The Ling Lings of Different Instruments
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I wonder if it possible to have an orchestra of prodigies... That would be amazing and... scary...😂
The ling ling symphony
And with a ling ling conductor and them all playing a ling ling composer’s work…. A truly out of this world concert.
i wonder if they would start getting competitive with each other as typically they dont have many peers that can match them
@@dustyacer Or the inspire each other as they finally find others who are better than themselves. It is hard if you believe yourself to be the only one with certain abilities in your age group, you want someone to look up to!
It's gonna be hard. They were born soloists.
Eddy being like, "She's playing it at 9, I played it at 15!"
... Eddy 15 is still really impressive
That's what she said.
@@terryriley6410 BROOOOOSHAHAHA
Brett and Eddy are prodigies in their own rite, they just ain't acknowledge it lol
@@tink6225 yeh
@@tink6225 yeah like how he said they didn’t get some of the musical theories etc till 16 then went on to say most people don’t understand them at uni
My new piano teacher is 56. She’s been playing piano since she was 4, got her first job at 7, conducted her first orchestra at 13, and is getting a doctorate to be a maestro for an orchestra. And she said I’m very talented, that raised my self esteem so much. :D
Oh my god the oboe one killed me, HOW ARE THEY SO IN TUNE?
i mean u're paying her
@@fxcg yeah but not all of my teachers did that, so i appreciate the compliment
am sure u r. dont forget to have self belief and esteem. be humble with it and you will go far :)
god i hope my first music teacher is nice but strict
Watching that pianist was just delightful, because you could see she was having a lot of fun. The bassoonist too--maybe it's not as heavy as it looks, but watching him pop out those notes as if it were easy while carrying what I suspect is a NOT particularly light instrument at a kind of awkward angle was really impressive.
I play the bassoon (I’m 14) and it absolutely is as heavy as it looks. Aside from the fact that he was playing so much better than I do, if I try to play standing up I will literally feel faint after about 30 seconds of playing, so how he did that is beyond me.
I play oboe, but the double Reed makes it really, really hard and I don't know about bassoon, but it doesn't take much air but it's so tiring by the end of a single page of music
there's just something so angelic about the child playing the harp.. like in all the classical painting depictions but in real life :..)
It just felt like raindrops. It was truly amazing.
Though I have not the deep understanding of each instrument to really appreciate their level of skill.
I agree. I imagine water falling in slo-mo as the harp music plays!
while she chewing gum 🤣 She so talented she gives no fux
Yeah, she stole the show. I closed twoset video to watch her full performance
Her left hand through the strings looked like an adult hand at first, it’s so big and muscular
as a pianist, when that girl plays fast even notes quickly is like RESPECT. FAST SOFT NOTES IS DANG HARD, and that girl just play the SUPER FAST NOTES VERY LIGHTLY
Leggiero is pretty tough
Not easy for sure. I've played Beethoven's Waldstein and getting it really even is a challenge.
Well, if you can play those notes slowly...
@@gabrielapeter5412 yOU cAN PLAy tHeM qUIcKLy
Agreed. For people who don't play the piano: The problem is if you play the notes lightly, a minuscule difference in how hard you press the key will be _very_ audible. You need perfect control. Now apply perfect control over each and every single note at that speed...
1:09 asian pain p1
2:58 asian pain p2 (ancestor crying edition)
5:23 asian pain p3 (return of the woodwind)
9:44 asian pain p4 (the strings strikes back)
9:52 asian pain p4 v2 (the bowening)
10:45 asian pain p4 v3 (the vibrato)
11:36 asian pain p4 v4 (childhood crushed)
12:33 asian pain p5 (the final boss, key queen)
pls don't hate, just made this for myself for fun reasons, personally I wish I started practicing younger
LOL 😂
感恩
What is the one at 2:58?
I was a "prodigy" on the flute. I was handed a flute at 7 and started playing scales within minutes and was soloing within months. It just worked. I'll never understand how I did it and the biggest regret in life is that I stopped playing because it bored me. It was too easy. Nothing my tutor gave me pushed me. Anyway, its wonderful seeing these children succeed
It’s never too late to start again 😊 wishing you all the best and best of luck for your future endeavors
you were born to play the flute! It's never too late to start learning again!!
You should start playing again just for the pleasure of listening to the pieces. Why not do that while millions can only listen and dream of such a gift?
@@SevenEllen sadly I let my parents "loan" my flute to a family friend's child and I have never been able to get it back. So until I can afford to buy a new one, I am out of luck and as I'm doing my PhD it will be a few years before I can even think about having money
@@starrynyte158 if my parents even asked me that I would just leave the room with my flute in my hand bc it's the most important thing to me other than my phone 😔
as a bassoonist i thought i was safe from the child prodigies???? but seriously, people don't even START on bassoon until 13 years old just because double reeds are so difficult it's common practice to take a few years starting on a different instrument to build up to it. how this kid has such a full and developed tone this early in his life is beyond me but more power to him, it's a wonderful thing to see
Hold my bassoon
I was thinking the same thing. We bassoonists can cry together 🥲
Yeah, I'm not a bassoonist, but I played that solo on bass clarinet a couple weeks ago and found that video while practicing. His technique and phrasing is incredible, and I was thoroughly impressed.
