I too am a twoset violin fan but I appreciate music first and being a fan second. Although viola jokes are supposedly light-hearted, I do feel bad for them. All instruments in the orchestra are equally important. I love the sound of the viola too. Kinda like being an alto ok a choir. :)
@@authenticbaguette6673 it is indeed terrible. Once again we can't hold the brains of others. I'm not fond of jokes at the expense of others truly... The viola jokes really don't dwell well for me. Hope you're okay!
@@moonori4595 i don't play strings. But i honestly find viola's sound is more pleasant and soothing than violin. Violin is... more on the loud and obnoxious side compared to other stringed instruments.
Ahmad Deedat Ibrahim Viola is a joke among us string players. Mostly because it’s pretty much the only mainstream one in the Alto clef. But jokes aside it is ultimately a nice sounding instrument.
@@moonori4595 i follow two set violin so i know the "joke". Even me who is not a musician find the "joke" grating. It sounds like "harmless racism". Maybe I'm overthinking overacting, but seriously it makes you wonder if all these "jokers" ever thought of how it feels to be on the receiving end virtually constantly.
@@moonori4595 the worst part is when i see non musicians commenting on their channel are making fun of violists too because their idols who are professionals signaling 'it's fine to make fun of violists', inadvertantly or not.
The viola is the best, coming from an ex violinist. I love the tone of the viola , that why I switch to it in high school. I do all my gigs , and my music covers on my viola. VIOLA GANG , VIOLA GANG!!!
My two sons have just signed up for their school orchestra. They originally chose to play violin but an over abundance of violin players caused them to "volunteer" to play the viola. This video helped the boys picture how the viola relates to the violin and the rest of the orchestra. Thanks for posting this series.
@@stanleygagner If you've heard a decent size viola and one that has good strings, it sounds so lovely, rich, and warm. You should definitely listen to one in real life when you have the chance. :)
I am an amateur classical pianist and studied violin for a few months. I just love viola's sound. It does'nt have the same bright the violin does have, but it has its own character that I found very interesting for some musics and melodies. It's sound is smoother and warmer. I really enjoy it. And even the violin sounds better when accomplished by the viola. It is the reason all the great composers use it together with the violin. Even if you prefer the violin, it sounds even better when accomplished by the viola.
I'm a violin player, but I actually like the Viola, I hate how people always disregard the Viola. I want to play a Viola Edit: Update, I play the viola now and I'm entering 2nd year university for classical performance on viola - best decision I ever made!
Yeah, it seemed that the violinists who made fun of my viola were never the better violin players. The better violin players worked to build me up, not tear me down.
I prefer the sound of a viola tbh. It's a lot more comfortable to listen compared to the overly harsh/bright tones of a violin to my ears. Cellos are wonderful too, but the viola sits right in the middle and that's what I love about it.
Why do so many people hate the viola? I love it. One of my favorite instrument, next to the cello. I've been playing viola for 6 years now, and its beautiful sounding. Like a warm and roaring fire.
Viola is really imperfect instrument. That's because it's sound box is too small in realtion to strings and lower tones. I think that this makes viola the best for modern music. That's because of this characteristic, a little bit humming sound. For me - viola is one of the most unique and versatile instruments.
I am an amateur classical pianist and studied violin for a few months. I just love viola's sound. It does'nt have the same bright the violin does have, but it has its own character that I found very interesting for some musics and melodies. It's sound is smoother and warmer. I really enjoy it. And even the violin sounds better when accomplished by the viola. It is the reason all the great composers use it together with the violin. Even if you prefer the violin, it sounds even better when accomplished by the viola.
What does that even mean? There's no such thing as a "perfect" instrument. Either you like the sound or you don't. Using words like "perfect" or "imperfect" is very subjective and therefore meaningless. People who prefer the viola sound might as well say that the violin is imperfect.
@@specodhec341 The golden rule of music is "if it sounds good, it is good". IMO, if an instrument has a nice sound, then, by definition, it is not flawed. And physics laws say nothing about the sound box size being flawed. All physics laws say is the sound box size will affect the timbre (by amplify harmonics in a certain frequency range). What makes a good musical sound is actually something outside the realm of physics, by which I mean, physics says nothing about it. In fact, physics doesn't even care about audible frequencies - ultrasound is also sound, as far as physics is concerned, even if our ears can't hear it.
i played viola in grade school for three years. when i moved my teacher begged me to continue but my dad wouldnt buy me one and the new school didnt have one for me. i had been using my teachers at the other school. my teacher there was incredible and really liked me. i even had a chance to conduct an orchestra that he took me to. i am 50 now and have started playing again two years ago. what a wonderful instrument and thank you for posting these videos on the internet.
