What people think is hard on the violin VS what is actually hard
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What is really, REALLY hard is listening to someone learning the violin
Oh dear.
Sounds like a cat screaming wildly huh?
Omg this is the truth.
You won the internet the day you posted that tho
Our 9yo is 7 months (alot of it home lessons, thanks covid) into learning the violin! Kill me.... Please!!!!!
me, a non violinist: "aren't they both hard?"
Me as a pianist: "f- the first one is harder" (Background: tremolo on the piano is very hard, while chords are very easy)
@@jeremythomas4744 how tf do you tremelo on a piano?
@@icedout8771 You turn two or three fingers (players preference) into pistons and just keep hitting the same key.
Yes I am
@@TheJzai I believe it’s called finger blasting
The hardest part of being a viola player is being mistaken for a violin player
AH! I know right! Someone understands my struggle!! I always tell my family members I play viola, and they’re always talking about the violin. I feel like it’s because the viola isn’t too common
@@soccer4lifee wHatS a viOlA
YES
@@Botannik5281WhaTS ThEE DiFrEncE
Y'all are second violin, right? Sorry
She's a professional violinist
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What’s actually hard on the violin: slow, consistent bow practice
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yessss I’m working on a song for a contest and I’m supposed to practice slowly and I will play too fast then slow down for a bit then speed up again
@@i_love_violin9181 good luck for your upcoming contest!
@@typo62 thank you!
@@i_love_violin9181 good luck, you can do it!
Hardest part about learning a violin is getting your parents to buy you one as a kid. The second hardest part is being able to play it without getting told by your parents to shut it up or they will snap it in half
Sounds like you were the kid 😂
trailer parks are a rough place for a violin player 🥳
Hmmmm...and?
Mine taunt me for not able to play anything worthwhile and comparing with people who appear on the TV 😔
@@vaishnav_mallya then?
She played the devil's thrill with such ease. It is clear she is a master of the Violin
It doesn't look sped up to you? Does to me. Like 1.25 speed.
@@khaynenalwine1815 I can see why you may think that but if you really watch it on a big screen its not sped up, you can see her stomach as she breaths moving normally.
In case you're wondering how the first one couldn't possibly be hard: the reason for its secret simplicity is that all you're doing is playing the bow on one string back and forth really quickly most of the time, which is generally pretty easy.
What is the name of the first song
me who knows nothing about playing any instrument: ah yes, she's correct, the second one is indeed, more difficult
Haha that's so accurate, but does anyone know what the second one actually is?
@@nteta10k it’s because she’s switching from first position to second/third position as well as vibrato, plus the fast and constant bow movement with different varying speed.
@@beastramen7947 me who plays nyckelharpa: and don't forget about the string crossings
@@nteta10k It's part of the cadenza from Tartini's Devil's trill.
@@Kazeiru Glad someone else knew what it was. Fell in love about 4 years ago when I first heard it.
What people think is hard on the Violin: Paganini. What's actually hard on the Violin: The wood.
This comment should have more likes lmao
Don't wanna mess with 69 likes
HAHAHHAHAAH
True
Someone tag twosetviolin
The hard part is towards the end of "Devil's Thrill", which I recommend to everyone here to give a listen. I personally really like the one with Ithzak Perlman.
For those who wondering, the "people think hard" is Summer by Vivaldi, the actually hard is Devil's trill by Tartini.
The hardest part is making it through your child's first 8 years of learning the violin in the first place.
Still one better than bagpipes
@@carrotsandrunning touche
👏👏👏👏👏 As a former child who has seen my home videos of my first several band concerts, I concede to your point counselor.
@@damnedtolive9121 I have been learning piano I concure
@@damnedtolive9121 I took lessons from grade 1 to grade four. When I was 8 years old. I challenge you to a piano duel
I was hoping the “what’s actually hard on the violin” was going to be scales with good intonation. 😆
And I am currently working on intonation with scales in my lessons. Evidently I'm improving, but I can't tell the difference🤷♀️
@@gwendalynpeterson5739 im not a violonist but generally, practising anything on any instrument is a long and slow process and it doesn't seem like youre improving because u see the continous slow process - but the teacher hears your process in longer intervals so it is more apparent to them - its like when youre growing and you feel like youre kind of the same height but then you meet someone after a year or something and theyre surprised by how much youve grown - maybe if you want to be able to hear your progress u can try recording yourself pracising and then you can compare how it sounded a month apart and youll probable be albe to tell the difference
The C major scale is making me rethink over my whole career
yes
@@breadconsumer947 lol
OMG THIS IS MY FAVORITE PART OF THE SONG!!! I'm a beginner, and Devil's trill sonata was the first violin song that I ever listened to, and it's one of my favorites. I hope that I will be able to play it one day, but you nailed it!!
