Welcome back to another episode of TwoSet Violin.

Today we have another sight-reading video,

but with an interesting twist to it.

We will be sight-reading music,

but only off the original manuscript.

The O.G.

This is handwritten stuff.

It's scribbly...

- We're probably gonna go blind with this video. - I know.

- I'm gonna need better glasses. - We've all forgotten how lucky we are to have...

- Clean, printed manuscript in this day and age. - Printers.

Dude, they had scribes to rewrite

- the same part for every violin person. - Oh god...

So every note we play right...

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- Ding, ding, ding. All right, let's go. - All right, let's go.

What is this? Level one.

- Nielsen violin ro - Nielson? - Bro...

Why are the staves going backwards?

Yeah, it's upside - It's going backwards.

All right, so we haven't learned or practiced

or even looked at any of these pieces.

Oh, man...

- Yeah. I know. - This is already hurting my eyes.

It's like little ants on the screen.

Dude, that note is...

Dude...

Dude, that G.

Ah! Dude, that looked like a B.

- All right, your turn. - Hahaha!

Oh! Ha, ha, ha!

Oh, you're so screwed.

I feel like an old man, like...

Dude, it's so small.

Did they even have glasses back then?

Why am I doing that? Put it on.

Oh!

Ah...

Woah, dynamics.

I like that.

Oh, ****.

I played the wrong note.

- Manuscripts have errors! - Yeah, that's -

Is that an error?

It must be, that doesn't make sense.

Can you imagine

conducting an orchestra back then with all the typos?

It's like not having spell check for your...

- Yeah, yeah. For your essays and stuff. - Composition. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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All right, level two,

Handel Music for the Royal Fireworks.

This is level 2 not in the sense that the music is harder...

- But the manuscript is even messier. - It's messy. It's messier.

Yeah, I think that's right.

Oh!

Ah!

- Yeah. I don't even know. - Oh, okay.

But you made it though.

I don't know what note that is.

That looks like the ink just blotted.

- Oh, that one, yeah. - Like, what is that?

It's a mystery. Detectives, what is that?

Imagine being like those manuscript people.

- And every copy, they might copy the wrong thing. - Trying to figure -

That would be sacrilegious.

Ding, ding!

Your turn.

Okay, who is this?

Tartini.

F sharp, why is there two F sharps?

- Don't worry. I won't forget the sharps now. - Oh man.

My eyes. Sorry, I need a break.

Oi!

Oh no, that's right. My bad.

My bad, my bad, my bad.

It does sound weird.

What the ****?

Tartini, you high?

He's been smoking too much devil's trills.

Bro...

Oh.

Oh, come on.

That's why we don't play the Tartini concertos.

- Oh!!! - Oh!!!

Brahms Piano Trio.

I had fun with that one.

Dude, you can't see, it's faded.

Am I in the shot?

Da~ Da, da~

Da, da~

I don't know this.

It's really epic.

Da, da~

Da, da, da, da, da~

Dude, I think...

Is that right?

Did I play it right?

Da, da, da - I don't know, maybe not.

Da, da, da~

Yeah.

Da, da, da, da, da, da~

Whoa.

Oh, that's the piano part.

No!

Nah...

- I don't even know if I'm playing right or wrong. - Can you imagine trying to read the music

back in the days?

And that's why you memorize music, guys.

Actually, aside from Eddy's sight-reading,

this is a great piece, you should check it out.

You ready?

Good luck.

Good luck.

Da, da, da~ Da~ Da, da~

Oh, B natural!

Ooo!

You didn't get me there.

- Oh! - Two, three...

Oh, I played the piano part.

I had to move my head. Like, I had to do this.

- Yeah. - I couldn't see it.

Dude, in the camera, you don't even see your face.

You just see your head like this.

Well, have fun with...

Chopin Ballade No.1 arranged by Ysaye.

Oh, I know this.

That's not fair.

You know it.

- No! - That's why you memorize pieces by ear!

Dude, what the hell?

Oh, I think I know this one.

Da, da, da, da~

Bom, bom.

Bom, bom.

Oh my god, are you ready?

I hate reading ledger lines when it's manuscript.

- The spacing is different. - And the gap gets smaller and smaller. Yeah.

Oh, I know this one too.

Oh!

Ah.

You know this, right?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I can't play it.

Nice.

Oh, imagine doing the second violin part right now.

Oh, you got it.

I know this one.

- Yeah, yeah, yeah. - But I haven't played it though.

- Yeah. - But I know it.

Guys, we want to make a chamber quartet,

but we have no friends.

- Help. - Yeah, help.

Help.

Oh, violin concerto, dude, I played this.

Really? No. 2?

No, wait, I take that back.

- I forgot he had more than one concerto. 3, 3. - I think we played No. 3, right?

But this actually looks not too bad.

Oh, it goes to here?

Da~

Dude...

At least Saint-Saens wrote it cleanly.

- Yeah, Saint-Saens, thank you. - Thank you.

Saints-Saens, oui, oui.

Thank you, Saint-Saens.

Thank you, Saint-Saens.

Dude, it's not even - This level is like...

Oh, so nice.

Dude...

Woah.

Okay, ledger lines.

Oh!

- Dude... - Practiced my scales!

Practice!

Like, this is harder as a piece but easier to read.

Oh!

Dude, Schumann Fantasy for -

Dude, he's in a fantasy.

Schumann, do you think this is readable?

Ooo. Is it telling me B natural?

I thought it was a sharp.

Is that a sharp?

Dude, this is the worst.

How do I even figure that out?

It's like doctor's signature.

Maybe they can read it.

You know how doctors can read

- each other's prescriptions? - Yeah, they can.

It's like, "oh, that's a panadol."

It's like literally one line.

Yeah, it's like...

Schumann is actually a doctor.

That's why he died from syphilis.

Did he die from syphilis?

- They all kind of died from syphilis. - I don't know.

I just know his wife ran away for Brahms.

Ah!

- Ah! - That's what happens

when you don't write music clearer.

All right, guys, I think this is it.

Now you guys know what original manuscript looks like.

We have a new appreciation for

music scripts that's written out clean.

Yes, I need to rest my eyes now.

I can't even see the accents.

Can't even see you guys.

Yeah.

Oh, you know what I can't see?

I can't see them practicing.

All right, guys, please accent the like button.

We hope you enjoy watching us shred and just...

- Ding! Ding! - Yeah.

Classical music has come a long way.

Thank you, everyone.

Ling Ling is all within us.

See you guys next time.

Interesting!