We’ve got more outstanding playing from double bass virtuoso Guy Tuneh, this time performing excerpts from the Elgar Cello Concerto. Be sure to check out www.guytuneh.com, and visit Guy’s page on Contrabass Conversations for our complete video and many other audio and video performances. Enjoy!
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Thanks!
its amazing.
Its begines like a Bomb,
Tuneh presents this work as very tragic.
Good playing!
Woww,
One of the finest bassists alive!
BRAVO
beeindruckend!
he is so ELEGANT, its amazing, what an artist!
A wonderful bass player (his movements are so smooth, elegant and warm sound, very refined and intelligent playing!), with limitless imagination, along with his dramatic talent, as a surprise, much more then normaly to expected from A Bass Player (or Musicion), but very useful for this Music.
Mr. Guy Tuneh you are a complete Art Work!
Million thanks Jason for this Outstanding post.
No Orchestra on this planet will agree to this kind of bass playing!
To much Emotions
To much Personality
To much Music
To much Individuality
For bass playing its to much!!!
(but the piano player is sweet…)
to “+XXX+”:
ha ha ha ha….
God, please, never put Tuneh in an orchestra. we dont need him to change!
Personality, Individuality, Emotions, Personality…
Many of the skills that a legendary musician needs!
The interview sound quality is very pur.
its time to make anew interview, Tuneh has so much to say!
and i’m sure that so many people would be happy to understand what he say.
point to think about J.
I agree! (and abit confused)
Something in his way of playing is very special (not usual).
Mr. Tuneh is not a “Perfect-Player” and still create an effect that makes him to belong to the club of the most special bassists of all times (Badila, Karr, Koussevitzky, Azarchin,
Bottesini and even Pruner never played Perfect but created a simular effect!)
I cannt point on what makes him so special.
Its everything together, sound, stage presents…
his impact… its hard to say but in the same time its also
just great as special to experience him.
Thank you Guy Tuneh, thank you Jason Heath!
To me it sounds deeper than with a cello. (Sorry cello players..)
I’m asking myself, why banal comments?
Orchestra or not, Mr. Tuneh is defiantly not an Orchestra player.
Now, if any Orchestra will “Agree” to this kind of playing is not realy the subject of the day.
Many Wunderful Talented players are not playing in orchestra, the level of a player is not to be measured by being member in orchestra or not, it sound very childish or unexperienced student approach.
Thanks to people like Guy Tuneh the double-bass world has to offer more then “just” orchestra playing.
Mr. Tuneh was playing in some Great Orchestras and under Great Conductors.
some players find place as an Orchestra musicions and some should do Solo/chamber/teaching (or all together like W. Guettler).
One of the comments pointed of being “insulting for the cello” by Mr. Tunehs playing, insulting is the incorrect assumption.
Conflict is the right word.
Tuneh’s playing cusing inner conflict by some people, asking “can i do what he do?”, yes, its the million $ question
but ist a one $ answer.
NO cello player (even not the Legend du Pré) dared to go so far away with her or his interpretation of the Elgar Concerto as Guy Tuneh did and mpore than that – using Contrabass.
The power to stand on stage and to present his idaes against all the idaes that we know (cause this is how we learnd it, without to think or to ask about some new ideas or new ways of thinking) only solid my point that Mr. Tuneh is progressively comparing to what we know or expecting.
Its very very good double-bass solo playing (level to its own), combining genius ideas.
Its may not be ferfect for orchestra playing but it doesnt need to.
If we like it or not?, or we ready or not?, one thing is sure,
New area born, the future to come will be deeply interesting.
But why in Gods name so Tragic???
Is it true that Guy Tuneh normaly use a Snakewood bow
for his Solo performing, does anyone confirm or know the name of this bow maker?
It sounds very intensive.
I don’t really care if he’s a soloist or orchestral musician, his playing is out of tune. Period.
ha ha ha ha ha
“out of tune”…
Stan, dont let us think that your playing is always Perfect in tune.
Its human to play also “out of tune”, better than “always in tune” but boring to death. (if you would only know what can be done in Studio, how you can “play in Tune”…, Tuneh is honest)
If its true (because every one of us hears differently), i forgive Mr. Tuneh’s “out of tuning playing”,
he is showing much more than that.
Period.
For this high level of Artistic performing, “out of Tune” sounds like a commnet of someone who dont even know how to hold bow!
Sory Stan, i think you still have something to learn.
Dont take it personaly, just read the comment of “Jun-Pier”
he has apoint.
To treat Music like it would have been Sport.
No mistakes, as an indication to Great performance. (like in east Europe or Russia – interesting that all the Great Artists who came from this places, escaping as far away as they could from this places), however,
Tune is not hard science, especially by strings.
Even the Great Gary Karr said (in jason’s video posting) that he is not a Perfect player and that he also playes out of tune and more than onces, but still his Sound engineer, used to pick a “take” that has less “out of tuning” then expression – something that Mr. Karr never liked, and that the reason why he make now his own recordering. (to him, expression has more worth than just Perfect tuning…)
honesty is the blood of art, for me, Tuneh’s hunesty has bigger impact than the perfection of others.
After all we are all people and not cold machines!!
Absolutely!!! Emil is more than 100% right!
The CD industry and the DIGITAL AGE and the Crazy Marketing killed the real music world as other things today.
we all live under conscious lying, because its easy to “sale” more CDs. its not honest and some of us forgot it (in the end its all about money or business and not about pure honesty).
For the old Generation (people like me) we forgot how music is,
its vacant today ( AS Miloslav Gajdos once said: “Everything there, nothig inside!”) but more desolate is the fact that the new Generation dont even know how music can be sound, its like they grown up on lying based on interests of the industry what try to aim to the flavour of the day (collective).
fast, loud and cold is better, like the food that most of us eat today. (great food needs also time to cook)
Aaccording to Tuneh, he never believed in Sound Recordering
or any “Special Effects”, he is a LIVE PERFORMER and never give-up to the stress of Marketing. very brave, it shows – he know what he want but more than that it shows non-compromise, money will not be consideration when he need to decide for him or his music.
Its a splendidly playing.
Oh, its just crazy
This Guy is real Pandora’s Box opener, but it lookes to me that his Audiance are more the kind of non-moron people, something
wich is not typical for Double bass performer…
Gosh, i wish that i could be able to play the bass like his “out of tune”, abit of it and
I would be more than lucky!
I dont care soloist or out of tune or moron audiences!
I’m interested in what’s hiding behind Guy Tunehs interpretation of the ELGAR cello concerto??
I will not bother Mr. Tuneh with my question, sure he has enough to do, but Jason i think you can win a great issue for a special podcast!
please reply!
I like Mr. Tuneh’s playing. He’s fun to watch..(So intense!) Though I guess I can see where you’re coming from Stan.
I’m glad to see that so many people are enjoying Mr. Tuneh’s Elgar clips. I will be deleting any mean-spirited comments I see appearing as per my blogging policy.