I play the violin. however this also sounds like fun to play. I love the warmth it has while the violin does contain a portion of warmth it can switch to cold just as quick however I might try the viola one day.
I switched from violin to viola five days ago. I've been learning to read in C clef and I'm very involved at learning at a steady pace and combining with technique and repertoire. It's a pleasure you enjoy once you try it by yourself. It's a delight.
I love this instrument's sound so much! Violins have such a.... high? Thin? sound sometimes that is almost too much for me. This has the sounds I like from the violin (I think cause as he said it shares some strings with the violin?) without the super thin ones, while the deeper sound from the viola is so beautiful! I wish these guys had more solos, or more... melodies (from what I understand from the comments) in orchestras. I just started liking classical music and I'm in love with this instrument. So beautiful.
After 10 years of playing the violin I just started playing the viola and OMG, IT'S SO BIG!!! This fact just makes me SO happy, you can't believe it!!!
I've played viola for around 3 years now. I played violin for 1 year and transitioned as school offered me the viola it is by far the best sounding string instrument I've found the are crisp and it's not that screechy sound you can get from violins this is all in my opinion
I'm a violinist and I wouldn't give up playing my violin, but viola is so beautiful! I would love to play one. They're like a mix of violin and cello and they have such a deep, mellow sound. They also add something special to orchestras and ensembles.
As a Cellist. Today for the first time. I tried to play the Viola (yes i can play violin too) and i must say. I really liked the sound of the viola. I love it! All instruments are awesome!!! ☺️
One of my absolute favourite pieces of music is Telemann's Viola Concerto in G major. The combination of Telemann's masterful writing and the viola's rich, deep, emotional sound almost brought me to tears in the first movement.
They’re like the altos of the strings! No melody, you just kinda fill in some spots. It sounds so beautiful, i wish they could get the melody more often :)
Violist are the best, Go Violist and I am a Viola player I been playing for 5 years almost going to my 6th year of playing. I am a freshmen in Highschool in Chamber Class. I'm the only Freshman in Chamber class in my school.
I played the violafor 7 years in my youth. We're often forgotten, and usually few in number, but we are the rhythm section and very important in the orchestra
The viola is my favourite musical instrument. From the moment I heard the sound of this instrument, I instantly fell in love with it. Viola music always makes me happy when I'm down.
I feel like Twoset fans don’t actually hate viola, we just make jokes about it for the heck of it. Like, the Twoset community actually respects viola and it does sound very good as an instrument, so please know all viola jokes are just that- jokes. We aren’t serious when we joke about violas
Some people are and even if you are not the jokes do not get funnier the more often you hear them. Non Musicians also have no place of telling them and a huge base of twosetters are non musicians. It just hurts at some point.
people forget that lots of the great composers played the viola, including Mozart, dvorak, Britten, Hindemith, schubert, Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Glinka among others.
Really enjoyed this video. Nick is clearly a master of his instrument, and it was an honor and pleasure to listen to him play. Keep up the good work, Nick!
Came here after watching twoset. They are pro violinists but are beginners at the viola. So obv they cannot demonstrate it. Came here to find its true beauty. Such depth
Philharmonia Orchestra (London, UK) I've just watched them all. They are wonderfully informative and interesting. I've always loved the suite as it combines my love of music and astronomy. You can definitely hear how it has influenced composers, particularly those writing film scores. I've already recommended your channel to one of my friends.
I honestly think viola is such an underrated instrument i love the richness of its sound...kinda like a cross between violin and cello. I play the flute in my school band but love viola also :)
As someone who primarily plays bass guitar, it’s fascinating to me how similar the playing techniques are in regards to playing near the bridge, over the finger board, Bartok pizzicato (popping or plucking on bass), etc.
Now that I can play the Violin a little bit, I am seriously thinking to play the Viola. I wonder Why there are less Violists than Violinists ! I really prefer the sound of the Viola as much as that of the Violin.
It is such a beautiful instrument and I feel it is a good medium between high and low. I hope you were able to give it a try. And it is a shame, but it’s also not very known in an orchestra. I didn’t even know what it was until I played it!
Cyber Leaf Warm and majestic? It's sounds like a calf screaming out in pain as it is slowly being flayed alive into veal, your feeble little brain must have trouble interpreting vibrations into sound.
I always considered this instrument a much superior instrument to the violin. It has such a beautiful sound,full and rich compared to the high ear scratching notes of the violin.
Razvan Sorin shut up you're insulting all the people who play the violin!! Violin is just as good as viola if not better. It does not have ear scratching notes. You just don't know how to play it properly or you listened to the wrong people :(
Prakash Ke Sadabahar Geet Am I not allowed to have a prefference?It's a matter of taste,I didn't mean to disrespect anybody,it's just my opinion and you shouldn't be so offended by it,it's not a royal decree you know...
