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What I'm curious about is how you do the shorter, more accented notes, mostly in the upper notes during the melody. They sounds almost like you're hitting the glass, rather than the more smooth motions. Is that the case? Or perhaps the smaller glasses stand out more and have a shorter ring time. Or you're just very good at dampening the cups as you play. Still, I wonder if you can "hit" them harder or otherwise make them louder, but only for a short period. Those top notes very much have a bell-like quality.
@@pastelmyri4405 it may be actually considered percussion, though the method of playing this "instrument" can be considered more of string instruments world as it involves friction, basically
Jax Hawken a percussion instrument is a percussion instrument regardless how you play it. In fact vibraphone, cymbals, gongs, tam-tams, etc are sometimes played with a bow and they are always percussion instruments
I believe the original composition was for glockenspiel, but glass harp sounds very closely to glockenspiel, so that's maybe the reason why it sounds like the perfect instrument for this song.
Sí, concuerdo. Otras composiciones (Bach p. Ej) no suenan como "del cielo", como suena ésta... Es que «son copas». El «Amor» en su expresión máxima es de las Copas. El Grial lo es...
У Петра Ильича Чайковского танец феи Дражже звучит на музыкальном инструменте челесте. И оно несравнимо по исполнению, при всем уважении к этим музыкантам, в пользу оригинала.
@@4CHRIST1234 those effects are distracting from the simple beauty of the sugar plum fairy tough. It's supposed to be a playful, cheeky piece of skipping and dancing notes. While this is technically impressive, the glass vibrations are not precise enough to simulate that. Not to mention the ugly dissonance when they vibrate too close to each other.
@@amyleigh8394 the person has definitely not been in an orchestra before lol, you can hear all the different instruments. The glasses just sound like single instruments... because they are
- Please, waitress, a bucket. I need to tune this glass, and there's more water than it needs. So, the Eb is soundin' like a D. - No prob, sir. Here's your bucket. Lemme 'no when your note is right. - You will hear it, tho :)
If Tchaikovsky were alive today, witnessing this amazing rendition, he'd be swimming in tears of joy. Tchaikovsky: "Yesss! This is what I was trying to create! The most Sugar Plum Fairy (and Christmas) sounds ever!"
Sorry to be that guy? That's not the point at all. Enjoying music is about feeling with our senses. Either you enjoyed it or you didn't. Try to be happy for people who are sharing their beautiful music.
@@karolakkolo123 Yeah, your're right. I should disregard everything I know about language and nomenclature to appease you with a word that you have determined sounds more artistic.. Its called a song. Or a composition. A piece is a part of a whole. A composition if you will.
@@Mot-dh5sx Nope, having a great day. I didn't get aggressive at all. I just have no patience for idiots with upturned noses who lower them only to smell their own farts. He hated being that guy; but I have no problem at all.
I have previously commented on these two geniuses. Having tried this with just a few of the right crystal glasses to obtain what you're hearing is brutally difficult. Watch their hands fingers, palms, thumbs, and a lot more so see how these intricate sounds are seemingly being accomplished. Have a hard time viewing this without tears in my eyes from this ethereal music. All I can say is Bravo!
It was, kind of. Tchaikovsky's first draft called for Glass Harmonica, an instrument invented by Ben Franklin which is basically just this, but configured a little differently.
The instrument that Tchaikovsky ends up using is the Celesta, and it's basically a piano and sounds exactly like this pretty much. If you look up the process and history behind the making of this song specifically, let alone the actual Nutcracker, it's actually really interesting.
LMAO ... I don't know why I even clicked it. I was just going to see how good they are I guess, but I was just thinking, "aww hell I'll just let them finish and I'll scroll down" and there you are ... first comment I see.
something so simple as a vibration can make our brains melt by such a amazing song... that most definitely feels out of this world, almost as if we found something we weren't meant to discover
I've just sat here quite literally gobsmacked for almost the entire piece - jaw dropped after less than 10 seconds and stayed that way. That's proper talent, that is. Yes it's 8 years old and yes, 'RUclips recycles yet more old crap again' - but you know what - it's been years since I've seen this and I'd forgotten just how magical it sounds. Bravo RUclips! You can spam me with this shit any day 😊
except "you" don't... why is co-opting other peoples talent for comment likes a thing now? and what retreds give lobotomised comments like that a like?
I am sitting costly in my little home in the woods, watching the snow fall on the forest outside my windows. This was the perfect thing to come across on this peaceful, dreamy day, it only makes it better that this is one of my all time favorite pieces of music!😊❄❄❄🌪🌬💖
@@gunslingingbird74 Who really cares? It sounds marvelous, so why nitpick something so insignificant? Technically it's a melody or instrumental composition, even though the "instruments" are not the typical conventional ones.
