12 Levels of Paganini 

I agree.

Of course they are. We never forgot.

I Stan these moments

I’m surprised they still do after all these ling ling workouts and confidence destroyers, it could be motivation too. Oh yeah and you have 666 likes paganini devil lol.

Who forgot?

"Oh, easiest shit you can imagine, I composed it while riding here so you should be able to play it right away" -Paganini (probably) to some poor student who's come to listen to his latest piece

What if Paganini didn't want anyone else to be able to play his music and now everybody is trying like maniacs. Hee!

@@laralovesviolins6510 Paganini probably thought “If they can play my music, they deserve to play it”

th level 9-11 piece frm Paganini they chose was like all 32nd notes.... 😅 Paganini: *expects every violinist to be pro percussion too*

@@laralovesviolins6510 fun fact: he actually had Marfan syndrome, which made his fingers more flexible (amongst a host of other ailments that came along with the condition)

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Wait, how old is the violin?

Yes.

They went to practice!

They*

Just not good enough for Menhuin.

@@aman-qj5sx She says after how many videos and how much effort they went to make videos surrounding a competition.

Ooh your pfp

Eddy is proving to be practicing 30 hours a day

Ling Ling is proud

Plot twist: eddy is ling and brett is ling, together they are lingling

@@ricsouza5011 😂👏

Congratulations ! I'm sure that you'll attain the level 12 one day if you continue to work hard like you did 😉😊

You just gotta practice 40 hours a day, that’s all.

Liling so proud of u

6 years and I could barely do level 1 😍

I-

Right it's so therapeutic to watch and listen to

I also think so I find it super impressive that they can make that many videos and still keep up with their practice

IKR!

I agree.

40h a day

Yup

So True

Well lets call them funny that is why i watch them:)

@@Dog-op4mk FUNNI EDITS - SURPRISED PIKACHU FACE, ROASTING, AND MORE!!!!

True

I think they let brett have the last piece coz it has some difficult left hand pizz and brett is better at that

They need to practice like me a bit, 40 hours, and maybe, *just maybe,* they can do what i do: Play every single one of my pieces at once, on one string.

pfft yes let me just finish up my piano (of which i already practice 30 hours a day) then buy a dam violin and learn how to play violin in the first place-

200th like of this comment :D

only ling ling can relate

Cello is easier to impress anybody we just have to play cello suite in g then go on the streets and boom done

@@frictionlessyt100 the Bach suite in g isn't as easy as you think it is...

@@polanski2399 it only took 8 years to get this good… wait oops

Yes great idea and so true

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White daisies hmm sounds familiar but where did i hear that?

40 hrs a day🙂

At least 40 hours a day

or both

they sure are

Not just prodigies .... They are REAL TALENTED MUSICIANS unlike the ones on America's Got Talent 👍👍

@@COOL_GEEK_ i know right, nothing personal, but i don’t really like ‘murica

@@TYsdrawkcaB oh i don't really like 'Murica because of that either -a "Murican

@@crazycrafts3414 aka “footlover”

4 mil brett do the whole thing

I knew he had it in him!

@@clh7316 I wanted to see him do Ysaye, but I DEFINITELY second this. Right back at ya, child prodigies! (Here before Hamza and that Sara person invade your comment)

@@ortezac.5339 who

for 4 mil sub brett does the whole thing god save the brett

No no no I’m sure you can! I played that as an amateur violinist in eight grade for a recital-pick up your violin and give it a go!!!!

@@anneliseklopp6197 wow u really had to flex on us there

keep practicing and you'll get there!

“if you can play it slowly you can play it fast” a goofy ah ah meme reditor no but seriously practice.

I'm 47 and got started the violin as my first instrument ever just about 1 year ago. I am working hard on that level one. You know the deal. PRACTICE.

They’ve been putting in real ling ling hours.

😂😂😂

Legit 😂

Well, Liszt did vow to become a master of piano after watching Paganini play violin.

Welp, same for levels 7 8 9

@@Musicienne-DAB1995 Yes and not just a master, he wanted to become the Paganini of piano 🎹 Then promptly proceeded to become exactly that

it would probably be the hardest of all of these for the piano id say.

