Background music (that I could hear): 00:00 - Beethoven Symphony 3, 3rd mvt 00:35 - Bach Prelude in G major, from Book 2 of the Well Tempered Klavier 01:07 - Mozart Divertimento in D major 01:12 - Brahms Tragic Overture 01:48 - Sibelius Violin Concerto, 1st mvt 02:30 - Sibelius Violin Concerto, 2nd mvt 03:05 - Strauss II The Blue Danube Waltz 03:37 - Boccherini String Quintet in E major, 3rd mvt 03:52 - Holst The Planets suite 04:20 (nice) - Wagner The Ride of the Valkyries 05:32 - Vivaldi Violin Concerto in F major (Autumn from the Four Seasons) 1st mvt 06:14 - Bach Brandenburg Concerto 4, 1st mvt 07:15 - Rachmaninoff Piano Sonata 2 07:43 - Mozart Piano Sonata 16 08:05 - Chopin Prelude in Db major 08:08 - Chopin Etude in G# minor, op 25 no 6 08:10 - Chopin Prelude in Db major 08:12 - Chopin Etude in G# minor, op 25 no 6 08:15 - Chopin Etude in G# minor, op 25 no 6 08:57 - Jordon He/TwosetViolin Prelude
It is so good to see that there are other people who aren't discouraged to start learning an instrument when they're older. I'm a teenager, and I just got a violin yesterday, and today I started to learn how to play it. Thank you Twoset for encouraging me to learn a new instrument.
The Piano and Violin have always been two of my favorite instruments. I've always wanted to learn piano, too. But lessons are expensive and buying a piano, even a used one is also super expensive. Maybe by 27 I'll be able to join the piano gang too ^^ Good luck with your violin learning.
Good luck with your violin and welcome to the club of people learning instruments at "older ages" :) Last year I started learning to play the cello at 23 years old, and am still going, hope your journey goes well too!
My mom started to learn cello when she was in 50s and she is still playing it (in her 60s). There is no best age to learn something new. Good luck to you, noah!!
At least that bird isn't savaging them while they play. I have a conure. Its a coinflip whether or not he's going to sit there and listen, or start trying to violently kill me. Been really good practice for jumping octaves and dramatic range changes as I dodge a murderous bird.
“Experts believe we may have evolved to catch other people’s yawns as a way of displaying empathy for one another and deepening those social bonds. So it makes sense that further research discovered that yawns are more contagious the closer you are to someone.”
my CS teacher once started a lesson with "is a piano a string or a percussion instrument?" and then after we'd all said our answers he said, "the correct answer is yes." it was a lesson about truthiness in Python, so I guess it fit.
So fun to see other adults start to learn an instrument too! Started the accordion here about 2 months ago, at age 37. And a big thanks to Brett and Eddy for making me practice every day and making classical music approachable for newcomers!
Have fun with your accordion! I, too, am an adult learner. I came upon Brett and Eddy a couple of years ago, and they were the biggest motivators to get me back to playing my violin! I played for 8 years as a kid, and am now 59. I really love it. I am grateful to TwoSet Violin for sharing their love of classical music in a fun way. They always make me smile!
Some more sACriLeGioUs books: Rachmaninoff: Book for Beginner Pianists with small hands Paganini: Book for Beginner Violinists with small hands Beethoven, Mozart, Bach, Stravinsky, Mahler, Debussy, Messiaen, Shostakovich, Schoenberg, Purcell, Handel, Rameau, Scarlatti, Rossini, Verdi, Bizet, Strauss, Puccini, Grieg, Brahms, Vivaldi, Tchaikovsky, Haydn, Schumann Schubert, Mendelssohn, Sorabji, Wagner, Scriabin: Book for pop musicians who know only two chord progression
Liszt easy piano? YEAH! EASY! They mean : - EASY to break your fingers through the piano, - EASY to break your sanity through the piano, - as EASY as fighting a Tyranosaurs with nunchucks, - etc
Dear TwoSet, thank you so very much for making classical music popular again! I have been watching for years now. As a classical wind musician who just earned his bachelors in music performance (bassoon) I enjoy every video! Looking forward to whatever the 4 million subscriber concerto/sonata will be!
@@veronicachow thank you! It was a long journey but so worth it! Being able to perform is a bit difficult with the pandemic. Looking forward to when things improve one day. It’s not perfect yet but I do enjoy going to rehearsals once a week again with a local orchestra. It has been fun being able to perform again after not being able to do so for 7 months now.
Am I the only one who doesn’t play an instrument (and is confused half the time of what they’re talking about), but watches just for Brett and Eddy (idk I just like their personalities and their dynamic).
