Welcome back...
- Hello everyone. - ...to another episode of...
Your favorite self esteem...
Life esteem destroyer.
...and dream destroying game.
We've asked our friend to help prepare a bunch of audios.
After listening to them,
we have to guess how old each player is.
There are 8 tracks.
Don't want to bother writing the paper, we'll just say.
Let's go!
- Sounds to me a tiny bit... - It sounds a bit...
...rough around the edges, but other than that,
- it sounds professional. - Yeah.
I mean, it's very impressive.
Can I just say, I feel like...
- ...the violin is too small to execute - I was gonna say.
what this violinist wants.
- The G string is not speaking. - It's like...
It sounds to me like it's not a full size violin,
- which makes me think they are under... - And then...
15. Under 15.
I'm gonna go with like...
- 9 years old. - Are you serious?
I was gonna say like, 12.
But I mean, could be 9.
- I was closer! 11! - You were closer!
- Christian, let's go! - Oh, it's Christian!
Dude, I wanna watch the video.
That's a full size violin, no?
It is!
Oh, wow.
We were wrong.
I mean, I stand by what I said though.
Other than a few things,
- pretty much sounds professional, which is insane. - Yeah, it sounds pretty...
Next!
It's a little bit out of tune.
I feel so bad like, saying that.
It's a guessing game.
That's why I'm like, stating hints, but...
They all play better than us.
Yeah, it's just... Yeah.
Actually, the harmonics was a bit clearer, too.
- The harmonics was insane. - So I think harmonics might be maybe a bit older for me.
The phrasing is what made me think it's...
possibly a bit younger.
But then again.
Not like I could phrase that either.
Yeah...!
I'm gonna go with 9 again.
- 11. - Okay.
- Dude, I'm on fire! - Whoa!
11!
Oh yeah, it's a full size instrument.
Okay, can I just say like...
- Oh dude, those harmonics. - When you match, visually...
- Yeah. - You're like, "Whoa..."
"An 11-year-old pulling that off!"
And that's some Ling Ling stuff going on.
Like, holy moly, that's so good.
- Okay. - What do we reckon?
9 years old again.
I reckon...
- 8. - Okay.
But very, very impressive.
Whoever's playing has a lot of um...
- Dexterity and flexibility. - Yeah.
- 9! - Yeah...!
I was gonna say 9, but you said 9. So I went 8.
It did sound much younger, though.
The technical finesse,
you could also tell they just haven't had that much time,
- like those few years. But... - Yes.
She played with such flair,
- for that age. - So much confidence.
That is what impressed me.
It was very like, courageous.
- Yeah, and fiery! Like, she had attitude! - She went for it. She's like, "Bang!" Yeah.
And you see it.
- She's like... - Yeah.
Like, she's not just playing the rhythm,
she's pushing and pulling to kind of make it more exciting.
Whoa.
Dude, she's tiny! Look at her.
These are so useless.
They are so useless.
Sounds good.
Brett: Okay.
- This is like... - This feels like...
It feels like it's a combination of all three previously.
Like a superpower,
- like playing, skills, flair. Tone. - Yeah?
- It definitely sounded older. For sure. - Brett: Yeah.
The technique's just so well developed.
I can't fault it.
Compared to like, what we heard previously,
definitely had more time,
- just to refine the edges. - Yes.
You can definitely hear it, right?
- So fast! - Lowkey wish this was like, my recording,
so I can just feel really proud of myself.
Their richochet's like...
I'm gonna guess 15.
13.
This is what I would picture like, something like,
- Ziyu He at the Menuhin Competition, right? - Yeah, same!
You see Ziyu play this, and you go,
"I'm out."
- 14! - It's Paganini, yeah.
- So that's a tie. - That's a tie.
In between.
Is María... Is that the same María that won Menuhin?
I think so.
- Oh yeah, it is! Nice. - It is, right?
Okay, there we go.
It doesn't just sound perfect, look at her.
- She's effortless. - I think she's all around the violin.
She's in full control.
- 100% control. - Brett: Yeah.
- There's no... struggles. - Struggles.
There's no signs of struggle.
Can I just say,
it sounds like it's recorded from very far away.
- Yeah, it's like... The mic... - Like, some mom on the balcony.
- The mic is like, at the back of the concert hall. - Yeah.
It's like, whoa!
Okay, I think... It sounds really young to me.
It doesn't sound like there's that...
- ...weight of a... - Weight.
- Full size violin or bigger. Yeah. - A great mature violin, you know? Like that...
Musical oomph.
I'm thinking like, 6. It has to be younger.
6 is when I started violin, man!
You guys know what I was doing when I was 6.
No way, I refuse to believe a 6-year-old can play like that.
9?
- What do you reckon? Yeah, yeah, yeah! - I still can't imagine 9-year-olds playing, but I'm just...
