6 Musicians Argue Why Their Instrument is the Best

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  • Опубликовано: 25 авг 2021
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    Emma Di Marco, saxophone / emmaldm
    Phoebe Russell, double bass / phoeberussell_bass
    Tijana Kozarcic, harp / shiny_harpist_td
    Alex Raineri, piano / alexplaysthepiano
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  • @cen3684
    @cen3684 2 года назад +4046

    *everyone tries to explain why their instrument is the best*
    Chad pianist: *doesnt say anything cause everyone knows his instrument is the best*

    • @meowpluff6035
      @meowpluff6035 2 года назад +66

      The piano Gang! 🥰

    • @CatLover69420
      @CatLover69420 2 года назад +119

      The virgin other instruments vs the chad piano

    • @matttondr9282
      @matttondr9282 2 года назад +71

      You don’t need to debate if you have objective truth on your side

    • @meowpluff6035
      @meowpluff6035 2 года назад +5

      @@matttondr9282 we love our instruments. That's all. You don't have to comment if you're just gonna speak up your mind. Can you just let this comment be for the Piano Gang and delete your comment? Please respect!

    • @matttondr9282
      @matttondr9282 2 года назад +46

      @@meowpluff6035 I'm not sure what you're even talking about, I just made a sarcastic joke. All instruments have their strengths and weaknesses and many unique quirks so there really isn't one instrument objectively better than others.

  • @matstan3515
    @matstan3515 2 года назад +3020

    The fact that viola doesn't even have a chance to defend itself lol.

    • @n4r052
      @n4r052 2 года назад +167

      they don't have violist friends left :')

    • @YourPhysicsSimulator
      @YourPhysicsSimulator 2 года назад +78

      @@n4r052 Maybe it's the opposite way. Violists don't have friends 🧐

    • @niccolopaganini1782
      @niccolopaganini1782 2 года назад +24

      @@YourPhysicsSimulator classical guitarists don't have friends too

    • @TwoSetPlaylists
      @TwoSetPlaylists 2 года назад +79

      Violists are too cool to bother

    • @iryniz
      @iryniz 2 года назад +13

      @@n4r052 what about jason tho?

  • @MelodyTadeoJ
    @MelodyTadeoJ 2 года назад +1140

    Not a bassist here, but a bonus point in favour of bass is that it is so resonant it has enabled many deaf people to still enjoy music viscerally, not by hearing but by feeling the vibrations.

    • @thalanoth
      @thalanoth Год назад +51

      that is an interesting point. I also found it interesting to see she feels the need to use an amplifier for the concerto, commissioned for double bass. It's as if the high energy frequencies of the rest of the symphony deconstruct the resonant frequencies of the bass itself, making it hard to stand out.

    • @St1ck268
      @St1ck268 Год назад +26

      As a bassist who did not know that, I felt very happy reading that

    • @ryson3338
      @ryson3338 Год назад +18

      as another bassist, i do too feel happy about this comment.

    • @aeri_taylors-version
      @aeri_taylors-version Год назад +12

      this makes me want to hear a double bass in person. must have felt nice.

    • @BariNice
      @BariNice Год назад +14

      As a bassist and bari sax player, I often sit/stand next to the tuba, and yes the the vibrations are really something over in the low end section

  • @malup1117
    @malup1117 Год назад +272

    Best thing about the bass, every orchestra director either forgets about you, absolutely loves you, or both

    • @alyssert1743
      @alyssert1743 Год назад +18

      Not a bass player but I agree… during rehearsals the conductor either spends at least half the class working with the bass(s) or completely ignores them the entire rehearsal

    • @me-uc2ft
      @me-uc2ft Год назад +22

      As a bass player, you get forgotten about for days on end except when you do something wrong, but you're also somehow the directors favorite instrument.

    • @thenarwhal8260
      @thenarwhal8260 Год назад +8

      I think the same can be said about a percussion section in a concert band

    • @Jizzzmani
      @Jizzzmani Год назад +4

      Toscanini want to say hello

    • @jonatanmartini4517
      @jonatanmartini4517 10 месяцев назад +5

      yeah, in the rehearsal I mostly just enjoy people playing (conductor guiding the violins or something) while I'm just there leaning on the bass waiting for the tutti

  • @ThatBoomerDude56
    @ThatBoomerDude56 2 года назад +11777

    *Piano guy* stands quietly in the corner while *everyone else* argues over *second place.* 😎 😛

    • @FreakieFan
      @FreakieFan 2 года назад +292

      LMAOOO

    • @LilianaKali
      @LilianaKali 2 года назад +804

      My thoughts exactly. Piano gang knows.

    • @Amit_Solomon
      @Amit_Solomon 2 года назад +350

      Piano gang 😎

    • @Ceenth
      @Ceenth 2 года назад +59

      Yes. 😂

    • @hanaritos
      @hanaritos 2 года назад +135

      Piano gang superiority B)

  • @shela404
    @shela404 2 года назад +5719

    Alex didn't even need to say anything because he already knows piano is the best instrument

    • @meowpluff6035
      @meowpluff6035 2 года назад +88

      Indeed!

    • @childofathena_
      @childofathena_ 2 года назад +160

      Pianos nation here guys

    • @meowpluff6035
      @meowpluff6035 2 года назад +159

      It is known as the king among all the other instruments in the classical era. Even now(for me).
      I'm so proud to be a pianist!

    • @Justin-sx1ws
      @Justin-sx1ws 2 года назад +111

      only problem is portability

    • @ded4_
      @ded4_ 2 года назад +74

      This comment is wrong
      This post is sponsored by:
      - The Violin Gang

  • @blixten2928
    @blixten2928 2 года назад +581

    One thing no-one seems to mention, and was something completely unexpected to me, was the pianist's description of how he loves finding out how to make each different piano sing. Its heart and voice. I had no idea they could be so individual, and it's something that was completely different from the other instruments.

    • @jesuslovesyou2616
      @jesuslovesyou2616 2 года назад +5

      Jesus Christ died for your ssinsssssssss

    • @The-Wordsmith
      @The-Wordsmith Год назад +21

      Many instruments are like that, I think. It usually comes down to quality of make(r) (and tuner, if applicable), home climate, age of instrument and quality of maintenance. Piano is my first love (I was a concert pianist decades ago) and Alex is right - you need to get to know each one. Now, I also dabble in flute, guitar, ukulele, handpan... I have at least two of each (my first/trial/practice/travel version and my concert/recording/serious version) and there is a HUGE difference between them, in quality, quirks, dynamics and playability. They are all like members of my family, with unique personalities and tones :-)

    • @The-Wordsmith
      @The-Wordsmith Год назад +19

      @@jesuslovesyou2616 Please find a bible bashing channel and bother them instead with your nonsense spam. This is about MUSIC.

    • @7ennifer
      @7ennifer Год назад +18

      As a piano player, I always loved that I practiced for months for a recital on our cheap upright at home, then I got to perform the piece on a gorgeous grand piano. It was like getting a shot of steroids right before playing. It just make my performances come alive. Piano players can get a feel for an instrument quickly though key weight might throw someone off if it's quite different.

    • @blixten2928
      @blixten2928 Год назад +6

      @@7ennifer That sounds wonderful! And yes, I can imagine variations in key weight making a difference. Piano players are a special type of musician indeed.

  • @MarvinRB3
    @MarvinRB3 5 месяцев назад +22

    Vocalists obviously win on portability. They literally can't forget their instrument.

  • @Galayak
    @Galayak 2 года назад +3514

    "Question 1: Which has the best reportoire?"
    Me, a pianist: Oh boy. It's already settled.

    • @glenngouldschair390
      @glenngouldschair390 2 года назад +361

      Yeah lol, who do we have
      Renaissance: Byrd, Gibbons, Bull, Sweenlick
      Baroque: Bach, Handel, Scarlatti, Telemann, Couperin, Rameau and co.
      Classical: Mozart, Beethoven, Haydn, Bach’s kids, Hummel….etc.
      Romantic: Chopin, Liszt, The Mendelssohn siblings, Robert and Clara Schumann…..Brahms, Reger, Sibelius, Schubert, Albeniz, Fauré….Tchaikovsky, Rachmainoff, Scriabin, Strauss…..probably more that I don’t remember…
      Modern: Debussy, Ravel, Schoenberg, Bartok, Krenek, Hindemith, Webern, Kabalevsky (your etudes hurt) John Cage, Gershwin,Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Stravinsky (credit Tudor G) more that I don’t remember
      That’s only classical, folks.
      We got ragtime (Joplin, Lamb) Jazz (Art Tatum, Oscar Peterson, Duke Ellington…)
      And we got millions of arrangements of every single pop song in existence.
      Improvising as well (which has trillions of possibilities)
      Buy Simply Piano today!
      And learn to play all of them! (Well..not Rach 3)
      Or just get a good teacher.

    • @jonasmutter457
      @jonasmutter457 2 года назад +5

      for sure

    • @9812Kati
      @9812Kati 2 года назад +105

      hahaha I also was like: theres a piano right there, is this a trick question??

