I’m surprised they still do after all these ling ling workouts and confidence destroyers, it could be motivation too. Oh yeah and you have 666 likes paganini devil lol.
"Oh, easiest shit you can imagine, I composed it while riding here so you should be able to play it right away" -Paganini (probably) to some poor student who's come to listen to his latest piece
@@laralovesviolins6510 fun fact: he actually had Marfan syndrome, which made his fingers more flexible (amongst a host of other ailments that came along with the condition)
@@clh7316 I wanted to see him do Ysaye, but I DEFINITELY second this. Right back at ya, child prodigies! (Here before Hamza and that Sara person invade your comment)
They need to practice like me a bit, 40 hours, and maybe, *just maybe,* they can do what i do: Play every single one of my pieces at once, on one string.
pfft yes let me just finish up my piano (of which i already practice 30 hours a day) then buy a dam violin and learn how to play violin in the first place-
You have to remember these guys achieved their licenciate diplomas (the highest directly assessable level in Australia) when they were 13-14. They're prodigies in their own right.
@@octopuszombie8744 its my opinion, at least from the sheet music they showed it is the hardest. most of the music there was single line which is always easy. ive probably been playing the piano longer than you lol
@@BlitzTheFoxi This isn't piano. This is violin, that fact that it's "single-line" does not mean it's easier than piano, in fact it's much harder. Many people even say the original Paganini la campanella is the harder one. I understand if you played piano longer than 11 years and have that much experience, but I also have played violin for 6 years. Sorry if I sounded a little salty.
@@celeluwhen yeaaaaaaaa I’ve been waiting for longer version of Eddy’s La Campanella since the “Can we read each other’s mind” video! He really sounds so good in his new violin I am crying😭
Level 6 be like: Paganini: Ayyy liszt liszt: ayyyyy brooooo let's make some hard shit for both instruments shall we paganini: bro you know me so well let's do it
Guys, just a reminder. *Just because they are praying to prodigys and the absolute best Violinists doesn't mean they can't absolutely destroy the self esteem of us mortal viewers*
I was in band for 6 years in middle and high school. Brass section. Trombone. I look at violin sheet music and I can't help but feel like it's the difference between knowing the alphabet and knowing how to read Shakespeare. So. Many. Notes.
Aww. I guess that's actually kinda true. I look at orchestral brass music (am a music librarian for an orchestra) and wonder "where's the beef." It's no wonder those players bring their electronic devices on stage. BUT. There's some pretty virtuosic trombone music out there too, if you go looking. :)
@@snowyminnesota6028 Oh, there is. But even in a march where the trombone actually gets the melody for once there's only ever 1 note at a time. Sure, they might be fast, in eights, sixteenths, ect, but there's none of this double, triple, or quadruple stacked stuff!
@@brianhall4182 True. But maybe that's because the capabilities of the instruments vary, right? Playing stringed instruments ain't easy, for sure; but there's a lot less physical distance involved in the move from E to F# on a violin (it's just the drop of a finger) than the same on a trombone (it's been 45 years since I took "brass methods" but I do remember the physical challenges of playing the trombone - my favorite of all the brass). So we're kinda talking apples and oranges here. Capabilities, you know? And because violin is capable of so much, why - much is demanded.
@@snowyminnesota6028 Certainly a violin is capable of doing things a trombone can't and both offer their share of unique physical challenges. I'd never want to get into an argument about which instruments are "harder" to play since each involves different methods and techniques. I do remember being out of breath a fair bit, needing to strengthen my lungs, and getting sore elbows from too much slide work. I just thought that, in the perspective of reading music, trombone sheet reading and brass in general is much more straightforward. Granted, it's been many years since I was in band but even barring the fact I only faintly recall what brass to treble/other clef transposing entails, I can't even faintly parse what's happening in that violin music beyond "notes go up and down", heh.
Level 6 seemed really complicated to me, and then the rest of the levels showed up. No offense to Brett or Eddy (Eddie? Eddy? I haven't paid attention) but I'm really glad I don't play violin. Those pieces would have murdered me. Also, I did not know a violinist could bow AND pizzicato at the same time. I am now seriously reconsidering all the violin music I have ever heard where I thought it was two violins, because now I know, it could have just been one person this whole time. 🤯
I was a concert master in 1998. I have a son now and I'm really driven to knock the rust off and expose him to the love I once had for playing. Listening to you makes my jaw drop, it's like meeting Itzhak Perlman all over again. You guys are so damn talented.
hearing their nel cor piu non mi sento and god save the queen was really nostalgic, eddy practiced his ass off for this piece in one video and they both tried to do gstq in their top 5 hardest pieces. Now they're both playing really well. Great job guys!
Thank you TwoSetViolin for introducing a non musician to yourselves, Hilary Hahn, the Menuhin competition, etc. and being able to teach people while being incredibly funny, too. Even I, just barely grasping the theoretical definition of notes/scales etc can see the infinite amount of p r a c t i c e you guys have been doing all your lives. Your musicianship and personality is a gift to us. Cheers :)
I could be wrong but I've always considered Brett to be the better violinist. Buy Eddie's overall musical ability is incredibly impressive and why he usually beats Brett in most of their musical challenges (composing pieces after one listen he killed Brett and is usually better at naming pieces and remembering them. Not even to get into how well he has tuned his perfect pitch abilities)
I thinks it’s just the pieces they’ve played, like eddy has practiced No.4 (in conservatory I believe) and Nel Cor Piu for the video challenge, whilst Brett chose God Save the King to balance out all the load
@@simplysammyd I agree. I think they balance each other out due to exactly what you describe: that they've got different strengths and weaknesses). Not a string player though, so this might be the wrong impression.
