Kotomi’s parent here 😊 Thank you very much to the TwoSet team for this once in a lifetime opportunity to learn from Brett Sensei and Eddy Sensei! 🤓 She has been wanting to pick up the violin ever since she starting following TwoSet years back. She has been a student of TwoSet Academy since forever. Her interest and knowledge of everything violin is purely from binging your videos. She had the best time attending this intensive crash course and was full of praises for Brett Sensei! Thank you again to Producer-San for gifting us this core memory experience! ❤ Thank you also to Synwin for the wonderful gift!

@kelleyforeman

3 ай бұрын

She did a wonderful job! I started playing when I was her age and it was one of the best things that ever happened to me. I hope this is just the beginning of her journey with music! ❤️

@jameschristiansson3137

3 ай бұрын

Decades from now these two students can show their own children this video. What a memorable beginning.

@xandraxandra1437

3 ай бұрын

I'm so happy for you and your daughter. What a special start to learn the violin 😊 Good luck in the future!

@nyomicasey

3 ай бұрын

She did awesome!

@Imonlysleeping2

3 ай бұрын

She did great! And what a great experience for her. Hope she enjoyed it and wants to keep on learning :)

This is from Catherine’s parents. We full-heartedly thank TwoSet Violin for opening up a new world of music to Catherine. ❤❤ She fell in love with violin at first sight, and is now attending weekly violin lessons. Brett and Eddy are an amazing duo. They are funny and full of energy. Although we only spent less than half day with them, their passion for music and love for young music learners are unforgettable.

@marjamerryflower

3 ай бұрын

❤i wish Catherine lots of FUN with her violin

@Imonlysleeping2

3 ай бұрын

She did great! I’m glad she decided to take lessons :) Thanks for the update.

@sl5515

3 ай бұрын

Keep the fire of interest burning! Great potential for her!

@tatianakistanova1241

3 ай бұрын

What a lovely, talented girl ❤ All the best for you and all the family!!!

@susanbryant6516

3 ай бұрын

She really channeled her nervoucitement to do a great job!

Brett: we do not promote rock music here! Eddy: Shake it off, shake it off 🎶

@MissTwoSetEncyclopedia

3 ай бұрын

The pure bread classical one and... the other one 😂

@ambermao9547

3 ай бұрын

“My bias can be Mozart and Jimin at the same time.” - Eddy

@2LUV3VIOLin28

3 ай бұрын

That is sadly my problem and it's all because of Eddy. (not really sad at all. I've found Jimin to be inspiring:)

@tvlwortwahn1322

3 ай бұрын

​@@MissTwoSetEncyclopedia pure BRETT classical, you mean 😉

@azndemonlord54

3 ай бұрын

Brett's teacher vibes are so wholesome

Brett is just the best with kids, I'm sure he makes them feel at ease immediately with waving at the camera and high fiving! Also the way he explains things is so easy to follow! Eddy too, is really encouraging and clear in explaining things.

@MissTwoSetEncyclopedia

3 ай бұрын

I just can't with Brett interacting with kids, he's such a natural at it ! He knows when to be serious, when to be silly, how to put himself to their level of understanding. Just... if he ever becomes a dad, he'll be an amazing one. 🥲

@sabrinai

3 ай бұрын

@@MissTwoSetEncyclopedia totally!!! 😭😭😭 His potential future kid(s) are so lucky! Always when he interacts with kids I melt!

@nyomicasey

3 ай бұрын

I know he says he doesnt want kids but he would make a good dad!

@wondercoton

3 ай бұрын

I always get nore natural teacher vibes from Brett, whenever they explain things to anyone (audience, their friends...) Eddy is a skilled musician, but he uses more musician-centric terms all the time, and isn't able to break things down into layman pieces. I don't know if it's his subconscious need to flex, or if it's just harder for him to verbalize his thoughts in general.

@annaandhertypewriter4395

3 ай бұрын

​@@wondercotonI think Eddy can verbalize well, but needs only more experience in teaching kids. Or maybe his personality is little bit more suitable for teaching teen/adult students

Every teacher: "i don't know why it's called a frog, but it's called a frog"

@b0r0din988

Ай бұрын

i literally said this to a beginner student today LOL

Do this but with adult beginner please!!! (hands waving vigorously😂) I promise I will practice 40hr a day if I can join!

