Hello everyone! Welcome to another episode of TwoSet Violin!
And today, we have another episode of...
There's always these crazy videos that's come online.
I can only imagine what torturous things they're gonna do.
So, let's get right into it!
- Carmen Fantasy. - Is that a shoulder rest?
(Eddy) Oh! They went down to get it!
Oh, naaah!
Even the pianist is like...
"I'll improvise a bit."
Bro, what is...
He's playing the melody!
He's like, "I don't care!"
What was that sound at the end?
- Wow! - Ahh, that's just... ugh...
I think I have seen this a long time ago,
but I forgot that she dropped it three times.
Was it a shoulder [rest], or was it like a sponge?
- She's using a sponge shoulder rest, right? - Yeah, or like something- yeah.
- Yeah. - It just kept falling off.
But MVP to the accompanist.
Like, he improvised, but then he also knew to give her a cue.
Like, before she came back in...
Yeah.
- And she sounds good too! - Nah, she sounds good.
Definitely studies violin.
Looks like some masterclass or recital situation.
Very terrifying, but I didn't cringe...
- I was more like, "Oof!" - "Ooh"- yeah! Ooh!
Bro, that was pretty like, second-hand embarrassment.
Yeah, you could tell he was like,
- "Oh damn, taking a bit long!" - (Eddy) Yeah.
Dude, I know that feeling though.
Sometimes, when the G string gets stuck,
- it doesn't get into place! - It's always like, so close, right?
And you know most professional violinists wouldn't have fine tuners.
That happened to me the other day.
I was practicing and was just like...
- Ugh... I spent a good like, 3 minutes - Happens to me like, every day.
- trying to get the G string to tune. - Yeah, it's so annoying!
You go- unwind, and maybe this time...
But it just locks in at the wrong pitch.
I don't even think it was in tune.
- I think he just gave up at the end. - Yeah, I think he gave up!
- It didn't sound that in tune! - Yeah, he's like,
- "You know what? I'm just gonna play it." - And listen to the last one...
Nah, it was off!
It's all because it's not...!
At least he'll get the A and E with the fine tuner,
but the D and G was definitely not in tune.
That reminds me of the story Heifetz said,
"You should be able to play on a slightly out of tune violin."
If you're playing a whole 1 hour symphony or 40 minute concerto,
and it's humid and whatnot,
- it's bound to go down a little bit. - It will. It will drop a little.
- Oh, I got a bad feeling... - Yeah, same.
(*Applause*)
- (Eddy) Ohhh...! - (Brett) Oh, that's...
Okay, dropping wasn't like- okay, it's bad,
- but the clap, it was so... - Yeah, everyone's like...
But it's also like- it was so quiet!
Can you imagine you dropped your violin,
- but then people started clapping? - (Brett) Nah...
Oh, that'll be bad. That's really bad.
I guess they made it not awkward,
- as awkward, otherwise it would be like- - Yeah...
Imagine if it was still quiet, it'd be like, "Ohh..."
He had a spare one!
- Did he just pull out a baton out of nowhere, like, "Oh yeah!" - Ahh...
In my 4 years of playing in a professional orchestra,
- I'd never observed that! - Yeah, never!
- Bernstein's experience, you wouldn't know. - Yeah.
I almost dropped a baton a few times.
Sometimes you get too into it, you know?
Maybe it's too hot, it's too sweaty...
Well, that's impressive!
Yooo!
She just kept going. Was there anything wrong with the instrument?
I guess you have no time to tell...
- (Brett) Oh oh, ohhh...! - (Eddy) Nah, it's- it's- it would've been messed up.
- That- that- you can't... - It's going to be out of tune!
The bridge would've moved, the sound post probably shifted...
- There's probably some... crack or opening. - Crack.
How did that- no, how did it happen?
It slipped off the shoulder or something...
(Brett) When she's doing that.
(Brett) Oh yeah, see? It was like, too loose,
and then her left hand hit it, and it went off the other way.
- Ahh... man, that's... - Oh, that's terrifying.
I feel bad for this young lady.
Ah, look, it happens.
- Props on her for posting it on her channel. - Yeah.
Hahaha! Her face!
She's like...
I was getting into it, as well!
- It's Prok 1, right? - Yeah, it's one of my favorite concertos.
Wait- wait, how did it break? Is it just the hair?
Did she hit her tip?
- No. - Ooh, nah, she didn't even hit the tip!
- No, no, I think something to do with the cork and top of the tip. - Ooh, nah, she didn't even hit the tip!