Yes, but I do listen to classical music played on organs, so thought it may be because of that. I can't get one glass to make a sound without loads of tries, this is very impressive
Such a beautiful tone, and it just proves that almost anything could be used as a musical instrument. When I was in university I did my thesis on that very subject. Turning every day household items into musical instruments, that play and sound completely unique from traditional instruments we are used to hearing. Almost anything can be used for percussion, I’m sure you’ve all seen videos of people carving out vegetables, especially the carrot, to be used as a flute of sorts, but I managed to make string instruments from tin cans, string, wire, just things most people have sitting around the house. If you have kids, and you want to get their minds going while having fun at the same time, challenge them to see if they can make up a musical instrument from every day ordinary objects in the house, you’ll be amazed at the things you can come up with, and yes, I even did the stereotypical milk carton ukulele, which actually sounded quite good to my surprise! I also did use glass, but not just wine glasses and goblets, but properly balanced on sticks, affixed with an adhesive, I was able to use dinner plates, water pitchers, cutlery, you name it. Sounds rather corny for a University thesis, but I am going to blow my own horn, pardon the pun, and tell you that my professor gave me a perfect score, and more than that, insisted that I bring all the instruments in to the lecture hall, and teach all the students what I had made and how to play them, and as it turned out it was actually pretty fun, we got a rivalry going! My fraternity brothers and I started to compete with other groups in the University, and we actually managed to put on a concert, for the entire university, even managed to raise $200,000 that we donated it to all local schools in the area, so that they may have a better music program for their students, it isn’t that wonderful? I grew up here in Toronto as my name suggests, lived here all my life, pathetically I haven’t gone far, I literally live four blocks from the hospital I was born in! But unfortunately a lot of the schools, both grade schools and high schools are like, have very poor or even absent music programs due to funding issues, so my professor came up with the idea of putting on a concert and charging money to raise funds for these underprivileged schools. Now it’s a yearly tradition, and although I haven’t kept up with the exact amounts, we have raise tens of millions of dollars over the decades, to help students have a proper introduction to music, and as a result, countless students that we helped ended up attending our universities music program, now that’s something to be proud of! But I’m not taking any credit, because it might’ve been my idea for my thesis, but literally hundreds of other people were involved in the creation of these challenges and concerts each year. Anyways, my apologies for rambling on as I always do, but I just had to throw that out there, and say don’t put limits on what you can achieve when it comes to music. Even my own family laughed at me when I was putting the so-called instruments together, but after receiving a perfect score, what does my father say? “Pretty good for junk that probably would have been throwing in the garbage”. Unfortunately, that was 40 years ago, and over the years, I have lost every single instrument that I created, but I also drew blueprints of every single one, so after watching this video, I think I’m going to try to re-create it just for fun. I’m desperately trying to get my grandchildren involved and interested in classical music, but being typical young people, all I get to hear is “that’s for old people“. But I think I can trick them into actually playing classical music on homemade instruments without them even realizing it. Do you want to know how I developed my love of classical music? It’s not because of my family, as I am the only person in my family with any musical interest or ability, it’s from watching Looney Tunes and other various cartoons that used a vast amount of classical music in their programs. Unfortunately, most of those cartoons are just not appropriate for today’s society, most being horrifically politically incorrect, as they were very very sexist, racist, homophobic, and every other social stigma you can imagine, but back when they came out, all those things were socially acceptable. I’m not saying they are acceptable, because after watching the same cartoons as an adult I was horrified, but the music is still there, I wish they would start re-introducing classical music into modern children’s programming. To be honest I don’t know anything about it, because my children are in their 30s, and my youngest grandson is already 13, so I don’t see children’s programs anymore. For those of you with young kids, do they still use classical music at all in children’s programming? If not, maybe that something we need to re-introduce. Classical music will never ever go out of style or die, if anything it’s experiencing a renaissance right now, but the best time to get children interested is preschool, because that’s when I fell in love with classical music. It’s such a different world today than it was when I grew up. I’m not that old, I’m not retired and I still work full-time, I’m in my mid-50s (I skipped several grades), but judging from my family, the younger ones have no interest in classical music whatsoever, and I’m desperately trying to change that, to open their minds to new experiences. Whenever they come over to the house, I always have classical music playing in the background, and then I hear the whining, the complaining, the accusations of listening to nothing but old man music, as they like to refer to it. Again my apologies for going off topic a bit, but it’s something I’m very passionate about, ironically I don’t even work in the music industry, but in medicine instead, but my love of classical music, has never left me, and I still play the piano, trombone, trumpet, tuba, both French and English horns, and I’m pathetically trying to learn the violin, but I’m absolutely useless at it, wind instruments seem to be my forte! Whatever the case, try to get your kids interested, it’s a proven scientific fact that children who grow up exposed to classical music, especially if they enjoy it and learn to playing instruments, greatly increase their neural plasticity, what more reason do you need? If only things weren’t so expensive, because I know how unaffordable most instruments are, even a cheap violin runs several hundred dollars, which isn’t much for me and a lot of people, but for most people who live on a budget and have children, it’s just not feasible, which is why we continue to raise funds every year at those concerts. Thanks for letting me ramble on and on, my gratitude for indulging me, all the best, and if you have any questions, feel free to respond to this post, I’d be happy to answer them. Many thanks, and take care.
Don't apologise for the lengthy comment, I for one thoroughly enjoyed reading it to the end. Well, who could possibly have known what your unusual thesis would develop into, becoming something so practical, inspiring, encouraging and empowering to so many people? Truly amazing! Small acorns grow up into huge oak trees! Very well done and many congratulations, not just for your perfect score, but what all the many fundraising concerts over the past decades have achieved for so many! You should be extremely proud!
I enjoyed reading your comment. I also love Classical music and introduced into my preschool program for children in my care. I always had classical music playing in the background to set different moods throughout the day and they loved it.
i don't think playing them is the hardest part of this... i mean they had to add specific amounts of water to specific sized glasses in order for them to be in tune. an excess of drop could literally make a note sharp. props to them
They're actually not quite THAT sensitive. Or I guess it is, but a few drops won't be noticeable to the ear. You just use a digital tuner (or an app); pour more water until the appropriate glass is in tune. I helped setup a few during special shows using syringe or suction device of some kind to take out water/remove; you can even 'eyeball' most smaller glasses, and just fine tune the last bits. It is a bit time consuming...most instruments can tune up in a minute (if that), but it takes a good 10-15 minutes at least when you need to tune all the glasses. Fortunately, if you leave it setup and covered you don't typically need to redo it that often.
Once, a music teacher told me that the musical glasses were not instruments, I told her there were and she kicked me out of the class. I should show her this masterpiece.
I actually tried to make music with different glasses for a music project once, so I went to a store and just bought a bunch of random glasses and had to awkwardly tap them with a spoon in the store too 😂😂
@Domino Hurley For sure! We did a song in choir that required wine glasses for every choir member. Tuning all 60 glasses took up a majority of rehearsal, even with several tuners 😂
_Mom: "Stop playing with your cups."_ *_7 Year Old Me At The Dinner Table:_* *_Edit: I can't tell if y'all are getting the joke or if you really think I made music with 20 cups._*
The last time I was in Venice, I came across a girl performing this song on glasses of water in a public square. It was beautiful. This one sounds even better, though, but I’m guessing it’s at least in part because they’re in a performance hall and have even more glasses at their disposal. Love that people have these talents!
Yes fine i am going to talk about their album called Glassified. I think its a great choice of name that they made with a very funny pun. Indeed i would say the right name for this
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I spend like a full hour in a restaurant trying to get a wine glass to do the slightest squeak and when I do I'm like "bow down mortals I control the glass". How the heck do they just slap their hands on the glass and it sings like it's desperate.
