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- Ah, that's...that's funny. - Mmm, that's...
- Mmm... - Sales after this meme...
Everyone goes to them to tune.
Dude, what's with all these like,
- Yeah, I know. - computer-related memes?
Well...
Yeah, so...
- We...we finally got epic urtexts, so... - Mm-hmm!
What a flex.
I feel like as a musician,
if you have like really nice real music,
- it's like a flex. - Yeah, it's a flex.
And especially when it's fresh.
- Yeah. - And the fingerings and bowings,
you put them on new, you're like...
(Eddy) Mmm.
- Damn right. - Yeah, it's good.
- Yeah. - That's true.
I mean, [it] applies less to first violinists,
'cause...usually we don't have so much rest.
But I can imagine...
- Like wind, percussion... - Yeah.
- Bass, some brass instrument... - Good luck.
Yeah, that's pretty annoying.
I'll give you guys a tip.
Just know the music, and know your part!
Yeah, you should know the music...
...you should know every part!
Oh my god.
Nah, I'm not doing it.
Nya.
- That whole video got copystriked! - I know.
Someone out there is making money from...
...my hard "Nya".
What is this?
Oh my god!
Oh!
It looks totally legit,
I don't know what you guys are talking about.
Bro...
Dude...!
Oh my goodness, like,
the neck is already so painful, you know what I mean?
Like, it's not even on the chin rest.
And the violin is clearly the wrong size.
His left hand's not even on the fingerboard.
Yeah, a good way to measure the violin is...
Like, your size, is see if you can stick your left hand out
and wrap it around the scroll.
- Oh, yeah! Forgot about that, yeah. - Yeah, it's like uh...
- If you can't wrap it around the scroll, it's too big. - Yeah.
And if you're like way over the scroll, it's too small.
- It's not even...hand... - Hey, what is that bow hold, hey?
- It's like, he's just gripping it... - Yeah, it's like,
when you're a baby you just grab like, whatever.
And then, my favourite bit is this.
- That guy. - Yeah...! He's like, "Whoaaaaa!!!"
Literally they just hear...
Yeah!
I mean, whatever makes you guys have a good time, right?
Yeah, it's all about the vibes.
- The vibes. - It's good vibes!
Just be happy.
I can't relate, because when I'm recording the piece
it already sounds like the one on the right.
- You already know! - Yeah!
Recording is very stressful, you guys.
For me, I don't know about you, for me,
it's usually like the first three takes...
- Mmm. - ...are the best.
But then you start playing mind games,
and it gets worse and worse.
Okay, I guess maybe they mean like you're just recording it
in your practice session casually.
- Oh, right! Ahh, then that makes sense, okay, yeah. - And then that meme kind of makes sense to me, it's like...
- "I think I sound good." And then I listened to myself... - Yeah, no, no, alright, yeah.
But, see, we interpreted it as you had a recording session.
- Yeah...yeah. - And that's a whole different game.
'Cause when you have a recording session, you are like,
hyper-critical of yourself.
- Everything is being picked up by some expensive microphone, - Yeah.
and some producer behind us hearing everything.
Yeah, like perfect acoustics, you can't hide.
Yeah, and it...it mentally drains you a lot.
And you know, because you're paying for everything.
- You're paying by the hour, so they're like, - Yeah, so...
- "Do however many takes you need." And you're just like... - (Brett) You're like, "I can't!"
"Argh!"
- It's very traumatic for musicians, like just...stressful. - (Eddy) Mmm.
What the hell?
Can you even tune a triangle?
- Like bend the bar or something? - I don't know.
(Eddy) I'm gonna try.
Can the heat affect the...
...pitch?
We have a cheap triangle from that
- triangle pyramid video we did. - Yeah...so dumb.
Let's see if we can tune it.
It's like a B.
- Oh! - Did you move it?
I don't know, I tried.
- That sounds the same though. - Yeah, you wanna try?
(Eddy) Dude, that's gonna like...explode in my face.
- Nah, it didn't change. - It sounds the same.
Oh, I guess that's why you gotta look like that to do it.
- Oh, right! - It's gotta be so buff.
And then you're like...
- Maybe it needs heat. - That's what I was thinking, like a temperature thing.
Like if it's super hot, or super...can you put it in the freezer?
And after the video, come back and just see...
Okay, I'm gonna put this in the freezer.
And at the end of the video, let's see if it changes pitch.
Remember the pitch.
It's an experimental channel now.
Ooh.
Oh hey u/Burrito_Loyalist, calm down.
Oh.
And the funny thing is,
I have heard this said to me to my face before.