Dear Stan,
Edicson Ruiz is not so emotional or brillant like Guy Tuneh, its two different things, he is an amazing player but comparing to tuneh a small artist! and to me Tuneh is less annoying than Furtok who plays every to fast or Patkolo who has no god or Ruiz that after some notes sound the same.
Tuneh is very fine and Eleganmt,i dont see him as an arrogant.
Arrogant is when someone like you speaks so “high” without
to show us your playing, wich I’m sure is very ordinary,
becuse you dont understand some simple lows of Good bassplaying!
Rick Stojn has in this league nothig to look for.
Tunehs bow is moving to the right contcat points (for more colors etc.), very like the bow movment of Ruiz, but much more smooth. (both presents the German system)
This Rossini duo is one of the finest to hear today!
short hands or not, its only make him more Genius!
And to you i can only say:
Dont transfer your problems on other players, the way of your speaking you are not saying your thinking you shows enviousness.
E. Ruiz vs G. Tuneh:
Never compare an Apple with an Orange.
Both are premium class bass players, but still very different
and good so, why not.
Some would say that Ruiz lost something since he become to be in the BPO, but still i wish i could play as half as good as the Outstanding Ruiz or the great bass virtuos Guy Tuneh.
Its all the time the same, people are green with envy instead to
practise.
I was in that evening in the hall (Basel, Leonardstrasse – HsM), this performance of the ELGAR concert by Guy Tuneh is still in my head. I played many years with the Basel Simphony Orchesta
and saw many bass auditions, Herr Tunehs stage present and his philosophy & intresting playing is out of this world NO ONE i ever seen, even not the Great O. Badila has such a strong stage personality.
Its from god!, you will put 120 musicions on stage and Guy Tuneh will still shine.
with the amount of energy that he leaves on stage, let us hope that he will go on for long time, this kind of talents are normaly “burning” very fast and young. (he is not so thin, so it can be very sad if he will not take care better…)
I got the chance to see Stans comment before J. took it out.
we already had this kind of discussion last week.
Everyone trys to use big/famous names to criate a shield to protect himself against “Guy Tuneh”. last week it was the name of G. Karr, today E. Ruiz or R.Stojn (b.t.w: a very good bassist).
As i said last week, something big, strong and new is comming and i dont know if Ruiz, Karr, Stojn are the anti-syndrom for
“Guy Tuneh”.
Please dont cross this names against each-other, its not the world war of who has bigger talent. Its not fair!
I’m sure that each one of this Great Artists see this kind of comments in totally other perspective.
Try to enjoy without to get involved so personally, its so great to have so many ways of playing bass its a new time – ENJOY IT.
Stan, you can also learn from it!!
“Benedict”
Guy D. Tuneh uses Snakewood bow made by “Hoyer” from markneukirchen, Germany (he said it to Jason in his interview
i think its CBC 33)
Check it out, it can be that this bow is custom-made.
I would suggest you to connect Mr. Tuneh under the mail
(taken from his official web):
guytuneh.official@yahoo.com
hope you got the right help.
Ya, I’m not a fan of these nasty comments. Guy Tuneh is my idol because he’s slightly rotund… (like myself!) I also do enjoy his playing hehe. Perhaps people are shocked because the Elgar hasn’t been touched yet…I’m sure a lot of people were a bit skeptical when Zigeunerweisen or Czardas was first performed! It seems that Mr. Tuneh is pushing the limits of bass playing and taking us into a higher art form. I really do respect this musician. I’m not a German bow player, but it seems that his bow is not very perpendicular to the string…Then again I don’t know how much this matters! Some teachers and players swear by having your bow always straight, but I can see that Mr Tuneh may have a bit of difficulty with this due to his arm length. Neverless, he’s a fantastic musician.
I just dont believe it, how ignored some people can be.
Mr. Tuneh uses an “Artistic Bow” its a German trick,
(among many others German/his own tricks that he use)
to begin playing with less hairs and than combining more hair according to the speed and weight. (According to Bottesinis letters thing that the italien school already knew – not only Germans)
The Goal: to prevent the well know “moving furniture sound” effect and the preesed sound that unfortunately “normaly expected” from bassists.
Mr. Tuneh is one of the Best Fantastic examples of how to use this teachnic,
so natural, elegant, smooth, creating toasty quality bass sound that characterise the famous German classical tradition sound.
But,
Amazing:
Tuneh successed to improve this Method and to expend
it to Solo playing!, what makes him to be the a pioneer in that
area. (no one untill Tunehs time thought about this combination!)
Thanks for reading, some of you needed this info!
“arm length” such a pur insulting – almost sabotage!
People said the same on Ovidiu Badila!
It will be easier just to admit that he is a Fantastic player
and belongs to the greatest out there!
maybe your teachers are not in form, i mean Guy Tuneh can make
double bass teachers life very hard…
(his way of playing is very intresting for profis and students, but when its very hard to explain what he is doin … he has his own technic)
No violin, cello or viola teacher will “swear by having bow always straight” so why bassists schold??
Dont look reasons under the ground to justified what you dont understand!
Today “short arms”, tomorrow “No haires”,
next week “to chubby”…
Isnt it possible to say something about his playing without turning it personally?
(he is good, realy good!, so that some of you cant stand it!!!)
Woww, some of you are realy cooking!
No wonder why Bassists are funny thema for pur jokes,
So this way of playing so stuff and holding the Bow straight is to achieve low-noise in the orchestra comes from your teachers?
ha ha ha ha ha, its “Genetic”!!!!!!??
, ohh , sorry what makes it more sad.
Finaly a “saint” is coming, try to save your last respect
and you walk on him, is it more funny or sad??
man man, no wonder why bass will always stay bass.
the subject of the day, holding the bow straight or not??
ha ha ha ha ha ha, ohh, great joke!
my Orchestra members would love this one!
Christoph, what is the “German” sound? I’m very interested. I’ve always really admired the tone of Barbara Sanderling, and I see Maestro Tuneh was her student, no surprise!! What kind of technical and tonal alterations are there with this “German” sound?
Thanks!
It’s nice to see that a bassist could have such die hard fans…
Normally I would feel it in poor taste to defend or attack a musician playing in a public forum like this, but since Tuneh’s playing seems so controversial and the comments posted below the video so one sided, I felt like
When I read the comment near the top of the page
“No Orchestra on this planet will agree to this kind of bass playing!”
followed by
“ha ha ha ha….
God, please, never put Tuneh in an orchestra. we dont need him to change!”
I was a bit confused. I would restate the first comment with a different wording- “no orchestra on this planet would agree to this kind of playing as a soloist”
In the few videos I watched of this guy I have been impressed by the vast imagination in his approach to music –
however (and I know judging a musician on one or two performances is unfair) this is excess. Listen to the unaccompanied passage 1:50 in this video. play five notes on e string.. stop- play next five notes in first position… stop reposition yourself high on the e and a strings to play a few more notes…. really? is this the kind of playing you want to idolize? He does the same on the video of La Sonnambula. I really don’t know what to say about it. In this passage, the composer is nowhere to be seen. It is affected – added on. Interpretation that covers up rather bringing out what the composer wrote.
