Hello everyone, welcome to...
where we review things on the Internet
from the perspective of classical violinists,
and tell you if it's legitimate or not.
Haha.
Today we are reviewing Google stock images.
That's right, when you google stock image violinist,
these are the type of images that come up.
And we will be rating them all from 1 to 10
on how accurate they are.
So let us begin.
First one!
Eddy: First of all, it looks like it's hovering.
Brett: Okay, there's no shoulder rest. Eddy: There is no shoulder rest.
I mean shoulder rest is debatable, some people don't have it,
- It's like that. - where it's most likely you need a shoulder rest
coz Eddy will lift up.
It's bit of like a gap there.
Okay, the violin is meant to be on your left collarbone.
- Yeah. - Here on the left side, not...
Brett: Okay. The thumb's okay Eddy: Thumb's okay.
Brett: Hands are in okay position. Not bad.
Brett: Left hand's open, that's okay. The bow- Eddy: The right hand's completely messed up.
- Should be this way, but she went that way. - You gotta- not the oth- Go the other way, yeah.
Brett: And the bow here's not even... tightened up.
Oh yeah, the bow here is not tightened up, so...
That's a...
Bawh bawh!
Brett: Dude there's no bridge! Eddy: OH!
Brett: There's no bridge!
HoHOhAHaHA!
Dude, she just lost all points.
Are you serious?
There's no bridge...
Siri: I'm always serious.
Okay, Siri...
I give her 1.5 points.
1 point for the left hand, and half a point for her hair.
Out of 10 by the way, 1.5 out of 10.
- What do you rate her? - I give her...
Man, that bridge though, just...
That killed it.
Next.
Eddy: What the hell?
Brett: I mean, ok there's a bridge.
Eddy: But she's holding on her right side.
- Oh! That's so bad! - That's completely wrong.
- And then... - Oh, let me try this one, I'll do this one.
Alright, so there's no shoulder rest.
Bye, shoulder rest.
- Oh, she's holding it with her right hand! - Yeah.
No... dude that's ridiculous!
So it's on the right hand. The fingers have been like...
- You can't really see, but it doesn't look right. - But it's not even...
Yeah, and the violin is not even on the chin.
There's about like a...
20-centimeter gap?
- Mind you folk violinists used to play down here, but... - Oh yeah yeah.
It's the 21st century, so we're gonna assume
that she's trying to be a classical violinist.
Yeah, and that bow hold, man.
I don't know about that bow hold. It's a bit... one sign.
Brett: Oh, she's lost a bit of bow hair.
Brett: Bow looks a bit tight up. Eddy: And her head's tilted to one side,
Brett: Actually I'd go- Eddy: it's not good for posture.
Eddy: Her right shoulder's way too high.
Her left shoulder's very low.
Wow, what a fascinating instrument!
Alright, I rate it a
I rate it a...
It's on the wrong side,
the posture's actually much worse than the first girl,
but the first girl was missing a bridge.
- It's pretty bad. - Next.
Eddy: Oh god, what is that?
Brett: Dude, look at the bow hold. Eddy: Dude, his pinky's behind the freaking thing.
Okay, so your pinkie's meant to be like that.
And it's so hard.
But he's got the same problem with the chin rest.
Yeah, he's putting it up like here rather on the jaw.
Brett: And left hand looks okay. Eddy: Thumb's sticking out a bit.
- At least his elbow's up- Yeah. - His elbow is way too high. That's the problem.
It is too high.
Eddy: His bow is touching the rib of the instrument. Brett: Yeah.
Brett: Dude, it's- Eddy: That's a problem.
Brett: It's definitely crooked. It looks way too close to the front.
His bow's touching this bit.
Yeah, but I'd say like up here.
So yeah.
Wow okay, can you make a sound, Eddy?
Doable in this posture, just not a very good sound.
I think main problem though, is this bow hold.
- And the... elbow. - Elbow.
Normally, I would've rated that like a 2,
but because the other ones are so bad,
this goes up to a 4.
Yeah, I'll say a 4 as well.
- Well done, man! - Nice!
Woah, she's on fire!
Why'd they edit fire?
- It's pretty good. - Actually, her posture's pretty good.
You know what, it actually looks like a viola.
Eddy: Ooh, it does look quite big on her. Brett: It does look like a big instrument.
Brett: Anyway, there's still no shoulder rest, which is okay.
But the posture actually looks good.
Eddy: That bow hold is legit! Brett: The bow's legit and-
The bow's tilted the correct way.
Away from the bridge, not to.
Brett: The left hand is really good.
Eddy: Straight wrist, not crooked. Brett: Mhm.
- It's quite good. - I thinks it's just the editing.
The fire was a bit unnecessary!
Of course, she would burn a viola.
What are you talking about?
- It looks like a viola. - Yeah.
Minus 1 point for being viola.
- Yeah. - And minus one point for being on fire.
I give it a...
- I'd say 8, yeah. - 8, yeah, 8.
In comparison to the other ones, it has to be an eight.
Pfft!
Oh god...
Dude, what's with the eye?
Is this a horror movie or something?
Again, no shoulder rest.
Bro, look at the violin!