Ikr... I started playing the oboe when I was 14 and my teacher said it's a perfect time to start playing it. That's mainly because the oboe is the heaviest woodwind to play, and I can hear from the kids' tone quality that their reeds are very light because they don't have the lung capacity and muscle power to control a heavy reed. But despite that, they sound amazing.
I'm not a bassoonist but ive heard many enough to know that he's so in tune, I'm not even sure if it's possible 💀
I love how (some of) the musicians in the background look at the young prodigy with such proud and inspiration. Their self-esteem is being destroyed yet they are so proud just by watching the kids' performance.
Not sure their self-esteem is being destroyed. They hopefully are aware at all times that they are good enough to play in a professional orchestra which means that they definitely are among the top musicians for their instrument. There will always be soneone who is better than you. That doesn't mean that you're bad, so you might as well enjoy what the other person is doing.
Music is there to be enjoyed. Once it becomes a constant competition in your mind, you won't be able to enjoy music anymore.
That doesn't mean that you shouldn't work to become better - but you should practice 40 hours a day not to become better than that other person, but to become better than you were the day before. Most people will eventually hit their personal ceiling, but that's ok.
Yeah I totally agree with that observation! I like to think that it's for 2 reasons:
1. Music is an art and seeing/hearing something awesome like what these prodigies are making is inspiring for any musician.
2. More specifically, if the background musician is using the same instrument or an instrument in the same family as the prodigy then they get to experience what the near pinnacle of playing for their instrument is like, which would fill them with pride knowing their instrument can make such sounds. At the same time it could demoralise them for not being able to do the same at the prodigy's age or even their own current age, depending on their mentality.
@@joycastle. Couldn't have said it better. It's like when people are "good sports" and not take it personally.
The adult musicians will be Ling Lings in their next life.
@@joycastle. You are right, music is to be enjoyed no matter who is playing it. There are no ceilings though, only plateaus. How long you stay on the plateau is up to you. You will reach many plateaus in your career so it's important to keep this in perspective.
1. 0:45 Harp, Alisa Sadikova (age 9). Piece: The Fountain - Marcel Lucien Grandjany
2. 2:52 Clarinet, Julian Bliss (age 12), & Ashley Wass (age 14), Piano. Piece: Solo de Concours - André Messager
3. 4:15 Flute, Judy Jeongyeon Lee (age 10). Piece: Rondo for Flute and Orchestra in D Major - W.A. Mozart
4. 5:19 Oboe, Wong Sa & Wong Si. Piece: Concerto for 2 Oboes in F Major Op.9 No.3 - Tomaso Albinoni
5. 7:11 Basoon, Kevin Zephyrin (age 13). Piece: Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra in F Major, Op.75 - Carl Maria von Weber
6. 8:46 Trumpet, Go-Eun Park** (age 13). Piece: Concierto de Aranjuez, II. Adagio - Joaquín Rodrigo
7. 9:39 Cello, Jeong A. Kim (age 9). Piece: Cello Sonata in E Major, V. Allegro - Giuseppe Valentini
8. 11:44 Piano, Alexandra Dovgan (age 10). Piece: Concerto for Piano No.1 in G Minor, Op.25 - Felix Mendelssohn
Thanks so much! 🎶🎵
It's actually a cornet, not a trumpet, but thank you for listing the names of the performers and the pieces!
謝謝
How old are Wong Sa and Wong Si? I see them listed playing the oboe but I’m not quite sure how old they were
As a trumpet player, the girl is AMAZING. The only mistake she made is the low note was a bit messy but high to low transitions are the HARDEST THING. That high note was fire!!
She is. Especially since this piece is normally played with a solo guitar and orchestra!
@@evanjones9602 damn! Also her tone was beautiful!
@@raefox5735 You can't really tell because of the recording, but I imagine it's pretty good
FRR I play trumpet too and she’s REALLY good I’m jealous lmao
Being a trumpeter myself, the moment she started playing, my self-esteem went from 30 to -180000000. :’)
As a cellist, I never really got how soul crushing this was until the cello came on 💀
same😭
dude no joke i was about to cry my whole ego as a cellist has been shattered
Jacqueline Du Pre, came back and slap bang the lot of cellists.
😭😭
Oh same, you're not alone XD
As someone who played in harp festivals with Sadikova when she was young, she's very talented but it's a bit sad how manufactured her image was as a child. She would have tons of tiny rollers in her hair all day to give her those curls before she performed, and they would have her play on instruments that were too big for her to make her seem more impressive (unnecessary, since she's talented on her own and it's physically much better for you to play on an instrument that matches your body size).
that's what i was wondering as well
I wonder how many of these grow up hating life or messed up because family forced them to practice, kinda like MJ.
I really wonder now were some of these prodigies exploited by their parents?
@@paxielle Beethoven was.
Yeah that harp looked way too big for her. I'm glad someone else sees it as well
My band teacher showed us this video with your guys' reactions and he said, "This should be our audience reaction. We should get as good as them."