    • @ZanraiKid
      @ZanraiKid 2 года назад +49

      “Who has the best repertoire?”
      Piano: “I have most of my repertoire go past the 1950’s.”

    • @glenngouldschair390
      @glenngouldschair390 2 года назад +3

      @Isthat C I know

  • @fryderyckchopin484
    @fryderyckchopin484 2 года назад +3024

    She: "We have a Debussy concerto for saxophone"
    *Before writing it, Debussy abandoned the commission for months because he didn't consider the saxophone an instrument*

    • @mariostz7788
      @mariostz7788 2 года назад +77

      Lmao

    • @MildSatire
      @MildSatire 2 года назад +88

      Oh shiiittt!

    • @glenngouldschair390
      @glenngouldschair390 2 года назад +112

      Chopin why are you arguing you only play piano-you are impartial right?
      Btw, your pieces are too hard. And compose some more, thank you.

    • @MildSatire
      @MildSatire 2 года назад +42

      @@glenngouldschair390 too hard for a novice like yourself OHHHHHH

    • @glenngouldschair390
      @glenngouldschair390 2 года назад +20

      @@MildSatire I am a novice….
      Chopin is laughing now, whoops.

  • @jamesdeanharrelson9743
    @jamesdeanharrelson9743 Год назад +130

    one thing about piano is that it makes learning music theory so much easier. if you need to remember a scale or what the 7th is in a B7 chord for example you can just go to your mental piano and have everything you need laid out in front of you.

    • @coocoonuts6913
      @coocoonuts6913 8 месяцев назад +1

      True I started the violin before piano it helped so much

    • @volatilefish3908
      @volatilefish3908 5 месяцев назад

      I played piano for 8 years before I started learning the devil's horn, and it helps when transposing so much

    • @vicipedia
      @vicipedia 4 месяца назад +1

      very true! i don't play music anymore, but whenever i want to/need to track notes in my head, i always picture a piano

  • @Grivian
    @Grivian 2 года назад +356

    11:43
    She has a really good point there. I played cello in an orchestra as a kid and the screeching of the violins in the early orchestras were just awful

    • @Perrirodan1
      @Perrirodan1 2 года назад +12

      ​@@yeowhc. I played a bit with harmonicas before playing the tin whistle, I played a bit with a recorder afterwards and it's crazy how learning to not blow hard like an idiot makes the sound of the recorder so much nicer.
      Sometimes I wonder how come it sounded so bad back then, how hard is it to not blow too hard?

    • @arnavm7226
      @arnavm7226 Год назад +3

      I mean the cellos have a habit of rushing and being to loud but I agree with you

    • @AnnaandStanleyFNF
      @AnnaandStanleyFNF Год назад +2

      Violin has alot of screech if there beginners
      Cello has less screech for beginners
      And double bass when I was beginner it sounded lovely

    • @whitewalker608
      @whitewalker608 Год назад

      How do you get into an orchestra as a kid?

    • @JalapenoCat1933
      @JalapenoCat1933 Год назад

      I am currently in a middle school orchestra, and I can confirm we (the violins) have improved a lot since the screechy first days

  • @Aerospace_Education
    @Aerospace_Education 2 года назад +2051

    The Pianist knows it's not even a competition. So he just stayed quiet the whole time to not make the others feel bad.

    • @elias7748
      @elias7748 2 года назад +113

      With his arms crossed and a smile

    • @ape2533
      @ape2533 2 года назад +17

      Doesn’t have any arguments why it would be. It’s so basic and like the easiest to learn. You press a key, cool.

    • @elias7748
      @elias7748 2 года назад +98

      @@ape2533 But is that music. No

    • @meep7122
      @meep7122 2 года назад +1

      eLiAs l

    • @arthurmaul3284
      @arthurmaul3284 2 года назад +17

      We all know the bass guitar is the best. Davie504 settled this. CHECKMATE

  • @grandstandgirl
    @grandstandgirl 2 года назад +5127

    “Harpists spend 90% of the time tuning and other 10% playing out of tune.”
    As a harpist, I can 100% confirm this.

    • @johnmckeon4498
      @johnmckeon4498 2 года назад +15

      Yep

    • @rufescens
      @rufescens 2 года назад +56

      I always thought the quote was 99% and 1%, but either way, it's one of my favorite musical quotes! :)

    • @PtylerBeats
      @PtylerBeats 2 года назад +11

      accurate stats. i like it

    • @matttondr9282
      @matttondr9282 2 года назад +15

      Harpsichord gang understands your pain 😂

    • @TheEmperius
      @TheEmperius 2 года назад +14

      Every classical guitar player know that it's an fact for us too...

  • @irissagar1080
    @irissagar1080 2 года назад +483

    As much as I love Phoebe would have been cool to hear some more about the versatility of bass in genres jazz/bluegrass/mariachi/samba etc. Not too many instruments have that kind of crossover appeal

    • @ack7956
      @ack7956 2 года назад +33

      Can honestly be said for all but harp. They're all used in those other forms of music; however, the thing is, they just don't care about those forms of music (playing and/or repertoire wise) since they're classically trained, except maybe Emma.

    • @DefenestrateYourself
      @DefenestrateYourself 2 года назад +10

      Sax has massive versatility. Much more than string instruments imo

    • @irissagar1080
      @irissagar1080 2 года назад +9

      @@DefenestrateYourself Nah that's brass dillusions, name one genre that sax plays that bass doesn't lmao

    • @crashmat1042
      @crashmat1042 Год назад

      Oh yeah. Ðe only oðer instruments ðat have ðat are like piano and voice and what are you gonna be a vocalist

    • @EF-fc4du
      @EF-fc4du Год назад

      The sax can say the same. Totally found it's niche in jazz and early rock.

  • @tialahharris4030
    @tialahharris4030 Год назад +134

    The thing about the piano not being portable is so true. Like, whenever I go on holiday I end up missing so many weeks of practice, just because I have no access to my instrument, and it completely throws me of my practice streaks. I don't mind playing other peoples pianos though, it's like meeting someone new and it's fun to figure out the individual quirks of each piano.

    • @icxun1035
      @icxun1035 Год назад +7

      Tip: Portable electric keyboards!!!

    • @Lisztomaniac1022
      @Lisztomaniac1022 Год назад +8

      ​@@icxun1035that will have to do when travelling but even keyboards with weighted keys dont feel like the keys have hammers and are striking strings which you'd be surprised how big that can throw you off a bit. It does for me sometimes.

    • @icxun1035
      @icxun1035 Год назад +3

      @@Lisztomaniac1022 Yeah dont worry it does for me too. Its really annoying but yeah D:

    • @k98killer
      @k98killer 6 месяцев назад +1

      One of the worst experiences as a pianist imo is when you're asked to play on an instrument that is absolute dogshit -- horribly out of tune, sticky or broken or missing keys, missing dampers, busted or missing pedal, etc. I don't have to worry about that if I take my electric piano with me or if I choose my violin (though I'm nowhere near competent enough to perform violin yet). Assuming the piano has no obvious issues, then it can be pretty fun to become acquainted, but there are a lot that leave me feeling violated for having touched them.

  • @kamabokogonpachiro6301
    @kamabokogonpachiro6301 2 года назад +3889

    The best instrument is obviously the TRIANGLE.
    Not lingling or langlang, but DINGDING.
    EDIT: how did this get more than 1k likes? Tysm!

  • @bee320
    @bee320 2 года назад +2521

    the girl who plays double bass has a very fun personality

    • @jamisonkoyle3702
      @jamisonkoyle3702 2 года назад +65

      Bruh cellos are the freaking best. I don't even really play cello, I play piano but i still think cello is awesome

    • @bee320
      @bee320 2 года назад +6

      @@jamisonkoyle3702 i agree with you

    • @jamisonkoyle3702
      @jamisonkoyle3702 2 года назад +1

      @@bee320 what do you play

    • @bee320
      @bee320 2 года назад +1

      @@jamisonkoyle3702 i play piano as well

    • @jamisonkoyle3702
      @jamisonkoyle3702 2 года назад +3

      @@bee320 noice

  • @clato_not_glato7447
    @clato_not_glato7447 5 месяцев назад +13

    Opened the video, didn't see the flute, and I knew they were all fighting for second.

  • @jayelyyn
    @jayelyyn Год назад +119

    my vote is piano despite any and all of its drawbacks. the other instruments are beautiful no doubt, but the piano has the most beautiful sound and the broadest potential. what an incredible instrument

    • @Scrub_Lord-en7cq
      @Scrub_Lord-en7cq Год назад

      As well as the man relatively portrays the features of a prevalent pianist.

    • @luvamiart8567
      @luvamiart8567 10 месяцев назад +5

      I feel it's also the most accesible instrument for someone that just started learning music. I know a keyboard is not the same as a piano and there are many things you cannot do with it, but a second hand keyboard is quite affordable and you can learn the basics and play some nice tunes on your own, and even plug in headphones so you don't disturb your neighbours. Meanwhile all the other instruments are expensive even second hand, require some some knowledge to tune and are way harder to learn to play on your own, not to mention how loud they can get.