-or his phrasing 3:50 in the video, 9/8. He puts breaths at the end of the slurs. Maybe this is a personal bias, but this sounds more like baroque/classical articulation with the timing of a recitative than Elgar. How could he play this way with an orchestra as soloist?
Vast imagination, creative… but I’m surprised more people don’t find much of his playing bizarre, selfish and off-putting. I’m not saying it’s not beautiful and sensitive at times- but lets not just jump on the eccentric bandwagon without thinking what kind of musician we want to become.
I’m curious to read any replies on these points.
Jon, I completely agree with you here. In the Elgar he completely breaks up the legato phrases. That main melody is perhaps one of the most well known and most beautiful cello solos out there and he treats it like a recitative! START….STOP…SHIFT…There’s no sense of the original score or the composer in this work. I too find this approach selfish. I’m a cellist and I’ve played professionally as an orchestral musician in Germany and Sweden for the past 20 years. I love the Double Bass and I knew personally the great Ludwig Streicher!! His contemporaries like Catalin Rotaru would not perform in such a self absorbed way. I’ve heard GOOD bass playing. Sadly, this is not it!!
(my englisch is bad -sory)
I got the chance to hear ELGAR live with Guy Tuneh.
Yes I Agree, the video is to short, and very strange Edit.
thing that would lead to misunderstanding this interpertaion
and many questions, as indeed happened.
I was in the that hall (Basel), the whole peace, sounds diffrently as you hear it complet.
Mr. Tuneh was always a theme to copy, this is why his videos are short, its to give us to “taste” and to give us an idea for something.
now its up to us what we do with this.
Ludwig streicher played like a farmer, Ego-showenist!!
Catalin Rotaru – has NO interpertion he just play fast, nothing hew, some will say a real circus, very neutral, I dont see any reason to copy works on bass and to play it prosaic,
Catalins playing is like a student playing comparing to Guy Tuneh, its much more simple, non-deep and very much aimd to the taste of the day his Rococo sound like Etud.
Only because he give you what you know and want to hear you think he is non-absordish.
whats wrong with recitative?? (or stop start as you see it?)
so, he tris to speake with god.
Alois, (are U the ex-solo bass of the WPO?) cuse if you do, you sould know that ELGAR concert is about WAR and all the bad things that comes with it, and what got change after the 1st world war. “Only God know how the world changed, no sweet left
on earth” as Elgar wrote in one of his letters.
Tuneh feels like to try to speak to god about WAR, and if you know recitative is one of tools to do it, acoording to
bach etc. and many other who used this form to selebreite sometning happy or presenting something very dramatic!!
selfish or not its much more powerful.
Its GENIUS, briliant and new!!!
why not??
All the histore people who try to reflekt traditon got on head.
So why it sould be diffrent now?
What an earthquake!!!
O.M.G
Tuneh , you create a revolution!!!
Guy Tuneh, if by any chance you read this page:
May God be with you & be Strong – this is the price of creating something post-revolutionary.
(they said the same kind of things on Mozarts music, Bottesinis music & everyone else -in his time- Who present something that was for people New-Land)
I like your Work, Just Go On!!
Sorry but only because some cellist are playing this ELGAR boring to death doesnt mean that Guy Tuneh sould get on his Head like this.
Guy Tuneh is “Must See & hear” as a live performer!
and Jon, let the Conducter “to break his head”, dont make it to your problem.
I dont think its your job to play with Tuneh, stay calm.
Guy David Tuneh:
B R A V O !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Short but way a Head!
(dont need to say to you be strong, you are!)
Hey Jon & Alois
if its so selfish and strange,& not a good playing, why are analysing it so penetrating?
“Listen to the unaccompanied passage 1:50 in this video. play five notes on e string.. stop- play next five notes in first position… stop reposition yourself high on the e and a strings to play a few more notes…. really? is this the kind of playing you want to idolize?”
Y E S !!
It has philosophy/idea behind:
Different Color, different sound concentrate….
different acoustic Effect. (its brilliant!)
Its may be new way the tone to differential, i tried it,
its very hard to fulfilled, but very effective.
Player of this Caliber, like Maestro Tuneh knows exactly why he is doin things in that way.
why for some of us his ideas are so clear and of the others is not tangible??
Jason, why arent you posting my comment???
its not bad one?
the “German” sound is (according to L. Mozarts Book and many others germans today also kazaltz used it…):
very soft way to create the sound, you are not holding the tone, you let it grow so that the instrument vibrat alone (like making puls).
The Germans calls it “schwung Bewegung” and it work the best when using the elbow.
You create an “ellipse” movment with your bow, so that the string will not be “surprise attacked”, its like “massage” so that the string get time to respond and will vaibreat with out any interruption.
Guy Tuneh knows this Teachnic, and is the best living example today to do it like a model!
Jon and Alois lets practice in reading,
“Bärenreiter urtext” is the most authentic score to find for this work and which i’m holding right now,
It is written: “ab lib”, and after 20 year in Orchestra you shuold know the meaning: with freedom / as you like.
Tuneh do it free, it may sounds l i k e recitative but after all recitative can also be with freedom.
Tuneh uses “Bärenreiter urtext” as a resource, that you certainly
didnt bother to check before certainly.
My opinion, before everyone becomes a “Dr.”, pleasc check the facts!
Jason we would like to comment please!!!
this is the most active thread i’ve ever seen on this site jason, congrats! (even though most are filled with indecipherable broken english!)
can you and guy get together and have the whole performance posted? i’d really like to see it. thanks.
Why are you blocking my comment?
Maestro, let me repet your words, that you said to Mr. Heath
back then in that great interview:
“follow your dreams and
dont let anybody, absolutely nobudy, to interrupt in this”
I’m Profi. bassist i dont know if i could ever play like this
because i’ve never realy tried, i needed to find job so i had the luck to become an Orchestaral musicion, today i feel
that i’m not realy happy that back then i didnt follow my dreams.
But still even if i would try, i dont know if i would be able
to do what you do…
Alois,
he is not breaking up the legato (since its not the original
Elgar bows), he divides it differently!
It would be seriously if some comment would be based on solid
facts.
And Jon,
Not everything that you can not understand is automatic
“bizarre, selfish and off-putting.”
After showing us how you try to understand, without to make it
personaly and to “speak” too much, maybe you should think about
letting your wide artistic view and Double-bass understanding
more freedom and toleranz.
and Jon
we are NOT “die hard fans” (like you would like also to have)
we are die hard music lover, who got boring from people
like you and how they see and think about music, trying to explain us by all means that people like Guy Tuneh are “bizarre” and un-expectablethat, we have eyes and head and we can use it,
but thank you for your “deep” analyze.
Due to some inappropriate comments that have been coming in, I am moderating all comments before posting them. If your comment is hate-filled or mean-spirited I will not approve it for posting. Otherwise I will post it when I do the moderation (once per day).
to Jon
“so one sided, I felt like”
sounds almost like sport to me…
Are you the new “comment’s police”?