As a clarinetist, I felt physical pain while watching this video, but props to that kid because I'll tell you, it is so hard to get notes like that out quickly, with intonation, and without squeaking but also watching your breath control. INSANE
It's actually nice to have Twoset react to these Linglings, because they also explained what made their playing Lingling level. If you just gave me these videos, I'll just be like, wow nice playing, and that's it lol So, let's all thank Twoset for sacrificing their self-esteem to bring us good music and educate us about musicality, color changes, well, all those terms, you know what I'm saying lol
the tiktoker level of screaming suits someone half their age but other than that yea nice collections of interesting videos
@@bencze465 No, that's one of the main attractions of their channel 😝
Ha I found you this time
@@autoghg lol hello again!
@@bencze465 I actually like how they react to these videos, I found their reactions cute lol I'm a fangirl lol
the fact that little girl on the piano played that entire piece with no sheet music is insane... she literally played the whole thing from memory..
This is very impressive !
I learn everything by ear too, but I don't have the talent to play piano correctly XD
Piano sheets are easy to be remembered as your fingers remembered them, but this girl is just beyond perfection
She's really amazing...I enjoyed watching her performance.
Playing without sheet music isn't as hard as people think. By the time you learn a piece from beginning to end, you'll have played the piece probably a couple hundred times by that point, so it's easier to play without looking at the music than to try to keep where your spot is on the music.
Playing from memory is basically incidental to learning the piece.
Would you really want to have to deal with flipping pages when you're trying to focus totally on your performance? I don't think so. Sheets are for learning the piece, not for performing it.
She also sang to the piece as she played it
Thank you for appreciating Alexandra Dovgan!! (The girl playing Mendelssohn on piano)
The recording is from a competition, and she was the youngest competitor at ten or eleven. And she plays so relaxed as if she was performing in front of family and friends, bouncing up and down on her chair and singing along… just awesome 👏
11:15 All I ask of her is to at least try and look like this is difficult to her. She looks more relaxed than me when i am asleep.
Mad respect. have to go pratice now
4:14 as a flute player myself, this girl has freaking lungs of steel. Honestly, really nice playing
As a flute player myself, I can’t compete against a toddler
I was playing for a judge and the only thing she told me was learn how to breathe.
Ikr
As a flute player with asthma, its a dream knowing how much better I could play if I didn't have asthma
@@krispeekeidee5252 That’s terrible to hear! I really hope your playing improves, if that’s any comfort. If it’s not, I’ll wish you good luck
As a cellist, let me just add that violinist couldn't even begin to understand how painful it is to play the thumb position. At normal positions, we use the fleshiest bits (or almost the fleshiest, at least the least sensitive bits as the fingertips are), but for the thumb, it's basically a thin layer of skin immediately covering the bone. With the amount of practice to build up that much strength for a solid octave, there must have been so much blister and bleeding behind the scene :(
To withstand the pain to even play a short passage in thumb position, I would have to practice consistently enough to grow a layer of thick dead skin. When I go back to playing after not having practiced for a long time, I couldn't even stand a few minutes. Imagine that on a 9-year-old (or less) girl.
Eeeeeesh 😳
I still remember when I first started to practice thumb positions... I was devastated by how difficult and painful everything was (though it might have become easier sooner if I had pRaCtIcEd like I was supposed to)
@@venlakirahvi We all understand and remember that pain. To be honest, I did play thumb position at 9 as well I think, but it must have been so crappy. And really with all the pain, it's just a vicious cycle. Without practice, you can't get to the no-longer-painful stage. But you don't want to continue practicing with all that pain. I never played until I bleed but I remember the skin getting so soft and sensitive with the blisters and some dead skin falling apart.
That's the difference between human and prodigy.(whether you managed to withstand the painful and run to the other end)
@@acd4457 From what you guys are saying and my personal experience as an amateur bassist, the key to master anything and to develop yourself to be able to do something hard, is persistance and the massive amounts of courage to continue doing something really painful to be able to achieve your goals. Making your tips of your fingers thick can be quite painful even for an adult, like what I was when I started playing my instrument, or at best annoying for your day to day life. Let's not talk about the finger stretching of an already mature and developed hand, because, man, it's like doing Yoga for the first time, EVERY time.
That girl can play the violin well too…
What a true prodigy
I saw a 9-10 year old, Ryan Kaiser, play the Carnival of Venice trumpet solo...that ends on a high F. He was a little chubby kiddo that reminded me of myself as a 4th grader. It was hard to wrap my heard around all of that sound and all of those fast notes coming from such a young musician. His dad was a legendary band director in Iowa. Always humbling to see this....but it's good for you. Right?
Right?? Haha...
That wouldn't happen to be the same Ryan Kisor that's now the lead trumpet in the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, would it?
9:00
Them: alright, trumpet, cool
The trumpet: *is actually a coronet*
Good job on picking that up I can't unsee it now XD
Don't forget Alma Deutscher who composed her first piano sonata at the age of 5, and a short opera at the age of 7, a violin concerto at the age of 9, and her first full-length opera at the age of 10.... etc. etc. She made her debut at Carnege hall in 2019. And to see her work performed is jaw dropping!
