Professional Violinists Play Through ABRSM Grades

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[@missaisohee]

They've been professionals for so long they forgot how to be beginners.

[@nellapenelope3240]

This needs more likes. Love it!

[@blisslolz7611]

838 likes but only one comment, now there is two, GUYS HELP!!!

[@enocjordanabi4207]

Hahaha so trueee

[@bradithan]

This is how sight-reading works (for piano at any rate)

[@shanxian4852]

And me being a beginner for so long that I don’t know how to be a professional. 😩😭😂

[@Krish_krish]

Any instrument: Just sight read Piano: *nervous sweating*

[@FlixTwix]

why is it so hard to sight read on piano?

[@emmanuelalfredomendoza7365]

Guitarist- what is this "sight reading"

[@TheTransformerCrazed]

​@@FlixTwix Two clefs as opposed to one for violin, outrageous amounts of notes in certain pieces that take a fair amount of time to process. With practice and experience Level 6 or 7 pieces become really easy to sightread, but something like Chopin's Etudes, Scherzos, or anything by Liszt will take even a professional a bit of time to process.

[@nellapenelope3240]

Sooooo true!!! Violinists are so easy to flex their sightreading skills.... Put them at a piano, and they will say " WHAAATT!!? Double bars!?? This should be illegal! Edit: thanks for the likes guys! I never got so much before! :D

[@nellapenelope3240]

@@FlixTwix sigh.... Pain, pain...

[@PaintedGlitter]

TwoSet: play super hard pieces with eyes closed, nails it TwoSet: plays low level pieces with eyes open, wHoOPS

[@sorenkair]

i get this with osu lol cant hit anything below AR8 anymore

[@shadowdepths2486]

same for me but im an amateur pianist

[@naiyou2840]

Sorenkair same. I also do that with rhythm games

[@HelderGriff]

@@shadowdepths2486 how did you learn scales and chords?

[@shadowdepths2486]

@@HelderGriff Ive had a professor for 11 years or so but now im a self-learner

[@x3mb6bies]

I honestly thought that this ABRSM was some violin-type ASMR

[@wubbie8152]

it's an exam system, but love this comment lolz

[@ArtemisKWolf]

I entered thinking "What kind of ASMR is this?"

[@BlenderJoon]

ABRSM is a music exam system established in the UK going through various classical instruments from the grades Initial to Grade 8. I do trinity, taking my grade 2 exam

[@nikanj]

Imagine a whole orchestra/choir performing Beethoven 9 in pianissimo.

[@cobrasys]

Same.

[@celina287]

*that awkward moment when TwoSet plays one of the pieces you've spent a full year working on perfectly on the first try*

[@sawdkrab1041]

I KNOW RIGHT i just

[@SJMORG]

What pice

[@mountainflower6825]

It's not their first try, they've played and memorized these pieces before in massive orchestras or on their own

[@tt4942]

yes omg 😭😭😭

[@nellapenelope3240]

Relateable.... Same with other people I know. They just sightread stuff like pudding, and I'm sitting there like:

[@annaklimczak235]

When Eddy just borrow Brett's violin I thought : "That's real friendship." in my music school people treated Theirs instruments like babies.

[@Alceste_]

Wait, you guys don't borrow babies??!?

[@derrysjahranie1255]

Gérémy Desmanche exactly

[@heraldo6867]

Theirs instrument

[@brosstupidchannel2347]

Grade 4 me

[@brosstupidchannel2347]

A2,B1,C3 for violin exam grade 4

[@Amoslzf]

Initial Grade: Nelson - Fish Cakes and Apple Pie 0:42 Colledge - Waterfall (No.9 from Waggon Wheels) 1:09 Martin - Hop Scotch (No.2 from Child's Play) 1:34 Grade 1: Suzuki - Adantino 1:57 Blackwell - Rocking Horse 2:23 Trad - Drunken Sailor 2:38 Grade 2: Mozart Allegretto (from Clarinet Quintet, K.581) 3:01 Schonberg - Castle on a Cloud (from Les Miserables) 3:31 Kraemer - Angry Tango 4:01 Grade 3: Kuchler - Violin Concerto in D Major, Op.15 - 3rd Movement 4:20 Reiding - Violin Concerto in B Minor, Op.35 - 2nd Movement 4:35 Brown and Feed - Singin' in the Rain (Arr. Ilies) 4:58 Grade 4: Saint-George - L'ancien Regime, Suite No.2, Op.60 - Giga 5:30 Grieg - Solvejg's Song 5:49 Bohm - Petite Rhapsodie Hongroise 6:25 Grade 5: Corelli - Sonata No.12 in D Minor, Op.5 ("La Folia") - 2nd Variation 6:49 Tchaikovsky - Chanson Triste, Op.40 No.2 (Arr. Bullard) 7:10 Trad. Chinese - Bamboo Stem and Jasmine Flower (Arr. Stock) 7:44 Grade 6: Handel - Violin Sonata in D Major, Hwv 371 - 2nd Movement 8:05 Kreisler - Adantino in the Style of Martini 8:30 Bohm - Bolero 9:08 Grade 7: Hayden - Violin Concerto in G Major, Hob. Villa:4 - 3rd Movement 9:24 Rachmaninoff - Vocalise, Op.34 No.14 9:35 Gardel - Por Una Cabeza 10:04 Grade 8: Bach - Violin Concerto in A Minor, Bwv 1041 - 1st Movement 10:44 Brahms - Violin Sonata in D Minor, Op.108 - 4th Movement 11:10 Trad. Japanese - Sakura (Arr. Millar) 11:28 Diploma Abrsm: Mozart - Violin Concerto No.4 in D Major, K.218 - 1st Movement 12:13 Beethoven - Violin Sonata No.5 in F Major, Op.24 - 1st Movement 12:42 Kreisler - Variations on a theme of Corelli - 2nd Variation 13:06 Bach Partita No.3 in E Major, Bmv 1006 - Gavotte and Rondeau 13:21 Licentiate of the Royal Schools of Music: Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op.64 - 1st Movement 13:42 Debussy - Violin Sonata in G Minor - 1st Movement 14:14 Ravel - Tzigane 14:40 Bach - Violin Sonata No.3 in C Major, Bwv 1005 - Allegro Assai 14:58 Followship of the Royal Schools of Music: Brahms - Violin Concerto in D Major, Op.77 - 1st Movement 15:38 Beethoven - Violin Sonata No.9 in A Major, Op.47 - 3rd Movement 15:57 Wieniawski - Polonaise De Concert in D Major, Op.4 16:10 Bach - Violin Sonata No.1 in G Minor, Bwv 1001 - Fuga 16:31 Edit: Yes I have no life 🤗

