Albert Chang & Ray Chen violin jam session (feat. Lily) [improvising and viewer's song request]

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  • Albert Chang & Ray Chen playing violin (feat. Lily) on Albert's livestream
    0:00 Introduction / Ray not being able to improvise
    0:47 Improvisation
    2:57 Super Smash Brothers Ultimate Main Theme (Lifelight)
    5:47 Lily plays Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
    7:30 Pirates of the Caribbean Theme on Otamatone
    8:28 Jack Sparrow's Theme
    9:52 Kana-Boon - Silhouette
    10:35 Sadness and Sorrow (Naruto)
    13:23 Perfect Pitch Test
    14:45 IU - Through the Night 《밤편지》
    16:24 I'll Make A Man Out Of You (Mulan) [real start at 16:58]
    20:45 Albert realises he was using the wrong mic, so no more peaking from here
    21:24 Sadness and Sorrow (Naruto)
    23:26 Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
    26:40 Ray plays some parts he played for Awaken - League of Legends (ft. Valerie Broussard & Ray Chen)
    28:36 Panic! at the Disco - I Write Sins Not Tragedies
    29:24 The Song of the Dragonborn (Skyrim)
    30:39 A Whole New World (Aladdin)
    32:39 Speedround!
    32:51 Caprice no.24 - Paganini
    33:19 Czardas - Vittorio Monti
    33:39 Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto
    33:57 You've Got A Friend In Me (Toy Story)
    34:11 Hedwig's Theme (Harry Potter)
    34:36 Bruch Violin Concerto
    Something like that ;)
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  • @RME.official
    @RME.official  Před 5 lety +1465

    I feel like I need to clarify something here since this blew up without me noticing: I originally meant this account/video to exist for archival purposes. I'm in no way affiliated with Albert, Ray, or Lily. I do sincerely want you all to check them out though, as they're all incredible individuals.
    Ray's CZcams channel: czcams.com/channels/-oPgEuX6iwJucvVGEmQL7Q.html
    Albert's CZcams channel: czcams.com/users/sleightlymusical
    Lily's CZcams channel: czcams.com/users/LilyPichu
    Albert and Lily released a cover yesterday which you definitely should check out as well: czcams.com/video/6NMu-I184yk/video.html

    • @einarhostadaukan
      @einarhostadaukan Před 5 lety +8

      Pin THIS

    • @RME.official
      @RME.official  Před 5 lety +21

      Pinned this again since I noticed it started drifting down, and added the timestamps to the description. I hope everything is clear for everyone now QQ

    • @askshadowboltmoon1476
      @askshadowboltmoon1476 Před 5 lety +11

      It matters not, I have seen the face of a fellow musician introduced to improv. It is one of the rarest scenes you ever get to see, and I'm happy it's been archived for history to see.

    • @kinspower
      @kinspower Před 5 lety +1

      Where was this streamed from tho

    • @RME.official
      @RME.official  Před 5 lety +7

      This was streamed at Albert's Twitch channel, twitch.tv/sleightlymusical

  • @ivyssauro123
    @ivyssauro123 Před 5 lety +4897

    Ray Chan: "I can't improvise"
    *Improvises beautifully anyway*

    • @ninoding
      @ninoding Před 5 lety +90

      Ivo Wilson I think improvising classically requires high musicality.

    • @jehugarde2564
      @jehugarde2564 Před 5 lety +170

      It's because he did the Lingling workout😂

    • @bob-uj4vn
      @bob-uj4vn Před 5 lety +119

      his expectations is really high. so when he plays what people think is beautifull he thinks it sucks and always tries to improve

    • @frameshifting_
      @frameshifting_ Před 5 lety +11

      *Ray Chen

    • @woolfel
      @woolfel Před 5 lety +76

      it's a common thing with classically trained musicians. It's not that they can't, but they're formal education doesn't encourage it. In many cases, it is discouraged and frowned on. In contrast, Jazz musicians are encouraged to explore self expression and do wild stuff. there are classical musicians that can improvise, but the majority will say "I don't" when asked to improvise.

  • @SuperDoggykong
    @SuperDoggykong Před 5 lety +5957

    You can see that Ray is traumatized by the word of "improvise"

    • @Sekaro297
      @Sekaro297 Před 5 lety +77

      JUST IMPROVISE MY STUDENT.
      Yeah that would make u not want to do it later.

    • @sgtsemperfi1
      @sgtsemperfi1 Před 5 lety +67

      Which is absurd as soloist in the classical period all they did was improvise

    • @sleepykunderkat8660
      @sleepykunderkat8660 Před 5 lety +108

      Should send that clip to Brett and Eddy😂

    • @thomasgallagher6935
      @thomasgallagher6935 Před 4 lety +17

      Welcome to classical music

    • @MK-rc5ow
      @MK-rc5ow Před 4 lety +4

      @@sleepykunderkat8660 litterally xd

  • @seansew8549
    @seansew8549 Před 5 lety +2579

    Ray plays a piece to perfection
    Ray: "something like that"
    Lily and Albert: :0

  • @leeloi290
    @leeloi290 Před 5 lety +3149

    I got so distracted I'm watching this instead of practicing. Ling ling will be disappointed.......