Interesting
They covered her before though I think they yet have to do her proper justice.
Yes! She is so amazing and talented!
@@taon2004 Oh that is unfortunate. Good to know.
@@taon2004They were not bullying her. It is all light hearted jokes and fun. Brett and Eddy are very nice people who love making content for their followers to enjoy. Not for money. If you don’t like this channel, I’m not sure what you’re doing here. You can always just leave and not comment negatively. It seems like you make a hobby out of commenting on their videos which is ironic considering you don’t like them very much because all you’re doing is contributing to their view count. If you don’t like it, please leave.
as a 17 year old cellist who does state, competitions, college auditions and all that fun stuff... Watching that nine year old do technique that I struggle with daily made me feel several emotions that do not exist. Time to practice!
Focus and enjoy the process.
@@abigailcrossman3373 of course! I love playing, I just found it funny in a way!
@@abigailcrossman3373 update: just got accepted into Queen College's school of music!!!!!
@@shwangus2765 congratulations! Sounds impressive- which country is that? I went to Royal College of Music in London many years ago now.
@@abigailcrossman3373 It's a school in New York, in America! I've met the cello professor there before and she's wonderful. I'm really excited to start there!
I play clarinet and piano and I must say,
*Emotional damage*
I can't even play high notes with out squeaking and transitions between low and high are hard, and have trouble switching fingerings, and have trouble doing the rhythm, and he is like, taking a stroll
As a 7th grade flutist, I can tongue faster than the other flutes in my school, but how on earth does that girl tongue so fast-
I was thinking the same thing, I was like wait every single note is tongued????
I especially find it impressive as I am slightly tongue tied, so I find it hard to tongue on very high notes or very quickly, but I have no proper response to watching her
probably double tonguing
THATS WHAT SHE SAID
@@zephyr_lukas_liu probably shouldnt be saying that about children dude
@@zephyr_lukas_liuliterally no one is laughing
As an ex-piano gang... I cried at the last one. Prodigies, to me, are cute weapons of self-esteem destruction. And also they're very talented and work hard, so good job to them XD
Same here--
EXACTLY
SELF-ESTEEM DESTRUCTION
@random fox noo you shouldn't its better to use that as inspiration than think of it as your never gonna get better
May I ask why you quit?
@random fox did you enjoy playing, or did you only play cause you wanted to be good at it?
@random fox I see. I play piano for fun. I don’t see it going anywhere, but I still try to practice when I have time. I’m glad to hear you still play every once in a while. Just know if you ever go back to learning, that you don’t need to be as good as anyone else. I play music for my self, because I enjoy it.
Listening to the bassoonist: the reason it's so incredible is because Bassoon is INCREDIBLY hard to make a tone on low or high notes airy and light. He does it effortlessly as if bouncing over water. It is amazing! The articulations are not hard or forced in any way!
As a Bassoon this is so true
As a flautist, she is incredible, not only is her breath control impressive, but also her arm strength. Unlike string instruments you cannot do half size wind instruments. So just the strain of holding that flute and maintaining good finger position with an instrument much larger and heavier than it should be compared to her size is a feat. I remember being 9 or 10 and “graduating” to a straight head joint. I was super motivated to play like an adult because I thought it was cool, but it would be another 2 years or so before it was even remotely comfortable.
A note on musicality though. I’d love to know how many of these prodigys were Suzuki trained or semi-Suzuki trained. I was Suzuki trained and my technique and ability to both play by ear and copy a adult’s musicality were really good at a young age, even though my understanding of musicality/phrasing/tone color etc was pretty non existent. So they may have far less conscious understanding of the those things than you might think. I’d also love to know how well any of them can sight read. That is a common danger of Suzuki method. My sight reading never did catch up. I can read music fine, but I still can’t sight read my way out of a paper bag. I also went to high school with a genuine piano prodigy who’d only ever had like 6 lessons when he was like 8. He couldn’t sight read either, but he could play anything. He later went on to major in music and it was a massive struggle for him to try to learn to sight read so late, and his technique was apparently somewhat unorthodox which left his piano professors constantly irritated with him. So a blessing and a curse?
4:29 I play flute and the girl is very good. It's not that easy to move your fingers that fast and play a song with no music when it is that complex.
0:45 Harp
2:52 Clarinet
4:14 Flute
5:21 Oboe
7:13 Basoon
8:47 Cornet
9:39 Cello
11:43 Piano
someone said the one after the bassoon is a cornet, not a trumpet (vid label notwithstanding)
It is a cornet 100%
saxes still safe
@@oxoelfoxo and she is not even a prodigy she just plays good for her age
The trumpet is actually a cornet lol
I play the bassoon and when I saw that moment at 8:03 I started freaking out and jumped out of my chair because he sounded so good.
Q
I dont even play the bassoon and have only played toys, the moment a sound went out from that bassoon - it was so full, you know thats from someone who knows the game
I played this years ago and when he hit that low note at the end…….wow.