    • @coocoonuts6913
      @coocoonuts6913 8 месяцев назад +1

      Its just a matter of opinion I play the piano and violin, I prefer the sound of the violin so it really is a matter of opinion

    • @volatilefish3908
      @volatilefish3908 5 месяцев назад

      piano has everything in its repertoire, it is the repertoire

  • @ieatbananaswiththepeel4782
    @ieatbananaswiththepeel4782 2 года назад +2082

    Sax: We’re called the devil’s survivor
    Violin: We literally have the devil as a composer

    • @JP-ku5hw
      @JP-ku5hw 2 года назад +9

      Good one.

    • @archer_3837
      @archer_3837 2 года назад +46

      Correct me if I'm wrong
      Paganini?

    • @tylermoore8218
      @tylermoore8218 2 года назад +58

      @@picklelover2939 Yep the devil came to him in his sleep and played him the devil’s trill sonata and he tried to write it down in vain - he could never perfectly transcribe it so the version we hear is probably nowhere near as epic as the way he heard it (even tho it’s epic af). And then there’s the devil’s violinist that comes along years later to invent and extend techniques and be the New Testament of violin to Bach’s Old Testament.

    • @auraliem
      @auraliem 2 года назад +4

      @@archer_3837 yup... well im pretty sure

    • @SpecterNeverSpectator
      @SpecterNeverSpectator 2 года назад +5

      What about the fiddle song, the devil came down to Georgia

  • @kmacgregor6361
    @kmacgregor6361 2 года назад +3241

    I feel like sax and bass missed the opportunity to highlight the awesomeness of their instruments for other genres like jazz and bluegrass.

    • @rimun5235
      @rimun5235 2 года назад +219

      This! The saxophone was pretty much really catapulted to fame because of jazz.

    • @familythomas2828
      @familythomas2828 2 года назад +123

      Agree, the bass and saxophone missed their opportunities to speak on other genres which highlight their instruments

    • @Lucaz99
      @Lucaz99 2 года назад +167

      That’s probably cause they’re all classically musicians and bringing up jazz would get them roasted
      Note: I have nothing against jazz, I actually quite like it but I often see Eddy, Brett and other classical musicians jokingly take digs at jazz.
      Another reason might be cause they’re classical musicians and don’t know enough about jazz.

    • @homemadefilms5718
      @homemadefilms5718 2 года назад +18

      the sax player in another video said that she didn't do jazz

    • @wongijen9167
      @wongijen9167 2 года назад +9

      @@Lucaz99 Jazz is cool, its pop that people hate on

  • @johnnyshortfor
    @johnnyshortfor 2 года назад +27

    The real answer: if you’re a bassist you’re never hurting for a gig, so it’s the best. (Assuming you have a couple genres under your fingers.)

  • @themusicalhallway3422
    @themusicalhallway3422 Год назад +26

    I think that the timbre of every instrument is unique and beautiful, including the vocal range of each individual person.

    • @nyaanekonya
      @nyaanekonya Год назад

      vocal range is a completely different thing than timbre

    • @amandamaree
      @amandamaree Месяц назад

      I think it’s clear they meant vocal timbre and tone.

  • @YourPhysicsSimulator
    @YourPhysicsSimulator 2 года назад +1887

    Eddy: "Everybody's trying to take violin repertoire"
    Tijana (Harp girl): "Or make it better"
    That dialogue was sick... and true

    • @YourPhysicsSimulator
      @YourPhysicsSimulator 2 года назад +21

      Timestap: 2:54

    • @lityum.
      @lityum. 2 года назад +9

      geez your channel is amazing

    • @YourPhysicsSimulator
      @YourPhysicsSimulator 2 года назад +3

      @@lityum. Thaanks! It's really hard to make those vids so I really appreciate those words😅

    • @lityum.
      @lityum. 2 года назад +1

      you are welcome! you’ve got a fan now, lol.

    • @ladym.7594
      @ladym.7594 2 года назад +3

      Tijana is savage 🔥🔥

  • @RadenWA
    @RadenWA 2 года назад +651

    Harpist : literally intentionally tries to make it sound terrible and still end up sounding beautiful
    Violinist : *cries*

    • @haiyuecheng
      @haiyuecheng Год назад +8

      Oh my, it's actually soooo true, when I first time played violin, it is sounds so bad, like I was cutting woodpiece or something like that🥲

    • @NotColoured
      @NotColoured Год назад +2

      @@haiyuecheng just use the natural force of gravity on the bow and it will start to sound nice. Don’t press down hard.

  • @megangreene3955
    @megangreene3955 2 года назад +80

    I like the harp. It lends itself to both Sacred and secular music. It has a beautiful and soothing tone. Overall, I think it is even better than the piano... which is the instrument I started learning when I was a teenager.

  • @arthurschwieger82
    @arthurschwieger82 2 года назад +31

    That was an interesting collection of instruments. As a 45 year sax player, never once did I get to play in orchestra. I am also a percussionist so I have had many great experiences playing various percussion instruments in orchestra, band, jazz band. Something people don't think about for the difficulty of playing a sax is that your fingers are basically in one spot. If you learn a riff in one key, you have to learn different fingering for any other key. With a string instrument or even piano, there is a lot of opportunity to just move your hand and play the same fingering.

    • @crashmat1042
      @crashmat1042 Год назад

      I would say ðat applies more to harp ðan piano but yeah

  • @DemBigOlEyes
    @DemBigOlEyes 2 года назад +1497

    Saxophone Player: "The inventor of this instrument almost died 5 times in his life before making this."
    Bass Player: "That's God's way of saying it shouldn't have been invented."

    • @scopilio13
      @scopilio13 2 года назад +78

      and despite that, it has been in the fore front of music for the last century. jazz, classical, rock n roll, pop; it's in everything.

    • @LilyUnicorn
      @LilyUnicorn 2 года назад +7

      Never heard it in enka....basically traditional japanese music that sounds like the blues.....

    • @thunderbirdice
      @thunderbirdice 2 года назад +5

      @@LilyUnicorn that’s literally opposite of what the above comment said. You are saying traditional but they were referring to modern.

    • @rjlchristie
      @rjlchristie 2 года назад +6

      @@scopilio13 I think you mean guitar.

    • @ninjaaron
      @ninjaaron 2 года назад +3

      @@rjlchristie I think you mean the drum set.

  • @kookoo275
    @kookoo275 2 года назад +2212

    Piano is a fantastic solo instrument, great in ensembles, knowing how to play it is basically a prerequisite for being a musician, it's versatile, very big range, has the most expansive repertoire ... Literally the only flaw is the portability and that's just pretending that keyboards don't exist.

    • @StrategicGamesEtc
      @StrategicGamesEtc 2 года назад +14

      Non-isomorphic layout standard which retards microtonal tuning.

    • @kookoo275
      @kookoo275 2 года назад +105

      @@StrategicGamesEtc yeah as if microtonal music is something any sizeable portion of people care about

    • @StrategicGamesEtc
      @StrategicGamesEtc 2 года назад +1

      @@kookoo275 I know. ;( I've been listening to now and xen podcasts, and they only have 300 or so views each. :( So many people in the world, and so few willing to question 12edo. :(

    • @fini8874
      @fini8874 2 года назад +48

      Plus, you can't play in groups, in an orchestra or so ... I mean there are all the piano concertos but it is always seperate from the orchestra, so you can't play with a big group of people unless you are a soloist and thats really something I envy people for, because if you play together with people as a pianist, you are either in the back doing the accompanying part for a single musician or you are the solo front player which is hella scary :'D I would love to be able to play in a huge group and melt together with it like e.g. violins do sometimes ... :/

    • @smartegg8453
      @smartegg8453 2 года назад

      What’s a keyboard

  • @chatterbox5508
    @chatterbox5508 2 года назад +25

    Phoebe has the mannerisms and posture of a bass player, which leads me to another great aspect of the instrument, the fun spinning, leaning on you and you leaning on it. You can see in the video the way it moves with her. Having played bass in school that was part of the fun! Also getting to enjoy the rest of the orchestra in pieces that require less concentration or have looooooong sections of rest

  • @MRFries-uz7eu
    @MRFries-uz7eu 2 года назад +7

    Saxophone: telling everyone about how crazy the story of a certain saxophone player is.
    Piano player: Let me introduce you to Mozart

  • @StephanieClaussen
    @StephanieClaussen 2 года назад +737

    "But do you guys have friends?" I'm laughing so hard right now. (No. The harpist really is almost always by themselves in an orchestra.)

    • @GabsARV
      @GabsARV 2 года назад +26

      So are pianists.

    • @StephanieClaussen
      @StephanieClaussen 2 года назад +2

      @@GabsARV True

    • @takayanagi-senseissurprise2104
      @takayanagi-senseissurprise2104 2 года назад +21

      @@StephanieClaussen
      Why is the lady playing the Bass is so good at roasting people? Like I’d been observing her since Two Set Violin learned the Double Bass for an hour.

