Welcome to another episode of TwoSet Violin.
And today as you noticed already,
we have two very special guests.
TwoSet guests.
Kelly and Irene.
Now, they have never played the violin before.
Today, we're going to try to teach them
how to play the violin, blindfolded.
We're blindfolded?
No...
Brett and Eddy are blindfolded.
You will drop our violin.
Dude, imagine you're blindfolded.. That's not good.
But one of us will teach one of them and we'll rotate.
The other person can just be on standby...
In case, my instrument gets destroyed.
We won't.
Famous last words.
Probably scissors, paper, rock, whoever wins goes...
- First! - First.
- Scissors, paper, rock! - Scissors, paper, rock!
All right, you go first.
Oh, dude, should be the loser that goes first.
- Peace. You set the rules. - That's not fair.
- I'm gone. - All right.
I'm nervous for your violin.
****. i'm nervous as well.
It's all right. I trust you.
Is this good enough for a blindfold? Yeah.
Okay, so, ****.
Dude, I'm so nervous.
- All right. Okay, here we go. - Three, two, one, go.
Okay. pick the violin up from the neck.
The neck is like the thin part of the instrument.
Cool?
It's very light.
Yeah, that's very good.
- Ohh! - Ahh! Ahh!
What's going on?
Ahh!
Ahh!!
Hold the neck. Don't hold it too hard.
Don't drop it. Dude, you're freaking me out, man.
Oh, dude, you don't want to see
- how she holds your violin. - Ohh! I don't want to see it!
- Why are you guys so dramatic? - Okay.
Okay, okay, okay.
You see that black part at the bottom of the violin
- Yeah. - called the chin rest?
Slowly with your right hand,
lift it up carefully to your shoulder and drop it here.
Bro, it's been one minute.
Ohh, are you serious?
You see there's four strings?
Yes.
String number three is an A, okay?
- A. - That's all we need. Okay, now...
****.
Yeah, now, you have an A.
There'll be two As. A, A, E, E.
And E is the fourth string.
I wish I could describe what's happening right now.
I don't wanna see this.
Sorry, I'm just gonna...
For safety reason, adjust this here.
Yeah, yeah, please. Thank you very much.
Oh, ****. Should have done the bow first.
What am I doing?
Ah, damn it.
Okay, so your bow...
I'm assuming you're holding like this right now?
She's not holding it, I'm holding it.
Oh, what the ****?
- Well, you haven't given her instructions. - All right. Okay.
Um, maybe put the violin back down.
Oh my god.
Dude, I don't know.
If you're holding it like this at the bottom, right?
Use the left hand grab the wood on the left side,
just hold it for you.
Like this?
Well, I don't know.
- Yeah, I guess so. - I don't - I don't know.
Flop your right hand like this in the air for a moment.
Like this?
- I don't know, I can't see. - Okay.
Place it on that bottom part,
where you see that leather part with the black part
- on top of the wood. - Like this?
So if this was - My finger was the bow,
it would look like this.
Right finger, which one is the -
Like, it will look like this.
Okay?
- Like this? - Yeah.
And then the thumb grabs the bottom of the black part.
I don't know what you're talking about.
I don't know either.
I don't know what's going on.
Grab the bottom part of the black part.
Bl - Bottom of the black part?
So, it'd look like this.
Like this?
I think so. I can't see but, yeah.
I believe in you, Irene.
Okay, you can let go of the left hand now.
- Don't drop the bow. - Like this?
Oh, ****.
Very good. Remember how to get the violin?
Put it on your shoulder.
Do that while keeping the bow hold, please.
Like this?
Just, as long as you don't drop it,
hold it however you want.
Now, you can put the bow in between
what you call a bridge and the...
- ****, how do I explain this. - Like this?
Oh, yeah, okay, don't move.
That's string number two.
All you have to do is do this. With the right -
Pull it out like this and back in to make a sound.
