determined you two played it better than I can find it anywhere else. Could you please record a full version of it if you ever get the chance, sometimes it feels like musicians can just happen across these wonderful things; like you're just tuning into something out in the universe that's already there. But that's just my simple assumption, or my inability to respect the thousands of hours of practice I haven't seen or witnessed. Thank you, even if its never complete thank you for a brief glimpse of something wonderful.
this is very poetic :)
Its kind of sad that they stopped using the double strings. The sound is really beautiful. I wish these older instruments were more popular
There is something really magical in watching 2 guys half my age playing a 50 years old song on 400 years old instruments. Absolutely love it.
Gratitude!
He used the Red Stone of Aja in the stone mask
@@telecomcrypt I HAVE ACHEIVED THE ULTIMATE LIFEFORM!
did you survive corona sir? stay healthy
He might be older than you. These Vampires i tell you
When the Bard is level 20.
Bards actually got laid.
@@jackhaugh do you not see all the swooning going on in the comments
13:44 Blackbird by the Beatles
Thx
The fact that there are still luthiers making baroque guitars is awesome
He put Brandon in the sun just to prove he isn't a vampire and it just doesn't convince me at all
That's because Real Vampires can be out in the sun.
@@asadadon Yeah, pretty sure he's in this high level vampirism
He is.... a Daywalker!
J.J Jameson honestly i just imagine him as castlevania’s dracula saying, “what is a guitarist but a miserable pile of picks?”
Vampires actually invented all of the stereotypes. The common thoughts that they can't go out in the sun, that they can't be near garlic or holy water or that they don't have shadows or reflections...well they're all myths, made up so that humans won't suspect them...Trust me...I know.
i like how we have all accepted that brandon is a vampire
Because he actually is
Obviously
Only a vampire has posture like that. It’s weird as heck.
“People think it’s weird when they show up to my house and I have bags of intestines”
@@JIsaacMardis vampire confirmed
when true musicians meet - they just make beautiful music at the spot..
Rob's channel is like National Geographic. Always brings to us mortals new information. Thanks a lot Rob, that's massive thumbs up from me!
You have massive thumbs?
The guitar to play when she baroque your heart 😔
Damn Jon, this is supposed to be a fun video :/
Mikael- I’m sorry it was the only pun I could think of at the time😩 I’m not heartbroken and this video and instrument is badass and informative 🤘🏼
@@Jonsiphoneacount *heartbaroquen 😂😂
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Idk why these comments are so funny, if spoken I'm sure its not near as funny
Brandon is basically what you would get if Clark Kent was a musician.
boromirtheboring Clark djent
Definitely giving a Brandon Routh vibe.
NYRangers0623 😂😂😂
A guy with glasses is Clark Kent to you?
@@Holdington That's the stereotype that was meant for Clark Kent
If baroque and medieval musicians would be alive today, they'ld probably be metalheads playing tech death or symphonic metal with 8 strings guitars
You would actually be on point. It's amazing to see how Classical and Metal music fans are more similar than they are different.
@@arnoldrivas4590 Heck yeah! Actually metal is technically defined as having classical melodies and rhythms, with some African rhythms sprinkled in, hard rock style instrumentation and tonal qualities
@@arnoldrivas4590 I think a lot of Metal and Classical music is enjoyed in very similar ways. Particularly the really technical stuff where you're actively focusing on the harmonics and polyrhythms and it can all sound a bit much to those who don't get it.
I know you guys are having a hard on coining metal and classical together but I genuinely doubt that, the core ideas in baroque music and how they thought of it was completely different to how metal heads think and make music, I feel people who dont spend time listening to the music are more inclined to think metal is very similar. And as someone who used to listen to a lot of metal and now almost exclusively baroque music, it is not similar at all.
@@imacat8476 as a guy who studies music theory for fun, it is similar in the chord progressions & things like that. I know damn well that they’re thought of completely differently. I was just saying that Metal uses a lot of elements of classical, more so than it takes from rock (outside of instrumentation)
This dude needs his own channel. I could watch him geek about old instruments all day.