    • @euphoricmusic9731
      @euphoricmusic9731 Před 5 lety +8

      Lmao

    • @queburn6272
      @queburn6272 Před 5 lety +101

      I see you are a man of culture as well

    • @koawhitehill
      @koawhitehill Před 5 lety +57

      That is 72 hours a day now. Ling ling practices 96 hours a day

    • @alwaysabiggerfish9564
      @alwaysabiggerfish9564 Před 5 lety +23

      Ling Ling can not see the unworthy

    • @izanamii3137
      @izanamii3137 Před 4 lety +13

      Ling ling sent me to remind you that you have to stop practicing for only 40 hours a day and now 72 hours

  • @tinaluong8907
    @tinaluong8907 Před 5 lety +862

    Lily and Albert: just improvise
    Ray: I can’t improvise
    *improvise beautifully*
    Ray: wow! Ur such a great teacher!
    Lily and Albert: your trolling

  • @metagameteam
    @metagameteam Před 5 lety +2114

    i think it goes something like... uhm..
    *proceeds to play the song perfectly*

  • @dianal.1279
    @dianal.1279 Před 5 lety +1523

    It's so nice to see a musician of Ray's level just playing like a kid, not taking himself too seriously and being so friendly with everybody. I think he'll make a very positive impact in keeping interest on classical music, attracting a younger public to the style. Fantastic, Ray!
    By the way, I've seen you playing in Brussels, at the Queen Elisabeth Competition. It's time again for the QEC.

    • @RefugeeOfReality
      @RefugeeOfReality Před 5 lety +34

      Also i got the impression that this was like a new perspective on playing music for him too! not casually but 'playfully'... anyways he seemed to have had a lot of fun

    • @Dabiggestmobster
      @Dabiggestmobster Před 3 lety

      Ha ha ray's "level", i like yo funny words maic man

    • @loganliao1507
      @loganliao1507 Před 3 lety

      I dont think he's up to rays level lmaoo

  • @evan-wd3rx
    @evan-wd3rx Před 5 lety +1859

    Extremely talented musicians packed into a room for 35 minutes

    • @eeeeee3525
      @eeeeee3525 Před 5 lety +53

      @@purplelove9455 Talent does exist, but will only get u so far...

    • @user-re4mj4vu5f
      @user-re4mj4vu5f Před 4 lety +12

      @@purplelove9455 when you wrote your first music at age 5 that is talented right there. With 5 years of training since birth, can any level of practicing make you compose and play music?

    • @somethingneeddoing021
      @somethingneeddoing021 Před 4 lety +38

      Albert and Lily are no where near as talented as Ray.

    • @mkt-7
      @mkt-7 Před 4 lety +28

      @@purplelove9455 Bro geniuses are born, not created

    • @nagabaiduri11
      @nagabaiduri11 Před 4 lety

      musician*

  • @danieldeiparine1616
    @danieldeiparine1616 Před 5 lety +2399

    a classicaly informed/trained musician tries playing and improvising modern music...
    what a great job.

    • @Ben-ob4to
      @Ben-ob4to Před 4 lety +8

      wow man you’re so cool! so dramatic! the full stop makes you so cool and dramatic! you’re so cool

    • @jamesl5513
      @jamesl5513 Před 4 lety +48

      @@Ben-ob4to fuk off

    • @sushih3302
      @sushih3302 Před 3 lety +6

      @@Ben-ob4to you’re the dramatic one here, if anything.

    • @sushih3302
      @sushih3302 Před 3 lety +3

      Daniel Deiparine Brett (from TwoSetViolin for those who don’t know) is quaking right now

    • @a.t3132
      @a.t3132 Před 3 lety +1

      @@Ben-ob4to just shut the fuck up pussy

  • @superiorcalico3587
    @superiorcalico3587 Před 4 lety +124

    “Improvise”
    Ray: look of pure terror

  • @kurtxjanjii8892
    @kurtxjanjii8892 Před 4 lety +240

    Ray: *picks up otomatone*
    Lily and Albert: *visible confusion*
    Also Lily and Albert: *improv?*
    Also Ray: *extreme visible confusion*

  • @brandoisthy6678
    @brandoisthy6678 Před 5 lety +425

    When you realize ray chen’s violin is worth more than the entire offline tv networth

    • @lightzpy8049
      @lightzpy8049 Před 4 lety +16

      10 mill violin

    • @RenDem44
      @RenDem44 Před 4 lety +3

      How much is it?

    • @clee89
      @clee89 Před 4 lety +40

      Violinists if his caliber often play violins on loan during the concert ... but google says he once was loaned a violin worth $10 mil. I don’t know what he is playing in this video.