The Devil's Thrill is one of my favorite pieces along with Night on Bald Mountain and Marche Funebre
What seems to be hard for many violinists is making a warm, beautiful sound which can touch our hearts.
First piece: Vivaldi's four seasons 3rd movement in G minor (summer) Second piece: Tartini's sonata in G minor (the devil's trill) 4th movement
thank u 😭😭😭
@@suhaanpawar3306 no problem
Thanks lad. I knew the first piece was Four Seasons, but I couldn't remember which part. And the Devils Trill is an absolutely excellent piece as well.
@@DustMug it is
Thank you so much bro i was looking for the first but i couldn't find it anywhere🥲😅
Work with left hand is so harder than right hand in the music world
This instrument gives me chills every fuckin time, i could cry for real
Or, a more accurate statement: "Here's something that's hard. Here's another thing that's hard."
I can do the first one and I'm crap at the violin. The fingering for it is super easy, the bowing is super easy, and... well that's it actually. That's the whole thing. Look at her left hand, she just keeps it in one place! And to play the other note you just touch the other string real quick, and keeping your bow on the right string is the first thing you learn.
I'm playing violin for around 18 years now. Started at age 8. I was able to play the first one at age 9. So really, first one is not that hard. Still impossible for a newcomer tho.
Literally 💯💯💯💯
@@Oberon4278 bro they are both hard
@@SkaldJanus thank you
No joking. The hardest thing in playing a violin is of course to always press at the right place on the string and make it give out the right sound.
you mean "intonation"?
😥agreed
So real
No, it's maintaining perfect sound projection and keeping the bow tilted.
@@GamerKittyYT Exactly right! I've been playing self taught piano for 10 years, and so, when I started learning violin just 4 days ago, I've found that 'Intonation' and just overall finding the perfect pitch for any song that I hear, comes easy to me. However, the bow and playing it in the right positions/angles is Exponentially difficult! But with that being said, I'm only a few days in of learning this instrument. 😅 I hope I can get better, before my family gets fed up of my 'Practising'. 😂
When Michael Scott heard "hard" he will immediately spurt "That's what she said" 😂
Nice job miss ma’am
playing double strings is so hard when I'm trying to do it. but when I'm not trying to do it..and its on accident, I can do it just fine lol
Why is this true. You try to play on two strings you cant, the second you need to your bow just says no
Facts
Facts though
Facts
Easy tip is to play heaps of double stop scales. Start with 6ths and basically relearn all the scales with double stop octaves and after a millenia we will get there 😊
But I was told, "If you play it slowly, you can play it quickly."
Ah a man of culture 😂
You can learn it quickly*
As a piano player, I'd say it is more like if you can play it slowly, you can eventually play it quickly/fast.
How many hours a day do I have to practice?
@@mosphaerae At least 40.
What’s actually hard on a violin: simple scales
The second one gave me shivers. im still a beginner playing the violin. I hope i can be this good one day
As a person that plays the violin, they both hard
This is exactly what I was thinking!!! It is all relative. One is hard and the other um.....very hard.
As a person that has never touched a violin, they are both hard 😂
How long you been playing? By the second year or so tremalo should be quite easy. If not make sure to practice and watch vids how to do it. Dont want to practice incorrectly then you will make it a bad habit. Note I am a violast so my info does not matter to most people
@@adrianbrooking8930 Knowing tremolo is easy but having that perfect of a tremolo with the string changes is difficult. At least for me. Give me slow songs that flow beautifully any day of the week. Lol My hands aren't what they once were 20 years ago. Lol
@@sgrayuni Oh yes that is true. it seems a lot easier than doing haha!
how about this: violin just isn’t easy.