[@chyeying6614]

hey thanks a lot!! U may have no life but you definitely save my life

[@sunbae-nim]

Not all capes wear heroes

[@Biocube101]

Amos Lee such an underrated comment

[@suicidaldiabolical248]

Amos Lee ur amazing

[@suicidaldiabolical248]

Amos Lee u seem 2 know what i am gonna do next

[@NadyaPena-01]

I love how Eddy rocks out to everything Brett plays haha

[@ekuaosei337]

"Easy." "Easy." "Pretty easy." "Still easy." "Not easy." "Romantic." "Nailed it." "Nice." "Practice." "I think that's it." "Dodgy." "Harder than it sounds." "I know this piece." "I DONT know this piece." *TwoSet, you are men of many words.*

[@ManiacMemes]

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[@CoolGirl-lb6eu]

Maniac Memes *InTeReStInG*

[@octave11thpianist58]

Maniac Memes Can’t believe I somehow fell for that

[@unodos1316]

you forgot "swingt"

[@annawanukaz]

“Many” words indeed, the energy in this video is a little different, not so upbeat... I wonder why

[@adrianr2312]

Final grade: Brett’s Lofi track

[@snflwrghost]

YaBoiRazzleDazzle I think that’s a Viola piece tho

[@adameves5970]

Lofi? Do you mean Lodi? Lofi isn't a thing. Spell check is all over it. It's not a thing. Did you mean Lodi?

[@minervamclaggen1842]

@@adameves5970 my friend, have you been living under a rock? Lofi is a thing, a pretty big thing tbh! If you haven't heard about it, I recommend, its really good for relaxing and studying, and you should check 2set lofi making video too(of course after having a full idea of what lofi is), it was hilarious! 😂

[@triggeredchicken5802]

@@adameves5970 What even is lodi?😂

[@braveheartalice]

@@adameves5970 Ironic how you were trying to make the other person feel stupid, when you did that to yourself instead. Maybe do your research first before trying to "correct" someone

[@alyssarain00]

Because they are so casual and have a bunch of fun with playing music and running the channel, I sometimes forget that these guys are legit professionals and in no way are the pieces they play *easy.* This is one of the videos where all their hard work and experience really shine through. It's one of those things that looks like you can do it so you try it and you suck because of that difference in skill. I wish there was a second subscribe button :'(

[@alyssarain00]

@A.H Well I obviously know that they *are* professionals. I don't literally forget it and become surprised whenever they mention it. It's just that they don't show it off all the time. It's fun and casual and they don't constantly try to show off their skill just for the sake of showing off. This is one of their videos that show the more technical side of playing the violin and I just wanted to show my appreciation for their craft. As someone who doesn't play the violin or any other instrument, it's cool to see all that goes into playing the violin on a professional level and what that exactly means.

[@oxoelfoxo]

If you really want to add to their subscribers, make another Google account. :D

[@yektasabeti4795]

👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@wobblyorbee279]

12:09 anyone knows this piece hihi

[@PoppyLam877]

That fact that Brett said that he doesn’t know the Mendelssohn piece is so cool , little does he know , he will be playing it as a huge performance in a few years 😂

[@PoppyLam877]

Singapore symphony

[@phrog8728]

It was surely sarcastic. Mendelssohn violin concerto is one of the biggest violin concertos ever.

[@lik7953]

Of course he knows the Mendelssohn, every violin player learns it. Its almost always learned after Bruch as the "entry" into higher level violin repetoire

[@PoppyLam877]

@@lik7953 I know it was just sarcasm 🙃

[@LiquidDiamondFlute]

"The difference between the master and the novice is that the master has failed more times then the novice has tried." Let this remind you that it's never simply "talent". They learned starting from Level 1 too and it's their HARD WORK got them to the end.