@akanshyaprasai

3 ай бұрын

me me meeee!!

@missbeans

3 ай бұрын

Yes please!

@Ray-gk9kc

3 ай бұрын

Fr

@powthekicker8765

3 ай бұрын

For real! Loving this! ❤❤❤❤

@plo3168

3 ай бұрын

yes. I volunteer as tribute

Nervouscited is a mood.

@homicidal_simp

Ай бұрын

it's from My Little Pony lmao

brett is a really good teacher!! asking his student to point out what he's doing wrong!! a great technique to engage her in the lesson :)

@dubhlinn2

3 ай бұрын

This is a great pedagogical technique, and one they use a lot in their videos. Often what appears to us to us as pure comedy is actively teaching something. Exaggerated imitations of common mistakes, the ones where they demonstrate the different kinds of students or different styles of famous soloists, the critiques of actors playing violinists in TV and films--they're using these strategies to draw our attention to things. Brett and Eddy demonstrated an understanding, very early on, that people learn best when they don't realize they are learning. As a self-taught adult I have probably passively learned more from them than any other resource--especially since they cover a lot of "unwritten curriculum" stuff that is not covered in formal lessons or books but is picked up through experience, over years of simply playing. This is why it is hard to know whether to describe TwoSet as violinists, a comedy duo, or edutubers, because they are very much equally all three of these things. Though they may not think of themselves as the latter two, I definitely see it. Their chemistry echoes that of the great comedy duos, and their innovation and experimentation is exactly the kind of thing that made people like Bill Nye and the Green brothers special. ...sorry I kind of ran away with that lol.

1:15 "It's been about 8 years since I've taught the violin" If i were the student, I'd start getting panic attacks

@simplytwosetter

3 ай бұрын

lol Love this!

@2LUV3VIOLin28

3 ай бұрын

Lol...my first teacher never had taught violin in his life.

@Shirafune161

3 ай бұрын

My violin teacher is a full-time teacher, for different age groups and levels, but I'm learning more on my own than in the lessons lol. She showed me the fingerings once, handed me the bow and expected me to immediately sightread nursery rhymes.

@DavidBergman1776

3 ай бұрын

Yikes! Any way you can find a different teacher?@@Shirafune161

@Alfonso162008

3 ай бұрын

I mean, every teacher needs to start somewhere, right? Someone's going to be their first student, for better or for worse 😂

Let's see how long it takes for Eddy to flex his perfect pitch at his new student.

When she says “as long as my mom buys me a violin” and then he says WE GOTCHU! That was so cute! Ahww. What a sweet video!

0:32 actually the cutest hello i've ever seen are you kidding me

@ananyamettu

3 ай бұрын

omg so true

@Virtual_Melatonin

3 ай бұрын

I'm actually about to cry he's so adorable 😭

@LittleDreamer1412

3 ай бұрын

I wish I had Brett as my teacher 🥲 He is so positive and cute!

@glassfrog101

3 ай бұрын

it's so adorable

@baldwinangel1218

3 ай бұрын

I can't with this one❤

I’m genuinely way more than impressed with their teaching skills…the fact that they managed to teach that piece within just one hour has me shocked as a violin student…you can clearly see that they learnt it well by looking at how well the canon flowed at the end!!! They are amazing at handling kids too..they make them comfortable and create a fun environment for them to learn..props to them!

@e2pii213

3 ай бұрын

Here are more classes from them, followed by a class thet a worldclass soloist giving to Brett: '4 Levels of Violin Masterclass (Ft. Maxim Vengerov)'

I don't know if it was just me who noticed but the girl who was being trained by Brett has a lot of potential on the violin, perfect posture and was holding the bow very well for the first time and played very well, good sense of time (It looks like she has a metronome in her head ).

@MissTwoSetEncyclopedia

3 ай бұрын

I was thinking the same thing. Brett is a very good teacher, no doubt about that, but this little girl seems to be a natural. Hope she can keep playing with her parents' encouragement, I have a feeling she could progress quite quickly.

@alyssachan4330

3 ай бұрын

and she immediately use fully her bow for a first lesson

@xandraxandra1437

3 ай бұрын

​@alyssachan4330 Though about that too, she understood how to use it in no time.

