Happy New Year from Guy Tuneh and Contrabass Conversations!
Jason thanks readers, listeners, and viewers for being a part of the Bass Blog and Contrabass Conversations in 2007, and double bass virtuoso Guy Tuneh (www.guytuneh.com) plays excerpts from Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations.
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Jan 1st, 2008 at 8:13 am
Fantastic.
AMAZING.
BRAVOOOOOO…!!!
Jan 1st, 2008 at 8:24 am
What a New Year!!
For all the people who think that bass players cann’t play first class music,
Maestro Tuneh play this Rococo with much more
love then most of the Cello players that i have
heard!! (& i heard some).
Cello players look ,listen and leran.
BRAVO MAESTRO TUNEH!
Jan 1st, 2008 at 8:33 am
Jason, why did you do this to me?
after i saw this video i feel realy down…
i would never be able to play like this!!
this Guy is Outstanding,Amazing, Great…
Mannnnnn
but still, BRAVO.
Jan 1st, 2008 at 8:39 am
Ha Ha Ha …
this is someone who is going to make some cello players realy mad.
Bravo
Bravo
Bravo Mr. Tuneh!
Jan 1st, 2008 at 8:50 am
OMG…
This is Crazy!
who said that we bass players are stupid, or cann’t play solo?
This one can give some great tipps to cello players,how to play it so great.
Crazy….
Jan 1st, 2008 at 9:04 am
I’m an Orchestra musion, a Cello player.
if you look realy good at this video, you cann’t realy see the fingers of this person, the camera is far away from him, so i think that he is not realy playing this.
good work at the AUDIO/VIDEO STUDIO!!
not more and not less!
nice try but i dont buy it!
Jan 1st, 2008 at 9:51 am
Owhhh…….. ,
Now this is intresting:
“HARALD”, our Cello player, thinks that Mr. Tuneh is not playing on this video…. (other way to say that we are stupid ’cause we believe its him,or ’cause we think its great and we know that it is impposible/very hard to play).
Great HARALD!,
But,
still some one had to play this pease on bass,
but then why he should give the soundtrack to Mr. Tuneh?, or why not to perform this by him self, and to get all the Glory???!
Dear HARALD,
I saw Mr. Tuneh’s videos, i learned all of them,
i heard the Great interview to Jason’s Amazing
Podcast,
The only think i can say,
Maestro Tuneh is an Amazing Artist!!
did you get it?
An Amazing Artist!!!
And now sorry to make you sad,
but he is playing this!! sorry for you that you dont wont to believe in that.
yes, i know, for cello this variations are not easy and more then that, it is part of the great tchaikovsky competition,now, the fact that a bass player can play it, and so good that you think it could have been writen for bass
can make some people sad. (or very happy.!)
specialy if they are cello players who could never got the chance to play it or something like this.
Back to our issue,
for me Mr. Tuneh is a MAESTRO.
one of a kind!
finaly, the day that shows that some bass players can play better then the other instruments.!!!
BRAVO MAESTRO TUNEH!!
Jan 1st, 2008 at 10:13 am
Oh.. ya baby !
this is just great!
for all the people who cann’t believe in it, eat your heart!
This is just great , i love it.
BRAVO TUNEH.
Jan 1st, 2008 at 10:34 am
The Phenomenen begines where the Outstanding stops.
BRAVO FOR THIS OUTSTANDING PLAYING!!!
Jan 1st, 2008 at 11:39 am
Why the Video is short?
I’d like to see more.
there are so many hard places in that pease.
i’m intresting how it looks on bass.
Jan 1st, 2008 at 2:54 pm
What a Happy New Year!!
BRAVISIMO!!!!!!!
Jan 1st, 2008 at 3:15 pm
Great to see that there are still some musions who like to take it to the limit!
to give every thing on stage.
its amazing how Mr. Tuneh does it.
for me its clear, he give his life for what be
believe. no compromis!!
to go on stage with this kind of pease, god
he is Amazing.
Well done Mr. Tuneh
you won a new fan!
Jan 1st, 2008 at 3:18 pm
N.B - dear Migel (comment no.10), you can see more in youtube.
Thanks Jason for this wonderfull posting
and i’d like to wish you the same.