[@nellapenelope3240]

That is a beautiful quote that I have never heard before! Thanks! I needed that right now!

[@FrodosBeutel]

wise words

[@LiquidDiamondFlute]

@@nellapenelope3240 I agree even though it hit me like a brick when I first heard it haha. I'm glad it could help! Don't be afraid of the mistakes!

[@FrodosBeutel]

​@@nellapenelope3240 same, to be on a task for hours and with a chance to get it wrong is very depressing but you have to get through and try even if you fail

[@nellapenelope3240]

@@LiquidDiamondFlute thanks! Yes, it does hit you somewhat. XD

[@tanshinying6439]

No one: Literally no one ever: Brett: sight rieding Eddy: _gently swinging_

[@daphnegalvez2373]

Eddy casually borrowing Brett's violin just lengthened my life span

[@kaitlyn5082]

It's crazy how they'll play these gorgeous pieces and put their heart and soul into it but the second they finish they're just like "cool" and move on to the next one 💀

[@asl3497]

Sacril boi: I can play 15 notes a second Twoset: We can get 3 master degree certificates in less than a 20 min video

[@AlfredEiji]

This makes me wonder how many if any certificates they’ve officially tested for.

[@Mr35diamonds]

@@AlfredEiji don't need any if you have a music degree with a major in violin

[@easyteh4getperson]

Mr35diamonds then what are these tests for? genuinely curious

[@PianoFish]

@@easyteh4getperson they're for middle class parents to put a certificate on their wall and brag to other middle class parents that they are superior because their child has Grade 3 violin and the other child only has Grade 2 😉 in reality it's just a way of creating a framework for the process of learning an instrument, giving students a goal to work towards and an indicator of how far they've progressed. Grade 8 is often a prerequisite for music degrees or teaching courses but the others aren't really 'for' anything except giving yourself motivation to achieve your goals and move on to the next stage.

[@papillon5839]

How do you know the "sacril boi" can't do the same? Being prejudicial is always easy....

[@arvetis]

"Can't wait for my new violin dude" Wow you said that RIGHT IN FRONT OF your violin!

[@knivesintoasters]

I had that exact thought "not in front of the kids!"

[@owdy3973]

And that actually happened

[@sierra6293]

😱

[@ploopybear]

😱

[@samahamara8543]

@Yanjun Sun same question ..I need explanations

[@gabrielng2351]

13:48 little does Brett know he’s gonna play this with the SSO in Singapore when they hit 4 million subscribers haha

[@500king2]

Singapore

[@gabrielng2351]

@@500king2 Changed haha

[@500king2]

Oh lmao

[@lle333]

Eddy when Brett plays: vibing noises Brett when eddy plays: depression in 3...2...1...

[@dearmarie784]

Grade 1 - 8 : seriously sightread (mostly) DIPABRSM++ : Flex and chill

[@TheTransformerCrazed]

I think they've probably played some of these pieces before so they were a little easier to pick up again.

[@dearmarie784]

@@TheTransformerCrazed yep, agree (:

[@henryn5445]

For the famous pieces they just memorise them

[@wmnoffaith1]

@@henryn5445 exactly. Then you don't have to worry about your sheet music or your music stand. You also can count and know when to come in if your playing with an orchestra, I would imagine. I know I was a vocalist, and while contemporary music is easier, I knew the lyrics and all of the verses of close to a thousand songs. It's easier to just memorize them than sightread lyrics, and of course you can't perform with sheet music at all as a vocalist.

[@wmnoffaith1]

@@IorekBear92 Well, I'm not going to argue with you about it. I'm sure different singing venues have different criteria, and sometimes the audience doesn't see you, or if you are singing while playing piano it would be easy. I could have used sheet music when recording in the studio, but I sang in choir, as a lead in theater, and with a microphone in front of a band, and in all of those places you really couldn't have a music stand or sheet music.

[@man.8604]

I love how they're so comfortable playing each other's violins and it's like second nature to them at this point since they've known each other so long. I aspire to gain a friend like that. But none of my friends play instruments so that might take a while.

[@adriangel1018]

Felt.

[@sabrinalauenstein]

I actually have a friend that switches recorders with me. As I bought my new traverse flute she brought hers to our rehearsal and we tested each others instruments. Now I realize how fantastic this is ❤

[@imusedtoit]

The way these two just breezed through my exam pieces 🥺

[@ariannag396]

Fun fact: today are the 180 years since Paganini's death. And today is the Paganini's day, organised by the "Società dei concerti" of Parma

[@Denise-rg6py]

Interesting

[@OccyDaBoss]

paganini be with you

[@vari1535]

Maybe celebrate his birth and not his death lol

[@AnthonyKravitz]

F for Respect.

[@LivGwaGwa]

F

[@nicolem.1028]

I've never seen anybody look as soulless as Brett playing "Fish Cakes and Apple Pie"

[@aavainkeri8048]

lmao that's so accurate

[@SS-yc5km]

Timestamp?

[@scorpioteez233]

Cz he sold his soul to the music 👁👄👁

[@annawang4935]

@@SS-yc5km 0:40 it's the first piece they play 😄

[@SS-yc5km]

@@annawang4935 thanks buddy :)

[@sunflowerthebunbunbunny]

'gently swinging' Eddy: i have never seen this before in my life

[@hennessytseng4792]

They need this kind of video to remind us that THEY ARE PROFESSIONAL.