They're really magnetic personalities and loads of fun to watch shoot the shit together. But playing brings a new level of appreciation to their comedy, especially if you play in group settings.
pro-tip: You don't need to stay at a low level for a long time; that's for like 4-5 year olds who can't hold their attention. You can probably realistically start at level 7-8 in softer places (like Canada, RCME) or 4-6 in harder places and just save a lot of time without sacrificing much
I used to win rock paper scissors every time against my husband when I noticed he always threw rock first. It went on for years! I guess I blew it though...he realized something fishy was going on when I would win EVERY SINGLE TIME and I would have the exact same reaction to my win 😫
they say the closer two people are, the more contagious their laugh can be for the other. maybe they are just so close that even the very fake yawn caused eddy to actually yawn.
I think nowadays the piano is often classified in the category of "keyboard instrument," including things like the organ, the harpsichord, etc. After all, we don't tend to say that the organ is a woodwind
haha aww, that first one reminds me of my bird, she sadly died, but she used to sing when i would practice my violin and piano, it got kinda annoying somtimes but it was funny how she would get louder as i got louder lol. And she would sit on my shoulder :) love you guys! keep up the great work :)
@@History_In_The_Making If you got through the first cadenza, you're all set for the entire piece in my opinion. The difficulty in that Animato section is projecting the melody over the broken chords. Timing and evenness issues can be fixed with a metronome.
@@History_In_The_Making No problem. What I suggested was what I thought was difficult with that particular section. Difficulty is quite subjective in this piece.
A friend of mine who plays piano (really well!) says it's percussion and I do not agree. We were actually "comparing notes" and trying to prove why it's a string or percussion instrument. "The hammers hit the string, so it's percussion." "But it's the strings that are making the sound. So technically it's strings." "You don't pluck the strings, you press the keys." "Oh, so anything that you press is percussion?" Seriously, we were ready to debate about it for hours, but his younger brother stopped us from going any further. "Let's just call it the keyboard section, okay." What do y'all think? - Ana
@@thairinkhudr4259 Well, wouldn't it have been in Strings b/c of the Harpsichord? That is classified as Strings, I believe. And the Piano/pianoforte -- "clavicembalo col piano e forte" (loosely translated to "the strong and quiet keyboard instrument." Literally, a "harpsichord that can play soft and loud noises") -- came from the harpsichord. Correct me if I'm wrong. - Ana
The problem is this notion that everything needs to fit neatly into one of these categories, which are pretty arbitrary. A lot of people get really hung up on what they learned in grade school music class, it seems.
Why can't be both? I mean, if you slap the bass or the guitar that doesn't mean it's percussion, but if the guitar had a hammer to make the strings vibrate and it was part of the instrument itself, then it could be Percussion and Strings, because the sound is made when the strings are hit Also it is just a way to classify the instruments according to how the sound is made, if something uses air to move strings that would be both.
i jsut started learning piano 8 months ago at the age of 37, i stumbled on your videos and now practice 40 hours a day just like LingLing thanks for the push
I love that bird! My rabbits always fall asleep during my ballet class because they love the music. One gets super excited when I move the laptop to where I set it for dance , like, "it's time, it's time!"
Brett talking about 4 against 3: "it's really hard actually." Me who has been practicing it for 2 weeks and still feel like it's wrong every time: "thank you that helps 🥺🥺"
@@aliceko4695 I learned it a lot earlier / find it generally much easier than the Impromptu, but it does have those 5s. And really threw me off for a while!!
On the subject of small hands: I'm glad you mentioned that hand span is also important. As a small-handed guitar and piano player, I've often been told I must struggle with power chords (guitar) and reaching across more than three keys on a piano. When I demonstrate that I can play stretchier-chords, people are genuinely shocked and warn me against injuring myself 😂 Edit: Not that I'll be playing Rachmaninoff or Paganinianytime soon!
@@magalydegollado8659 Do you play acoustic and/or electric guitar? I started out on the former, but switched to electric as it's much more comfortable for smaller hands. Which chords are you finding the hardest?!
@@magalydegollado8659 Barre chords are amongst the 'nightmare chords' for We, The Small-handed-and-fingered, particularly when it comes to playing them on acoustic and classical guitars. With stubborness and determination, and some luck, they are possible to play. At first my fingers just struggled to get into position, but with practice (read: stress, frustration - haha), I was able to play them (up until the 8th fret only). I still have off-days when I can't produce a buzz-free barre chord! How long have you been playing guitar? I found analysing my technique (reducing shoulder to finger tension), changing the angle I hold my guitar, my arm, wrist and my left hand made barre chords a *little easier/more comfortable. Regarding finger strength, it will come with Lingling's favourite word, practice - gentle practice, i.e. building up the time you spend practicing, but possibly starting out with a much shorter practice time than 40 hours XD I'll send you positive thoughts, so you'll have some barre-chord success! (Sorry for the lengthy post. Sometimes I say a little in a million characters!)