    • @hurrikane5562
      @hurrikane5562 Před 4 lety +9

      clee89 he’s playing a modern violin made by Kurt Widenhouse

    • @vichyn.2588
      @vichyn.2588 Před 4 lety +22

      Ray plays stradivarius when he performs as a soloist. That violin costs 10 million dollars. But in this video I'm not sure whether he's using it or not. From the way he place it compare to what he do on the TSV video, it convinces me that it's not a strad. But his legs and chin rest is brown hmmm.. . Idk

  • @frameshifting_
    @frameshifting_ Před 5 lety +291

    Ray Chen speaking for all classical musicians about improvisations 😂

    • @LePetitBat
      @LePetitBat Před 5 lety +9

      Well, he's actually quite right

    • @izzydownlow7349
      @izzydownlow7349 Před 4 lety +12

      I always thought it was just me having bad musical sense but I guess it’s not just me

    • @pseunition6038
      @pseunition6038 Před 4 lety +5

      ​@@LePetitBat it's simply that improvising in a classical style requires much more technicality than improvising in some other styles, so when a classical musician is asked to 'improvise', they will think in terms of their classical background. since classical musicians nowadays are mostly just performers, they are not necessarily trained to compose in that style. even so, there was a time when improvising in that style was regular, like in the Baroque and Classical periods. Bach's "Fantasias" are based on improvisations, if not direct copies of them with slight alterations. e.g. czcams.com/video/tgDE3klkmtQ/video.html
      there are still modern classical musicians who have maintained the art of classical composition, though, e.g. czcams.com/video/uU1-jTLWCe4/video.html

  • @na3rial
    @na3rial Před 5 lety +626

    15:57 Albert is freaking looking at Ray's fingerboard to find out what chord he should be playing to harmonize. What is this man.

    • @Ben-ob4to
      @Ben-ob4to Před 4 lety +25

      what? he has perfect pitch he doesn’t need to lol

    • @ethanquirk28
      @ethanquirk28 Před 4 lety +55

      Ben Koh could be watching his hands to see if he’s setting up for a transition so he can keep pace with him

    • @Ben-ob4to
      @Ben-ob4to Před 4 lety +1

      Yuukiko Chan works for me lol

    • @LittleVidds
      @LittleVidds Před 4 lety +15

      the man is a cheater

    • @zuriafuwu6385
      @zuriafuwu6385 Před 4 lety +8

      Maybe if he practiced 40 hours he wouldnt need to look

  • @RME.official
    @RME.official  Před 5 lety +2089

    Hey guys, here's a list with (almost) all songs played in the video:
    0:47 - Improvisation
    2:57 - Super Smash Brothers Ultimate Main Theme (Lifelight)
    5:47 - Lily plays Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
    7:30 - Pirates of the Caribbean Theme on Otamatone
    8:28 - Jack Sparrow's Theme
    9:52 - Kana-Boon - Silhouette
    10:35 - Sadness and Sorrow (Naruto)
    13:23 - Perfect Pitch Test
    14:45 - IU - Through the Night 《밤편지》
    16:24 - I'll Make A Man Out Of You (Mulan) [real start at 16:58]
    20:45 Albert realises he was using the wrong mic, so no more peaking from here
    21:24 - Sadness and Sorrow (Naruto)
    23:26 - Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
    26:40 - Ray plays some parts he played for Awaken - League of Legends (ft. Valerie Broussard & Ray Chen)
    28:36 - Panic! at the Disco - I Write Sins Not Tragedies
    29:24 - The Song of the Dragonborn (Skyrim)
    30:39 - A Whole New World (Aladdin)
    32:39 - Speedround!
    32:51 - Caprice no.24 - Paganini
    33:19 - Czardas - Vittorio Monti
    33:39 - Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto
    33:57 - You've Got A Friend In Me (Toy Story)
    34:11 - Hedwig's Theme (Harry Potter)
    34:36 - Bruch Violin Concerto
    Something like that ;)

    • @manual2231
      @manual2231 Před 5 lety +7

      lul thanks xD

    • @miak5510
      @miak5510 Před 5 lety +2

      🌸the last song,the violin concerto i believe its called baroque it’s a style of music from the 17 and 18 centuries🌸

    • @cameronkhanpour3002
      @cameronkhanpour3002 Před 5 lety +21

      @@miak5510 Im pretty sure its polonaise de concero no 1 in d minor by wieniawski

    • @miak5510
      @miak5510 Před 5 lety +1

      Cameron Khanpour I think your right thank you!!!!

    • @user-wk8cf8wx1d
      @user-wk8cf8wx1d Před 5 lety +21

      plus: 34:55 - wieniawski- Polonaise in D major, op.4

  • @jazzyzjas9701
    @jazzyzjas9701 Před 4 lety +207

    Now, Let's not forget how much skill it is needed to play the piano too. Lily was underscoring 2 amazing violinists. She is none less than a prodigy herself. The word Genius is an insult honestly.