[@jiatong8123]

sometimes i forget the reason why the piece sounds so robust, beautiful and effortless is bc the musicians are talented and hardworking little shits this also makes me realise that i am a talentless piece of trash that has not practiced

[@laurawillits176]

Yep, you said it!

[@hermenegildakociubinska6665]

I think practice is much more important than talent.

[@atmatey]

Skill through practice >>>>> Talent

[@awesomeyoutuber173]

Geniuses are born not created

[@JosukeHigashikata4]

@@awesomeyoutuber173 yea so if you can play it slowly then you can play it quickly

[@keth2424]

"I know this piece" "I don't know this piece" lmao

[@charlizen.4863]

I laughed my ass off at that

[@intermedianguitarsguild4482]

I love that

[@kevinchen4480]

I'm still amazed at how much comedy you guys can pack into the single words after each piece

[@avleenrandhawa2492]

I love how Eddy's genuinely vibing to everything and Brett's just here to get it done with

[@calebseifert5742]

I love how everybody’s talking about the playing but nobody’s talking about eddys new Violin

[@tirzakharisma3566]

I forgot about that!! Asdfghjkl

[@tesswhelan8258]

I feel like I'm going to miss hearing his old one

[@stellajacobson231]

I honestly never though one of them would get a new violin (dunk know why) cuz it feels like the ones they had/have where almost as big of a part of 2set as brett and Eddy since they are the actual violins. But as long Eddy likes the violin it's good :)

[@aisyarahandina5499]

Really? I missed it! But it’s sound a lil bit different,I thought i was misheard

[@calebseifert5742]

Aisyarah Andina he said he can’t wait for his new one

[@susiegreeno8186]

when he started drunken sailor i went offffff man that's an ageless bop

[@izumi5304]

I agreeeee!!

[@Roma-kp4qg]

Me too!

[@hannahking9004]

True 😂 😂 😂

[@alexplaysminc.-.5922]

Everyone else : Ah imma take the ABRSM, one grade a year (which is very very difficult, and probably means 40 hours practise everyday) Brett and Eddy : "Let's try and see how far we can go" *aces the whole test from grade one to getting the license in 17 minutes*

[@geetika6540]

Try 4 months

[@douglasoctet5366]

Of course,, once they get to the upper grades, they probably already know the pieces...

[@xoaningout8784]

uh, i tend to take two terms per test, and i barely practice(i'm getting to higher grades now so its a bit harder but like, if you have the training its not that hard)

[@Luguanyu307]

I think you need to play the entire piece for the exam, not just lines. (I don't know tell me if I am wrong)

[@jonnyr5049]

When you realise they just sightread beyond diploma level music and made it look kind of easy. Damn, they were right... they do practice 40 hours a day. I need to sort my life out 😂 there are so many memes that I forgot that 2 set r INCREDIBLY skilled musicians.

[@Cesiaj]

Brett: 💯 sightreading skills Also Brett: From clarinet quin-K four five naah..

[@piccolopagalingling6284]

eddy: comment which grade you think you are me, a nonviolinist:

[@shxtney]

grade A comment

[@rivercrystal2511]

I know they both can play some piano and that it isn't their expertise but it wiuld be cool watching them do the propper grading for piano too

[@SamuelLee-gw6wr]

I think this list seems great. These are the pieces played by myself over the years for my exams. For the grades I skipped, please add in for me. For some others I forgot their names. G1: (skipped) G2: (2011-12 syllabus) Military Minuet (A2), The Sandman (B2), Ba ba du bah (C1) G3: (skipped) G4: (2015-16 syllabus) La lutine (A2), (B3), Indian Pony Race (C1) G5: (skipped) G6: (2017-18 syllabus) mozart K545 movement 3 (A3), Valse lente Op33 (B2), Masquerade (C3) G7: (2019-20 syllabus, exam cancelled) mozart K283 Op 2 (A2), (B3), Rosemary's Waltz (C1) G8: (2021-22 syllabus) Scarletti K443 (A10), Schubert impromptu op 142 no. 2 (B9), Debussy Reverie (C6), Bartok Rondo No 1 from Three Rondos on Folk Tunes (C1)

[@caterscarrots3407]

I never really did any proper grading, but these are some of the pieces I learned on the piano: Bach Minuet in G Bach Musette in D Clementi Sonatina in C Mozart Rondo alla Turka Mozart K 545 Mozart Theme from Piano Concerto no. 21 Tchaikovsky Swan Lake Beethoven Fur Elise Beethoven Moonlight Sonata Pachelbel Canon in D Chopin Nocturne in Eb Op. 9 no. 2 Bizet Habanera Bizet Toreador March Bach Air on the G String Chopin Grande Valse Brilliante Beethoven Pathetique Sonata Mozart Eine Kleine Nachtmusik Bach Toccata and Fugue in D minor(learned the Toccata 8 years in, fugue 2 years later) Handel Largo Mozart Fantasia in D minor Mozart Fantasia in C minor And many more And currently learning: Beethoven Appassionata Sonata Bach C minor Keyboard Partita

[@avleenrandhawa2492]