Brett: I know, look at the bridge, look at the strings.
Brett: The strings are just loose. Eddy: These strings-
Brett: They're not even on the fingerboard!
So the fingerboard here, you're supposed to put the...
- so you can press your left hand down to make sounds. - The 4 strings are on the fingerboard.
Eddy: Her E string is underneath it.
Brett: And that bow hold is like, wow.
Alright, this is by far the worst one so far, I think.
Brett: Wow, and left hand's still off, like...
the finger joints are all flat.
- Yeah, they're flat. They need to be round. It's flat. - It needs to be round.
She's like "Hey guys."
Let's play duet together.
Just one little extra bonus fact,
the bow is held like this.
The fingers, I don't know how to explain it,
but just like that.
Not...
That's limiting all the movements that's required for the violin.
Yeah, all this kind of good springiness in the joints.
I'd say...
Oh man, I'll be nice.
I was gonna rate it a 0.75.
At least she looked into the camera.
Brett: Oh my god... Eddy: Oh bro, wrong side.
Brett: Wrong side again! What's up with these?
Eddy: Why is he closing his eyes?
Brett: I think he's only holding the bow
with like 3 fingers or something as well.
- These two are in the air, that's not a good thing. - Yeah.
Brett: He's leaning onto the rim the violin.
Eddy: His bow is overly tightened.
Brett: Ooh, that's gonna snap.
Eddy: The bridge looks a little bit.. too close to the fingerboard
Eddy: in comparison to the tail piece. Brett: Yeah, that's true.
He's got it on the jaw, which is good. But it's the wrong-
Wrong side.
He got it on the wrong side.
At least his hair looks good.
Why is the first finger down here?
I can't even do it.
Alright.
I give it a 3.
What the hell?
UHHHHHH!
- Just wh- *mumbles* - Just nasty.
If you practice like that,
- you're gonna get a back injury, spinal distortion. - You'll injure yourself.
She's holding the violin on the right side again.
Guys, violin's on the left side.
- Oh, the left hand, shoulder rest, the bow hold! - Why is she holding it like a sword?
I know, it's not a weapon of mass destruction.
It's an instrument of love!
She's using her wrist to hold like that.
Wrist should be straight, unlike that.
Fingers too low.
Eddy: Why did they decide to break a bow hair?
To look more dramatic.
That's even worse than the one before, I give it a...
I give it a 2.
At least she has a bridge.
- Pfff- - Wha- PpHahAhaHAhA!!
Alright, this is not even in the charts, zero.
- Mate, that's the wrong- - That's the wrong instrument!
It's the wrong instrument!
What are you doing?
Dude, what are you guys doing?
That's so funny.
Oh bro.
Ohh...
I think we need to erase the points for everyone else
because this is the first guy that played on the fingerboard.
Brett: I know, you can't make a sound on the fingerboard.
Putting the rude finger at us with his left hand.
Like yeah.
And the bow hold is like...
Thumb is down here.
I mean some beginners, okay, yeah, but like come on.
Thumb's meant to be inside.
Everyone just keeps coming closer to-
Destruction.
Closer to the Viola God.
What?
Dude, obviously this kid has never had a lesson.
I don't want to be a bully. Alright.
- Yeah, she's a kid. We'll forgive her. - She's a kid. We'll forgive her. She can learn.
Oh, what the-
At least her bow hold's right.
Hey, her bow hold is right!
Yeah, but she's just looking the wrong direction.
Left hand looks okay, it's better than the other ones.
- I'll give- - Why is she leaning on a metal ladder?
Why is she looking...
You can't actually shift up-
You could arguably shift up, but you can't shift down
- if you don't have some support. - any support from your head.
That's why the chin rest is there.
If you do that...
Your violin will fall...
shifting down.
- But it's alright, I'll give it a 5.5. Yep. - 5 as well. 5.
5... 6 actually just coz... bow hold.
- Yeah, and it's kinda straight. - And her violin is kinda...
Yeah 6, I'll give it a 6.
Pfft!
Aww dude, they're looking further and further away!
It's really good like stretching actually.
Dude, injury stretching!
Ah, this is, this is a war.
Bro, his fingers are on top of each other on the bow.
Look at the pinkie.
He's like contortionist.
Contortionist...
Yeah.
- Oh, it's okay. - Ohhhhhhh...
- I mean it's- - Not bad this one!
Yeah, it's-
That smile though.
Coz of his smile, I'll give him a 6.
- Nah, I'll give him a 7, actually. - Yeah, 6, 7.
- It's quite good. - Yeah.
Whaaaa...
Not... bad, she's got a shoulder rest.
Brett: The left hand position is good, posture.
Eddy: Yeah.
Maybe the bow's only like that
because she's stretching far away with a short arm.
Yeah, so it's legit.
9.
Oh, Asian. Knows how to play.
Dude, this looks good!
Hahahaha.
- I'll also give this guy a 9. - 9.
- I mean he looks like he can play. - Yeah.
Ohh.
- The angle of the bow is just- - Yeah, "CanStock" photo...
Okay guys, what do you guys think?
You guys know how we rate this now.
How do you-
- Dude, the pinkie is off. - Freaking hell...
