Hello guys!
Welcome to another episode of the Ling Ling Workout!
And today we have a very very very special guest.
Prodigy violinist called Ziyu He.
Hey guys, welcome to join us!
So for those of you that don't know, um,
We first met Ziyu when we f-
Ziyu first appeared on our channel...
- Was it 2 years ago? - 2 years ago.
where we reacted to um...
Ziyu's crazy performance in the Menuhin Violin Competition
where he came first place with the Paganini.
Yeah, with Paganini.
Now this time, we've invited him to the challenge.
The Ling Ling challenge to see if he's got what it takes
to do Ling Ling challenges while playing only Paganini.
Ooh...
The Paga-ling-ling Challenge!
So Ziyu, there is 2 pamphlets we gave you.
- Envelopes. - Envelopes, pamphlets. Envelopes.
One has the challenge, and one has the pieces.
Now obviously Ziyu is a prodigy,
so we're gonna give him all Paganini in the pieces.
So there’s all these different Paganini pieces inside.
I'm very excited.
I'm nervous!
Brett: Okay?
- You're nervous! - Ahaha!
Do prodigies feel nervous? I don't know...
Okay, first one!
First one!
Challenge...
Oh, play it double speed!
Ohhh...
- Wait, which movement of Pag- - First movement.
First movement, okay.
First!
Yep.
- The normal tempo- - Oh, can, can you...
Can you play-
Eddy: That's the normal speed.
That's normal speed, yeah.
Wow...
- So what's the- - Double speed is...
Brett: Jesus...
Okay, here we go.
Woah!
Oh...
That was so intense!
He got all the notes!
That was...
You play, you played it so well that...
you made it sound like it was meant to be that fast.
Yeah.
Yeah, play, yeah!
Alright guys, this is the new standard.
- How to play this part. - Double speed or nothing.
And then you made it look so easy!
Yeah.
You were like nailed every note like-
He was just smiling.
Ziyu: Hey, you nailed- Brett: He was just smiling!
The thing is if you have something like difficult thing,
I don't want to let the audience say that it is difficult.
So I just smiling and um...
Ziyu: And just give them- TwoSet: Ah...
Just smile.
- Did you guys get that? - Yeah!
If it's difficult,
- just smile. - Just smile!
So then if you mess up,
- do you just keep smiling? - You smile?
Maybe like-
Yeah, keep smiling!
No, it looks worse! It looks a little bit stupid.
So maybe no smiling if I messed up.
*laughs*
Next one.
Yeah, I Palpiti.
So,
Bow without the right-
Hahahaha!
Do you mean like...
This?
Or whatever like...
- Play it like this? - Okay.
- Okay, okay. - That's good, that's good.
Yep.
- Cuz you're not using a thumb, so that works. - Here we go.
Oh man...
Dude, the vibrato is so good.
So smooth...
He's playing like...
Dude, he can play it better than I-
Ohhh...
Dude, even the phrasing-
Life's not fair.
*kick-ass upbow staccato*
Oh my...
- Woah! - Ready?
Come on!
My heart...
Holy sh-
- Oh! - Oh...
Oh...
How do you still play like that!? You-
That sounds so good!
- The phrase- - Are you...
Have you practiced like that before?
- You didn't cheat, did you? - You didn't cheat-
I, I, I practiced like this!
When I was young.
Sometimes.
What's that?
Oh, you've practiced like that?
Like that. Not like this.
There's still with uh, with the thumb.
Really? Why?
Because it ma-
It... You could get more sounds.
You will learn how to use the power. That the...
- projection and um... - Oh...
- Oh... - To pick up the sound and...
I practice sometimes. The scale...
Just use this.
But not like this!
- I just want to like... give the viewers some contexts. - Context, yeah.
So you...
What you saw it before Ziyu when he went:
Like, all that.
That's called Up-bow staccato.
And then-
And even with a proper bow hold,
- It's so difficult. - I can't...
It is so hard like to do it like
And he just grabbed the bow like this.
This is like the biggest handicap you can do for any sound.