And keep the bow straight if you can,
parallel to the bridge.
Bow straight... Like this?
Keep it parallel.
- Yeah, dude, I can't see, but... - Like this?
Is it?
- I don't know. - You can't ask me.
I'm not allowed to say anything.
Like this?
Um... Keep going. Just do a bit more so I can hear.
When you move the bow,
make sure the bow is moving in parallel,
so the same angle as the bridge, that wooden thing.
- So it should move - - Like this?
Yeah.
Yeah, not bad.
- Yes. - Ohh...
Now, do it on the third string.
A...
Yeah, that's really good, that's the string we want.
I just realized Kelly's getting like– she's cheating
because she gets to see what's happening.
Well, that's true.
She has to learn a harder piece.
Ohhh!
- Shouldn't have said that. - Irene...
Irene, are you there?
Yes, I'm here.
Do two As.
A. A.
And then E...
- Oh? - E.
Good, that's very good.
Now, that's "twinkle twinkle".
Now, you need "little star".
Oh, ****.
Your left hand should look like this, right?
- Yeah. - And the hands, the neck's sitting here.
- Yeah. - You should put one finger down on the fourth string.
And now try and play that string.
The fourth string, I use the little finger, right?
- Fourth string - - I use this one.
Uh... Maybe put the first finger down a bit more.
You're going the other way.
Back down that way.
Yeah, yeah, that's it.
Now, that's "twinkle twinkle little".
Ay!
Ohhh, get it.
Okay, okay.
The A string, can you try and put three fingers down?
- Three fingers down on the same string? - Yes. Yes.
Now, the second finger is right next to the third finger.
- So they're together like this. - Okay, okay, okay.
All right.
Okay, now, two, two.
Is that your second finger or third finger?
Uhh, middle and the fourth finger.
What the ****?
- Wait... - What finger?
Dude, it's so hard. I can't see.
Now, do you have three fingers on the A string?
That's it. That's it. Hold it.
And then second finger.
And then first finger.
Is it?
Yeah, it just sounds a bit constipated.
Okay, that's really good.
Now... How long do I have left?
- Three minutes. You have three minutes. - Three minutes. Okay, okay, let's do it.
Uh, Irene, we're gonna make your sound like...
Really, really good.
See if you can do like a even longer bow,
but keeping that bow straight on the A string.
That sounds dangerous a.f.
Yeah.
Uh-huh.
Second finger.
Okay, first finger.
And then really low, the low one.
Yeah.
- Last one. Yeah. - B...
- One more. - Play it, one more, one more.
Yeah.
I think that's it.
- I think that's it. - I think that's it. That's pretty good.
- Urgh! - That's pretty good.
Yay!
Oh, so bright...
It's like exercise.
It's sore for her because
- her posture is completely wrong. - Oh really?
But, you couldn't fix it because you didn't know
what her posture was like, she was like...
Really?
And her hand was like...
Yeah, your scream freaked me out.
I was like, oh my god...
It's so hard to do, but you did really well.
Is it completely wrong? Is it -
It's completely wrong.
Oh.
Kelly: So, how's it supposed to be like?
- Well, it's... - Oh!
- She's trying to cheat... - Yeah, don't tell her, don't tell her, don't tell her.
All right, I am not responsible if your violin drops.
That's your responsibility.
No, that's not fair.
You should use your violin.
Because Kelly's seen part of it, so we're going to up it.
Now, so she has to learn Lightly Row.
So, timer starts...
- Now. 15 minutes. - All right.
First thing I'm going to do is
I'm going to take care of the bow hold.
So...
Uh...
Imagine, you know how there's a frog
and the hair is like below, right?
And there's like this little hole...
Where's the frog?
The frog is the uh...
The heavy kind of little piece that sits below
the wooden thing with the silver dot on it.
Okay.
That's called the frog.
This one?
I don't know.
- Maybe. - Silver -
If that makes sense...
No.