    • @bobthebuilderday6leader
      @bobthebuilderday6leader 2 года назад +5

      That’s so true! She’s hilarious, and pianists/harpists are lonely :’)

    • @billbusen
      @billbusen 2 года назад +6

      @@takayanagi-senseissurprise2104 You're required to be hilarious to play the bass. If you hear one of the stories about someone getting fired from an orchestra for a joke - they played the bass.

  • @savvysounds6063
    @savvysounds6063 2 года назад +1082

    The best instrument is clearly the software the created Brett’s Lo-Fi

    • @funguy-yt7632
      @funguy-yt7632 2 года назад +21

      Oh no.

    • @monahii4219
      @monahii4219 2 года назад +28

      Flashbacks to creepy choir singing

    • @janice3230
      @janice3230 2 года назад +23

      as well as his new horror movie score XD

    • @hh-ck6ko
      @hh-ck6ko 2 года назад +24

      This, not even joking. Ultimately portable, endless repertoire, easy to learn, don't need to worry about intonation and rhythm, can literally make any sound imaginable. Software is the best instrument.

    • @_prishasinha_
      @_prishasinha_ 2 года назад +5

      Lmao pretty sure it was Garage Band

  • @DennisBLee
    @DennisBLee 2 года назад +22

    I love this conversation so much! It was really fascinating, honest, and fun. Would love to see you keep setting up these types of conversations between various artists of different instruments and backgrounds every now and again 🙂

  • @MarcG7424
    @MarcG7424 2 года назад +4

    They are correct a newbie on a Violin is a special kind of torture

  • @mango6404
    @mango6404 2 года назад +988

    Honestly i feel like its impossible to lose this as a pianist

    • @adonaielohim4147
      @adonaielohim4147 2 года назад +70

      They based all their arguments on the fact that you can Cary the violin with you
      But they don't know that 90 percent of players aren't musicians they're just music inhusiasts who play at home

    • @Fidi987
      @Fidi987 2 года назад +13

      @@adonaielohim4147 *Fear of house burn intensifies* because that is where the piano sits...

    • @CreativeStarlet
      @CreativeStarlet 2 года назад +12

      PIANO GANG RISE!

    • @rjlchristie
      @rjlchristie 2 года назад +10

      In terms of solo (including transcriptions and arrangements) instrumental repertoire, absolutely agreed. Not necessarily so in terms of ensemble repertoire, its sonic character, portability and a number of other points.

    • @charlietian9843
      @charlietian9843 2 года назад +17

      Organ has entered the chat

  • @guineverestone6429
    @guineverestone6429 Год назад +19

    As someone that's a violinist, I'd say one of the things I like a lot about it is, 1, the weird amount of articulation we can do though I don't know how to do all of them and, 2, it does apply to other instruments but when I play on the lower strings I can sometimes feel it vibrating in my chest which is a nice feeling. And on the higher octaves it being grating on the ears isn't really a problem a good portion of the time because you know how to play it in tune if you've done it enough and then it'll sound pleasant

  • @EngineMashups
    @EngineMashups 2 года назад +19

    Hot take: harp and violin have the best repertoires because they're old, and if you look OUTSIDE the classical vibe they have some super cool folk bangers
    'we don't have a lot written for harp' PLEASE there's a TONNE

    • @EngineMashups
      @EngineMashups 2 года назад +1

      Also accompanists have one of the hardest roles - they have to be seriously musically minded and adapt and shape to whatever the main person is doing
      I do think though - one of the things harp has against it is that it's one of the most stupidly difficult instruments to transport. If you play piano or organ or whatever you can do that wherever there's a venue, but you have to CARRY a harp or a double bass or an accordion (those MFs are HEAVY) everywhere and with amps etc it SUCKS
      ( I speak from experience. My dad's a harp player in a folk band and man. His shit is heavy)

    • @ayembic7933
      @ayembic7933 2 года назад +1

      exactly omg the folk celtic and latin american.. but the bass and saxophone didnt bring up jazz or bluegrass either. Maybe it was a strictly classical discussion idk, or just because theyre all orchestra

  • @carcinogenicbyte7107
    @carcinogenicbyte7107 2 года назад +668

    Not gonna lie… the Tchaikovsky on saxophone kinda slaps…

    • @karthikharish1564
      @karthikharish1564 2 года назад +31

      But I like the violin version better coz the chords feel more powerful

    • @carcinogenicbyte7107
      @carcinogenicbyte7107 2 года назад +45

      @@karthikharish1564 I can see that. Personally, I wouldn’t say either is necessarily better, just different and beautiful in their own way.

    • @morganecherriere1571
      @morganecherriere1571 2 года назад +1

      Do you know where I can find the saxophone orchestra video ? I want to ear it so badlyyyy

    • @carcinogenicbyte7107
      @carcinogenicbyte7107 2 года назад +1

      @@morganecherriere1571 You could probably just search it up, and it’ll be one of the first things.

    • @carcinogenicbyte7107
      @carcinogenicbyte7107 2 года назад

      @@villesarkilahti4975 Okay, but I’m just saying it sounds nice.

  • @clairvaux8459
    @clairvaux8459 2 года назад +909

    Eddy: Violin is easy to travel with, no risk of broken instruments 😌
    Phoebe (bass): 🥲
    Alex (piano): **UNO REVERSE CARD** I don't have to worry about leaving my instrument behind
    Eddy: 🥲
    The irony 😂😂😂

    • @emmalily3816
      @emmalily3816 2 года назад +3

      Naaah.. my brother couldn’t practise piano for 1-2 months. I just brought my violin with me on the plane :D

    • @Kevin-kn6uq
      @Kevin-kn6uq 2 года назад +25

      @@emmalily3816 I think he means you won’t ever forgot leaving it behind

    • @cfromnowhere
      @cfromnowhere 2 года назад +3

      Well stage piano is a thing...😅

    • @duckymomo7935
      @duckymomo7935 2 года назад

      Portable pianos are possible

    • @Thezedinxyzed
      @Thezedinxyzed 2 года назад

      Except that’s where their wrong. Bc u do have to worry abt using both hands at the same time playing different tunes. Testing my patience and coordination

  • @AMHMA
    @AMHMA 2 года назад +80

    I feel that harp and piano are the best, no bias whatsoever.
    From a pianist and harpist :)

    • @ArnaudSibille
      @ArnaudSibille 2 года назад +3

      I've always wanted to know: do some things transfer from the piano to the harp and vice versa? I mean, they seem to be... alike instruments.
      Word from a fellow pianist. ^^

    • @chloechung4666
      @chloechung4666 2 года назад +7

      @@ArnaudSibille as a pianist and harpist I can say that there are very similar aspects in terms of how music is read and played. Both repertoire has a treble and bass clef for the right and left hand. Accidentals are the main difference because the pedals of a harp are used to change keys. Hope this helped :)

    • @ArnaudSibille
      @ArnaudSibille 2 года назад

      @@chloechung4666 You just confirmed my quite recent investigation on the matter, as I recently met a harpist. Thank you for leaving your kind message here. 🥰

    • @jesuslovesyou2616
      @jesuslovesyou2616 2 года назад

      Jesus Christ died for your ssinsssssssss

  • @generallysweet8434
    @generallysweet8434 2 года назад +156

    Honestly piano works everywhere .
    It is easy to learn hard to master.
    Can be alone, and with friends. So many great things
    One downside is it's way to expensive...

    • @phantom_wolf5274
      @phantom_wolf5274 2 года назад +9

      You could always buy an electric keyboard

    • @crashmat1042
      @crashmat1042 Год назад

      Yeah but an electric keyboard is a lot cheaper ðan ðe real most expensive instruments ðere, ðe bass (which starts at ðe VERY lowest ebay stuff £400) and ðe harp (which i also imagine is quite expensive)

    • @juliejules7780
      @juliejules7780 Год назад

      I have an electric piano. Way cheaper than my violin. Also I don't have to constantly buy new strings or rehair it. Although if you lose your job you can make more money busking on the street corner with violin. Violin is way more painful to play. Screw it. I'm not gonna pick one. I'll just appreciate both.

    • @caterscarrots3407
      @caterscarrots3407 Год назад +3

      I have a digital piano, and it was like super expensive. The piano was like $700 or so. But it's like, I became serious about being a composer in 2018. And I was and still am a night owl, so I would often get these musical ideas like at night. But with the upright piano I had, I was in a condo and I had to follow a strict 9 to 9 rule. I couldn't play piano before 9 AM or after 9 PM. So if I had a musical idea at night, I would just have to write it down like immediately or else I'd forget. And well, that meant either being right by my computer and just like immediately putting it into MuseScore, or having my staff paper and handwriting it.
      And as a composer, I generally like to improvise something on the piano and then write it down. Or like, I might have already written down an idea and then I like improvise some like counterpoint against that idea or whatever and then use that as the basis for another theme(that's what I did actually for the string quartet I'm currently writing). Anyway, I needed something where I could plug in headphones, but also, I wanted it to feel as close to an upright piano as possible, so like having weighted keys, the 3 pedals, full piano range, etc.
      My mom found me a digital piano like that and I paid part of it with my Christmas and birthday money, I paid like $200 of the $700 or so that it was. And that became my primary piano and the piano that got moved to the new house, the upright was sold after me and my family moved. It had issues anyway, like pianissimo just wasn't possible in the range of A0 to B3, not without the soft pedal. And the soft pedal itself was like super squeaky. I don't have either of those issues with the digital piano I have.