- It's on the wrong side. - Dude, she's holding like this.
Dude, what's her left hand doing? Man... like-
I'm getting cramps doing t-
Oh bro.
What's with the face?
- Poor guy. Yeah. - Must be playing Shostakovich.
He looks like he can play.
- Yeah, but his face brings it down 5 points. - Just the face...
- Woah... - Woah, the hair!
Wrong side ag-
That right hand is messed up!
This looks like the...
- marketing campaign of a certain orchestra. - Orchestra, yeah.
Blow some hair!
Okay, so first of all,
wrong side again, he's holding with the left hand.
His hand is actually a bit too high up.
You could argue it's Baroque bow hold, but just given-
But the distance between the fingers.
- Yep, it's not proportional. - Actually it's too close from the pinkie.
There's no control there.
The left hand is definitely wack.
Yeah, the pinkie to the ring finger is too far.
- Yeah. - And the other 3 are too close.
Alright.
Nah! Coz the hair, point 5.
I give it a 3.
What the hell is this!?
Bro!
Dude...
Ed Sheeran, we found your violin cousin.
Yeah, the violin's too small for you, man.
What are you doing?
- Nah. - 1.
Dude ohh!
Ohh!!
Woah, what do you-
Woah, I said 0 too quick!
What do you mean, Brett?
It's 10 out of 10!
Argh.
Brett: I'm getting good at this. Eddy: Dude, look at her left hand.
I know, I'm getting good-
Her wrist is like...
Krrhrh!
Okay, not to mention like,
- The posture. - her body is twisted to...
You can't really see, but she's twisting her body to her right.
And then like that.
That's gonna ruin your spine.
Violin play is... is dangerous.
Alright nah.
Dude, I give her a 2.
Ah, just not on the fingerboard, kid!
Eddy: Bow tilted the wrong way though.
Brett: Bow hold looks okay, and on the fingerboard. Eddy: Bow hold looks good.
4, for me...
Oh!
for me, man, like w-
Yeah okay, that's- HAHAHAHA!
Okay, I know what you mean.
Okay, this is a very interesting question as a violinist.
What angle should the violin be on?
Should it be 100% flat?
Nah... Most people don't.
Most people have it around... 45 may-
- Some a little bit more of this, some a little- - Yeah.
But how is this 90 degree?!
- And also as this angle. - And then it's this way!
And the bow is-
Okay, 1.
Pfft!
Oh wow.
Like what? Is your rosin poisonous or something?
Brett: Dude, look at that bow hold!
We need some violin in like a radioactive plant.
Radioactive wood.
God, this deserves 1.
I give it a
Plutonium out of 10.
Woah bro, calm down!
Dude, his pinkie.
- Is that the same guy as before that was like sad? - I think so.
- But he's now angry. - Yeah.
Poor dude!
I'm being too rough.
Aww dude.
Just can't-
No, you know what this reminds me of?
Like some Eastern European dating website.
Would you- yeah!
It's not just the violin we're playing tonight!
- I'm done! - Oh yeah...
It doesn't even look like a violin...
No chin rest, head's not even supporting it...
Left hand clenching, right hand bow screwed...
Ohhh...
- Dude, what are those fine tuners? - Dude, the bow's gonna snap!
- There's no bridge. - There's no bridge!
The strings are about to snap.
Again, she has it on the chin.
Her body's contorted.
- 0, 1. - Her bow is kinda held like this.
- 1 - Dude, they're all like 0.5.
- I think we'll go under 0. I'm being too nice. - Yeah, hahahaha!
I'm being too nice.
What!?
Dude, each one gets worse and worse...
Eddy: Why does he have one finger tape all the way up Brett: Hahahaha!
- in this position? - Maybe he's gotta be like
*plays music from Pirates of the Carribean*
Alright, so just for you guys to know,
That tape, is what beginners use to mark where to put the violin.
- And in here. - But it should be 1, 2, 3.
Yeah, not- pfft!
Why is there one here?
I think by the time you're there,
you should be using your ears, guys.
Yeah.
- Sigh... - Again, elbow's too high.
Not using his all 4 fingers.
I can't...
Oh wow.
Wow! Wow! Oh! Oof...
- The left hand looks like a claw left hand... - Dude, she looks like she's screaming!
She's in pain!
At least her bow hold looks kinda like mm...
- Oh hey, the bow's kinda alright. - Yeah.
- Dude, I'm in pain looking at this. - Left hand, left-
3!
I wanna scream just...
*shrieks*
I rate it a
*shriek* out of 10.
*shriek*
What?
Dude, he's not...
Bow is like not even on the string.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!
- He's bowing with the wood, hey. - Air tuning.
And you don't do that on the E string, mate.
Oh yeah, it's E string!
It's- You need-
Use the fine tuners unless you really need to tune,
but you take it down like this.
You picked the wrong peg.
- Oh! - I rate that one a...
coz she's not even playing.
- That's the last one. - Dude, I don't know.
Anyway,
hope you enjoy this episode.
Hope you non-musicians actually know
what violin is supposed to look like
when it's being held properly.
So next time you see a person faking it,
you'll know what it's like.
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