Welcome to another episode of TwoSet Violin.
Today, we will be
examining our broken pieces of self-esteem.
Picking them back up, taping them together,
and then WHA-BAM!
Because we will be reviewing another child prodigy.
This time, not just any child prodigy,
but they are 5 and a half years old playing Paganini.
Why am I even crying?
I don't even have self-esteem anymore.
Like, 6-year-olds are meant to be playing
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.
- 6-year-olds are just starting to learn violin. - Yeah.
- That's when I started learning violin. - That's when I,
- I probably got to Twinkle Twinkle at 6 years old. - Yeah.
Dude.
- She is tinier than the music stand behind her! - Dude, she looks like a fetus!
She's so tiny!
Dude.
You know she's pro
when she can look like that while tuning.
- That is actually very true. - Yeah, you know what I'm saying?
As a violinist, you can tell almost someone's...
professional skills, or level of violin playing,
- by the way they tune. - Yep.
And that looks like she's comfortable on the violin,
hands down.
All right, here we go!
Sorry, I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
That was a physical reaction in my body,
I just had to stop it.
I was like, "Maybe they were just hyping it up,
and she can't actually play."
I was like, in my mind there's a 10% chance that
she was just trying to play Paganini,
then like, it was beyond her skill level,
- which you kinda expect. - Yeah.
- Dude, she... - She just nailed that.
Put it this way:
most people at music university
- are still not ready to play Paganini Violin Concerto. - Yeah. Most people are not ready.
I don't even know if I'm ready for it.
- Yeah, nah. - I just haven't attempted it.
Yeah, I haven't even tried.
Let me just show you guys how hard that opening is.
And the opening is not even the hardest bit.
Yeah, there you go.
- So in tune! - Whoa, that...
And she's so like, around the violin.
And her left hand is quite fluid.
Dude, I thought I had all these excuses.
But man, after watching this,
no more excuses!
- Gotta... practice. - Gotta practice.
Gotta practice.
Eddy: I'm actually out!
I'm not even gonna try it. It was f'd up.
Can you try that?
- Just to like... - Yeah, just to embarrass myself. Yeah.
She was like...
And go...
WHA-POW!!
Consecutive thirds is one of the
- hardest things to do on the left hand. - It's really hard.
The hand position has to be so organized.
Accurate, yeah.
And thirds are generally...
They're hard to tune.
Dude, she's 6.
I'm just enjoying it at this point.
And she's 6 years old.
I was thinking, like...
Sure, some things you can nitpick, like the vibrato.
But then I'm like,
"Why am I nitpicking a 6-year-old?"
You shouldn't even be analyzing
a 6-year-old's violin vibrato,
'cause they're not meant to have vibrato!
6-year-old plus vibrato equals nonexistent.
It should be nonexistent, but she just got it.
And it's actually really good.
- I was analyzing it because it's quite good. - It was like, wide. Yeah.
Everyone in the orchestra must be
- questioning their life right now. - Yeah.
They're like...
Like, "Self-esteem's gone!"
- Dang. Yeah, let's check out the cadenza. - Should we check out the cadenza?
Wait a second!
Is that a third?
I don't know, it just sounded extremely impressive.
You guys know how hard that is? Like...
Double stops, double stops, doub—
Bam bam bam bam bam.
I wonder how Paganini feels,
knowing a 6-year-old's playing his concerto.
What I wanna know is,
when did Anna Lee start playing the violin?
Did she start at age 5 and this is her after half a year?
- Did she start at age 3? - She probably just picked it up on the stage.
Like I mean, you could be picky and be like,
"It's not accurate, it's not clear."
But dude, she's 6 man.
And it's more accurate than I can do.
It's more accurate than my whole life.
I don't even wanna try.
It's a long stamina concerto.
You can't just fake it for two minutes,
- it's a whole like 30, 40, 50 minute thing. - Yeah, you can't fake it.
And it's like, it's one thing to like, practice it,
and one thing to perform it.
Performing is also practicing.
If you don't perform, you are half done.
- Did she really just play tenths? - Yeah.
I don't think a 6-year-old's...
...hand is even meant to allow for tenths.
That's too small!
Tenths...
...is like, very notoriously stretch your hand.
That wasn't English,
but you have to stretch your hand a lot.
- Like, that hurts. - Yeah.
And she has the tiniest hands!
On a big-*** violin.
Violin, the bow, if you put it in line like this,
it's taller than the kid.
It is!
Also, just to give some context,
for those that might be watching
that don't play an instrument,
right now what you're hearing is
what they call the cadenza.
The cadenza is a specific part in a concerto
- where the whole orchestra stops playing, - Mhmm.
and the soloist plays the hardest part,
- by far, of the entire concerto. - Yep. Yep.
All by themselves.
You know, when you play Tchaikovsky, the cadenza,
or when I play the Sibelius soon, the cadenza.
It is typically...
...one of the most nerve-wracking parts to perform.
And she's just...
So in control.
Dude.
All muscle memory, all practice.
Dude, I'm out.
Alright.
- Guys, I'm tired. - I'm out as well.
Brett: I give up!
Goodbye.
Brett: I'm retiring!
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- There's no self-esteem left at this point. - Yeah.
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