Tru
It's really not that hard compared to piano or guitar
@@silcoxjakob try playing one note without sounding like a crying cat
@@silcoxjakob oh no don’t start this again… Just accept that you’re wrong. Pressing a key that can’t be out of tune vs moving hair on a string? Yeah try again next time
@@ja_u Pianos don't go out of tune? Okay
I also play the violin and completely agree with this!
caprice 5 and 24 finale: czardas - monti: god save the king - Niccolo Paganini
I meam, it makes sense. The forst one is mostly one repeating note, the second one is a whole string of various notes. The speed just tricks people into thinking the first is also hard, probably
The hard part of the 1st piece comes just after the point she stopped at😂
It's because she didnt play the hardest move in summer of Vivaldi, it's after the one she's playing.
@@movin3148 oh i didnt saw this sry
Can't speak for the violine but on the guitar it's often like that. Something can sound (and look!) incredibly difficult, while it's actually quite easy. Usually it's like you said: a simple repetitive motion played fast.
The first is a a place in Vivaldi, one of the movements, I think summer but I’m not sure since I haven’t played it before, the with with a lot of notes is the cadenza of a piece called devils trills, it’s very hard. I’ve played that one.
I'm playing g violin right now. I just started about 4 weeks ago and have only had 2 hours of practice and I just taught myself twinkle twinkle little star🤩🤩
🤩Good job 🥳I hope you continued to play the violin
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Good job👌👌👏👏👏👏👏
When I first played the violin I thought I was so good 💀💀💀💀
I'm a viola player and I get so annoyed when people come over to my house and say"oh nice violin"
I have to go to the orchestra now
If the orchestra lasts for more than 4 hours, see a doctor.
After or during orchestra, you may experience symptoms such as: Tiredness, Sudden urge to strangle the violists, and crushed dreams after not getting first stand
Did you discover what was hardest from watching the video?
That's not how they dress there...
@@wingerrrrrrrrr 🤔🤨
And she plays a more flashy and virtuoso piece that everyone can tell is hard
Just to make a point as easily as possible I presume...
Right lol.
It’s just that the Devils Trill is an extremely difficult piece and she wanted to flex.
not as flashy as her top
@@brennanhinckle9888 The video was titled what people think is hard vs what is actually hard. Obviously, she’s going to play a difficult piece for showing people what’s actually hard.
It's because the first song it doesn't require that much technique; vebrato, sharp bows, string crossings, intonation, shifting. On the other hand, the second song required some vebrato along with shifting to different positions like fifth position from time to time. They also had to make sure that the beat was intact. I feel like the first one it was easier because for most of time it was the same thing, and going a higher note at a few parts. Plus, if you've been doing violin for at least two years, you'd probably get the tremolo down for the first one. The second one also had shifting and all that while having it in beat. Just because it's fast doesn't mean it's always hard :P P.S sorry for writing an essay TvT (thanks for taking your time if you did read till the end!)
how are you playing the double stops so perfectly 😭
what's actually hard on a violin: picking one up and trying to learn
Not really. Picking up and trying is the easy part. Sticking to it and keep practicing, day after day, year after year, even though it turns out things don't go as smoothly as you once imagined, that's the hard part
Yeah picking one up is so easy it weighs only like a pound
That applies to literally any hobby or skill, not exclusive to violin
@@bigblue207 5 This
@big blue that’s not entirely true. Suppose you play soccer, majority of time you train with teammates, u have bondings and you & your teammates would grow as a team. Violin (and presumably many other instruments) is different; you would practice alone, cuz that’s the only way you would actually get better. you have to commit the time, talking about hours, to practice everyday and consistently, even when you know your friends are chilling outside.
“I think that song is hard on the violin” is a thought I have literally never had my entire life.
😭😂😂😂
I wanted to correct you by saying "piece" not "song" but i guess Der Erlkönig, one of the hradest classical pieces on violin is still considered a song because it has lyrics.
I guess it's what people think is impressive
I think Stephen Rochester is smart is a sentence that nobody ever had
@@muadhib001 Probably true!
as a 2nd year violinist, whats hardest for me is to remember when to play soft and when to play loud
The first song you played is the song to one of my ballet dances-
Try Smoke on the Water - now that’s an achievement on any instrument
ITS A TRAP
Played the solo for this on a viola/violin hybrid in 8th grade, took me 3 months to learn it.