- I think...a lot of people... - Oh yeah.
...uneducated people genuinely think this, like,
music is just about writing music,
and they don't understand that the notation,
or the decision of what notes, or harmonies, or rhythms,
is like just a part of what it means to make music.
There's a lot more you can do to the notes that you see.
Would you say acting is an art form?
- Yeah. - I think most people agree that acting is an art form, right?
"Yo, but Benedict Cumberbatch didn't write the movie script!"
- "Yeah, he just...he's just saying the lines, - "He's just saying the lines,
- he's not a screenwriter!" - he's just saying the lines! Yeah!"
- "A robot could read those lines!" - Yeah!
Oh, never mind the fact that his performance of the lines,
- Yeah, it is...yeah... - his facial expressions, his tonality,
the subtle nuances have such an impact on
whether you enjoy a performance or not, right?
Hmm!
(both) Hmm!
That's right!
Mmm!
- Alright, I'm getting triggered, let's stop. - Noobs.
Noobs!
- Flashbacks. - (Brett) It's alright, yeah.
(both) Yeah...!
- You took ages to prove to your mum! - Yeah!
I'd say, like...
- Ages, actually! - I'll say like eight years, until she genuinely...
- Yeah, until the tour, right? - Yeah, it was the tour.
The poster on the HKFO.
- That...that one! - Yeah.
- Wow. - All of a sudden she was like,
"Oh, I think I kind of understand what you guys are doing now."
'Cause even when we had like YouTube like,
half a million subscribers,
- she didn't understand what it was about, yeah. - Yeah, that's true.
- Until the poster came out, ohh, that's legit. - Yeah.
- Well if you're depressed composer, you write great music, so... - Mm-hmm.
- Life is full of ups and downs, - Mmm.
- you can't just be one or the other. - Mmm.
Don't be happy, it's overrated.
Just...I'm just joking.
But you're happy being unhappy!
Yeah...!
- Bro... - Oh...
- Ugh! Ugh!!! - I don't know how I feel about that, that's a bit like...
That's nasty.
The other side of the tuba is where
- people put their mouths to, so... - Yeah, it's just...ugh!
Do you also take a dump on the tuba?
Imagine the toilets is a tuba.
Put a dump in the viola case.
- Jokes! It's... - It's just a joke!
- It's been a while since we did viola jokes. - I know,
- I know! - Just...just throw one out there.
- I know you guys missed it. - Yeah, yeah.
- What?! - Wait, wha...
- ...what webcomic is this? - Click on it, can we click on...?
Well, whoever is the writer, thank you!
I'm assuming that, I hope there was...
...that's pretty cool!
Oh, I know this story.
Did you know this happened when they're in uh...
- ...L.A.? - Really?
They both moved to uh, America!
In hopes to make money writing film music,
'cause it made more money.
- There's always a random slip up, right? - Yeah.
I still remember the Tchaikovsky concerto,
I still...I slipped up in it.
- like ten years ago. - Yeah.
- I still messed up one part, and it just, - Mmm.
never happened in a practice session, just random mistakes,
like, "Bonjour!" You're like, "Sh...crap."
Yeah, I guess things happen, right?
- Sometimes you bite your tongue while you're eating, - Yeah.
- it's like, "What? I've forgotten how to eat!" - Yeah, I know.
Yeah, that basically is um...
...Shostakovich symphonies in a nutshell.
It's always like double meaning.
On the surface level, it has the characteristics
to meet the criteria that the politicians want, you know?
- Ecstatic, blah blah blah. - Yeah.
But anyone that knows it realises it's all ironic,
- and there's a second meaning. - Yeah.
I love that, it shows that you can't truly censor people.
- Dude, look at the eyes. - Heh-heh!
Well, as we always say on this channel,
it's better to do what you love and fail,
but at least you knew, you lived life on your terms.
Mmm, exactly!
- So you should practice. - (Eddy) Mmm.
- But yeah, you should practice. - You should practice.
I didn't even know that!
- That's actually pretty funny. - That's awesome!
I did not know that.
- Alright. - Alright, should we...oh, let's get the thing.
- (Eddy) Alright! - The moment of truth!
I'm so excited!
- Were we able to... - What note was it before? Like uh...
- It was a B. - B, yeah.
It's weird, because I'm hearing a B,
but I'm hearing G sharp now.
But I still hear the...
I think we need to compare,
- I actually don't know. - Yeah, let's get the other one.
- Oh, it's the same. - Oh.
Oh.
Nah, it's the same.
Okay, it doesn't work!
- Practice! - (Brett) Yes!
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