Different Size String Quartet

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  • Опубліковано 29 чер 2024
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  • @TiianSama
    @TiianSama 2 роки тому +5390

    I think their chairs should've gotten smaller every time they dropped a size

    • @donovan8283
      @donovan8283 2 роки тому +132

      that would be epic

    • @Depressed_Dinosaur
      @Depressed_Dinosaur 2 роки тому +50

      And tee-shirts!

    • @yurilia7384
      @yurilia7384 2 роки тому +102

      no its actually a bit of camera trickery they are actually getting bigger along with their chairs and are forced to play on their increasingly smaller instruments

    • @dees3179
      @dees3179 2 роки тому +27

      And make the music smaller......🙃

    • @Laura-gb1jv
      @Laura-gb1jv 2 роки тому +24

      Cello gang supports this idea!

  • @hehehe.27
    @hehehe.27 2 роки тому +5081

    I love how Brett becomes smaller while playing.

    • @ImAroAceXP
      @ImAroAceXP 2 роки тому +39

      I-

    • @T4Tea4two
      @T4Tea4two 2 роки тому +379

      They even went to the trouble of getting a 1/2 size brett

    • @dickottel
      @dickottel 2 роки тому +51

      I thought his glasses were not enough and he had to get closer 🤓

    • @carolhayes7750
      @carolhayes7750 2 роки тому +66

      LOL, he actually does become smaller. Didn't think that was possible. (although, to be truthful, he's still taller than I am)

    • @ipsharoy7398
      @ipsharoy7398 2 роки тому +52

      He is a smol bean who is 29 years old

  • @marcieberry3946
    @marcieberry3946 2 роки тому +3419

    imagine an entire orchestra playing a piece with 1/16 size instruments

    • @knownanonymous1691
      @knownanonymous1691 2 роки тому +191

      * laughing in the piano 😏*

    • @SodiumChloride_NaCl
      @SodiumChloride_NaCl 2 роки тому +251

      @@knownanonymous1691 *glances at toy piano*

    • @knownanonymous1691
      @knownanonymous1691 2 роки тому +93

      @@SodiumChloride_NaCl but that's not technically getting smaller because it doesn't have the 88 notes.
      It's like having a violin with 2 strings instead of 4.

    • @L1nn
      @L1nn 2 роки тому +70

      It would be cute and horrible at the same time Hahahaha

    • @midorimatsuda7241
      @midorimatsuda7241 2 роки тому +10

      Yeah but when you have adult size hands on an itty bitty instrument you can't necessarily play all the notes you could on a full size. I'm willing to bet that the distance between say an A and A# on a 1/16th is a few millimeters. Rather than a toy piano, a piano without the black keys may be a better comparison.

  • @AndewMole
    @AndewMole 2 роки тому +1683

    I think the cello is having the least problems, the violins are sounding like rubber chickens

    • @TheGlassgubben
      @TheGlassgubben 2 роки тому +92

      I agree, but the two smallest ones sounded more like a viola than a cello. Especially the 1/8 one.

    • @rosin_eater
      @rosin_eater 2 роки тому +14

      cello pog

    • @xandraxandra1437
      @xandraxandra1437 2 роки тому +9

      I'll give this to the chickens. Especially those from TSV older videos.

    • @reaganb6013
      @reaganb6013 2 роки тому +48

      cos the cello is bigger and lower, it can't sound as screechy haha

    • @alexmakkinejad7233
      @alexmakkinejad7233 2 роки тому +88

      That's because cellists have already been doing this shit with their friends' violins for years

  • @ladym.7594
    @ladym.7594 2 роки тому +4373

    On a serious note, we need more of TwoSet String Quartet! The full size part was actually so epic

  • @Kim-vc3mv
    @Kim-vc3mv 2 роки тому +1076

    The string quartet started sounding like a strangled quartet

  • @akiralee2757
    @akiralee2757 2 роки тому +455

    The sound quality went from string instruments -> kazoos -> rubber chickens

    • @edwardblair4096
      @edwardblair4096 2 роки тому +6

      Some of Two-set's earliest videos were on rubber chickens.

  • @lorewalkermaohao4602
    @lorewalkermaohao4602 2 роки тому +534

    Actually, they never change instruments. They just switch out the performers for slightly bigger versions of themselves each time.

    • @margett__
      @margett__ 2 роки тому +4

      😂😂😂

    • @alhfgsp
      @alhfgsp Рік тому

      How dare they bait and switch us!