I know this comment is very late to the party, so I hope Editor-san still sees this. I REALLY appreciate the inclusion of the score at the bottom of the screen! It helps me appreciate how hard Brett and Eddy are working. :) Love from the Piano Gang!
It's in this video that I am reminded that Brett and Eddy are actually such great and talented musicians that I can feel the practice they put into this and the sound projection they put effort into through the screen. I like that the hardest ones had the most screen time because it gave me a better opportunity to really feel the music. As some point I think I started visualizing the music in my head while they were playing it; it was just that good! You guys are so amazing 😭
I really love the jokes, roasts, and often general silliness in these videos but to hear the actual genuine talent that's behind it all is just amazing.
Brett: *Starts playing "God save the Queen" Me: What?? That's not difficult that's like level 2 at most- Brett: *starts playing section at measure 7* Me: .... Oh
Have the utmost respect for you guys. Great display of your grasp on the technicalities with a violin. Oddly enough I didn’t even realize that there could be chords like that for a violin. Some of these songs had wicked chords. Great job guys and great way to show others what violinists are up against in the music world.
As a non violinist I’d like a version of this video that describes what makes each piece progressively more difficult. Sometimes our ears hear lots of notes like level 3 in this video and perhaps think that is more difficult than something slower not realizing that in the slower piece the player is playing multi note chords and doing complicated pizzicato passages at the same time etc.
In some ways this order is subjective. But there is a progression of technique accumulation on display Simple bow, simple bow but slow (requires really understanding bow control), fast bow, adding harmonics, ultra fast spiccato, fast string crossings, double stops, ricochet, doublestop with complicated bowing, lyrical doublestop passages with faster bowing up high, awkward finger passages and shapes, left hand pizz, left hand pizz accompaniment during long sustained lines with and without doublestops and intricate melody. This last level (12) is quite accurate being listed top as the constant and often very subtle but extremely exacting pressure changes/ adjustments +coordination of the accompanying part (the left hand pizz) is unbelievably intricate and to pull off cleanly AND musically on top of that with some semblance of unique artistry, requires about 10-15years of extremely dedicated thoughtful and informed practice. I could get any student to level one (who practices) in about a year maybe less, depending on their dedication level and how often they take lessons. Further they could learn it in solidly in a couple weeks. Fully polished performance in one month. God save the queen on the other hand would probably take for a very advanced student first learning about 2months at least to learn and another 1-2 to polish to performance level (depending on repertoire load, maybe longer or shorter). (The shear length of the composition also figures into these calculations. (GSTQ) is I believe somewhere in the range of 10-14 min long.. a typical concerto mvt length.
the reason why #3 is pretty easy is because 1. easy time signature (4/4) 2. the notes dont jump from string to string that much and they're really easy
To be honest, Paganini loved his scales! I also have played Theme from Witches Dance. It was super fun! I also think I recognized number 7 (not sure). Great work!
00:00 - Theme from Witches' Dance 00:21 - Cantabile 00:52 - Moto Perpetuo 01:11 - Caprice 16 01:23 - Caprice 14 01:37 - Violin Concerto no 2 3rd movement or La Campanella 02:24 - Caprice 24 02:55 - Caprice 06 03:16 - Caprice 01 03:43 - Caprice 04 05:24 - Nel Cor Più Non Mi Sento 07:19 - God save the King I guess I really wish to hear full version of Eddy's La Campanella and Brett's God save the King.
I'll continue the journey of native languages with Armenian: չե, ճիշտն ասած ես այդպես չեմ մտածում, բայց կարող է, որ ջութակը միայն բանը չե որ խաղում է, բայց նրանք խաղում են միայն ջութակի մասերը ու ես սխալվում եմ:
Timestamps 0:00 Witches Dance 0:21 Cantabile 0:52 Moto Perpetuo 1:11 Caprice 16 1:24 Caprice 14 1:37 La Campanella 2:24 Caprice 24 2:54 Caprice 6 3:16 Caprice 1 3:42 Caprice 4 **flashbacks to that old vid** 5:24 Nel Cor Piu Non Mi Sento **coff nel cor piu non potato** 7:20 God Save The King Or the greatest nightmare know to humanity
I would love you guys to do a video on the different ballet scores, about how well do you think they carry the story, interesting facts, the period, the composer’s style, I could do a list of some of the more neoclassical as well. Though I’m influenced by my taste and am not an expert of course. Just an idea (I’ve been commenting this on a few videos)
I'd love to hear their take on ballet scores too (especially story ballets!) I'm a ballet dancer and a member of the piano gang (wc means i only get to faf around with the music in rehearsals) so I'd love to hear the perspective on the music from the point of view of the orchestra/pit
This makes me realize how privilege we pianist are for being able to play as many notes as we want at the same time effortlessly. We can literally pick an orchestra piece and learn it on the piano and that's priceless. Chords look so hard on violin.
Bravo, bravo, bravo! Thanks so much for this. You boys spend so much time being funny and doing silly stuff. It was nice to see you both strut YOUR stuff. Personally, I would love to see more of it. I understand that you have to strike a balance. But it was so nice to see the teeter-totter tipped toward talent for this clip. If music’s playing and the sheet music is up, I can’t help but follow along. That was fun, too! BE SAFE. Peace...✌️💜
Don't know if anybody else is noticing this, but for SURE these new violins the guys have are *way* cleaner, brighter, clearer, more responsive than their old ones. By a long long way. All the practice they've put in to learn all this Paganini has also really put them in touch with their new equipment. Congratulations, Brett and Eddy!
@@The_forgotten_two810 "Responsive" for bowed string instruments means that when the bow is drawn the box - the body of the instrument - begins to transmit and amplify the strings' vibrations all but immediately. There is little if any latency, and little extra effort required to set the instrument's physics into motion.