🔵 Unlike some other glass instruments that you may have seen, these glasses are tuned by the glass blower when they are made and are attached to the table and played dry/empty.
@@kittenmimi5326, 🔵 Unlike some other glass instruments that you may have seen, these glasses are tuned by the glass blower when they are made and are attached to the table and played dry/empty. And btw,...don't you mean "Pitcher"-perfect?
@@OffGridInvestor Link Knight I do singing bowls... The speed of your finger doesn't change the note. The speed of your finger needs to be precise and fairly exact to produce any sound at all. If you change speed or pressure, it just gets quiet. Tibetan-style singing bowls and traditional glass armonicas don't use water except to moisten your fingertips, so a glass harp probably also doesn't use water. We use water to change to pitch of identical wine glasses when doing this as a parlour trick but these glasses are all different sizes so they are probably tuned during manufacturer. Of all the instruments that have ever been invented, this one probably takes the longest to go out of tune.
As someone who was *_obsessed_* at age 12 with trying to make every glass I could get my hands on ring, I'd love to know how these two produce the tones so quickly. The vibration usually takes a moment to get going and produce the sound. These two are wizards! BTW, 1:31 is just magical.
Love your comment, but the timbre of a perfect sine wave is different. It's closer to timbre of a clarinet, but not the same. Perfect sine wave timbre is also closer to the lead instrument in the old Doctor Who theme music.
What an amazing new way, for me to hear the Sugar Plum Fairy, played by hands on glasses, filled with water, to give out this delightful, unheard off before, "Glass Harp" sound. How very clever and inventive of you both, and I adored it! Bravo, do carry on please with your extraordinary hard work. Chilling! Thank you.
Catherine Blair I don't think there is water in them actually. I think their different sizes gives them a different sound. They normally fill them with water if they are glasses of the same size. The water acts as a dampener, this allows you to adjust the height of the part of the glass that is resonating and this gives you a different sound. Using glasses with pre tuned notes is more accurate as relying on water can be tricky, it evaporates, moves and would be difficult to get the right amount in the glass to tune it perfectly. Pre tuned glasses are a set and forget option and is quicker to set-up. Just a FYI for everyone as I think the science behind it pretty cool.
+Catherine Blair they didnt invent the glass harp lol it has been around since 1741. Tchaikovsky wanted the Dance of the Suger Plum Fairy to have the sound of water drops which is why he wrote it for the Celesta. The glass harp sounds a lot like a celesta so it is a great choice.
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What I'm curious about is how you do the shorter, more accented notes, mostly in the upper notes during the melody. They sounds almost like you're hitting the glass, rather than the more smooth motions. Is that the case?
Or perhaps the smaller glasses stand out more and have a shorter ring time. Or you're just very good at dampening the cups as you play. Still, I wonder if you can "hit" them harder or otherwise make them louder, but only for a short period.
Those top notes very much have a bell-like quality.
Okay
Quite interesting 😮
All the anthems and fight songs ..
Könnte man den Bolero von Ravel auch umsetzen?
Seems like this instrument is the one it should have been composed for.
What was the original instrument for this piece anyways?
@@mallows9779 - The celesta was the instrument this piece was composed for. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celesta
@@mallows9779 the Celeste. Am A one used in the Magic Flute by Mozart.
I see, thanks, i'll check it out
It's not that different from celesta. A bit deeper in the lower part of scale....
It’s like a mix of bells and strings.
Chris Kringle actually this would technically be considered percussion (like drums, bells, and xylophone)
Ayano Sripan right sorry I’m just really off today
@@pastelmyri4405 it may be actually considered percussion, though the method of playing this "instrument" can be considered more of string instruments world as it involves friction, basically
Jax Hawken a percussion instrument is a percussion instrument regardless how you play it. In fact vibraphone, cymbals, gongs, tam-tams, etc are sometimes played with a bow and they are always percussion instruments
Brings or strells
I bet washing the dishes at their house is a real hoot 😂
Itll be like a musical setting all the time lol
LOL AHAHA XD
😂😂😂😂
The word hoot made me crack up😂
@@nars_bars8774 nah, these are crystal glasses, they make the sound. Regular glass can't.
This song is officially made specifically for this instrument and no one can convince me otherwise
I believe to recall it actually was. In another configuration perhaps, but still was.
I believe the original composition was for glockenspiel, but glass harp sounds very closely to glockenspiel, so that's maybe the reason why it sounds like the perfect instrument for this song.
Sí, concuerdo. Otras composiciones (Bach p. Ej) no suenan como "del cielo", como suena ésta... Es que «son copas». El «Amor» en su expresión máxima es de las Copas. El Grial lo es...
@@user-or2sf7xl6mJede Weihnachten besuche ich dieses mein Lieblingsballett. Tschaikowsky war genial und liebte Kinder ...und Weihnachten 🎉🎉🎉😊
У Петра Ильича Чайковского танец феи Дражже звучит на музыкальном инструменте челесте. И оно несравнимо по исполнению, при всем уважении к этим музыкантам, в пользу оригинала.
*Can’t believe no one took the opportunity to call it ”Glassical music”*
Da Name Game did
Da Namegame good one!
This
Atleast the album is called glassified
Best pun I've ever heard
Fact: This is the optimal instrument for this song.
Yes it sounds so precise and it seems to add natural effects sounds that piano dont have
@@4CHRIST1234 It was written for a celesta rather than a piano, but otherwise I agree.
ITS A PIECE NOT A SONG YOU DIMWIT
@@4CHRIST1234 those effects are distracting from the simple beauty of the sugar plum fairy tough. It's supposed to be a playful, cheeky piece of skipping and dancing notes. While this is technically impressive, the glass vibrations are not precise enough to simulate that. Not to mention the ugly dissonance when they vibrate too close to each other.
@Omega 1470 No, it's a movement!
This legit sounds like the whole orchestra
It does
i got shiver
Yeah fr. Just fire all those people and hire these two for all ballets from here on out
No it doesn't 😂😂😂
@@amyleigh8394 the person has definitely not been in an orchestra before lol, you can hear all the different instruments. The glasses just sound like single instruments... because they are
"I can't perform tonight."
"Why not?"
"I can't find my glasses."
Ba dum tss
OMG LOLLL this is gold 😂
Lmao
Finn McCool - Ha ha Ha ha Ha ha Ha ha Ha ha........ Have you got a spare pair?