    • @Lisztomaniac1022
      @Lisztomaniac1022 Год назад

      ​​​​@@caterscarrots3407you want to get serious into piano though I'd say go for an upright and than if you know you will love it for another like decade or 2 and have the money get a good 5'10-6'7 fter grand. You can get some pretty good used grands for a decent price I got a used In very good condition Steinway Model 0 about 8 years ago for 15,000. It was I'd say worth the decades of saving and probably would be for other pianists as well.
      Edit: If it's one thing I dont like about the steinway along with Bechsteins and Bosendorfers and Faziolis is the maintenance. Yamaha's are I'd say 10x easier to maintain and fix, etc.

  • @YourPhysicsSimulator
    @YourPhysicsSimulator 2 года назад +466

    This is the closest thing to a political debate we'll get in this channel

    • @RatRod150
      @RatRod150 2 года назад +5

      … and I, for one, am grateful.

  • @grouchostarx531
    @grouchostarx531 2 года назад +1693

    There was a similar thing that happened to a cellist in my youth orchestra that happened to Phoebe's bass. The girl (cannot recall her name because this was in 2007) had a $100,000 cello that her grandmother in China had gifted her for her birthday. Our youth orchestra was traveling to New York to perform at Carnegie Hall.
    When we arrived in NY she opened her cello case to find the neck of her very expensive cello was broken due to mishandling by the airline. Her parents were understandably livid, and though the cello was insured, they were threatening to sue the airline for the instrument having been broken in the first place (again, understandable).
    To make matters worse, her grandma had recently passed and so of course her cello was likely the most significant gift she received from her grandmother before she passed.
    Her parents were able to acquire another cello (not a fine one, of course, but good enough) in time for our dress rehearsal and she was able to perform with us at Carnegie Hall.
    I'm glad she was able to perform with us, but even though it wasn't my instrument (and even though many of us didn't know the girl very well at all because she didn't go to any of our schools), we all felt deeply hurt for her that something so awful happened to her and many of us were crying with her in the airport when it happened, myself included.
    I have a deep love for instruments and regard them with such reverence that to this day when I think about her cello I get heartbroken all over again.

    • @0v_x0
      @0v_x0 2 года назад +177

      That's so tragic. As a musician I cannot help but hold a special contempt for baggage handlers, despite my general respect for humanity. I've repeatedly heard of people buying extra tickets for their instruments so they can keep an eye on them.

    • @mn3702
      @mn3702 2 года назад +88

      The sight of a broken instrument just hurts on a spiritual level

    • @logeymusic
      @logeymusic 2 года назад +52

      That sucks so damn much, not a classical player myself, and I say more a guitarist and drummer if I were to label a "real" instrument, but precious instruments being broken is always heart wrenching. When it's something precious and personally so? Damn bruh

    • @jesuslovesyou2616
      @jesuslovesyou2616 2 года назад +3

      Jesus Christ died for your ssinsssssssss

    • @hellloooopeopleee
      @hellloooopeopleee 2 года назад +9

      i’m tearing up reading this 😭

  • @Valmein
    @Valmein 2 года назад +6

    As a bassist who’s played in both jazz and symphonic ensembles, having an amplifier is such a big help in projecting walking bass lines and phrasing alongside the tubas and other low brass.

  • @ShaunakDesaiPiano
    @ShaunakDesaiPiano Год назад +8

    Some great saxophone repertoire comes from a pianistic genius called Kapustin. Aside from his undisputedly juicy piano compositions, he wrote an alto saxophone concerto and quite a few chamber pieces involving saxophone.

  • @BobbyJCFHvLichtenstein
    @BobbyJCFHvLichtenstein 2 года назад +594

    As a percussionist, our instruments are the best cause *we like to hit stuff*

  • @simplytwosetter
    @simplytwosetter 2 года назад +326

    Or, six parents argue why their kid is the best lol Same vibe lol

  • @itsmeyoufool37
    @itsmeyoufool37 Год назад +4

    So wonderful to hear musicians talk solely about their instruments in a light and meaningful way. Thank you so much.
    I'm a harmonica player, diatonic and mainly blues jazz, it's frustrating sometimes when people say all you do is blow it when, tone, percussion, chords, pure notes and invention are all part of making a sound that raises the hair on heads. Thank you so much for this joyful video

  • @andinkify
    @andinkify Год назад +24

    as a flute player, I honestly think the flute is the best instrument. It sounds beautiful, it's not that difficult to get a decent sound out of it, there are many flute concerts (so wide repertory), it usually plays the melody, AND it's portable, it fits in a backpack. So... there you go XD
    no, but it's fun that there is a variety of instruments and it's fascinating that people feel drown to different instruments

    • @monke5596
      @monke5596 Год назад

      Yeah but can anyone hear you
      Kidding just a joke that every band makes, I make that joke to my friends who play flute because I sit two rows behind them and can’t hear them.

    • @Anonymous-gi4zw
      @Anonymous-gi4zw Год назад

      flute is so risky bc blending in with the orchestra is so hard and if u end up messing up it basically pierces through the orchestra. the same can be said for violin (im a violinist these r my experiences so take it with a grain of salt)

    • @JSB2500
      @JSB2500 Год назад

      I love the flute too. C# tuning is generally a problem though and also getting useful volume from the bottom few notes.

  • @tuhmater2985
    @tuhmater2985 2 года назад +760

    I like that the piano guy doesn’t say much, but when he does, everybody agrees with it. Also where is the brass gang??? We must be represented (preferably trombone, but I’m biased)

    • @tromphonium12
      @tromphonium12 2 года назад +8

      TROMBONE FOR THE WIN

    • @fennec752
      @fennec752 2 года назад +15

      French horn and trombone!

    • @RadenWA
      @RadenWA 2 года назад +25

      They can’t choose between having a brass or woodwind so they took the middle ground

    • @beneyweneys
      @beneyweneys 2 года назад +8

      forgotten euphonium gang :(

    • @colincarriere1483
      @colincarriere1483 2 года назад +6

      Percussion :( but as a percussionist I can kinda say that these questions dints really apply so idk

  • @nargessasf2048
    @nargessasf2048 2 года назад +198

    Look how everybody is just hugging their instrument. Cute

    • @lidiahight
      @lidiahight 2 года назад +19

      Except alex lol 🎹

    • @meowpluff6035
      @meowpluff6035 2 года назад +6

      @@lidiahight yeah....He can't the piano besides touching it

  • @rikipondi
    @rikipondi 2 года назад +4

    I am a piano player and every time I play a new piano, it's like taming a new beast to get it to do what you want. I like that experience.

  • @scmager
    @scmager Год назад +4

    Great video! I loved hearing each musician’s perspective on her/his instrument. The idiosyncrasies of each instrument are precisely what make them special-just like people! An ensemble-orchestra, chorus, chamber group-is a microcosm of life, and each musician brings his/her individual character and quality to have an impact on the whole. All of you play the best instrument!

  • @gigglez3036
    @gigglez3036 2 года назад +591

    The pianist just stands there in dominance

  • @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
    @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache 2 года назад +5376

    I respect all musicians equally for dedicating their time to their instrument, just as much as the others have.

    • @YourPhysicsSimulator
      @YourPhysicsSimulator 2 года назад +105

      You're going too far right now... You're literally on every video... Not normal xd

    • @DemBigOlEyes
      @DemBigOlEyes 2 года назад +32

      I respect all musicians who dont play the Kazoo.

    • @YourPhysicsSimulator
      @YourPhysicsSimulator 2 года назад +21

      @@DemBigOlEyes Didgeridoo gang 😎

    • @Poke9403
      @Poke9403 2 года назад +33

      You need to grow a moustache one day.

    • @remember9097
      @remember9097 2 года назад +8

      haha I don´t remember where, but i´ve seen you before in TwoSet´s comment section (hello there hshshs)

  • @hiraganaakai8091
    @hiraganaakai8091 Год назад +2

    All you guys show us how much love with their own instrument!!! Nice work, I learned a lot!!!

  • @uphone7110
    @uphone7110 Год назад +8

    I have played the clarinet for 3 years and when I tried learning sax it was really easy. I understand its hard to master, but going from clarinet to sax it was easy for me.

    • @jero2955
      @jero2955 7 месяцев назад

      I want to hear if your high and low register are in tune... oh I see.