‘cuse from your comment it sounds like you dont realy have somthing convincing to say, (or just to have fun)
To hear “so one sided” from someone that see music in such banal and so mono-view way, makes it more interesting and lead us to ask questions like what is your real motive for this kind of comment.
dont go so far, you are insulting us, we are not stupied peolpe
without any understanding and you are surely not a great musicologist.
Wow, this is insane. I’d like to know more about the Germanic school of bowing…Where can I find out more practical information about this? I suppose studying in Germany would be the best option?
Thanks
Jon
don’t you hear that the 1st “5 notes” on the E, have other
color than the 2nd “5 notes” on the halp po.?
he is mastering with the colors of his bass.
yehhh, i got it, i got it i got it….
thanks Jon and Rachel,
Tuneh does this “recitative” on E, D & G strings,
On the E its like a Question, using dark color – after all its tragic = dark color = WAR – (the first grup of the 5 tones),
On the D its the Answer, using half-full bright tone but still not complete – as hope for optimism = bright color (the secound grup of the 5 tones)
the rest (on G string) of this “recitative” is like a “solvation”, using “altogether” tone,
bright = Optimism = wins!!
woowwww
its like an inner “codes” that Tuneh put inside!
he trys to create dramtic sequent copying act motives inside his playeing,
If i’m right Tuneh is Genius, its celestial its “crazy”
its AMAZING this “bizarre”.
Jason, can you help me to get an answer from Tuneh??
Pleaseeee………. i cant wait….
To the lovely Mr. Tuneh,
“follow your dreams and
dont let anybody, absolutely nobudy, to interrupt your way”
(I’ve the impression that some people are over-busy in trying to disturb you from doing that)
hhooo
Jon you are just great and funny at onces
“the composer is nowhere to be seen. It is affected – added on. Interpretation that covers up rather bringing out what the composer wrote.”
so far away from what the composer wrote but still, you could recognize that its “La Sonnambula”…
(please, dont let me think its because of the videos title)
You can just say that you dont like Guy Tuneh! (and its OK)
why to go around the point, next time find a REAL solid reason to justify your turning away from Mr. Tunehs playing or his temper, and all of this after such long forward…
but you know what, Mannn you are great & i like you &
seems to me that are getting lot of attention too… woww
you scould be happy.
Jon
to idolize??
I’m not idolize Tuneh, Streichr or Rotaru.
(i like that performers are saying something on stage rather
than to “show that I can” and get bravo for succeed to play the right note on the right time! and not more than that, but still i’m not saying that they are not OK or trying by all means to proof that they are not OK etc.)
I’m INTERESTED in what Tuneh is presenting, there is alot to
wonder about this player, much more than other bassists
out there. (this is my personally opinion & seemes to me that
many others are thinking the same)
I’m very sorry that i cant “idolize” you!
(i think that this point made you real nervous, that Tuneh is getting not less attention if not more than You, Rotaru and the other “stars” that you like & believe me you dont realy want to jump and to replace into Tunehs shoes)
well, i will wonder you, but for this, first show me how interesting is your playing.
& until then:
keep it in the right proportions.
Whats all the Mega Crap?? haa ??
I dont know Genius or not, Selfish… Good or not, bow perpendicular, revolution… short arm… and all the rest of the bla bla…
I got from all of you a crazy impression about this guy, so
i heard his interview, and walla, he sounds to me like a very nice intelligent human being, and with warm heart to!
he never did enything mean to you! & from that he say, he tolerates every one of you as you are and calling you best wishes!!
what the f++k all of you want from him ???????!!!!
this dude just want to play the f++king Bass!
isnt this stupid forum not going a bit to far away??
why not to put everyone of you on this stage and let the others f++ck you in the same way that you do??!!!!!!!!
You are all sick!!!
I wouldn’t call posting comments sport, or policing (although it is more interesting to read when there is debate). Only after reading post after post ringing with thunderous applause did I come to the designation that this forum was “one sided.” I watched the video- fine bass playing, creative interpretation, phrasing, tone color changes, timing… but which doesn’t sit well with my sense of musical taste. Fine playing. Really, he is very good. And there are many very eccentric performers on the double bass – for double bass soloists, I would say that’s par for the course.
Let me put this in the context the way this forum reads – many people posting on this forum are asserting that Guy Tuneh is revolutionary- a god-like artistic figure who will revolutionize the world of bass playing and music in general (pardon my characterization). I, without any intention of insulting Mr. Tuneh or any individuals, tried to find a few examples where this performance offends my sense of taste and why. While I may have used strong language (“bizarre, selfish and off-putting), these are NOT PERSONAL ATTACKS.
“dont go so far, you are insulting us, we are not stupied peolpe
without any understanding and you are surely not a great musicologist.” – This sounds much more like the language of “comment’s police.” I can assure you, these kinds of comments are much more insulting than any one thing I may have written.
Tuneh has an attention to phrasing and mindfulness of color that are tremendous tools to any musical player. Admirable for sure. I don’t want to give impression I am a musical fool or insensitive to his “philosophy/idea” – but, where is the limit? Where does the composer’s text enter into it? If you think this is completely convincing interpretation, fine – I wouldn’t belittle a person’s intelligence over the internet (what’s the point in that). I can only say that the points of contention made in my previous comment are a matter of taste, they are reasonably offered, and that they still stand.
Sounds to me like witch-hunt, middle-age kind, but this one
through Internet.
Is this the real face of the Bass-fans?
Its noly against Guy Tuneh, its also to abuse each other!
I realy dont think that this is Mr. Tunehs or Jasons wish!
N.B.:
I cant believe that “Profis” are also taking part in this way of discussion.
Its showes under which atmosphere some of you are working
as an Orchestral-musicions and how musicions used to handle
each other.
Jon
tradition is very important in making music and i can understand your way of thinking and you have Point,
but without peolpe from the kind of Guy Tuneh there is no place for Jazz, Rock or any new wave in the music. (as you know this “styles” came because of exploding out of the tradition and clear that also because of other bases..)
Only tradition without creation will never survive.
think about it.
Erwin / Adam i’m standing behind of you guy, as you wrote:
“”””Whats all the Mega Crap?? haa ??
I dont know Genius or not, Selfish… Good or not, bow perpendicular, revolution… short arm… and all the rest of the bla bla…
I got from all of you a crazy impression about this guy, so
i heard his interview, and walla, he sounds to me like a very nice intelligent human being, and with warm heart to!
he never did enything mean to you! & from that he say, he tolerates every one of you as you are and calling you best wishes!!
what the f++k all of you want from him ???????!!!!
this dude just want to play the f++king Bass!
isnt this stupid forum not going a bit to far away??
why not to put everyone of you on this stage and let the others f++ck you in the same way that you do??!!!!!!!!
Sounds to me like witch-hunt, middle-age kind, but this one
through Internet.
Is this the real face of the Bass-fans?
Its noly against Guy Tuneh, its also to abuse each other!
I realy dont think that this is Mr. Tunehs or Jasons wish!
I cant believe that “Profis” are also taking part in this way of discussion.