  • @Macakiux
    @Macakiux 2 роки тому +2683

    Once they got to the 1/16 I couldn't stop laughing. I didn't expect it to affect also their tempo so much 🤣

    • @chainuser1774
      @chainuser1774 2 роки тому +119

      1/16 is when it turns into a Shostakovich piece.

    • @willpepegd9461
      @willpepegd9461 2 роки тому +14

      Amigo acabo de terminar de ver un video tuyo que haces aca
      xd

    • @8948380
      @8948380 2 роки тому +53

      They also sound like a hive of bees XD

    • @kylezo
      @kylezo 2 роки тому +23

      Those tiny bows lol

    • @taniar9796
      @taniar9796 2 роки тому +8

      Macakiux que haces por acá? 😅😅

  • @carolhayes7750
    @carolhayes7750 2 роки тому +2636

    All hail Nicole, THE VIOLA QUEEN, for having the fortitude to play with those two goofball violinists. :)
    And Eddy crossing his legs while playing cracks me up. So casual!

    • @GerryBolger
      @GerryBolger 2 роки тому +54

      I knew a girl who had to take her shoes and socks off while playing the violin. Apparently little foibles like that are pretty common...

    • @briaharris183
      @briaharris183 2 роки тому +20

      He said yes m'lady I do play the violin

    • @wakingtheworld
      @wakingtheworld 2 роки тому +12

      Well Carol, your 'likes' tally is way ahead of the Guy Without a Mustache!
      This was so much fun for us and them, though. Amazed how child prodigies cope with the sound from such small instruments...

    • @oscargill423
      @oscargill423 2 роки тому +5

      Well, whatever makes you most comfortable, short and long term, while playing an instrument (without sacrificing technique) should be pursued! You should make performing enjoyable for yourself too!

    • @8Phoenix8
      @8Phoenix8 2 роки тому +14

      They should get Viola King and Viola Queen together and call them twosetViola

  • @helenwong4230
    @helenwong4230 2 роки тому +1605

    Developing brand new respect for child prodigies, they sounded so good even on a smaller instrument

    • @ferusskywalker9167
      @ferusskywalker9167 2 роки тому +182

      Tbh, one of the main reasons that it sounds bad is that the instruments are too small for them, so their finger placement is wrong. It is also probably some fairly cheap instruments as well.

    • @helenwong4230
      @helenwong4230 2 роки тому +98

      @@ferusskywalker9167 I understand that it is hard to play on a too small instrument as an adult, but I am also referring to the general bad sound quality of smaller instruments. I don't think makers would have made a really good violin in small sizes, yet the prodigies were able to do double harmonics or make high notes sing as we have seen on some previous episodes. I just thought it was an extra challenge when you are not playing on full size.

    • @TheCyanSqueegee
      @TheCyanSqueegee 2 роки тому +52

      @@ferusskywalker9167 There are definitely just acoustic differences even just taking out any fingerings. If you hear them just play open strings the sound is still very tinny and not full at all, as there is much less room for air to resonate inside the instrument. I also agree that these probably aren't "top of the line" small instruments, if such a thing even exists, as that would be a complete waste of money since the child will grow out of it and most children aren't good enough to need a good instrument.

    • @yu-hengwang8338
      @yu-hengwang8338 2 роки тому +3

      That’s because they are small too

    • @perrilewis180
      @perrilewis180 2 роки тому +3

      Well the smaller instrument fits into their tiny kid hands.

  • @Moonmoon-ws6jo
    @Moonmoon-ws6jo 2 роки тому +321

    At some point the cello sounded like a violin and everyone else were mosquitos

  • @emmafandke2909
    @emmafandke2909 2 роки тому +892

    The smallest instruments would sound great playing Bretts Lofi!

  • @Toonfish_
    @Toonfish_ 2 роки тому +2812

    Among all the jokes I sometimes forget what a nice instrument the viola still is. That full-size part of the video really reminded me how beautiful the viola can sound! :D

    • @susanbryant6516
      @susanbryant6516 2 роки тому +265

      @Neutral Viewer ok comment til you finished with the unnecessary’dumb dumb’

    • @phantomsinthemist
      @phantomsinthemist 2 роки тому +34

      @@susanbryant6516 I think was meant to be... cute😰😨

    • @dolphinxiah
      @dolphinxiah 2 роки тому +66

      Last time when they play this piece, the viola's sound catches my attention and gosh it was really beautiful. Ever since I fell in love with the tone of it

    • @nagg6915
      @nagg6915 2 роки тому +109

      @Neutral Viewer your on a UA-cam comment section not in a concert hall,so take it easy
      We are supposed to have fun here not agrue ✌️🙂

    • @dfkfgjfg
      @dfkfgjfg 2 роки тому +103

      @Neutral Viewer Who hurt you?