As a harpist and pianist of 40 years, those kids blew me into the dust! Absolutely brilliant video, my ability has been crucified! 😂
It couldn't get any better than this. Haha! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
The crazy thing about the pianist prodigy in my opinion that really made me go "WOW" is honestly, how tight she is on the rhythm. Playing such hard arpeggios can many times lead to dragging or rushing but she was so tight on the beat, absolutely incredible.
So true!! Her sense of rhythm is sooo good. She is really special. Her name is Alexandra Dovgan, she is 15 years old now and absolutely incredible. I saw her live last year, she played Schumann and Brahms, and her musicality is stunning.
the bassoon one is extra impressive when you consider the fact that like we don't have varying sizes like other instruments... it is extremely hard to play at a young age because your hands physically cannot reach the keys and you may not be old enough to carry the weight of it. like when i played cello i could start on a small size but when i started bassoon it had to be when i was old enough to do it like you grow into the huge size of it. it's just really amazing that he did that when i doubt he was able to start as young as many prodigies.
I thought the oboes looked gigantic in comparison to their players.
there is a smaller version, but uncommon
The hand size part is the same as piano
@@jundanliang877 but you don't lift a piano to play it though
@@kurapikakurta3863 Sorry, i didn’t explain it correctly, I meant the hand size
Flautist here. I just died from seeing that ten year old play. I'm... I have no words. HOW?? HOW THE HELL DO YOU DO THAT. Just.... every not it so clear. She has vibrato, and double tonguing which is soo hard to do that fast. She literally has everything perfect. My self esteem just shattered into a million pieces and then vanished into thin air. What i want to know is how long she has been playing. If anyone says less than 3 years, im going to cry.
Yeah she’s better than me at flute
Same flautist fam
same! i’m a flautist and i’m just in absolute shock! she’s insanely amazing!! i really hope i can be like her one day!
Same😭
Maybe she's better than you but maybe she doesn't know 2 set violin and more importantly without ''normal'' people prodigy would not be prodigy at least now you can see how far you can go
As an almost 15 year-old dude who has been playing piano for a year and has just started to actually practice regularly, the girl’s playing awed, frightened and sunk me into despair. She’s definitely going places.
As an almost 16 year old who’s been playing piano for a couple years I am now extremely depressed and I’m going to go stare at my piano sadly for a bit.
@@Idkwhattoputhere827 Don't let it get you down. Just because someone else is better, does not mean that you aren't good, or that you can't be that good given more practice. For all you know, she may have been playing since she was three, in which case she's been playing considerably longer than you. And if you can never play like that, so what? If you're having fun and still improving, then why does it matter what someone else can or can't do?
Them casually having a mental breakdown is killing me with laughter! 😂
My main instrument is classical voice and literally the only good thing about it for my self-esteem is that the youngest “prodigies” are really only in their undergrad in college like in their early 20s 😅😅😅😅😅 if you hear a little kid sing opera who is claimed to be a prodigy, they are actually at risk of seriously destroying their voices bc their voices are still developing and you can’t really fast-track that kind of technique
You are safe from the emotiinsl torment then!
You should check out Amira Willighagen. She is a Dutch opera singer and she debuted at 9 years on Holland's got talent. At once she started to sing opera and she didn't even have any singing lessons...
There's a recording out there of Peter Mattei singing at age 6 and it blew my mind... but I don't think he actually started singing operatic repertoire til he was 18 or 19. And still sounding so light at age 56! Now there's someone who knows how to take care of their voice.
As a fellow voice student, yup.
@@irenescheepers3886 yes this what I was going to say 👍🤗
The bassoonist in the background is actually the bassoon professor at my university. She is awesome. She coaches my reed quintet.
the amount of emotional damage i got from this was like too high- it's actually sad-
I just found your channel, and I love you two! I am also a music nerd like the both of you, although not as talented. I have been catching up on some of your older videos, and this one is amazing! I am 62 now and have played many instruments over the years, starting with the clarinet in the 5th grade. I played alto and bass, then progressed to oboe and English horn. So difficult, and I never did it well! To see the small children playing in this video blows my mind!
Alisa Sadikova made me understand why angels and harps are associated with each other like that. Sorry to sound cheesy af but with her looks and her playing, she comes across as a real-life angel.
So glad to know her name! Wow at 70, back to playing my harp.
Wait that's a kid though
@@queb7661 you're weird for that assumption
@@Spookatz. I haven't made an assumption
@@queb7661 they thought you assumed that user penny lane was a bit attracted to the child.
As an oboist, I can tell you that F major is a very awkward key for the oboe, so the fact that they're absolutely nailing that piece is beyond me.
11:35 how does it feel? To, live my dreeeeam! *t-rex sounds*
This skill is seriously inspiring and humbling. Thank you so much for sharing!
That bassoon player, though. Resonant and musical. And his articulation on the last phrase. Pardon me? I don’t know I’ve ever heard a non-professional play bassoon that well, and I was IN band and now am surrounded by band kids with two high schoolers. And we have a GREAT program - award winning. But great bassoon players are rare.