Its showes under which atmosphere some of you are working
as an Orchestral-musicions and how musicions used to handle
each other. “”””
BRAVO
Jon, Misha and Elton (my english is disaster)
and i know i will get portion for my comment:
What about many other bassists like:
Fortuk who toke the friedom to change register in his “Sonnambula” something that might also goes against the Composers wish. (he never let the bass breathing, is this what the good old Bottesini wished as a oper conductor?)
Or in case of “nel cur piu non mi sento” = my heart is breaking
so that my body and heart are weak, why every bassist playes it so fast and happy? Bottesini never wrote “play it fast”!!
Rotarus first / second Rococo Video, he jumped bitween the register like crazy, and the orchestra has no wind players deffenatlly not what tchaikowsky wrote, his Paganini is very impresive but why he is playing it like a Robot? (Paganini wanted Virtuositet & tchaikowsky was sensible brocken heart gay -not Robot)
Gary Karr in his Drgonetti, 3rd mov., he put Cadenz, what about that? (he has very special singing playing but too much from this and it sounds like he is crying in his playing, his Eccles sonata its not barok!)
Ruizs version of Vanhal is not real loyal to what Vanhal wrote.
(he give me the feeling that he is playing for Mr. Stoll,
its amazing but alittle bit empty, he got change by his Orchestra members)
The Germans have other slurs to Kussevitzkys concert then the Americans or the french people…
(why thay all do it, is it patriotismus ?)
Or in many other everyday cases some conductors are “cutting” the “repeat” or arias in many operas… & so on)
Almost every Orchestra in the world has its own different slur
for many peaces. (why… the composers wrote clear text)
just point to think about!
Leonard Beranstein in the 4th movment of Bethoveens 5th
with the WPO, he sudedly changes the tempo to slower and than
fast – it is not written!
point to think about.
Nur wer eine Frage konfrontiert, gelöst und gemristert hat,
kommt weiter, als er vorher war, und ist bereit für die nächsten neun Fragen.
BRAVO Herr TUNEH,
My Wife and I, saw you in “Villa Musica” concert (Rossini Sonata), this is our chance to thank you für unforgettable evening.
Calvin,
I dont know if every teacher in Germany is teaching this.
I know that K. Siebach from Leipzig did, Klaus Stoll use this Teachnic, B. Sanderling and her Ex-Students are also doing so.
Try to conect her or Guy Tuneh for more information.
now:
Mr. Tuneh is very emotional person, silent, extremely curious, very shy, that lives distancedly from society, choosing people around him very carefully.
I dont know much about his personal life, only that he is a man of very high expectations and demands.
I dont think that he is somenoe who will reject you “just like this”, especially not with this kind of very important issue
to you.
B. Sanderling is not easy, most of her students are
“sitting” in elite Orchestras and having leading positions.
I dont know if they teach.
K. Stoll is known as a very nice person, but still you can never know what is marketing and what not.
K. Siebach is dead for many years (he was principal bassist
to Gewandhaus Orchertra in Leipzig and B. Sanderlings Teacher).
so,
If you decides to connect them, i wish you luck and hope that i could help you with your questions.
Calvin, one more thing:
Guy Tuneh studied also under W. Güttler,
(Güttler was for many years by Berlin Philharmonic, many CDs as Soloist, Amazing Talent and one of the teachers of the Great Ovidiu Badila and Petru Luga).
Big number of his Students are solists/chamber players and holding Prof. positions.
The problem:
1; Güttler is not for beginners!
2; He dont except/take everyone to his class/studio
3; He is better for people who go in the Chamber/Solo playing
course.
4; Its very hard to understand him!!!!
5; Some say that life changed him…
Calvin,
all the best for, Budy.
Christoph thanks for the great information! It was more so just out of curiosity! I’m a French Bow player. I’d be very curious, if an article was done on the French Bow in Germany/Austria. Perhaps it’s quite a taboo subject. I have an interesting DVD at home which shows numerous accounts of a the Principal/Solo Bass of a prominent Berlin Orchestra from the 1930’s which played French Bow.
Cheers.
Jason, is it possible to post ALL THE VIDEO ??
after reading Christoph’s comments,
Can YOU speak with the Maestro about it?
Hei Calvin
“taboo”, Not at all!!
We had in School in the class of B. Sanderling, one student from China he played French bow under B. Sanderling.
Listen to Tuneh’s interview: never he said “taboo”, especialy
when french bow players are playing so nice! for him its important that you do your best and play butifully,
“tabbo” means blocking, no one can learn/discover when he is blocked!
(by the way Tuneh playes both, German and French Bow.)
if someone calls it “taboo” i’d think that he is mono-view.
After surfing around in this Blog:
Why when a person (Guy Tuneh in CBC:30) speaks so deeply and so truthful from his heart
saying very important things!!! and gives his wishs to every one out there,
why SOME people using this Great Blog as a stage to “to pay back” Guy Tuneh??
After all, very few (if not less than) can speak or play like him!
Bravo Mr. Tuneh for speaking smart.
Bravo Mr. Tuneh for playing so beautiful.
Like everything in life,
Also Guy Tuneh’s rendition is a matter of a taste.
however
Matchless in mastery of bass playing!
Revolution:
“(lat.) means a rapid, radical change the current political, social, economic conditions.
creation of new principle.. .. to set for example new elites, regulations, etc.”
As Long as i think about it, something in Mr. Tuneh’s playing creating by many people this kind of responses.
The plot thickens!
Calvin – German bow is besser sen french bow!!
we German nou best!!
Tuneh ist freak bot no play in Orchester!
German bow besser for Orchester!
hehe
The question is not what you think about Guy Tuneh’s playing,
its what Guy Tuneh think about the playing of everyone of you.
hehe
Guy Tuneh “pushing” people to do more for the bass,
to discover new limits and to see bass playing in different aspect.
Patkolo, Rotaru, Ruiz and others it is still noly about Bass playing, a F++cking GREAT and OUTSTANDING BASS PLAYING but it stays in this area.
Patkolo and Co, are “Perfect players”, (Guy Tuneh isnt), they put the bass infront of the stage becuase they show the bass can play like violin, cello etc. (fast, brilliant… in tune… ferfect.. and try to interpret like Violin would do… its very good to money making – show biz!).
Guy Tuneh put the bass infront of the stage in way of thinking that NO other string player does, its A mixture of many Arts
together, along with different viewing of sound creating, different way of expresion and most importent:
Message, like with Patkolo & Co., but still on another
dimension – now this is new, and for all of us.
After reading “Melindas” (she has apoint) comment i think that:
Yes, Guy D. Tuneh is a FREAK, strange FREAK
but because of him I will start to pay attention to music (not only bass music..) carefully and with a new expectation!
Those who actuated by jealousy: H u s h !
Guy Tuneh would never be welcomed by some Bassists/musicians if he will not play like everybody else, and do what People are expected from Bass-players to do!!!
One think is for sure, he has balls.
Enough koussevitzky concert,
Enough Dittersdorf concert,
I can’t hear these Concerts any more…!!!!!!!!!