    • @yuu5738
      @yuu5738 Před 4 lety +36

      Ikr i really dont get how she plays it with feeling only and improvising it on the spot
      - said by a classically trained musician

    • @gimmiedashasha
      @gimmiedashasha Před 2 lety +1

      Agreed

  • @akemiyamada4814
    @akemiyamada4814 Před 5 lety +196

    ok, but their casual playing is so beautiful. its not professional or severely practiced or staged or anything, its so casual and pretty and i can relax and jam to this. i love it.

  • @seoulsim874
    @seoulsim874 Před 5 lety +129

    Ray: I must improvise an entire concerto
    Everyone else: just play something lol

  • @SC4RRL3TT
    @SC4RRL3TT Před 4 lety +106

    When you hear two violins and a piano playing together, you start feeling some type of way, I love it.

    • @lizzy8147
      @lizzy8147 Před 4 lety

      only if those player can play, and they can obvious, but i didnt feel any magic when i played with my sister and another violinist, since we didnt have such a good harmony together as person. As individual we are all good, but sometimes there is still no magic

    • @SC4RRL3TT
      @SC4RRL3TT Před 4 lety

      @@lizzy8147 well yeah that's why I don't do duets very often, at least not melodically. Sometimes it's just fun to mess around with another musician though. I'm a percussionist so the only melodic instrument I can play are the mallets, and piano by extension, but still. Honestly, videos like this make me wonder how good I would be now if I didn't quit Orchestra in 6th grade lol.

  • @kimchirice3664
    @kimchirice3664 Před 5 lety +209

    Poor Ray looked like he was about to just...BOOM.

  • @froggofrance
    @froggofrance Před 4 lety +82

    Ive never heard of lily and albert until recently and it just makes me cry listening to how beautiful they sound together and knowing that their relationship ended so horribly.

    • @Dmichoacan
      @Dmichoacan Před 4 lety +1

      how did it end?

    • @davidy22
      @davidy22 Před 4 lety +2

      @@Dmichoacan a second girl on the side

    • @CombaatArms
      @CombaatArms Před 4 lety +3

      He cheated on her

    • @revaamritkar7281
      @revaamritkar7281 Před 3 lety +16

      Its a bittersweet thing, but people need to stop dwelling on it when both sides have more than moved on. Looking forward to what the two put out in the future.

    • @froggofrance
      @froggofrance Před 3 lety +10

      @@revaamritkar7281 yep its great seeing that both of them have moved on and its nice seeing albert come back to streaming and they both found their happiness

  • @lisapapadopoulos1179
    @lisapapadopoulos1179 Před 4 lety +43

    when all of them started playing at the same time like 40 seconds in it sounded like it was the end of an anime fight and everyone is happy again

  • @peterxyz3541
    @peterxyz3541 Před 5 lety +416

    Sh-t, that improv was good! Maybe classically trained should do more sessions like this.

  • @swoogl6445
    @swoogl6445 Před 4 lety +425

    I have only recently started listening to lily and albert play together so that's unfortunate timing.

    • @steppa-
      @steppa- Před 4 lety +41

      Bro same. I was just jumping on the otv boat and Albert was the man. So unfortunate the choices he made.

    • @Agent_Alpha
      @Agent_Alpha Před 4 lety +4

      It made her lost her trust in "true love"...

    • @elapse3725
      @elapse3725 Před 4 lety +24

      @@Agent_Alpha she moved on.

    • @tunasandwich8049
      @tunasandwich8049 Před 4 lety +61

      @@Agent_Alpha well she finally fell for a smol tazer psycho filipino boi

    • @vipRLH
      @vipRLH Před 4 lety +35

      @@tunasandwich8049 don't forget the crackhead part

  • @bigeejigee
    @bigeejigee Před 5 lety +110

    That sadness and sorrow cover really made me feel a type of way

    • @steppa-
      @steppa- Před 4 lety

      Grace Duong I felt dat too

  • @danieldeiparine1616
    @danieldeiparine1616 Před 5 lety +265

    ray chen is such a virtuosic musician.

    • @bob-uj4vn
      @bob-uj4vn Před 5 lety +20

      ray chen is too skilled for those people lol

    • @Mr-R.R.
      @Mr-R.R. Před 5 lety +34

      @@bob-uj4vn "those people" fack off

    • @Emeand33
      @Emeand33 Před 5 lety +12

      Kenny Xie they are skilled in different ways

    • @sharky3840
      @sharky3840 Před 4 lety +4

      jhin intensifies

  • @orphandjones8193
    @orphandjones8193 Před 4 lety +39

    rip good times

  • @pgkrkkhtenus3206
    @pgkrkkhtenus3206 Před 5 lety +41

    two set violin: ray chen is a god 2011 winner 2012 winner 2013 winner 14 15 16 17 18 winner
    albert: this is another adult student that shouldve picked up violin when he was a child

  • @ottosmiddletoe387
    @ottosmiddletoe387 Před 5 lety +134

    I know who could help with those chord clusters... EDDYY..

  • @HarperxKim
    @HarperxKim Před 4 lety +35

    *has perfect pitch
    Everyone: WE MUST TEST HIM

  • @KoolGuy420
    @KoolGuy420 Před 5 lety +55

    That's where practising 40 hours a day will get you!