Thank you Brett and Eddy for showing us these insanely difficult pieces. Pieces that challenges even the best musicians. Thank you for not just talking abt but also showing us how we can manage our mental health better- esp after watching the Menuhin competition- that we play music because we enjoy it so much and enjoy them enough to share with everyone -and we don’t have to be a 1 in a million prodigy to play in front of people confidently and joyfully.
Eddy: Thank you, after working a week of nights in the lab, I am really thanking you for this. You rock! And so does your colleague Brett. I posted on your "Asian" recent video. You both are talented and this takes alot of work. You are spreading classical violin music around the world from so many angles. You come up with great ideas. Greetings from Nova Scotia, Canada.
@@aman-qj5sx Copyright is active until 70 years after composer’s death. Stravinsky died 50 years ago which is why he is still copyrighted. Paganini died 180 years ago so his compositions are not copyrighted.
I know someone trying to learn composing orchestral music, and he's asked me what is realistic to expect from violins. I showed him this video and said pretty much anything past 5-6 will make a violinist hate you.
I really enjoy your reaction and funny videos and I really appreciate it but this kind of video is what I live for. I react to you guys’ playing the way you two react to prodigies and famous soloists. It gives me this surge of motivation in a really organic manner. I look forward to seeing more of you two playing
They are such fantastic musicians. It hurts my heart when they roast themselves so much. But, then they post such wonderful stuff like this, and i hope they feel accomplished and proud
1:36 no one gonna talk about that high F 7 lines above the staff you see right before when he start playing, literally thats one of the highest notes on the clarinet being played on a violin
What I love about his music, and I always quite liked his music,. Is that it is built around the sensibilities of the time,. A melody that would have sounded pretty and normal to contemporary audiences and then he just freaking shreds. It's like a pop song with a deathcore breakdown
I'm crying while watching this. Thank you, Brett and Eddy, for you practicing 40 hrs a day, for you always want to break your limit, for inspiring me. Thank you. I love you two forever.
This is so impressive. I love how much Eddy was feeling ‘La Campanella’, it’s a beautiful piece. Imagine seeing and hearing this in the early 1800s, with no radio/ UA-cam/ Spotify. It must have seemed like witchcraft.
Fun facts: god save the king (or variation on god save the queen) by Paganini [opus 9] was written in 1829 in Germany “to impress the unbelievers” and there isn’t any autograph manuscript of it. And the Cantabile in D major [ms 109] was found in draft (maybe when he finished he would have write the separate parts) in a really bad condition because of the poor state of the paper and this piece should represent the most intimate part of Paganini. And nel cor piú non mi sento in reality is a piece by Paganini written in 1821 call Capriccio a violino solo In cor piú non mi sento and This piece is only with a theme and a brilliant variation. Karl guhr listening Paganini in a concert rewrote the interpretation Paganini gave to the piece included the introduction.
Eddy (May 2020) - "This isn't even music. It's another language" (Paganini - God Save The King)... See that Brett has put in his LingLing hours to now play this technically challenging piece...
i had the feeling that 24 caprices would contain roughtly 80 percent of the levesl which it did. that is over 1 hour of insanity. and yet beauty at the same time.
![Ranking PAGANINI 24 Caprices 🎻 [Difficulty Tier List]](/img/n.gif)
they're back to remind us that they are in fact, real musicians
I agree.
Of course they are. We never forgot.
I Stan these moments
I’m surprised they still do after all these ling ling workouts and confidence destroyers, it could be motivation too. Oh yeah and you have 666 likes paganini devil lol.
Who forgot?
Someone: How difficult is your composition?
Paganini: Yes
"Oh, easiest shit you can imagine, I composed it while riding here so you should be able to play it right away"
-Paganini (probably) to some poor student who's come to listen to his latest piece
What if Paganini didn't want anyone else to be able to play his music and now everybody is trying like maniacs. Hee!
@@laralovesviolins6510 Paganini probably thought “If they can play my music, they deserve to play it”
th level 9-11 piece frm Paganini they chose was like all 32nd notes.... 😅
Paganini: *expects every violinist to be pro percussion too*
@@laralovesviolins6510 fun fact: he actually had Marfan syndrome, which made his fingers more flexible (amongst a host of other ailments that came along with the condition)
"Alright, where did Paganini touch you?"
The violin: *yes*
1st before this comment blows up
💀💀💀
3rd before this blows up
4th before this blows up
Wait, how old is the violin?
The CONCENTRATION on their faces, lingling is getting closer
Ooh your pfp
Eddy is proving to be practicing 30 hours a day
Ling Ling is proud
Plot twist: eddy is ling and brett is ling, together they are lingling
@@ricsouza5011 😂👏
Can we take a moment to appreciate the amount of practice that has gone into this video? :')
Yes great idea and so true
E
White daisies hmm sounds familiar but where did i hear that?
40 hrs a day🙂
At least 40 hours a day
after 5 years of nonstop practice, i'm proud to say that i have achieved level
one
i have achieved level one
Congratulations ! I'm sure that you'll attain the level 12 one day if you continue to work hard like you did 😉😊
You just gotta practice 40 hours a day, that’s all.
Liling so proud of u
6 years and I could barely do level 1 😍
I-
Brett and Eddy playing violin seriously is their best content imo
Right it's so therapeutic to watch and listen to
I also think so
I find it super impressive that they can make that many videos and still keep up with their practice
IKR!
I agree.
40h a day
Brett Finally did the impossible: Conquer the hardest piece in Violin History: Paganini Opus 9: God Save the Queen Variations
4 mil brett do the whole thing
I knew he had it in him!