  • @elj336
    @elj336 2 роки тому +327

    Minjin was really holding it all together past 1/4, we Stan a talented cello

  • @bubbleteaisbetter650
    @bubbleteaisbetter650 2 роки тому +1086

    Brett grew smaller with the instruments…

    • @iluvtulips3646
      @iluvtulips3646 2 роки тому +26

      BAHAHA I DIDN'T NOTICE UNTIL I SAW THIS COMMENT😭 btw luv ur pfp

    • @ipsharoy7398
      @ipsharoy7398 2 роки тому +31

      He is a 29 year old smol bean

    • @GerryBolger
      @GerryBolger 2 роки тому +18

      Did he get smaller or just further away?
      Edit He got smaller

  • @simplytwosetter
    @simplytwosetter 2 роки тому +938

    Here is the timestamp that no one asked for:
    0:44 4/4 size (you may want to come back to this after you finish the whole thing)
    2:31 3/4 size (READY EDDY?)
    4:24 1/2 size (here we go!)
    6:04 1/4 size (Eddy's violin sounds like it's screaming in pain)
    7:19 1/8 size (the first cry of newborn LingLing may even sounds better than this)
    8:44 1/16 size (I thought this is a casual recording on any street in Manhattan at 12am)
    10:51 grand ending (you are a qualified Twosetter now! But did you practice today?)

    • @wakingtheworld
      @wakingtheworld 2 роки тому +9

      Thanks and yes, I did! Open strings.... Such admiration for violinists when you realise how hard an instrument it is to play but looking forward to the challenges ahead!

    • @simplytwosetter
      @simplytwosetter 2 роки тому +13

      @@wakingtheworld I totally feel you! The way Brett and Eddy and other virtuosos play it is just so effortless but there is a long way to go before reaching their level! Let's keep practicing and we will get there (or somewhere nearby lol) eventually!

    • @kaistinakemperdahl9667
      @kaistinakemperdahl9667 2 роки тому

      @@wakingtheworld g

    • @mentallyunstablernplssendhelp
      @mentallyunstablernplssendhelp 2 роки тому +2

      Thanks lol

    • @simplytwosetter
      @simplytwosetter 2 роки тому +1

      @@mentallyunstablernplssendhelp ✿✿ヽ(°▽°)ノ✿

  • @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
    @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache 2 роки тому +1939

    That first piece was really good. Sounded amazing.

    • @VipulSharma20
      @VipulSharma20 2 роки тому +15

      It's a privilege to reply to your comment first

    • @kuya7911
      @kuya7911 2 роки тому +4

      i agree

    • @wakingtheworld
      @wakingtheworld 2 роки тому +3

      @@tudor__ Too early in the day/night yet!

    • @briaharris183
      @briaharris183 2 роки тому +17

      If ur everywhere and I keep seeing u, does that mean I'm everywhere? 😅 At least u dont troll!

    • @Pix3lB3rri3s
      @Pix3lB3rri3s 2 роки тому +4

      Omg im so done we literally like the exact same things and i see u everywhere im so done /lh

  • @bubbleteaisbetter650
    @bubbleteaisbetter650 2 роки тому +248

    Their math tutoring payed off with these fractions.

  • @johannaconomos3347
    @johannaconomos3347 2 роки тому +171

    it's the way they play passionately even tho its on 1/16 instruments and completely ridiculous

  • @RedSoxKal
    @RedSoxKal 2 роки тому +194

    In the spirit of “if you can play it slowly you can play it fast” I proclaim that” if you play it biggly you can play it smally”

  • @justary_9790
    @justary_9790 2 роки тому +439

    *Flashbacks from when they played Navarra on different sized violins*

    • @xandraxandra1437
      @xandraxandra1437 2 роки тому +8

      Yes!

    • @justary_9790
      @justary_9790 2 роки тому +17

      @@xandraxandra1437 i loved that episode, so chaotic 🤣

    • @sarahC19
      @sarahC19 2 роки тому +9

      That's one of my favourite videos of theirs!