  • @nar5205
    @nar5205 Před 4 lety +18

    i never thought that a bunch of musicians messing around in a live stream would be so entertaining

  • @potatolord4094
    @potatolord4094 Před 4 lety +17

    get yourself someone who looks at lily and albert the way ray does.

  • @savannahmartin8159
    @savannahmartin8159 Před 4 lety +7

    I love how Lily is just in the back doing her own little thing half the time

  • @garykuovideos
    @garykuovideos Před rokem +4

    This is exactly the kind of fun everyone should experience in school as a music major.

  • @itorres008
    @itorres008 Před 5 lety +32

    Really enjoyable session.
    it does sound incredible that a touring classical violinist with years of training says he cannot improvise. I haven't dealt a lot with that level of musicians, but I've had someone who's taken lessons, sight reads music and plays piano really well tell me, "I can't improvise or play by ear, because to me, when I read the music I think of it as a key I press, not a musical note". My jaw sort of dropped because at that time I only played by ear and could just figure out chords and melodies of songs. I couldn't understand how a guy could play Beethoven and Chopin and not figure out stuff by ear.
    On the other hand, I think Ray can but perhaps because of exclusively classical training 1) he has almost never been asked to improvise and never practiced it and 2) being used to playing the most excellent music ever composed perfectly he thinks whatever he improvises is comparatively so crappy that he says he can't. Anyway, it's an interesting phenomenon.

  • @renni9813
    @renni9813 Před 4 lety +7

    Ray Chen sounds so fucking good when hes playing Rondo Capriccioso and the other classical music. That's his shit

  • @juliangst
    @juliangst Před 5 lety +39

    OMG he never heard the Ysaye's Chopin Ballade Arrangement before? This is an absolute masterpiece of a transcription!!!

  • @momijinohanako
    @momijinohanako Před 4 lety +21

    25:47 can we just appreciate Lily releasing her inner jellyfish? It’s fricking adorable!!!

  • @yandatao6289
    @yandatao6289 Před 4 lety +14

    Love this:
    Ray: can't improvise.
    SECONDS LATER
    *Pulls out a breautiful movie-grade comp*
    Ray: See I told you, can't do it

  • @marcus-sc1ob
    @marcus-sc1ob Před 5 lety +56

    this so impossible to not rewatch by the sadness and sorrow not scuffed version starts at 21:36

    • @vuanna2307
      @vuanna2307 Před 5 lety

      That one asian guy can I ask what song is it, please?

    • @samuelt2063
      @samuelt2063 Před 5 lety

      @@vuanna2307 it's called sadness and sorrow

  • @kimchirice3664
    @kimchirice3664 Před 4 lety +19

    It was in the description but since so many people don't, here ya go.
    0:47 - Improvisation
    2:57 - Super Smash Brothers Ultimate Main Theme (Lifelight)
    5:47 - Lily plays Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
    7:30 - Pirates of the Caribbean Theme on Otamatone
    8:28 - Jack Sparrow's Theme
    9:52 - Kana-Boon - Silhouette
    10:35 - Sadness and Sorrow (Naruto)
    13:23 - Perfect Pitch Test
    14:45 - IU - Through the Night 《밤편지》
    16:24 - I'll Make A Man Out Of You (Mulan) [real start at 16:58]
    20:45 Albert realises he was using the wrong mic, so no more peaking from here
    21:24 - Sadness and Sorrow (Naruto)
    23:26 - Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
    26:40 - Ray plays some parts he played for Awaken - League of Legends (ft. Valerie Broussard & Ray Chen)
    28:36 - Panic! at the Disco - I Write Sins Not Tragedies
    29:24 - The Song of the Dragonborn (Skyrim)
    30:39 - A Whole New World (Aladdin)
    32:39 - Speedround!
    32:51 - Caprice no.24 - Paganini
    33:19 - Czardas - Vittorio Monti
    33:39 - Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto
    33:57 - You've Got A Friend In Me (Toy Story)
    34:11 - Hedwig's Theme (Harry Potter)
    34:36 - Bruch Violin Concerto

  • @tor13128
    @tor13128 Před 3 lety +14

    When classical musicians use the word "improvise", they are thinking complex stuff. Who knew it was so easy to improvise "easy" music ;)

  • @jessalazergirl601
    @jessalazergirl601 Před 5 lety +56

    Top 10 best anime crossovers

  • @standingstrong4916
    @standingstrong4916 Před 4 lety +7

    That girl is representing for the violin beginners give her an around of a applause

  • @jinchengzhxo
    @jinchengzhxo Před 5 lety +19

    I luv her cute squeaky high voice!! She's so cute!!❤️❤️❤️

  • @ratvadick
    @ratvadick Před 3 lety +10

    albert having the balls to play in front of ray has me shook hello imagine playing for a world class violinist

    • @sirdingus788
      @sirdingus788 Před 3 lety +7

      @Seancarl Jayme_2240233 i don’t forgive albert for what he did but dragging it on isn’t helping anybody it’s in the past let it stay there

  • @YokJidapa
    @YokJidapa Před 4 lety +5

    Ray Chen was so happy when he played A Whole New World

  • @happythoughts700
    @happythoughts700 Před 3 lety +6

    When Ray started harmonizing on sadness and sorrow. Wtf that tone selection. incredible

  • @chair9047
    @chair9047 Před 5 lety +36

    Ray: I don’t improvise
    Me: AND I OOP-

  • @christianmerin1458
    @christianmerin1458 Před 4 lety +5

    Even though half the time Ray is just fooling around and being clueless when he plays it sounds so BEAUTIFUL. Wow. I can only dream of being that good.