- I don't know, it was just badly rehaired? Or like... - Probably.
- Maybe that pressure and... it shouldn't happen. - But it shouldn't!
- Kid having a memory slip. - Oh no...
Come on, you can do it!
He did it!
- I don't like the title... - (Eddy) He did it.
I guess it was him.
- This is on... he's uploading it. - Oh, it's him. Oh, okay.
I mean, I wouldn't call you the "most untalented boy in the world",
but I understand that it probably felt very like, a piano horror.
- Actually, it doesn't sound that bad! - No, it's fine!
You know, we have soloist friends, and they tell us stories.
They have memory slips too!
They're just very good at umm...
- recovering and making it seem like they didn't have a memory slip. - Yeah.
It happens to everyone.
I remember there was a concert we did when you had a memory slip.
- But then, we later asked people, and nobody knew! - Oh yeah!
Yeah!
But it was more like...
- Keep the show going! - This happens, yeah!
And then, you went through it!
- Yeah! - That's exactly what you should do!
It makes you a better musician!
Ooh!
Bro, that's the tailpiece!
Ooh!
Oh, that's brutal!
And that would like, slap your instrument, the varnish.
- Rocking out too hard on your cello. - Yeah...
I'm so glad that none of that has ever happened to me,
- like, touch wood... - Yeah, touch wood, yeah, yeah.
Oh my God! I never realized...
Trombones are just like, 2 centimeters away from like, disaster, bro!
Can you imagine like, on a violin, you over shift?
- Oh no, I'm thinking like, the bow! - Oh right! Yeah, yeah...
- You draw too long, you're like... - Oh right! Yeah, yeah...
- That's true! - It happens sometimes!
- You go past the tip by like, 1 millimeter, - Yeah.
and you do the up bow, you hit your string...
- Or hits just under... - Yeah, it gets stuck.
- But I think with that, it's more like, - Especially...
you just damage your bow and you stop.
But this is like, it falls on the ground,
- and you gotta like, bend down. - Yeah.
- Everyone knows you messed up! - That's pretty bad, yeah!
It's pretty bad.
Huh, his face is so sad!
Dude, he's looking at the camera to check
if his reality is exactly the same.
He's making sure it's not a filter!
- Yeah, it's pretty funny how he's looking at the camera, not at the bow! - Yeah, he's not looking- he's not looking at his bow!
He's looking at the camera!
- Bro, why are you looking at the camera, not at the- ehh... - Hahahahaha!
- But something fell off, did you hear it? - Yeah.
I hope it wasn't like, a tip that's completely broken.
Ooh!
Dude, that sounded t- what happened?
- The support... classical guitar has the support, here. - (Brett) Oh, the thing... yeah, it just fell down.
- It's like the shoulder rest... - Yeah, it's like the pin of the cello...
Yeah.
Look, it's part of a musician's life!
It sounds so loud, though.
- It sounds like something cracked or something, yeah. - Bam... yeah.
Hope his guitar is okay.
Wait, was it the end of the piece?
And it was like, instant!
Uh, I think the worst part is just...
The end of the piece, everyone's like, flourishing,
and then you just have this one person like...
- It just ruins the... - (Brett) Her reaction...
- (Brett) Ending... dun, dun... - ...you know?
I reckon if that happened to me,
and it was the end, I would've just been like...
- have an empty hand, like... - That would've been-
Yeah, I would've froze. I would've been like,
- Just stay there. - "Ahhhh..."
- Keep the image. When they start clapping, - Oh...
then go get- but I guess, yeah.
- Yeah, no. Under pressure- yeah, - In the moment.
- I hope the bow's alright, too. - Yeah.
Oh oh, look, look, of course!
- Oh, of course, ahh... - Ahh...
- Nah, it's okay then. - It's okay.
- Usual stuff. - Yeah, or maybe it's a violinist playing the viola.
- Nah, violinists don't drop their bows. Only violists. - (Brett) Yeah, we don't... yeah.
- Have you actually dropped your bow, though? - No, I've always caught it.
I never dropped it on the ground, touch wood.
I think I've also caught it.
I vaguely remember once performing, and I lost control,
but I think I caught it as well.
It's just like, it falls out of your hand, but then you kind of like...
It's always this moment when like,
somehow, your unconscious brain is just like, "Reflex."
- Yeah. - And you're like...
"*Slow inhale* Woo, hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo!"
And on that note, make sure you have practiced good bow technique.
If you have memory slips, it's okay,
but remember, the most important thing to do is to go practice.
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