Brett playing mendelssohn No one: Absolutely no one: My brain: DaVIe504. yOu PIckEd On thE wRooooooonG GaNg

[@ladym.7594]

tHe ViOLiN gAnG

[@vecs6442]

@@ladym.7594 sheet’s about to get violin’t

[@tylermoore8218]

Can’t wait for the Mendelssohn drop at 4 mil subs

[@lolsquiderpo]

Brett: (calmly) I know this piece *messes up beginning* Brett: (calmly) I don't know this piece

[@darkwaterqueenMETAL]

3:02 Brett: Mozart allegreto clarinet queijfeiuwgbrfjhbwv 1 Eddy: *starts wheezing* Brett: *tries to play seriously* Eddy: *dies in backround*

[@thatsalittlebassist]

what concerns me the most is why he couldn’t pronounce quintet

[@knighthunter1791]

Kincaid

[@eleanortan4816]

4:18 brett pulled an Alma... INTERESTING

[@darkwaterqueenMETAL]

@@thatsalittlebassist he said he gave up reading 😋

[@akbt2]

Imagine if Brett & Eddy _actually_ recorded an album. Our brains would explode. 🤯🤯🤯 Let's start with Brett playing Tchaikovsky and Mozart pieces bc he does them _so_ artfully and Eddy doing Bach and Debussy bc he's super amazing with Bach and LOVES Debussy. 😍😍😍 Guys, let's do this!!!

[@oxoelfoxo]

Well, they did publish their lofi music on Spotify... but I have a feeling they'd be too self-critical to do a classical album. Besides, albums don't make much money so it might not make economic sense.

[@perpetuallyonline]

*Fantasia has entered the chat* 👀

[@imahallucination4422]

You know someone is a true musician when they start dancing while playing

[@KitsyHD]

All jokes aside ... no matter what he’s playing... grade 1 or 8, Brett has some of the loveliest most beautiful phrasing I’ve ever heard ...

[@kewlforever6463]

I love his tone,so effortless

[@angelawang7365]

Brett's vibrato is also absolutely beautiful

[@Tirryna]

It's so warm and smooth...like hot chocolate on a snowy day. Eddie is like iced tea on a hot day.

[@nellapenelope3240]

@@Tirryna that is surprisingly accurate! I also thought that Brett always has this warm, cozy feel to his music. Eddy is completely different. He is crystal clear, and bright. This just shows you how diverse music can be!!

[@diddy_dante]

Bro some of the early songs only have like one phrase lmao

[@lekokinga]

12:43 Twoset: plays Spring Sonata Brett: literally has merch with "spring sonata" on Twoset: doesn't start promoting merch Me: 😮

[@yagmur4631]

that's what exactly I was thinking 🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@ohnambu3829]

Is that their new merch???

[@SabSaberhagen]

@@ohnambu3829 Yup and already sold out. LOL

[@airenyah7243]

I KNOW i kept waiting for it but they never even mentioned it can you believe

[@yagmur4631]

@@airenyah7243 perhaps this is their new sales policy...Hehehheh

[@user-pd7il3xz5j]

Eddy couldn't possibly be more distracting. LOL And as distracting as Eddy is, Brett is totally without a reaction. What a team.

[@Sagan_Starborn]

16:20 where Eddy gives mad respect to Brett's incredible playing!

[@RP-rw6jj]

To TwoSetViolin: Have you tried the ABRSM UK Jazz test???? Part of this test is for the musician to improvise where there are literally blank sections in the music, to fill in the empty bars with your own melody while paying in the existing key with the existing chords or chord progression.

[@zurich5607]

Jazz solos are really fun once you get used to them. I’d like to see two set do something with jazz/jazz improv for sure

[@nellapenelope3240]

You can just kill me now thank you.

[@PeterGriffin-kb2hf]

@@zurich5607 I play a ton of jazz and I think its cringe when classical musicians try it because it sounds so awkward. Still appreciate their effort and the fact that they gave it a chance though.

[@drewwirsching3865]

British jazz musicians are on another level the past few years like right off the top of my head tho i can only think of alfa mist XD

[@jeremydespair]

@@PeterGriffin-kb2hf can actually relate

[@A-rz7kx]

I am so impressed by Eddy and Brett. Did you notice that the harder the pieces got, the more they closed their eyes and just felt the music? They didn't even use the notes as more than support. I love this channel so much!!

[@AnujSuresh0606]

That's also kinda because they have played all the harder pieces many times and know it well by heart. I think they didn't know the beginner pieces which is why they had to sight read them.

[@Caroline1261]

I was very impressed as well! Excellent musicians. But the eyes closed was probably when they knew the piece already and didn't have to read the music. :)

[@hanswurst6873]

They know the pieces and its called concentration

[@Sorestlor]

Yeah the first ones they had to keep their eyes open to sightread.

[@sandarshnigam7518]

I was about to mention the same! Absolutely true.

[@avleenrandhawa2492]

that awkward moment when you came here to see what level you are expecting to be 3-4 but realize you can just barely pass 1.

[@aliciacharlene2442]

Wow TwoSet’s sightreading skills are on point!! I am 11 years old, still going through grade 6 XDDD, I play the Handel Sonata one...which I still sound like crap after 5 months of practicing...ugghhhhhh...I love you TwoSet!! You are the best!!