Hyuk hyuk hyuk nice one☺
They must be fun to go out to eat with....
"Waitress?"
"Yes?"
"Could you bring us another 5 glasses of water? We're missing some notes."
And they get tipped instead lol
"We have just run short of..."!
#verese
#diana
GREAT
- Please, waitress, a bucket. I need to tune this glass, and there's more water than it needs. So, the Eb is soundin' like a D.
- No prob, sir. Here's your bucket. Lemme 'no when your note is right.
- You will hear it, tho :)
Lmao
“What instrument do you play?”
“I play drinking glasses.”
Every alcholic will attest to that
@@andrewlogsdon6317 loool
😂😂😂
So what kind of music do you hear?
Its complicated...
Got me laughing this.
That was the coolest thing I’ve heard in a long time.
Indeed! It instantly made me giggle with giddiness🤗🧚♀️😃
Khismet right!?
I'll spare you the obvious "but the water is room temperature!" joke...
@I Hate Everything Neh, it's just that this is more amazing than most other things.
Fact
If Tchaikovsky were alive today, witnessing this amazing rendition, he'd be swimming in tears of joy. Tchaikovsky: "Yesss! This is what I was trying to create! The most Sugar Plum Fairy (and Christmas) sounds ever!"
Тоже так думаю
Au contraire. He would consider them jesters and maybe give it a few laughs. You as a postmodern person wouldn't understand this.
@@Arkturbettel is this a joke?
@@phicoding7533 what they doing is a joke
@@phicoding7533 he might actually have a point though.
See you in 10 years when this is in everyone’s recommended yet again.
Fractal
More like 2 days
WOW SUCH A FUCKING ORIGINAL COMMENT
@@thehexpro2429 WOW SUCH AN ORIGINAL RESPONSE
Mac6na6na yep
This is how this song was meant to be played
Sorry to be that guy, but it's a piece not a song
Sorry to be that guy? That's not the point at all. Enjoying music is about feeling with our senses. Either you enjoyed it or you didn't. Try to be happy for people who are sharing their beautiful music.
@@karolakkolo123 Yeah, your're right. I should disregard everything I know about language and nomenclature to appease you with a word that you have determined sounds more artistic.. Its called a song. Or a composition. A piece is a part of a whole. A composition if you will.
cutthroat 420 wow that was an aggressive comment to someone that was just trying to inform you of something. Been having a bad day?
@@Mot-dh5sx Nope, having a great day. I didn't get aggressive at all. I just have no patience for idiots with upturned noses who lower them only to smell their own farts. He hated being that guy; but I have no problem at all.
Half of the comments: Instrumentation is on point
Other half: ItS tHe aLgOrItHm
Bruh, I love your profile pic. I used to be super into SAO.
Omgggg your so funny
Everyone who thinks it's the algorithm can't even get a glass to croak.
That algorithm is on point!
Omg great comment bro, did you write that? That's funny write something else
Not being a traditional instrument, it sounds almost otherworldly, which actually makes it sound MORE like fairy music. Bravo!
Sounds like it’s being played by fairies!
Thank you
its because they both are fairies
dont see how the headless horseman played this but ok
That's the comment I was looking for!
It really does! The piece is called Dance of the Sugar Fairy, which makes it that much cooler.
Teacher: don’t touch the beakers until I say so
The kids in the back of the class:
😂😂😂
Lmao
😂
Underrated 🤣😂
Yes!
I’m a ballet dancer who has performed the Nutcracker many times, and this is by far one of my favorite versions of this piece of music! Well done!
How much do you weigh ?
@@JudahMaccabee_ Why do you feel as if you should've asked that
Rogue-Spear such a brave question 💀💀
Rogue-Spear why tf would you ask that
Yessss same here
I didn't realize glass could sound this ethereal! A magical performance.
yeah ❤😢 this gives goosebumps 🦆
I was not prepared for how amazing this sounds.
Easy to impress I see
I was.
"Cool champagne glasses, what do you call this?"
"Oh, that's C."
You.
I hate you ...
But I can't lie that it made me smile ...
Take my like and begone.
@@zaramintheequanimous I know that you said begone, but thank you
Actually, isn’t this G Major? 👀
i like the joke but...
i think c major is a chords and one glass is only one note
...so it cant be a chord if im right
@@V1RU5420 if you wanted to be really pedantic then you would say that chords by default are in the major scale so it would just be a C
The dislikes are obviously the Mouse king and his army.
Waldo Collins xD
🤣🤣🤣
😂
I am the rat king 👑
Obviously*
I have previously commented on these two geniuses. Having tried this with just a few of the right crystal glasses to obtain what you're hearing is brutally difficult. Watch their hands fingers, palms, thumbs, and a lot more so see how these intricate sounds are seemingly being accomplished. Have a hard time viewing this without tears in my eyes from this ethereal music. All I can say is Bravo!
It sounds like this piece was made to be played on glasses.
It really does!
Yep!
It was, kind of. Tchaikovsky's first draft called for Glass Harmonica, an instrument invented by Ben Franklin which is basically just this, but configured a little differently.
The instrument that Tchaikovsky ends up using is the Celesta, and it's basically a piano and sounds exactly like this pretty much. If you look up the process and history behind the making of this song specifically, let alone the actual Nutcracker, it's actually really interesting.
Eyyy fancy seeing you here madcat, hope you doing well since you left but been trying to keep up with your vids
the fact that this was published 9 years ago but yet has better quality than some 2020 videos
Its 1080.. stfu
Yeah
@@averyhaferman3474 1080 was great at 10 years ago
christ, you are all so f..kin rude. I know exactly what you mean barley tube... and guess what? your bloody right.
Yes.
The sound hypnotizes you that you cant stop listening to it
Read your comment and was liek, "just watch me!"
Scrolled up to stop video.
Forgot what I was doing and literally watched to the end.
Almost like it was written for this instrument.
ssssthhhhhhhhhh yyessssthhhhhh look into myth eyesssthhhhhhhh :p
LMAO ... I don't know why I even clicked it. I was just going to see how good they are I guess, but I was just thinking, "aww hell I'll just let them finish and I'll scroll down" and there you are ... first comment I see.
