Lang Lang Performs On Jimmy Fallon (ft. lots of inappropriate clapping) 

When the performer is good, so Twoset roasts the audience.

Lung lung is that guy that’s always coughing at classical concerts

First time I heard about Lang Lang I swear I thought it was an advertisement for TwoSetViolin.

Audience isn't clapping for Lang Lang. They're cheering themselves on for recognising the melodies. 🤣

“One for the classical, one for the audience, one for the TV” I chuckled too hard at that.

Brett and Eddy reacting to Lang Lang on Jimmy Fallon ❌❌❌ Brett and Eddy arguing how or pronounce pianist or peanist ✅✅✅

i did not expect them to debate how to pronounce pianist for THAT long

_when i first started watching twoset, i thought this was the 'ling ling' they kept on talking about._

Pro tip: only clap when the pianist puts his or her hands on their lap

Because if you can clap slowly, you can clap quickly And if you can clap at the right time, you can clap at the wrong time

Lang Lang Concert TV audience: That was good, but can he play FLIGHT OF THE BUMBLEBEE!!!???

I just imagine there’s at least one person there who knows classical etiquette and was looking at everyone else like wtf are you doing?

If you can say PIANIST slowly, you can say PIANIST quickly

You should make “don’t judge” merch with a hand slapping a face on it

My mom: Why do you have slap marks across your face? Me: I was judging

Hes pretty good he probably uses simply piano

I was just scared the audience would've started clapping along

Can you imagine TwoSet on Jimmy Fallon tho Like they’re playing a piece and when they do a tremolo and everyone goes wild they just *look at each other* When they come to a pause in their piece and people start clapping they just *stop playing*

What's worse than clapping in between movements? ... ....... Clapping in the middle of a piece.

I'm Chinese, I never liked Lang Lang growing up, always thought all his exaggerated gestures and facial expressions are unnecessary even embarrassing, until I was able to truly appreciate how great he masters the piano. He has done some fun reality shows in China in recent couple of years, I'm glad I could get to know him better through the show, Lang Lang is actually a very humble, pure, genuine, down-to-earth guy with a warm personality, he's not showing off or being dramatic with all the "unusual" movements/faces, it's just when he plays, he's so happy and passionate. Such precious purity

Lang Lang by day. Ling Ling by night. He practices piano 40 hours a day and violin 40 hours a night.

#TwosetonJimmyFallon let's make 2019 Brett's dream come true 👌🏻

Yeah but can he play flight of the bumblebee in 38 seconds on a NASA space piano

A glissando is easy in theory, but it’s PAINFUL and hard to time it like him and give note equal time because every note gives resistance

The audience for after 1 beat of rest: *clap noises*

I got a Simply Piano ad in the middle of this and it felt even more disrespectful and patronizing than usual

Glissandos on piano are the most painful thing on the earth, I swear

Alternate Title: Eddy and Brett fangirl over Lang Lang and roast the audience for 12 minutes

When you thought you were good at playing twinkle twinkle little star.

It was just a minute but I already can't stop laughing with the pronunciation of "pianist" as "peenist"...

Lang Lang is like Ling Ling but for pianist.

"One for the classical, one for the audience, one for the TV" HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA😂😂😂😂😂

Classical: omF- DID SOMEONE JUST CLAP BETWEEN MOVEMENTS!!?? Jazz: lmao clap after the solo that's okay

Lang Lang is just one of the 5 legendary brothers who have mastered the 5 different groups of instruments Ling Ling - the Grandmaster of Strings Lang Lang - the Grandmaster of Keyboards Long Long - the Grandmaster of Brass Leng Leng - the Grandmaster of Percussions Lung Lung - the Grandmaster of Woodwinds Together they form the musical family Edit: Okay people, I've seen the fault in my ways. I might've confused Lung Lung and Leng Leng (thanks rocket alpaca for pointing out this mistake) I've corrected it now

Ling Ling: 40 Hours Lang Lang: 41 Hours

fun fact: "inappropriate clapping" is a modern invention. Mozart wrote about how much he loved it when audiences clapped in the middle of his concerts.

Grandma: what's that lovely sound on the TV? Turn it up please! When there is clapping: Turn it down! It's too loud!

Remember how in "shrek" during the wedding scene there was a dude with big signs telling ppl when to "laugh" or "aaaw"? Well during classic music performances there should be one to tell them WHEN to clap

As a pianist, the fact that he can bring out the melody so clearly and crisply just gives me goosebumps.