[@impassionategods_]

11:52 is when you dont know the answer, then you look at ur teacher's face and she said "why u looking at my face, there is no answer in my face"

[@Juanma625]

Best part of the video!! I laughed so hard!!

[@cicyzhang2080]

My teacher’s a he... and yes I do that, but he just laughs.

[@bladepanthera]

Ahahahahahahaha so true omg your comment made me burst out laughing. Nailed that look 100% XD

[@jessd4770]

When your Abrsm exam is cancelled so you watch two set play the pieces instead

[@benjaminyaary8419]

noob if you had rcm exam you'd do it through a zoom call

[@elissilviya7251]

@@benjaminyaary8419 but wouldn't it be harder for the examiner to grade the examinees because from my experience, tone and emotion or interpretation is pretty hard to hear through the zoom calls, also the acoustics would be a problem for many as not all examinees have *that* good of a room... :) also, it actually is harder to study the pieces right now through online classes sooo... welp that's just an opinion of someone who takes exams yearly 🙃

[@elsie.online]

Jess D mine was cancelled-_-

[@lightbulbdust3806]

fr

[@user-eo6vp1ty6u]

My violin oral is cancelled :/

[@valeaves]

Nobody will ever read this but I just have to say that I don‘t like listening to Bach. But when Eddy played that fuge...that was somehow touching. Now I can‘t stop listening to this piece. Thank you, Eddy, and congratz for actually bringing me to finally enjoy something by Bach :‘)

[@oxoelfoxo]

No, really?! And I thought I'd comment how much I love it every time I hear Bach. Different strokes indeed. What kind of music or which composers do you like/prefer?

[@grantnewland5508]

I didn't read it!

[@emilia1911]

I love Bach too, but I think I know what you mean...

[@wmnoffaith1]

If you like piano at all, try Glenn Gould playing Bach Goldberg variations. If I could only listen to one piece of music the rest of my life it would be this.

[@frog_inabog_]

how is no one talking about eddy's playing face during the debussy violin sonata (14:14)

[@Pach.]

What about it

[@pian816]

Eddy and Brett: Flying through grades in a matter of minutes Me: stares at my pile of repertoire that I’ve been working on for the past year with 40 hours of practice every day

[@ManiacMemes]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/o2TEiWRsgNl5oc0

[@ManiacMemes]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/o2TEiWRsgNl5oc0 secret twoset video!

[@annamell_sprout]

I'm part of the non-musician gang here in the twoset fandom but ehhhh I'm to give you my support. Keep practicing! You can do it

[@ahanagupta8199]

Same, I have my trinity exam for grade 2 this year and it's postponed 😭😭😭 I'm honestly tired of practising the same thing all the while😬

[@imhoneygreentea4782]

Ikr , Brett played my piece so well but he escaped the hard part , actually maybe it's just hard for me , this is why I cannot be ling ling cause I'm still at grade 6 after like two years *sigh* shouldn't have stopped violin just for my major exam

[@Lavachai]

Can we just appreciate how Brett instinctively handed Eddy his violin?

[@Isa-tn7ex]

Kousei Arima when?

[@maryanntamasan3585]

When?

[@nupsiwulst9946]

17:22

[@NishiNashii]

@@maryanntamasan3585 15:04

[@Laura-gb1jv]

That's some serious trust right there.

[@MollyWhalen20]

It blows my mind how sometime one violin can create what sounds like two complete separate sounds within the same instrument. Almost like oif you listened with your eyes closed you would think there was two instruments being played simultaneously

[@ji1160]

when u remember that brett and eddy did their fellowship grade exam when they were 12........

[@Markful]

when did they say this?

[@ji1160]

@@Markful they said it in one of their videos but i'm sorry i forgot which one! it was a very offhanded/casual remark in one of their vids and i was just stunned that they dropped that fact so casually since that's an insane achievement!

[@bachtuocmongmer824]

@@Markful it might be in this video, at 3:30 kzbin.info/www/bejne/qHKQZ2aulLp4hsU

[@anikabhatnagar4626]

Video: ABRSM pieces Me: *WAR FLASHBACKS* It’s worse since I’m haven’t finished the grades I should really practice

[@chickenfdisoruhg4915]

Imao Imagine NOT using the Suzuki books. smh 🤦‍♂️

[@RavindhuKaluarachchi]

I feel you bro. I am at Grade 7 and then they just sight read it all. I am like damn I should practice.

[@CuracaoChic]

I am traumatised from my Grade 3 exam. I remember now why I said I am not doing grades again after grade 2 15 years ago. Now I am prepping for grade 4 for purely for technical learning. I am NOT taking grades again!

[@anikabhatnagar4626]

my grade 6 piano exam ruined me. 2/10 in sight reading was not what I hoped for 🥺

[@eddyh8572]

Can we get Sophie Oui Oui to do a piano version of this!

[@hiyorin3536]

Yas 😂😂💕

[@kavgullapalli8906]

its times like this where i think theyve been hinting mendelssohn violin concerto

[@barackobama7066]

I was about to cry at 5:51 That piece is really powerful and full of emotions. I felt it.

[@renegadekitten4861]

Watching twoset violin makes me feel like I have friends.