Help I can’t stop rewatching it
something so simple as a vibration can make our brains melt by such a amazing song... that most definitely feels out of this world, almost as if we found something we weren't meant to discover
I've just sat here quite literally gobsmacked for almost the entire piece - jaw dropped after less than 10 seconds and stayed that way. That's proper talent, that is.
Yes it's 8 years old and yes, 'RUclips recycles yet more old crap again' - but you know what - it's been years since I've seen this and I'd forgotten just how magical it sounds. Bravo RUclips! You can spam me with this shit any day 😊
There are some real diamond videos out there glad youtoob Is finally sharing them. This is amazing
puppylove42 YOUTOOB AHAHHA
I read that whole comment in an accent
@@user-og1jz6xl3y Lol exactly right
Dragon Offski how’s the Jaw?
RUclips recommended:
2011-2019: nah not yet
2020: go go go!
Everybody saw it 1 or 2 days ago.... Si weird
I remember seeing this back in 2017 and then it showed up now
Deploy the algorithm!
pls stop this awful comment trend
@@darthslayder6904 it must live on a torture all of us...just like the god forbidden
No One:
Not a soul:
I hate this fucking trend:
Kill me please:
The glass is more in tune than my piano.
@@owkia weeeeshshshshsh
Same for my guitar lmao
It might be your playing!!! :o)
I got my piano tuned last week and i still agree
same for all violas
Its Soooo impressive how they both memorised what sound each glass makes!! :)
My friend: What kind of RUclips videos do you watch?
Me: it's complicated
meep no it’s called whatever is on my recommended
Lmao! Same here!!!
tired of seeing this comment, it's over used
Tomorrow Markel no cap
Lol
Me: so you guys know how play any instruments.
The Glass duo: Yes but no.
My friend: So what instrument do you play?
Me: It's complicated.
why do i always see this comment everytime
except "you" don't... why is co-opting other peoples talent for comment likes a thing now?
and what retreds give lobotomised comments like that a like?
@@wrongfootmcgee you
know you commented that twice
@@theundyingcat yeah, there's something odd going on with my commenting feature... I deleted the second one. Thanks for the heads up.
@@cupa6285 Because people are... complicated.
The ability of these two people to do this with such perfect timing! No adjectives good enough to describe this!
"No one can bring this song to its purest form....."
Glassduo- 'hold our glasses'
...es!
More like "give me your glass"😂
hehe, pure
i can finally say that i believe in magic now.
Same
same
Same
same
That's the spirit!
I’m saving this video under “Crazy Russian Hacks.” Nothing less will do.
"In mother Russia, you don't find videos, videos find you."
mrgw982 Y E S
He did it lol
Madlad actually did it
Mintmango10 Oh my god hahahah 😂😂😂
I am sitting costly in my little home in the woods, watching the snow fall on the forest outside my windows. This was the perfect thing to come across on this peaceful, dreamy day, it only makes it better that this is one of my all time favorite pieces of music!😊❄❄❄🌪🌬💖
Costly? You expensive little bauble.
Cozily?
This is the perfect instrument for this song! bravo!
it's not a song
It's not a song, it's a piece. Songs have words.
@@gunslingingbird74 Who really cares? It sounds marvelous, so why nitpick something so insignificant? Technically it's a melody or instrumental composition, even though the "instruments" are not the typical conventional ones.
And Harry Potter also XD
I agree.
This must be what it’s like to have perfect pitch. Tuning those glasses would be a nightmare for us mere mortals.
Try, I don’t think it would be as hard as you imagine :)
I imagine there would be some sort of convenient way to measure. Lines on the glasses, por example
It’s a joke people. Jeeeeezzzzzzz.
@@yckieh568 I dunno Emily. I have a hard time getting my guitar right..only 6 strings
I would think you just need a chromatic tuner and a pitcher...but it's still awesome.
Did anyone else get this randomly in their recommended?
Yes, but I do listen to classical music played on organs, so thought it may be because of that. I can't get one glass to make a sound without loads of tries, this is very impressive
Yep!
seems like this
So glad I did!
Yep
Came here after watching Genshin 4.0 livestream. Such a beautiful musical instrument. Also great performance thank you for sharing.
“I play the violin”
“I play the trumpet”
I pLaY a GlAsS oF wAtEr
technically a crystal of water but, alas.😁
kosmicbts lol it’s still water
this made me ugly laugh bc I play boy violin and trumpet
I actually play violin-
Piper Kluge when you play the first two
I have played a glass harp, and I will gladly tell you , this is not easy!
I managed to play the melody to Silent Night while someone accompanied me on the piano. Nothing like these two playing
So true. I played it and it is so hard.
Alex Lagura SWORD HAND DANCE👏
How did you manage that in Chris's closet? That is impressive.
My friends and I did the main riff on ode to joy on some glasses at our dinner table it was rad
Friend: What kind of music do you listen to?
Me: I listen to *Glassical Music*
Take the like and get outta here!
