Yeah, I can't hear.
- Thank you. We can't hear anything at all. - That's awesome.
Hello guys!
Welcome to another episode of TwoSet Violin.
And today...
We have a very special guest, once again.
Ta-dah!
Hilary Hahn.
We're going to do a very special game called the...
The...
Basically, we're at a recording booth studio right now.
And there's two rooms.
There's this room where we're going to be playing violin
and the other control room and the two are soundproof.
So we can't hear what's happening on the other side.
Now the idea is you have to
try and guess what the other person is playing...
Only visually.
- Yes. - So we can't...
We literally cannot hear anything in the other room.
So we've ask our friend Jan Jan
to prepare three different lists.
We don't know which list we're going to be playing.
And I think for a rule...
You're only allowed to play two repetitions max.
- Yeah. - Okay.
- So the people inside only have two chances. - Two takes.
- Yes, two takes. - Two takes.
And finally, to up the ante...
There's gonna be a punishment
for the person that guesses the least correctly.
They will have to post on their Instagram stories
about how much they love the viola.
And really elaborate on it.
Ohh!
- No!! - I love the viola!
Scissors, paper, rock!
Oh! I'm out!
Oh no... Okay.
Scissors, paper, rock!
Oh! That means -
I'm out!
- So Hilary will be playing first. - Hilary will be playing first!
Woo hoo!
- All right, let's do it. - Let's do it!
What?
Oh. I... I... I know. I know.
The Sharpie doesn't work.
- Do we reveal? - Yeah.
- Three - - Three, two, one.
I can't see.
Oh - Oh no.
Wait.
Is that Mozart Violin Concerto No. 5?
Yes.
- Yay! - Yay!!
Mozart 5.
- Next one, please. Woah. - Next one.
I feel like the controller.
- I know. I know. - I know that -
- I know the melody but I don' t know the name of it. - I know, I don't know the piece. I know the melody, I can't
Oh, I think I know.
- I know, I know, I know. - I just know it's the third movement.
I know.
O - Okay, okay. Uh - Uh -
Three!
Ah! Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah.
Uh.. Uh...
Alright, I'm just gotta write something.
- Okay. - Um...
Three, two, one.
- What do you have? - Bruch.
- Oh! I have Bruch as well. Let's see if it's right. - Third movement. Okay.
Okay.
- Are you ready? - Can you play it for us?
- Ready for the answer? - Yeah. Can you reveal the answer? What was it?
It's Bruch.
Ahh!!!
Yes! I guessed right!
Dude, that was just -
Oh my god.
He wr -
He wrote Bruch and he crossed it out.
- Okay, next one - Next one, please.
Okay.
Three, two, one.
- It was Bach. - We guessed Bach.
But which one was it?
E Major Gavotte.
E Major?
What?
- How is it E Major? - I guessed
- B Minor and Eddy guessed - What did you guess?
- A minor. - A minor - I guessed the A minor one.
Ohhh.
- What? - What the hell...
The bowing is one thing but the fingering...
- Oh, I know. - It has to be that...
- That fingering is weird. - It has to be it.
- All right. Three, two, one. - Three, two one.
Tchaikovsky third movement?
- Tchaikovsky third movement? - Is it Tchaikovsky third movement?
I feel like you knew that one.
- But what did you - - It was a...
There was a certainty to the display of paper.
- Yeah. - Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
What confused me was
when you did the open G with the third finger.
- Ah, yeah, yeah, yeah. - Ba ba da ra ra da rum dum ~
- And you vibrated your third finger. - You put the third finger down so I was like what?
- Yes. I went for the sympathetic vibrato. - I was like wait a second.
Ah.
Okay.
Korngold?
Is it Korngold?
- Yeah! - Yeah!
- Okay. - Awesome.
I was just saying how like...
Watching Hilary play but not be able to hear
is such a tease.
I know!
I was like, I wanna hear it!
Some of these I don't know, just FYI. So...
Oh. He's obviously sight-reading...
What?
This is so hard to do!
That's a tenth.
- What is that? - I have no idea!
I don't think he has any idea what he is playing...
But it looks really clear.
It looks clear, I just have no idea.
Oh! I know what it is.
I have no idea. Do I just guess?
Three, two, one.
Something Russian.
Yeah, that's right.
- Sibelius 3rd movement? - Something Russian!
Sibelius 3rd movement!
Yeah!!!
What?
This is so tricky.
I can't see...
I'm sorry, sorry.