  • @dravenpetroski9109
    @dravenpetroski9109 Před 4 lety +3

    Can we stop and mention how ADORABLE LILY VOICE IS OMG THAT THREW ME OFF IN THE BEGINNING OF THE VIDEO

  • @ivyssauro123
    @ivyssauro123 Před 5 lety +230

    Actually improvisation is a classical music lost art sadly, most baroque to late classical composers and performers knew how to improvise and some were really good at it.
    Of course in a different lenguage than what modern jazz and popular music improvisation works but they did nonetheless, the principles are the same, use the music vocabulary you already have to instinctively build a new composition that works, like a conversation.
    In the romantic period music became more composition focused than ever, but soloists were often asked to improvise, Cadenzas in concertos for instance are meant to be improvised with the material already displayed during the first movement, but even that eventually changed and as is nowdays, great players wrote down cadenza parts and those became famous and the standards, like Jascha Heifetz, Tchaikovsky's concerto cadenza, and no one improvises anymore RIP
    but as we can see im the video, you can't be deeply familiar with a musical vocabulary and be completely unable to improvise.

    • @Mr-R.R.
      @Mr-R.R. Před 5 lety +6

      Exactly. That's how how lot of these pieces were able to stay around. By people knowing how they sounded because they could improve

    • @zachguo6372
      @zachguo6372 Před 4 lety +1

      UMMMMMMMM you just threw modern composers out of the window thanks

    • @SeaRasp
      @SeaRasp Před 4 lety

      I can’t improvise for shit

  • @11april53
    @11april53 Před 4 lety +8

    The beginning was so beautiful wtf?

  • @nemochi
    @nemochi Před 4 lety +14

    as a classical musician, it's so hard to improvise cuz nothing we come up with can ever compare to the masterpieces the og composers did >.

  • @TheFertoledo
    @TheFertoledo Před 3 lety +3

    aw man the good days

  • @justink5585
    @justink5585 Před 5 lety +15

    "I can sight read“ thanks for clarifying.

  • @ashtonwright546
    @ashtonwright546 Před 4 lety +3

    So many emotions when they played sadness and sorrow.

  • @XxMarkelOcendaxX
    @XxMarkelOcendaxX Před 5 lety +4

    17:16 look at the joy on Ray's face

  • @antoka5375
    @antoka5375 Před 4 lety +3

    22:58 oh my god when Ray does his little wholesome smile at that final chord omfg i cant get enough of it

  • @santiagosandoval1979
    @santiagosandoval1979 Před 4 lety +6

    0:47 my soul needs a full song of this

  • @karllee9156
    @karllee9156 Před 4 lety +2

    I came here from two set introducing me to Ray Chen and then two months later I did my offline TV drama and now rewatching this from a new perspective.

  • @carstenclanton8103
    @carstenclanton8103 Před 4 lety +33

    0:47 - Improvisation
    2:57 - Super Smash Brothers Ultimate Main Theme (Lifelight)
    5:47 - Lily plays Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
    7:30 - Pirates of the Caribbean Theme on Otamatone
    8:28 - Jack Sparrow's Theme
    9:52 - Kana-Boon - Silhouette
    10:35 - Sadness and Sorrow (Naruto)
    13:23 - Perfect Pitch Test
    14:45 - IU - Through the Night 《밤편지》
    16:24 - I'll Make A Man Out Of You (Mulan) [real start at 16:58]
    20:45 Albert realises he was using the wrong mic, so no more peaking from here
    21:24 - Sadness and Sorrow (Naruto)
    23:26 - Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
    26:40 - Ray plays some parts he played for Awaken - League of Legends (ft. Valerie Broussard & Ray Chen)
    28:36 - Panic! at the Disco - I Write Sins Not Tragedies
    29:24 - The Song of the Dragonborn (Skyrim)
    30:39 - A Whole New World (Aladdin)
    32:39 - Speedround!
    32:51 - Caprice no.24 - Paganini
    33:19 - Czardas - Vittorio Monti
    33:39 - Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto
    33:57 - You've Got A Friend In Me (Toy Story)
    34:11 - Hedwig's Theme (Harry Potter)
    34:36 - Bruch Violin Concerto

  • @aidan840
    @aidan840 Před 4 lety +4

    Ray when he heard albert improvise *AMAZING*

  • @musictoyourears6867
    @musictoyourears6867 Před 2 lety +2

    a lot of classical musicians dont know how to improvise because of the way they are taught and trained but the main reason is they think improvising is hard and challenging but its not as u can see Ray felt the music very quick and adapted to that very quickly so yeah its easier than u think dont make it hard guys! Love you all

  • @donnal.8975
    @donnal.8975 Před 4 lety +3

    In the beginning, Ray is reminding me of a strings student coming back after summer break after not practicing and is like remembering in the middle of a song.