I totally agree with you, that ressonace and phrasing are amazing for his age. He is without doubt a prodigy. However he does not reach a professional level. Any good professional should be able to play better.
@@doublereedboy8455 I mean true but that space does NOTHING for him. Absolutely swallowed his sound. But I'd like to hear u tongue that fast lol. I know I can't
@@doublereedboy8455 right. That’s why I said “non-professional” 😂 He certainly has growth in his future, but he’s on the level with anyone I’ve ever heard in high school or even college.
Note he's playing on a Fox 51 student bassoon, the one with the short reach configuration (no hand rest, no alternate C# and Bb). It's probably not a bad bassoon, but it's probably also not exactly helping him either.
Honestly rly scared to see how good these guys are-
Edit: I'm a clarinet player, and the clarinet prodigy is making me cry 🥲
Lol , I was so lucky there wasn’t a violin prodigy in this one
I have to cry two times over, I’m a clarinetist and a pianist. I’m just happy I didn’t have to cry to the violin prodigy
I only had to cry one time because I'm a flutist
Lol , finally it’s u guy’s turn to cry , I have suffered so much from the violin prodigy videos , my self esteem completely broke , for once thank god there isn’t a violin prodigy in this vid
Ya, just how elegant and fluent his sound is makes me scream internally. And such amazing phrasing, it just washes my ears and tears my self esteem in to pieces.
piano prodigies are just nuts man, I mean how is it even physically possible to have that much control over each tiny little movement of your fingers to the degree that you can make very slight changes in the tone, as a _child_ 💀
I love this channel. A great mix of astonishing and hilarious, (also educational to those of us not really familiar with classical stuff). I’ve only become a ‘decent’ guitar player now I’m 63, learning at a very (very!) slow pace, but it’s great to see really gifted young players and hear stuff that is so beautiful. Also really entertaining to see your cartoonish overkill reactions. 😅
The most impressive thing about the bassoonist is that he was standing while playing. What a flex.
so it's not only harpist and cellist soloists who always sit?
@@oxoelfoxo yes
Huh? Bassoonists stand all the time to play and practice? I never practiced sitting down. Yeah in orchestra, but I never really liked putting the strap on the seat to carry the weight of the bassoon cause then all the weight lies on the left hand.
if all your weight lies on the left hand then you’re using the seat strap wrong
I'm a former woodwind major (clarinet, flute, oboe), and back when I was in high school, one of the exercises my clarinet teacher would have me practice was holding a piece of paper to a wall with my breath only. Hold the paper flat against a wall at face level. Stand with toes touching the wall, but over time we inched back. Blow a firm and focused stream of air, powered by the diaphragm, at the paper. Let go of the paper and see if you can hold it there with just your air. Once you can hold it in place, try to lengthen how long you can keep it there. It was SO difficult, but over time, I definitely built up my air capacity and the power and control behind it. This was just one of many air and diaphragm control exercises we did. So, yeah, that flute prodigy has some serious lung power, but the oboeists and clarinetist also had impressive capacity and control. You HAVE to to be at that level of playing.
Wow!
Thank you for the exercise! Tried it, love it and will add it to my practice!
How large/small is the piece of paper? Tried it and failed. Good job I'm not woodwind!
@@wakingtheworld standard sheet of printer or notebook paper - A4, I think. Or 8.5 x 11. But I don't see why you couldn't start with a half or quarter of that, if you can't keep a full sheet up at first. Work towards the full sheet, then go for duration.
@@WendyAppleApricot glad to have contributed to your 40 hours!
I just got to play with Julian Bliss, the clarinetist, as the soloist. He was absolutely amazing of course.
These prodigies confirm that I was definitely dropped on my head at birth. I’ve been playing clarinet since I was 13 and I still struggle going over the break😓
Out of all things the clarinet? not trying to be rude or anything but isn't that a very easy instrument I've tested it's the easiest
@@queb7661 Don't underestimate it. It does seem easy to learn for the first while as all the fingerings seem to be laid out, but as you pursue it to a higher level it matches the skill level of other instruments that may seem "harder" when first learning them. I've been playing for years, and I've also played trumpet, piano, guitar, and saxophone.
@@queb7661 nope. The easiest instruments to play are often the hardest to master. Recorders for example are given to pre-schoolers, but even professionals can't get it to make a good sound without a lot of training(despite it being an instrument that makes a lovely sound when in the right hands!)
@@BananaPeelTheGreat Oh alright
@@otaku-chan4888 Alrighty
there should be a support group for non ling lings called the "ping pongs"
Or Shyte Club!
ling ling wannabes
🙂😁😄😆
OMG YES 😭
@@abbymorel4925 what 😭
I’m a 14 year old bassoonist, and I can say that that piece is incredibly hard to play. To get the high notes to sound like notes and not squeaks is really impressive. I’m playing a Mozart bassoon concerto that’s not too different, i can say that confidently
Mozart bassoon concerto doing it correctly is much harder than Weber concerto.
7:54 holy siht that soft touch of beginning that note was so smooth and the harmonies and melodies of this piece just makes it better
The cello hurt my soul. The absolute skills that girl has is mad impressive, and at ONLY 10 years old.
