I can hear the roasting!
Oof!
- Whoa! Mmm! - The tasty roast is back!
Mmm!!!
Oh, TwoSet Roast is back,
and today we will be, I mean,
...a...a...
A Chinese drama that's recently been on Netflix,
and it's called "I Hear You".
You hear me?
- Nah, I can't. - *chuckles*
This—the Chinese name is called...
I looked it up, and basically the storyline is...
There's the main girl, her name is called Erduo,
*snickers*
which in Chinese means...
Ding-ding!
Ears!
Imagine calling someone uh...like a body part.
"What's your name?"
"Forehead."
*chuckles*
Now, her dream is to go to Japan to study voice acting.
So she needs money,
and someone she knows produces like a dating show,
which is like,
if you come on the show and win, you'll get money.
The target they found was like...
...a master violinist and luthier.
The luthier was like, "I'm too busy to attend this..."
"...variety dating show nonsense."
He actually had to get tricked into it.
- We'll show you. - Yeah.
- Let's see what happens. - Let's watch, let's watch, yeah
*snickers*
*cough*
So that's how you convince a luthier to join a dating show.
You have to pass his ultimate listening test.
Alright, so apparently this CD like, no one can identify it.
- The difference, oh my god. Okay. - The difference, okay? Let's see.
- Okay, so apparently she's a...genius. - Whoa...genius.
- Okay. - She can hear the difference.
- Mm-hmm. - Let's see where this goes.
*snickers*
What?
So, let's assume, first of all, by half a note,
he means a semitone.
Is that like a semitone or like a quarter tone?
I don't know, just play like uh, any melody.
Yeah. So...
If it was up by a semitone, like a half tone...
- Okay, now if it... - I don't know, man!
Sounds pretty obvious to me!
Please tell me you hear something different.
Also, if it was two separate recordings...
I find it hard to believe that it's—
Throughout the entire quartet performance,
the only difference, would be a quarter tone out of tune.
But yes, so apparently because of this,
he's forced to join the dating show.
- He's like, - Let's see.
"I'm going to go join it,"
"to find out who this genius is that heard the half tone off."
Ohh...
"How did you know?!"
Boom.
So he's in.
Can I just say like, why...that luthier is dressed really nicely.
- He's like, in a workshop... - I know...! He's in a workshop...
Where it's meant to be wood and dust everywhere,
- and he's in a white suit jacket. - He's wearing like a tuxedo suit jacket.
I'm actually really curious how legitimate, that...
...luthier workshop looks.
- I know. - Why don't we ask our luthier friend?
Hello!
Olaf!
We got a problem. Can you look at this scene?
We just want to check if this setting is legit.
So we're here with uh...
Olaf,
the professional luthier to see how legit...
...this um...
...some of these luthier scene portrayals are.
So first one here,
you can see his workbench,
- Yeah. - and he's got a lot of scrolls, he's got a bottle of wine.
How legitimate does this look so far?
Yeah, so the bottle of wine, I'm not so sure about it... *laughs*
He's got an awful lot of scrolls on his...
...workbench, I like to work on one scroll at a time,
a kind of a master does one instrument at a time,
- you do one scroll at a time. You don't do 10 at a time, or... - Uh-huh.
How many are there? Like...
10, 11...
He's got 11.
And why when you're working on a scroll,
why does he have a violin, like...
- propped up right in front of him? - *chuckles*
He could actually damage it while he's working on the scroll.
Just saying!
The next is this shot, where he's looking at the...
- Yes, yes. Look, I mean, like... - ...top plate, like this.
*laughs*
Yeah look, that could happen to me.
I do like, when I'm working on it I do actually kind of look at it.
I wonder if he knows what he's looking at.
But, you know.
How about...this one?
Yeah, look, I would never take a white violin and ...
...and hold it like that, um...
*laughs*
Like if it's freshly made, this is really raw timber.
You don't want to accidentally like, kind of gets that...
What...what if you're perspiring a little bit,
and just a little bit of sweat gets on there...
