IMPOSSIBLE Wednesday Cello Challenge: How I Lost $250 to TikTok
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- čas přidán 29. 05. 2024
- In the very first episode of the Netflix series “Wednesday”, the main character Wednesday Addams plays a cello version of “Paint It, Black” by The Rolling Stones. This rendition was particularly intriguing to me as a professional cellist as it features some impossible cello playing, one of the more egregious examples being these arpeggios. As a result, I put up a $250 TikTok challenge to see if anyone could actually do it!
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0:00 Intro
0:33 Context
1:57 Peter Ozsvath
2:43 Pal Oliver
3:25 Cornelius Zirbo
4:06 Darabello
4:55 THE THREE FINALISTS
5:11 Esther Chae
6:13 Olivia Cho
7:20 Chris Tate
8:13 All three finalists back to back
8:47 Who won?
9:17 A special message
10:08 The winner!
10:42 Final thoughts - Hudba
Be sure to subscribe if you want to see more long form content like this! This video took a good while to film and edit and I'm very proud of the final product :)
You could save a lot of time and also greatly improve the viewing experience for us if you removed those outdated hectic zoom/crop jumps every other second during the speaking scenes. Look at the editing style of yt professionals, e.g. Daniel Schiffer, Scott Manley, Gerald Undone, to name a few. Apart from that, great project.
It seems nothing is impossible. Check out this and post a challenge. czcams.com/video/mmJim2h-byQ/video.html
Bro what background music is playing in the video
Booi you talk too much
@@JargonFootprint help me
Jeremy, this was an entirely wonderful experience! I felt thrilled to be playing something which you declared to be "impossible", excited that I could approach this completely untainted by anyone else's playing (even if I'm not entirely satisfied with my final product). It was humbling to be in the company of so many fine musicians. I am also a little embarrassed about the amount of time and effort I spent following the saga. And finally, congratulations to Esther for setting the bar so high; and to Olivia, Chris, Cornelius, Darbello, and Olivér for their excellent playing!
Missed a note. Qualifies. Okay.
Why is it that pretty much all the smart people emigrate from Hungary? It's a rhetorical question.
I love that both Esther and Olivia did their hair in pigtail braids just like Wednesday, great touch!
What a happy ending! Congrats Esther, Olivia, and Chris! 💛
Two cello legends im the same section of CZcams. My life is now complete.
Olivia's is definitely my fave, so dark and dirty and chaotic musically, takes me there
the things you listed as its minor "flaws" technically only set it further apart for me, it is so sick not just as a technical challenge but as a piece of music
Millions of teens around the world believe Jenna Ortega was actually playing the cello in these scenes because she took a couple cello lessons in preparation for the role
maybe now so many teens will be curious to check out cello because they saw someone from a TV show that actually tried to learn it, isn't that cool?
@@theoreticalreality no. People always throw that argument around whenever anything like that happens. Reality is these things are fads that people forget about almost instantly. I'd rather have people discover the cello through Bach than Netflix.
@@sameash3153 as opposed to them not discover it at all?
@@wafflesonfire9716 False dichotomy, we don't have to assume that because they didn't take part in a fad that they will never discover the cello ever in their life. Even if my take may seem snobbish I am more optimistic than that. I've gotten a lot of people in my personal life to love classical music and inspire them to play instruments or at least try to learn, I think we all as musicians should be that model. I think we should make classic cello repertoire and tradition accessible to the public, show them that it's not mystifying, that anybody can listen to classical music, that there is a "special piece" for every single person that is totally unique to them, and so on. I want people to respect the tradition as it is. When people try to adjust to fads, the fads come and go, the audiences don't stay forever, interest dwindles down, and performances date themselves awkwardly. Like: there are cello covers of Gangnam Style out there. That stuff is "cringe" now. Haydn will inspire people just as much as gangnam style would, so why do we pretend that people won't or can't listen to Haydn? I just show people the Haydn cello concertos and they love them instantly.
I highly disagree. I very much do not believe anyone in sound mind would watch that and, when asked the question, "Did Jenna actually play this piece?" would say yes.
Esther was my favorite to listen to as a non cellist. She's got my vote.
Me too
that was mainly because of the microphone/recording quality
Ester absolutely crushed it. I'm a layman so I don't really know what I'm talking about, but she was by far my favorite.
This was really cool to watch. I don't play cello, but I had heard about this piece and its "impossibility." I love how cellists dug in and worked it out anyway. And what a terrific ending! Congrats to ALL the competitors for collectively saying, "Nothing is impossible for cello!"
I appreciate feedback given for each participant shown instead of just showing the winner. It's good to see the process 👍🏻
I liked Chris’ the most-his felt like it was the cleanest bowing with no overlapping or doubled notes.
Exactly what I thought. He’s playing has a pure life of its own.
I was disapointed he lost though..
I thought his playing sounded the best as well.
Sure, but his now was crunchy and the notes were hard to distinguish.
I am a non-cellist. But I thought Esther was the clear winner. She sounded the most like Wednesday and was in tune throughout. I didn’t think it was close. Second, I played clarinet in my youth so I didn’t expect or understand that there was more than one way to play notes on the cello.
