PRACTICE CHALLENGE pt. 2 (Paganini Caprice No. 24)
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Practice Challenge: Me trying to learn Paganini's 24th Caprice in ONE hour.
This is Paganini's most famous caprice.
R E S U L T : Yeah, I might be able to play through it in a lesson, but it would need around 10+ more hours before it could be played through in front of an audience of friends, and 20+ more hours if I wanted to perform it in front of strangers. I mean, hey - Rome wasn't built in a day, and your practice sessions need the same amount of daily perseverance and focus to maintain the strength and confidence you need when you go on stage. All those hours in the practice room builds confidence, and confidence is the antidote to being nervous on stage.
Now go practice!
Much love to you all and thanks for watching! :)
If you enjoyed this video, check out these other PRACTICE CHALLENGE videos:
PRACTICE CHALLENGE pt. 3 (Paganini Concerto ORIGINAL KEY): • PRACTICE CHALLENGE pt....
Practice Challenge pt. 1 (Paganini Sauret Cadenza) : • PRACTICE CHALLENGE pt....
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What is the link to the sheet music?
It's always worth the wait!
Thanks to you #playwithray 😊🎻👋👋👋
15:51 🤣
It is usual for me (and many other string players)
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Love from a faaar country
Relax. Life is more than feeding CZcams junkies. 😉
When somebody plays better during sight reading than you after practicing
I mean he is kinda familiar with this piece
@@fjaskeh indeed, just like Brett and Eddie sight reading the Caprices.
The only time I've felt may be legit sightreading from 2set was Ysaye sonatas- partially because they compared him to Paganini, not Bach (what they actually are inspired by)
T_T
Ewa Jodłowska ya very frustrating
His violin is so good
“These were those dreaded octaves I was talking about.”
*flawlessly plays octaves with no worry
I wish I could say that's a mood
hi aaryan
Vishnu Indukuri ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Hi Aaryan
Could use more practice tho. He’s giving the middle finger at the audience the whole time
-PRACTICE CHALLENGE PT. 2- ray flexes but in an inspiring way
Guest it should be “ray flexes but crushes your confidence cause of how perfectly he can play it the first one to two times”
Guest Yeah his hand frame is amazing.
Ray- “it’s going to be challenging to learn this”
*Doesn’t even look at the music half the time*
Well, he remembers the music from hearing it so much, then he has great sight memory as well, which is why he is able to glance at it once then look away. AND... because he learned it once as a kid. 👈
Ray: twelve year olds can play it, eight year olds can probably play it aswell, so why shouldn't I be able to play it, right?
*Also Ray: I learnt it when I was twelve*
Lovisa Andren he only gave it a try not learn it
Well, he does say at the beginning he learned it when he was 12. Maybe he modifies that later?
Twelve or eight year olds could maybe play it?
You have to start to learn the violin with 3 or 4 years.
Very very difficult and demanding piece.
high-performance sport. I takes a lot of time to practice and previous knowledge other difficult pieces.
Yeah that got me too
@@HE-MAN1975 well there are kids that play Paganini violin concerto at 7 which is way harder than any caprice so yeah 12 years old could probably play it
Ray you're not even looking at the sheet music half the time. This isn't even a practice challenge it's like "can Ray play paganini from memory"
incredible
@@ellienguyen2846 he also has perfect pitch sp combining that with prior knowledge of what the piece sounds like can make it quite easier
Regardless of perfect pitch or memorisation of pieces or sight reading skills, Ray is the result of tireless practice and accomplished teachers.
Its doesn't matter how good he is or how bad you are, if you love playing then it's a good thing.
Ray did say something to that effect or close at the beginning but no one seemed to pick up on it.
I don't know about you guys, I play piano and I'm still in grade 4, but you need to read ahead of the sheet. I believe Ray has better than average reading, so he can read the page and memorize it before he stops playing it. Sry English is not my first language
i am not a musician but playing a music piece from childhood can stick out in our memories. in this case ray was able to remember most of them without looking through the music sheet, the way I did then I was trying to memorise a song.
