Hey, how's it going?
Welcome back to another episode of TwoSet Violin.
Today we will be watching some very...
...sacrilegious TikTok content.
So sacrilegious that I can't believe it's even there,
- if that makes sense. - Brett: Yeah.
- It's just, why is that even there? Like... - Eddy: Yeah.
And I don't know, maybe it's 'cause like,
TikTok's all about like, you know, lip syncing.
- And maybe these people just thought, - Ohh.
"If we can lip sync, we can fake play!"
I don't know what it is, it's kinda hard to explain.
- Let's just start watching it and you'll see what we mean. - You guys...
Yeah, you guys will get a feel for it.
So the first group is these fake piano tutorials, right?
They're like, faker than Simply Piano.
- Why is this even content?! - Yeah.
- This should not be content. - So many things— All right, first of all.
How dare you draw on your piano keys
- with a black marker, dude?! - The disrespect!
And then the second thing, right?
I wish you could play with just 3 notes.
88-key piano, you know, we have 12 pitches in the scale.
- But, you just need 1, 2, 3. - You just need 3.
I really want to count how many
different pitches come out of that 1.
- Just for my own curiosity. - Yeah. Okay, let's see.
So the 1 is actually meant to be a C.
- Oh my god! - And then finally, B.
- So there's 4 notes on that same C. - 4 notes!
Why did 380,000 people like this TikTok? They were going,
"Very nice."
- "Harry Potter in 1, 2, 3." - Yeah. Or they were like,
"That is so fake. Ha ha ha!" Like.
You're not supposed to support fake music, guys!!
Yeah, it's like one thing if you got a lot of views.
- Why are you liking it? Yeah. - Why is there so many likes?
I kinda can't help but think that
- actually people believe it. - Alright, maybe like 12-year-old kids
that never played an instrument.
Ohhh, that's even worse!
It's just they're all getting scammed!
Whoa.
No, you don't... Nah.
Bro.
First one, the candle's thicker than one key.
We have a piano right here, let's demonstrate.
That candle's about this thick, alright?
And he placed it on the right, alright?
- So it's not even the low bass. - Yes. And it sounded like low bass, guys. But look.
Eddy: But he puts it on the right, so it would've sounded like...
Eddy: But instead it sounded like...
This is how it's meant to be, alright?
Eddy: Can you see how like...
Eddy: This is pitch goes high, it goes this way.
- Eddy: I can't just stay in one... - Brett: Yeah, yeah, wrong notes.
While we're here, let me demonstrate Harry Potter.
Eddy: Notice how there was black keys used?
Anyway, if you're 12 and watching this,
and you're on YouTube, we're glad we can educate you.
Not everything you see is real on the Internet these days.
Whoa! This next one has 7.3 million likes, are you kidding me?
- Can I just say... - Yeah.
- What is it? - Their hand is like...
It doesn't feel like a piano, but it's way too stiff.
I don't think any respectable piano player
- would do this to themselves. - Actually, yeah.
If you're an actual pianist, you would never do it.
We can play his rendition too, right?
Oh yeah, let's play it! See...
- That's what it should sound like. - Yeah.
Thanks for the tutorial, man!
All right, so now we got the um...
It's like the weird cousin, you know?
Of this variety. Or like...
It just mutated, guys. This is what happened.
- Yeah. And so now there's the fake guitar tutorials. - Oh, dude!
An offpsring.
Okay.
- I'm no guitarist, but you can hear more than one note. - Yeah! Yeah yeah yeah...
I was gonna say.
That's a chord. There's at least like...
- I think I heard 3 notes. - Yeah.
- And where's the left hand? - Yeah!
Otherwise it's gonna be open strings.
E, D, A, G.
I forgot the open strings, but there's definitely no...
B flats and D flats.
I think what's really weird to me is like,
it's almost become like, a genre.
It's like, this niche genre
that gets hundreds of thousands of likes
of just people being like,
- "Yeah! I want to see... - "Yeah!"
- ...1-2-3-2-3," like... - Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Maybe they just can't count to 4 though.
Dude!
He's not even on time!
He's just...
- Random... - Eddy: Yeah.
And like...
It should go down, but he didn't even bother.
Maybe this is actually just some like,
absurdist comedy that we didn't understand.
Yeah, I think so.
Everyone has their own sense of humor, right? So...
Brett: I won't judge.
Can I...
I really appreciate his effort,
putting 123456 on the strings too.
Like, thanks.