Im coming on 12 years, but I will (ashamedly) admit that plateaued around year 5-6 I've kept it up, but I shy away from anything too advanced because I don't want to suck, lol I will say though, Twoset has motivated me to practice more advanced pieces, but its a slow climb
There are pieces that bow the piano I think, if i recall correctly Henry Cowel's "The Banshee" has bowed parts? Correct me if I'm wrong. Also Piano Guys in "What Makes You Beautiful" bowed the piano strings. It sounds like a very long, muted version of the plucking
5:59 Liszt did compose rather "easy" pieces in his 60s or later (especially in 1880s), however... although it may look easy, the music itself is sometimes hard to understand (e.g. Bagatelle Without Tonality).
They used prelude at the end, is this a sign? 🤔 *_Petition for Twoset to give us a hint, What is this the prelude to? Are we having a full composition?_*
the other week my piano teacher gave me a load of free music (hell yeah!!!) and was like 'out of all my students you're the only one who i think will be able to play these' and like, im honoured but theres no way im playing liszt concert studies or rachmaninoff sonata no 1 any time soon
I’m getting tickets to the virtual world tour for my next purchase 😄 thank you guys for always making videos that bridge different kinds of nerds together and show people that classical music isn’t just for stuffy old folks!
Yes! Not just for...what did Sharon Osborne (America's Got Talent) say - "greasy old men" ... But what do you expect from the wife of the 72 year old Prince of Darkness?
@6:16 - in case anyone here is wondering, the modes in this meme all have the same key signature (no sharps or flats) but start on different notes. (For example: Playing a scale from g to g with all white keys gives you g mixolydian.)
I'm learning a Liszt piece right now and I started to keep track of minor wrist/finger injuries or forearm strain. the tallies are more than I thought they would be.
For the violinists that can't relate to how sacrilegious that book is, think of that nonexistent book "Violin Beginners: Learn Paganini's 24 Caprices in 24 Hours"
I know you guys miss touring but I really appreciate the fact that you're doing a virtual one this time. I've been wanting to go to one of your tours for so long but couldn't because it would be way to expensive and hard to get to. Thank you for being so flexible and doing something I've never seen before!
Yooooo i've been watching twoset since last month, and recently got addicted to Fantasia album :D Then i realised at 9:00 there's Prelude as the backsong(or piece?) and this video was in 2021 omg-
Ps : bcs im still new becoming twosetter, i just realised they already made Prelude since mid (iirc) 2020, but those audio was like still raw/not complete yet, so im guessing the one they use in here already the final one
Me at age 34, started learning about music that I skipped in school (due to getting bullied). Feels like I'm learning music theory in reverse order though (Using RUclips). My order: first learned Computers, then Programming (Visual Studio)->Drawing/Colors (GIMP)->3D Modelling (Blender)->Photography/Lighting->Recording/Editing (Blender)->Music (from manually Copying notes from Sheets using MuseScore 3)->LMMS (Tempo, notes more music mixing)-> And finally a Midi keyboard to learn piano, where I am currently, waiting for the Midi keyboard I ordered yesterday. All this just so I can do every step in a game myself (life goal since childhood), such a mind-blowing mess to remember.
Piano teacher here, the adult all in one course (available on amazon) is what i use for my adult beginners and i will die recommending it. It is SO GOOD
7:20 as a pianist who in the beginning (when I started to learn around my 18s) and had long nails at yhe moments and Didin't wanted to cut them and performed two pieces like that, yes you can play with long nails but its not recommended l, your nails can go stocked in the spaces between the keys and the strength is not the same. about the long of the fingers, yesbiabgood to have them very long but is rigth if you jand is unproportional that will be a problem, I have that problem as well I have long fingers (not that long as the girl in the photo) but my pinky is way to low compared with the other fingers and that has been a problem with instruments like the chello (yes i was also learning that one) and even the piano sometimes, make things like keeping the proper technic very hard l, and teachers get upset about the one that is starting piano at 27 is never too late!! good luck!! actually when you are older some stuff are quicker, i had class mates the twice my age and more, and I leave the pieno for some years and lost pretty much all my ability and im starting from almost cero again with 27 as well, dont give up dudee!! you can do it!!
The Liszt one got me loling. xD Also, birds are amazing... there was a mockingbird outside the window once when I was listening to Liszt and it was singing along with it in time and everything (it was so intensely satisfying).
5:59 I haven't seen this book but it may actually not be a bait as it could contain easy pieces since liszt did compose easy pieces throughout his later years, pieces like "La Clochette Sonne", "Nuages Gris", "Sancta Dorothea", "La lugubre Gondola", "En reve", and "Abschied"(Not the Schubert Transcription) He composed over a thousand pieces and numerous pieces are still underrated or rarely played. I still don't know why some people think his Liebestraum no.3 is his easiest when the first two are easier and more of his pieces out there are even better.