In every Audition, every F++king Bass Audition, I most hear it sometime for more than 40 times ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh… .
(Last time was last week)
I cant stand it any more…
Why every Bassist on this plant is chewing it until unconsciousness.
(and its sounds always the same!!! ahhhyyyyvveeeiii- help..)
By playing Rococo or Elgar or Bottesin you can also learn alot about the candidate!
In Case of this Guy, more than once I was “falling asleep” (not in audition) from some cello players who perform these works, this guy give you a thrill of joy!
I know that some of my coworker will climb on the walls because of him, saying:
“how can we live with his personality, he is not easy.”
or
“he may not be a “team player” ”
or
“he make to much fun”
or
“he use strange Slurs”
or
“Like this you cannt play Bass”
or
“his bow is “crooked” “.
or
“out of tune”,
or
many other things that may sound like the people who
said them just try to deal with their own problms or fear
to break their own bubble that they creat after long/short time of playing in a very “comfortable atmosphere” without any kind of conflict from that kind, as in an Orchestra.
Its all the time the same story, about people who play intresting or presenting deep passion or fire & temper!
however,
but to “kill” works like koussevitzky, Dittersdorf & Co. in the way of hearing it until No one can stand it anymore (we the orchestral-players and they, the “tortured” candidate),
as a way to find the right Coworker, is in my eyes, away
of castration,
maybe thats what its all about, to be a bit castrated, like this we are not doing what we want, its easyer to be a “team Player” and we can live with each-other and share pult for llloooonggggggg time until our time is over!!
I’m Profi. Violin player, member in one of the best German orchestras (“A Haus” in Berlin) – dont ask for my name because i
have 19 more years until my “Rente” and i want to have it peaceful, i had enough.
Something in Guy Tuneh is very Tragic.
A lot of temper & fire, joy but based on pain and suffer.
Clown = tragic figure which reflecting the ture real cold
world, through joy and fun using every source he can find.
Nice Elgar.
“Violin Player”
I know what you feel!
but
Orchestra playing means: to fit!
No need to say it to you, but you Gut A Very Good Point, without Salt and pepper it can be unhealthy. (alcoholic, depression etc.)
“fresh wind” can do only good!
Guy Tuneh in not a “fresh wind”, he is a “hurricane”!
Guy Tuneh radiate enormous musical personality and temper, which in orchestra-playing not to be fulfilled.
Its much better mainly for him, to be free, and to use his talent in the maximal way as Chamber or Solo performar.
all the best – chamber orchestra musician!
What is Tragic about Tuneh, is that even with his godly talent,
there will always be someone tries to “attack” or not to except him.
Wwwoo…
Is it possible to see a complet version of Guy performing
ELGAR ?
“Melinda” has a point.
can anybody confirm?
Dear Melinda, Carlo,
About your argument, as a musicologist i’m also very curios, it bring to sifting.
(Its astonishing isnt it?)
I guess Guy Tuneh is the only one to confirm this questioning.
It just makes no sense to play this music and this concert on the doublebass.
Greetings, Michael.
Melinda…What are your qualifications to make such a statement? You’re really going out on a limb here. I don’t think Mr. Tuneh sat down and analyzed the relationships between his strings tone and the battle between good and evil….Honestly. Just let the guy play, enough of this crap.
If it sounds better on the cello (which it does, by far) then it is not needed in the double bass repertoire. Pieces like the Eccles Vioin Sonata have stayed as a staple of the bass literature because they’re convincing transcriptions. I’m sorry but Mr. Tuneh’s playing is just plain bad. Forget what he looks like on camera, his sound and interpretation is bad.
Frank
Thanks for comment to my questioning.
What makes you so sure??
I heard Guy Tuneh playing live and it looks to me that he is very much aware to this point.
But if you think so, my i’m wrong!
(Only Guy can confirm…)
By the way Frank, I got before two years my Diploma from German hochschule as a musicologist! and today i’m working in “Urtext”
Leipzig.
There are no “crap” questions, only “crap” answers!!!!
All the best
Michael, did you try?
Frank,
How can someone define “interpretation is bad.”?!?
like to say Orange is bad, couse i dont like it!
I’m sure that all the people to claim that this peace is not for bass would very soo try to play it.!
If commenting her ,you still didnt give Melinda a good solid answer…
Frank, wrong!
we are not playing peases on bass only if they sound better then the instruments its writen for!!
NO Musician, even not Tuneh, Karr, Gajdos, Patkolo etc. would play Kol Nidrei in the way that it would sound better/like the original singing! but still people play it!
I’m realy not expecting from bass to play Elgar like Cello would
its Crazy/Circus!!! (and I think that Mr. Tuneh knows it – he even dont try…)
I would excpet to hear Elgar on bass like bass would play it, and this is very interesting – its sound tragic, the bass sound is dark, every bass has a dark color comparing to cello!
Its Interesting, that Mr. Tuneh use this point!
Melinda thinks that its interesting, No need to “Crap” her like this.
Dont get made about what are her “qualifications”, and if she has No “qualifications”, than she dost have the right to ask??
OOhh Frank,
His playing is not bad,
His interpretation is also not “bad”
(even if you dont like it, it cannt be “Bad”)
“Bad” is your way of speaking!
When someone say that Mr. Tuneh’s playing is bad i dont expect to hear from him other words than “Crap”.
(crap=jealousy in this case!)
You have a problem with Melinda! (what did she do to you?, she may said something right that you didnt know!)
You have aproblem with Guy Tuneh! (No one force you to hear his
playing.)
And my dear, you have A Problem with yourself!,
Getting aggressive as a reaction to someones interpretation, using words like Crap etc.!!!
and Frank,
Mr. Tuneh hit your weak-point! (maybe its also bad, but he did!!)
To define Melinda’s question as “Crap” is a kind of a moron
way of thinking! & to claim that Mr. Tuneh’s playin is bad, its a proof of moron way of thinking.
Please dont understand me wrong, morons have also the right not to like something!! but they have to think twice before speaking,
after all there is a reson why they are morons!
Jason, as someone said before, not every Monkey must get stage to his bad manners!!
Hhhooo haaaaaa,
mannnn
Some people are really get green with envy ’cause of the reactions that Guy Tuneh collect!
Personally I wouldn’t be, with all respect to his Mega-Talent, I’d never ever think about changing with him!!
I’d never manage to deal under this kind of situation (I’m from different material).
Give me my Tutti place and i’m happy, dont like to be “boxing sack”, or under so much stress of performing alone and so much.
I’m so happy to have “my place”, in my Orchestra.
J A S O N:
Imagine what will be if you will post the whole Video???
Your Server will crash!
Nu Nu Nu,
be fair,
Maestro Tuneh studied in Berlin, under B. Sanderling – if someone knows her, she is a very hard Teacher!, also with W. Guettler – no need to tell about him too much, Mr. Tuneh played
under D. Barenboim (sure some of you never heard the name) and many many others, Tuneh was a Solo-bassist in some good German/Europien Orchestras.