Jan 1st, 2008 at 3:48 pm
I got to see the video in youtube, its Realy fresh, first time that i hear it like this,
and i gote say its intresting!
its realy not bad, i play cello and the idea in the 3rd
variation at the end: to take it slow as a Cadenz,
to break it to a Dramatic end, its just wonderfull give it personality. like an opera.
no Cellist is doing this,most of us are just playing it as we play.(maisky has his own way)
Gosh, Mr. Tuneh put on it a new fresh light,
some nice ideas, he was thinking about every note that he playes in that pease.
Great.
the first Var. is very fast, he playes it in Cello Tempo! but still with musical line!!
it looks so easy for Contrabass, but for Cello
not at all…..
still dont understand it.but one is clear;
i dont know how is he doing this… .
Tuneh is Amazing on away that can awake fear!!
(its not normal to play like this)
i would be more then happy to see all that concert video, to get some more ideas.
Jan 1st, 2008 at 4:05 pm
Congratulations !!
Very Original, sounds good.
its f++king hard for Cello,
now, on bass, i dont know how he got it.
I’m intresting at the end, the CODA, how this
sounds on bass at the final Tempo?
He is realy more then one f++king
step a head!
(one more to give his soul the the devil)
Jan 1st, 2008 at 4:43 pm
Woww..
Just Great!
well done!!
thanks for the posting
Jan 2nd, 2008 at 1:01 am
Yes it is , Agreat happy new year!
Thanks Jason,
Thanks Guy for this incredible video.
Jan 2nd, 2008 at 1:42 am
And a Happy New Year to all the bass players.
if the year begin like this, i have no idea where its going to end.
i have so much to do if i wont to wish the same to Mr. Tuneh!
No wordes… in my dreams i would never play this pease and if i would do so, then not like this
Jan 2nd, 2008 at 1:56 am
Rococo on bass!
why?
Is it a new mode, what about the music for bass?
its sounds o.k but bass is bass!!
what about the good old Orchestra Excerpts?
Jan 2nd, 2008 at 2:20 am
Please Jason, i wrote you more then once about a Podcast contain Guy Tuneh showing his tech.
I dont feel free to connect the Maestro by my own. after i heard the interview with him it looks to me that you are more then close to him.
please think about.
Thanks for a great Job & Happy New Year to you to.
(& sorry for my English)
Jan 2nd, 2008 at 3:21 am
Its avery good idea!
A leason with Mr. Tuneh on a podcast.
I have some things to ask Guy Tuneh.
Jan 2nd, 2008 at 5:48 am
With Tuneh it looks so easy.
I wonted to play it on bass for my final test but
it was unplayable, you need to learn a special
technick to play the notes.
woww…
its realy very impresive.
Jan 2nd, 2008 at 7:04 am
Is it solo strings or normal?
The Maestro begins with the note E,so its the original scale, like the cello part,
did he write this for bass or its 1 to 1 (from the cello score)??
for normal strings it sounds very solistic.
Realy great job.
Jan 2nd, 2008 at 8:28 am
He playes it like a f++king Cellist!!
Jan 2nd, 2008 at 11:36 am
Sehr gut!!
zery interesting!
Jan 2nd, 2008 at 11:44 am
How in the name of God is he doing his AMAZING
“trill”??!
Jan 2nd, 2008 at 1:28 pm
Wowww..
Thank you Mr. Tuneh for a Great video!!
Thank you Jason for postimg this Great Video!!
I hope to hear more and more Contrabass players going in the way of Mr. Tuneh, and other bass players.
With this kind of beginh What a Year this one is going to be!
Jan 2nd, 2008 at 1:51 pm
After i got to see the original score for Cello
(i got realy high pulse - Because some of it looks just crazy hard to play,even dont know where to begin!!!)
I’d be happy to get the chance to ask Mr. Tuneh
some questions;
the score that he used to play this pease form?
Some fingering ideas?
& last but not least Technical tipps for this
Amazing hard work.
I mean my friend is playing the Cello, and he said no way, that bass player would play this on bass.
Jan 2nd, 2008 at 1:59 pm
What next??!
To play Paganini on the Roof??
Go back to play your Orchestral excerpts!
Jan 2nd, 2008 at 2:58 pm
Its the first time that i hear this on Bass.
its working well, on Doublebass.
Cool, one more pease that the bass won from other instruments.
We need more players from that kind.
Bravo.
Jan 3rd, 2008 at 12:37 am
This give me a new inspiration!
Jan 3rd, 2008 at 8:34 am
Very Short but AMAZING
Jan 3rd, 2008 at 9:55 am
Rococo on Contrabass
Nice idea.
very nice playd
Jan 4th, 2008 at 10:05 am
What a Great Player,
& Amazing Idea.