If they do get a bird, I hope it's called Wing Wing.
YESSSSS
Up!
Omg yes the petition for this starts now!!!
Signed
AAAAAA Y E S
Never realized that Brett always wins at Rock, Paper, Scissor until that compilation
Hi the guy that is pretty much everywhere
I've meet you again for the 8th time today
Game theory
ok
How the heck are you aways gettin noticed
Judging by the title, I, as a pianist, I’m dead inside.
Same
Agree
me
Same
Im not a pianist but im also dead inside :)
I'm finished practicing, I deserve to watch twoset.
nobody is ever finished practicing.
never ever.
ling ling tech
Did you already practice 40 hours?
No fucking way
Bret and Eddy going nuts over figuring out their scissor, paper, rock habits just made my day. 😂
brett's laugh at 4:29 😂
Honestly it just gave me such Sam and Dean vibes
Background music (that I could hear):
00:00 - Beethoven Symphony 3, 3rd mvt
00:35 - Bach Prelude in G major, from Book 2 of the Well Tempered Klavier
01:07 - Mozart Divertimento in D major
01:12 - Brahms Tragic Overture
01:48 - Sibelius Violin Concerto, 1st mvt
02:30 - Sibelius Violin Concerto, 2nd mvt
03:05 - Strauss II The Blue Danube Waltz
03:37 - Boccherini String Quintet in E major, 3rd mvt
03:52 - Holst The Planets suite
04:20 (nice) - Wagner The Ride of the Valkyries
05:32 - Vivaldi Violin Concerto in F major (Autumn from the Four Seasons) 1st mvt
06:14 - Bach Brandenburg Concerto 4, 1st mvt
07:15 - Rachmaninoff Piano Sonata 2
07:43 - Mozart Piano Sonata 16
08:05 - Chopin Prelude in Db major
08:08 - Chopin Etude in G# minor, op 25 no 6
08:10 - Chopin Prelude in Db major
08:12 - Chopin Etude in G# minor, op 25 no 6
08:15 - Chopin Etude in G# minor, op 25 no 6
08:57 - Jordon He/TwosetViolin Prelude
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!😩😩😩😩😩😩please do this more often my lord 🛐🛐
Never knew i needed this compilation. Thank you! More of these please if its alright 😊
The hero we need
Dam. Ty
Thank you so much!!
It is so good to see that there are other people who aren't discouraged to start learning an instrument when they're older. I'm a teenager, and I just got a violin yesterday, and today I started to learn how to play it. Thank you Twoset for encouraging me to learn a new instrument.
The Piano and Violin have always been two of my favorite instruments. I've always wanted to learn piano, too. But lessons are expensive and buying a piano, even a used one is also super expensive. Maybe by 27 I'll be able to join the piano gang too ^^ Good luck with your violin learning.
Good luck with your violin and welcome to the club of people learning instruments at "older ages" :)
Last year I started learning to play the cello at 23 years old, and am still going, hope your journey goes well too!
@@floralcat7328 and @Mangofretchen Thank you so much for the encouraging replies. I really appreciate it!
My mom started to learn cello when she was in 50s and she is still playing it (in her 60s). There is no best age to learn something new. Good luck to you, noah!!
viola players sobbing
Finally y'all admitted it. The piano is in its league of its own ;)
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edit 200th like
Yes
a nice way to say alone lol
At least that bird isn't savaging them while they play. I have a conure. Its a coinflip whether or not he's going to sit there and listen, or start trying to violently kill me. Been really good practice for jumping octaves and dramatic range changes as I dodge a murderous bird.
This is hilarious😂
“Experts believe we may have evolved to catch other people’s yawns as a way of displaying empathy for one another and deepening those social bonds. So it makes sense that further research discovered that yawns are more contagious the closer you are to someone.”
I’m empathetic enough to yawn just seeing the word, even when I try not to😂
Am I the only one who doesn't yawn when others do?!😅
@@dev3403 gee, we must be psychopaths
Me in the math class:
Me in class: *tries to focus*
Two set: 🌝
I CANT RESIST
Tha emoji is lookin different
the emoji looks like twoset looking psychotic and them making us watch the new video instead of practicing 😃👍
@@scaraphia LMAO SORRY it looks like a “hehe” emoji on iPhone 😭😭 dang I didn’t think bout that 😂
@@walshar2705 ^
my CS teacher once started a lesson with "is a piano a string or a percussion instrument?" and then after we'd all said our answers he said, "the correct answer is yes." it was a lesson about truthiness in Python, so I guess it fit.
What kind of counter strike you are playing?