*me watching the entire video while not practicing by myself*
This is learning by listening ^_^
*me watching the entire video while not having or play violin by myself*
Jajajajaja y yo ni siquiera toco violín toco cello
Ray, you forgot the hulahoop
Lmfao
😂
玉玲 hAHAHA
Ahahahahha !!!!!
He should do some collabs with hilary
WTF I figured out who the lingling is
ling ling is god himself
Hilary Hahn
초코 한국인!!
@@aes1r212 N o, g o d I s l i n g l i n g I t s s e l f
No Hillary hahnn is way better than both of them
I like how he calls us “practice buddies”
Yeah because we are so 'practicing'
Even if i start playing violin right know and train every day for the next 10 years for 3 hour everyday as hard as i can. I wouldn't be half as goodas he was when he was 12.
It's cool to see that even Ray Chen struggles to learn. Thing is, he struggles getting Paganini right while I struggle getting Twinkle Twinkle Litlle Star on a fretted instrument.
Struggle? It took him probably an hour while waiting for the plane lol
You probably don't need to live on that or dedicate your whole life to that one thing. People tend to not see the effort, just the benefits. I wish I could play it, I know my life is so much more than just the violin, so I will be patiently learning as much as I can in what amount of time fits my life. You probably didn't have the support network either. But yeah, "12 yo can play it" kind of doesn't make me feel happy
"BUt WhY Is IT SLigHtLY OuT OF TUnE??? "
- Ray 2019 of Paganini caprice No 24
Must be just the hotel room, it’s not his fault 😉😆
At 18.44 because of the position of the hand , Ray Chen explaining it himself. But it is difficult to hear that.
Well, he's a perfectionist and we aren't virtuosos (well, some people on here may be, I don't know). So things that are actually slightly out of tune that we'd never catch, he'll notice.
Maybe bc he didn't tune his violin like Paganini did ; G
When Ray started playing Variation 5, Two Sets Paganini jingle bells started to play in my head😂
Eiiiiii two-setter
I really want to learn how to play paganinis jungle bells but I am not that good and I have nobody to play it with
@@oliviawarmerdam7589 practice
@@user-uu5xf5xc2b 40 hours a day
@@oliviawarmerdam7589 For ten years...30 YeArS In A roW
I love how he uses "we" when saying "we are going to play/learn/practice", as if I'll ever be able to grasp such skill
_those can definitely be more in tune but let’s move on_
*plays them better than i ever will in 40 years*
Mood😂😂
right, listening to him makes me feel like I have no sense of intonation.
He has perfect pitch and as such is too damn picky lmao
It's really interesting to see how the score looks simple to someone who plays the piano but for a violinist.... It looks rather hell-ish.
Yeah the octaves variation would be easy on piano. Then there is the last variation which is easier on violin but way harder on piano
@@modakshantanu The last variation nor the whole caprice is far from hard on piano
Edit. But on the other hand playing caprice 24 on violin is comparable to playing mephisto waltz no. 1 on piano
@@niccolopaganini4268 not even Liszt's Paganini etude no.6?
BANANA !!! Idk, i find the mephisto waltz to be harder
On a piano, you just click a key of course it's easier
Ray is like the guy she told you not to worry about....
Ling Ling doesn't worry about anyone other than Lang Lang...
@@astrobot702 ah yes.. Lang lang, a person good enough to rival ling ling
you should do one of those sight reading vids with brett and eddy... i bet that would be so fun to watch😲😍
Yes please let it be at least half an hour long
Yaaaasss!!
It would make Brett and eddy cry haha
Ckaaay sight reading challenge between him and Hilary Hahn, while Brett and eddy just make impresses faces haha
@@LexiLSify yes yes it would
Ray: I don't want to be that violinist who can play only one Paganini capice
Me, nervously: Yeah, I know, right...
I can play none.
