Hi guys, welcome to another episode of TwoSet Violin.
Today-
Is that too zoomed out?
It is.
Hi guys-
- Oh haha! God dammit my fa... - Hahahaha!
Hi guys, welcome to the third episode of TwoSet Violin.
Today we're gonna play a little game.
I want to play a little game.
Okay, so basically,
- Well, the story is, right? - Mm.
We know... knew of this violinist,
and he had to learn...
the Barber Violin Concerto with a broken pinkie.
Yeah, so what happened was he got into the finals
- of an Australian national level violin competition. - Competition.
And he was playing Barber Violin Concerto with the orchestra.
And the week before the performance,
he injured his pinkie on his left hand.
And so within one week he refingered...
He refingered the entire Barber Violin Concerto just for 3 fingers.
And that includes the 3rd movement.
- Memorized as well. - Yeah.
So we're gonna have a game where we have one box,
One box,
which has the pieces we're gonna play.
- Mhm. - And...
Another box which has...
the handicap that we're gonna suffer from.
So we picked 6 different handicaps.
That's just- the pinkie is one of them.
- Yeah. - Each handicap...
- has something that's- - has a story behind it.
Has a story b-
Oh.
So the first handicap is a story once told about Paganini.
You know, he was playing at a concert, whatever he was playing.
And his E, A, D strings snapped.
Or he cut them off then.
Well, if that's that, I don't know.
I don't know. Either way he was trying to show off.
For those that aren't musicians,
D string, A string and E string.
And this is the G string.
So all these strings snapped.
And all- what happens when the strings snap is...
As a string musician,
you're gonna have to
and play on one string.
So Paganini apparently played everything on the...
G string.
Next one was the uh...
Yeah so apparently,
there's a story where the violinist Rudolf Koelman was
having a lesson with Heifetz.
Jascha Heifetz.
And he was very nervous,
and just kept tuning at the beginning of the lesson.
Trying to make sure the strings were perfectly in tune.
And so Heifetz was just like...
"You should be able to play in tune anyway
on out-of-tune strings."
Because of your ears, you need to adapt."
And so he, like, detuned the strings.
So we thought it'd be funny to...
play with the A string tuned down a tone.
The other one is...
Swap hands, basically.
There's no real story behind it.
The story is every beginner violinist.
Yeah, every beginner- everyone that doesn't play the violin.
"Oh, you play the violin! Is iT LiKe tHiS?
Like yeah, we show you how.
What else is there?
Holding the bow with your fist?
Oh yeah.
Beginner violinists, or people that don't know the instruments.
Actually no, you know what that one reminds me of?
You know, that violinist without an arm?
- Oh yeah. - And he connects it.
- Yeah, yeah. That's true. - So he has to control it with the arm, not with his fingers
Okay, so holding the bow like a fist.
Oh yeah! Okay, so the last one is...
Dance like Lindsey Stirling.
Yeah.
You'll win, uh,
America's Got Talent.
Oooh- cough cough!
Who's going first?
- Scissors paper rock. - Okay.
Scissors, paper, rock!
So first, the piece...
It did nothing. Hahahaha!
It doesn't even move!
Yeah, that's true.
Alright.
Oh, that's easy.
It won't be easy after this.
- Hold violin on right hand, bow on left hand. Ohh... - Oh GG!
That's the worst!
Oh dude...
Ohh!
Eddy: Oh no!
I know what a beginner feels like.
What would you tell yourself? I mean, just relax!
Your bow hold was so messed up. It was like...
Yeah, I couldn't hold it! Dude, try and hold it!
Alright, next one.
*laughs*
Ysaÿe 3.
Yeah, you got- I got the easy one.
*groans*
That's the hardest one... - Ysaÿe 3, yeah.
Oh no...
- Only G- - What!?
Can't do that!
That's not even possible!
- Only on the G string! - Oh no.
I actually don't know. I'm freaking out.
There's chords.
Dude.
You can't even tell what it is.
Yeah.
Paganini sounded like that.
Once upon a time.
Alright, your turn.
Okay, that's alright.
- That's, that's... - That's alright.
I saw the first one.
I'm just gonna mix it up cuz I don't wanna do the first one.
HUTCHAH!
- That's alright. - Fist-shaped bow. That's alright.
Oh, my wrist!
Oh shit!
Woah , colour change!
That's enough.
I win.
What?
Rock-paper-scissors.
That was hard, I...
decided not to use the tip cuz I couldn't reach.
Yeah.
If I held it like this maybe I could have...
But I held it like this.
- Ahh - So I can use the side of the bow.
- You predicted it. - Yeah.
Yeah, I just thought *inaudible* play it!
Alright, Mendelssohn Violin Concerto and...
Play it like Lindsey Stirling!
Darn!
- I'm wearing my tight jeans. - Alright-
Make some space! Cuz Lindsey Stirling needs space!
She needs space!
Lindsey Stirling doesn't tune.
She doesn't play-
oOoOOHhhHh!!
Hahaha, you missed it!
Hahahaha!
America's Got Talent, I'm coming.
*pants*
Wha... ah...
Dude, that was a workout.
Pag 24! What the f-
Woah nice!
That's your piece. Two more.
Play without 4th finger!
Oii!
- Good luck, bro! - Oh, that's gonna be hard. Okay.
Oh!
Oh no!
Keep going.
AH, AH!
You can't stop there!
Hahahahaha!
It's so hard! It's not easy!
*chuckles*
Dude, it's so hard!
Do the...
The thirds.
*gasps*
Dude, you can't!
Richard Pollett did it.
Ohh...
Last one.
What's that? Bach Prelude in E Major.
Okay.
And...
the A string.
- Ohh! - Ohh, Oh no!
That's so bad! That's so bad!
- That's the worst piece to do that on. - Yeah.
Tuning the A down now.
*laughs*
That's so bad!
Nice!
Oh no...
Okay, the camera died because it had enough of Eddy's playing.
Um...
Yeah!
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