The oboist girls were so incredible! I remember playing that same concerto with an older girl for one of our exams, and we spent most of our time just tuning together those high notes. They make it same so effortless, so beautiful.
I felt the same as an oboist playing the Bach double concerto for my senior recital in college.
I majored in music ed with flute as my primary, and i legit teared up when the flutist started playing. that repertoire is one of our standard pieces, I had multiple friends who learned it (though I never did myself) and I've NEVER heard it so beautifully done....and I was hearing Flute Performance Majors 3+ years into collegiate study play!!
I also gave a trumpet lesson to an 11 year old today, and when I say my jaw DROPPED at the trumpet part. Goodness Gravy
I am learning piano as an older adult and the one thing I try and avoid is comparing myself with anyone else, especially kids. I used to (wrongly) think that "well, they can play well on the instrument, but where is the depth of feeling that comes with age?" I guess I am intimidated by prodigies, so held onto this false belief. I love how you guys react and explain things. You teach as well as entertain.
I met someone who started taking singing lessons at 69. She won the senior category in the competition we were in, and she absolutely earned it. I thought she was a retired opera singer or something until I spoke to her; she was that good. There's nothing to be ashamed of in starting late in life, and it's not an automatic 'you will never be that good' sentence either.
I play the oboe and when I heard that duet I was literally jumping out of bed 😭✋
fr play oboe too
That’s actually a cornet, not a trumpet. There’s a difference. But she sounded great. You can tell she’s a natural by how her face looks when she plays.
Yeah I wanted to point out that as well. Imo the "quality" of the sound of a cornet is like fuller than the one of a trumpet, if you guys know what I mean. But I'm 100% on your side. She sounds amazing
Yep, looks like she's playing with really minimal pressure and good embouchure. Was also going to point out that that was a cornet!
@@everyhandleiwantedwastaken same
@@Bietschi not so much fuller, but more warm. Trumpet tends to be a brighter tone than a cornet, whereas a flugelhorn would be the warmest more akin to a french horn
Yeah for now she sounds like a trumpet on a cornet but really good anyway
"How does it feels, to live my *dream* !?"
This resonated with me on a deep spiritual level
bruh
There's always someone smarter, faster, better. Even among prodigies.
Mine too... Prodigies are destroying everything. I love to listen to them, but not too long... 🤣🤣🤣
The quietly playing the fast notes on the piano at the end.... I can not express to you the issues I have with that. I'm not very good, but that makes me cry
Great video guys. I'm all the way over here in Hampton Virginia USA and after watching these splendid performances my self esteem dropped down to ZERO !!!
Keep up the great work. The only way to rebuild lost self esteem is to ... practice ... practice ... practice and then practice some more !!!
So go and practice !!! 😢😢😢
*every child prodigy just existing*
everyone : EMOTIONAL DAMAGE
I studied with a flute teacher who came across a flute prodigy years before. She said it was incredible- this tiny girl knew how to put together a flute without being taught. Her mother had the flute from her grandmother and as soon as she heard her daughter “try” to play it she called the closest flute teacher immediately to see if she was “playing it right”. She only taught her for a week before she told her mom she needed expert training because she was so advanced for 1) never have played flute before and 2) never have read music either!!!
The best reactions so far!! I love it ❤
love this utube! channel and violin not even anywhere on my bucket list
2:52 fun fact, this kid played this exact solo once for the Queen of England, and the Queen simply commented “he’s good! He’s really good!”
As a flutist who has been studying now for 9 years I can feel my self-confidence shattering into pieces with every damn note that child played. Emotional damage at its peak.
Davie504::: you can always start playing bass.
Pretty sure it was technically a Cornet not a trumpet but alas, an amazing piece. My mum was a Cornet prodigy as a child and she was playing that same piece the other day. I love it. I hope she gets back into playing again properly (lots of life happened and then she had kids so didn't play in years)
Thank you! I often find new music here to enjoy!
"she just hit double digts for the first time in her life!" it's funnier when you know he turned 30 last week 😂
As a trumpet player I can say that it’s pretty darn impossible to make a trumpet sound good on a recording. She did amazing! No clipped or split notes, it was utterly perfect. Also I don’t think it was a Bb trumpet, looked more like a cornet.
Yes, that's what I thought. Bad recording but more of a cornet tone too. (Ex cornet player).
I think it was a pocket trumpet, but yeah I totally agree!
Yeah that trumpet player had a very good sound
11:49 im watching her play as a pianist whos played for 8 years
now with a fractured right hand
you can only imagine how that feels playing only left-hand pieces
Great video, guys. Really enjoyed this one.
I KNOW this sounds pedantic but that's not a trumpet 9 minutes in. It's a cornet - a very similar instrument to be sure but not exactly the same.
In any event, she DOES sound great!
yeah i noticed that too. my self esteem after watching it is just 📉📉📉
@@yeetomosquito8904 Not the hardest of pieces though. Only like grade 6. All the others are like post grade 8
Even as a former cornet player my self esteem is gone, shattered to the wind. And then to hear them call it a trumpet just added salt to the wound!