[@ipann6693]

nah u have us

[@hannahking9004]

Us Ling Ling wannabes are all friends!! (Except for the viola players).

[@tlp031102]

I wish I had such amazing friends :)

[@asherang7]

Ipann **we** will be our friends

[@squiggle.64]

heyyyy

[@MichelleD2023]

The way they would look impressed after the other nailed a particularly hard passage is endearing. Get you some friends like that haha

[@Yan-wt1ul]

7:12 I just realized that this piece was from Tchaikovsky 😃 I played it when I was grade 5 and didn't realize

[@Roma-kp4qg]

7:30 Eddy doing the fingerings on his own violin while Brett plays is underrated

[@jamesbenedicttan7367]

This is just basically Brett and Eddy lowkey showcasing their skills. I sometimes forget that these guys are pro and can play superbly well. I love these guys! Hahaha!

[@josephjeon804]

Highkey*

[@jerryli6763]

I think the higher levels are actually easier for them because they basically memorized the whole piece...

[@juliemichellerobinson1841]

Yep, I'd like to see them sightread some of the ones they don't already know. Also this overview neglects that the standard of playing is expected to improve significantly, especially for the diplomas, so even if the pieces aren't that much harder the level of finesse required is.

[@medallygunnarsen2797]

This type of video is my fav. Please flex it more hehe

[@pitabowlterrier1193]

3:22 is my new official favorite Eddy face

[@KSfan4ever]

This is pure unadulterated pleasure listening to and watching these musicians perform. Brett and Eddy are wonderful violinists with a gorgeous tone. Their charm and humor is icing on the cake.

[@leebronwen6125]

*looks up at Eddy wearing a dark coloured flannel and practice shirt, looks down at myself wearing a dark coloured flannel and practice shirt*

[@nellapenelope3240]

Wow! Cool! Go Eddy gang! XD

[@akanerosechan5083]

Ayeee

[@ilovemydog8825]

Plot twist: you’re actually Eddy

[@leebronwen6125]

@@ilovemydog8825 I wear glasses too...

[@otakus1216]

Ｎｉｃｅ

[@chingchangtruong]

Brett has now become the opposite of Alma, he turns flats to naturals.

[@cinnamongirl11]

More people need to see this comment lmfao

[@KF-zb6gi]

I hope i will see this meme on subreddit today 🤲🏻

[@kathrynkaren1024]

Cause he's a NATURAL

[@chencaixia1400]

I was the 100th like now more people sees this

[@nellapenelope3240]

XD good one! Like this comment EVERYBODY!!! Twoset needs to see this! XD

[@evamarek5205]

I love your videos. Please keep them coming. They're enlightening for all musicians!

[@Rebekkamaria]

Hahah, this shows the level of your professionalism. :D The hardest pieces sound like they are the easy ones. You truly rule the classical music youtube. And well... you are just amazing musicians.

[@thanhtranmy8614]

Did Brett and Eddy just flex on us for 17:22 minutes straight?

[@thatsingingsoul8486]

I know it's been said alot but, Brett just becomes a different person when he's playing... and that's really cute for some reason 😂✨ Edit : thank you so much for all the likes guys. This is the first time that I've received these many. 💕✨

[@branfordfamilies8282]

I was 50th like and then it turned to 65...

[@j.p.1492]

Eddy and Brett kinda switch personalities its very cute

[@duongtranthuy7267]

ikr they switch personalites when playing it's super cute

[@victoriale6619]

ITS VERY CUTE💖

[@andhikatanaka3256]

Already 505 🤣

[@xli4987]

ling ling could play all of those pieces perfectly at the same time

[@serenityfan1514]

Of course!! That’s Ling Ling

[@lilylee1660]

Watching this episode like 10 times and it's still amazing 🤩

[@musictoyourears6867]

Brett plays high level pieces: i practice 40hrs a day no fear Brett plays for kangaroos and ez pieces: I'm NeRvOuS

[@oliviapereira364]

And it wasn't even his violin, it was Eddy's...

[@joondochang843]

same here... have the FRSM diploma and lower level pieces freak me out.

[@nhonho4071]

Teacher: “I bet you all are going somewhere spectacular once summer vacation starts in June!” Me and my friends who have ABRSM examinations in June: **anxious laugh**

[@vdinh143]

Best of luck

[@sohamdey4266]

Aren't they getting postponed?

[@youreyestell4977]

Good luck!! You'll do fine 😊💜

[@girlwhocanbreathe]

my RCM exam was right next to christmas and i was so nervous so it pretty much ruined christmas for me ;-;

[@girlwhocanbreathe]

still, good luck on your exam!!!!

[@itsyspider]

I played for thirteen years before I stopped practicing regularly (four years of light practice during college), and can play at FRSM. I picked it up again for the first time in seven years, and your videos have instilled a love for the violin I'd long forgotten. Your performances are impressive - technical ability aside, it can be difficult to get such a crisp sound and the passion is clear to see.

[@bonbonafide2ko872]

This is one of my favorite episodes of 2set. I just love hearing them play, period. ❤❤❤🎻🔥🔥🔥👍🏽💯

[@jaden5589]

There are so many comments that are like “sometimes I forget that they’re actually professionals” and I’m here like “HOW DO YALL FORGET THAT?”