- Like, I'm just barely imagining... - Imagine today, you have a 9-year-old kid like,
"Hello Mr. Chen."
"I wanna play the Wieniawski."
- Just plays like that. Yeah. - Grade 3 in the school.
I would be like,
"Yo, dude, you need to go somewhere else. I can't..."
- I reckon 9. - Okay, 6.
7!
Are you serious?!
I love how they said "born 2010."
- Just as a flex. - Dude, I thought that was recorded in 2010!
- No, it's like, I was born 2010. - Born!
Dude, look at those little fingers go!
Dude...
You're not meant to play like that at 7. Like...
In what universal logic, like...
Newton's laws of physics says there's gravity,
and it takes time to develop violin skills.
You can't just play like that at 7, it's not fair!
Ling Ling's in the corner like, "Oops."
"I may have dropped a bit of talent."
- There's some like, cheat code of the simulation. - Yeah.
This is Sarasate.
Just based on the recording quality,
and based off that other one being 7...
- I'm picturing just like, a 5-year-old - I feel like this is 5.
in a first Suzuki concert.
- Yeah! It's like, who wants... - Like, "Hey! Welcome to your Suzuki concert!"
BAM!
- Someone's on a camcorder, just... - Yeah.
Alright, I'm gonna guess... 6.
Okay, I'm gonna just say 6,
'cause I think 5 is too scary.
- 7! - Ohh, 7. Okay.
Oh, SoHyun!
She's the one that was in the Heifetz
- that we reacted to, playing the... - Oh yeah! Of course!
- Zigeunerweisen. - I remember!
SoHyun!
SoYoung!
I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry.
I'm SoSorry...!
Yeah, okay.
I'm gonna reply to this comment.
Alright.
No...
Eddy: Are you kidding me?!
No no no no, like...
Nooo!
Only Hilary Hahn can play this.
Yeah, it's like, there's Paganini, and then there's freaking...
It sounds young, but...
- But it's freaking good. - Damn, they've got skills.
But I refuse to believe like, a 6-year-old can play like this.
Imagine this is like, Hilary when she was 6.
Actually, I could believe that.
It might've been like, an old recording of Hilary.
Nah, I'm gonna guess, uh...
I'm gonna guess 15.
I refuse to believe anyone under the age of 12.
- I'll go with 13. - Alright, okay.
Otoha!
Dude, is this in her living room?
Are you kidding me?!
Someone just said...
And why has she got a pinky placeholder, and playing...?!
Can I just say, that left hand pizz?
When she did the fourth finger, that was so much control.
- Just isolating that muscle, this joint here... - Eddy: Dude, it's not fair.
- ...while doing all of that, is insane. - It's not fair.
And that left hand posture is incredible.
I'm marveling at her pinky placement.
- She would sound amazing in a hall. - I think so.
This is a freaking iPhone,
- webcam, whatever in the living room, dude! - Yeah.
The sound quality is very full.
Dvorak?
That vibrato!
- Okay. - Alright, ready ready ready?
- 15. If anything below 12, I'm gonna like, just... - Brett: Okay. I'm...
Nah, it can't be anyone below 12.
- 15. - It's 15. I'm with you.
I think 16, 15.
- 'Cause also, like a 10-year-old shouldn't be - Nah, 16.
- playing Dvorak Concerto. - Yes. Yeah, nah.
Yes!
Dude, what is Zhuhai International?
- Yeah. Yeah, this one's Zhuhai! - Why are they always Zhuhai...?
There's some stuff going on there, man!
Okay, look. We said Dvorak at 10 is impossible,
Dvorak at 16 should be impossible too.
- Yeah. - Like, you don't play Dvorak at 16.
Maybe not impossible, it's so extremely impressive.
Dude, that looked too easy for her.
The lines that she makes...
Ah, whatever.
- I could go on and on, but... - I'm outta here.
Everyone here today has been, um...
Amazing.
- I think I lost, but uh... - Yes!
I think in some ways, we both lost,
- in life. - Yeah, I think we...
I'm pretty lost, like...
- Shouldn't compare yourself. - Yeah, we all work at different paces.
- We're all on our own musical journey. - Yeah, one day I will play like that maybe,
if I just practice a little bit more.
I mean like, even if today I started practicing like,
8 hours a day, I'm not confident I could get
Erlkönig sounding like that in 1 year.
Yeah, I don't think... I'm not confident either.
- Like, maybe I could? - Like, maybe I might be able to pull it off.
But I don't know if I could figure out
- how to do those things. - Yeah.
Why you let me down, hand?
Brett: And it's like...
- Alright. - I'm out.
- As always, thanks for watching. - Thank you.
And, uh... Hope you're also inspired.
We're gonna go practice now.
(both) Bye.