@@Heikki_Virtanen I can't tell if this is sarcasm or you truely thought CS in context is counter strike...
antivirus
since then, every time you talk to normies, you always say "hey, do you guys want to go to mcdonalds XOR starbucks?"
So fun to see other adults start to learn an instrument too! Started the accordion here about 2 months ago, at age 37. And a big thanks to Brett and Eddy for making me practice every day and making classical music approachable for newcomers!
Have fun with your accordion! I, too, am an adult learner. I came upon Brett and Eddy a couple of years ago, and they were the biggest motivators to get me back to playing my violin! I played for 8 years as a kid, and am now 59. I really love it. I am grateful to TwoSet Violin for sharing their love of classical music in a fun way. They always make me smile!
Joining Piano Gang at almost 25 now. Tried to learn at 19, but didn't have one to practice with at home in between lessons. Good luck to both of you
Some more sACriLeGioUs books:
Rachmaninoff: Book for Beginner Pianists with small hands
Paganini: Book for Beginner Violinists with small hands
Beethoven, Mozart, Bach, Stravinsky, Mahler, Debussy, Messiaen, Shostakovich, Schoenberg, Purcell, Handel, Rameau, Scarlatti, Rossini, Verdi, Bizet, Strauss, Puccini, Grieg, Brahms, Vivaldi, Tchaikovsky, Haydn, Schumann Schubert, Mendelssohn, Sorabji, Wagner, Scriabin:
Book for pop musicians who know only two chord progression
that last line got me, take my like good sir.
Most (but not all) popmusic: book for learning instrument on tiktok! it just makes sense!
Yay sorabji
@@jethrosamuel3221 Thank you, sir
@@wilh3lmmusic Yes, he is my favourite composer too
Liszt easy piano? YEAH! EASY!
They mean :
- EASY to break your fingers through the piano,
- EASY to break your sanity through the piano,
- as EASY as fighting a Tyranosaurs with nunchucks,
- etc
Easy to break your sanity lol
Liszt makes me insane XD
Exactly- Easy
Brett: "Doing hands together is hard."
Pianists: *deranged screaming*
Sidenote on the topic of piano: The International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition is ending today! Come and watch these genius musicians perform 😊
Yes! Come for different improvisations of Chopin concerto in E minor :D
9 ways of improvisations
its like playing f minor causes them money
AYYEEEEE!! i'm rooting for sorita, armellini, and kobayashi :D
@@vorufusan5787 sorita and armellini for suuure
Only if your profile picture is playing the Ballades 😂
Dear TwoSet, thank you so very much for making classical music popular again! I have been watching for years now. As a classical wind musician who just earned his bachelors in music performance (bassoon) I enjoy every video! Looking forward to whatever the 4 million subscriber concerto/sonata will be!
Same
Brett is going to play Mendelsohn VC I believe…
@@susanbryant6516 I love that concerto! I’ve played it before!
Wow congrats!! So happy for u~
@@veronicachow thank you! It was a long journey but so worth it! Being able to perform is a bit difficult with the pandemic. Looking forward to when things improve one day. It’s not perfect yet but I do enjoy going to rehearsals once a week again with a local orchestra. It has been fun being able to perform again after not being able to do so for 7 months now.
Am I the only one who doesn’t play an instrument (and is confused half the time of what they’re talking about), but watches just for Brett and Eddy (idk I just like their personalities and their dynamic).
there are a ton, i watched them before i play one
Same here
You are not alone in that 😂
Their*
They're really magnetic personalities and loads of fun to watch shoot the shit together. But playing brings a new level of appreciation to their comedy, especially if you play in group settings.
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AND 👏 SOME👏TIME👏OFF
I joined the piano gang when I was 28. It's been two years and I can play grade 2 pieces. Slow and steady progress gets the win.
Congrats! Keep going :)
That's amazing! Are you learning by yourself? I've been teaching my mom and she's at grade 2 as well (:
@@dianabanana7394 I have a teacher :)
@@youidiotbleh that's great! You got this 💪🎹🎶
pro-tip: You don't need to stay at a low level for a long time; that's for like 4-5 year olds who can't hold their attention.
You can probably realistically start at level 7-8 in softer places (like Canada, RCME) or 4-6 in harder places and just save a lot of time without sacrificing much
Bruh is it just me or does Eddy's hair actually look more contained today?
Nah, it's not just you, I feel that too.
I used to win rock paper scissors every time against my husband when I noticed he always threw rock first. It went on for years! I guess I blew it though...he realized something fishy was going on when I would win EVERY SINGLE TIME and I would have the exact same reaction to my win 😫
they say the closer two people are, the more contagious their laugh can be for the other. maybe they are just so close that even the very fake yawn caused eddy to actually yawn.