    • @maikellie9552
      @maikellie9552 2 роки тому +6

      @@sarahC19 me too! One of my comfort vids lol

    • @justary_9790
      @justary_9790 2 роки тому +2

      @@sarahC19 same💖

  • @toyuta7862
    @toyuta7862 2 роки тому +251

    The one video where Twoset is supportive of violists

    • @kuya7911
      @kuya7911 2 роки тому +7

      Lets go places

  • @TwoSetPlaylists
    @TwoSetPlaylists 2 роки тому +802

    Anyone else want a full 4/4 version after this? I mean they have kind of practised it anyway, so why not do a real recording?

    • @tea_and_music
      @tea_and_music 2 роки тому +57

      How about inviting guests to their virtual world tour and play this quartet live?

    • @TwoSetPlaylists
      @TwoSetPlaylists 2 роки тому +8

      @@tea_and_music YESSSS!

    • @user-rg2cj3xd1e
      @user-rg2cj3xd1e 2 роки тому +19

      That is what I'm wishing every time they do this type of videos...

    • @L1nn
      @L1nn 2 роки тому +4

      Yes please! T.T

    • @altoclef6688
      @altoclef6688 2 роки тому +4

      Yes!

  • @hannahfox5422
    @hannahfox5422 2 роки тому +73

    I feel like this was an extended excercise in not making eye contact because you just know you're going to fall apart if you do.

  • @invinegar3458
    @invinegar3458 2 роки тому +669

    Brett's playing like he is putting all himself into the playing while Eddy's posture is just so manly.

  • @satera4527
    @satera4527 2 роки тому +398

    After a year of watching 2set…my first violin lesson is in 2 days!!!!! I’m so excited!!! I hope I’ll be able to play as well as brett and eddy one day

    • @wakingtheworld
      @wakingtheworld 2 роки тому +38

      Yet another TwoSet inspired LingLing wanabee! I've just started as well. I got off to a good start by busting my E string. Push the peg IN first before turning it! My tutor forgot to tell me. Rapid learning curve on re-stringing. But now playing the open strings... I too hope to play as well as them in 30yrs or so!

    • @edgeofglobe6442
      @edgeofglobe6442 2 роки тому +4

      Good for you! :)

    • @elsasorrensen5345
      @elsasorrensen5345 2 роки тому +2

      Good luck!!

    • @firelunamoon
      @firelunamoon 2 роки тому +7

      Yay! It'll be hard at first but stick to it, you'll love it!

    • @firelunamoon
      @firelunamoon 2 роки тому +8

      @@wakingtheworld Yeah busted my E string in my first week of lessons too! Cue frantic searching on UA-cam for how to change strings. But as a result of that the YT algorithm gods led me to Olaf and TwoSet so it was kismet after all.

  • @Artist-128
    @Artist-128 2 роки тому +61

    Is no one talking about how amazing the cellist is? She was getting an amazing, thick cello sound even at 1/8th size!

    • @fadhilahzahran6786
      @fadhilahzahran6786 2 роки тому +1

      Pretty sure its a she

    • @Artist-128
      @Artist-128 2 роки тому +2

      @@fadhilahzahran6786 you’re right, I’ll edit that really quick

  • @Laura-gb1jv
    @Laura-gb1jv 2 роки тому +129

    This reminds me of my cello teacher's holiday party/concerts she would throw every year. She would invite all the families of her students and former students to perform something, and then at the end, all the former students had to borrow the smallest instrument they could from one of the young students, and they'd all play Jingle Bells. The result was much the same as here. 😹

    • @aussiebird14
      @aussiebird14 2 роки тому +10

      Genius. Always remember your roots, no matter how torturous.

    • @borky4563
      @borky4563 11 місяців тому

      Pu

  • @mr.decoded9836
    @mr.decoded9836 2 роки тому +159

    The size of the instruments become smaller, just like everyone’s intonation lol

    • @elissahunt
      @elissahunt 2 роки тому +11

      One of the problems is their hands are too big for the instruments (which is why they all had less trouble with the 1/16th cello).

  • @littolcupcake1997
    @littolcupcake1997 2 роки тому +307

    Not related but Minjin's hairstyle looks so good 😍

    • @dolphinxiah
      @dolphinxiah 2 роки тому +8

      Agree!! Feels the same too!

    • @ipsharoy7398
      @ipsharoy7398 2 роки тому +5

      I agree!