Caprice 9 lmao
lol
Does witch dance count ? Hahaha
its not a caprice@@richardmaia8732
"Yeahhhhhh....I hate you Paganini." Every violinist has uttered this phrase at some point. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I want to be that violinist who can play at least one Paganini Caprice...
Try the 9th 😂
@@MichaelM69 Try the 14th🤣🤣
don't try 24,I played it on 🎹,it is sooo hard
Part 3 will be practice Pag 24 with a hula hoop, so we can have a crossover between you, Hilary Hahn and TwoSet... =)
Dont lie you love to practice!! I see it in the way you eyebrow at hard passages and then smile when you crush it! Ever inspiring. I downloaded tonic today!
Ray practice piece for hour sounds > My practice for entire life.
I agree with that😭
Ray hour>>>>>>Ray first time>>>>>me
"I can only play one Paganini caprice" 😂 and that's the one i saw him play at Aspen
Still, that upbow staccato is killer
Me: Oh, I'll check out this Ray Chen video and then stop watching when it gets boring
Also me: [finishes watching entire video in awe and wonder]
Boi what kind skincare routine did you do
illumillu killuallu that’s so random 😂
@@lily-er5xt i can't stop focusing on how FLAWLESS his skin 😂
He cleanses himself in the lakes of Minnetonka
He moisturizes with unicorn piss
That's the real question 😂😂
*casually sight-reads Paganini Caprice No. 24 with an 8 million dollar violin*
" I did aight' "
It's a weird-kind-of inspiring when I see someone like a soloist playing the raw piece, without mastering and dodgy intonation. Sometimes we students underestimate ourselves thinking we are not as good as someone else, but when we see the "someone else" with imperfections, it feels more closer to us, even if that person is a world class soloist!
Great video, Ray! This just proves the amazing violinist and person who you are :) ♡
I see you watching Ray Chen practice instead of practicing yourself. 👀
Ray Chen: okay that wasn’t that bad
Me: ... ( sitting there speechless)
at the left hand pizz section i got flashbacks of brett playing it. idk why...
Great practice. Now do 5th Paganini caprice with original bowing.....while riding on a bicycle. 😆
BreeUSA while sleeping😂
@@kaylinn7652 No! Juggling!
with a hula hoop
14:00 When Brett nailed the pizz part in the video
"Twelve-year-olds can play it, eight-year-olds can play it..." Ray watches too much twoset reacts to prodigies
He could play it with 12😂😂
When Ray makes a mistake he’s chill
When I make a mistake I rage so hard but I don’t play violin I play the piano
Ray at 5:19 : "Alright, alright, this are those dreaded octaves I was talking about."
Advertisement: "As we go on, everything is going to be harder. As we carry on, everything is going to be extremely tough..."
OMG! Your octaves are perfect!!!😮😮😮😂👏👏👏
This is really cool!!!
Ray: "I don't wanna be that violinist who can only play one paganini caprice"
Me: *laughs in 0 caprices learnt*
Ray, I took up violin during the uks many covid lockdowns. I've taught myself and watched CZcams tutorials. Thankyou for this video. You seem such a nice guy and so extremely talented. I cant imagine the hours it's taken to get to your level. I'm trying to master 3rd position atm and doing vibrato exercises. Your skill boggles my mind.
The fact that he is playing in a hotel room…. The people in the other rooms just gets a free concert!!!😂
I would LOVE for him to be staying in the next room over from me when I travel 🤣
I loved hearing how you analyzed your difficulties and came up with alternate approaches. Really useful!
Next up: Sergey Kachikawawa's forty caprices
@ThreeSetUntalented hi tiger mom wow
I don't play violin, but enjoyed watching the process of how you work through a piece. Also enjoy watching your violin face
What's that mark on your neck son? "It's my Violin....."
