*hysterical laughter* Hello guys! Welcome to another episode of TwoSet Violin.
And today we have a very, very, very, very, very, very special guest.
I think you guys know who she is.
*chuckles* If not, you should know.
Her name is called Hilary Hahn.
See also:
And then she's.
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amazing.
What we're gonna do today is the.
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That's right.
The most difficult violin trial in the world, to test if you can be on par with Ling Ling.
I don't know.
Can Hilary Hahn be Ling Ling? We'll find out today.
*chuckles* So we have, as usual, 2 pouches.
One has 6 pieces, and one has 6 challenges.
– Now, you don't know what's in them, hey? So.
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– Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.
She doesn't know what's about to hit her, um.
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so should we just do it? – Okay.
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– Let's do it.
Yeah.
– Why are you sighing? – I don't know why I'm nervous.
– Yeah I wanna know too.
– I should be the one sighing! Yeah I know! I don't know why I'm nervous! Yeah.
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! I'm nervous too.
– Oh, I'm anxious.
– Alright, so just pick a piece.
Random one.
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Mendelssohn concerto, 3rd movement.
Alright, for the challenge.
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Oh no, here we go.
*nervous laughter* Only with lower third of the bow.
– (Eddy and Hilary) Okay, okay.
– Oh, yeah.
Okay.
That's a good start.
Just.
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you're easing me into it.
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Okay, I'm gonna.
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– Mmm, yeah.
Why am I playing so fast? *laughs* *shrieks* *laughs* *laughs* *claps* *chuckles* Whoa.
– I couldn't stop you, I was just like.
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Oh, did you try? – No, I was just like.
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– It was too epic! – Yeah, it was too epic, you couldn't stop it! *laughs*- Dude, there was like phrasing and everything in there.
Alright, I think we should give like, some context for non violin players.
Would you say the lower third is one of the trickiest places on the bow? Yes, 'cause it's very.
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– It doesn't bounce.
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– Like the bow naturally has some give in the middle, – Yeah.
– And then it's really heavy, when it's like overly weighted so.
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Yeah.
– So literally she just played like, string crossings.
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– And there was dynamics as well! And just.
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yeah, it's so hard.
Yeah, wow.
It's like, imagine running.
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– It can't be explained.
– It's like trying to do gymnastics sitting on your butt.
Yeah, exactly.
Gymnastics sitting on your butt.
– Next one!- Alright, next one! I'm getting anxious, I don't know why.
– I'm also getting anxious.
– I'm getting too excited.
*chuckles* Mozart 5 “Allegro”.
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– Alright, okay.
– And the challenge?- That's the first movement, right? Yeah? Yeah.
*sings melody* – Uh oh.
– What's it gonna be? – Play with hula hoop.
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! *laughs*- Nooo!!!! Yes!!!! – Alright, play with hula hoop!- I have to do slow notes! Like slow bows with a hula hoop.
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!*laughs* Alright.
(Brett and Eddy) Ohh.
*laughs* Okay.
She's going uh, counter-clockwise.
*laughs* Sounds so good! *laughs* – Woah!- (Brett and Eddy) Wow.
My tone is very centered though, I think.
(Brett and Eddy) Wow! Do I stop? It sound—you can stop.
*laughs* Sorry.
*laughs* Wow.
You guys have heard us play, we don't really make sounds, or like music.
That was the music—wow.
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really good.
– That was uh.
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– Okay.
– That was better than how I can play without a hula hoop.
– I know, yeah.
*laughs*- Woah.
– Next one.
– Alright.
It's better, I think it's better when I will hope.
– It's a secret—- Oh! Erlkönig.
– Yeah, there we go.
– Erlkönig.
– Ernst.
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– Yeah which challenge? Oh no.
It's kinda hard to play Erlkönig anyway because that's how it's written.
Yeah.
*laughs* *hysterical laughter* *scream* – Left hand and right hand reversed!- Nooo!!! Oh no! *laughs* Uh oh.
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I don't.
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I don't even know where to start! *laughs* You just got to believe in yourself! – Wait.
*laughs*- Alright, so the challenge is left and right hand reversed, – Yeah, it's literally.
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yeah.
– playing literally the most difficult piece in the world.
– I have to reverse the shoulder rest, too.
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Is that gonna work? – Yes.
– I don't know! *chuckles* – Let's see, let's see.
I've never done this before, so.
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– Let's do it, let's do it.
– It's the first [time].
– A way to start, right? *claps* That's Erlkönig.
*laughs* *laughs* *laughs* – Look at that pinky.
– Yeah! *laughs* *laughs* This is how you start, right? Um.
*laughs* Well there you go.
– Do you wanna hear what it's supposed to sound like?- Yeah, let's.
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Guys, this is how it's supposed to sound like.
*laughs* Wow.
Okay, gotta reverse the.
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yeah, wow.
– I've never seen you struggle on the violin.
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I don't know! – It's like the only time—- I don't even know how you would physically.
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okay.
Woah! Pizzicato! – That's how far I got.
But it's not the same piece!- Wow.
*claps* Not the same piece at all! *claps* That was amazing.
*chuckles* That piece is notoriously difficult, for everything.
As you can tell, from how it starts, when you don't know how to play it.
*laughs* Feel like a beginner, just like completely.
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– Okay.
Next one.
– Oh, that was f.
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Let's see, – Okay, well.
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– let's really see now.
– Ohh, let's see what happens.
Okay.
Bach Fugue, oh.
It could be harder.
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*chuckles*- Bach sonata no.
2, Fugue.
– Mm-hmm.
– Oh boy.