  • @Bevsworld04
    @Bevsworld04 2 года назад +558

    Piano:
    .largest note range
    .Probably largest dynamic range
    .Most expansive repertoire
    .Easy to learn at the beginning but rewarding in the advanced stages
    .can literally transcribe pretty much anything for it and it'll still sound good
    .Best composers mainly played piano (Chopin, Liszt, Debussy, Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, etc)
    .Probably the most relevant and universal instrument as of today
    .intuitive design
    There's probably more, but thats all I could think of

    • @CreativeStarlet
      @CreativeStarlet 2 года назад +29

      Finally someone said it!

    • @user-lh6yb3tq6t
      @user-lh6yb3tq6t 2 года назад +8

      @@CreativeStarlet it's not as if you were violas. You're literally the most played instrument

    • @zmanrockz6358
      @zmanrockz6358 2 года назад +20

      Definitely not the largest dynamic range, that would be either trumpet or saxophone

    • @Bevsworld04
      @Bevsworld04 2 года назад +42

      @@zmanrockz6358 believe it or not, its around the same (but clearly they're gonna be a bit louder), if you smacc it hard enough, you can pop around 80 decibels. However, I aint sure a trumpet or saxophone can go as quiet as a piano, which is the biggie

    • @josh_5_726
      @josh_5_726 2 года назад +13

      @@zmanrockz6358 the trumpet might get as loud as the sax but it just can't be as soft.
      Also, saxophone players know how to play softly.

  • @phoebea
    @phoebea 2 года назад +467

    It would have been nice if there was a piece that all the instrumentalists can play together to show the different layers of music/sound, or, if each instrumentalist could have sampled a piece to show off their instrument. Thus proving theirs is the best instrument.

    • @stinaxer4452
      @stinaxer4452 2 года назад +23

      Now that would have been a dope ending! :)

    • @duochen8978
      @duochen8978 2 года назад +5

      Young person’s guide to orchestra

    • @RadenWA
      @RadenWA 2 года назад +1

      TSV please do this! One piece played by many different instruments.

  • @aleksandarjovic9896
    @aleksandarjovic9896 2 года назад +6

    As a violinist trying a double bass for the first time, it was extremely hard to produce a good quality tone. The strings are so much bigger and require so much more pressure, then bowing you need to really pull into it with so much more force just to get it going.

  • @rickbeluga6277
    @rickbeluga6277 Год назад +5

    The saxophone is the best. The jazzy tune just makes you want to dance on the chance floor every time you hear it.
    As a Saxophone player, I can confirm this.

  • @helenbirch9877
    @helenbirch9877 2 года назад +436

    Piano and portability: Vladimir Horowitz took his Steinway with him when he toured, but he was in a class by himself. Heard him play once and it was magnificent (I'm old but there are perks).

    • @jeeither
      @jeeither 2 года назад +10

      Tori Amos almost always takes her Bösendorfer on tour with her. Not classical obviously but still.

    • @helenbirch9877
      @helenbirch9877 2 года назад +15

      @@jeeither She is lucky to be able to afford it. More power to her! The logistics of moving it without damage and needing it to be tuned at each location, and avoiding big changes in temperature and humidity, would be a nightmare . She must have a very good piano wrangler.

    • @jeeither
      @jeeither 2 года назад +9

      ​@@helenbirch9877 yeah it pains me to think of much it costs (money/work) to cart it around, but I'm glad she does it because she feels more at home on her piano and it comes through in her performance. She also brings different organs and electric keyboards with her, depending on what she's planning to perform.

    • @oktakrisaditya5981
      @oktakrisaditya5981 2 года назад +7

      oh how jealous I am.
      Horowitz was such an amazing pianist.
      I actually was thinking what word should I use to describe him for more than 3 minutes maybe, but decided to use 'amazing'.

    • @helenbirch9877
      @helenbirch9877 2 года назад +15

      @@oktakrisaditya5981 My mother, who would be 103 today if she was still alive, was also lucky. She saw Rachmaninoff when she was young.

  • @simplytwosetter
    @simplytwosetter 2 года назад +415

    This room is just so CLASSY!! The carpet, the curtain, and the presence of the double bass, harp and piano just makes it more, CLASSY lol

    • @l.s.8793
      @l.s.8793 2 года назад +4

      I believe that's Brett's living room.

  • @minhchau4533
    @minhchau4533 2 года назад +7

    Each instrument has its uniqueness and great quality. Ranking the instrument has to be on the sounds. Practicality like the ease of transportation and mastering the instrument come second. If you like heavenly sound then harp is the best. Uplifting sound is the violin. Powerful sound is saxophone. Calming and deepened sound is the bass and popular single man band is the piano. Thanks for making this clip. Love it.

  • @Waterbottle305
    @Waterbottle305 6 месяцев назад +2

    To be true to ourselves. we all love our very own instruments the best. Because we put all of our love in our soul into our instrument. So if you really think about it, the instrument is really you, because you have the choices to ether make the instrument sound good, or bad, or if you take care of it properly.

  • @anastasiaarango2087
    @anastasiaarango2087 2 года назад +420

    As a harpist, my answer goes without saying. Not to mention the harp has survived literally thousands of years, the earliest versions dating back to ancient Mesopotamia. Such rich culture, history, and mythos surrounds it. That being said though, every instrument has its own appeal and I enjoy them all.

  • @dunstonlion1342
    @dunstonlion1342 2 года назад +597

    I think one of the hardest things about harp is that very, VERY few composers can write for harp correctly. I've been friends with an excellent harp player for a couple years now and she helps me correct all my harp writing in my pieces. She tells me all the time that most of her lessons for higher level students are just teaching them how to "re-write" music to actually be playable, and this goes for modern AND classic composers. I feel like harp is the only instrument that has this problem.

    • @linneastoddard2962
      @linneastoddard2962 2 года назад +26

      That's crazy! Would mind explaining more? This is really interesting! I barely know anything about the harp and I find it cool to learn about different instruments.

    • @CreativeImpulse
      @CreativeImpulse 2 года назад +59

      @@linneastoddard2962 so I'm not a professional harpist, super duper beginner, but I can kind of input on this. I play piano, and I have trouble trying to play piano pieces on the harp even though my brain is like, "But can't I just play the same stuff on both??" the answer is sometimes yes, but when you can't, you REALLY can't.
      1. Harp uses eight fingers, not ten. And you don't really hop around the strings, you have to place your whole hand in correct locations before certain phrases because if you don't anticipate phrases that way, it can get really crazy and messy for fast pieces. Sometimes the way that pieces are written, that jumping or phrase anticipation needs to be accounted for and things need to be marked up way ahead of time.
      2. Especially for lever harps, you have to pen in places where you need accidentals... So pedal harps have the ability to shift semitones and it's not as hard, but lever harps have switches on each and every string. If you need a single accidental or an accidental in succession going back to its original note, it's a physical feat to reach up, flick the lever, and come back down to play the strings in time.
      That's what I can think of as immediate barriers when needing to rewrite harp music!

    • @linneastoddard2962
      @linneastoddard2962 2 года назад +21

      @@CreativeImpulse My Goodness! That is tricky. I actually play piano as well and was surprised to find out that harps have pedals and/or levers. It sounds kind of like going from piano to organ. Thanks for the information :) !

    • @mn3702
      @mn3702 2 года назад +12

      @@CreativeImpulse as a harpist with slightly more experience, I can tell you that the five finger thing doesn't always have to be a problem. There are tricks :)

    • @magdolyn
      @magdolyn 2 года назад +7

      @@CreativeImpulse I play Lever Harp (albeit not very well) among other instruments, and I HATE how hard it is to try and play what seems like it should be such an easy piece, but it's nearly impossible with how many lever shifts I'd have to make! And to play anything with flats means that I have to tune the harp differently. So annoying! So many folk songs have the verses and choruses in different keys, (off the top of my head, The Ash Grove switches between D and G) and I just *wish* I could figure out how to play it easily on lever harp!

  • @minnie10434
    @minnie10434 2 года назад +3

    Would have been interesting having a viola in this..

  • @sillykanji
    @sillykanji 2 года назад +1

    I love this group. I wish you guys would bring them in for more stuff

  • @porleg
    @porleg 2 года назад +195

    A deeper look at some of the more obscure instruments in an orchestra would be interesting.

  • @ivyssauro123
    @ivyssauro123 2 года назад +529

    6:29 finally a sincere pianist, sure pro level piano is hard, but as an instrument it's as easy as it gets, you have almost zero concern for tone generation, it really is an instrument of the industrial age, you press keys it makes sounds, zero hussle, it's even more intuitive than singing.

    • @fryderykchopin3974
      @fryderykchopin3974 2 года назад +75

      It is the easiest to learn, but hardest to master. I have alot of respect for string players. The learning curve is very hard in the beginning and smooths out while you go.

    • @lloydaran
      @lloydaran 2 года назад +20

      It's not of the "industrial age", Bartolomeo Cristofori invented it as the evolution of harpsichord around the year 1700. But I understand what you mean, I agree.

