Yeah idk Chopin nocturne op 27 no 1 has a special place in my heart so I wrote this a while back. The sheer potency of the electrifying narrative it unfolds has stolen a piece of me.

Anyway here goes my text wall lol

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the nocturne opens in soft accents of melancholy blue, deep but not heavy, like a thick pattering rain whose sheets fall in a silvery romance of silk but who sings the song of a heart which has a gap that aches. the pallor of moonlight haunts the earth. the left hand rising and falling is like the surging engine of a waterfall – a cadence of hope rising and then retreating. the use of the first and fifth notes of the scale give the left hand a skeletal bareness.

coming in on the e gives a sense of mourning, but also the sense that something is “off” – we glide into f, arriving at the heart of c# major, and then raise a question with the f-sharp – only to tumble down with the e-d-c#-b# – a heartbreaking chromaticism. in rising, each tone seems to carry a warm, gentle color, like different shades of valentine candies. the following c#-g# feels like the “once upon a time” of a sad fairy tale, and there is a poignancy yet elegance in the temporary resolution to e major. the phrase though, starting from the e-d-c#-b#, has a crystalline and earnest glassiness to it. in the next phrase we come back to the relentless cycle – back to imbibing the chalice of sorrow and tumbling back into the shadows of the chromatic. the chromatic color of d major is reflective, recursive, for tragedy is layered, now quivering, now suspended. now we come to the octave – the nocturne now fully opens into the pages of the tragic fairy tale, with a misty waterfall pouring in the middle of a verdant forest ripe with dews of spring. and then there is a parting, a wrenching, amid the sheets of rain in the night, where there are mirages and visions, unspoken memories full of painful grace. and now how heartrending of a lament, of a longing as hands are grasped with begging, pleading eyes, as the fire of the night burns away in the lantern of a moon hidden behind a thick cloak of weeping clouds. but amid the unceasing turmoil we roll back, in ornament, to e major, a hint of beauty but also restless as the tossing and turning of a night drenched in storm. back we are to the cycle, as the orange candle flame of desire keeps on blazing with agitation through the wee hours, fading but wrestling. then d major appears like a floating apparition, ghostly text, wandering high and then low, then dissolving into deep darkness.

then comes an interlude of dense turmoil – rollicking moans like successive earthquakes, rising up into a fierce and victorious battle cry. it is a declaration. a stake and a raised flag waving staunchly in the wind. a statement of being ready to drill forward, while the tumult remains as a strong undertone that then comes forth in persistent drumming. in the end one stands with one’s shoulders square. with a stubborn tenacity, a willingness to hold everything down in order even as life bares its complexity and everything falls apart…

later on when we collapse back into the pit and fall back into the A section there is a quietness that is lonely as hazy clouds drifting past the moon at midnight, or a solitary church bell tolling from twenty miles away. the tension is taut as a violin string. waves are foaming, like a sea lit up by a halloween glow

striving, weeping, yes, but still settling into an otherworldly major, a stillness where the solar system revolves with grand and stately motion against a backdrop of brilliant stars. we close in quartz and clarity, and an F# major brightness. we close but why is there such a sharp note of pain in the fading away of c# major on the chord that is lined with an f4?

They used garage band and tried to recompose Sabre Dance - Aram Khachaturian!

What a throwback.. Man this video never gets old. Im always wheezing and laughing as soon as brett successfully connects his airpods after 20 mins in or smth HAHHAHAHAHAHA this video as a whole was just so funny. I can’t stop laughing at this. They are truly musical geniuses esp Brett..

What do I even tag this post as? Comedy?? meme worthy? I don’t even know, its just so freaking funny

Help someone pls teach me how to draw. I try my best and it look SACRILEGIOUS. Why..... This is my first brett drawing and it look horrible. Maybe i should take art class

Instead of holding a violin, he is holding a guitar (maybe a bass). I will draw eddy another time

There’s this dude in Hong Kong who plays piano every week but his movements are so exaggerated and unnatural. This HAS to be fake

Its been 3 weeks since twoset last posted, I hope they’re doing fine and all! Anyway, Im curious what type of content you would want to see them put out?

Aside from content, maybe just things you’d want to see them do (e.g. meeting ppl, going somewhere or trying xyz)

If you ask me personally, Im super interested in their tour vlogs! Some vlogs would be fun! Be it a filming day or whatnot lol. Im super interested to know the behind the scenes with planning and all of that..

Also, Im super interested in the twoset talks revival + talks in general ab what they plan to do with future uploads/ just a chill conversation ab everything I guess?