Last summer played with R. Kussmaul & Co. in Chambermusic Festival in Italy, he carried the wohle city with his OUTSTANDING playing, his “elephant” from the animal-carnival
Got the Critic “from today, a new age of double-bass playing
begin”.
I saw him in Italy and I saw this Video, Maestro Tuneh is One of the Best!!
and he know to recognize a good cook – what show almost every thing importent about a person!!!
and he like Buffel-Mozarella!!
I really enjoy watching this musician perform. He has a very elegant and unique approach and he seems filled with life. I do not think that being a musician should mean string for absolute perfection. If you listen to Mr. Tuneh there are minor intonation flaws but he captures the audience and delivers a very moving rendition.
I salute you Mr. Tuneh!
Calvin, yes,
After all he is also human being!
Sorry, but I dont hear any intonation flaws!,
I think that the Piano is not well balanced with the Bass,
the microphone is built in the Camera, the sound is pur, its mixture of direct bass sound to the mic, with piano sound from
behind and Echo from all over.
Mr. Tuneh must use Profi. equipment!, otherwise we cannt realy
hear him clear, its like a Sound-salat, its a Pity!!!.
However
Very Nice Playing! Congratulations!.
(some very nice ideas, creating depression & sad atmosphere)
So what did we have:
Bow is cracked, arms to short, selfish, too much freedom, “recitative” (by th way it is writen like this!!!),
bitween we have the dear Melinda, and now the new subject:
“intonation flaws”.
Looks to me that some of you guys are realy looking under the
ground to come-up with something against this guy.
Its like you are totaly nympholepsy about this guy!
Its obsession!
106 Responses to 4 mins. of playing! are you all crazy?, if Jason
will post the wohle video…
Its obsession!
Dont you have any thing else to do in your life??
You will never find something real-solid against his playing and as soon as you’ll understand it, its better for you. (you will save your time, energy and more than that – your health).
Go take the dog out or clean your room, watch a good movie or cook yourself an eye…
Its like sick Kidergarden, realy….
O.M.G
Now its his intonation… whats next?
Still we didnt spoke about the guy neer the piano…! he looks like Bottesini! (lets comment him to death!)
JASON we got it.
Every one on planet Earth has already comment!
We Got It.
lol. What isn’t in tune? How about the first note he plays? As I said before. I enjoy his playing but all of you are idolizing this man and making him out to seem like Yo Yo Ma. He’s just an average soloist.
Woww
Some of you guys realy dont know some facts about this Cello Concerto!!
There is a whole story behind this Work and some Facts
Which some of you never heard about!!
So why commenting?
it comes to be bla bla bla bla …
Melinda you sould deliver Jason an article about this “turning point” peace, and the real motive that cuse Sir E. Elgar to write this Concert!!
Until then its all bla bla bla bla comments!!!
I’m interested in Intonation!!
“Amazed at the 110 comments (and counting) about the recent Guy Tuneh video on my blog”
Is it still your blog? or Maestro Guy Tuneh’s?
Part of this discussion is really Moronic!!!
If anyone’s interested in leaving some feedback about how various bass players play excerpts, check out the latest virtual master class track. Bass players that submit their tracks for this project are looking for feedback on their playing and would appreciate some comments.
Also, if anyone is interested in submitting their own tracks (anonymously–no one will know who you are unless you tell me to put your name out) fill out the contact form or leave a comment letting me know.
I’m NOT interested in Intonation!!
I’m intrested in ART!
BRAVO JASON!!
Like you I agree!!! 1000000000000000000000000 % !!
however, also,
I think that Guy Tuneh is a living LEGEND as a person and as an Outstanding performer, so you are not the only fan of this Very special and importent guy!!
(some people are having problem to except this – sc++w them!).
But lets see the big commentors on the “virtual master class”,
where briliant is needed. In this place its very “hush”, intresting!
No “new” comments every thing is Banal… like reapet the one and only brocken record that they ever heard from their Banal teachers!!!! (reapet the same comment/subject on and on and on…. no new view)
But to pay Tuneh like this is pur, after all he is an Outstanding
Performer!! and they are julius!!!
(or 97% moronic with no basic info about string-playing or music history in head…, sorry guys go to school, you are embarrassing your self!)
BRAVO Jason just keep on, dont let some f++kers to put you down!
BRAVO Guy Tuneh for great music and AMAZING power!!!
you both are my heros!!!
“… Also, if anyone is interested in submitting their own tracks (anonymously–no one will know who you are unless you tell me to put your name out) fill out the contact…”
forget it J. even anonymously they have fear!!!
& J.
dont expect from everyone to be like Guy Tuneh!
Bravo! 😥
What a journey, to listen to this Guy !
Hei morons,
did you know that the first time ever that ELGAR cello Concerto was performing, it was on VIOLA!
so why not double-bass!
sorry to disappoint you, but looks to me that Mr. Tuneh did his research work very good, before playing and going with this work on stage!
Woww,
Never heard it like this on cello or on bass. Good Job.
like the way how you tell a story with your bass,
Guy , what you are doing is strong dude , keep on mann!!
Guy, some of the comments are very embarrassing
(ignorant untill dweeb),now, if they are from my side of the globe please try to neglect, some of us are still Dweeb/young and still have alot to learn.
As a true lover of Jason’s blog, i’m happy to have you on “my”
Blog as a guest!
Peace Man!!
Justin,
Thanks God, finaly someone with head!
Because of “few notes” to comment “bad bass playing” its
pure insolence!!.
(No one expecting to have “Perfect” in live concert)
This Guy has so much to show and to say, he is fascinating
by all means, this what i expect – inspiration!
b.t.w. – this Guy knows a lot about this work, history, facts,
meaning, story, the idea, he got the right effect.
He did great job understand this music, BRAVO.
(some cello players dont even know what motivated Sir. Elagr to write this Concert – they would think twice about how to play this pease, or the fact that they played it for the first time on Viola, or what did Elgar said about the “first time” Conducting this work on the BBC Orchestra and most importent –
the message of it).
Pity that we cannt see all of that concert video with Mr. Tuneh!
Its amazing how Tuneh is telling the story, the one that Elgar heard from the young soldier about the WAR before got killed back in the front, & left Elgar behind depressive, sick & disappointing from humanity. (…Elgar was in hospital when writing the 9/8 motive…)
(This is the entire story, briefly, about this work.)
Tuneh present this work as a Story, a Dramatic story about WAR and after it.
Mr. Tuneh constructed this facts in his interpretation in an ingenuity way, every phrase is unlike the other but rich in details and keeping that said message.
As a Prof. for musicology, as Violin player I give Guy Tuneh
an A+ for his Job and Performance!!
Bravo – we need more performers from this kind!
“I want to live,
I want to give
Ive been a miner for a heart of gold.
Its these expressions I never give
That keep me searching for a heart of gold
And Im getting old.
Keeps me searching for a heart of gold
And Im getting old.
Ive been to hollywood
Ive been to redwood
I crossed the ocean for a heart of gold
Ive been in my mind, its such a fine line
That keeps me searching for a heart of gold
And Im getting old.