But also, what's with the white fingerboard?
Because the really, really, really cheap violins...
They use white fingerboards and they paint them black.
Oh my god.
Oh my...
*groan*
*groans*
Guys...
I trust you guys know this already.
*groan*
Please, I hope we've educated you guys.
Eddy's dying!
Let's just appreciate...
Appreciate?
What they've given us to analyse.
*chuckles*
Any point of...articulation,
something needs to change in the bow.
And obviously, the bow in this one, hasn't moved at all!
Just DOWN!!!
Over-tightening the bow.
You should have watched our Meteor Garden review!
The left hand doesn't move at all.
He's stuck in like third or fourth position.
His wrist is clocked a bit this way, can you see?
It should be more flat, but...
- ...he didn't even change strings. - Yeah.
Completely random finger patterns.
The bow's crooked.
- There's not a bow speed required. - Yeah.
*groan*
- We're just reviewing. - *sigh* It's a review, guys.
Classical musicians review.
The way the recording was cut...
they cut the reverb.
*laughs*
You know...he's literally like...someone pressed pause.
"Off".
- *laughs* - Yeah, yeah...!
Science, guys!
Sounds keep travelling, you can't just stop sound.
Again, they're using a recording of a lot of reverb.
- Echo, but he's outside. - Yeah.
When you're outdoors, and you play...
"No-verb". *chuckles*
- "No-verb". - There's "no-verb", guys!
*groan*
*groans*
Why is there vibra—
Why did he put vibrato?!
There's a time and a place to vibrato,
and he decides [to] put a vibrato on a quick piece of semiquavers.
- This is— - I know! It's...
It's literally the worst piece to choose to do the vibrato on.
Any piece...
If it's Bach, and it's quick semiquavers,
chances are there won't be much vibrato,
it's a stylistic thing, and a technical thing.
Do you know how many kids in China learn a musical instrument?
There's so many!
Surely you realise that.
I mean if you're gonna be a Chinese drama, oh...
- If he was a minor character, like, whatever. - Whatever.
It'll be like, "Cool, we understand, you have a budget."
But if your whole movie's around...
"I Hear You", more like "I Don't Hear You'.
(both) Ohhhh!!!
I'm dying, oh my god.
This is killing us.
Ohh!!!
- That's... - Ohh!
That's pretty good, that's pretty insightful.
Whoever wrote this scene...
- Amazing. - Good job, scriptwriter!
*cheering*
So now they're at a...cosplay party,
and someone's cosplaying a Sebastian...
- ...playing violin. - That's my type of...dude that's awesome, can't wait.
*laughs*
Can we just...
*laughs*
Bro!!!
- You had it on the right strings! - Yeah!
Why did you move away?!
It was like...
Nah I'll start on D string...
*hysterical laughter*
He goes...
*laughs*
Why?!
It was so close! He had it!
But that's why he looked at the audience, like,
"Are you ready for the prank?"
Jokes!!! *laughs*
If it sounds high, chances are it's gonna be...
- On this side. - ...this side.
And if it's low, this side.
Can I watch it again? That was too funny.
Oh, that was pretty funny.
Oh. *giggles*
Get ready, bro!
*hystercial laughter*
Oh...
- It's just the same... - *chuckles* It's just...
*chuckles* Yeah...
"1, 2, 3, 4, 1" in the background...
Guys in violin playing, there's a thing called "positions",
meaning movement of the hand,
upwards in order to reach the notes we need,
for different sounds and effects, right.
The first position,
second position,
- third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, and so on. - Yeah.
It's clear to us.
The music is playing all these high and low notes,
but he's never leaving this spot.
Yeah.
Maybe he's got a magical violin.
Maybe.
That's still the best one!
- That's still the.. - Then he's like...
*laughs*
- Oh dude, I smashed my violin, I'm too excited. - Oh...I know, I know.
"What's the matter?"
"Nothing."
"I actually can't play the violin."