I would say in general, a sloppy gliss. is easy on the piano. However, to get them as crisp, clean and colorful as he did is INSANE. I mean he slides up to that last note perfectly every time while keeping everything artistic and beautiful. It is difficult enough to gliss, up to a note without hitting a finger on any other keys without trying to keep things bright and beautiful!

Just waiting for *lung lung* to appear. The saga continues The question ist just: How long does he practice a day?

My piano teacher would always say to the audience before our recital started, "a lot of these pieces have what you think might be an ending, but isn't. So please don't clap until the student stands up and bows." Every year, like clockwork, we'd get that one parent that either showed up late or was new and didn't care and would clap before the student stood up 😂

As a Pianist, i can confirm that making such an even glissando is actually pretty hard

The glissando is technically easy, but it REALLY hurts. Your knuckles are horizontally smashing into every single key. You'll have some nice bruises after practicing it.

4:29 Glissandos themselves aren't super difficult on piano. What makes it extraordinary is how light he played the gliss. It's a beautiful effect.

Imagine someone in the audience suddenly slaps themselves

Lang Lang: Plays a straight forward left hand trill, phrases like a functioning member of society TwoSet: *Surprised Pikachu Face*

As a pianist and violinist, I can say that a glissando is certainly more painful than a tremolo.

I'm just sat here imagining the day we get to watch TwoSet on Fallon, and observe their internalised cringing when the audience starts clapping inappropriately 💀

Me: *slaps my face* don’t judge The lawyer and the rest of the courtroom: Your Honor, we’ve been here for 4 hours, please make a decision Me: but twoset said...!

Mainstream media consumer checklist for piano performance: ☑ Played something I recognize ☑ Didn't play wrong notes ☑ Played fast (clap)

Twoset: dont judge, slaps face Davie504: good.

The last time I was this fast... I couldn't afford the merch.

Motion of glisando: easy Making sure you can withstand the pain: hard Finger bleeding: inevitable. Lesson: learn technique.

Glissing isn’t difficult, but it physically hurts, especially at a forte dynamic.

As a currently practicing pianist, there is a lot of actual legitimacy to the gestures. As Brett said, it's mostly a byproduct of what you are playing. It is often easier to reposition your hand (depending on the piece, anyway) when you do crazy elegant stuff like that too, so it has an actual purpose beyond just looking like you're feeling REALLY extravagant and passionate about whatever you're playing. It's also an excellent way to release tension from your hands so you don't end up carrying it over to the next notes. Sidenote, that rendition of Chopsticks was beautiful and I can't believe he was able to get such expression out of such a simple melody. The level of control he has with all of his muscles is insane. The glissing was also :ok_hand:.

You could see that Lang Lang was just having fun. He was very relaxed.

Eddy: How do you make piano percussive? Piano: Is a percussion instrument.

the pieces hes playing aren’t that hard but his technique and style is what makes him a good pianist

Glissandos are painful on the piano, but they’re actually pretty easy. I’m pretty sure I fractured my thumb the first time I played one.

Now I can never play "Chopsticks," the one piano piece I used to play to show off, without feeling inferior. Off to practice.

For the record, those glissandos weren’t “hard” per say, but they hurt like hell

gliss on a piano is hard to do consistently. Lang-Lang makes it sounds almost identical all three times. And depending on how sensitive your nail beds are, it definitely hurts on certain pianos. And gliss on black keys hurts a lot if you don't have proper technique lol. I am not an amazing "penist" but I was the "penist" for the choral at my Academy.

Lang Lang is ling ling’s brother? No body has said that before.

The thing about the gliss with Lang Lang is that it's very clean, controlled, and done with ease. It's very easy to do a quick, dirty, sloppy gliss. He is certainly flamboyant, but looking at his skill, he earns it.

When Lang Lang plays an intoxicating piece Uncultured audiences: clap & cheer between movements When Lang Lang plays Despacito *Uncultured audiences: WOAHHHHHHHHHH CLAPPP!!!! CHEERRR!!!!! 👏👏👏🔥🔥🔥🔥*

Personally as a pianist , getting intricate phrasing throughout the entirety of the piece is far more challenging than any sort of ornamentation or glissando

I just imagine Lang Lang watching this video and being like, "Hey that's the guy that overslept rehearsals in Sydney!"