    • @noctopanda9576
      @noctopanda9576 2 роки тому +6

      @@ipsharoy7398 she looks like the Airtle 4G girl's Asian auntie

    • @ipsharoy7398
      @ipsharoy7398 2 роки тому +2

      @@noctopanda9576 oh I actually do see the resemblance lol

    • @subjectline
      @subjectline 2 роки тому +15

      She has STYLE I love it

  • @IanHumphreysMusic
    @IanHumphreysMusic 2 роки тому +300

    Gotta love how the smaller they go the more their playing divulges into absolute, unadulterated c h a o s.

  • @vaguelyweird
    @vaguelyweird 2 роки тому +73

    I would love to see the same quartet, but each size down they get replaced by a correctly sized prodigy.

  • @musicbee8861
    @musicbee8861 2 роки тому +104

    I honestly don't know how they got through this recording without bursting out in laughter🤣. I would have died.
    The end sounds as if they were just playing their own piece on top of each other at primary school orchestra practises.

  • @cliffhughes6010
    @cliffhughes6010 2 роки тому +447

    It just got better and better all the way through. I wanted them to finish with the Merry Melodies theme and Eddie saying "That's all folks".

    • @BhuvaneshwariS03
      @BhuvaneshwariS03 2 роки тому +1

      Underrated comment!!

    • @kokod2736
      @kokod2736 2 роки тому +1

      That would have been so funny (and fitting).

  • @dolphinxiah
    @dolphinxiah 2 роки тому +124

    Now Eddy can tell others he played the "small cello" before without sounding sacrilegeous.
    Other ppl: You mean violin or viola?
    Eddy: No, I mean small cello on my shoulder.

  • @GiovanniAuditore
    @GiovanniAuditore 2 роки тому +120

    All jokes aside, the viola sounds really nice, especially at the start of the video

  • @yu-mik6150
    @yu-mik6150 2 роки тому +59

    That mini cello looks UNCOMFORTABLE

  • @amyzhang5036
    @amyzhang5036 2 роки тому +42

    We should have the different sizes but in reverse, from 1/16 to 4/4, so the sound get better as the instruments “evolve”

  • @louisabone2614
    @louisabone2614 2 роки тому +85

    It's a good lesson in the importance of projection and resonance for the sound of a string instrument...
    Only reason the cello sounded okay still though so small is because it still has room to resonate...
    It could make for a fun example based lesson for a child

  • @mango6404
    @mango6404 2 роки тому +146

    If this was a competition then the cellist surely won but that doesnt say that much since it still sounds like mosquitos

  • @ladidadidaladi7168
    @ladidadidaladi7168 2 роки тому +276

    Sounds amazing!
    Like something out of a horror movie...

    • @Amaranthyne
      @Amaranthyne 2 роки тому +4

      Only one for musicians. Horror movies actually require great music most of the time.

  • @altoclef6688
    @altoclef6688 2 роки тому +128

    So these 3-year old beginners sounding horrible - it's not their playing, it is the instruments!
    Seriously, 3/4 still sounded really good. Then it went downhill fast...

  • @orinoco6420
    @orinoco6420 2 роки тому +88

    I think when they're at 1/2 size they still sound okay-ish, but when they switch to 1/4 it drastically changes 😂 and the beginning of the 1/8 somehow sounds like a questionable erhu 😂😂

  • @clarissakrigger4599
    @clarissakrigger4599 2 роки тому +75

    Okay that opening was chaotic as hell 😂😂😂😂

  • @dearcase3814
    @dearcase3814 2 роки тому +56

    Brett's solo at 7:20 is impeccable

  • @asshaliaaisyahputri7717
    @asshaliaaisyahputri7717 2 роки тому +154

    i don't know but if i'm not mistaken from tiktok, they shoot this video like 2 days ago, they edited and upload it really fast, just wanna say thank you for your hard work guys!!

    • @rawrrr9763
      @rawrrr9763 2 роки тому +28

      Editor-San is amazing

    • @kokod2736
      @kokod2736 2 роки тому +4

      @@rawrrr9763 You beat me to it :)

    • @Owldaughter
      @Owldaughter 2 роки тому +7

      All hail Editor-San!

    • @isasantos8577
      @isasantos8577 2 роки тому +13

      Editor-san needs to work so they give her food in the basement

  • @benyanman
    @benyanman 2 роки тому +25

    The 1/16 version is a nice experiment of microtones.