*laughs*
Um...
Like yes, but no.
A tuner's gonna do a good job,
- because it can really tell you if it's 440 hertz, - Mm-hmm.
[or] 441 hertz.
When the human ear is better, is when you're tuning actual music,
Because we hear certain things clearer...
- ...that harmonises better. - Yeah.
We should check, with Olaf.
Firstly, "the paint has dried",
we never paint violins, we varnish violins.
Oh, tuning it.
And you can tinker with the sound post to change the sound,
you can change the bridge slightly.
You do that from the inside
before the instrument gets closed, so...
- Yeah. - So that's not something to do right at the end.
Yeah, 'cause everyone's practicing.
The erduo (ear) is helping out.
Finally.
*gasp*
What happened?
Did you see the E string on the violin?
*laughs*
Oh my god!
Did you see that?
It's way off!
Oh, poor violin!
The spacing of the strings on the bridge
- is quite even as you can see. - Mm-hmm.
See that?
They have to be very specific.
Yes, very, very specific.
*cough*
- *sighs* - You don't...
*clears throat*
...tune a violin for month.
The tuning is related to the strings.
Violins go out of tune every day.
Yeah.
It's just called...the weather.
*chuckles* Yeah!
- So just get any violinist to tune it, that can tune the violin! - Yeah!
- And, I don't see why you can't use a tuner for this. - *sigh*
- Like... - *scoffs*
Yeah.
What she's tuning him now, is just his playing!
I think we should run this past Olaf,
to get his professional luthier opinion.
*laughs*
He's been tuning it for the past month!
If you tune the strings,
that'll just take you a minute,
that it takes you to tune the strings!
Well, that sucks for me.
I don't have the "ultimate weapon". *sob*
No, it sucks more for me.
'Cause I have the "ultimate weapon",
- but I still can't play in tune. - *laughs*
- I'm screwed! - It's okay.
Perfect pitch is not my "ultimate weapon". *chuckles*
Ohh!!!
Ohh!!!!!
Did you see that?!
- It's a skid-fest! - Yeah!
*chuckles* Look...
The note went...
- A bit longer...he lifted off a bit too early. - Yeah, yeah...
*cough*
She's still taking notes of every single note he's played.
Who does that, too?
As a musician!
At least intonation is like one step
- above being the fastest violinist. - I can't...
I can't do this anymore...
- That is true. - It's true.
A good musician would optimise the sound, and...
...the violin should be practiced every day.
- So this is the award-winning violin. - *chuckles*
- Why does the varnish look absolutely messed up? - Yeah...! *chuckles*
Like someone just made a horrible mistake?
Yeah, like it'd go...
"Sorry!"
It should be quite consistent, usually, you know.
Ohh!
He's in first position!
Whoa!!!
This is the culmination of the series!
- He finally learns that Bach should be played in first position! - I know.
Alright guys, I think we've...
*sigh* That's long enough.
We hope you enjoyed this video... *chuckles*
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Free of charge!
Did you hear that?
As long as there's heart, you can always begin.
*groans*
- (Chinese) Hold it. - Why is he whispering all of a sudden?
He's whispering to her [to] 把住 (hold it).
(both) Hold it.
- He's holding her hand! - ...hand!
- Dude their pinkies are interlocking! - Their...I know!
Her bow's all...!
Oh my god...
Maybe a bit...inappropriate...
- Yeah. - Maybe...
I didn't even know what to say anymore.
Oh, oh, ohh...that left hand position...
*sigh*
How...how does that even work?
As soon as the bow touches a string, cue music!
- *laughs* Yeah...yeah...! - Cue the music!
This scene just...this was the K.O.
Yeah.
Definitely not possible.
Not doable.
Do you want me to teach you?
Free of charge!
I can't do it!
As long as you have the heart,
anything is possible.
Here.
O-oh.
Hold it.
*hysterical laughter*
No!
Ohh!!!
Our pinkies are touching!
- I can't... - *snickers*
I'm out.