- Okay, like... - I got the thumb in the pocket.
All right, good, good, good.
Okay, so you want to kind of make like this um...
Rabbit that kind of comes over just naturally.
The middle finger should be opposite,
almost makes a ring with the thumb.
Everything else kind of just naturally falls onto the stick.
Naturally...
Like this?
I hope so.
So, really, you're holding the violin with three places.
The...
Uh...
Do you have the violin?
Yes.
- You're holding it? All right, cool. - Yes.
- Do you have the bow? - Yes.
And you always want to keep the bow
moving parallel to the bridge.
So, you don't want it to like,
do any like, weird things like that.
Now, just try putting the bow on the E string.
The E string being the one most on the right.
And just draw the bow.
Yeah.
Do a few times.
Now, what's the next note?
Oh, ****.
It's going straight into a C♯.
Have fun explaining that.
All right. One thing that Brett didn't explain.
This is the first finger, second finger,
- third finger, fourth finger. - Oh yeah.
I didn't explain.
So, put one and two down like that and try to play it.
Good. Go down a little bit and that's perfect.
Perfect.
Okay. Do you remember the first note, the open E?
Perfect, that's the first three notes!
- Woah! - Yes!
That's actually really good.
So from there, where you are, put your third finger down.
My third finger is already down.
Oh, ****.
Ahh!
And then, what?
And then, one.
And again, dun~
Ohh!
25% there.
The next part...
Da, da, da, da...
- Da, da, da... - What?! No, no, no.
It's the same note. So, it's just...
One, two...
And then three.
- Perfect. - Woah...
That's actually really, really, really, really good.
Five minutes left.
You're giving me hope. I don't like that.
All right, second half is...
Instead of duh, duh, duh, you go duh, duh, duh, duh.
Yup, and then, three.
One.
Zero. Open.
Two.
Da~ Yeah.
And then open E.
Open E again.
And then open A.
That's it.
Whoa.
Do you think you can remember and play the whole thing?
Yeah, I think so.
Give it a try.
My arm hurts.
What the ****?
What's happening?
I wish I could see.
Mhm.
What was the second half again?
It's the same thing, duh~ Two, two.
Two.
Three.
One. One.
One.
Open.
Two.
E.
Yeah.
And then...
That's it.
How much time do we have left?
Three minutes. Oh, dude.
That was so stressful.
Dude, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
You all right?
- Yeah, are you okay? - Yeah.
- Yeah, it's pretty hard holding the violin, right? - Ow...
- Yeah. It's pretty sore. - I really want to see Irene hold it.
Can I see you holding it?
I don't - I can't remember.
I can't -
That's good.
It's right?
No, you did not hold it like that.
You are like, "hold it from the neck," she goes...
Ohh!!!
The entire time her head wasn't resting.
Oh, I'm an idiot.
- I should have said that. - And it was just like...
Teacher's gotta redeem himself.
Like this, yeah, see, so much better.
Put your chin down.
Yeah, and the hand's gonna come here now.
See, done.
Show him your bow hold.
Dude...
Nah, nah, I'll teach you properly now.
So, you put your thumb in here.
- Here? Oh, here! - Like this.
And it's bit like a rabbit, right?
Rabbit?
- Yeah. Yeah, that's it. - Nice.
Oh, yeah!
And that's the sound now.
Yeah, there you go.
Dude, it's so much easier if you can see it.
Yeah, and you can like...
- Eddy: physically move. - Yeah!
Eddy: Oh. Pretty good.
See.
So, Eddy and I won.
Yeah.
- No, no. Irene - She's - - Straight up. Best team, best team.
Irene was the guinea pig. She went first.
So, it's not that fair.
I played the harder piece.
- So... - Oh... Okay...
I think Kelly's a prodigy.
I am a prodigy.
And I'm just a bad teacher.
All right, guys. I think that's it for today.
Thank you to Irene and Kelly for participating.
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