Hey does! kzhead.info
You will never believe this
Y'all got a whole ass bard on here
vampire bard
Lore Bard-Enchantment Wizard Multiclass.
I used to be a Bard. Untill I took an arro.....I'll just show myself out.
That vampire with the guitar gave me a bard on.
"Take these baroque-n wings and learn to fly"
Nooo 😂
at 15:20 love the dude how he just talks about the details on his guitar...you can see the man REALLY LOVES what he is doing and the guitar
When they start playing together over that chord progression, that's what music is about.
omg Blackbird on these instruments gave me goosebumps
Yeah, I need a full cover now
Same here, it just sounded so beautiful.
Moar Boroquebird!
That was absolutely amazing
Yeah, that was incredible! It was literally the first song I learned on guitar!
Brandon: "In the 17th century, the bass is so important." Davie504: *time travelled back to 17th century to rule the world*
I SLAPPED the like button
EPIC
🤣🤣
O M G !
Slappers!!
I need one of those giant instruments to pull out at the pub.
Ahhh, i recognized that unique character of sound as soon as he plucked that first time in demonstration. Now i know why the Renaissance or Baroque guitar music sounded particularly different. I did not know about the double strings, it gives it a echoey, thicker sound kinda like a harpsichord.
Take these baroquen wings and learn to fly...
The song literally did.
Get out
Baroque bird fly
All your life... You were only waiting for this moment to arrive.
WATER-MAN I hate you
Everyone is commenting on how Brandon is in the sun so he mustn’t be a vampire. You lads have failed to notice the daylight ring on his finger.
.. maybe hes 600 years old and actually played these instruments in their heyday.
He is what we would call a daywalker.
I’m dumb, what the actual F is a daylight ring? Edit: I don’t want a fricking like, what is a daylight ring???
@@isabelladgriff it took me one (1) Google search for the words "daylight ring" to find the answer. For shame sir. For shame.
😲 mother of God.
This is really good! Thanks for uploading this!
Thank you this was just pure joy to watch :)
When they started playing together, it was like being transported to a different time
Feedback check out Hesperion
Stronghold 2. "The stockpile is full, My Lord." "People are coming to the castle." "Our granary stocks are growing, Sire."
Feels like in medieval fantasy entering a town and go to guild after hunting some animal and some kind goblin or escorting from other town with blood in armor laughing with party friend and then just drunk.
It was just beautiful
I feel the need to use ye and nae
So he’s a vampire with bags of guts in his house
Yes he knows about these instruments because he was born 100s of years before they were invented😂
I’m getting those vampire vibes from him as well
i see a few of these comments and i just dont get it.
@@maneonanewplanenigga5162 There's nothing to get. He's an actual vampire.
He is beyond the normal vampire. He can resist the sun
This type of videos are so cool, please keep’em coming!!!
I could listen to these two play all day, great video!
That was so cool when they started playing Blackbird
the only thing that ruined it was the fact in was in boss baby
@@zambe1915 I could've went my whole life without knowing that they sing Blackbird in boss baby but you have taken this privelage away from me
your welcome
No, that was Baroquebird.
Listening to the white album with my sister is hell now and when the joke about Lennon McCartney came on I laughed and they just stared at me
Brandon is a super intelligent and educated dude. Would like to hear more of his knowledge.
Szilágyi Szabolcs good news! He has a KZhead channel!
@@Christopher_Wheeler I know and I've already subscribed. What I meant was that I want to hear his thoughts too, not only his plays.
Mindenképpen
Any excuse to ogle at him more is fine by me
And he's super cute.
Your guys jam session at the end, was great!
I got chills listening to this, so beautiful.
Smooth. "Lets go inside" "Lets change clothes aswell"
I was hoping they would change with each other. lol
@Samuel Wallace Is that a problem or something?
@@jvmachado789, Allān's Snackbar!!
@Samuel Wallace not to mention his profile picture lol
they have to change clothes after all that mess. i mean could you imagine.
I see a red door and I want to paint it black.... Ohh the 1600s had such a good taste
that was really interesting to watch, I love Brandon's passion for these instruments
Hey Rob , thanks for this man , so enjoyable!