Rainbows_Rock I would recommend you to either pay attention while reading something or take some English lessons. I never said the violin is better. I didn't say that the viola is bad, either. Also, how was I adding on to the criticism?
PLAY IT!!!! I play the viola and with a orchestra family Believe me when I say it's so much fun and lively!!!!!! When u put the bow to the strings u make music with your family so everyone can enjoy the music including yourself!!!!! And the viola is the base of the orchestra Without it There will be no orchestra without it
London phil be giving hearts all the viola appreciation and i just feel like that needs to be appreciated (Secret: twosetters and violinists actually have lots of respect for yall violists; can confirm i am both)
I don't consider myself a violist, but it is still my favorite instrument in the orchestra, it has a very beautiful and strong intonation if is played alone
Haha , I expected to see twosetters everywhere in this video 😂 But it doesn't seem like it is our perfect chance , cz this makes it sound really good 😮
Your videos are really enjoyable, thank you. I love the sound of the viola, It's something more sober than the violin. I think because of the medium register, also because it's less hyped. It's its charm.
Thank goodness I've discovered these videos! As a young composer of film/tv music, I often struggle with orchestrating my work sometimes and these videos have proved such a useful tool for people like me.. Thank You!
Philharmonia Orchestra (London, UK) I downloaded the App yesterday, and have since been having a blast reading through all of the scores, its been incredibly useful.. I would love to see the orchestra do some film music and post it to the app, that would be amazing.. some Miklos Rosza, Bernard Herrmann, Elmer Bernstein, John Williams, Max Steiner, John Barry, Franz Waxman.. that would be really cool, but so far Im overjoyed with it!
ibanezman04, We happen to have a lot of film music related content elsewhere. Check out our concert series devoted to music from the movies tinyurl.com/ndfwy5h Also, you should watch our listening guides to Holst's 'The Planets'. Much of contemporary film music is inspired by these works. The series is a great insight into the orchestral textures you hear in film. tinyurl.com/qzpvstd
Philharmonia Orchestra (London, UK) Thank you again! Im a huge fan of the Planets! What a great series of videos you've made on them! and my tickets for the concert at royal festival hall are booked, thank you for letting me know about it!!
It is remarkable how twoset is on virtually every single stringed instrument youtube videos. They have generated hundreds of millions of people to consider classical music. Most influential classical musicians in this century.
i really want to play the viola in 5th grade because that's when we get to play in the orchestra. After i watched this video it urged me to play it even more. I really found this amusing when he explained the different ways you can play it. Right now i play the guitar and i know all of the strings on it, so maybe that will help me? I will keep doing more research on the viola because it sounds more soft and airy to me. This really helped me. Thanks!
+Alice Compton Try picking up Cello as well. Generally speaking, you can play the Viola when you can already play the Violin and vice versa. Cello is a bit different in this regard due to the considerable difference in size and the position in how you hold it. But boy, do these three instruments sound divine when played well.
Honnestly, I'm here from Twoset because I wanted to learn what a viola is and sounds like, how different it is from a violin. I don't think they hate viola (do they ???), but the repetitive viola jokes ended up bothering me a little.
Prairie Té I think it’s just supposed to be a lighthearted joke (even tho I don’t really get it) but it also bothers me sometimes cause I play viola, but most the time I find it kinda funny, lol.
@@kittykat4570 yeah I read up on some wiki articles about viola jokes. Apparently it's like orchestra tradition since in the 1800's whersa violas were really only known as the instrument with really easy parts.
I miss playing so much, I played in school but I rented the viola I used and I had to turn it in at our last performance and I cant wait for school to start so I can start playing again.
What I think many of the violist haters don't realise is that roughly 3/4 of all the notes played on the viola are the same as the violin. 😐 and also the violists can shift on the A string to produce many of the same notes as a violin would on the E string. 😑 And the "out of tune" jokes- it depends on who's playing it. A violin can be equally out of tune if the wrong person is playing it.
But the sad reality of the fact is that the best violist can never be as good as the worst violinist. *RIP* That's not to discourage you from playing though... music is a wonderful and rewarding thing in any form.
the composer Brett Dean once said that there was an advantage of playing viola in Berlin Philharmonic that he could hear the music from the inside and all the inner voice which help him in learning how to orchestrate for an orchestra and make the all the part for the orchestra interesting to play.
I played violin for three years and then one day after a school concert and turned to my mom and randomly said “I think I might switch to the viola” It was actually a good desicion as I much enjoy the sound and it’s mellow tones. Plus I couldn’t stand some of the snarky people in the violin section at my school.
I may be a bit biased as a violist, but I love this brilliant video. I wish I had these videos when I was in grade school music class a long time ago. Cheers!