Hey, how's it going?
Welcome back to another episode of TwoSet Violin.
Today we have another sight-reading video,
but with an interesting twist to it.
We will be sight-reading music,
but only off the original manuscript.
The O.G.
This is handwritten stuff.
It's scribbly...
- We're probably gonna go blind with this video. - I know.
- I'm gonna need better glasses. - We've all forgotten how lucky we are to have...
- Clean, printed manuscript in this day and age. - Printers.
Dude, they had scribes to rewrite
- the same part for every violin person. - Oh god...
So every note we play right...
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- Ding, ding, ding. All right, let's go. - All right, let's go.
What is this? Level one.
- Nielsen violin ro - Nielson? - Bro...
Why are the staves going backwards?
Yeah, it's upside - It's going backwards.
All right, so we haven't learned or practiced
or even looked at any of these pieces.
Oh, man...
- Yeah. I know. - This is already hurting my eyes.
It's like little ants on the screen.
Dude, that note is...
Dude...
Dude, that G.
Ah! Dude, that looked like a B.
- All right, your turn. - Hahaha!
Oh! Ha, ha, ha!
Oh, you're so screwed.
I feel like an old man, like...
Dude, it's so small.
Did they even have glasses back then?
Why am I doing that? Put it on.
Oh!
Ah...
Woah, dynamics.
I like that.
Oh, ****.
I played the wrong note.
- Manuscripts have errors! - Yeah, that's -
Is that an error?
It must be, that doesn't make sense.
Can you imagine
conducting an orchestra back then with all the typos?
It's like not having spell check for your...
- Yeah, yeah. For your essays and stuff. - Composition. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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All right, level two,
Handel Music for the Royal Fireworks.
This is level 2 not in the sense that the music is harder...
- But the manuscript is even messier. - It's messy. It's messier.
Yeah, I think that's right.
Oh!
Ah!
- Yeah. I don't even know. - Oh, okay.
But you made it though.
I don't know what note that is.
That looks like the ink just blotted.
- Oh, that one, yeah. - Like, what is that?
It's a mystery. Detectives, what is that?
Imagine being like those manuscript people.
- And every copy, they might copy the wrong thing. - Trying to figure -
That would be sacrilegious.
Ding, ding!
Your turn.
Okay, who is this?
Tartini.
F sharp, why is there two F sharps?
- Don't worry. I won't forget the sharps now. - Oh man.
My eyes. Sorry, I need a break.
Oi!
Oh no, that's right. My bad.
My bad, my bad, my bad.
It does sound weird.
What the ****?
Tartini, you high?
He's been smoking too much devil's trills.
Bro...
Oh.
Oh, come on.
That's why we don't play the Tartini concertos.
- Oh!!! - Oh!!!
Brahms Piano Trio.
I had fun with that one.
Dude, you can't see, it's faded.
Am I in the shot?
Da~ Da, da~
Da, da~
I don't know this.
It's really epic.
Da, da~
Da, da, da, da, da~
Dude, I think...
Is that right?
Did I play it right?
Da, da, da - I don't know, maybe not.
Da, da, da~
Yeah.
Da, da, da, da, da, da~
Whoa.
Oh, that's the piano part.
No!
Nah...
- I don't even know if I'm playing right or wrong. - Can you imagine trying to read the music
back in the days?
And that's why you memorize music, guys.
Actually, aside from Eddy's sight-reading,
this is a great piece, you should check it out.
You ready?
Good luck.
Da, da, da~ Da~ Da, da~
Oh, B natural!
Ooo!
You didn't get me there.
- Oh! - Two, three...
Oh, I played the piano part.
I had to move my head. Like, I had to do this.
- Yeah. - I couldn't see it.
Dude, in the camera, you don't even see your face.
You just see your head like this.
Well, have fun with...
Chopin Ballade No.1 arranged by Ysaye.
Oh, I know this.
That's not fair.
You know it.
- No! - That's why you memorize pieces by ear!
Dude, what the hell?
Oh, I think I know this one.
Da, da, da, da~
Bom, bom.
Oh my god, are you ready?
I hate reading ledger lines when it's manuscript.
- The spacing is different. - And the gap gets smaller and smaller. Yeah.
Oh, I know this one too.
Oh!
Ah.
You know this, right?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I can't play it.
Nice.
Oh, imagine doing the second violin part right now.
Oh, you got it.
I know this one.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah. - But I haven't played it though.
- Yeah. - But I know it.
Guys, we want to make a chamber quartet,
but we have no friends.
- Help. - Yeah, help.
Help.
Oh, violin concerto, dude, I played this.
Really? No. 2?
No, wait, I take that back.
- I forgot he had more than one concerto. 3, 3. - I think we played No. 3, right?
But this actually looks not too bad.
Oh, it goes to here?
Da~
Dude...
At least Saint-Saens wrote it cleanly.
- Yeah, Saint-Saens, thank you. - Thank you.
Saints-Saens, oui, oui.
Thank you, Saint-Saens.
Dude, it's not even - This level is like...
Oh, so nice.
Dude...
Woah.
Okay, ledger lines.
Oh!
- Dude... - Practiced my scales!
Practice!
Like, this is harder as a piece but easier to read.
Oh!
Dude, Schumann Fantasy for -
Dude, he's in a fantasy.
Schumann, do you think this is readable?
Ooo. Is it telling me B natural?
I thought it was a sharp.
Is that a sharp?
Dude, this is the worst.
How do I even figure that out?
It's like doctor's signature.
Maybe they can read it.
You know how doctors can read
- each other's prescriptions? - Yeah, they can.
It's like, "oh, that's a panadol."
It's like literally one line.
Yeah, it's like...
Schumann is actually a doctor.
That's why he died from syphilis.
Did he die from syphilis?
- They all kind of died from syphilis. - I don't know.
I just know his wife ran away for Brahms.
Ah!
- Ah! - That's what happens
when you don't write music clearer.
All right, guys, I think this is it.
Now you guys know what original manuscript looks like.
We have a new appreciation for
music scripts that's written out clean.
Yes, I need to rest my eyes now.
I can't even see the accents.
Can't even see you guys.
Yeah.
Oh, you know what I can't see?
I can't see them practicing.
All right, guys, please accent the like button.
We hope you enjoy watching us shred and just...
- Ding! Ding! - Yeah.
Classical music has come a long way.
Thank you, everyone.
Ling Ling is all within us.
See you guys next time.
Interesting!