I don't know. This is really -
This one's hard.
- Yeah. - This one's hard.
It was a lot easier when you were playing though.
Oh, what's that piece though? I have it in my ear.
I know the melody.
Hilary knows the melody. I have no idea.
I'm trying to remember what the piece is.
Oh, I know, I know, I know. I got it.
Ohhh...
Beethoven!
I said Mendelssohn 2nd.
You're already the viola king so...
Oh no...
Hey, we're both on one, Alright?
What?
I know it.
Oh... Shoot!
But I don't know the name of the piece.
- Here we go! - Bach. Bach.
- A minor concerto? - A minor!
- Yes! - Yes!
This is so hard. This game...
- I don't know why it's so hard but it's really difficult. - I think Bach is particularly hard.
Bach is very hard.
That little bit gave it away,
but then I questioned myself because you're vibrating.
Oh. Phhhh.
Oh. He needs to learn it. He doesn't know it.
Ooo...
Oh.
Oh, I got it, I got it, I got it, I got it, I think.
Yeah.
Yeah, you got it?
Yeah.
But I don't know what's movement though.
I sounded so bad, not even funny.
Stravinsky? Oh!
Prokofiev?
- Prokofiev!!! - What?!
- What! - Yes!
I played Prokofiev 2!
- Oh! The beginning! - Yeah!
- Da da da - - The beginning!
- Da da... - Da da da~
It's definitely...
Is it trill?
Baroque.
Yeah, but totally different fingerings.
- I do all different fingerings, that's what we have to know. - Yeah.
- Like it's not the fingering, it's the notes. - Mm. Yeah.
It's not the...
- Bow direction. It's not how it feels to play. - You must have to like aurally visualize...
It's like you have to take apart the facts of what you see.
Yeah.
What did you guys get?
You know, funnily enough...
The moment I knew the sound,
I had to like bow it all the way to the end
to figure out the last chord to know which one it is,
like which key.
Bach. G minor Adagio?
- Yes! - Yeah! G minor sonata first movement.
I - Yeah. I think.
- Yeah? You know? - Yes. Yes. Yes. I think so.
- Oh I'm stumped! - I think so.
Oh my gosh, this is funny.
It's gonna be me.
I don't know if I can come back from this.
Yeah!!
What is it?
Bach Chaconne.
No!
I was like what? Is it like something by Ysaye?
- Oh my gosh... - I did not get that one.
- Uh oh. They don't know it. - I didn't either.
I'm just basing off his body language.
I'm gonna win because they don't know any of it.
It's probably really simple and we're just not getting it.
I think I'm very wrong.
I think I'm wrong too.
Hilary, Mozart, which one?
Uh...
Oh no.
- Oh no!!! - No?
Mozart 3!
Ohh...
I got it!!!
I got it!
Are you serious?
I haven't played Mozart 3 or 4 in ages.
Oh, I think I got it.
Oh my gosh...
Woo hoo!
Oh...
Oh!
Maybe! Maybe, maybe, maybe...
Yeah, that's right. Prok!
- Prokofiev. - Prokofiev.
- It was the pizzes and the ricochet... - Oh.
I can only imaginable what it would actually sound like.
- Yeah, you guys don't wanna hear... - Yeah.
- What it sounds like. - Mine was so horrible.
I was like I hope they don't put this in the video.
Oh... Oh, oh, oh, oh.
Okay, okay. It's something I've never played.
But...
I never played it either.
Okay, but Hilary which season?
I never played any of them.
I don't know like
- give me a second. - I'll give it to you.
We'll give it to you but can you guess which season?
Yeah.
Summer?
Winter.
Yeah.
Winter.
I was like there's a storm in there somewhere.
It's either summer, right?
- Yeah. - Summer or winter blizzard.
I got it.
- I think I got it. - I'm gonna take a guess.
Yeah. Mendelssohn second movement.
Oh! I got it!
- Da ra da ra da ra - - Oh, that was so close.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah.
- Hey guys. - Hey guys.
Just wanted to let you guys know that -
And then - And then once you let go, you can just stop.
Alright, here we go.
Hey everyone just a shout out to the violists.
I really love viola. I actually really do
and I know a lot of people joke about viola,
but it's such a beautiful instrument and
it's not easy to play and I can't play viola.
So I just give props to everyone who does.
Happy practicing!
And violinists really should get better at viola.
- Ohh!!! - Ohh!!!
That was savage!
Woah!
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Bye.
Awesome.