Hello guys,
welcome to another episode of TwoSet Violin!
We're going to do—
- Oh! Ow! Ohh—! - Oh! Ohh!!!
Oh you almost slipped—
I nearly slipped!
You hit my feet as well.
- So my feet saved you. - I'm wearing socks.
We're both wearing socks.
So today,
we are revisiting an all-time favourite episode,
called the "Ling Ling Workout".
For those who are new to our channel,
Ling Ling finds it too easy to perform
difficult pieces straightforward,
so Ling Ling needs challenges
to make the pieces even harder.
So of course you guys all submitted already
in our Instagram,
we're going to look at it and pick a challenge
for each other.
- We'll nominate our own pieces. - Yeah.
Because...
Be realistic, 'cause we're not really Ling Ling yet.
Scissors, paper, rock!
Scissors, paper, rock!!!
Alright, you get the first challenge.
I'll give you a really, really easy...
- ...challenge to start off first. - Oh, okay, so I'll give you an easy one then.
It'll be very hard for Ling Ling,
but for you it'll be very easy.
You mean...
"Play with terrible intonation."
Ahhhhhh!!!!!!!
Bach Andante, from the second sonata.
- So if you're in tune, then you fail. - Oh, okay.
Your open A was in tune...!
- No, no...!!! - *laughs*
Oh, that's so hard!
My muscle memory used the finger
to place in the right place,
well...
..."roughly".
Alright, I'll give you a really easy one.
"Hold the bow with the thumb and middle finger only."
That's pretty tricky.
Mmm, okay.
Since you gave me a Bach,
play the Preludio,
in E major.
- Oh, it's gonna skid all over the place! - *chuckle*
Oh!
*chuckle*
- *chuckle* - Ohh, don't touch the bow!
Dude...!
I can't...ah...!
Ahh there you go.
*chuckle*
Oh, okay.
Oh dude, that's so tense!
- The string crossing...yeah. - And you changed your technique halfway.
Yeah.
Alright, let's up it a bit.
*chuckle* Some of them are crazy hard.
You guys are really pushing it.
*gasp*
I don't like this.
"Go around with the tempo of the piece.
Be careful, don't get too dizzy."
If I break my violin it's your fault!
Second movement of Tchaikovsky!
Ohhhhh...!!!
And each bar is one rotation.
And I'm here to protect you in case—
Yeah, actually, I'm a bit nervous, hey.
I'll protect your violin.
Yeah, protect the violin.
And my bow.
I can fall.
Nah, yeah, faster...!
I'm so dizzy.
*chuckle*
Alright, seriously, hold my—
Like, look after my violin.
I'm a bit nervous.
Nice, nice!
I'm getting so dizzy!
Don't drop it!
Ohh!
Just make it to the end of the next one!
One more phrase!
- Alright, stop stop stop stop! - *laughs*
You look like you're about to fall!
I'm so dizzy!
Oh my god.
Your body started to like...
Well, that was...that was pretty good.
"Play a piece while singing another."
Adagio from G minor,
but sing the opening of the Bruch Violin Concerto.
*laughs*
Ohh! I thought you got it!
*laughs*
Nah, I can't.
I couldn't tell at the end...
Bach started following Bruch's pace.
The...the rhythm!
That was a good one. That's a good challenge.
"Do left hand pizz while hopping bouncing a ball."
Do the uh, Paganini 24th pizz variation.
Oh my god, that's hard.
Oh!
Not bad. Whoa, this is...
That's too easy, let's do another one.
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star?
Three bounces to each four beats.
Nice!
*laughs*
I can't!
That's really hard!
"Stay awake for 40 hours without any sleep
and then play Tchaikovsky."
Do you want us to die?
Yeah, that was like...
"Play violin while showering."
- No way! You guys are... - No way!
You guys are so crazy!
- Nah. - Never gonna happen, guys.
Don't even do that.
with a precious violin.
"Play the viola!"
"Playing while promoting TwoSet Apparel to us."
Eddy you gotta get creative.
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And practice!!!
Clothes that'll make you practice 40 hours a day!
What the hell...?! *laughs*
Alright.
That's pretty good.
'Use your toes to bow."
Play something using your feet." Another one.
"Play violin with your feet fingers."
- That's disgusting. Guys...! - It's all feet...
You guys all love feet.
(We're both wearing socks.)
"Use your hand as a bow."
Play...Tarantella part of Sarasate.
Dude how do I use my hands as a bow?!
I don't know.
You have to go close to the mic.
No no no no, wait!
You need some more rosin.
No oil, guys!
Just rosin.
Alright, that's enough.
Good job.
Solid effort.
"Sight read upside-down sheet music."
Something I've never played before.
Which is nothing because I played everything.
- Second movement, here we go. - Alright.
- Beethoven Sonata no. 7. - Okay.
Nah!
Wait!
No, it's F!
- Ohhhh!!! - Ahhhh!!!
Yeah.
- What's the note... - A flat.
Whoa, this is hard!
Uh, it messes your head, because...
You're used to seeing the high E on a space,
but you see a low E on a line.
Yeah, so you started playing E flat.
- That's why...the F natural. Yeah, okay. - Yeah.
Play...3rd movement Tchaik,
but you got to twerk on the beat.
Alright, you ready?
- Quality twerking. - How do you twerk?
Lizzo can do it...
So hard...
I'm getting back pain!
Respect to all the people out there that can...
That can twerk and play music at the same time.
"No practice for a week."
Oh that's easy.
I mean, no, it's hard.
Oh! "Violin faces the floor, you are still upright."
Oh, that's a good one!
Barber Violin Concerto, 3rd movement.
I'm just joking.
Do Sibelius opening.
This is so hard!
Dude, this looks so bad!
Dude, I'm afraid I'm gonna drop my violin!
Dude you're gonna drop it!
It looks like you're gonna drop it bro!
Nice!
My bow keeps hitting my elbow.
*chuckle*
Nah.
- Alright guys. - Look at these crazy challenges,
keep an eye out for the next one.
Don't forget to follow us on Instagram,
@twosetviolin.
And also @twosetapparel!
Yeah, wooooo!!!!
Keep practicing.
Did you practice?
Go practice.
Scissors, paper, rock!
Scissors, paper, rock!!!
*laughs*