It's very easy on guitar... at least the rhythm guitar part is.
I think we sight read that in orchestra camp in 8th grade once or something like that
not drums
Whats really hard on a violon.. "SMASHING INTO THE GROUND" Yup, thats pretty hard on a violin.
Facts!
ha!
Pretty metal too.
@@duvisol yes we love some smashed violons
Eyyyyyyy 💪
Omg the whole body becomes music :O
True. And that is only the beginning.
All I hear is Bret and Eddy "sacrilegious" any time I hear bumblebee now.
Hey twoset gang❤️
the word sacrilegious is tattooed inside my vocabulary
I didn't hear her play flight of the bumblebee
@@MrFlibbleflobble she didn't but thats the first thing that comes to mind when I read the title which was immediately followed by Bret and eddy wowwww, sacrilegious
what does sacreligious mean anyway?
I thought you were going to play a scale. Cause that's next level hard 😂🤣
Omg double stop scales are gonna be the death of me ajsjsnsjsjsj
Ikr😭
Lol imagine not playing the piano
@@manuel_elastico3163 imagine not playing the guitar 🎸
@@johnrichardson6596 imagine not playing the steelpan
"How many times have you watched this?" Me: yes
The devils trills ending is probably one of the hardest parts ever and it sounds so good
When something looks easy you know someone is working hard.
She looks easy.
@@remy17.82 BRUH
My niece, who played violin, says everything is hard on the violin... Lol
These types of videos deserves million views
As a violinist, I AM IMPRESSED
I think most people would think the second was hard too.
Woah! Such a relief to know the first part was so easier than the second.
What people think is hard on the violin: Left hand What is actually hard: Right hand
And yet you can do both of them!! Good job, sista!!
What is hard to me on the violin: Literally everything you just played.
The hard song is called “Devils thrill sonata”
Piece
What about the first song?
@@CantcerCause winter - vivaldi
@@CantcerCause it’s actually Summer mvt. 3 by Vivaldi.
Easiest one : Turkish March
Gurl you can be a professional with that bow
When you just went into it effortlessly without missing a NOTE, my jaw dropped.
The hardest part looks like having to rest your whole face on it to keep it in position lol.
Ya fuck that. And arm rest is good enough for most instruments.
Not that hard once you get the hang of it. It’s not really your chin that’s holding it; it’s really resting on the shoulder
I saw the title and knew it was gonna be summer for the first one, lol. Why is everyone so amazed by it?
Because it sounds cool🤷🏻♂️
Because Vivaldi was a rockstar
why wouldn't they be? if a person doesn't know how to play violin, then they can only really see speed as a difficulty factor. how would they know what double, triple stops or different bow technics are. they hear fast, they think it's more difficult
Tremolo = amazing, duh
I thought it would be flight of the bumblebee
GOOSEBUMPS!!! (for the last one)
POV: You thought it was going to be a rickroll
Me: Blows a recorder out of tune really loud. "Haha she's good👍."
Lmao stahp ! 😂 ..
Don’t have to play violin to know the second one is so much harder
The whole concept of the video is false lol.
@@michaelclarke1716 falsity is an artiticial construct. Your premise is fundamentally false.
She’s Talking Facts, like Office Max.
as a violinist I find this VERY relatable
She just wanted to flex. This isn't even a joke lol
Seriously lol who tf talks about what is and isn’t hard on the violin nobody cares
Found 2 morons on one thread. Awesome
@@jondon3182 the real moron thinks the general population gives a shit about the different difficulties of songs on the violin ☺️
@@jonw9791 yep, mustn't be important if you don't care about it
When peoples regular conversation sounds like they are speaking in headlines for buzzfeed, there’s your problem. English dumbed down to the nth degree. So much summarization you could start feeding it to Neanderthals. What is hard, it hard, me hard, hit hard, more hard.
How does she play without a shoulder rest!? Amazing!
As a cellist, I feel this 100%
There's only one problem: Everything is hard on the violin, Even playing just a single note can be hard to do correctly (I'm not a violinist, but I imagine it is hard because you need to learn both how to use a bow, and where are the notes on the neck)
And the nasty screeeeeech of your first inevitable wrong notes O.o
Yeah it is hard especially if you have bad technique, but like with many things practicing makes it easier. I'm not too good at playing, but it's really fun and I recommend learning.