@LittleDreamer1412

3 ай бұрын

I thought so too! I know kids learn quickly but I was a bit suspicious at first if she was really a beginner. They both did so well!

@MissTwoSetEncyclopedia

3 ай бұрын

@@LittleDreamer1412 Her parents left a comment and apparently she's been watching TwoSet for years so learned a lot about the violin just watching their videos. But that's just theory, even if you know what the proper posture and bow hold are, doing it in real life is another story. She did really well for a first time !

suddenly overcome with the need to be adopted by brett and eddy

@MissTwoSetEncyclopedia

3 ай бұрын

😂😂😂 I'm a grown 40 year old woman but somehow feel the same...

@baldwinangel1218

3 ай бұрын

For real.😊

How can I be brave enough to play in front of my parents 😭

@XGamerProSG

3 ай бұрын

Frfr

@XGamerProSG

3 ай бұрын

At least they will be happy i get a free violin:)

@noya-gx9td

3 ай бұрын

TRUEEE I got so nervous when playing in front of human beings

@Wiwcac

3 ай бұрын

Just imagine your audience naked??

@stephenwright414

3 ай бұрын

They will be super excited and proud to see you play regardless if they say so.

It would be so cool if they made a reaction video of their progress in 1 year

@bernadettegross808

3 ай бұрын

Please please😊

When he said “this violin is for you,” I started crying. How incredibly sweet. Brett and Eddy, you guys have really outdone yourself. Thank you for sharing this with us! And Kotomi and Catherine, you both rock! Great job! Remember that music is for the love and joy of it, regardless of what career path you take.

The kid with Brett is a natural! She’s very good for the first lesson, I hope she continues to play violin. The other girl was very good too!

From learning other instruments to teaching violin in 1 hour - it has come a full circle now

@e2pii213

3 ай бұрын

Oh yes, I loved the 'learning an instrument in 1 hour' series.

Brett, I must compliment you on your child teaching skills. You have a good rapport with children.

if you can learn a new instrument slowly, you can learn it quickly - twoset academy

I liked Eddy's idea of practising the bow hold on a pencil first. And I liked the way Brett demonstrated what not to do, and why.

2:50 Brett is such a good teacher omg

the fact that they constantly ask the kid “how you feel” is so caring and considerate😭 warms my heart

Can we just appreciate how good they are with handling kids..like I would love to have a teacher like them..

@MissTwoSetEncyclopedia

3 ай бұрын

I would have loved to have a father half as caring as these two...

@susanbryant6516

3 ай бұрын

@@MissTwoSetEncyclopediaso, if I’ve done the maths properly, Twoset is 4 x the caring? Or wait, is that they are each 1/4 more caring… I’m definitely not arithmetically gifted.

@baldwinangel1218

3 ай бұрын

For real.​@@MissTwoSetEncyclopedia

@hbaratta

3 ай бұрын

Easy when you're just big kids yourself 😏

Years later they have become professional players and they will have played Paganini 24 by the time they turn 16.

i noticed Catherine learns fast, and Kotomi produces a beautiful sound on the violin getting inspired by kids is something lol

That was a beautiful thing for them to give them the violins. They did amazingly well for first timers. Well done girls! Fantastic teaching TwoSet Academy! Brett n Eddy❤💯👍🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

@londongael414

3 ай бұрын

Well, Sinwin's music shop gave the violins, but yes, it was a lovely moment!

@jameschristiansson3137

3 ай бұрын

It's a beautiful academy. BeautySet Violin.

both are daddy material, they are good with kids

@WhoDis-se2uq

3 ай бұрын

“daddy” material? sus.

@MissTwoSetEncyclopedia

3 ай бұрын

Brett is just a natural, I swear he's done that his entire life. He knows to put himself to their level and joke in order to get them more relaxed. A joy to watch. 😊

@2LUV3VIOLin28

3 ай бұрын

@@MissTwoSetEncyclopediaSo true!