@@clh7316 I wanted to see him do Ysaye, but I DEFINITELY second this. Right back at ya, child prodigies!
(Here before Hamza and that Sara person invade your comment)
@@ortezac.5339 who
for 4 mil sub brett does the whole thing
god save the brett
Love Eddy's face at 1:55. Either pure joy of performing this piece or genuine excitement over nailing that high A
or both
I guess after watching Menuhin our boys felt the need to flex. “No seriously we are actually very good at the violin.”
Yes.
They went to practice!
They*
Just not good enough for Menhuin.
@@aman-qj5sx She says after how many videos and how much effort they went to make videos surrounding a competition.
And this, ladies and gentlemen, is why they can roast.
Yup
So True
Well lets call them funny that is why i watch them:)
@@Dog-op4mk FUNNI EDITS - SURPRISED PIKACHU FACE, ROASTING, AND MORE!!!!
True
I love how Eddy played the last few pieces just so Brett can play the hardest piece. Like a final boss XD
I think they let brett have the last piece coz it has some difficult left hand pizz and brett is better at that
They need to practice like me a bit, 40 hours, and maybe, *just maybe,* they can do what i do:
Play every single one of my pieces at once, on one string.
pfft yes
let me just finish up my piano (of which i already practice 30 hours a day)
then buy a dam violin and learn how to play violin in the first place-
You have to remember these guys achieved their licenciate diplomas (the highest directly assessable level in Australia) when they were 13-14. They're prodigies in their own right.
they sure are
Not just prodigies .... They are REAL TALENTED MUSICIANS unlike the ones on America's Got Talent 👍👍
@@COOL_GEEK_ i know right, nothing personal, but i don’t really like ‘murica
@@TYsdrawkcaB oh i don't really like 'Murica because of that either
-a "Murican
@@crazycrafts3414 aka “footlover”
everyone before watching this vid is like: "twoset are so relatable"
now: 👁👄👁
200th like of this comment :D
only ling ling can relate
Cello is easier to impress anybody we just have to play cello suite in g then go on the streets and boom done
@@frictionlessyt100 the Bach suite in g isn't as easy as you think it is...
@@monkeymuncher2 it only took 8 years to get this good… wait oops
When you see ‘La Campanella’ is just level 6 out of 12 then you start missing some heartbeats 💗
it would probably be the hardest of all of these for the piano id say.
@@BlitzTheFoxi Nope. Not even close.
@@octopuszombie8744 its my opinion, at least from the sheet music they showed it is the hardest. most of the music there was single line which is always easy. ive probably been playing the piano longer than you lol
@@BlitzTheFoxi This isn't piano. This is violin, that fact that it's "single-line" does not mean it's easier than piano, in fact it's much harder. Many people even say the original Paganini la campanella is the harder one.
I understand if you played piano longer than 11 years and have that much experience, but I also have played violin for 6 years. Sorry if I sounded a little salty.
@@octopuszombie8744 I literally said piano you clearly didn't read my comment lmao
What a joke
8 mins of TwoSet serious playing:
Eddy’s La Campanella
Brett perfect pizz boi
Infinite amount of skills and talent
*Everyone likes it*
Eddy's Campanella sounds GREAT, you can tell that his new violin lets his talent and skill thrive, and we love it
@@celeluwhen yeaaaaaaaa I’ve been waiting for longer version of Eddy’s La Campanella since the “Can we read each other’s mind” video! He really sounds so good in his new violin I am crying😭
I can't even do level 1...😧
Level 6 be like:
Paganini: Ayyy liszt
liszt: ayyyyy brooooo let's make some hard shit for both instruments shall we
paganini: bro you know me so well let's do it
😂😂😂
Legit 😂
Well, Liszt did vow to become a master of piano after watching Paganini play violin.
Welp, same for levels 7 8 9
@@Musicienne-DAB1995 Yes and not just a master, he wanted to become the Paganini of piano 🎹 Then promptly proceeded to become exactly that
okay but brett’s pizz seriously is great
(as a bassist with weak pinkies, left hand pizz makes me want to cry)
Finally. The answer to why they had such dark violin hickeys.
They’ve been putting in real ling ling hours.
More like: *12 Different levels of breaking your hand and lowering your self-esteem.*
me , a non-musician, watching them and getting my self esteem obliterated
RSI 101
i knew that by lvl 3/4 i was royally screwed
:')
hahaha
Brett and Eddy deserve a special prize in music of the highest level for their contributions to classical music education.
They got it when they were 13-14 lmao
Guys, just a reminder. *Just because they are praying to prodigys and the absolute best Violinists doesn't mean they can't absolutely destroy the self esteem of us mortal viewers*
It's all relative...
Deserves more likes 😭
@@CopShowGuy Yes, true that.
I'll return to my break from Twoset
You should deserve the Noble Prize for that seriously ... SO DAMN TRUE !!!
Hi for anyone who wants to listen to the pieces separately -
1. Them from The Witches' dance - 0:00
2. Cantabile - 0:21
3. Moto Perpetuo - 0:51
4. Caprice No. 16 - 1:10
5. Caprice No. 14 - 1:23
6. La Campanella - 1:36
7. Caprice No. 24 - 2:24
8. Caprice No. 6 - 2:54
9. Caprice No. 1 - 3:15
10. Caprice No. 4 - 3:42
11. Nel cor pie smth smth I CANT SPELL - 5:23
12. God save the queen - 7:19
Thank you! :-)
Più non mi sento
Thank you!!!!
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I haven’t finished watching this video but I can guess “God save the Queen” would be the hardest 🤣
Me: *looks at the witches dance*
My Violin: “You know you can’t, don’t bother.”