Olivia Cho Cello sounds so goooood. So dark, and thick. Would love to hear her play 2nd mov of the Dvorak cello concerto
I was shocked to see Zlatomir in this OMG congrats to everyone!!
Right???? I was like: OOOOOHHHHH PLOT TWIST!
I think Esther knocked it out of the park. She deserves the win here.
How awesome that you got Zlatomir Fung to help evaluate. I also thought that the cellists who looked the most like Wednesday played the best!
Wow this is very cool not a cello player but seeing the different fingerings among the finalists is so interesting it almost sounds like I can hear different overtones in the different choices of fingerings especially olivia’s submission
Esther and Chris were pretty close IMO. I think Esther inches it out because I think she has better intonation even though Chris played it more accurately. I think fixing those notes is easier than fixing intonation
This is sick.
Unrealistic still is the scene, but holy moly hats off to these musicians effort and creativity.
I honestly don't feel like you lost this challenge, and more respected the hard work put into the efforts. While Chris, Esther, and Olivia did incredible, none of them sound as clean or as in tune as the studio recording even with the very creative solutions. Having had a go with the passage myself, I'm still convinced that playing the passage to the quality of the studio recording is impossible without stitching/editing.
I think given enough time an effort someone could produce a studio quality recording once hitting all the correct notes and pitches.
But I think it would take days to get it and not worth anyones time
In the end, the recording might not even be one - just an excellent sample-based virtual instrument with the right parameters dialed in.
To be honnest, I'm questioning if it was even a real cello. It could just be a synth with really good samples.
@@hahahadracula It's three Cello's. They got a group of three Cello's to play it.
I dont agree why chris qualify for the finals. His last few notes doesnt sound like a good tone to me.
This cello cover is now the "through the fire and flames" for cello.
love the twoset hoodie!
My first thought was: oh hell, Esther's here. Her playing is so boss that I thought if she couldn't win, no one lese could o.o;;
The two winners are definitely the only ones who gave me chills. Amazing !
I really wanna hear a full cover now (I know it's rediculously difficult to play this without anything else before hand but still)
Always cool to see people taking on such challenges
This was GREAT!! Can't stop smiling about this one :)
Hey man, I love following your series on TikTok and I know how hard you’ve been working to gain a platform so I hope this helps kickstart your channel
As a recreational cello player for 35 years atarting at age 40, I can appreciate the difficulty of the passge presented. All the players are accomplished. players. I would love to hear the winning players present a piece of their choice on CZcams
Loved this!!!! Great job everyone, that took a lot of courage.
Congratulations Jeremy, great initiative! 👏🏼👏🏼
This was so cool; thank you for sharing the videos and your thoughts and thank you to everyone who was brave enough to enter!
Lots of fun to watch and very creative way to get musicians involved!
I'm glad all three got something, kudos to all of them, fantastic job, so inspiring 💗
I'm just getting back to play my Cello again, and this video was awesome bro! Keep it up!
Everybody play so good, let's see in how many years I can play this XD.
This kind of challenge is the future. Huge congrats!
This is quality YT content right here! Thanks for all the work and effort!
I’d love to see Zlatomir play the solo
Chris tate was one of my fellow musicians at berklee summer camp, good to see him get some recognition!
I liked Esther's version most
I think the whole thing is ridiculous...obviously Wednesday Adams would play the 7-string Viola da Gamba. Way more moody than cello.
I’m not a cellist but I think Esther sounded really good
I think Olivia was the best out of the top 3. All three were great, tho.
What a class act AND showing proof of payment. Very honourable.
That was far more interesting than I expected -- thanks for shaing the story!
Congrats to the winners. Here is Esther's CZcams video of her practicing the TikTok Challenge: czcams.com/video/wvxtfzTXWcw/video.html
Chris literally did it the fastest, you can hear the metronome, he did it in correct tempo.
Shoulda given these 2 winners a shout out for such a great cosplay and looking the part as well as playing the part! So cool!
That was so much fun. thanks for sharing.
Dont dare the cello kids!! That was fun to watch.
I think the Juilliard student’s tone was the most on. As for how “messy” the crossing is at the end, I feel like I can point to more off notes and more noise in the other two. Her movement even though it is the most complex is also the least noisy, which from a technical standpoint makes hers the best.
Congratulations! A great video to introduce the difficulty of the music.
This is inspiring to consider playing the cello, very impressive!!
Makes me wish I took a shot at it! I wouldn't have gotten anywhere close to these three, but it would've been fun!
I respect how he didn’t keep the extra money but gave it away.
Interesante lo que ha ocasionado esta serie, quien iba a pensar que estos arpegios eran tan complicados por su digitacion y su interpretacion en cuanto a afinacion y matices, excelente felicidades a la comunidad de chelistas
Well done sir…most professionally handled. Esther was my favorite.
Lots of submissions... awards winner to the only two girls with Wednesday pigtails.