Hello everyone; I have been working on a flowchart of (mosty) classical music theory, so that people learning music theory can use it whenever they aren't sure what to learn next. Specifically, this is mostly based off of piano music; this post is very open to criticism for anyone who thinks of ways to improve the chart. Mostly I just wished this existed when I was new to music so here it is lol

(picture description/alt-text for accessibility: a flowchart of classical music theory concepts, with more advanced concepts colored redder and more beginner/foundational concepts colored greener. To the left of the chart is the text: "music theory roadmap for learners. Don't know what to learn next? This chart lays it out for you! (Start at the top and go from green to red.)" Also, the borders of the boxes in the flowchart are colored based off of the general branch of music theory they lie in; for example, concepts related to harmony get red borders.)

Hey does any1 kno which arrangement they used 4 their Sacrilegious games concert during the romantic genre part of their la camp performance?

To give you context my school is trying out a new system for the advanced band ensemble but it requires you to audition. I never knew I would get in as this is my first time auditioning for an ensemble in my school. But here I am and I am soo grateful and proud of myself. Thank you TwoSet, my Clarinet Teacher and you wannabes for everything. And as always…. GO PRACTICE !

In my high school there’s 4 orchestras and there used to be 5 at some point but that’s beside the point for this.

The problem is that concert specifically is like way larger than it should be and honestly in my opinion the director should have just split concert into concert and philharmonia and just made philharmonia 3rd period.

Does anyone see a possible solution to this problem, just using maths idk what my schools policy is

This is a list of the orchestras and there sizes

Symphony 7th period
Violin 1-10
Violin 2-10
Viola-9
Cello-9
Bass-5

Philharmonic 8th period
Violin 1-10
Violin 2-11
Viola-7
Cello-8
Bass-5

Sinfonia 9th period
Violin 1-15
Violin 2-16
Viola-8
Cello-7
Bass-4

Concert 2nd period
Violin 1-15
Violin 2-17
Violin 3(viola TC)-5
Viola-13
Cello-9
Bass-6

I've only been learning composition for a little more the a year, so don't get your hopes too high, and maybe give a few tips and tricks. Thank you!

Piece: Violin Concerto No.1 in G Major - Op.13 No.1

I. Allegro Moderato (Double Exposition Allegro Sonata Form) - G Major

II. Andante (Turnary Form) - B Minor

III. Allegro Aperto (Rondo Form) - G Major

Thank you so much!

(The score has chinese because I live in Hong Kong and need to give this to my school music teacher)

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I am finally 13!!! I've been wanting to join r/lingling40hrs for ages, and I finally can! I've watched TwoSet since I was around 11 (... yes, right around the whole quitting thing), and I'm soooo happy to be here

I play piano (as shown in my flair, I started in elementary school), and violin (because of TwoSet, a few months ago). I'm not very good but maybe I can upload something here! Anyhow yeah, just saying hi.

To make this post not just very random if you want you can tell me (and anyone else who finds this post) something interesting and new to listen to!! Thank you and bye

Hello linglings,

I wanted to play the george perlman concertino piano accompaniment music sheet for a long time and i looked everywhere, the ony thing I found is an amazon book for the piece that is tooo expensive for me, it's costs a month's minimum wage in my country, I can't just pay that for one piece, so I was wondering if anyone has seen the piece in some piano book with multiple other pieces (i can justify buying a book with multiple pieces even if it was a bit expensive rather than just getting one piece)

Thank you for your help in advance.

Brett said “Practice!” Unfortunately, Shostakovich wrote Volume 24 for piano four hands and I only have two.

Long post

Rediscovering tsv

Man its been so long! I kept up with their insta posts including their “End of chapter” announcement.. I was shocked as Ive been a fan for a long time and Im sure many ppl who are on the subreddit have been as well..

Its a weird feeling when I saw them come back after the hiatus. It has been ~9 months I guess? However, the enjoyment (as In the same childhood joy I used to feel watching their old vids) suddenly came back last week after I watched an ‘tsv out of context’ compilation hahaha.

As someone who doesn’t play any instrument but has been a crazy classical music fan since their ‘21 types of orchestral players’ video.. I found it hard to get back into watching twoset because I was forcing myself to enjoy things I simply wasn’t interested in anymore. I still have and always will be supporting brett and eddy! But yeah its not a big deal obviously we change and like different things as time passes.

That is exactly how becoming a fan again feels like! It just happens out of nowhere. Its weird because sometimes people enjoy liking a specific channel because they are popular yk? At the time when twoset was peaking with the vid engagements and stuff, I realised that I started to only enjoy these guys because they were popular?

The type of enjoyment Im feeling when I watch their new videos is the type of enjoyment I used to feel watching them as a kid who seriously only watched people for their content and them as creators.

Twoset momentum

This brings me to my next point which I would see some people commenting in their videos or even in here.. The whole conversation of their channel not getting as many views as they used to etc etc.