No no no I’m sure you can! I played that as an amateur violinist in eight grade for a recital-pick up your violin and give it a go!!!!
@@anneliseklopp6197 wow u really had to flex on us there
keep practicing and you'll get there!
“if you can play it slowly you can play it fast”
a goofy ah ah meme reditor
no but seriously practice.
I'm 47 and got started the violin as my first instrument ever just about 1 year ago. I am working hard on that level one. You know the deal. PRACTICE.
I was in band for 6 years in middle and high school. Brass section. Trombone. I look at violin sheet music and I can't help but feel like it's the difference between knowing the alphabet and knowing how to read Shakespeare. So. Many. Notes.
Aww. I guess that's actually kinda true. I look at orchestral brass music (am a music librarian for an orchestra) and wonder "where's the beef." It's no wonder those players bring their electronic devices on stage. BUT. There's some pretty virtuosic trombone music out there too, if you go looking. :)
@@snowyminnesota6028 Oh, there is. But even in a march where the trombone actually gets the melody for once there's only ever 1 note at a time. Sure, they might be fast, in eights, sixteenths, ect, but there's none of this double, triple, or quadruple stacked stuff!
@@brianhall4182 True. But maybe that's because the capabilities of the instruments vary, right? Playing stringed instruments ain't easy, for sure; but there's a lot less physical distance involved in the move from E to F# on a violin (it's just the drop of a finger) than the same on a trombone (it's been 45 years since I took "brass methods" but I do remember the physical challenges of playing the trombone - my favorite of all the brass).
So we're kinda talking apples and oranges here. Capabilities, you know? And because violin is capable of so much, why - much is demanded.
@@snowyminnesota6028 Certainly a violin is capable of doing things a trombone can't and both offer their share of unique physical challenges. I'd never want to get into an argument about which instruments are "harder" to play since each involves different methods and techniques. I do remember being out of breath a fair bit, needing to strengthen my lungs, and getting sore elbows from too much slide work.
I just thought that, in the perspective of reading music, trombone sheet reading and brass in general is much more straightforward. Granted, it's been many years since I was in band but even barring the fact I only faintly recall what brass to treble/other clef transposing entails, I can't even faintly parse what's happening in that violin music beyond "notes go up and down", heh.
HERE WITH MY PIANO-ASS DOUBLE STAVE SHEET-
I love how Brett is smiling while playing the most complicated parts of pieces and Eddy is frowning at them 👍😊
brett's a *m a s o c h i s t* confirmed?
more like he’s enjoying the challenge, that’s how you know what a great musician he is
@@ajchandra7735 He always looks so happy when playing the violin. You can se he really enjoy it. :)
He's taking Ziyu He's advice :-)
@@oxoelfoxo just smile😃
Level 6 seemed really complicated to me, and then the rest of the levels showed up. No offense to Brett or Eddy (Eddie? Eddy? I haven't paid attention) but I'm really glad I don't play violin. Those pieces would have murdered me. Also, I did not know a violinist could bow AND pizzicato at the same time. I am now seriously reconsidering all the violin music I have ever heard where I thought it was two violins, because now I know, it could have just been one person this whole time. 🤯
Simple. Just play using the bow and pizz using your left hand
you also have to finger the notes while at the same time playing bow and playing pizzicato
no one:
literally nobody:
not even musicians:
paganini: I paid for the whole violin, i'm going to use the whole violin!!
Underrated comment lol.
Yep, we better squish all that violin juices
same joke with piano huh
Rowlet the Owlet lol true
I just want to say that I was the 1k like and I feel satisfied
YES another episode of serious Saturdays
YES BRETT OUR PERFECT PIZZ BOI
Edit :showing love to eddy too
2:39 for Brett's lh pizz
Those ricochets on the 16th/32nd notes on La Campanella... so good *sigh*
Is Paganini's goal to make all the violinists cry?
I think so, yes
Yes
Absolutely and I’m gonna cry playing the caprices
As a violinist I did cry lmaoo
Dude really did sell his soul didn't he? I can't even read this in time.
Level 1 (Theme from the Witches' Dance): 0:01
Level 2 (Cantabile): 0:21
Level 3 (Moto Perpetuo): 0:52
Level 4 (Caprice No. 16): 1:11
Level 5 (Caprice No. 14): 1:23
Level 6 (Concerto No. 2, III. Rondo, "La Campanella"): 1:37
Level 7 (Caprice No. 24): 2:23
Level 8 (Caprice No. 6): 2:54
Level 9 (Caprice No. 1): 3:16
Level 10 (Caprice No. 4): 3:43
Level 11 (Nel Cor Più Non Mi Sento): 5:24
Level 12 (God Save the Queen): 7:19
@@ParkDanAh ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
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I love you🤌🏾
god save the violinist
@@kyoot_ducks4100 Thanks :>
Jebus I keep coming back to this… such a great job guys! Bravo!
Let's appreciate the fact that Eddy and Brett give almost concert
I would like to see longer concerts!
*cough: without hula-hoops please...
I thought Brett would play his favourite piece, The Witches Dance
Cause he want to save the queen
@@mayczey lol
lol
same
Me too!!! Hahahahaha
I was a concert master in 1998. I have a son now and I'm really driven to knock the rust off and expose him to the love I once had for playing. Listening to you makes my jaw drop, it's like meeting Itzhak Perlman all over again. You guys are so damn talented.
How did you get to meet Itzhak?!?!
@@brittaneymccarthy3608he / she / they was a concertmaster lmao
me who cant even play twinkle twinkle little star: yeah, this is fine.