@@BlitzTheFoxi Nope. Not even close.

@@octopuszombie8744 its my opinion, at least from the sheet music they showed it is the hardest. most of the music there was single line which is always easy. ive probably been playing the piano longer than you lol

@@BlitzTheFoxi This isn't piano. This is violin, that fact that it's "single-line" does not mean it's easier than piano, in fact it's much harder. Many people even say the original Paganini la campanella is the harder one. I understand if you played piano longer than 11 years and have that much experience, but I also have played violin for 6 years. Sorry if I sounded a little salty.

@@octopuszombie8744 I literally said piano you clearly didn't read my comment lmao What a joke

me , a non-musician, watching them and getting my self esteem obliterated

RSI 101

i knew that by lvl 3/4 i was royally screwed

:')

hahaha

I think so, yes

Yes

Absolutely and I’m gonna cry playing the caprices

As a violinist I did cry lmaoo

Dude really did sell his soul didn't he? I can't even read this in time.

They got it when they were 13-14 lmao

Yeah definitely, what god tho...?

Eddy's Campanella sounds GREAT, you can tell that his new violin lets his talent and skill thrive, and we love it

@@celeluwhen yeaaaaaaaa I’ve been waiting for longer version of Eddy’s La Campanella since the “Can we read each other’s mind” video! He really sounds so good in his new violin I am crying😭

I can't even do level 1...😧

brett's a *m a s o c h i s t* confirmed?

more like he’s enjoying the challenge, that’s how you know what a great musician he is

@@ajchandra7735 He always looks so happy when playing the violin. You can se he really enjoy it. :)

He's taking Ziyu He's advice :-)

@@oxoelfoxo just smile😃

Underrated comment lol.

Yep, we better squish all that violin juices

same joke with piano huh

Rowlet the Owlet lol true

I just want to say that I was the 1k like and I feel satisfied

It's all relative...

Deserves more likes 😭

@@CopShowGuy Yes, true that.

I'll return to my break from Twoset

You should deserve the Noble Prize for that seriously ... SO DAMN TRUE !!!

I could be wrong but I've always considered Brett to be the better violinist. Buy Eddie's overall musical ability is incredibly impressive and why he usually beats Brett in most of their musical challenges (composing pieces after one listen he killed Brett and is usually better at naming pieces and remembering them. Not even to get into how well he has tuned his perfect pitch abilities)

I thinks it’s just the pieces they’ve played, like eddy has practiced No.4 (in conservatory I believe) and Nel Cor Piu for the video challenge, whilst Brett chose God Save the King to balance out all the load

@@simplysammyd I agree. I think they balance each other out due to exactly what you describe: that they've got different strengths and weaknesses). Not a string player though, so this might be the wrong impression.

Which one's Brett and which one's Eddy?

@@kaputt_jay3873 Eddy is the one in the red jumper :)

I died when you included Ling Ling on your list! 🤣🤣🤣

@@janetmecham1059 you mean on your Liszt?

@@physicsisawesome696 Yes, that’s exactly what I meant. Good one!! 😆

Actually, it should go Paganini and then Ling Ling.

@@kevinmelendez1460 Um... absolutely no. Fuck no.

I would like to see longer concerts!

*cough: without hula-hoops please...

I'm learning how to play it right now lol

That's why you should practice

@@zglrd8938 im practicing eating and binge watching twoset vids.😌

me too.

Simple. Just play using the bow and pizz using your left hand

you also have to finger the notes while at the same time playing bow and playing pizzicato

increasingly bloodied and grotesque shades until its the deepest, darkest black in existence

@@prithvithakur7950 yes but that was pretty dark tho

@@yeehaw635 just like how it feels to attempt playing paganini

It depends. I’ve 3 years of experience on violin and I’m learning Paganini serenata per 2 vìolini e chitarra francese M.S 115

2:39 for Brett's lh pizz

Hi Paganini

Cause he want to save the queen

@@mayczey lol

lol

same

Me too!!! Hahahahaha

Thank you! :-)

Più non mi sento

Thank you!!!!