I'm getting my tickets to their next show at The Winking Skeever
Skyriiiiiim
I'll give you one of the eyes of the Falmer for a ticket good sir.
Yes!!
Whatever, I bet you dont even get to the Cloud District very often.
@@thekout only because it's hard to walk since I took an arrow in the knee
Band teacher: What instrument do you play? Airfields: *Plane*
Plane metal anyone? :D
So glad I found your channel. This is the coolest thing I have seen in a while.
Thank you. Enjoyed this immensely.
Rob: **Makes a video on an instrument and talks about it for 20 min** Comments: *dOeS iT dJEnT?*
Obviously. It *is* a 9-string guitar, after all. Once you go above 8, it's like those 8 are verboten from being played.
It Djents, obviously
Of course it does
@@killaken2000 Nope. Well, unless you like high pitched, very quiet djent played with the fingers. Twang! Plink! Mind you - bags of intestines...
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Is nobody gonna talk about the framed recreation of Bold and Brash behind Brandon when they go indoors?
More like belongs in the trash.
14:30 you can see it
What's there to talk about? Its a masterpiece that deserves to be framed
😂also a pineapple so people can make the connection. Without context, it weird as f.
More like Bongs and Thrash
Please do more videos with this guy... they’re very enjoyable and always show you guys grooving
First time watching a video on your channel. Very informative and entertaining. Thank you for producing and posting it.
Knowledge is power.
NEXT UP ON ANCIENT ALIEN BOGFOOT!
This is too informative and not speculative enough for the history network .
@@randymarsh5088 true, history nowadays is more into the big foot monster
Oh man the blackbird duet is so sweet. These music nerds are so adorable
I thought they were gonna fuck
@@astrocrapper I shouldn't laugh at that joke, such bad taste, yet my silly brain did haha... I loved the video after they got away from the planes, the uhaul and ice cream trucks...
@@Andf-kc4xx steady on there bud. Might wanna cool it lmao
That moment warmed my heart so much
What a beautiful jam session. It really made me FEEL something joyful.
Now that I've started learning to play, I really appreciate stuff like this much, much more. Thanks, Rob!
“Why’d they add the low E around 1800?” - because it was Baroque, they had to fix it”
Damn, imagine if you drop a pick in that thing
Actually the Sound hole is covered with a rosette so no worries
You can use a bird feather as a pick to strum the strings.
CircuitsAndStrings 2 Mr Stern bruh came back 2 months later to make a more interesting comment
Duckie Duckie he was really sitting on that one
@@cadeb3844 lol yeah
You two really seem to enjoy each others company 😊and it comes across in your duets. I have come to love the sound of these instruments and can understand why you smile so much whilst playing. Big love from Oxford UK.
I just love watching them jam at 11:18 . It's fun to watch how much fun they're having and the tune is really pleasant! It makes me smile every time, haha.
My girl just broke up with me.. but instead of crying and being depressed I watch a video of a guitar that’s Orgin is 400yrs old
hope ur doing alright. time heals
My girlfriend cheated on me a few weeks ago. Don’t worry bro, it’ll get better
arcade thanks I’m already over it 😂
So she.... baroque up with you 😎
Haha just don't go Bach to her.
I like Brandon's honest statement about how half the story is being historically informed and the other half what appeals to modern sensibilities. Very cool video guys.
That was so much fun to watch. Thanks!
There is something magical when two random dudes, can pick up two baroque instruments and play some silly tune with three chords and you get a huge smile on your face. The reason I play guitar!
Sometimes KZhead isn’t a festering bowl of dog snot. This is great stuff.
UHF reference
Sometimes it’s Wheel of Fish!
Spatula city!
Marshmellows in the shit sandwich
After Kmac, I always get frustrated when someone is playing Blackbird and doesn't scream their lungs off when they say "Arise" lol
Yeah same xDDDDD
Yeah , fuck kmac for this man. I cant listen the song same anymore for gods sake!
It's actually "Arise"
@@captain9470 thanks, didn't know that
I am used to crossing musical borders of styles and countries - this is the first time I see people cross borders of time. Great!
Watching these guys playing those beautiful songs makes me want to listen old Blackmore's Night albums again.