Keeps me searching for a heart of gold
And Im getting old.
Keep me searching for a heart of gold
You keep me searching for a heart of gold
And Im getting old.
Ive been a miner for a heart of gold.”
I found mein!
Mr. Tuneh, thank you so much for giving from your self!!
Take care – what you have (heart of gold) is valuable!
This guy is intrested in message, he wish to say something!
he isnt in polishing-pedantic-perfect-robotic-studiocheating- playing! (he let other people to do it)
What an a Artist!
(he could also be a great Rock star!)
Referring the other version of Mr. Tuneh in YouTube,
finally someone who playes the 2nd mov. as “Perpetu-um mobile”
and NOT like crazy fast Spicc. sounds like technical exercise!
Hallo Cello players Get alive!
Every time that I listen to his Elgar I discover new detail !
Wow Great.
Con.
What a beautiful exquisite handicraft (Teachnic)
When arts and crafts come together.
Fine.
This “debate” is ludicrous,
This guy is playing bass very fine, mastering in his handcraft.
like a starred chef, every movment of him = gold, valeting
his musical rendition.
Its pure inspiration to observe and to listen to him.
(when jealousy makes blind….)
finally!!
A performer with background knowledge of what he presents!!
use his head and not only his hands!
Why cannt i find CD from this guy?
This guy make the other bass-players to look like students…
Great Job!
Its cheeky to write “Selfish” – especially without to know Mr. Tuneh personally.
I know Guy Tuneh from Basel Uni. – he is one of the most sweet people i know!
He is extraordinarily intelligent, quick in his mind, warm emotional person, naive and have a great humor. sweet person
its amazing to be with him in one room together, can be happy
or very sad, people like him you dont find today on the street
every day!!!!
like an ANGLE on EARTH.
No matter what some people will try to say, he is a living Legend!! (and some of you know it, this is why commenting so low..)
for all the morons:
(You will be the first to stand in the line to get a lesson from him… you are respecting him and doin after him like dogs –
but you will never admit that!!)
We still didnt see you play the bass!!!
In times that everybody tries to solve the problems of today
this guy is solving the problems of tomorrow.
What a good new for bass!!
BRAVO.
Great Performance!
(bit to short)
If I would have his talent, I would walk and smash everyone of you, for your big mouth, to bring this kind of spirit to the music world!
This guy is exceptional, No doubt!!.
No need to comment low just to wonder!!
I think that the biggest mistake that Mr. Tuneh is doing, is that he tries to be “beloved” by bass-players.
It will lead him to misconceive!!!
Bass-players can be moronic, how can you even dare to think that the level of bass playing today is so good or impresive???
It needs more than just to play the right notes in the right time to say that bassists are amazing or the bass world is getting “kick”, look all over, bassists are playing like a machines, copying each other, is this the level that we as bass-players would like to achieve??
(…some will say yes, well, this comment is not for these guys, they souldnt read it!)
Every monky to play fast is getting the stage, if Patkolo would hear the original Sarasate or the original Cerney he would hide
and very fast, to be a “hero” because all the Idiots out there are simply morons without any idea how the things sould realy sound, or because he is playing just fast like a shocked-monky in a circus!! (sorry for sounding so hard…)
To try to impress the bass-community is a big mistake especially when we have to do with player like Guy Tuneh!!
He sould go and perform to a real audiance and not infront of moronic people to make a moronic comments.
Mr. Tuneh can be in front of the stage with first class muscicians who try to show more than just “I can play the notes”
(like our Prof. from Arizona – Rococo have never being so boring
or cramped on bass, he sould try to impress a real musicians and yound students who are looking for teacher…).
The same mistake did the great O. Badila – try to show to bassists a “new world”, they didnt understand it!! (in 50 years maybe…) and he made himself very tangible because of that Amazing Talent that he was.
Guy Tuneh sould take care and just do his way, and never sould listen to comments from morons like some bassists can be!
its waste of time and energy!!!
Huge Talent like G. Tuneh sould go on with creating new standarts
and giving us like always alot to think about!!.
(To give 5 stars in You-Tube for a drunken-bassist who “try” to
play standarts and “proud” that his orchestra – LSO – was making him to a Joke after playing wrong! – bunch of idiots),
Thank you for making my point:
Once again – its waste of time and energy!!!
(sorry if i heart someone – but its a free land….)
and i’m not stupid Dragotesini!!
I Think that Mr. Tuneh give us some new things to think about and he has the “power” to make us looking at ourself
and to ask: what can i do better?
This is like gold – its the best teacher
that someone can have!!!
Alois & Jon be informed!:
I had an extraordinary experience, the opportunity to hear Guy Tuneh (in France) play ELGAR cello-concerto accompanimented by Orchestra!
I MUST say, it was FANTASTIC.
AS a cello-fan I heared also Truls Mork live in Freiburg (Germany) with the SWR orchestra and I got the feeling that Mr. Mork (commparing to G. Tuneh) didnt realy understand the “right” spirit of that Concert,
dont get me false, it was Perfect but for me it was to much sober
and less lyrical, it had no Energy, hard to find Drama inside.
Commparing to Mr. Tuneh’s performance I can realy say it was for me much more intresting and powerful, it was with much more details, like a very blue story!!! it was Tragic.
Tuneh played it like for living or dying!
And indeed:
On bass it sounds much more Tragic and cry-ful, more than once like a quiet but power-scream, I dont know if its Mr. Tuneh’s
temperament or something else, but still very very very intresting, Colorful, special, I am mightily impressed ! .
for me its clear 1:0 for Guy Tuneh!!
Guy Tuneh thank you for an unforgettable day.
I will never forget what this Bassist showed us that evening!
(Jon, No sign that the Orchestra had problem to accompaniment
Guy Tuneh, they looked like they are very intrested in what he is doing)
P. S.:
Dear Jason (I love your Blog :smile:)
I think that Mr. Tuneh’s people got this concert on Video,
so, for once and for all it would be great to post it
Just to keep some idiots quiet!
This Guy is Genius!
WHAT A PLAYER!
What a personality, look at the picture…
(he is from the type of Jack Nicholson or Robert De Niro or Gerard Depardieu… only Junger)
some of you guys are idiots!
Woww
the new BADILA!!!
Bravo for AMAZING playing!
This guy is the finest/special bassist alive today!!
Jason,
After taking a look at the performers list of the ISB 2009,
how can it be that Double-bass Virtuoso Guy Tuneh & Miloslav Gajdos are not going to be part of the next Convention?
BRILLIANT!!
This Guy Is AMAZING!!!!
BRAVOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
First time indeed!!
WWWooowwwwwwww…….
Maestro di Maestri!!
BRAVO
so much like the story behind this work!
I don’t get many European commenters aside from when I feature Guy Tuneh (probably because the blog content tends to be somewhat U.S.-centric). It’s good to see such vibrant opinions from visitors, though I’ve had to put the “comment firewall” up because of some very inappropriate comments coming in from a few individuals.