Up

I haven’t finished watching this video but I can guess “God save the Queen” would be the hardest 🤣

Aww. I guess that's actually kinda true. I look at orchestral brass music (am a music librarian for an orchestra) and wonder "where's the beef." It's no wonder those players bring their electronic devices on stage. BUT. There's some pretty virtuosic trombone music out there too, if you go looking. :)

@@snowyminnesota6028 Oh, there is. But even in a march where the trombone actually gets the melody for once there's only ever 1 note at a time. Sure, they might be fast, in eights, sixteenths, ect, but there's none of this double, triple, or quadruple stacked stuff!

@@brianhall4182 True. But maybe that's because the capabilities of the instruments vary, right? Playing stringed instruments ain't easy, for sure; but there's a lot less physical distance involved in the move from E to F# on a violin (it's just the drop of a finger) than the same on a trombone (it's been 45 years since I took "brass methods" but I do remember the physical challenges of playing the trombone - my favorite of all the brass). So we're kinda talking apples and oranges here. Capabilities, you know? And because violin is capable of so much, why - much is demanded.

@@snowyminnesota6028 Certainly a violin is capable of doing things a trombone can't and both offer their share of unique physical challenges. I'd never want to get into an argument about which instruments are "harder" to play since each involves different methods and techniques. I do remember being out of breath a fair bit, needing to strengthen my lungs, and getting sore elbows from too much slide work. I just thought that, in the perspective of reading music, trombone sheet reading and brass in general is much more straightforward. Granted, it's been many years since I was in band but even barring the fact I only faintly recall what brass to treble/other clef transposing entails, I can't even faintly parse what's happening in that violin music beyond "notes go up and down", heh.

HERE WITH MY PIANO-ASS DOUBLE STAVE SHEET-

ممكن

Pain

@Zues 300 levels of Paganini, then?

@Zues he did only that most them got trashed by other people later on

@Zues Maybe if we count the variations of each piece as a piece on it's own ( I know they are not )..........then perhaps.............

But also their satisfaction after they managed those levels 😍

How did you get to meet Itzhak?!?!

@@brittaneymccarthy3608he / she / they was a concertmaster lmao

they need so much more support! .. V

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안뇽

I love you🤌🏾

god save the violinist

@@kyoot_ducks4100 Thanks :>

Hear, hear, Richard...

Thanks for saying that so well. I'm learning so much from these two guys.

Thanks to them, the first thing that comes to my mind when I hear "scales" is musical scales and not scales as in fish's scales lol

Pagini 😩

@@lithbcyes4201ooooopsss lo so porcoddio me la son fallita , Paganini**

“the only way to copyright a piece back then was to make it so hard that only you could play it” -random commenter

true

Rowan Kim can do it

i remember that day too

Yes, it's so impressive

Yes it is

Yeah!!! I’d like to hear him play the whole piece again.

To be fair, he's had more time to practice. Definitely sounds great though.

Same !

for one second i thought brett was only gonna play the tutti part

YES

Same

I agree!!

Also, notice how the really fast ones in lower levels either have notes that are right next to each other or notes that follow a certain pattern.

They did a video about ranking violin techniques by difficulty. That should help put it into perspective.

In some ways this order is subjective. But there is a progression of technique accumulation on display Simple bow, simple bow but slow (requires really understanding bow control), fast bow, adding harmonics, ultra fast spiccato, fast string crossings, double stops, ricochet, doublestop with complicated bowing, lyrical doublestop passages with faster bowing up high, awkward finger passages and shapes, left hand pizz, left hand pizz accompaniment during long sustained lines with and without doublestops and intricate melody. This last level (12) is quite accurate being listed top as the constant and often very subtle but extremely exacting pressure changes/ adjustments +coordination of the accompanying part (the left hand pizz) is unbelievably intricate and to pull off cleanly AND musically on top of that with some semblance of unique artistry, requires about 10-15years of extremely dedicated thoughtful and informed practice. I could get any student to level one (who practices) in about a year maybe less, depending on their dedication level and how often they take lessons. Further they could learn it in solidly in a couple weeks. Fully polished performance in one month. God save the queen on the other hand would probably take for a very advanced student first learning about 2months at least to learn and another 1-2 to polish to performance level (depending on repertoire load, maybe longer or shorter). (The shear length of the composition also figures into these calculations. (GSTQ) is I believe somewhere in the range of 10-14 min long.. a typical concerto mvt length.

