I'm nervous.
So today's video, guys,
is actually we're testing Eddy's perfect pitch abilities.
I kind of compiled like a few tracks at different levels for him,
and I want to see if he can play back what he hears
in 20-30 seconds.
This isn't just perfect pitch, this is memory as well.
Yeah, he's making excuses now.
- 'Cause 20-30 seconds is huge bro! - You just...you just gotta like,
feel it, feel it.
Now [that] I think about it, that's a lot!
It's like the first half page of the Mendelssohn.
Oh god.
- Actually?! - I think...I think 30 seconds would be like up to here.
- One and a half pages is 30 seconds, oh my god. - Yeah.
Alright, level one!
F***.
No...!
Dude, that's too much!
Wow, that's not easy!
I know the notes but I forgot them!
- You know what, I'm just gonna wing it. - Yeah.
Is that right? I don't know.
That's actually pretty good!
Really?
Because I completely forgot it.
That was hard, I don't know if I can do the other levels.
I think I got most of it right.
I think you got most of it right.
- That's pretty good bro, I'm pretty impressed. - I thought...yeah.
I thought this was easy,
but then I realised listening to it, I'm like...
No, it's not easy.
- Dude, you're just setting me up. - I'm setting you up.
Alright, level two.
Oh, I already forgot.
Oh, crap!
F***.
I made that up.
Oh!
- I had a similar...contour. - Yeah, yeah.
- I think from now, I need two listens. - Okay.
Yeah.
E major, okay.
Wait, uh, give me a second before we play it again.
Oh, that's...
It's pretty terrifying.
Alright, one more time?
Alright, I missed it, but whatever.
Whoa! That sounded pretty close to me!
- Hey, I was mostly there. - That was mostly there.
- Oh my god. - Is like, you start memorising—
- I guess you start memorising the patterns, right? - Mmm!
Where is it going.
So my mind's like,
I know there's a low note,
- but I don't know which low note is there. - Yeah, yeah!
- I mean, at least the last note is pretty simple. - Bro I hate you.
The last note is pretty simple.
- Again? - Yeah.
- Nice. - Dude, I already forgot.
- Agh...some... - Dude, that was pretty legit!
- ...something like that. - No, that was freaking legit!
Oh, that...
- Oh, I forgot that! No, I know! But I know the notes! - Yeah, I know.
- Oh s***, that...that is right! Yeah, yeah, yeah. - It's right, yeah?
I just forgot about it.
Oh, and there's oh, double stops.
Yeah.
- Yeah. - Wow that's pretty close.
Even I forgot about the run.
Yeah...!
You know how I remember the notes of the run though?
It sounds very Japanese.
Oh yeah!
Hai!
Dude, that's not even a...perfect pitch and memory thing,
it's like I can't play that without practising!
- Can I listen one more, one more time? - Okay, okay, yeah, that's fine.
Okay.
- Something like that, something like that. - Yeah.
That's pretty close!
There's a G sharp, oh.
Oh, I forgot this.
Wow!
- Dude. - That's actually pretty good.
- Ling Ling level, oh my god. - Here we go.
Bro...
One more time, one more...
Dude.
- Yeah. - Alright, let me think.
- I remember the first bit and the end, but there's... - You want one more time?
One...one last time, yeah.
I know why I don't remember the middle bit.
There's no way I can tell what that is, bro,
it was too...alright, you know what, whatever.
It's just all a flex in the middle.
- I'm just gonna make the middle up. - Okay.
Land on a C sharp.
Something like that.
Dude, that's pretty good, the thirds!
- Yeah I think you like, got most of them. - I think so too.
Yeah, all of them!
- I just couldn't play it, because it's hard. - Yeah.
- I need to practise it. - It's hard, it needs practice.
- This is the part [where] I have no idea. - Alright.
I mean,
- even looking at the score I can't play it, so... - Yeah.
I love how when you hear that part, you just hear...
...flex, you don't hear any of the notes,
you're just like, "Whoa."
- Yeah, that one bit, even my ears just switched off. - Yeah, you're just like, "Whoa!"
Well there you go!
I'm actually...
...I mean, look, I...I listened three times, but,
- I'm pretty impressed. - Yeah!
How do you do it, you just hear the chords or something?
'Cause I would not be able to do that,
I mean, even with the score I can't do it.
- I need practice. - I definitely think, for me,
the key is you have to anchor yourself into the harmony.
Because once you feel and know the chords,
it's a bit like process of elimination,
once you know it's a G major chord,
you know if you don't remember exactly the notes,
as long as you play one of the G major notes,
it will sound right.
- Yeah, so you know there's no F natural in it. - Exactly.
So I think the first step is to get the chord,
second is try to feel the meter and the rhythm,
and then try to remember just kind of the direction,
so like, "Okay, it goes into sixes, then goes high into tenths,
- and then there's the arpeggio thing." - The thirds, the tenths, yeah.
- I haven't practiced my listening for a long time as well. - There you go.
Well this is a classical music channel,
for all your musical education!
For those of you,
that may be interested in developing perfect pitch...
...I mean, it's so nerdy.
I go for runs, 'cause I...we like running.
A lot of times I also listen to classical music,
legit while I'm running I'm trying to like,
play the game like if I had to write this score out,
could, how...how accurately could I write it.
Eddy's always been doing that since like, high school.
- Yeah. - I remember.
- It's just something I've always done. - Yeah I just...
I just listen, but it kind of goes out the other way.
- Nah... - Nah, I'm just joking.
Alright! If you want better aural skills,
there's only one way to do that, you gotta practise.
So on that note, everyone go practise, whatever you need to do,
and we will see you guys next time.
(both) Bye-bye!