@@lunacyandpirates oh please, cornet and trumpet function basically the same with a slightly different timbre and history. Trumpet and cornet parts are completely interchangeable. And yes I play both. Going on 11 years now.
@@evanmisejka4062 for sure but it’s like calling a keyboard (plug-in electric keyboards) a piano
Amazing. These kids have big futures ahead of them, no matter what careers they choose.
The bassoonists in the orchestra were having a proud moment watching that young man rock it out up front, you could see it, and it was great to watch.
The last clip i just saw today by coincidence before watching this video and i was really amazed. And idk if someone noticed but i think she started moving her lips like she was singing or saying smt. While i play my instrument and i cant even focus if there is a minimal distraction in the background. And all other instruments were amazing. Mind blowing
That 9-year-old cello prodigy can also play the violin :)
You can check it out on Henry lau’s youtube
She played Mendelssohn violin concerto 3 movement (sorry Brett
That’s what I am talking about!
Did she actually play the solo part!? I’m a 13 year old violinist playing that exact piece as a violin 2 accompanist with in my regional youth orchestra, I watch the soloist play it on a basically weekly basis and I couldn’t DREAM of playing that… She’s 9 and she can? Wow 🥵 So this is what prodigy means! eMOtInAL dAMaGE… I got to practice more 😳
@@Midnight_Star1021 yes the solo part
You search “henry lau cello prodigy playing Mendelssohn”
@@Midnight_Star1021 and also I want to add that violin is not her main instrument and she said that she was not good at violin
The girl can only play that ONE piece and NOTHING else, I am serios
“It’s more in tune than auto-tune” is sort of explained but they didn’t really have time to go into it. Look up well-tempered tuning vs “just intonation.” I found this incredibly fascinating during my degree. (Someone please correct me if I get something wrong.)
As stated well-tempered tuning is a compromise and was revolutionary, and now most of our instruments are tuned this way. Especially pianos and fixed-pitched instruments, but instruments with more flexibility can tap into “just intonation.”
It has to do with ratios of frequencies and getting sound waves to “line up” better. It also accesses the overtone or harmonic series better, giving your sound that “magical” quality. Whenever we sang as a choir you could literally feel the shimmer when we locked a chord right. Go dive down the science rabbit hole, it’s such a cool concept.
I am 11 and I’m have played piano for 3 years I have sang for my whole life I just started clarinet and I’m hoping to switch to bass clarinet in the spring and ima try a whole bunch of other instruments and watching this is just making me so happy I love music so much bro
Ok… as a high school cellist- I can’t. That one 9 year old… just killed me. 😭😭 OMG- just amazing. My self esteem officially gone. String crossing on a cello that often is so hard to get right… with the shifting and vibrato… a 9 year old?!?!
How do you think I feel as an oboist, clarinetist, flutist, and hopefully soon a bassoonist?
I got owned 4 times in one video...
not to mention her BOWING!!! I'm not even a cellist (I play violin, but have played a BIT of cello) but I know how hard it is to play this bowing and be SOOOOOO controlled and light.
10:05 brett starts speaking like Bibble from those barbie movies
the mendelssohn score brett is holding is literally the mendelssohn e minor can’t wait for it to drop when twoset hits 4 mil
just saying, as a bassoonist, the transition from high to low is speaking volumes about how good he is. normally the bassoon has a scratchy, fog horn-esque sound on the low notes but his tone is perfect. *chefs kiss*
I only have one lung and of all the instruments I could have played, my 10 yo self chose the flute! Still going strong 18 years later! I found your comment about the flute amusing. It was so long ago that I started playing and I don't remember if I had a hard time breathing while playing. I guess I just know how to breathe properly when playing now, so i don't get so winded! lol
I love how all the orchestra members are either in awe or looking dead inside
Me hearing two oboes in tune together is making me so happy. I played with another oboist for a little bit and we couldn’t get in tune together it’s extremely hard. I hope they keep playing as they get older, oboe is challenging but fun.
Oboe player here, the oboe doesn’t require a lot of tuning and is actually used to tune other instruments in an ensemble. It’s also an incredibly frustrating instrument so to see not one, but two oboe prodigies is incredible!
Why is it frustrating?
@@nur_ich_8083 haha well the truth is I’ve only ever played the oboe, so I’m not entirely sure how difficult it is in comparison to other instruments. I’ve only been told time and time again that it’s super difficult. There’s a shit ton of keys and it’s a double reed instrument? Most of the time it sounds like a dying duck, I guess. There’s also something about having to take in a lot more air before you play, since there’s more resistance.
I love how the young pianist bounces ever so slightly to the rhythm of what she's playing. She's loving what she's doing!
I love how twoset appreciate self steem and wants to destroys it by showing us these videos
The bassoonist was incredible! The quality of sound and control! Wow!
I have seen Alexandra Dovgan 2 years ago, she has been taken under the wing of Sokolov (master of master) she's incredible !
I feel so much for the clarinets. I play the clarinet and how he can switch notes so quickly amazes me.