As a percussionist, it was funny hearing Eddy and Brett talking about polyrhythms
I love how Brett lost it at the scissors paper rock post🤣🤣🤣🤣
I think nowadays the piano is often classified in the category of "keyboard instrument," including things like the organ, the harpsichord, etc. After all, we don't tend to say that the organ is a woodwind
5:46 rip editorsan 🥲
haha aww, that first one reminds me of my bird, she sadly died, but she used to sing when i would practice my violin and piano, it got kinda annoying somtimes but it was funny how she would get louder as i got louder lol. And she would sit on my shoulder :) love you guys! keep up the great work :)
As a person still struggling with liebestraum, that liszt easy piano book thingy killed me
Looks like we're in the same boat. That 2nd cadenza is freaking killing me!
@@PianoDawg1620 I'm already struggling with the piu animato con passione part
@@History_In_The_Making If you got through the first cadenza, you're all set for the entire piece in my opinion. The difficulty in that Animato section is projecting the melody over the broken chords. Timing and evenness issues can be fixed with a metronome.
@@PianoDawg1620 Thanks for the advice! 😄
@@History_In_The_Making No problem. What I suggested was what I thought was difficult with that particular section. Difficulty is quite subjective in this piece.
7:45 I'm joining the violin gang at 27! 😆😆😆
A friend of mine who plays piano (really well!) says it's percussion and I do not agree. We were actually "comparing notes" and trying to prove why it's a string or percussion instrument.
"The hammers hit the string, so it's percussion."
"But it's the strings that are making the sound. So technically it's strings."
"You don't pluck the strings, you press the keys."
"Oh, so anything that you press is percussion?"
Seriously, we were ready to debate about it for hours, but his younger brother stopped us from going any further.
"Let's just call it the keyboard section, okay."
What do y'all think?
- Ana
Keyboard?
But... It's percussion??!
@@thairinkhudr4259 Well, wouldn't it have been in Strings b/c of the Harpsichord? That is classified as Strings, I believe. And the Piano/pianoforte -- "clavicembalo col piano e forte" (loosely translated to "the strong and quiet keyboard instrument." Literally, a "harpsichord that can play soft and loud noises") -- came from the harpsichord. Correct me if I'm wrong.
- Ana
The problem is this notion that everything needs to fit neatly into one of these categories, which are pretty arbitrary. A lot of people get really hung up on what they learned in grade school music class, it seems.
Why can't be both?
I mean, if you slap the bass or the guitar that doesn't mean it's percussion, but if the guitar had a hammer to make the strings vibrate and it was part of the instrument itself, then it could be Percussion and Strings, because the sound is made when the strings are hit
Also it is just a way to classify the instruments according to how the sound is made, if something uses air to move strings that would be both.
i jsut started learning piano 8 months ago at the age of 37, i stumbled on your videos and now practice 40 hours a day just like LingLing thanks for the push
5:46 editor-san, we will free you from the basement
I love that bird! My rabbits always fall asleep during my ballet class because they love the music. One gets super excited when I move the laptop to where I set it for dance , like, "it's time, it's time!"
Brett talking about 4 against 3: "it's really hard actually." Me who has been practicing it for 2 weeks and still feel like it's wrong every time: "thank you that helps 🥺🥺"
I been practicing Fantasie Impromptu coming up two years, and still messing up either the 4s or the 3s when I'm focusing on the other hand.
4 against 3 is ok, but 5 against 4-NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
@@aliceko4695 Grieg "Wedding day at Trollthaugen"
@@veronicaredeemed omg
@@aliceko4695 I learned it a lot earlier / find it generally much easier than the Impromptu, but it does have those 5s. And really threw me off for a while!!
Eddy tidying his hair is sooooo cuuuute
Liszt-easy, for beginners.
Piano gang: *LET’S GET ‘EM*
I'm a pianist, and the title made my soul like Brett's deadpan face for eternity, life is so much more depressing.
On the subject of small hands: I'm glad you mentioned that hand span is also important. As a small-handed guitar and piano player, I've often been told I must struggle with power chords (guitar) and reaching across more than three keys on a piano. When I demonstrate that I can play stretchier-chords, people are genuinely shocked and warn me against injuring myself 😂 Edit: Not that I'll be playing Rachmaninoff or Paganinianytime soon!
Me! Small hand guitar gang and I'm STRUGGLING OMFG
@@magalydegollado8659 Do you play acoustic and/or electric guitar? I started out on the former, but switched to electric as it's much more comfortable for smaller hands. Which chords are you finding the hardest?!
I play acoustic, and really any time I have to bar my fingers, lmao
I have tiny hands and what feels like no finger strength
@@magalydegollado8659 Barre chords are amongst the 'nightmare chords' for We, The Small-handed-and-fingered, particularly when it comes to playing them on acoustic and classical guitars. With stubborness and determination, and some luck, they are possible to play. At first my fingers just struggled to get into position, but with practice (read: stress, frustration - haha), I was able to play them (up until the 8th fret only). I still have off-days when I can't produce a buzz-free barre chord!
