Did you know C minor, like C minor tragic, man?
Beethoven only wrote like a few minor %#@%$^*
What sonata was that?
Write it in the comments.
So it's April!
Which means for many of you in Australia and other southern hemisphere countries,
you've probably started music university for maybe 1 or 2 months.
Many of you, it will be your first year.
Everything's very new, very exciting.
Now,
we're kind of old veterans.
We've graduated for 3 years,
so we decided we will share some...
genuine, kind wisdom because it's been brought to our attention
that not everyone quite knows...
how to do the whole music conservatorium thing, so...
There's some hidden rules you must understand.
And so being the kind-hearted senpais we are,
- we decided to- - Write a guide for the first year of conservatory life.
A.k.a "Things you might be doing that's pissing everyone off around you."
First thing.
Don't be the guy that says things are easy, but you can't even do it yourself.
This includes repertoire or technique.
Wait wait wait!
Sounds like you have a little bit of trouble with the thirds.
You know, Ysaÿe 3 is actually so...
like overrated. It is actually pretty easy.
- I don't know, I found like- - You do it.
The second one is:
People with a bad attitude and a high ego.
Don't do it.
The third one is hating on mainstream composers and pieces.
Oh my god, I hate Tchaikovsky's 1st Piano Concerto.
Everyone plays it.
But it's so good...
Yeah but everyone plays it, so I don't like it.
And it's overplayed because everyone plays it.
I mean, I can't play. I tried to.
No, actually no, I just don't wanna play it.
This also applies to favourite soloists.
You know, everyone just likes Lang Lang. I mean,
I'm gonna boycott him.
I'm not gonna go to this concert even though it's sold out.
And everyone's going because...
he is way too mainstream.
It's sold out already.
You can't go anyway if you wanted to.
Good.
Because I prefer the pianist Kachikawawa.
All the first-year practical exams,
everyone's playing Solo Bach.
I'm gonna be playing the Vieuxtemps Études.
Never heard of it.
Don't worry. You don't need to know.
So next one is:
If you can't play certain repertoire,
don't go playing it in front of everyone's face.
I don't do scales anymore.
Everyone's doing it now in first year.
I did my scales in Suzuki book when I was 6 years old.
So, I'm focusing on the repertoire now.
Check this out.
So the next one is:
Someone that plays the easy part of the whole piece,
and never play the difficult part.
- Hey can you play the Sibelius Violin Concerto? - Oh yeah, of course.
Man, it's...
Can you, can you...
Can you play the... the last page,
- Last page? - You know, the tenths and stuff.
Oh, yeah yeah yeah.
Oh sorry, left... Wrong left fingers.
This part is ny-
Is that how the ending goes?
No, but...
It's the good part,
and I like this part.
It's Sibelius Concerto for me.
People that keep playing solo repertoire during chamber or orchestral rehearsals.
Don't do it!
Finally it's break time! Can get a coffee.
- Break time. - Yeah, break time.
Where are my friends?
You don't have any!
There's always that one person that says...
They've mastered a piece,
so they can move on to the next piece.
and they don't have to practice it ever again!
Sure sign,
if you say you've mastered a piece,
that's a sure sign that you don't know what you're doing.
People that brag about the instrument.
Don't go around being like:
"I have this 300-year-old Stalkanini cello."
"It was meant to be a viola."
"But then they realize that's abusive to human rights, so they changed it into a cello."
"And, got it from the Italian Venetian."
Remember,
do not talk behind someone's back.
Because what goes around comes around.
You know, never do it.
It's not a good thing to talk behind someone's back.
Listen to his thirds, they're so out of tune!
- Oh my god, it's so- - Oh hey, Brett! What are you saying over there?
Hey!
Dude, I love them. Was that...
Paganini Caprice No.9?
It was Paganini GO F-
Last but not least,
Don't be that person that's nitpicking on every soloist recording performance
unless you yourself can do it perfectly.
Don't do it.
It's really embarrassing.
People hate it.
That's anything that like...
conveys that you have got bad attitude and ego.
Just don't do it!
Trust me!
I don't need to explain. Just don't do it.
No one cares!
No one cares, guys.
Really, no one cares.
Hey Brett, what's your favourite recording of Sibelius Violin Concerto?
Oh, I love the violinist Kavakos' recording on YouTube.
Yeah...
I don't know but...
but like in the 3rd movement, he played 2 notes that's slightly flat.
I almost got a heart attack actually.
I was... listening to it, I was just like...
"Really?"
"How did you get to play with the Berlin Phil?"
Shouldn't you at least play like some notes in tune?
And like...
You have no friends! And you can't play either!
Anyway, guys.
That's the first year's guide to conservatory life.
Mmm!
Take it or leave it.
And if you...
If this is your first year university studying music,
- best of luck! - Yeah.
And go...