Fabulous, thanks
No
I hate that I found this funny
*leave*
Such a beautiful tone, and it just proves that almost anything could be used as a musical instrument. When I was in university I did my thesis on that very subject. Turning every day household items into musical instruments, that play and sound completely unique from traditional instruments we are used to hearing. Almost anything can be used for percussion, I’m sure you’ve all seen videos of people carving out vegetables, especially the carrot, to be used as a flute of sorts, but I managed to make string instruments from tin cans, string, wire, just things most people have sitting around the house. If you have kids, and you want to get their minds going while having fun at the same time, challenge them to see if they can make up a musical instrument from every day ordinary objects in the house, you’ll be amazed at the things you can come up with, and yes, I even did the stereotypical milk carton ukulele, which actually sounded quite good to my surprise! I also did use glass, but not just wine glasses and goblets, but properly balanced on sticks, affixed with an adhesive, I was able to use dinner plates, water pitchers, cutlery, you name it. Sounds rather corny for a University thesis, but I am going to blow my own horn, pardon the pun, and tell you that my professor gave me a perfect score, and more than that, insisted that I bring all the instruments in to the lecture hall, and teach all the students what I had made and how to play them, and as it turned out it was actually pretty fun, we got a rivalry going! My fraternity brothers and I started to compete with other groups in the University, and we actually managed to put on a concert, for the entire university, even managed to raise $200,000 that we donated it to all local schools in the area, so that they may have a better music program for their students, it isn’t that wonderful? I grew up here in Toronto as my name suggests, lived here all my life, pathetically I haven’t gone far, I literally live four blocks from the hospital I was born in! But unfortunately a lot of the schools, both grade schools and high schools are like, have very poor or even absent music programs due to funding issues, so my professor came up with the idea of putting on a concert and charging money to raise funds for these underprivileged schools. Now it’s a yearly tradition, and although I haven’t kept up with the exact amounts, we have raise tens of millions of dollars over the decades, to help students have a proper introduction to music, and as a result, countless students that we helped ended up attending our universities music program, now that’s something to be proud of! But I’m not taking any credit, because it might’ve been my idea for my thesis, but literally hundreds of other people were involved in the creation of these challenges and concerts each year. Anyways, my apologies for rambling on as I always do, but I just had to throw that out there, and say don’t put limits on what you can achieve when it comes to music. Even my own family laughed at me when I was putting the so-called instruments together, but after receiving a perfect score, what does my father say? “Pretty good for junk that probably would have been throwing in the garbage”. Unfortunately, that was 40 years ago, and over the years, I have lost every single instrument that I created, but I also drew blueprints of every single one, so after watching this video, I think I’m going to try to re-create it just for fun. I’m desperately trying to get my grandchildren involved and interested in classical music, but being typical young people, all I get to hear is “that’s for old people“. But I think I can trick them into actually playing classical music on homemade instruments without them even realizing it. Do you want to know how I developed my love of classical music? It’s not because of my family, as I am the only person in my family with any musical interest or ability, it’s from watching Looney Tunes and other various cartoons that used a vast amount of classical music in their programs. Unfortunately, most of those cartoons are just not appropriate for today’s society, most being horrifically politically incorrect, as they were very very sexist, racist, homophobic, and every other social stigma you can imagine, but back when they came out, all those things were socially acceptable. I’m not saying they are acceptable, because after watching the same cartoons as an adult I was horrified, but the music is still there, I wish they would start re-introducing classical music into modern children’s programming. To be honest I don’t know anything about it, because my children are in their 30s, and my youngest grandson is already 13, so I don’t see children’s programs anymore. For those of you with young kids, do they still use classical music at all in children’s programming? If not, maybe that something we need to re-introduce. Classical music will never ever go out of style or die, if anything it’s experiencing a renaissance right now, but the best time to get children interested is preschool, because that’s when I fell in love with classical music. It’s such a different world today than it was when I grew up. I’m not that old, I’m not retired and I still work full-time, I’m in my mid-50s (I skipped several grades), but judging from my family, the younger ones have no interest in classical music whatsoever, and I’m desperately trying to change that, to open their minds to new experiences. Whenever they come over to the house, I always have classical music playing in the background, and then I hear the whining, the complaining, the accusations of listening to nothing but old man music, as they like to refer to it. Again my apologies for going off topic a bit, but it’s something I’m very passionate about, ironically I don’t even work in the music industry, but in medicine instead, but my love of classical music, has never left me, and I still play the piano, trombone, trumpet, tuba, both French and English horns, and I’m pathetically trying to learn the violin, but I’m absolutely useless at it, wind instruments seem to be my forte! Whatever the case, try to get your kids interested, it’s a proven scientific fact that children who grow up exposed to classical music, especially if they enjoy it and learn to playing instruments, greatly increase their neural plasticity, what more reason do you need? If only things weren’t so expensive, because I know how unaffordable most instruments are, even a cheap violin runs several hundred dollars, which isn’t much for me and a lot of people, but for most people who live on a budget and have children, it’s just not feasible, which is why we continue to raise funds every year at those concerts. Thanks for letting me ramble on and on, my gratitude for indulging me, all the best, and if you have any questions, feel free to respond to this post, I’d be happy to answer them. Many thanks, and take care.
Don't apologise for the lengthy comment, I for one thoroughly enjoyed reading it to the end. Well, who could possibly have known what your unusual thesis would develop into, becoming something so practical, inspiring, encouraging and empowering to so many people? Truly amazing! Small acorns grow up into huge oak trees! Very well done and many congratulations, not just for your perfect score, but what all the many fundraising concerts over the past decades have achieved for so many! You should be extremely proud!
I enjoyed reading your comment. I also love Classical music and introduced into my preschool program for children in my care. I always had classical music playing in the background to set different moods throughout the day and they loved it.
"Do you play music"
"Yes"
"What instrument"
"Its complicated"
"You're a musician? What do you play?"
"You, uh, done with your drink?"
Yeah it is COMPLICATED!
My friend: "What instrument do you play?"
Me: "The Glass."
First name Mister, last name Glass
Praise the glass also can u please teach me it's so hard to do
I play the field artillery
i don't think playing them is the hardest part of this... i mean they had to add specific amounts of water to specific sized glasses in order for them to be in tune. an excess of drop could literally make a note sharp. props to them
It's a touch and go situation.
They're actually not quite THAT sensitive. Or I guess it is, but a few drops won't be noticeable to the ear.
You just use a digital tuner (or an app); pour more water until the appropriate glass is in tune. I helped setup a few during special shows using syringe or suction device of some kind to take out water/remove; you can even 'eyeball' most smaller glasses, and just fine tune the last bits.
It is a bit time consuming...most instruments can tune up in a minute (if that), but it takes a good 10-15 minutes at least when you need to tune all the glasses. Fortunately, if you leave it setup and covered you don't typically need to redo it that often.
Actually I think their cups are size tuned, I don't think they used any water at all
In this case, all these glasses are custom made for a specific pitch. They don't need water.
They first tried this outdoors but it started to rain and threw it out of tune... 😆
Nothing can match the beautiful sound of a glass harp. This was a brilliant performance thank you.
Once, a music teacher told me that the musical glasses were not instruments, I told her there were and she kicked me out of the class. I should show her this masterpiece.
ANYTHING can be an instrument!
Ohhh, you sooo need to show her THIS video!!! 😯
Everytime I put my wine glasses away I ding them....and I'm an adult.
Yes that includes Mayonnaise
How did it go?
Let’s be real here. We didn’t find the video. The video found us
Stop
When the student is ready, the video arrives.
Legit
💁
Yes😐
Goes to instrument shop:
“Hello how can I help?”