How long have you been playing guitar? I found analysing my technique (reducing shoulder to finger tension), changing the angle I hold my guitar, my arm, wrist and my left hand made barre chords a *little easier/more comfortable. Regarding finger strength, it will come with Lingling's favourite word, practice - gentle practice, i.e. building up the time you spend practicing, but possibly starting out with a much shorter practice time than 40 hours XD
I'll send you positive thoughts, so you'll have some barre-chord success!
(Sorry for the lengthy post. Sometimes I say a little in a million characters!)
Im coming on 12 years, but I will (ashamedly) admit that plateaued around year 5-6
I've kept it up, but I shy away from anything too advanced because I don't want to suck, lol
I will say though, Twoset has motivated me to practice more advanced pieces, but its a slow climb
I'm wondering if they conciously put the beethoven music sheet at the back to show that they just stopped practicing to read some reddit contents
🤣🤣🤣
I think it's just there. I mean, there's always music out around my house, it's nothing special.
Georgia doesn’t actually make a lot of peaches and it isn’t our biggest industry.
It's crazy the amount of power Brett and Eddy have over us with just a yawn... I know 99% of us also yawned when they did at the end!
Technically, the piano is a struck chordophone.
Dont do that 😖😅
There are pieces that bow the piano I think, if i recall correctly Henry Cowel's "The Banshee" has bowed parts? Correct me if I'm wrong. Also Piano Guys in "What Makes You Beautiful" bowed the piano strings. It sounds like a very long, muted version of the plucking
Yes! Also in "Angels we have heard on high". In The Banshee I don't know what is that...
That was very wholesome guys! Thank you, just what I needed before I go practice
5:59 Liszt did compose rather "easy" pieces in his 60s or later (especially in 1880s), however... although it may look easy, the music itself is sometimes hard to understand (e.g. Bagatelle Without Tonality).
the last sentence sounds liek something watchmojo would say
watch the watchmojo videos on this channel
They used prelude at the end, is this a sign? 🤔
*_Petition for Twoset to give us a hint, What is this the prelude to? Are we having a full composition?_*
the other week my piano teacher gave me a load of free music (hell yeah!!!) and was like 'out of all my students you're the only one who i think will be able to play these' and like, im honoured but theres no way im playing liszt concert studies or rachmaninoff sonata no 1 any time soon
5:32 omg that's my meme. Omg That's my Meme. OH MY FUGING GOD THAT'S MY MEME. I was not expecting that at all what dueyhdgshaa 😭
yawn
Yo your channel is popping off. Deserved.
Eddy that middle part looks amazing on you! Pls do that more often
7:20
My right hand that struggles with octaves on the piano: **cries**
I’m getting tickets to the virtual world tour for my next purchase 😄 thank you guys for always making videos that bridge different kinds of nerds together and show people that classical music isn’t just for stuffy old folks!
Yes! Not just for...what did Sharon Osborne (America's Got Talent) say - "greasy old men" ... But what do you expect from the wife of the 72 year old
Prince of Darkness?
@6:16 - in case anyone here is wondering, the modes in this meme all have the same key signature (no sharps or flats) but start on different notes. (For example: Playing a scale from g to g with all white keys gives you g mixolydian.)
I'm learning a Liszt piece right now and I started to keep track of minor wrist/finger injuries or forearm strain. the tallies are more than I thought they would be.
that bird is the cutest thing I've seen all week.
"i gave my peaches from.. Georgia [clutches heart dramatically]"
As someone learning Liszt's Consolation No 3, polyrhythms have emotionally scarred me.
I literally yawned after Eddy
Same lol
I yawned looking at this comment lmao
3:24 we all know what Eddy was thinking of....👀
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Awww, bless. Brett & Eddy have to share polyrhythms to be able to complete them.
(Laughs in Piano Gang)
4:15 eddy with center parting >>>>>>>>
Brett’s laugh at 4:28 🥰🥰🥰
Another great LingLing40Hours. I appreciated a bit of Prelude at the end too
For the violinists that can't relate to how sacrilegious that book is, think of that nonexistent book "Violin Beginners: Learn Paganini's 24 Caprices in 24 Hours"
I know you guys miss touring but I really appreciate the fact that you're doing a virtual one this time. I've been wanting to go to one of your tours for so long but couldn't because it would be way to expensive and hard to get to. Thank you for being so flexible and doing something I've never seen before!
I'm cuted badly by Brett's hiccup. And the PRELUDE!!! Show my respect to editorsan.
Before knowing of TwoSet, I actually knew a masters violin student called Ling Ling, and was so confused that everyone knew them LOL
prelude as bg music huhu 💙 hope to see you guys post a video of playing it together one day.