And he made the nice sound with it.
and made a phrase sound and just...
Oh... I can't even explain
The phrase was good, the sound was good.
My head hurts.
I think the, uh, a metaphor be like...
You're running.
You're sprinting against someone with his two feet tied together, but they're still faster.
- Yeah yeah it's... yeah! - That kind of feel.
Ziyu is... he's sprinting...
Ziyu is like-
He's sprinting with his feet tied together, and he's still running faster than us.
Yeah.
Second last.
Are there anymore?
- Ooh, okay. - Okay, okay.
Bruh.
Violin on right hand!
- Okay. - No one has been able to do this one.
This is a hard one.
- I chose the most- - Not even Ray could do this one.
difficult piece actually.
- Oh, Paganini one is- - It's so hard, it's so hard.
*inaudible*
Ziyu: I'm really bad. Eddy: That's how-
That's how I feel when I try to play
- the Paganini Caprice No.1. - Yeah.
Oh! Can you can show-
- Show everyone how you play it. - Can you show the audience how it's meant to sound...
- normal right hand? - Normally.
Normal one?
- Yeah, the normal one. - Normal one should-
- Here we go. - I think...
So clear...
Aw.
He’s just making it look so easy...
Woahohohohohoh!!
Take my money! Take my money!
Alright!
- Bad connection, but- - Brett: That's the last one, Ziyu.
Here we go.
- Ohhh... - Hey...
What is the last one?
Uh, probably Lindsey Stirling?
This is the last one, yeah.
Haha!
"Play with Baroque bow hold."
- Oh, Baroque bow hold!
Woah!
- Ohhh... - Yeah...
Like...
No no wait, it is too easy!
You have to take off your shoulder rest as well.
Ah yeah!
Okay.
- Haha, it's too easy! - Make it harder, yeah.
Like...
Okay, like this.
You have to, have to hold it, hold the bow higher.
Yeah, like-
- Yeah. - Okay, okay.
So in tune...
- Wow... - That was amazing.
No vibrato, still perfectly in tune.
Oh... and more projection probably.
Yeah.
Can we do-
Can we do a bonus challenge?
- Yeah, let's do a bonus one. - I feel like I want to do a bonus challenge.
Ziyu: Yeah!
So what's that piece that you played in the uh...
The...
What's that piece called again?
Nel cor piu no mi sento.
Can you...
You know Lindsey Stirling, right?
Yeah, like this dancing and...
Yeah yeah!
Can you play that Lindsey Stirling style for us, please.
I make little space.
Oh, he's getting ready.
And make sure the camera has you in the shot.
- Okay. - Yeah.
Here we go.
Like... Okay.
Hahahaha!
Let's skip a little.
Oh my god...
His pizzicato is-
Ohh! Left hand pizz!
Dude!
Please.
Woooooaaahhh!
The Ling Ling Lindsey Stirling-
Holy moly!
- Oh my god... - Oh, my breath, I can't.
- Dude, my heart, man. - It's like...
- I'm feeling it. I'm feeling it. - You feel it as well!
I'm not just the only one.
No, you... You're gonna die.
Oh, do that again!
Oh god, that was amazing, Ziyu!
Um,
I don't know what to say. I'm just...
I can't breathe.
I actually can't breathe.
I'm gonna practice.
Yeah, I need to practice.
Guys, this is Ziyu. Prodigy Ziyu.
Um... Just,
If you can see him, concert live. Go to all his concerts.
Ziyu He.
Um...
I think he has Insta-
He has Instagram page as well.
Everything.
Uh, Ziyu, do you have anything like a website or something?
- People can see you- - My website is like uh...
We'll put in the links below, and you'll see it.
Go watch all his concerts.
It's real. It's like... It's different when it's live.
- It's like next level. - Yeah, so different.
And very important is to always wear this practice shirt!
Yes!!
Ziyu: Very important! Brett: Always be practicing!
Thank you so much for doing this with us.
- It's so fun. - Thank you!
And uh,
We'll... Hopefully, we'll see you soon!
- Maybe. - See you soon!