[@DeathAngel1029]

right?

[@Alex-is8hk]

Honestly I forget that sometimes. But it’s only because they make everything look so effortless, it gives me a false sense of understanding at what level a professional should be. My only level of music is fifth grade clarinet. I watch to learn about music and because their raw charisma is utterly charming. Since they’re so casual, I also forget that they’ve played at the White House and massive orchestras. Basically, for me, they are so amazing that I forget what it means to be a professional musician.

[@bonkdragon5504]

@@Alex-is8hk ...and they also look down on themselves.

[@Kaladelia]

They have a lot of self-deprecating humor... But also, so many of their videos are them dicking around

[@painneko1391]

Alternate Title: TwoSet flexes for 17 minutes (with all the practice they have done)

[@EnglishTeacher_Shana]

watching Eddy's facial expressions and dancing while Brett is playing. OMG!!!! hahahahah

[@Nhankindredmain]

when u realize that violin difficulty level is an exponential growth every grade

[@piccolopagalingling6284]

14:58 *eddy plays violin*: _e string squeaks_ eddy: let me use Brett's violin _e string still squeaks_

[@juniper555]

MY e string squeaks. all the time. any sponsors for a new violin and a lifetime supply of strings?

[@dcardigan13]

Hello, I'm a non violinist. Is this common to most violins? Are old strings the only/usual reason?

[@user-ft9jk7pw4q]

cmon i can't be the only one that loves loves loves seeing them show off their skills lol

[@joysolina6556]

Exactly

[@HJKelley47]

Actually wished they did it more often. I do understand that this channel is geared to a younger audience who enjoys the goofiness, as they seek to inspire young folks to PRACTICE (40 hours) their instruments.

[@eolsunder]

i know right.. we enjoy their channel because they are 2 funny goofy violin nerdballs (which needs to be on a t-shirt) but often you get something like this which shows the reason they have a channel in the first place, that even people who have no idea of anything about music, like myself, can enjoy. You don't even need to understand what they are doing to enjoy the reactions.

[@Sagan_Starborn]

They're very, very good

[@wobblyorbee279]

12:09 anyone knows this piece hihi

[@NoOne-yv2ei]

TwoSet: Sightreads 3 Grade 5 pieces plus a Grade 7 piece perfectly Me: Cries in months of practice and still being worse

[@blotchilim1980]

It's even more impressive knowing that you've finished this when you both were 12-13 😳

[@lukaslynch1094]

two set flying through the grades vs me struggling at grade 5

[@moongonemadmode1067]

sis I played Allegro yesterday and my hand still hurts (I'm on Grade 5 too)

[@natellaarts7138]

THAT IS LEGIT ME!!!!

[@morg_1021]

Relatable (I’m in grade 7)

[@khirr_music]

@@moongonemadmode1067 the leclair or vivaldi allegro? either way i feel you cos im on grade 5 too and after every practice my arms feel like dropping off

[@khirr_music]

Lukas Lynch but the grade 5 pieces for list c are different to say the least

[@hedonicarus5624]

I've been studying ABRSM's program for years now...To think that the pieces I had to spend months practicing, these guys could just sightread them... I need to practice.

[@conallthewolf4103]

Hey, at one point, they were exactly where you are, if you keep going you can do what they are doing! Just gotta practice 40 hrs a day

[@fhyppa]

40 hours a day, :)

[@fluffernutter9420]

It helps if the piece you're sight reading is one you've practiced before. XD

[@thedreadedmushroom3012]

argh, I started violin when I was 5 and played on and off until I was 15 Dx but I hated to practise and only got to grade 2! (the shame) But now 15 years later I am so much more organised and have so much more patience, I am ready to start up again! (also just watched your reacting to progress videos vid and I'm heckin motivated) Wish me luck everyone x'D may do a progress vid for fun!

[@oxoelfoxo]

did you indeed re-start your violin playing?

[@leahskillet648]

I loved this video. So entertaining and informative!! 😅👍🏻

[@chloemiller5365]

Nobody: Brett: “Corelli-19”

[@gizelles4992]

“gently swinging” *sways side to side*

[@nyxion2771]

*AGGRESSIVE SWINGING*

[@susanryan6648]

That was brilliant, guys. I love your videos, very interesting and entertaining. :-)

[@tiffany22242]

They play the higher grades so much better than the beginner ones lol

[@literallynobody7477]

brett and eddy: going off with them classical pieces and musical dad jokes me: still wondering what all those dots and lines mean but still vibin' Edit: (guys i know how to read music, this was supposed to be funny)

[@izumi5304]

I finally learned how to read treble clef in college and holy wow reading music is not as difficult as I thought

[@ploopybear]

​@Yanjun Sun me sight reading piano: that's a lot of notes at once and how does that even fit on my hand, what is fingering?

[@mymusicbook7364]

@@izumi5304 ARE YOU FOR REAL *READING MUSIC IS NOT AS DIFFICULT* ?

[@izumi5304]

@@mymusicbook7364 ? I have dyslexia so I was expecting it to be more difficult to remember what note is what line on the staff but once you memorize it you’re set

[@mymusicbook7364]

@@izumi5304 lol ok I'm grade 6 but my sight reading skills are like grade 2 lol