"Brett and Eddy when I ask for time off"
- Editor-San 2021
4:17 editor-san is ruthless 😂
Now let's talk about:
Ling Ling - Easy Violin. 🎻🎻
Yooooo i've been watching twoset since last month, and recently got addicted to Fantasia album :D Then i realised at 9:00 there's Prelude as the backsong(or piece?) and this video was in 2021 omg-
Ps : bcs im still new becoming twosetter, i just realised they already made Prelude since mid (iirc) 2020, but those audio was like still raw/not complete yet, so im guessing the one they use in here already the final one
Me at age 34, started learning about music that I skipped in school (due to getting bullied). Feels like I'm learning music theory in reverse order though (Using RUclips).
My order: first learned Computers, then Programming (Visual Studio)->Drawing/Colors (GIMP)->3D Modelling (Blender)->Photography/Lighting->Recording/Editing (Blender)->Music (from manually Copying notes from Sheets using MuseScore 3)->LMMS (Tempo, notes more music mixing)-> And finally a Midi keyboard to learn piano, where I am currently, waiting for the Midi keyboard I ordered yesterday.
All this just so I can do every step in a game myself (life goal since childhood), such a mind-blowing mess to remember.
Now that Brett and Eddy are aware, their Rock, Paper, Scissor will never be the same again...
or not.
Just found this vid in my notifications right after I finished my (40 hour) violin practice :D
I just had a mental breakdown, but im fine now thanks to you guys!!
As a piano player and enthusiast I'm always happy when they mention the piano they usually have some nice things to say about it 🥰
yawning is so weirdly contagious i yawned every time the word yawn came up and every time brett or eddy yawned
(i yawned again typing this comment 😂
I yawned reading your comment XD
Piano teacher here, the adult all in one course (available on amazon) is what i use for my adult beginners and i will die recommending it.
It is SO GOOD
2:35 oh wow, I would've loved to watch Eddy's lesson with Hilary 😊 if only they recorded it
Hi, Brett & Eddy! I really enjoyed hearing your own music played during the outro. It is so lovely. 🥰🥰🎼🎵🎶🎻🎻
Maybe there are some oversimplified versions of Liszt pieces in that book
Playing raindrop prelude followed by etude op 10 no 4 is the epitome of chopin's spectrum of both difficulty and mood
I don’t even play piano. I’m not a classically trained musician either.
But goddamn because I watch Twoset, that thumbnail cracked me up real hard LOL
Just joined the ling ling 40 hours gang, 3 yrs piano so far these vids are super encouraging
The prelude at the end 😭❤️
btw, the music you hear around 4:00 is Holst's Planets!
Chopin laughs at your 4:3 polyrhythms and raises you 7:6
We have cockatiels like that one in the beginning, they love music so much
8:15
ayyyyyy that's my post
7:20 as a pianist who in the beginning (when I started to learn around my 18s) and had long nails at yhe moments and Didin't wanted to cut them and performed two pieces like that, yes you can play with long nails but its not recommended l, your nails can go stocked in the spaces between the keys and the strength is not the same.
about the long of the fingers, yesbiabgood to have them very long but is rigth if you jand is unproportional that will be a problem, I have that problem as well I have long fingers (not that long as the girl in the photo) but my pinky is way to low compared with the other fingers and that has been a problem with instruments like the chello (yes i was also learning that one) and even the piano sometimes, make things like keeping the proper technic very hard l, and teachers get upset
about the one that is starting piano at 27 is never too late!! good luck!!
actually when you are older some stuff are quicker, i had class mates the twice my age and more, and I leave the pieno for some years and lost pretty much all my ability and im starting from almost cero again with 27 as well, dont give up dudee!! you can do it!!
Brett's laugh is the cutest and Eddy's laugh is like him laughing at something incredibly funny! 🤣
The Liszt one got me loling. xD Also, birds are amazing... there was a mockingbird outside the window once when I was listening to Liszt and it was singing along with it in time and everything (it was so intensely satisfying).
I've been learning violin for two years now all thanks to TwoSet!
Yay!
everyone gangsta till that bird poops on the keys
You killed my COUSINAHHH
5:59 I haven't seen this book but it may actually not be a bait as it could contain easy pieces since liszt did compose easy pieces throughout his later years, pieces like "La Clochette Sonne", "Nuages Gris", "Sancta Dorothea", "La lugubre Gondola", "En reve", and "Abschied"(Not the Schubert Transcription) He composed over a thousand pieces and numerous pieces are still underrated or rarely played. I still don't know why some people think his Liebestraum no.3 is his easiest when the first two are easier and more of his pieces out there are even better.
It’s 2:47am, I should sleep but Twoset tempts me to watch.
prelude at the end 🥺