– (All) Double speed! – Oh, this will be interesting!- Ohhhhh!!!- Mmmmmm!!!! Okay, what's the primary speed? That we're doubling? – I mean, what's your primary speed?- If you can play it slowly, (Brett and Eddy) You can play it quickly! Yes! *laughs* – Yeah.
– So what's your normal tempo?- I'll prove this now.
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– Mm-hmm.
– What's your normal tempo, first?- Let's see.
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Sonata no.
2, right? – Yeah.
– Mm-hmm.
Something like that.
Mm-hmm.
So, double will be.
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*incoherent yelling* *laughs* That was so crazy! I'm not sure if I technically made it to double speed, but I did my best.
– I will try again.
– Yeah, we'll see.
*laughs* – Whoa!- Whoa! Damn that was insane.
– That was 15 notes a second guys.
– Yeah guys, 15 notes a second.
That's how you play Bach.
*laughs* *chuckles* That's awesome.
*laughs* Wow.
Oh God.
– Okay! Next one.
– Glad I didn't get that far.
So like, traditionally the Ling Ling workout's meant to be like just shredding.
But ours' more like.
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– Flexing.
– Flexing, yeah.
*laughs* – Yeah.
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– Okay.
– Bach sonata no.
1, “Presto”.
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Now if I'd drawn double speed for that one, that one would have been tough.
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– We can do that as a bonus.
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*laughs* Bonus challenge! – Okay, here we go.
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*laughs* Yes.
– I've been waiting.
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– Lindsey Stirling.
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Lindsey Stirling dance! I don't know if I'm up on my Lindsey Stirling.
I'm gonna try.
I don't know.
I took ballet, might turn it to ballet.
*chuckles* Oh, really.
*laughs* Whoa!!! *laughs* (Brett and Eddy) Whoa!!! *claps* That's my own dance, I don't know.
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You can still play, that's amazing!*chuckles* I'm puff[ing] for some reason, I'm not doing anything, but it's like.
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*laughs* Just hearing and feeling it was like.
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*breathes* Okay.
– Oh it's the last one!- Oh it's the last one! Okay! Ohh! Sibelius 3rd Movement.
Yes.
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*evil chuckle* – The last challenge.
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– Okay.
– Last challenge is.
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– You guys know what's missing I don't.
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Let's see.
A string.
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oh I'm terrible at this.
– A string tuned down a semitone to G sharp.
– With Sibelius.
It's fine! Ohhh!!!! *laughs* Oh, okay.
Ohhh!!! Oh! *laughs* *claps* *laughs* It's in tune! *laughs* *laughs* You want one more? Bonus challenge?! WOAHHHHHHHHH!!! Alright, so for the bonus challenge— No!!! *laughs* What you said before.
– I think we should do one– – I finished my workout!! You gotta stretch after the workout.
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– This is the stretching.
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What do you think about this combo? I think that'll be.
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– No!!!- Okay.
Bach.
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– I've walked right into that one.
– Yeah, yes.
*laughs* Alright, here we go.
*shriek* * S H R I E K * *hysterical laughter*Okay.
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okay, a little bit.
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*chuckles* Wow! And then like.
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like the way your accent is, like.
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– Like, emphasis on notes.
– Its polyphonic!! Even if it's fast.
It's beyond me now.
Guys.
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Guys, that's the official new world record.
– The fastest violinist in the world.
– Yeah.
*chuckles* 15 notes a second.
I can also play.
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– World record.
– If you can play it quickly, (Brett and Eddy) you can play it slowly.
That's right! *chuckles* But, you said it now so you have to do it.
*laughs*All on the G string.
– Okay.
– Okay.
Alright.
– Play it slowly?- Yeah, like.
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– Normal speed.
– Not double speed.
– Not double speed.
– Yeah.
All the challenges stacked up.
One finger.
*laughs* – One finger, G string, backwards!- Fourth finger, G string.
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– Oh my God.
– Double speed! – Lindsey Stirling.
– That's like the final boss.
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*laughs* – Everything together.
– Yeah.
Alright.
Here we go.
*laughs* – That's pretty clear, right? Think I nailed it.
– That's pretty good.
That was.
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– 10 out of 10.
– Interesting!- That's virtuoso.
– Interesting.
– Interesting out of 10.
– Alright.
– So guys.
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Now to finish it off you have to do a dab.
With or without the violin? Oh.
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maybe without the.
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*laughs* I don't know how to do a dab!! Oh we've got to teach her how to do a dab! – Okay, let me get rid of the violin.
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yes.
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Dab.
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just like.
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– Okay.
– You've got 2 hands parallel.
– It's like yoga class.
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– And then your hand goes in.
– And you need to.
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yeah, you go.
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– You need to nod.
Yeah.
Yeah! That's right.
Okay.
3, 2, 1.
*laughs* Guys thank you so much for watching! I don't know what we're doing.
Smash the subscribe button.
*laughs* Yes! Go follow Hilary Hahn.
On her social medias, and listen to her concerts, she travels everywhere around the world— This is what a world class soloist looks like.
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! *laughs* That's what we do.
Yes.
Thank you, so much.
– Anything you want to say?- Yeah, anything you want to say? Uhh.
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thank you! – Oh, check out her new Bach album!- Yes! It's lit, it's how it's.
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– It has a presto in it.
– It has a presto.
– It does have it.
It has a fugue in it.
– And a fugue.
And all the other Bachs.
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I think.
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doesn't it? Yes.
– Well, I don't.
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– Yes, it does, it does.
*laughs* In the original form.
Yeah, without the workout, so you can imagine how good they'll sound.
*chuckles* Go get it.
*shriek* Okay.
Hi everyone—bye everyone! *laughs* It just started.
*laughs* Yeah!.