I guess like, the target audience for this type of TikTok
- probably wouldn't be able to figure it out, right? - Yeah, that's true, that's true.
They need the help.
Yeah, that'd be really...
Even your neighbor could probably teach you guitar
- better than this, or figure it out. - Yeah.
Actually, that's a good point. Like...
I'm all for finding a good teacher.
But I'm pretty sure anyone could learn any instrument
- to a better expertise by themselves with the Internet. - Yeah.
- I'm sure if you grabbed a guitar, and just... - That's what I mean!
- You just figure it out. - Pluck through it...
You don't need this video.
Okay, so. The last weird genre...
And by the way, we've actually reacted to
some of these on our TikTok.
So if you haven't seen our TikTok, go check it out.
The last one that we see quite a bit of is these...
...fake buskers.
Apparently it's a new scam
that's popping up everywhere in America.
They just go outside a place like Target with speakers.
And they all play the same few songs.
I think we should show you guys what we're talking about.
Alright, so this one's got like, 2 million likes.
Probably 20 million views. And, um...
Some people are saying it's fake,
but a lot of people think it's real.
So let's just watch what happens, right?
So, people in the comments were like,
"He's so talented."
The problem is, he's not playing.
I reckon he's probably had some lessons.
But he's shifting in the wrong places,
his bow is sometimes not in the right place
- where it should be. - Yeah.
Here's the main one.
He shifts down, and...
Kinda annoying, because we reacted to this, right?
And then the top comment was this guy who was like,
"Maybe he's not faking, it's just like...
...out of sync 'cause it's a social media video."
It's not out of sync. Like...
So I'm gonna play the whole thing,
and then I'm going to ask Editor-san to add lag
so you see what out of sync looks like.
You'll see the notes change out of time with my bow.
Now, he did...
- It couldn't have been that... - Brett: Yeah.
At no point of the music... is there an F down here.
It doesn't help that there [is] like, an audience there.
- As if they were enjoying it. - Yeah.
Like, maybe they were fooled, too.
So it looks very convincing.
Here's the thing, like...
I read in a comment, someone's like,
"Who cares if it's fake, man? The kid's a good actor."
- That's not the point. - Because they're making money, I'm assuming, right?
Like, these type of buskers.
You know, the mom's holding the sign.
He's profiting off someone else's work.
I think the violinist's name is Josh Vietti.
And they're trying to make it sound like it's their own work.
- And it's also teaching the kid these values... - Yeah.
- It's okay, you make the money. It's like... - It's okay if you make the money.
"Well, who cares if I cheat on an exam
as long as I pass and get my diploma?"
- Yeah, it's like... - That's the type of thinking you're heading down,
- and I think that's really... - That's the scariest part.
So it's also scary how the comments are all...
- They're all defending that. It's like, - They're defending that.
"Who cares if he's lying?"
Yeah, maybe in this context 'cause it's such a good vibe,
who cares if he's lying? But...
I think it's a breach of trust.
As artists as well, it's a bit of a...
- Immoral. Unethical. - Immoral, just to...
Yeah, I'm not gonna go onstage and air-bow some Bach out.
Yeah, that's one thing I've always loved about classical music.
It's like, we don't fake onstage.
And that's a lot more rewarding.
- Oh, dude. - Oh, bro.
That's self-explanatory, right?
You just can't play the violin like that.
- Okay, look... Yeah. - That's what he's gonna sound like.
Even if it's electric...
We know electric violin can get away with a lot of things,
- in terms of like, projection, contact point. - Tone quality.
But even with electric violin, that...
That ain't gonna sound.
It needs to be parallel to the bridge, not triangle.
- Hey, but at least the TikTok knows that he's scamming. - Yeah.
That's what they are.
(I'm trying to catch him on camera.)
(Oh, he missed. Did you guys see that? Did you catch that?)
(They are not really playing.)
Oh my...
I love his, like...
- "Oh yeah! Oh wait, the music finished!" - Oh!
Yeah, these ones are a bit more obvious.
In the first one it's like,
he's practiced a little bit just to fake.
Why couldn't he just practice like,
a little bit more and just perform?
I know! And your life would've been so much better!
Just 40 more hours.
All right, hopefully, after today's video...
I mean, I'm sure most of you can already tell
the 1, 2, 3 is fake.
If you see someone playing electric violin with a speaker,
and you're not sure, feel free to film them.
Send us a message, and we can...
- And you know, lag doesn't fix your intonation and notes. - ...check for you.
Alright guys, that's it for today.
Remember...
All these problems would be fixed if you all just practiced.