@bred007

3 ай бұрын

@@WhoDis-se2uqbro

@WhoDis-se2uq

3 ай бұрын

@@bred007 im sowwy 🥺

It's crazy that all of us violinists started like that and now we play violin concerts and create wonderful sounds on this wooden box 🫠 Shoutout to all the teachers out there who were so patient with us when we started learning the violin ❤

Brett: we are not promoting rock music, we are playing classical music; Eddy: do you like Taylor Swift? (not saying that Taylor Swift does rock music, just think our pure bred Brett is cute, and Eddy is also cute oc)

Adult beginner here! It's a wishful thinking, but It would be really nice to get a lesson from you guys. I started learning violin because of you. ❤❤❤

Congratulations, Kotomi and Catherine! You were both great! 👏👏👏 And I love how sweet were Brett and Eddy 🥰

64 male piano beginner here - who teared up when the girls were presented with their violins. Wholesome stuff kudos to Eddie & Brett.

Brett and Eddy nailed it as teachers! They were so kind and encouraging to the little ones

They are so good at teaching!! This reminds me of the “What do our fans think of us video”. They are both equally good music teachers. I would do anything to have them as my teachers 😫

love how Brett is naturally sooooooooooooo goooooood at kids! like showing the wrong way in an amusing manner, using cute metaphors "don't want the violin to be choked" ...absolutely charming!!

Loved that video. I was so happy to know that the violins were for them. I cried with happiness when you said the violins were for them. At the beginning I was thinking if it was me I would not let an absolute beginner play on my expensive violin. I would let them use my cheapest violin. That was so heart warming. One of the best videos I have seen on twoset. ❤😊

What a delightful video. One on one, Brett and Eddy made it look so easy to break down the components of producing a good initial sound on the violin, and the girls were quick learners. Did anyone notice that for the recital Catherine's violin had the fingering dots in place, but didn't when Eddy was teaching her...she really had a good ear to get the notes in tune. Kotomi's bowing was very good from the start and knew it was important to have a good contact point! Brett and Eddy are both so sweet and kind, and made the girls feel at ease! I'm so glad to have witnessed their remarkable progress in one lesson!

If my first piano teacher is as encouraging as Brett and Eddy, (and of course if I have more talent on the piano), I may not spent more than ten years hating piano and classical music so much lol. Having a good teacher is really important! These two cutees are so lucky! I started to learn the violin during the toughest time of my PhD, but with my super encouraging violin teacher, and also Twoset videos, I enjoyed my learning process a lot! I hope they can get good teachers afterwards and continue their violin learning (if they are interested of course)!

Aw the two of you are so good with kids! And great teachers too. You explain things very clearly, but calmly and very focused. You'd make great teachers if you weren't doing what you're doing, and I can see you'll both be great parents too.

@e2pii213

3 ай бұрын

Here are more classes from them, followed by a class thet a worldclass soloist giving to Brett: '4 Levels of Violin Masterclass (Ft. Maxim Vengerov)'

Woww Catherine n Kotomi catch the lesson pretty fast, that's awesome 😳 I'm also amazed by the way you guys taught them, good job ✨️ I'm an adult+non musician and I've always want to play a violin, watching this video surely encourage me to start it! Maybe someday you guys could also try to teach adult beginner(haha), I'm sure there'll be a lot of people lining up to your TwoSet Academy 😂👍

Brett and Eddy are so great with kids. I love watching both of them teach the kids with so much patience and being funny as well to lighten the mood and not to frighten the girls. so fun to watch :D

@gatesurfer

3 ай бұрын

They’re great with kids because they ARE kids. Music keeps you young at heart.

Both children were so excellent with learning and playing violin. Brett and Eddy are kind and instructive teachers. Hope both children keep practicing and have a fun time learning violin! Thank you to wonderful and supportive parents of children!

You guys did adults & teens, when will u teach the Seniors (50+)?😅

@MissTwoSetEncyclopedia

3 ай бұрын

You know what ? That is a VERY good idea, I would love to see that. It would really show that it's never too late to start. 😊

@ambermao9547

29 күн бұрын

Yeah, why not? Practice does not have an age limit.

Twosetters are the most pampered fan base ever. We get an idea, we like it, we want it, we get it. Keep going, boys, we're proud of you!

This video is heart warming. Both Eddy and Brett are great teachers.

yo my face hurts from smiling this was so adorable;-;

The recital is just sooo cute with sensei Chen accompanying them❤!

