Professional Violinists Play Through ABRSM Grades 

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

Gérémy Desmanche exactly

Theirs instrument

Grade 4 me

A2,B1,C3 for violin exam grade 4

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

wise words

@@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!

​@@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

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

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

And that actually happened

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@Yanjun Sun same question ..I need explanations

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

same for me but im an amateur pianist

Sorenkair same. I also do that with rhythm games

@@shadowdepths2486 how did you learn scales and chords?

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

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

@@TheTransformerCrazed yep, agree (:

For the famous pieces they just memorise them

@@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.

@@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.

Interesting

paganini be with you

Maybe celebrate his birth and not his death lol

F for Respect.

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@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.

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

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12:09 anyone knows this piece hihi

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

You can just kill me now thank you.

@@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.

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

@@PeterGriffin-kb2hf can actually relate

I laughed my ass off at that

I love that

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

Kincaid

4:18 brett pulled an Alma... INTERESTING

@@thatsalittlebassist he said he gave up reading 😋

Singapore symphony

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

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

@@lik7953 I know it was just sarcasm 🙃

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

@@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 🙃

Jess D mine was cancelled-_-

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My violin oral is cancelled :/

I forgot about that!! Asdfghjkl

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

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 :)

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Same.

Highkey*

Kousei Arima when?

When?

17:22

@@maryanntamasan3585 15:04

That's some serious trust right there.

Wow! Cool! Go Eddy gang! XD

Ayeee

Plot twist: you’re actually Eddy

@@ilovemydog8825 I wear glasses too...

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Felt.

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 ❤

Yas 😂😂💕

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

​@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?

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

@@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

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

@@AzazelFox don't be rude. I'm not saying that your point is necessarily untrue, simply that the way you expressed it was not that tactful. The person is 13. Come on

@@hannahseling1513 Preach

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*AGGRESSIVE SWINGING*

right?

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.

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

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

Yep! They are amaZing!!

I am in love with the Bach fugue ( if anyone wants to hear it you can go to Hilary Hahns channel to listen to it )

@@nellapenelope3240 yes they aRe!!

@@teasokolovska8099 Me too!! I love it so much. Ray Chen's is also good, but I will definitely check out our Ling Ling Goddess!!!

@@teasokolovska8099 I have downloaded that piece. It is absolutely lovely!

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)

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

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

Eddy and Brett kinda switch personalities its very cute

ikr they switch personalites when playing it's super cute

ITS VERY CUTE💖

Already 505 🤣

Ling Ling would approve

that is awesome! good luck!

Wow that is cool! Much respect to grown ups who start practicing again! So many people just abandon it. Wish you all the best of luck!

Same here!!! Gave up at 15 (learned for 9 years), picked it up again at 35 after I started watching twoset. I used to hate practice but now I enjoyed it like never before and tried to squeeze time for it after a full day working. Never too late to learn and enjoy music! Keep practicing 😄

I did same for the piano after watching TwoSet.

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

THAT IS LEGIT ME!!!!

Relatable (I’m in grade 7)

@@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

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

Exactly

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.

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.

They're very, very good

12:09 anyone knows this piece hihi

they knew most of them that's why

Because it'd be waste of time to play easy ones, they've gone trough difficult ones right from the beginning, heh😁

I literally came from that video, how did you know? :')

@@Frewster me too xD

tHe ViOLiN gAnG

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

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

Angela ah yes but did you practise 40hours a day?

@@FirstnameLastname-vf9rp whoops, busted. 🤣

I feel really bad for you now because i literately took less than 2 years to get to grade 5 as a beginner 😅

yiming18 lol if you felt bad you didn’t have to comment that to make them feel even worse

1 5 y e a r s to get to g r a d e 5? 👁👄👁 h u h?

It sounds like one. Brett's rendition almost sounds like a real thing lol

Just want to put this, for a reference ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-X14iTM8fziE.html

I recognized it as an Easter Egg you can find in the Detroit: Become Human game (the singing android on the junkyard).

living in turkey sucks. you're still luckier than me i've been playing upper advanced pieces since i was 9 but my family never took me to an exam.

i was 13 when i took my 1st ABRSM, and yup that British dude does look lika gandalf 🤣. i was dead nervous until i can even understand each note in front of me

'british dude that looks like gandalf' TOO REAL. im from India and i still remember the first exam i took, i was already so nervous and on top of that i was NOT expecting to play for some old dude whose accent was so thick i couldnt even understand what he was saying lmao

GANDALF HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

@@selinossani7157 it aint the perfect one but you got to keep rolling guessing from your name your mane problems would be racism and if its right i feel you there as an expertise on the issue

It’s a merging of the two sacrilegious bois

Yesss omg, i really fall in love with Brett's rendition for that piece

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.

*Fantasia has entered the chat* 👀

Good for you!

*play it cool*

Herbie Tio ey grade 6 testing too? Lol but mine is a piano exam

@@meiruchen580 eyy piano gang! Even I'm in grade 6 of piano of ABRSM

yo same! What pieces are you doing?

i’m grade seven but for for piano!!

@@valerieplushie1031 I'm doing Fugue in G from group A, Prelude in B minor from group B (Chopin yay) and that French piece from group C (can't spell it rn lol). How about you? Edit: sorry...I think I misunderstood you... You're a violinist right? Edit 2: btw question open to all you piano gang peeps! What pieces are y'all doing?

exactly!!! lol

Twoset considers Bach's Chaconne one of the top 5 most difficult violin pieces after all. Solo performance means you have to be literally perfect :s

I think classical musicians all have a love-hate relationship with Bach lol

Didn't you know that Bach's middle name is "impossible"? And that counts for every instrument that Bach wrote anything for.