“I would like 100 glasses of unique size please”
I actually tried to make music with different glasses for a music project once, so I went to a store and just bought a bunch of random glasses and had to awkwardly tap them with a spoon in the store too 😂😂
Yanjun Sun ahhh ouchh
Нам удалось услышать такую же игру вживую. Это был Бал Хризантем прошлой осенью. В Ялте, играл Мужчина. Великолепное звучание🥰💐
Это запись на магнитофоне в корпусе стола 😂
...just one man played?
@@ahashdahnagila6884 у нас в Ялте, мужчина играл вживую на природе. Просто есть люди ищущие везде подвох, видимо по своим личным причинам.
My clumsy self would probably end up knocking over all the glasses
Or the table itself lol
They are glued down by the way
Lol I just commented the same thing
Me too. And I'd get myself soaked in the process. 😝
ooooooh yes, i do like me some fragile dominos 😂😂
Imagine how long it must have taken to get the pitch just right for each glass
Tuning wine glasses isn't too difficult. You just find a tuner and pour in/out water until it's correct
wtf if your pfp
@Domino Hurley For sure! We did a song in choir that required wine glasses for every choir member. Tuning all 60 glasses took up a majority of rehearsal, even with several tuners 😂
_Mom: "Stop playing with your cups."_
*_7 Year Old Me At The Dinner Table:_*
*_Edit: I can't tell if y'all are getting the joke or if you really think I made music with 20 cups._*
20 years later: "and the Grammy for classical music goes to...'.
Night of Wishes Wow I’m surprised you were so musical at such a young age
나: 쨍그랑!
Your the only comment that made me laugh 😂😂
@Nightkit pretty sure they were joking too so r/woooosh to you too.
Wunderschön 💞🕊❤🗽... Danke
The last time I was in Venice, I came across a girl performing this song on glasses of water in a public square. It was beautiful. This one sounds even better, though, but I’m guessing it’s at least in part because they’re in a performance hall and have even more glasses at their disposal. Love that people have these talents!
Nice
Ummm.. its a piece not a song but noice
@@eminaemadi3398 ; - ;
@@eminaemadi3398 most pretentious comment ever
@@johne4757 it’s alright. They’re actually correct. 🙂
Tchaikovsky would be happy hearing this; pretty sure he’d say something like:
“Oh yeah, I actually wrote that piece for crystal glasses.”
Se escucha muy bonita. Muy novedosa.
He probably wouldn’t be happy though. He actually hated this piece.
Cannons, now glasses
My friend: So, what instrument do you play?
Me: It’s complicated...
"Glass harp"
My friend : So, what type of comment do you like ?
Me: It's really not complicated : the original ones
I mean I get the format but seriously it’s just a Glass Harp
My friend: So, what is a comment section
Me: Basically just these stupid fing comments
I stick with the _plica vocalis._ It's like it's a part of me :-D.
The glasses must be glued to the table. Either that or these performers have the most-amazing dexterity and feel. BRAVO!
Fun fact: Most of us didn’t search this up.
but we loved it, thanks to google for recommending
true
I actually did. Someone showed something like this in a video and I had to search it up because it looks and sounds so cool.
I was actually searching for the full song peter played on the wine glasses and came across this, didn’t disappoint 🤙
I totally looked it up on purpose.
This is unbelievable. What a phenomenal rendition, in every aspect.
The dislikes are from the coffee mugs
AHAHAHAH😂😂😂
I lol'd 😆 very clever
Божественная мелодия🙏🙏
Is no one going to talk abt their album being called “GLASSIFIED”
Yes fine i am going to talk about their album called Glassified. I think its a great choice of name that they made with a very funny pun. Indeed i would say the right name for this
@@NOONE-cd4gu yes
We can't.....it's Glassified Information
LOL 🤣 👍👍💚
The human race needs this to counteract the imbalance of chaos in the world
I'm just sad, they didn't finish, where's the other half?
Well said.
Why. My world is great. Sorry yours is not.
Amen to that
We ARE the Chaos, I'd say
Somehow this sounds more magical than the original instruments the piece was designed for
The original instrument for this was glass harmonica which sounds absolutely the same.
@@user-se9nm1tl9l the original instrument is celesta. Which is also much more versatile than this nonsence.
Im STILL mesmerized by this technique. It's breathtakingly Beautiful. 🙏🏻💗💗💗👏🏻
2011: the internet isn’t ready
2012: still, no
2013: not yet
2014: nope
2015: keep them waiting
2016: nope
2017: still no
2018: maybe soon
2019: one more year
2020: okay, the internet I ready
I don’t understand why a single person would dislike this video. I really don’t.
Julius Merlino 🤷🏻♂️
Mouse king
Probably regaeton listeners, way too many notes on this one for them to process
@Julius Merlino
I think there’s a certain percentage of people that simply Dislike every video they watch.
I don't like it. How's that for an explanation?
“Imagination is more important than knowledge.”
Albert Einstein
"Stop quoting me u fkn fgts" - Neil Armstrong
Thats how the G O D did it.
@@mysteriousDSF lmaoooooooo
Because knowledge have limits,imagination doesnt
@Tara Saran
Its because they were creative to use glass cups to play a song,and still make it as beatiful as it would be using a music instrument.
The co-ordination and sheer musical skill between these two performers is astonishing! So very cool! Love and peace.
I spend like a full hour in a restaurant trying to get a wine glass to do the slightest squeak and when I do I'm like "bow down mortals I control the glass".
How the heck do they just slap their hands on the glass and it sings like it's desperate.
It's hella easy to do if you wet your hands, and press down.
Same 😞
@Dawn Ironside I mean I believe I've tried with glass and it works but I'm not too sure. I usually wet a finger and circle it on the rim of the glass.
I can only imagine the amount of time invested to fill each glass with the right amount of water to get that exact note ... Picture perfect !!
They dont fill it with water do they? I thought the notes were different because of the sizes of the glasses
Pitcher perfect.
@@BuffyTheBuffaloSlayer well it depends on each glass really. And yes the amount of water you put in it will also determine the pitch
🔵 Unlike some other glass instruments that you may have seen, these glasses are tuned by the glass blower when they are made and are attached to the table and played dry/empty.
@@kittenmimi5326,
🔵 Unlike some other glass instruments that you may have seen, these glasses are tuned by the glass blower when they are made and are attached to the table and played dry/empty.