Sinwyn being MVPs again, providing violins for the twoset academy students!!!

ThanksSinwyn’s, for giving these great kids each a lovely violin to start their musical journeys!

I love how Brett teaches. He seems so confident. So Cute☺

The golden nugget that i get from this video is Brett's advice of look at the bridge follow the shape of the bridge when bowing😍

Gifting those violins I think is the best feeling an aspiring musician can have. That's a flex, congrats guys! ✨

This is probably just a coincidence but based on her name Kotomi's family might be originally from Japan and the way Brett casually refers to himself as her sensei just shows how much in tune he is with people. And props to whover thought of the chairs, children do enjoy adults people talking to them on the same eye level!

This is so cute and inspiring! Good luck to Kotomi and to Catherine, you will be great violinists! Thanks Brett and Eddy for giving them this beautiful opportunity to discover how wonderful music is!

Aaah the girls were so adorable!!! Plus they took feedback so well and adjusted to it, and they did really well for the first lesson, good job to them! ❤❤ Twoset is actually really good at teaching as well! I picked up on so many good teaching tips in this video

Eddy: I'm turning 31 Catherine: Old Eddy: It's been eight years since I've taught Catherine: Old I'm sorry Eddy you're not old lol

My mom taught elementry Suzuki strings for over 30 years (I was one of her students too). Watching this made me very nostalgic and a little teary-eyed.

How wholesome do you want the video to be? - Those kids and TwoSetViolin: Yes!

Love the confidence of those girls! Already have a good start to a musical life thanks to the great teachers of Twoset Academy

I'm an adult beginner whose teacher is, let's say, pretty lax with fundamentals, so I'm gonna be following this at home and pretending that all the praise is for me 😊

@MissTwoSetEncyclopedia

3 ай бұрын

I'm giving you all the praise of the world. I'm sorry you teacher is not the best. Keep it up, you can do it ! 🤗

@LittleDreamer1412

3 ай бұрын

Are you able to change teachers maybe? I just got a new teacher because the old one left and their teaching styles are totally different. Wishing my old one back tbh but maybe it would help you?

@Shirafune161

3 ай бұрын

@@LittleDreamer1412 I made a mistake of paying for the full course up front, unfortunately. I was thinking of completing it and then working with a different teacher. The current teacher is not too bad, her other students seem to be doing well (unless they're teaching themselves in their spare time, like me) and she's very encouraging, we're just not very compatible.

This is awesome!! Brett and Eddie: you know how to set up a lesson with concrete paramaters; you gently teach the skills; you "reward" the students with praise and enthusaism; and you asked students how they felt, a reflection that is crucial to learning. I loved youse guys for your music, but now I love you even more due to your teaching skills. Bravo!!! 😂❤😂

brett and eddy being amazing people and teaching future generations of violin players!

Wow! Truly wow.... So impressed with their progress in such a short space of time. Brett & Eddy are such gentle, encouraging teachers.... What a wonderful opportunity for these two young girls and how generous of Synwin Music to start them on their musical journey....

Eddy became soooo soft spoken with her haha so sweeeeeet! Brett was just his regular silly self!

Love this, using their resources and audience to share music with children on a face to face level, I hope this is just the beginning. Truly great to see Twoset branch out into this, true to their mission

Isn't this the sweetest TwoSetViolin video ever!

Brett is such a good teacher for kids !! Eddy would be so good to teach adult beginners

as a violinist (still a uni student) part time-ing as a violin teacher, this video is teaching me so much about how to teach 😭😭

Both guys are such wonderful, natural teachers. Such a heartwarming video.

When you gave away the violins at the end, that was very classy. This video is good for society.

You can tell Brett has experience teaching young children. Eddy ofc is very serious about bowing technique!!! This reminds me of old TwoSet, like when they taught random people in the park 🥺

@e2pii213

3 ай бұрын

Eddy has a teaching video series 8 years back. They both had experiense in teaching during their conservatory years.

@user-kr7uk7vz7s

3 ай бұрын

One of their videos mentioned Brett getting his first student when he was 15yo and the child was about 5yo. It was his next door neighbour.

I think they should open a "TwoSet Academy". I would go there all the way from Canada, just to learn from them!!