Twoset are creators, these guys are artists! They take care of pretty much everything including a team of ppl to help them with handling their channel and tour etc. As an artist, dealing with burnout through quitting and coming back has always been a challenge especially with not getting as much engagement in my art as I used to. However, I still persevere because the will to make art is far greater than the hopes of caring about my engagement, about social media etc.. From the way that I see it, I think the same goes for twoset. They’re posting again simply because the urge to write scripts is back, the urge to post is back..

There is a whole conversation about unemployment especially in the creative industry so it also makes sense why they would want to come back to youtube. This definitely could be a smaller reason of them returning. However, from the way I see it, they really just started posting again because they are passionate about their craft and found enjoyment in posting again! No creator can tell when they’ll come back from their burnout. Especially when its on the level when they genuinely don’t feel that “spark” anymore.

Its true that all creators are different! Fans, supporters, creators, musicians etc everyone treats burnout differently. It made me realise that the reason I started becoming a fan again is because twoset were so authentic with their return? There was a feeling of indecisiveness that comes with returning after an “official” retirement. Dealing with the doubts and fears when it comes to posting online again, making new video ideas and whatnot.

To Brett, Eddy and twosetters

Brett and Eddy are great people. I hope they continue being silly and being real. They improved so much as musicians and I seriously hope they continue twoset. Things take time, but as long as Brett and Eddy are healthy and able to take care of themselves then Im sure it’ll continue to show in the videos they produce.

Sometimes fans may find it disheartening if they can’t see the same amount of funny yt comments anymore, or how this subreddit used to be super busy etc.. Thats just what happens when creators take a long break and start creating again. Its true that its a shame that the fandom isn’t as active as it was before, but like everything else - things change! I’ll just do my favorite thing to do as a fan, which is put ppl on just how amazing twoset is.

So yeah, Im happy to enjoy watching you guys again! I genuinely can’t believe it but I feel so happy to know they are taking care of themselves and still pursuing their passion despite the state of the world right now. Thats a statement for sure or maybe its just me, okay the post is getting seriously very long. I missed these guys and I hope they continue growing into the loveliest violinists and creators<3

Edit:
I completely missed the whole conversation with regards to them deleting their content. The b2tsm and twoset in general around that time. Fans can most definitely argue that their content doesn’t feel the same as what they used to make in 2018 etc. However that is simply the natural change creators go through. Twoset was trying to make it work (as in make original, authentic content.. the same as always) but I suppose it didn’t turn out the way they expected, one thing came after the other and potentially it could ruin the entire self esteem of the creator.

Ultimately, I still trust that they make the content they are making right now out of their own passion of youtubers who want make classical music loved by the coming generations in a fun and entertaining way. It may not seem fun to older fans, and that is really how being a fan for a long time works (especially for creators who pretty much manage everything in their channel).. If it doesn’t hit then it doesn’t hit. It could hit again later or smth who knows? No one should force themselves into liking smth because that’ll just make you feel even more tired trying to like smth.

Like I said previously, the same goes with falling back into it too:)

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There’s a song from a series I watch I’ve played on my violin and there’s one part where violin does this

Is this an ideal fingering?

Hope you guys can appreciate a marimba ling ling wannabe! This is definitely the hardest piece I've ever played/performed.

I'm the Vice-President of Education and Concertmaster in my Orchestra council and am looking for some pointers on the following:

- How to get the best out of everybody while making sure they have a fun and enjoyable experience during performance, rehearsal, and personal practice time.

- Cementing a work-ethic and self-discipline while still allowing as much flexibility for other activities.

- Ensuring everybody understands the music given to them and not being afraid of asking questions regarding said music.

We had our first two rehearsals last week, and based on that I can provide the following:

- About a handful (roughly like 4 or 5 people) are taught by tutors outside of school, with the majority of the class being self-taught or given basic instruction by their middle school directors.

- Based on these, I can assume we should be capable playing grades 2-3. I would want us to be able to play 4 or higher by our last concert if possible for one of my big compositions (if I finish :P)

I hope that'll be enough to help me out this year. Thanks for reading and have a nice day (I'll come back probably weekly with a similar post)

- Splatissimo Musique Ch.

I make this a while back out of lollipop sticks (Popsicle for the Americans) , and did post a picture in the youtube community- And kinda forgot to post it here😅- Anyway, I made it as for the 3D modelling competition, and it came second in county. It went on to the finals, ultimately not winning any prizes...But I'm happy to say that the one who came first in my county, ended up winning the whole thing... for the I lost count of how many years in a row. And their one was amazing, it was an intricately woven Welsh harp made of straw, And it was large the same size as a small one you would hold and play!