This was very interesting! Thanks for creating such an interesting challenge. I would be VERY interested in hearing the one of the more playable "reductions" you mentioned played back to back with the original, if you are inclined to make a follow on video.
Love the video and the hoodie ;)
Well done everyone, this was epic.
Immediately dropped a like for the twoset apparel !
Bravo! The tie was the only solution. The top two stood out in the crowd.
I find Esther's the best👏
The music throughout Wednesday is really good. One of my favorite sequences in Wednesday is backed by Nothing Else Matters (Metallica is one of my favorite bands). The sequence was so well put together. Some of my favorite parts of the show are the sequences cutting through to the different characters perspectives backed by music.
i hate it when people say something is impossible when its just improbable, unrealistic or hard. something impossible is trying to make the human body fly without any modifications or assistance, does this seem as impossible as a really hard cello song
IMHO: Esther won, not only nigh perfect playing, but that neutral tone captured the “Wednesday” aesthetic, Esther should get into acting.
Very entertaining. Well done, young fella.
this guy speaks like a middle school english teachers essay outline
As a musician but non-cellist, if I had to pick one, it HAS to be Esther. Hers sounded, to my ear, the nearest to the source material; and I know the Wednesday braids don't count for anything, but they were a nice touch. Olivia sounded like she played a similar and good but fundamentally different piece as she managed to leave strings ringing to create audible arpeggiated chords rather than distinct notes. Chris was really good, but even I could hear intonation issues that I wouldn't have accepted in a recording scenario without asking for another take. I think only Esther really nailed it, and the fact that she did so with such rapid and impractical hand movements while maintaining intonation on the shifts is just incredible.
I understood about as much of this as I understand physics videos on CZcams.
What a great video. I am a complete moron when it comes to music. My lifelong loss.
When I (just recently) heard that music passage on Wednesday it did sound unique and extremely intriguing. I really enjoyed listening to it.
This video was therefore very enjoyable to watch and learn.
Hats off to all you musicians out there.
Great video. I love the cello.
Great video! Very entertaining
Love your twoset practice hoodie
I’m a cellist myself (small time 😅) this video is so cute we’re all so nerdy 😂❤
the cellist Jeanne Dorche does a SPECTACULAR job of it on youtube
This is one of if not my favorite piece of music. I’m obsessed with the eerie and rapid sounds of the song and the fact not 1 but 3 people were able to play the arpeggio is incredible! Ester’s was my personal fav. I’ve listed to the studio recording on loop for the last 3 days and her’s was by far the closest to it! I’m still baffled at who the original cellist is tho! I want to know who played the song in the show!!!??
I mean for somthing thats "impossible" to play everyone did really well. I imagine given more time and practice someone will nail it.
Hey, on top of their kick-ass playing, the two women went for a Wednesday vibe with dark clothes and pigtail braids😂👍
Esther slammed it!!!
what a cool video, thanks
omggg the twoset hoodie tho slayyyyy
I liked Esther's the best just as a listener.
Let this be a lesson to you.
Just because YOU can't do it, doesn't make it "Impossible".
At $250.00, a pretty cheap lesson in humility.
Personally I think Esther did the best!
it just shows how insane wednesday is
Great vid
Cool video!!
I loved the first one the most personally. Even though she maybe fell slightly behind on the other girl in slowmo, the performance wasn't in slomo and I liked the sound of hers better at full speed, especially the final note where the second girl had the bassnote kind of overpowering the other notes imho.
chris' worked perfectly but his metro was super loud. I enjoyed every entry
As good as the three finalists are, I'd still say you proved it impossible.
Aw, im glad top 3, everyone got something. they really deserved it
So glad my 13 year old cellist discovered this too late to enter!
I listened to the two first prize winners several times and honestly I agree it's a draw. They are both exquisite and in my opinion, while different are also equal. The runner up was good but just not as good. Had there only been one first prize I think it would have come down to a coin toss. Good outcome. I don't play cello but I am an enthusiastic listener. I'd be interested in hearing Yo-Yo Ma's take on this.
I watch the video called WEDNESDAY - Paint It Black for CELLO SOLO (Intermediate) and looks more easy and sounds nice so its not impossible to play .
I liked the kid's (the runner up) performance best, all were amazing though.
This brings up an interesting question. I am unsure if the origonal perfromance was a person or a midi but watching Esther play the part makes me wonder if its a passage perfectly suted for someone with Wednesday's hand size.
It was a person!
im also wondering how they were able to play if it was so impossible? did they use a midi or maybe they used an electronic cello that had bars, ive seen a violin like that and as one can expect it makes the sound inhumanely accurate
I'm so glad about the winners! The runner up's intonation problems were a little too egregious for me.
I love how Esther went with Wednesday's haircut to flex even harder on everyone else.
Im so sad I missed this. I learned it and everything, and it didnt sound too bad either.
I posted it to my channel if anyone is interested but its not amazing
Wow you did really good! I'm not a cellist so I can't really give feedback, I thought it was great
@@salamander26671 nah that’s pretty amazing. Just checked it out, and it’s great. I’d need to slow it down to check individual notes for intonation, but overall it sounds very good