“Oh, you like classical music? Me too, haha!! It’s great for going to sleep!” *smak smak don’t judge smak smak smak smak don’t judge smak*

It’s because American audiences are uncomfortable with silence

Alternate title: Piano but every time the audience claps you die a little inside

Well, as a classically trained musician myself, the museum culture has been deeply ingrained in classical performance. Lang Lang here has definitely brought back music (i.e. classical music for that matter) back to the people. He has made it more inclusive. In contrast to how we classically trained musicians cringe at wrong-timing of clapping. Obviously Lang Lang has engaged the audience excellently the fact that they could not help but clap. This is real music for real communities! Thank you Lang Lang for making classical music playing relevant and enjoyable for a wider range of audience :-)

Musicians don't judge other musicians. They adjudicate.

Lang Lang is the human who is closest to evolving into Ling Ling

Glissando in piano hurts if you do not do it correctly. The merit with Lang Lang's glissando is the control he has over starting and finishing in the keys that he wanted, specially since it is very fast. Huge fan guys. Greetings from Mexico

My favorite thing about Lang Lang is the way he enjoys playing so much! His movements are mesmerizing!

Glissando=easy, perfect glissando=not so easy, perfect glissando + returning to the piece perfectly = impressive but easy if you PRACTICE

As a fellow peanist (lol), I can confirm that the light touch in the beginning is, in fact, much harder than doing three glissando's.

It's not an audience who likes classical music if you don't hear anyone coughing.

Fun fact from my music history professor: when Liszt used to perform it was very common for people to cheer in the middle like this, much more similar to rock concerts than classical performances. He ate it up, he was a brilliant performer and Lang Lang's performing/playing style is actually reminiscent of Liszt's. However, at some point later in his career Liszt got fed up with it and would actively shush audience members if they started to applaud during his pieces. So, Liszt is one of the main reasons why it's common etiquette to be silent during classical performances.

Every time I saw Eddy and Brett slapping their own face in the beginning of the vid, I know there’s gonna happen something they want to judge lol

he looks so free n happy when he plays i cant blame all those gestures hes going ham on that piano and bouncing along and smiling

Glissandos on the piano are such a pain (literally). They’re not necessarily *hard,* it takes a lot of practice to find-tune it to be able to do one without brutally murdering your hand 😅. They’re harder than you think, that’s for sure.

Bro when I lived in China, he would come to our piano school since he was friends w the headmaster. It was pretty dope, he’s r chill

y'all gotta remember, before ling ling 40 hours, it was Lang Lang 8 hours Also the reason why he makes it seem so easy is because he actually enjoys playing piano. You can see it on his face. He loves it, and every time he plays piano it brings him joy and he's having fun with it. Also if you're an Asian pianist I'm sure your parents compared you to Lang Lang at some point lmao

his rhythm is SO SO SO EVEN at the fast notes WOW like its connected, and also the amount of pedalling is also SO GOOD

As a pianist I can say this This man is the closest thing to perfection.

here’s a friendly reminder to practice today if you play an instrument:)

Lang Lang: /plays a note/ Normal Audience: WOOOH WOOOHOOO Cultured Audience: *S I L E N C E U N CU L T U R E D S W A N S*

I knew a guy who interned for Fallon, and he let me know that pretty much every beat of the audiences reaction is trained before the show. They have someone come out and coach them on how to laugh and such. I’m sure the same can be said for many shows like it

But can he play Flight of the Bumblebee at 325 bpm🤔

1:07-1:50 that’s 43 seconds of Two Set just debating how to say pianist Now *this* is the content we subscribed for

The smile of admiration that one musician has for another is so recognizable. You could just see it on their faces

Lang Lang is amazing! I’d love to see him in concert! And I look forward to seeing you both in concert too!

6:15 is probably gonna become merch Don’t judge- Eddy and Brett 2019

My music teacher: so what do you want to be when you grow up? Me, an intellectual: peenist. Music teacher: lol what

To be fair to the audience, typical performers on this show are more pop or comedic music types and many people haven't been to Classical performances, so they don't know what you're supposed to do. I took a friend to the symphony and had to grab his hands to stop him clapping at the end of movements.

Just remember that it is completely acceptable to clap during a “hot” jazz performance. Ragtime is considered the earliest form of jazz and was mostly played in loud speakeasies. Clapping or even shouting during the Joplin piece would be considered a compliment to the performer in this situation.

When you play the piano and none of your A’s work: you are now a “pinist”

doing glissando on the piano isn't so hard, but if you do it wrong... ...it can hurts