  • @Suziezinha89
    @Suziezinha89 Před 4 lety +3

    I saw this video for the first time.
    Amazing. Its amazing how they can harmonize their play. And they are enjoying it. Its just stunishing.
    Sometimes I forget my passwords, but these guys can memorize hundreds of melodies...

  • @saboo_tage
    @saboo_tage Před 5 lety +8

    NOOOO WE GOT SO CLOSE TO RAY IMPROVISING BREATH OF THE WILD

  • @alpang6161
    @alpang6161 Před 4 lety +4

    Ray was probably very much genuine about not knowing how to improvise but when you're so naturally talented as a musician, it comes extremely naturally. More so than they usually expect. Ik so many classically trained pianists and violinist afraid of improvising but after a little bit of trying, they're jamming out like Albert Lily and ray

  • @mnemosftb
    @mnemosftb Před 3 lety +3

    Ray: **Plays classical music**
    Albert: o o
    ۝

  • @noelic6744
    @noelic6744 Před 5 lety +837

    Is that so? Classical musicians are not very good at improvising?
    That explains a lot. My friends are so good at improvising and just having fun with their instruments that I always feel left out like I'm an inferior player, like my musical sense is not very good...but I always somehow win violin competitions over them.
    This maybe explains it, my friends do like to play anime themes and whatnot very much while I am a full on classical musician.
    The only reason I'm even watching this video is because I saw Ray Chen's name.

    • @Sungha-im5df
      @Sungha-im5df Před 5 lety +123

      Noelic naturally because classical musicians practice faithfully with music sheets so its very technical and exact.

    • @pathaleyguitar9763
      @pathaleyguitar9763 Před 5 lety +89

      As a general rule, it goes that classical musicians can't improvise worth shit and jazz musician's can, or at least that's said. But frankly, most of what you hear from what sounds like "good improvisation" is not improvised. It's just someone memorizing modes and arpeggios and which chords to put them over, then regurgitating the same overused licks that have been used for the past 50 years. Of course, some people are legitimately improvising, but this is genuinely a very rare thing to do well.

    • @moonshade0227
      @moonshade0227 Před 5 lety +48

      Old master composers like Mozart sure could improvise. Thats what theme and variations style was for. For old concertos, soloists are supposed to improvise the cadenza.

    • @tronna1
      @tronna1 Před 5 lety +34

      The weird thing about classical music is that all those big composers and piano players improvised a lot like mozart, bach and beethoven etc, but for some reason improvisation aren't really a big thing in classical music today.

    • @Piggysan42
      @Piggysan42 Před 5 lety +38

      @@pathaleyguitar9763 I am obliged to disagree. You can't say that using your knowledge and piecing it together to make something new isn't improv just because it was already used or is widely known. It's like saying you're not a real cook cuz you used an already prepared spice bundle to put in your food. You did create something with your own spin on it and that's what improvisation is

  • @akemiyamada4814
    @akemiyamada4814 Před 5 lety +4

    also i find it absolutely stunning that theyre learning from eachother. ray has his own entire style while the other two have their own as well, and they both get to show off their strengths and weaknesses with music. ray isnt comfortable with improvising, and the others arent as comfortable with the heavy/fast classical. i love everything about this

    • @akemiyamada4814
      @akemiyamada4814 Před 5 lety

      also sorry i blanked on their names. albert and lily

  • @Salazaris
    @Salazaris Před 5 lety +1

    Ray Chens face when he plays, the smile, just wonderfull..

  • @greenball296
    @greenball296 Před 3 lety +3

    I keep coming back to this video it's too precious
    this is like the 5th time I rewatch it this year

  • @lillytai6107
    @lillytai6107 Před 3 lety +5

    HOW DID I NOT KNOW OF THIS VIDEO?! This is amazing

  • @MadaxeMunkeee
    @MadaxeMunkeee Před 5 lety +24

    This is such a pleasant watch. So chill, and with great tunes!

  • @namnguyen7153
    @namnguyen7153 Před 4 lety +2

    i love how Ray react to the improvisation.

  • @hk-jt3nj
    @hk-jt3nj Před 4 lety +2

    Bruh this dude blows Albert out of the water. Insane difference in skill.