  • @kristintripp967
    @kristintripp967 2 роки тому +46

    At 1/4 size, the sheet music starts ejecting itself.

    • @edifyguy
      @edifyguy 2 роки тому +1

      The quality gets so bad the paper is frightened. :O

    • @TechnoJon96
      @TechnoJon96 2 роки тому +1

      Dvorak wanted out of this mess

  • @saichunglee
    @saichunglee 2 роки тому +94

    someone: you play the big violin right?
    brett+eddy: no, only the small violin ;)
    someone: what’s that?
    brett+eddy: heh

  • @bloodmoongirl
    @bloodmoongirl 2 роки тому +52

    is this the musical equivalent to sitting at the kids table at a family gathering lol

  • @bubbleteaisbetter650
    @bubbleteaisbetter650 2 роки тому +44

    Violas finally getting some solo time.

  • @NimrodFowl
    @NimrodFowl 2 роки тому +33

    I laughed so hard 😂
    The way they look at each other trying to figure out which instruments makes that horrific noise and hoping it's not theirs 😅

  • @snowflakeee
    @snowflakeee 2 роки тому +83

    This begins as musicians showing off their musical talents and ends in DEATH

  • @lynnccm1442
    @lynnccm1442 2 роки тому +27

    And to think of the sound child prodigies are able to create with these tiny instruments.

  • @jennifermorris6848
    @jennifermorris6848 2 роки тому +50

    I had kids who played violin. I endured these concerts for years. And I’m pretty sure they were playing full size instruments. Thanks for the memories. 😭🙃

  • @sord.fightmusic7066
    @sord.fightmusic7066 2 роки тому +16

    I love how everyone’s posture just disintegrates the smaller they went just like my practice schedule.

  • @DelorianPage
    @DelorianPage 2 роки тому +6

    I love that Brett tries to shrink down and make himself physically smaller to accommodate the instruments

  • @mintee988
    @mintee988 2 роки тому +28

    As it drops in size, more rosin is on the fingerboard

    • @CopShowGuy
      @CopShowGuy 2 роки тому +2

      And on Minjin's left leg XD

  • @sabrinai
    @sabrinai 2 роки тому +48

    I love it when Twoset plays in Quartets. More of that please!

  • @holstorrsceadus1990
    @holstorrsceadus1990 2 роки тому +19

    I'm giving bonus points to all the youth orchestras I've ever heard. Didn't realize how much harder intonation and clean full tones are to get out of the smaller instruments.

  • @Dolce.Banana
    @Dolce.Banana 2 роки тому +44

    12:00 i died laughing editor-san is so funny 😂

  • @TheAmmu21
    @TheAmmu21 2 роки тому +40

    Proves the theory that cellos are the secretly talented ones!!!!

  • @oscargill423
    @oscargill423 2 роки тому +13

    The video we didn't know we needed. This was so fun to watch!
    0:44 - 4/4 size
    2:30 - 3/4 size
    4:24 - 1/2 size (smooth transition by the way)
    6:03 - 1/4 size
    7:19 - 1/8 size
    8:43 - 1/16 size (also love how Eddy just kinda gave up at the end of the 1/8 section)
    Something writing this comment has made me really think about the fact that 1/2 string instruments are not actually half the size, and the same for every other size. Can any string players explain what the logic is behind the ratios in size of the instruments?
    Sincerely,
    Oscar Gill

    • @amedeacatpaw5987
      @amedeacatpaw5987 Рік тому +2

      A violin is measured from it’s shoulder, just beside the nose, to the edge by the end pin at the bottom, in inches using a tape measure.
      Full size, or 4/4 on a violin measures 14”
      3/4 - 13”
      1/2 - 12”
      1/4 - 11”
      1/8 - 10”
      1/16 - 8”
      Violas, however, don’t have a ‘standard size’ as such, and anything from 15” - 17” is considered ‘standard’, with 16” being the most common.
      I don’t know how smaller violas work, one of my friends learnt viola on small violins tuned down a fifth, so perhaps that. As a violinist who has only ever had one viola (because my school orchestra has a surplus of violins, and three violas, including me), I’ve never had to play any other violas than my full size one. I’ve never measured it but now I’m curious xD

  • @magdolyn
    @magdolyn 2 роки тому +8

    Huge props to the viola for getting as much projection as she did from that teeny tiny little thing! As Brett and Eddy mentioned in a previous video, there are very few solo opportunities for solo viola, mainly because it's an instrument that doesn't project well at all. It takes SKILLS! Very well done! Color me impressed!