I was thinking the same XD

As a classically trained tenor/baritone AND violist (our rep includes both the cello suites and the violin sonatas and partitas...), with the latter being my primary instrument, I'm inclined to say that as difficult as Bach can be as a vocalist, I would wager it's particularly moreso as an instrumentalist! While those capable of mastering either and taking it beyond the notes and into the realm of musicality are both worthy of significant amounts of respect... in my experience, it's more difficult on strings than on voice. Particularly when you consider pieces such as the Chaconne or Fugues on a supposedly "monophonic" instrument. Not to say that Bach isn't challenging as a vocalist, in the least! But Bach's work for solo strings is, at least to me, the epitome of overcoming technical prowess for the sake of musicality, and as such, is among the most difficult repetoire available for the instrument(s). The likes of Paganini or Reger only get you so far; you can express SO much more with Bach. Even despite the technical advancements of the aforementioned, where technical skill speaks for itself, Bach essentially requires you to say more than "just playing the notes", which is difficult enough in its own right, particularly with his unaccompanied works. There is no mastery; the closest you can get is figuring out how to convey your interpretation in a way that might be convincing.

they did it from an iPad but yeah I was thinking that

Less than a 20 minute lesson a book.

They're not too bad, there's 9 pieces in each book and currently on the ABRSM website the Grade 1 book is £5.50 (~$7 USD/$10 AUD) and the Grade 8 book is £17.75 (~$22 USD/$33 AUD).

Yes! It was so hard when my family sort of ran out of money, and the books were so expensive! And all the sightreading and scales and aural test books as well

Makes me remember how expensive First Certificate Examination (Cambridge University English international exams) books are! The last two years of intensive preparation I studied from photocopies because all the money went to pay my teacher! (This was during the early 2000's, when the best listening practice was watching BBC News channel)

you dont have to remind me

we love our smart boi

Did Brett divulged when he got his LMUS?

YIKES REALLY?!! damn man if this boi aint lingling idk who is

"tired energy" that's a nice oxymoron lol

Sono nella tua stessa situazione

Stessa situazione anch'io-

Why is everyone replying back with Minecraft enchantments??

ITALIAN GAAAANG

Ah e io che pensavo che non ci fossero italiani in questa community AmaZiNg!

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That’s all I could see.

Same UwU

I read chicks instead of chins

Lol

I have never thought I am worth anything, because I was gr. 3 at 13. And there are thousands of asian kiddies playing grade 3 at age 4!!! Nope, I just play to comfort myself that at least I can play better than the general hordes.... Sigh....

@@nellapenelope3240 This might seem cliche but it seriously doesn't matter how good you are compared to other people. Just find pieces you want to play, and think of ways to get good enough to play them. That way you're not comparing and you have a goal that will make you happy. I found a piece I loved a couple months ago, and I'll tell you that I've never felt this motivated to practice in my life. Go find that piece for yourself, and then you won't care about what anyone else is doing. Have fun playing!

@@mintbrownieangelfish-6114 that is very true. Currently I am practicing some pieces for a youth orchestra, and my goal is simply to do as well as I can, and make the orchestra sound good. I realised a while back that I will never survive if I am trying to compete constantly. It takes all the joy out of it. So thankfully I am quite happy just practicing my pieces, and enjoying every moment. Thanks for your encouraging words! Btw, if it wasn't for twoset and all the nice people in the comments, I wouldn't even be practicing right now!

@@nellapenelope3240 Don't play music because you have to, and don't play music because you should. Instead, play it because you love it. I had to re-learn to love music because I sort of lost that love while practicing for a youth orchestra last year. :)

Oh yeah... he said that in one of the videos... okay now i feel horrible. 😂😂

Also Brett: Quintuplets (on the last piece)

or last level rather

mozart allegretto (from clarinet krwinquæ 581)

I'm doing trinity piano grade 4

Wow, 11 years of not playing? What happened?

@@oxoelfoxo college and grad school happened

So what career did you pursue in place of music? Just curious😅

*horrible flashbacks* Do you want to know what ABRSM is?

I guessed, the searched. Was right, but I do play electric guitar.

Tirza Kharisma yes

Royal Schools of Music exam grades. From very basic 1, upwards to 8.

@@exoticcats6119 Yes, like what Gavin Reid's said, it is an exam indeed, from England I believe. The exam tests us on pieces (Section A, B, and C. Each is from different periods. I think it's baroque/classic for A, romantic for B, modern for C. We get 3-5 options, so we choose one of each), scales, sight reading skills, and aural skills. So, an examiner from England comes to various countries, including mine. As a non-native and nervous-prone person, it was... a trauma (lol not really, but it's not fond memories). I have said it before but let's just say I didn't practice 40 hours a day and I didn't have talent and bombed the Grade 8 exam. Oh btw, this information is for ABRSM piano exams. I was a piano player. But it should be the same for Violin.

So casual abt it

congrats! it's cool how your ratings are known as ‘distinguished’ - i've only heard of distinction! which exam did you say it was again?

same :D i got distinction on piano

Would you definitely recommend ?

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@@shxtney Ah, I must've messed up the word. The two sound fairly similar, so I mixed those up, haha. Thanks for the correction.

100th like :)

Lucky bro! I am still sweating through grade seven, and feeling more worthless every day!

Nella Penelope lucky! How long have you been playing for?

Nella Penelope I have been playing violin for 6 months and I’m still grade 1 ( I’m almost grade 2 )

@@nellapenelope3240 Omg, I know that feeling T.T I must clarify that I played piano (and I think violin is harder), but what we feel most definitely similar. Grade 7 was when I lost most of ny motivation.

That would be so fun!

It was my childhood...

Y E S

Yes PLEASE!!!