5:28
While playing octaves, ray casually flips everyone of consistently
OMG I love his facial expressions while practicing
What’s awe-inspiring to me is this video, to some extent, shows the breadth of romantic music and just how much is out there to work with. I mean think of it, Ray is an accomplished (and with good reason!) premier soloist who has probably hundreds if not thousands of performance credits across there again hundreds or thousands of pieces of music and he is only now revisiting one of the most famous and well-known violin pieces that he hasn’t played in years. One might argue, like Ray said that this is a “rite of passage” piece that every professional violinist might cross in their time performing and yet Ray’s experience is proof positive that there’s not just a book of about 10 or 20 different violin pieces that every symphony knows and plays. There are thousands if not hundreds of thousands of pieces in just the romantic period and as someone who appreciates a good performance it’s a war of attrition trying to collect and listen to every piece but instead learning to appreciate the musical nuance and personality of each ensemble and their staff who curate a unique and characteristic musical experience.
As a player it’s also a war of attrition to try and play every piece because it’s simply not possible. Instead you learn to appreciate and connect with certain composers for again their nuances and how they speak to you. As a performer you bring these to your own ensembles wherever they may be and add to the musical story being told. When the story of the selection, the direction, and the performers is all in tune (pun intended) that’s what makes for a powerful musical performance - not so much just playing what’s on the page to the “t”.
I knew the library of romantic music was astoundingly large - but I never had it put into perspective until I watched the first few minutes of the video and heard Ray’s take. Thanks for the new perspective and all you do for the community, Ray!
I love watching you do this it’s so cool and makes violin music gain a much more human element
We missed you Ray!x
I learned so much, I'm not a violinist, and I learned so much about approaching a piece! I will apply this to voice lessons. I learned a lot about you. Ray, the virtuoso everyone wants as a bff. Bravo!👐
Fun fact: when Heifetz played variation 10, he did it all with artificial harmonics.
thanks for all your tips Ray ! It's always a pleasure to watch your videos ! cheers from Belgium
I'm practicing while watching this! 😊😄
It motivates me so much!
Thanks💗
i’ve rewatched all of your practice video so many times because they always inspire me to pick up my violin and practice. so thank so much for these videos!
I love these practice videos. You do a great job of explaining the principles of study.
I am a violin learner from Brazil and see Ray practice,his patience ,how he is looking to solve the difficulties he faced ,gave me a little more hope to continue learning. Congrats Ray!
Thank you so much. Your perspectives in musicality, practice and performing REALLY inspired me. You are so great we love you. Love from China. Plz come often
Thank you, Chen! Very inspiring. Would be great to have more of such videos. You are a great master.
Ray, I love how you relate the music to a certain scene. That's what I do, and all other true musicians
Thank you so much for posting these practice vids! It is inspiring to watch a top tier soloist practice and breakdown their thought process on pieces. 24 is very flashy but so violinistic and kinda just flows off your fingers, except those darn 10ths.
That's really helpful that i see how a pro violinist practices .. i used to spend too many time and get not a bright resault but after i watched the first part and this one everything has changed .. i hope you make more of these videos😊 i love Ray
R A Y I just barely started watching your videos and woAHWOWOW you’re so inspiring! You really made my day with this video-you’re so upbeat and happy, and you’re so uplifting to watch! Thank youuu! ♡ ♡
Loved this!! Thank you Ray.
I just feel happy there's a new video from you! 😊
Thank u for showing us how Rau Chen Practices hard pieces!! Keep being awesome Ray!!
1:58 hey that's from your Singapore concert in March this year that I played in!
Joash Chee - congrats! I was there too with my boy. We were in the gallery
hi joash
Is this really even a challenge for you? Be honest (if you actually see this). Medium/high difficulty level for you is different than others. You're a violin virtuoso so all of these pieces come pretty naturally to you, LOL. Amazing though. Absolutely love your videos and you and a few others that post on CZcams really keep me inspired to keep practising violin (I'm okay. I started too late - 8 or 9 - did very well, incredibly well, but stopped when I was 16 because it "wasn't cool"... sad huh?).