  • @erichuang1528
    @erichuang1528 2 роки тому +39

    Lol they started sounding like they were playing Shostakovich string quartet towards the end 😂😂

  • @BFDT-4
    @BFDT-4 2 роки тому +66

    Even though this exercise was amusing and interesting, the selection of the music was one that forced me recall what the heck it was. Yes, Eddy mentioned it at first, but I scanned around to find the text, and couldn't. Then I listened again to the beginning. Ah!
    Dvořák - String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96 "American" !!!
    I chastised myself for recognizing the music, but not remembering the name. And I went to the 'Tube to find it, and even using Shazam!
    Eventually I found it in my iTunes anyway, hehehe, and now I want to thank the quartet for reminding me about this luscious bit of music again! It will be an earworm for the next few days.
    SALUT!

    • @BFDT-4
      @BFDT-4 2 роки тому +4

      And right after that in my iTunes library was Symphony 7 of Dvořák, and now I am grooving to that. Nice Sunday Morning music!

    • @lanalang1909
      @lanalang1909 2 роки тому +1

      👏👏👏🤩🤩👏👏👏 Thanks!

    • @BFDT-4
      @BFDT-4 2 роки тому +3

      And then after Symphony 7, it led to a thrilling 1923 recording of Hamilton Harty conducting the Hallé Orch in Symphony 9, and then from that I found some interesting new music by Hamilton Hardy:
      Piano Concerto
      An Irish Symphony.
      A word to any detractors of our Brett and Eddy. They have in the last few months led me to both new music and old music that might not have occurred if I had not taken the time to laugh and grin at this different size string quartet.
      And add to them many others who do what some perhaps would consider weird or outlandish takes on music, such as Jacob Collier, and several others.
      THIS IS HOW CLASSICAL MUSIC GROWS.
      WE WANT MORE, Brett and Eddy!

    • @carol20333
      @carol20333 2 роки тому +1

      amazing, thanks for sharing! i wish a great musical sunday for you :))

    • @wakingtheworld
      @wakingtheworld 2 роки тому +1

      @@BFDT-4 Yep indeed... I often listen to the full version of pieces they play snatches of, and discover other TwoSetters doing likewise. One interesting evening for me was their 'Matching Classical Music to Famous Artwork' which led me to the Sculpty Works' reacting to it vid. He has a degree in Art and his choices of music were fascinating but then someone in those comments, who has a deep knowledge of music, threw in his opinion and these were more obscure pieces which I also listened to and imagined if they fitted the artwork better... or not. Of course it's all subjective. Next recommended was Sculpty Works' vid where he actually took up Brett & Eddy's challenge of assembling... or rather throwing together... a $60 violin. This was fascinating as he's a luthier and he took great pride in doing a top notch job. So one thing led to another and I wonder why even later nights are becoming the norm! I'm blaming TwoSet!! But it's all educational fun...

  • @TheAsianTree
    @TheAsianTree 2 роки тому +82

    Tbh, Minjin still sound amazing on a 1/8 Cello! 8:25

  • @qthc17
    @qthc17 2 роки тому +10

    the bow was so short that brett sometime run out of bow without him even realize 🤣🤣🤣

  • @deartaeils
    @deartaeils 2 роки тому +33

    That moment where eddy took the violin off his shoulder 😭

  • @GiovanniAuditore
    @GiovanniAuditore 2 роки тому +22

    I love how all the projection suddenly just disappears at 1/8 XD

  • @Lewej1
    @Lewej1 2 роки тому +11

    If there was a soundtrack for my sanity for what happened during quarantine, it would sound exactly like this--slowly descending into madness

  • @mudaloishusdevendanderaber4242
    @mudaloishusdevendanderaber4242 2 роки тому +15

    The 1/16 so small Min Jin marked her leg and was knee-gripping it without the endpin lol! Great show all!

  • @TwoSetPlaylists
    @TwoSetPlaylists 2 роки тому +21

    2:30 It can only go downhill from here ...
    Edit: I was not disappointed.

  • @dareelpeeps290
    @dareelpeeps290 2 роки тому +4

    I think something important to mention is that the full size instruments in addition to being bigger, are also much higher quality. For example, you can find 3/4 size instruments that are really really good, but they just arent available to them in this video.