  • @DarkSide-kj2vs
    @DarkSide-kj2vs Před 4 lety +3

    For those who wants to know the notes for the improvising , it is:
    C G Am F for the last note do a c chord on second scale for guitar it is on the 12th string 👍

  • @harijuko8339
    @harijuko8339 Před 5 lety +22

    Damn they should make a soundtrack or something it sounds amazing 😮

  • @thorgraum1462
    @thorgraum1462 Před 4 lety +2

    the harmonics in the chords 1:22-1:24 brought a tear to my eye, soooo beautiful

  • @wajahatkazmi5739
    @wajahatkazmi5739 Před 4 lety +1

    When ray started playing in the start of the video, that double violin music just touched my heart ❤

  • @otoshithekid2957
    @otoshithekid2957 Před 4 lety +8

    Say what you want about Albert, that boy knew his shit

  • @johnsonpham2000
    @johnsonpham2000 Před 3 lety +3

    So this is where the good asians went with their music!!! giving my old og youtube vibes. thank you twitch.

  • @CaptEirikr
    @CaptEirikr Před 5 lety +2

    I love it when professional classical musicians play something not classical; I love seeing that skill and technique turned to something more casual. I'd love to see some more classical musicians join in on Irish traditional sessions.

  • @thephantom8837
    @thephantom8837 Před 4 lety +2

    That IU cover was beautiful, I could listen to that for days

  • @TheOGVade
    @TheOGVade Před 4 lety +350

    This is an awkward recommended by CZcams video

    • @ericw.1620
      @ericw.1620 Před 4 lety +20

      I'm so torn bc Ray and Lily but on the other hand....

    • @superiorcalico3587
      @superiorcalico3587 Před 4 lety +32

      We need ray to come back and play with lily and Michael “boat horn” reeves

    • @nazocomics
      @nazocomics Před 4 lety +4

      @@superiorcalico3587 *BOAT NOISE*

    • @tunasandwich8049
      @tunasandwich8049 Před 4 lety +4

      I can imagine michael just straight up firing his tazer in the air while they play

    • @stonks9755
      @stonks9755 Před 4 lety

      @@tunasandwich8049 I'm imagining a really good sounding piano violin and saxophone xD

  • @JoaKKoOo12
    @JoaKKoOo12 Před 4 lety +3

    dudeeee the Awaken part ! WTF he's so goood

  • @sorexlozen8968
    @sorexlozen8968 Před 5 lety +2

    It’s been 5 months since I pulled out my violin, since I was forced to move somewhere where there isn’t orchestra (I hate that they don’t...) so I’ve been pretty sad and haven’t had the time to play since they only have band over here. But after watching this I suddenly got the urge to play and kind of have that spark back when I first started orchestra and my hands would literally shake because I was so excited to play but extremely nervous at the same time. Thanks guys.

  • @jimnelsom4955
    @jimnelsom4955 Před rokem +1

    I love the smiles at 1:12.

  • @JackKim8573
    @JackKim8573 Před 5 lety +2

    oh my gosh cover of through the night-IU was amazing

  • @Idiomatick
    @Idiomatick Před 5 lety +9

    Jesus this is a skilled room

  • @DanielSanchez-bn2qb
    @DanielSanchez-bn2qb Před 5 lety +1

    It's Fantastic, I love your work :3

  • @Karth303
    @Karth303 Před 5 lety +2

    That improvised song at the start though!!! I could listen to that for hours...

  • @Yubed
    @Yubed Před 5 lety +3

    I love her voice

  • @leonle9557
    @leonle9557 Před 5 lety +6

    I love Ray LUL. He looked confused and lost at the beginning LUL

  • @NiteMDE
    @NiteMDE Před 4 lety

    This is so beautiful!

  • @TsukiyomiYumi
    @TsukiyomiYumi Před 5 lety

    This is simply amazing!

  • @MaJoRxDeRp
    @MaJoRxDeRp Před 4 lety +88

    Who is ready for Albert and TwoSet?

    • @alexbien8597
      @alexbien8597 Před 3 lety +4

      i wish :(

    • @KyleKim-xg8sg
      @KyleKim-xg8sg Před 3 lety +1

      @@alexbien8597 same

    • @RobbyBurrito
      @RobbyBurrito Před 3 lety +2

      uh oh

    • @failandimprove2159
      @failandimprove2159 Před 3 lety +2

      two timer will never be coming to twoset cuz hes a two timer

    • @tor13128
      @tor13128 Před 3 lety

      Is it just me, or did Ray Chen literally do collabs to learn how to play CZcams, then gtfo and away from them? Ray was even asking questions about how to film videos on TwoSet's video. Feels like after Ray got started, let alone collab, he doesn't even mention them at all. I notice Twoset also doesn't talk about Ray anymore, even when they read a reddit meme/comment, they will not comment. On the other hand, they still cheerfully comment on very well on Hilary, Janine, and other pros. But when it comes to Ray, they try to pass it discreetly. I have tried to find a video of them mentioning each other, and I could not find any. Then we have the Ray breaking up with Sumina thing, and all this adding up just makes me wonder. But everyone is doing so well to not talk about anything that it's just a weird feeling. But I only feel off about Ray because he's the one who stopped contact with everyone.
      PS: Does anyone know how Ray Chen and Twoset collab began and how they met?