And btw,...don't you mean "Pitcher"-perfect?
Let’s be honest, nobody thought it would sound this perfect on a glass instrument
Dont want to be that guy, but the cups shown in the video are made out of crystal, not glass.
@@ctrl_x1770 ohhh i didn't know! ty for telling me :)
WOW! Note the size of the glasses, how full, and arranged from tallest to smallest. Amazing!
Wow, I just got this in my recommended and..... and..... I Am _NOT_ disappointed!
*THIS IS AWESOME!!!!*
SAME 🙋
same and this is incredible
Same
Haha, me too.
The ethereal charm of this instrument is perfect for this music.
Mom: “You kids don’t do anything go do the dishes”
My brother and I: “Ok”
Us:
no _no huh?
@Akina Remer coz is short for because in typing
@Akina Remer u2
This is unbelievably beautiful
Let’s face it: nobody looked this up.
MattChoy YT Lol you’d be right!!
@@camday2043 i searched this
True!
😂
I did
The timbre is surprisingly similar to the Celeste.
Yes
Let’s be real... Nobody searched this but everyone clicked, everyone watched and everyone liked
I searched it! My husband had never heard of this
Alexis Blair I’d be willing to bet you didn’t first find this by searching specifically for it
I just searched up music on glasses
Bob Bob whatever you gotta tell yourself to sleep at night
I watched one of sp0ntanius' videos and that made me search it up.
This moved me to tears. One of my absolute favorite songs, and definitely my favorite Christmas song! Stunning!
I just realized, this thing must go out of tune faster when it's hot.
Part of the tune is based on the speed they move their fingers.
Not just hot the vibration causes the water to vaporize faster as well
@@OffGridInvestor Link Knight I do singing bowls... The speed of your finger doesn't change the note. The speed of your finger needs to be precise and fairly exact to produce any sound at all. If you change speed or pressure, it just gets quiet.
Tibetan-style singing bowls and traditional glass armonicas don't use water except to moisten your fingertips, so a glass harp probably also doesn't use water. We use water to change to pitch of identical wine glasses when doing this as a parlour trick but these glasses are all different sizes so they are probably tuned during manufacturer.
Of all the instruments that have ever been invented, this one probably takes the longest to go out of tune.
isn;t that the case for most instruments
Yea but this one goes out of tuner faster coz the water evaporates
I wonder why 774 people clicked on the thumbs-down? It's such a beautiful sounding piece of music. And skillfully played!
There will always be haters for no reason. They dont deserve simple beauty like this piece will the tools being used.
Now 925!
Those people are called morons!
because of the girls ridiculously raised collar is my guess
Sometimes it happens by accident
As someone who was *_obsessed_* at age 12 with trying to make every glass I could get my hands on ring, I'd love to know how these two produce the tones so quickly. The vibration usually takes a moment to get going and produce the sound. These two are wizards!
BTW, 1:31 is just magical.
I think that they play it with their fingers slightly wet also? But i am not sure...
That is utterly amazing! I love the Nutcracker Suite! Never heard a part of it played on glasses before. Wow!
*Someone comes on stage
“Man I’m thirsty!”
*drinks various cups of water, ruining the instrument
Audience gasps
FloatingCookie
mental fat man *insert*
*rams belly into table*
*eats glasses and drinks water*
*gets fatter*
#misscongeniality
Just like in 'Ms. Congeniality'?
They're attached to the board.
It sounds quite magical. And when recorded, the glasses produce such a clean, perfect sine wave in waveform. I've never seen anything quite like it.
Simply beautiful, or should I say beautifully complicated, hard to describe the wonder I felt. Martin Adelaide australia
Love your comment, but the timbre of a perfect sine wave is different. It's closer to timbre of a clarinet, but not the same. Perfect sine wave timbre is also closer to the lead instrument in the old Doctor Who theme music.
forestsoceansmusic agree
@@Fyodor48 Ta bro.
“So, what instrument do you play?”
“It’s complicated.”
“Just let me set up”
*Four hours of pouring water into glasses later*
@@matthewfreckelton2481 lmaooo
I'm just wondering who figured out that this is a thing...
Fabulous. Didn’t want it to end even though I knew it was coming.. what a treat. Thank you.
How in the world do they get such accurate articulations on those things? Is it bad that's what I found most impressive?
+Dr. Narwhal
Performance time: 2min 30s
Practice time: 200 days, 30 hours... (well, you get the idea :) )
+ZeHoSmusician Who told you it was 200 days?
+ZeHoSmusician lol...just 200 days.?..lol...
Ancelin Gaee
Probably closer to 2000... :)
+Dr. Narwhal My guess is that they figured out which glasses make which notes and then just did it according to the sheet music.
Look man I think the RUclips algorithm gets too much shit sometimes. This, for example, is exactly the type of random video I wanna watch
agreed
What an amazing new way, for me to hear the Sugar Plum Fairy, played by hands on glasses, filled with water, to give out this delightful, unheard off before, "Glass Harp" sound. How very clever and inventive of you both, and I adored it! Bravo, do carry on please with your extraordinary hard work. Chilling! Thank you.
I've seen this before but ever get tired of watching it. It is truly brilliant and I love the Sugar Plum Fairy music too!
Catherine Blair I don't think there is water in them actually. I think their different sizes gives them a different sound. They normally fill them with water if they are glasses of the same size. The water acts as a dampener, this allows you to adjust the height of the part of the glass that is resonating and this gives you a different sound.
Using glasses with pre tuned notes is more accurate as relying on water can be tricky, it evaporates, moves and would be difficult to get the right amount in the glass to tune it perfectly. Pre tuned glasses are a set and forget option and is quicker to set-up.
Just a FYI for everyone as I think the science behind it pretty cool.
+Catherine Blair they didnt invent the glass harp lol it has been around since 1741. Tchaikovsky wanted the Dance of the Suger Plum Fairy to have the sound of water drops which is why he wrote it for the Celesta. The glass harp sounds a lot like a celesta so it is a great choice.
+Catherine Blair For a real thrill,look up"glass organ".I believe it was invented by Thomas Edison.
+Michael Henwood I stand corrected,it was also called "glass harmonica" and "Glass harp".Beautiful in any case.