  • @kleesbrother9820
    @kleesbrother9820 2 роки тому +26

    I thought it was really funny to see them play a violin that small and still managed to make music out of it 😂

  • @thomasyang2632
    @thomasyang2632 2 роки тому +5

    4:52 you can see Eddy laughing because his bow fell off the string, proper bow management becomes so difficult on a smaller instrument

  • @bobatealover14
    @bobatealover14 2 роки тому +40

    hooray minjin and Nicole are back!!

  • @Deb501
    @Deb501 2 роки тому +15

    And in the end only the cello can use vibrato. Everyone else is in full blown survival mode. Noooo bow nooooooo bow. Fingerpiles galore. Love it!

  • @elenikoustoulidi7736
    @elenikoustoulidi7736 2 роки тому +13

    Aw man, I remember when I was like 10 and small my teacher would tune my 2/4 cello and then instantly pull out a Dvorak concerto on it. He'd nail this challenge

  • @nin7914
    @nin7914 2 роки тому +5

    11:12 HOLY MOLY I'VE WAITING THAT FOR A LONG TIME LOL

  • @keik168
    @keik168 2 роки тому +19

    I love how the 1/16 cello still looks bigger than 4/4 violins lol

  • @AlmondYoung
    @AlmondYoung 2 роки тому +10

    I love how Brett’s still hella confused with the sound that’s coming out of his 1/16 violin after playing Navarra with it last year.

  • @Posark
    @Posark 2 роки тому +5

    7:35 cello still has a respectable low voice!

  • @anar3915
    @anar3915 2 роки тому +15

    My cat was seriously annoyed by the time they started playing on the 1/8 instruments 😂

  • @debriley9366
    @debriley9366 2 роки тому +45

    They sounded great until the 1/4 size. I’m impressed! But really, nothing new here, I’m always impressed by Brett and Eddie, and company!

  • @CC-yn3fz
    @CC-yn3fz 2 роки тому +13

    Wish to see the bloopers of this video (if there are any!) I was laughing so hard behind the screen. I can't believe how the players were able to hold themselves together

  • @SeventhGate008
    @SeventhGate008 2 роки тому +4

    the moment when they stopped sounding like a string quartet and instead like a set of bagpipes

  • @krissingh5016
    @krissingh5016 2 роки тому +13

    Omg the laughter behind the scenes must've been amazing when they had to switch to the smaller instruments. 🤣

  • @carissatiangco396
    @carissatiangco396 2 роки тому +25

    They might as well call it "what a string quartet with exponentially decreasing sound quality sounds like."

  • @justary_9790
    @justary_9790 2 роки тому +32

    Imagine if they would’ve played Canon in D on 1/16 size instruments 👰🏻‍♀️💀🤵‍♂️

  • @rokevh7800
    @rokevh7800 2 роки тому +3

    I love how the cello just gradually animorphs into a viola

  • @weeaboocentral4921
    @weeaboocentral4921 2 роки тому +4

    I love how the difference in sound isn't super dramatic with each drop in size, but you can definitely hear it progressively get worse to the point where I started to wonder if they were still playing the same piece

  • @niamhoconnor9763
    @niamhoconnor9763 2 роки тому +4

    8:45 is what it sounds like when your entire DnD campaign is made up of halfling bards.

  • @cyrissiryc5126
    @cyrissiryc5126 2 роки тому +9

    Nice video of Twoset to represent the viola 😊 showing love to the viola ❤

  • @marstic
    @marstic 2 роки тому +7

    watching them trying to keep a straight face is literally priceless

  • @sabrinai
    @sabrinai 2 роки тому +8

    The 1/16 sounds like ants crying.

  • @deathkiller3671
    @deathkiller3671 2 роки тому +66

    Brett and Eddy mess around so much we always forget how good they actually are

    • @mandch5990
      @mandch5990 2 роки тому +4

      of course there will be this type of annoying comment in every video of them playing. I don’t know which one is more annoying at this rate, your comment or the comments mentioning Brett’s dead face

    • @deathkiller3671
      @deathkiller3671 2 роки тому +2

      @@mandch5990 omg im so sorry this comment must have made u feel SO angry and frustrated, what an inconvenience to u!

  • @lorna8211
    @lorna8211 2 роки тому +2

    The music goes from beautiful to close to Brett's lofi to ambulance noises by the end

  • @joselinnefernandez2276
    @joselinnefernandez2276 2 роки тому +7

    I love how hard they really try to make a sound out of those tiny instruments