While that's true, it's also true for many instruments. All woodwinds and brass for example. A beginner can at least pluck a violin to get a nice sound. A beginner usually can't play even a single note on a woodwind or brass without some instruction.
@@rpg_haven I have a few friends who play brass instruments, when I asked them why they chose their instruments they said that they just got to try it once, and managed to make a sound so they decided to learn it
You know… once you learn perfectly well the first position, all the rest is easy peasy.
That's easy, what's hard on the violin is not quitting and actually practice
vouch
Oof. Yeah. I feel like there are so many violinists out there, including myself, who've been in a "I've been meaning to get back into playing again" mindset for years.
Legend says that Ricardvs still did not pick up his violin after his comment.
Ouch. Why did you you hurl this directly at me 🤦🏾♂️ 😂.
40 HOURS A DAY
As a former violinist (and that’s in the lowest terms) I can remember how hard it was for the fingering in the beginning. It’s nothing like any other instrument. The fingering is everything.
As a violin player a can confirm
What is actually hard on the violin: *starts The Devil Went Down to Georgia*
My boy did that and he won a golden fiddle from satan
I had a nephew who got a golden guitar from metal satan for playing the covered song from guitar hero 😂
Cus I’m the best there’s ever been! Amen!
The second song is literally the Devil’s Thrill Sonata by Tartini
What’s actually hard on the violin: making it not sound like a dead cat
I would have said a dying cat. Dead cats sound? 😂
Dead cats don't make a sound
When cats get down to do the dirty thats when they make the screams,that sounds like they are getting skinned alive
I think some fancy violins gave strings made of cat guts soooo you're not wrong lmao
Cats have nine lives relax guys they can still scream
Ah, the Devil's Trill. Never gets old.
The hard part is from Devil's Trill sonata for those who don't know. It's just brilliant for me.
Man sold his soul to play that one, I'd imagine it would be difficult 😂😈
the piece Dylan Dog always plays on his clarinet
Whats the easy one called?
The outfit though… bellissima!
Girl this is harddddrrr😂
Both sound great
This sounds so elegant! I wish my future children can play an instrument.
No your future child will wish his future child can play an instrument
Let em be bro!
you can wish for yourself first
Haha! SO TRUE 😍😂 Love what you do! Hi from a fellow violinist! 🎻
Wow, nice to see you here! Huge fan of you both :)
The sounds was really softly but shacking my heart
I play, and she most definitely do be right
Looks like you speed up the video
you know if you speed up a video the audio gets weird as well? how do you now know this
@@Barn1721 wow you are dumb. if she records the piece at a faster speed WHY WOULD SHE SPEED THE VIDEO UP
@@Barn1721 so?
@@person8987 so what start another conversation I am bored thank you for I dont just thank you god bless you have a good day
@@Barn1721 youew bored because youre wrong... ok no problem
What people think is hard: playing single notes fast What is actually hard: chords. I wish guitar was this way.
Ever play power cords on an electric guitar?
@@FiveMCity after 20 years...a few times haha. Jazz chords are my bread and butter though. I find they're closer to how a piano would voice the chords, making it easier to come up with melodies.
@@jamesacereese4481 I play thrash metal do it's not chords at all, or atleast rarely. Just some powerchords and then it's all fast open E xD
I think it depends how fast you play the single notes...
it's honestly incredible how loud a violin actually gets
Im taking violin at school and were having a orchestra soon. Honestly, playing that doesn't seem too hard. You play so good too.
It’s totally obvious that the second bit is much harder than the first one even for me as a person who can’t play any instrument at all.
"Storm" is an absolutely masterpiece 👌🏻
Yeah, I to like the X-men
As a violin player, this is 100% accurate
Man of culture 🥺 here you are again
Second part sounded sooo good 😩
As an alright violinist, can confirm. The first one is pretty easy, but I have no clue how the hell to do the second one lmao
Any idea what it's called?
@@chucky_music someone else said the devils trill, I think
Watching you play and not get distracted is hard 😂 I get distracted by her beauty