Jan 4th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
Amazing Virtuos!
Jan 4th, 2008 at 3:35 pm
As you said Jason,
An Outstanding Bassist!
Maestro Tuneh,I Would like to wish you and to Jason Happy New Year , with a lot of Amazing new Ideas, Incredible Bass playing (as you allready do),and the most importent:
Keep on giving us inspiration.!!!
Happy New Year.
Jan 5th, 2008 at 2:57 am
Happy New Year to You to!
What a Great Bass playing.
BRAVO BRAVISIMO!!!!!!
Jan 7th, 2008 at 10:18 am
Wow.
Great New Year to you Two!!
Jan 12th, 2008 at 11:16 am
Outstanding indid!!
Jan 13th, 2008 at 9:06 am
Woww,
it is very hard to play, even for cello players.
Great Performans Mr. Tuneh!
BRAVO!
and Mr. Tuneh’s interview that i just heard,
it changed something in the way i think!
Realy intresting!
Jan 14th, 2008 at 12:17 pm
Rococo on Bass, Only a Devil would try!!!
Jan 15th, 2008 at 1:43 pm
I Would like to know how Maestro Tuneh playes the first Variation, i tryed some fingers but,
gosh its Amazing hard
Jan 16th, 2008 at 8:31 am
Woww,
What a Player!
Jan 16th, 2008 at 12:17 pm
The Incredible Mr. Tuneh,
Happy New Year!
Shit, i realy dont know what do, if i would like to play lie this!
Jan 17th, 2008 at 4:51 am
Great impact, Great Artistic level!
One of a few bass players to leave Artistic impact after he play.
BRAVO Mr. Tuneh
Jan 27th, 2008 at 2:52 pm
Outstanding??! Rococo on Bass and it Sounds like this..
He is more then just normal Outstanding,
He is Mega Outstanding!!!!
(This guy is a crazy Virtuos)
Jan 29th, 2008 at 5:41 am
Woww, Great Personality!
Jan 29th, 2008 at 8:24 am
God be with Mr. Tuneh.
he needs him to protect him from the devil!!!
BRAVO .
Jan 29th, 2008 at 11:21 am
This Bassist is AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
More from this video in Utube!
Jan 29th, 2008 at 11:34 am
Ho Ho.. Bassist with so much fine in his play.
It’s so hard to find bass players with so much esthetic, gread and nobel! (sorry but most of them are like “farmrs”)
this one is making my Heart bit stop.
delightful!!!
a real Artist on Bass, i will note the day that i saw this one.
Jan 30th, 2008 at 6:11 am
The Rococo is AMAZING, i have it in my hear after
the today’s concert with a Cellist (& a good one),
I have to say;
It’s not bad, in some points it’s even better/intresting then with cello.
Maestro Tuneh playes it Extra Original!
after this video i visited the Interview page,
Wow,Huge words from an Extraordinary Person.
BRAVO for Tuneh, pure Insperation.
and Bravo for You,Mr. Heath that you post this kind of Great Players, in your Blog!
This is the kind of player that we need, to learn from!.
Jan 30th, 2008 at 8:10 am
Ha Ha.. it’s Fantastic !
Jan 30th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
Nice.
Jan 31st, 2008 at 4:48 am
Revolution On Bass !!!!!!!!!!
Jan 31st, 2008 at 9:53 am
Its Wonderful.
Feb 1st, 2008 at 4:32 am
A Legend is rising up!
Feb 1st, 2008 at 12:51 pm
sehr gut!!!
Bravo for Wonderful Playing of Bass!
Feb 1st, 2008 at 1:38 pm
God gave Double-bass to Guy,
Put it in the soul of Everyone!!
After “KISS”
Bravi for this two!
Feb 2nd, 2008 at 12:22 pm
Rococo on Bass, und so wonderfull,
Now this is a thing that brings to bass more respect and put it up with the other Solo instruments!
If you can, then why not!
Bravo
Feb 4th, 2008 at 7:41 am
Ho Ye..
May God Be With Him!
Great Words, what an interview, give me so much power.
Feb 5th, 2008 at 5:49 pm
Very Nice Bass Playing!!
Feb 14th, 2008 at 3:10 am
Mega!!
Feb 14th, 2008 at 1:18 pm
Outstanding!
So much personality, this what the bass need
to become one of the Solo instrument.
BRAVO Mr. Tuneh!