    • @HieronymousLex
      @HieronymousLex 2 года назад +42

      So many things wrong with this post lol. Sure it’s easy to press a key but that is nowhere close to actually sounding musical. And piano scores add tons of notes to make up for the fact that you can play more. Acting like piano is easy is just ridiculous, you can obviously take the piano to extreme heights.
      Also, whatever point you’re trying to make about the “Industrial Age” is a complete fallacy. Are drums Industrial Age instruments too? Because you hit them and they produce a sound. Simple. Guess the harpsichord is too, despite massively predating the Industrial Age.
      I’m not sure why you’d even care about the differences in what makes an instrument difficult because they can all be taken much further than anyone ever has.

    • @ivyssauro123
      @ivyssauro123 2 года назад +9

      @@HieronymousLex Somebody sounds offended! sorry that you feel like my comment somehow belittles your pet instrument. I recommend you read my comment again as I adressed your points already, also the industrial thing was simply a figurative comment to ilustrate part of the spirit of the instrument, as I elaborated further down in another comment it is not just figuratively an industrial instrument (instant,louder, faster, more notes!) But it also is literally, in it's history and making.
      Alas I challenge you to make and hold a single note on a trumpet, without help or instruction, on the same time one can learn an entire melody on piano. Heck give me a day and I'll take an easy piece like Bach's minuet on piano while most begginers won't be able to play a scale on violin or trumpet in 2 week of learning.

    • @ArnaudSibille
      @ArnaudSibille 2 года назад +14

      @@ivyssauro123 You're right about the intuitivity of piano; though, as Hieronymous Lex said, it's far from giving an accurate picture of that instrument because you just spend years trying to master the keys before you really begin to play musically. I believe a child not very gifted on a piano is as painful as a young violinist, on that matter!
      I feel like the downside of not having to care about the tone makes the process of learning how to play musically more difficult because... you're not really aware of it during your first years. At least I wasn't.
      The other problem with the piano as well as regards understanding music is that the scores are always so full of different notes and rythms that you don't even grasp the basics (like: you can reduce it all to the simple basic chords you can play on a guitar or a uke; so, when I picked up the uke because after ten years of adult work I still could not buy a piano, I understood a lot of things that never occurred to me on the piano).
      Which leads me to the absolute downside of the piano: it's very high price, and the space it needs in a room (which adds to how expensive the instrument is).

  • @caterscarrots3407
    @caterscarrots3407 Год назад +3

    As a pianist here, outside of portability, I think the piano is an obvious win. It can be expressive, it projects well even when the full orchestra is playing(looking at you Rachmaninoff), it can have that orchestral sound in a solo context(Beethoven, Liszt), it's easier to start on than a lot of other instruments(only guitar and recorder and maybe some percussion instruments, I'd say are easier to start on than piano), and there are arrangements of almost anything for piano. Lieder, symphonies, string quartets, just about anything you can think of has either a piano solo or piano duet arrangement. It's a good tuning reference for other instruments, I always tune my other instruments to the piano and listen for subtle beating to tell if it's out of tune or not. Flute, violin, guitar, doesn't matter, I'll play the open pitch/pitches and the same pitch on piano and listen for pitch difference. And my perfect pitch helps with this.
    And as a pianist, I can play different composers differently and not sound wrong. Like if I'm playing Bach, I hardly use dynamics outside of repeated short passages, whereas with Beethoven, I go crazy with the dynamics. If you compare my Mozart dynamics to my Beethoven dynamics by intensity, you essentially get this(Beethoven on the left, Mozart on the right):
    p=pp
    mp=p
    mf=f
    f=ff
    For Mozart, I only use the wrists and fingers for most dynamics(for the occasional fortissimo, I'll use some arm weight), so my forte is softer, my piano is louder. For Beethoven, I use the full body force for fortissimo, so it's very loud. And if I see pianissimo in Beethoven, sometimes I'll press the una corda pedal aka the soft pedal to make it even softer. So yeah, I use a wider dynamic range for Beethoven than Mozart is basically what I'm saying there.

  • @restlessbutterfly4858
    @restlessbutterfly4858 2 года назад +4

    This feels like I'm back at my days in the music conservatory .... with all the students chatting as they wait to enter the ( somewhat tedious 😬) 3 hour solfeggio lesson.

  • @ren4068
    @ren4068 2 года назад +38

    I love how the pianist is just arguing in pianissimo

  • @BouncyBoar
    @BouncyBoar 2 года назад +180

    What Brett said about the piano is sooo true. I think the thing I hate most about being a pianist, is always having to play someone else's instrument. And every piano has a different feel to it, so it never feels like something I'm used to. Which always throws me off a bit.

    • @alyssert1743
      @alyssert1743 Год назад +9

      Finally, someone agrees! My dad (doesnt play any musical instruments, its rlly hard for him to understand things that is agains what he thinks) always tells me that “their all pianos, just play them” whenever i tell him that the piano at his place feels weird (not in a bad way) and different than the piano at my mom’s. Annoying af. My brother says the same thing for the piano at dad’s place and the piano at his teacher’s place, my dad says that he needs to play louder and my brother says its because of the piano difference. I tested both pianos and agreed that they definitely have a different feel to them.

    • @pokmanl9810
      @pokmanl9810 Год назад +3

      I don’t have a piano at home, so I have to play at one of the piano shops or whatever nearby. When I get used to one there, sometimes I just have to shuffle over to the next room and basically relearn the piano. Annoying, but understandable really.

    • @AlesdairProductions
      @AlesdairProductions 7 месяцев назад

      So true. I'm an organist, and every time I change instruments there is a huge learning curve of memorizing the little intracacies of each instrument's registration (all the little buttons). Every organ is basically a different instrument, and a huge part of playing organ is being able to register the instrument properly so it sounds good.

    • @GamerVinsmoke
      @GamerVinsmoke 7 месяцев назад

      Yeah so true.

  • @ajessm
    @ajessm 2 года назад +4

    It's great hearing all the musicians talking about their instruments but it would be really nice to hear them play a short piece too. All the way through I was hoping we'd get to hear them play something. Highly enjoyable video nonetheless.

  • @Rain-ob2tg
    @Rain-ob2tg 2 года назад +6

    I agree with Pheobe! The Bass is so underappreciated! Bass playing is enchanting, (almost haunting in a way), like that of the Harp. However, the Harp, as well as the Violin and Piano, have a very conventional sort of beauty. It's like they said, when you hear the Harp you know you've made it into heaven. The Harp, Violin and Piano are all kind of conventional This doesn't make them any less impressive though. I promise i'm not bias because I play Recorder and Viola. I would probably put Saxaphone second because of it's unique sound, rich history and because there's so many different notes and octaves you can play. Thanks for listening to my opinion! All of your instruments are wonderful!!

  • @Penguin-jg6sr
    @Penguin-jg6sr 2 года назад +163

    I think every bassist here can agree, we were a l l tricked, bribed, and confused when we choose this.

    • @elizabethbrennecke2274
      @elizabethbrennecke2274 2 года назад +11

      I thought I was going to teach my dad to play the bass guitar and then quit....I am now in college and have decided it will be my career.....why?

    • @daewallermann9787
      @daewallermann9787 2 года назад +3

      As a bassist, yes 🥲

    • @needtoread_2382
      @needtoread_2382 2 года назад +5

      Actually....
      You're not wrong. My bro told me to get a bass because the world needs more women bassists (I play electric bass). I said ok because he convinced me it'd be the best choice for me

    • @SpecterNeverSpectator
      @SpecterNeverSpectator 2 года назад +2

      @@needtoread_2382 who knows maybe they'll actually let you in a band or an orchestra by saying that.

    • @ZZ-qs8ud
      @ZZ-qs8ud 2 года назад

      @Angelina He but it is tho

  • @5BBassist4Christ
    @5BBassist4Christ 2 года назад +107

    What I like about bass:
    You are the most powerful musician in any band. You are the one who shakes the house. You are the heart-beat of the orchestra, -the groove of the song. You set the function of the harmony (figured bass). You're playing out of tune/wrong note makes everybody else clash with your harmonics, so you must play right. You can change the function of a chord by changing the root. You are the bridge between the rhythm and the harmony. And yet, despite having all of this power, your ultimate job is to be humble and play a supporting role. Your job is to make the band sound good without being noticed. A good bass player's goal is to be the unsung hero.

    • @AnnaVaubel
      @AnnaVaubel 2 года назад +1

      I agree, even with guitar bass, you don’t notice it but if it wasn’t there the song would be hollow

  • @limzhiqian3592
    @limzhiqian3592 2 года назад

    Requesting for part 2!

  • @sbpetty
    @sbpetty 2 года назад +8

    As a pianist myself, I have to concede that harp probably has the prettiest sound of any instrument

  • @justary_9790
    @justary_9790 2 года назад +160

    Other instruments: **exist**
    Twoset: *Ok, but the violin*
    🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @ninjaaron
    @ninjaaron 2 года назад +308

    I'm a multi-Instrumentalist, and I can say that saxophone is absolutely the easiest instrument I play. Yes, intonation and extended techniques are a challenge, but intonation isn't nearly as difficult as on violin or cello, and "mastery" of any instrument is equally difficult because you are always pushing the limits of what is possible.
    Saxophone is easy, and that is a good thing.