Interesting fact: Paganini's one true love, Maria Balintova, was my... umm... great-great-great-great grandmother? I think that's correct, LOL. That's the Czech half of me.
You nailed it ray this video is very inspiring ❤💕🎻
The moments with double speed somehow made me think about the Sims when you're making your sim practicing faster.
Also, I play the piano and I was amazed by the ease you have when you sight read. I need 1 hour to read one sheet and play it correctly... That sure means I need to practice more!
Léonie Mélodie same!(piano gang! 🎹 )
Thanks for the video! Now I'm gonna go practice and try to use master Ray techniques ^^
Can you explain why the 7th variation is supposedly the hardest or was that a joke?
This is so inspiring - even though I’m not a violinist! Thank you, Ray!!
people like you make these pieces seem so easy but you stuttered and practice just as hard as I do and it makes me feel so much better lol
Can you make a challenge where you actually play different genre on the classical violin? Let's say Arabic/oriental violin. I think it would definitely be very instructive imo :)
I’ve been looking forward to this video for so long
So informative Ray, thanks for the video, trying to learn the violin and it's so nice to hear the thoughts of a professional on your approach when learning a piece of music.
Thank you for sharing. Very interesting to see how you go about learning a piece. The repetition and problem solving is something that beginners like me can use as well.
You can tell it’s a stead even though a video! The acoustics are basically flawless
Ray, your expressions always make my day 😂😂😂 PS I love the Golden age
张琼丹 this has 24 likes so i’m not making it 25 lol sry 😂
I can't play but I'm getting a whole new understanding of violin music from watching these videos. Thank you!
Thank you! Now I can really appreciate how difficult this piece is!
This piece is my alarm sound every morning! Thank you Ray for playing this you're really awesome❤️
I’m slowly learning this one! Thanks for the advice and encouragement to finish it!
I respect how ur able to learn something every time u practice cuz recently I haven't been able to and lost motivation
Wow! Pls do more practice challenge video 😍 so inspired ~
Caprice 24 is my favorite piece 😃👏
Hey Ray! I really enjoy your practice challenges! Why not try Paganini's "Nel cor più non mi sento" for pt.3? HAHA
thats finger torture
Nel cor piu non potato xddd
Damn you Ray! That's been constantly rattling around in my head for a whole day now and I had to come back here to comment (and listen again)
Thank you for this! Many people see the performance but very few people get to see how much work and practice you have to put in to take the bow. We weren't born playing Paganini! It takes hard work and skill so thank you for showing us a little "behind the scenes" episode.😁👍
Hey Ray! This was very helpful! Thanks!
Now you made me want to hear the complete piece once you've learnt it completly, way to go. :D
I really enjoyed watching your video, you are very funny hahaha thanks for sharing it with all of us ^^
This is very interesting in how he shows his thought process in interpreting the music-not just following the notes-and in devising strategies and techniques to achieve these difficult passages. All violinists could learn from this. Even the top performers have to work things out, and it is informative to see how they actually do it.
This was AMAZING!!! Thank you for uploading. Completely agree that confidence is key! xWBW
wow! I am an artist painter, and i liked how you reinterpret and clean the acknowledge picturing thoughts to make a clean sound
You don't know how much this means to me, especially being a late beginner (resumed violin only in college after a 7-8 year break) and seeing kids half my age slaying it. I need to practice the Bach Double Violin Concerto for a performance next month (not even close in skill level to this one) but seeing that even esteemed professionals like you need to practice, it gives me hope that I'll get there some day, even if I'm 5 years late than my counterparts.
Forget the playing, the real impressive thing here is the hotel's walls. 😂
Hahaahahaahahahaahahahaahahahahahahaha
Спасибо!
Ling Ling can play it in 6 seconds
Davy Ng true
If you can play it slowly you can play it quickly.
@@JamesLee-yn4wj he can play it upsidedown with his hair
Ling ling can play it in 0.0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001 seconds
How dare you insult the god ling ling by saying he can only play it in six seconds!