the reason why #3 is pretty easy is because 1. easy time signature (4/4) 2. the notes dont jump from string to string that much and they're really easy

He definitely got a lot cleaner since last time he played it

Nah it isnt beauty it is F L E X and DESTRUCTION OF SELF ESTEEM TO TO OTHER VIOLINIST WHOM LISTENING CHLOE CHUA 5 YEAR OLD PLAYING CAPRICE NO 1

if you rearrange "paganini" it spells "gain pain"

Cuz the person who would hv given strike is in heaven now

Not true though with newer works

@@geegeelyn fortunately there are enough old works

@@sassysqueak927 not in this case lol

@@aman-qj5sx Copyright is active until 70 years after composer’s death. Stravinsky died 50 years ago which is why he is still copyrighted. Paganini died 180 years ago so his compositions are not copyrighted.

How do you mean more responsive ,violina are not like Phone Screens

@@The_forgotten_two810 "Responsive" for bowed string instruments means that when the bow is drawn the box - the body of the instrument - begins to transmit and amplify the strings' vibrations all but immediately. There is little if any latency, and little extra effort required to set the instrument's physics into motion.

@@snowyminnesota6028 oh ,sorry not so good with violins promise I will educate myself for the future

It really is pay to win

@@Ruid-YT Including countless hours of practice. If you only believe in getting victories by cash, you would make 20 million sound like 20 bucks.

That would be super interesting!

I'd love to hear their take on ballet scores too (especially story ballets!) I'm a ballet dancer and a member of the piano gang (wc means i only get to faf around with the music in rehearsals) so I'd love to hear the perspective on the music from the point of view of the orchestra/pit

I have an impression that they dont like ballets lol

@@bachtuocmongmer824 dunno aboit that, but we already know they admit that so far they dom't have an expertise at opera pieces/songs

@@rockbell they should collaborate with a ballet dancer - see if their impressions match up with the actual choreography!

hey thanks

actually i want to hear bretts full paganini 16

Okay am back. I recently tried to practice it. Steve Vai's one also. I am done with the the first part. Sweep picking is fun, economy picking on the other hand isn't.

Do you play classical guitar? Because I play both and I personally find guitar harder because of the distance you need to cover. But they both immensely difficult at a high level

@@never5618 si dices eso realmente no creo que toques el violín.

@@melissamaldonado3484 i don't speak Spanish, but okay. I don't care if you believe me or not, i find the violin easier than classical guitar.

@@never5618 I think every instrument is hard. As a violin player I can tell violin is not easier than classical guitar, but I respect your opinion 👍

small typo* caprice 6 after caprice 24 :)

"The greatest nightmare known to humanity" [WHEEZE]

Same

@@shadowwolf2679 what’d you think?

@@sohums.6107 oversimplified didn't dissapoint as usual

Napoleon

Ahahaha I'm about to watch that

jajajajajajajajaja!!!

So you can play Lizst?:)

this is clearly day 3 of simply piano playing

Either god save the quwen or caprice 24 for 4m subs?!

Yes. Also I love the tune

@@airin.unohana God Save the Queen please.

no. that piece is a torture. and it takes a master violinist to actually make it enjoyable to listen

As a member of the Piano gang I can confirm that

Cig piano gang outchea

Yep, pretty accurate

indeed

Well, you can at least say “Ah, I can play La Campanella, if I try.”

מסכים לגמרי.

I'll continue the journey of native languages with Armenian: չե, ճիշտն ասած ես այդպես չեմ մտածում, բայց կարող է, որ ջութակը միայն բանը չե որ խաղում է, բայց նրանք խաղում են միայն ջութակի մասերը ու ես սխալվում եմ:

Yeah and there we have him, the perfect pizz boy...

Its like a violinist seeing a pianist vibrato and be like: Whut

My being both a pianist and violinist: why is everything so hard

there are other difficult techniques in this

Try and you' ll find out.

because you have to play multiple strings at once and it's hard to balance the bow perfectly and also sometimes the fingering is super uncomfortable in chords