I'm learning how to play it right now lol
That's why you should practice
@@zglrd8938 im practicing eating and binge watching twoset vids.😌
me too.
hearing their nel cor piu non mi sento and god save the queen was really nostalgic, eddy practiced his ass off for this piece in one video and they both tried to do gstq in their top 5 hardest pieces. Now they're both playing really well. Great job guys!
This version of La Campanella is the cleanest I've ever heard. Caprice No 24 was also a stunner! wow!!
The last piece should be called God save the violinists
Yeah definitely, what god tho...?
Thank you TwoSetViolin for introducing a non musician to yourselves, Hilary Hahn, the Menuhin competition, etc. and being able to teach people while being incredibly funny, too.
Even I, just barely grasping the theoretical definition of notes/scales etc can see the infinite amount of p r a c t i c e you guys have been doing all your lives. Your musicianship and personality is a gift to us. Cheers :)
Hear, hear, Richard...
Thanks for saying that so well. I'm learning so much from these two guys.
Thanks to them, the first thing that comes to my mind when I hear "scales" is musical scales and not scales as in fish's scales lol
Only Paganini himself could play his own pieces 100% accurate as he could abnormally extend his fingers incredibly well , 7:53 , that's what I mean
Pagini 😩
@@lithbcyes4201ooooopsss lo so porcoddio me la son fallita , Paganini**
“the only way to copyright a piece back then was to make it so hard that only you could play it”
-random commenter
true
Rowan Kim can do it
I really thought Brett left Eddy all the difficult pieces,
until he came for the last level.
Truly a final boss move
I could be wrong but I've always considered Brett to be the better violinist. Buy Eddie's overall musical ability is incredibly impressive and why he usually beats Brett in most of their musical challenges (composing pieces after one listen he killed Brett and is usually better at naming pieces and remembering them. Not even to get into how well he has tuned his perfect pitch abilities)
I thinks it’s just the pieces they’ve played, like eddy has practiced No.4 (in conservatory I believe) and Nel Cor Piu for the video challenge, whilst Brett chose God Save the King to balance out all the load
@@simplysammyd I agree. I think they balance each other out due to exactly what you describe: that they've got different strengths and weaknesses). Not a string player though, so this might be the wrong impression.
Which one's Brett and which one's Eddy?
@@kaputt_jay3873 Eddy is the one in the red jumper :)
With Paganini, it doesn’t start with green. All the boxes should be red
increasingly bloodied and grotesque shades until its the deepest, darkest black in existence
@@prithvithakur7950 yes but that was pretty dark tho
@@yeehaw635 just like how it feels to attempt playing paganini
It depends. I’ve 3 years of experience on violin and I’m learning Paganini serenata per 2 vìolini e chitarra francese M.S 115
I know this comment is very late to the party, so I hope Editor-san still sees this. I REALLY appreciate the inclusion of the score at the bottom of the screen! It helps me appreciate how hard Brett and Eddy are working. :) Love from the Piano Gang!
It's in this video that I am reminded that Brett and Eddy are actually such great and talented musicians that I can feel the practice they put into this and the sound projection they put effort into through the screen. I like that the hardest ones had the most screen time because it gave me a better opportunity to really feel the music. As some point I think I started visualizing the music in my head while they were playing it; it was just that good! You guys are so amazing 😭
they need so much more support!
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5:30 Seeing Eddy perform Nel Cor Più Non Mi Sento made me feel proud and nostalgic at the same time.
He definitely got a lot cleaner since last time he played it
2:24 my favourite caprice
Same
This is the biggest flex I have EVER SEEN.
Brett and Eddy, be proud.
I really love the jokes, roasts, and often general silliness in these videos but to hear the actual genuine talent that's behind it all is just amazing.
1:37 this part THIS PARRTTTTTTTTTTT is the sample of shutdown by Blackpink, damn it, by the first time I hear shutdown I noticed itttttttttttttt
Brett: *Starts playing "God save the Queen"
Me: What?? That's not difficult that's like level 2 at most-
Brett: *starts playing section at measure 7*
Me: .... Oh
Maybe 24 levels of Paganini next time?
ممكن
Pain
@Zues 300 levels of Paganini, then?
@Zues he did only that most them got trashed by other people later on
@Zues Maybe if we count the variations of each piece as a piece on it's own ( I know they are not )..........then perhaps.............
Have the utmost respect for you guys. Great display of your grasp on the technicalities with a violin. Oddly enough I didn’t even realize that there could be chords like that for a violin. Some of these songs had wicked chords. Great job guys and great way to show others what violinists are up against in the music world.
As a non violinist I’d like a version of this video that describes what makes each piece progressively more difficult. Sometimes our ears hear lots of notes like level 3 in this video and perhaps think that is more difficult than something slower not realizing that in the slower piece the player is playing multi note chords and doing complicated pizzicato passages at the same time etc.
I agree!!
Also, notice how the really fast ones in lower levels either have notes that are right next to each other or notes that follow a certain pattern.
They did a video about ranking violin techniques by difficulty. That should help put it into perspective.
In some ways this order is subjective. But there is a progression of technique accumulation on display
Simple bow, simple bow but slow (requires really understanding bow control), fast bow, adding harmonics, ultra fast spiccato, fast string crossings, double stops, ricochet, doublestop with complicated bowing, lyrical doublestop passages with faster bowing up high, awkward finger passages and shapes, left hand pizz, left hand pizz accompaniment during long sustained lines with and without doublestops and intricate melody.
This last level (12) is quite accurate being listed top as the constant and often very subtle but extremely exacting pressure changes/ adjustments +coordination of the accompanying part (the left hand pizz) is unbelievably intricate and to pull off cleanly AND musically on top of that with some semblance of unique artistry, requires about 10-15years of extremely dedicated thoughtful and informed practice.