    • @justinfar6156
      @justinfar6156 2 года назад +9

      i would agree for the most part but unlike other instruments we have to contend with usually 2 to 4+ variants of the instrument (with their own challenges), plus switching between classical and jazz styles. Myself and most of the other saxophones at uni rarely play less than 3 saxophones and more for ensembles. But yeah it is the easiest for the beginning

    • @ninjaaron
      @ninjaaron 2 года назад +6

      @@justinfar6156 doubling is not unusual on other instruments, I don't think. Second clarinet may have to play bass clarinet, Eb clarinet, basset horn and alto sax. Second bassoon has contrabassoon duties. Recorder players have to play all the recorders. Flute players must play piccolo and alto flute. Oboe players have to play cor anglais. Trumpet players have to play cornet and flugelhorn. Horn players have to play Wagner tuba, etc. I think all wind players are expected to play multiple instruments.

    • @justinfar6156
      @justinfar6156 2 года назад +3

      @@ninjaaron its not unusual to double i just meant the amount of instruments atleast in regards to woodwinds is smaller. The standards on other instruments means usually a clarinet player can get away with just Bb or A more likely or just flute etc. Whereas i feel saxophone players rarely stay on a single saxophone and often have multiple saxophones as standard. Obviously there are plenty of clarinets who play more than just the standard model but its easier to get away with it( this is just my observation as a current university honours student.)

    • @katieronnie5741
      @katieronnie5741 2 года назад +4

      I don’t mean to be rude at all, but as a bassoonist whose played beri, tenor, bass clarinet, and clarinet for marching band- the saxes were far and above easier. It’s easier to be mediocre on the sax then it is on clarinet( as I learned bassoon first I don’t think i can speak easier). Its why most high schools marching bands has a better sax section then most other sections.
      In addition, my band had the top band saxophones play bottom band clarinet to fill out the numbers for competition. Maybe it was just my section, but they all had never struggled like that on an instrument before, compared to everyone else who basically sucked until they got The hang of it.
      No shade to anyone but the sax is by far one of the easiest instruments to learn. (Tenor is the hardest in my experience because it takes forever to get a good tone but eh)

    • @justinfar6156
      @justinfar6156 2 года назад +1

      @@katieronnie5741 oh no I fully agree, sax is definitely the easiest.(tenor is my main so I actually find alto quite difficult 😅) But once again I just meant we tend to be running around with alot more instruments as a basic, I have 3 or 4 saxophones for most things where as others have 2 max(clarinets get the closest if they have to run the gambit of A's and bass and etc)

  • @besthobbit
    @besthobbit Год назад +1

    The double base player sounds like a really fun person to hang out with lol

  • @GlorifiedShed
    @GlorifiedShed 2 года назад +2

    As a percussionist, I'd like to nominate percussion in general as the best instrument(s). they're a fecking nightmare to move, take ages to tune, get no recognition for the most part, percussionists have to be there before and after every one else in an orchestra to set up, but they're really fun to use. As a percussionist you get so much variety in what you do from vibraphones to timpani to gongs to drum kit to hand drums like bongos, to the triangle. (I'm counting all of them as one because in a concert one musician might play all of them)

  • @booksandmusic2526
    @booksandmusic2526 2 года назад +79

    Alex is me when my one friend whom I'm close to bumps into their new friends and they keep chatting and I stand there awkwardly haha

    • @morandana77
      @morandana77 2 года назад

      Yeah, the crossed arms say "I don't want to be here."

  • @amazingwhale9338
    @amazingwhale9338 2 года назад +72

    Why are all these musicians so charming!?!

  • @linawu09
    @linawu09 2 года назад +4

    As a pianist I would also just stand there and watch, knowing pefectly well pianos are superior

  • @jmmanuelmeier6687
    @jmmanuelmeier6687 2 года назад +2

    Give the violin, sax, double bass and the harp any sheet music of a piece and the piano will play all parts at the same time. With that being said, the Harp sound is just amaaaazing

  • @kris_pang
    @kris_pang 2 года назад +437

    I really think violin has the best repertoires, but piano is truly a jack of all trades, it can do all. So, not even because I was a piano gang, legit objectively, piano is the best.

    • @kmacgregor6361
      @kmacgregor6361 2 года назад +9

      Except jam in a backyard or at a campfire

    • @Artythe2nd
      @Artythe2nd 2 года назад +1

      Backyard campfire with piano performance major playing like crazy. Our whole block can hear it.

    • @arthurmaul3284
      @arthurmaul3284 2 года назад +2

      how is that objective. if anything is a jack of all trades, guitar is because it can do anything a piano can and way more and its portable, with projection being the only issue

    • @jakefitz7942
      @jakefitz7942 2 года назад +1

      @@arthurmaul3284 play five notes at once

    • @arthurmaul3284
      @arthurmaul3284 2 года назад

      @@jakefitz7942 that's what cords are for, and while it's not technically at once, it's way better sounding (similar to harp, altho harmonics and harp harmonics are a whole other technique

  • @simplytwosetter
    @simplytwosetter 2 года назад +144

    I love everyone here, but I just want to say I LOVE Phoebe's personality so much!!! She is chill, frank, funny, and roast people very to the point lol

  • @penguin4evr191
    @penguin4evr191 Год назад

    As a baritone saxophone player I obviously love every kind of sax. My second pick is the double Bass because of the fact that I always wanted to play the bass sax but not enough prices had it for my band director to allow me to.

  • @ReefzYT
    @ReefzYT Год назад +2

    The point about coordinating pinkies for piano, I’m a pianist and broke my left-hand pinky finger when I was about 10. Sometimes it hurts if the song relies on that finger too much. I don’t think the doctor set it properly, it’s still at a slightly awkward angle, and this was years ago.

  • @DogOfEgypt
    @DogOfEgypt 2 года назад +185

    Singers: I am literally the best instrument and arguing otherwise is a personal attack.

    • @willb3698
      @willb3698 2 года назад +20

      Well, we have not heard you sing. What if it’s not your…er….gift? Lol.
      But you win for portability!

    • @childofathena_
      @childofathena_ 2 года назад +8

      Me, a pianist and a singer: i may have lost in portability with piano, but my voice won in that subject

    • @DogOfEgypt
      @DogOfEgypt 2 года назад +1

      @@willb3698 Haha, that would still constitute a personal attack, no matter if it's true or not! :D

    • @hallo476
      @hallo476 2 года назад

      Lets be honest, chiors argue the best because it is literally their job to talk loudly.

    • @PassionPno
      @PassionPno 2 года назад +1

      I play piano and violin. I also sing. Guess I win.

  • @PriscinaSkyy
    @PriscinaSkyy 2 года назад +145

    What I've learnt today: Bass players were tricked into playing the bass and eventually grew to love it. Story of my life (and apparently many other bass players)

    • @molekyyli
      @molekyyli 2 года назад +6

      I know one bass guitar player who ended up being bassist cos he didn't play anything when they formed the band, so they gave him the bass to play. He's still playing bass (and also doing vocals) over 20 years later. :)

    • @lenochod6
      @lenochod6 2 года назад +1

      True story! I always wanted to play the flute but because I liked the teacher who taught me on the recorder I did not want to go to another teacher and he only taught brass intstruments + recorder. So I start playing the trumpet and now is it my favourite instrument....

    • @espvp
      @espvp 2 года назад

      @@molekyyli that's similar to the story of Paul McCartney (except for the part that he didn't play anything else ofc) And he's been playing over 60 years later :)

    • @molekyyli
      @molekyyli 2 года назад

      @@espvp I think Paul started on a guitar and then switched to bass cos they needed a bassist. And I recall seeing him on some photos with a guitar.

    • @theunbalancedcharge2077
      @theunbalancedcharge2077 2 года назад +2

      I told this to my friends who play low instruments (bass clarinet and tuba) and they said it was 100% accurate

  • @drnerdrage2535
    @drnerdrage2535 Год назад +2

    Wish the Bass got more love but thats the nature of the instrument. Feeling the vibrations is definitely a major plus, I know that sounds weird but its one of the reasons I love live music so much, you feel it in your chest, I don't even play double bass and I can feel it. When I'm playing my Bass Guitar the body resonates and I'm able to feel it in my chest! I absolutely love the feeling. I personally feel like Bass gives a heartbeat to the music and while many people may not actively notice or recognize the rhythm section of a song they 100% feel it. Drums and Bass get people moving.

  • @camembertfanpage
    @camembertfanpage 10 месяцев назад +2

    I loved Phoebe, and I adore double basses! As a brass player, I was a little sad to see no brass representation though. Or even symphonic orchestra woodwinds or percussion

  • @redcat5678
    @redcat5678 2 года назад +38

    As a piano lover, for me the answer is already set, but apart from that, every instrument has its own charming points . And I think most instruments are more attractive when they are harmonised than when they exist individually.