They're both so great with these kids! Especially Brett, who was coming in hot with the dad energy, using high fives and jokes to build that essential student-sensei rapport. I'm not in the business of telling people how to make major life decisions, but lets say I would not complain about the creation of TwoSet TNG: 2Set 2Furious

Okay, TwoSet needs to record their encouragement (like they did for these girls), put it on a button, and sell it! Imagine having Eddy and Brett's feedback instead of the gremlin in my head when I practice?!?!?! It would be so fun!

@0ia

22 күн бұрын

It makes me curious if we can *practice* making the gremlin nicer!

This video is just so wholesome all around. Thanks Brett and Eddy for all you do for music education and showing people that classical music isn't that hard to understand!

You just see Brett backing away slowly when they're performing 😂

I need to hire you guys 🥲🥲 saving up to buy a violin thanks to you guys I can’t wait to annoy my parents with the horrendous screeching that’s to come

The girls would properly didn't know how much they are lucky to teach by two set !!

My heart is so full...

Not my kids, not my lesson, why do I have proud tears??

Really impressive! I never could guess that these two girls were complete beginners if the start of the video and the title didn't mention that!

i always love Brett in teacher mode, he is just so good at explaining things and projecting a calm and relaxing aura, i wish i could have him as a teacher too!!

Any chance you could do the same things with some talented 60-year olds please. Not as a competition with the kids, just to disprove the fact that you’re never too old to get somewhere with a difficult instrument. I feel like anyone who starts later than 16 gets written off, which can’t be right. 🎻

Brett is such a natural with kids! Not an easy task. I'm scared of them myself haha

"How are you feeling?" "Twoset academy" A child of wisdom

When I read the title I thought the student would pretend to be a beginner and bust out Paganini’s God Save the Violinist at the end.

You two make great teachers! Those kids looked like they had fun! Thank you for such a wholesome video. TwoSet Academy!!

They’re both great teachers, I feel like I’m learning from them! Teach adult beginners next please 👀

The frog is called frog because in the early days of the bows it looked like a frog. And because you now probably look confused I have to clarify that by "frog" I mean the triangular structure on the sole of the horse hoof.

@susanbryant6516

3 ай бұрын

..and now we must go down the rabbit-hole of wondering why parts of the horses hoof is called a frog

Its like these girls don't know how all of us would dream to be taught by Brett and Eddy

0:01 8:42 11:22 Bizet - "Prelude" from _Carmen_ 0:57 Satie - Gymnopédie no. 1 0:59 Chopin - Étude, op. 25, no. 9 1:24 10:48 Mozart - Piano Sonata no. 10 (K. 330), 1st movement 2:06 Chopin - Étude, op. 25, no. 8 2:35 Bach - _Goldberg Variations,_ var. 18 3:00 var. 22 3:37 Mozart - Symphony no. 40, 1st movement 3:58 Mahler - Symphony no. 5, 4th movement ("Adagietto") 4:04 Beethoven - Piano Sonata no. 21 ("Waldstein"), 1st movement 4:31 Bach - _Goldberg Variations,_ var. 11 4:53 7:36 var. 14 5:16 var. 19 5:55 var. 5 6:16 var. 10 7:05 var. 4 8:47 var. 6 8:53 9:49 (folk) - "Frère Jacques" 9:25 var. 1 10:26 var. 8

These girls did such a good job I was really thinking they were playing a prank and we’re gonna bust out a full concerto at the end to reveal it. Incredible for first time players.

Whenever I was first learning violin a year ago , i was immediately taught how to use our bow and we played with it which I find quite interesting because commonly I see people not learn that until later

That’s a beautiful video! I love seeing Brett and Eddy teach, it’s so inspiring as a music educator myself. Great work

If you have devastatingly short pinkies like me, a good bow hold is hard. I can't even put the foot joint on a flute properly or my pinky can't reach the key. I was showing off my bow hold to my violin friends and they all chided me about my pinky. I told them "but it can't reach". And yet I am a proud member of the bassoon gang because you need thumbs to play bassoon.

You guys are amazing! ❤ I feel more and more sad every day for having to miss your world tour concert 😢

That was some very proud parents watching 😁👍