I could get any student to level one (who practices) in about a year maybe less, depending on their dedication level and how often they take lessons. Further they could learn it in solidly in a couple weeks. Fully polished performance in one month.
God save the queen on the other hand would probably take for a very advanced student first learning about 2months at least to learn and another 1-2 to polish to performance level (depending on repertoire load, maybe longer or shorter). (The shear length of the composition also figures into these calculations. (GSTQ) is I believe somewhere in the range of 10-14 min long.. a typical concerto mvt length.
the reason why #3 is pretty easy is because
1. easy time signature (4/4)
2. the notes dont jump from string to string that much and they're really easy
I love to hear you guys play. You judge yourselves so harshly yet you are so talented. Thank you for bringing smiles to our hearts and faces.
To be honest, Paganini loved his scales! I also have played Theme from Witches Dance. It was super fun! I also think I recognized number 7 (not sure). Great work!
00:00 - Theme from Witches' Dance
00:21 - Cantabile
00:52 - Moto Perpetuo
01:11 - Caprice 16
01:23 - Caprice 14
01:37 - Violin Concerto no 2 3rd movement or La Campanella
02:24 - Caprice 24
02:55 - Caprice 06
03:16 - Caprice 01
03:43 - Caprice 04
05:24 - Nel Cor Più Non Mi Sento
07:19 - God save the King I guess
I really wish to hear full version of Eddy's La Campanella and Brett's God save the King.
hey thanks
actually i want to hear bretts full paganini 16
Who else think that eddy improved so damn much after hearing todays nel cor piu non mi sento.
i remember that day too
Yes, it's so impressive
Yes it is
Yeah!!! I’d like to hear him play the whole piece again.
To be fair, he's had more time to practice. Definitely sounds great though.
파가니니의 곡들은 모두 중독성 있고 매력적인 멜로디를 가지고 있는 것 같아요. 아름다운 곡들을 연주해주셔서 감사합니다. 오늘도 즐겁게 영상 잘 봤어요.
מסכים לגמרי.
I'll continue the journey of native languages with Armenian: չե, ճիշտն ասած ես այդպես չեմ մտածում, բայց կարող է, որ ջութակը միայն բանը չե որ խաղում է, բայց նրանք խաղում են միայն ջութակի մասերը ու ես սխալվում եմ:
They have redeemed themselves after losing the Menuhin Competition.
Hi Paganini
Timestamps
0:00 Witches Dance
0:21 Cantabile
0:52 Moto Perpetuo
1:11 Caprice 16
1:24 Caprice 14
1:37 La Campanella
2:24 Caprice 24
2:54 Caprice 6
3:16 Caprice 1
3:42 Caprice 4 **flashbacks to that old vid**
5:24 Nel Cor Piu Non Mi Sento
**coff nel cor piu non potato**
7:20 God Save The King
Or the greatest nightmare know to humanity
small typo* caprice 6 after caprice 24 :)
"The greatest nightmare known to humanity" [WHEEZE]
Brett, when he gets "in the zone", is a sight to behold.
I would love you guys to do a video on the different ballet scores, about how well do you think they carry the story, interesting facts, the period, the composer’s style, I could do a list of some of the more neoclassical as well. Though I’m influenced by my taste and am not an expert of course. Just an idea (I’ve been commenting this on a few videos)
That would be super interesting!
I'd love to hear their take on ballet scores too (especially story ballets!) I'm a ballet dancer and a member of the piano gang (wc means i only get to faf around with the music in rehearsals) so I'd love to hear the perspective on the music from the point of view of the orchestra/pit
I have an impression that they dont like ballets lol
@@bachtuocmongmer824 dunno aboit that, but we already know they admit that so far they dom't have an expertise at opera pieces/songs
@@rockbell they should collaborate with a ballet dancer - see if their impressions match up with the actual choreography!
In the last levels we can clearly see the pain.
But also their satisfaction after they managed those levels 😍
This makes me realize how privilege we pianist are for being able to play as many notes as we want at the same time effortlessly. We can literally pick an orchestra piece and learn it on the piano and that's priceless. Chords look so hard on violin.
I've missed this kind of content. Also: I'm impressed. They mentioned in some video that they've practiced more lately - guess that wasn't a lie. :-)
can we just appreciate how they practised all these devilishly hard pieces and performed it beautifully
Bravo, bravo, bravo! Thanks so much for this. You boys spend so much time being funny and doing silly stuff. It was nice to see you both strut YOUR stuff. Personally, I would love to see more of it.
I understand that you have to strike a balance. But it was so nice to see the teeter-totter tipped toward talent for this clip. If music’s playing and the sheet music is up, I can’t help but follow along. That was fun, too!
BE SAFE. Peace...✌️💜
1 year ago they posted 5 most difficult pieces, now they played the hardest on the list. Congrats!
Yesss, a gently reminder by twoset that they actually are fantastic musicians. It must take a ton of practice to make this video!!
素晴らしい演奏、ありがとうございます。確かな技術と知識、練習の賜物と感じています。だから面白おかしく、いつも楽しい企画も出来ていらっしゃると思います。これからも楽しみにしています。ありがとうございます。
Don't know if anybody else is noticing this, but for SURE these new violins the guys have are *way* cleaner, brighter, clearer, more responsive than their old ones. By a long long way. All the practice they've put in to learn all this Paganini has also really put them in touch with their new equipment. Congratulations, Brett and Eddy!
How do you mean more responsive ,violina are not like Phone Screens
@@The_forgotten_two810 "Responsive" for bowed string instruments means that when the bow is drawn the box - the body of the instrument - begins to transmit and amplify the strings' vibrations all but immediately. There is little if any latency, and little extra effort required to set the instrument's physics into motion.
