Try not to flinch!
Did you just flinch?!
OHHH...
HELP!
HELLLLP!!
Today we are going to revisit
the almighty...
Probably don't wanna be holding a violin
- for this actually. - Yeah, I feel like I'm sweating.
We will be watching a series of clips.
Let's try not to flinch together.
3 lives?
- 3 lives. Alright. - Yes.
Yeah.
- I... almost... I... - I flinched.
- I like- - Dude, even the kid was like
- "Whoa ho ho ho ho..." - Yeah!
Seems okay though.
In case you haven't seen
our Ling Ling 40 Hours episode.
We're asking
would you rather,
if you're holding a $10,000,000 Stradivarius,
and a baby, and you drop both.
- Which one would you save? - Yeah.
- Well. - Well, here you go!
It would've been bad if he hit his head.
Yeah, that would not be good.
So, maybe no.
Oh...
No...
- I flinched because the cello... - You flinched so hard!
Yeah.
'Cause of the...
- As a musician, dude, like, - Yeah.
- if you're holding an expensive intrument, - Ohh...
and you fall...
What do you do?
- She just took it like a boss. She's just like... - *inaudible*
"My tailbone is going to take all the damage"
- "to protect this cello." - Let's see.
Oh!
Her hand reached back.
But 2 lives! That's...
That was pretty hard.
I like... tried to stop myself.
Brett: I was kinda just holding it in. Eddy: Yeah...
Ooh...
Oh...
Oh no!!
Poor kid!
I think we both flinched on that one.
- Dude, that one hurts so much! - That would so hurt. That-
If you're learning an instrument- string instrument,
- always be careful where your bow tip is. - Yeah.
Eddy: They need more space! Brett: Put more space. This is a hazard.
And even when you're practicing at home, like...
It's a common error,
- like, the violin bow hits the wall. - Yeah.
And if your ceiling is low and you have a fan,
Eddy: Yes. Brett: It could...
- Just be very careful of the tip of the bow. - Yeah, ceilings.
Yeah.
And also, is it just me, or the...
things get more out of tune after he got poked?
Okay.
And then after he got poked...
- Ha ha ha! It's like... - Now I don't even know what's going on anymore.
Is that Twinkle Twinkles anymore?
I feel like the music represents...
- his pain. - The current situation, like...
...lost control!
- Alright, both 1 life left. - 1 life.
- Dude, that was painful. - Dude, that was hard.
I was wondering what was gonna happen,
and then I noticed his glasses were just like...
I know that feels.
Ha ha ha ha ha.
Though to be fair,
even though I guess there's more visual element
to piano than...
necessarily violin. I mean, arguable.
There's a lot of kinesthetic memory that you can rely on.
- That's true. - And I think a very good case in hand
is that blind pianist.
- Nobu. - Oh yeah! Nobu, Nobu...
- Nobu... Nobu. - Nomu? Nobu?
His name is here!
Yeah, put it here!
You've worked with him before in the orchestra, right?
I've seen him play actually.
- Oh, you've seen him play. Yeah. - I wasn't playing that week, actually.
- But he did a concert that week. - Yeah.
Very incredible.
Wow! He just-
He goes on the p-
He's blind. He can't see,
and he goes on the piano...
and he closes his eyes.
He actually feels out the piano.
He starts with his hands...
like, calibrate his distance.
- Really!? - Yeah, he does that.
In case the piano- this piano is different, right?
Yeah, and just so he knows he's centred.
- And he just bust out... concerto. - He just bust out concertos with orchestras.
- And he's playing- - Does he miss notes?
Nah, he does not miss notes.
- Wow... - He's like...
an incredible pianist,
and proved that kinesthetic learning,
and hearing changes everything.
Yeah.
But anyway, I think I lost all 3 lives already.
Alright, I'm out.
- Have fun with yourself. - Ha ha ha ha ha!
Just kidding!
*glob glob glob*
- Ling Ling potion! - OHH!!
Can I say the orchestra like stopped,
wondering what happened?
I was gonna say like, okay...
I started my flinch when his
- heel hit the E string, right? - Yeah.
- The little metal bit at the violin bow. - Yeah.
But what truly made me flinch was this.
OHH... NOOO!!
- That's pretty funny! - The orchestra half stopped!
*both groan*
The pain!
*groans*
NO...
- Just made it in time! - Yeah.
- Dude, I have to say... - That time pressure.
Yeah, I have to say that one wasn't too bad
- because we've all been there. - Yeah.
- Like shoulder rest fell off. - Like shoulder rest
"Oh... go... go!"
It looked like he had some weird contraption
with shoulder rest though.
It shouldn't take that long to put it on.
- Yeah. - He was like...
- fiddling around. - He must have put like s...
- some like straps... - rubber bands around the...
Yeah.
*Eddy cackles*
That is the first time I've seen that in my life!
I have never seen it and it's like...
Brett: I thought it'd be more subtle!
- It's like scraping along other strings. - Wow...
The lady must have experience...
- Yeah, I think. - knowing that was a piano sound
"BANG," it was string snapped.
Yeah, she's just so professional.
She just went for it.
*imitates string scraping*
- It's an extension of the chromatic scale she's playing. - Yeah.
It's the perfect time. She's like...
Alright.
- I think we lost all our lives, - Yeah.
but that's usual.
- I don't know what life I'm on anymore. - I know.
Eddy: OOH!
Oh ****!
*cackles*
Hey, we feel you, man.
It does happen sometimes.
Eddy: Dude, that face. Brett: I know.
Eddy: You just know it's real, right?
And you hope it's not an expensive bow.
Yeah...
Because that is not-
Did the tip break?
(both) I don't think he hit anything.
I think the wood just... gave in.
Okay.
Maybe the hair...
Or is the bow too tight, maybe?
- It did look very tight. Bow hair. - I think the bow looked a bit too tight.
But also sometimes what happens with the bow is...
you accumulate damage by hitting it over time,
and it just gets weaker and weaker.
And then when they're playing, it just snaps.
So guys, I mean, look after your bows.
- Yeah. - If the tip snaps...
- ...very hard to fix. - Yeah.
Oh no...
- Those bow-breaks are so nasty! - Why is it always the cello?
Yeah!
Their bows are breaking,
the cello breaks in the airplane...
Brett: Oh man...
Every like for this video will be sent...
- as love to the poor cellists out there - Yes.
who break their bows.
and dealing with...
more expensive flights?
Yeah.
And all the hardship they carry on their back.
- Yeah. - just for the love of music.
Cellos,
we love you!
I mean if I had to learn a second string instrument,
it would be cello.
Just wouldn't carry it around.
- Yeah. - But nice sounds, guys.
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