@@snowyminnesota6028 oh ,sorry not so good with violins promise I will educate myself for the future
It really is pay to win
@@Ruid-YT Including countless hours of practice. If you only believe in getting victories by cash, you would make 20 million sound like 20 bucks.
Thank you Brett and Eddy for showing us these insanely difficult pieces. Pieces that challenges even the best musicians.
Thank you for not just talking abt but also showing us how we can manage our mental health better- esp after watching the Menuhin competition- that we play music because we enjoy it so much and enjoy them enough to share with everyone -and we don’t have to be a 1 in a million prodigy to play in front of people confidently and joyfully.
Eddy: Thank you, after working a week of nights in the lab, I am really thanking you for this. You rock! And so does your colleague Brett. I posted on your "Asian" recent video. You both are talented and this takes alot of work. You are spreading classical violin music around the world from so many angles. You come up with great ideas. Greetings from Nova Scotia, Canada.
No jokes! No flashy add ons! Just your practice and intense concentration and commitment in the moment. Lovely. Thank you :)
Did anyone else think they were joking with level 12? And then realized they weren't-
Same !
for one second i thought brett was only gonna play the tutti part
YES
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I died when you included Ling Ling on your list! 🤣🤣🤣
@@janetmecham1059 you mean on your Liszt?
@@physicsisawesome696 Yes, that’s exactly what I meant. Good one!! 😆
Actually, it should go Paganini and then Ling Ling.
@@kevinmelendez1460 Um... absolutely no. Fuck no.
The good thing about being a classical music youtuber is having no worries about getting cpyright striked.
Cuz the person who would hv given strike is in heaven now
Not true though with newer works
@@geegeelyn fortunately there are enough old works
@@sassysqueak927 not in this case lol
@@aman-qj5sx Copyright is active until 70 years after composer’s death. Stravinsky died 50 years ago which is why he is still copyrighted. Paganini died 180 years ago so his compositions are not copyrighted.
I know someone trying to learn composing orchestral music, and he's asked me what is realistic to expect from violins. I showed him this video and said pretty much anything past 5-6 will make a violinist hate you.
jajajajajajajajaja!!!
“hey, god save the queen doesn’t look that hard”
*second line*
“never mind”
I really enjoy your reaction and funny videos and I really appreciate it but this kind of video is what I live for. I react to you guys’ playing the way you two react to prodigies and famous soloists. It gives me this surge of motivation in a really organic manner. I look forward to seeing more of you two playing
They are such fantastic musicians. It hurts my heart when they roast themselves so much. But, then they post such wonderful stuff like this, and i hope they feel accomplished and proud
1:36 no one gonna talk about that high F 7 lines above the staff you see right before when he start playing, literally thats one of the highest notes on the clarinet being played on a violin
Those are the notes you will play if you play the harmonics
It's soooo satisfying to see Brett and Eddy genuinely enjoyed when playing the violin. I feel happy too seeing they are happy when playing the violin
I'm honored to even watch these guys you know that
very masterful playing from you both 👏👏👏 thanks for making this!
I played one of Paganini's pieces recently on the cello and... holy moly I don't know how you violinists do it. Respect.
These are absolutely my favorite sorts of videos from twoset. Really appreciate all the hard work that went into preparing for this, guys. :D
What I love about his music, and I always quite liked his music,. Is that it is built around the sensibilities of the time,. A melody that would have sounded pretty and normal to contemporary audiences and then he just freaking shreds. It's like a pop song with a deathcore breakdown
Let's appreciate the fact that they learned those last two just for us!!
This came just as I finished the new oversimplified video. And I’m not complaining
Same
@@shadowwolf2679 what’d you think?
@@sohums.6107 oversimplified didn't dissapoint as usual
Napoleon
Ahahaha I'm about to watch that
always love watching you guys play and your sense of humor
thanks for bringing your personalities to the music world
I'm crying while watching this. Thank you, Brett and Eddy, for you practicing 40 hrs a day, for you always want to break your limit, for inspiring me. Thank you. I love you two forever.
For non-musicians, you know you're Twoset's old fan when you've heard many of these
This is so impressive. I love how much Eddy was feeling ‘La Campanella’, it’s a beautiful piece. Imagine seeing and hearing this in the early 1800s, with no radio/ UA-cam/ Spotify. It must have seemed like witchcraft.
Fun facts: god save the king (or variation on god save the queen) by Paganini [opus 9] was written in 1829 in Germany “to impress the unbelievers” and there isn’t any autograph manuscript of it. And the Cantabile in D major [ms 109] was found in draft (maybe when he finished he would have write the separate parts) in a really bad condition because of the poor state of the paper and this piece should represent the most intimate part of Paganini.
And nel cor piú non mi sento in reality is a piece by Paganini written in 1821 call Capriccio a violino solo In cor piú non mi sento and This piece is only with a theme and a brilliant variation. Karl guhr listening Paganini in a concert rewrote the interpretation Paganini gave to the piece included the introduction.
Eddy (May 2020) - "This isn't even music. It's another language" (Paganini - God Save The King)...
See that Brett has put in his LingLing hours to now play this technically challenging piece...
Yeah and there we have him, the perfect pizz boy...
i had the feeling that 24 caprices would contain roughtly 80 percent of the levesl which it did. that is over 1 hour of insanity. and yet beauty at the same time.
Nah it isnt beauty it is F L E X and DESTRUCTION OF SELF ESTEEM TO TO OTHER VIOLINIST WHOM LISTENING CHLOE CHUA 5 YEAR OLD PLAYING CAPRICE NO 1
Eddy’s nel cor piu non mi sento improved so much omg
The left hand pizz sounds more powerful and clear than last time