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What I'm curious about is how you do the shorter, more accented notes, mostly in the upper notes during the melody. They sounds almost like you're hitting the glass, rather than the more smooth motions. Is that the case? Or perhaps the smaller glasses stand out more and have a shorter ring time. Or you're just very good at dampening the cups as you play. Still, I wonder if you can "hit" them harder or otherwise make them louder, but only for a short period. Those top notes very much have a bell-like quality.
@@pastelmyri4405 it may be actually considered percussion, though the method of playing this "instrument" can be considered more of string instruments world as it involves friction, basically
Jax Hawken a percussion instrument is a percussion instrument regardless how you play it. In fact vibraphone, cymbals, gongs, tam-tams, etc are sometimes played with a bow and they are always percussion instruments
I believe the original composition was for glockenspiel, but glass harp sounds very closely to glockenspiel, so that's maybe the reason why it sounds like the perfect instrument for this song.
Sí, concuerdo. Otras composiciones (Bach p. Ej) no suenan como "del cielo", como suena ésta... Es que «son copas». El «Amor» en su expresión máxima es de las Copas. El Grial lo es...
У Петра Ильича Чайковского танец феи Дражже звучит на музыкальном инструменте челесте. И оно несравнимо по исполнению, при всем уважении к этим музыкантам, в пользу оригинала.
- Please, waitress, a bucket. I need to tune this glass, and there's more water than it needs. So, the Eb is soundin' like a D. - No prob, sir. Here's your bucket. Lemme 'no when your note is right. - You will hear it, tho :)
@@4CHRIST1234 those effects are distracting from the simple beauty of the sugar plum fairy tough. It's supposed to be a playful, cheeky piece of skipping and dancing notes. While this is technically impressive, the glass vibrations are not precise enough to simulate that. Not to mention the ugly dissonance when they vibrate too close to each other.
@@amyleigh8394 the person has definitely not been in an orchestra before lol, you can hear all the different instruments. The glasses just sound like single instruments... because they are
If Tchaikovsky were alive today, witnessing this amazing rendition, he'd be swimming in tears of joy. Tchaikovsky: "Yesss! This is what I was trying to create! The most Sugar Plum Fairy (and Christmas) sounds ever!"
Sorry to be that guy? That's not the point at all. Enjoying music is about feeling with our senses. Either you enjoyed it or you didn't. Try to be happy for people who are sharing their beautiful music.
@@karolakkolo123 Yeah, your're right. I should disregard everything I know about language and nomenclature to appease you with a word that you have determined sounds more artistic.. Its called a song. Or a composition. A piece is a part of a whole. A composition if you will.
@@Mot-dh5sx Nope, having a great day. I didn't get aggressive at all. I just have no patience for idiots with upturned noses who lower them only to smell their own farts. He hated being that guy; but I have no problem at all.
It was, kind of. Tchaikovsky's first draft called for Glass Harmonica, an instrument invented by Ben Franklin which is basically just this, but configured a little differently.
The instrument that Tchaikovsky ends up using is the Celesta, and it's basically a piano and sounds exactly like this pretty much. If you look up the process and history behind the making of this song specifically, let alone the actual Nutcracker, it's actually really interesting.
LMAO ... I don't know why I even clicked it. I was just going to see how good they are I guess, but I was just thinking, "aww hell I'll just let them finish and I'll scroll down" and there you are ... first comment I see.
WOW! I was absolutely amazed. This is an amazing performance. The sound is so enchanting and mesmerising. It`s just like they`re making a real magic with their hands and the glasses. Congratulations to that amazing duo.
I have previously commented on these two geniuses. Having tried this with just a few of the right crystal glasses to obtain what you're hearing is brutally difficult. Watch their hands fingers, palms, thumbs, and a lot more so see how these intricate sounds are seemingly being accomplished. Have a hard time viewing this without tears in my eyes from this ethereal music. All I can say is Bravo!
Yes, but I do listen to classical music played on organs, so thought it may be because of that. I can't get one glass to make a sound without loads of tries, this is very impressive
I've just sat here quite literally gobsmacked for almost the entire piece - jaw dropped after less than 10 seconds and stayed that way. That's proper talent, that is. Yes it's 8 years old and yes, 'TH-cam recycles yet more old crap again' - but you know what - it's been years since I've seen this and I'd forgotten just how magical it sounds. Bravo TH-cam! You can spam me with this shit any day 😊
something so simple as a vibration can make our brains melt by such a amazing song... that most definitely feels out of this world, almost as if we found something we weren't meant to discover
@@gunslingingbird74 Who really cares? It sounds marvelous, so why nitpick something so insignificant? Technically it's a melody or instrumental composition, even though the "instruments" are not the typical conventional ones.
except "you" don't... why is co-opting other peoples talent for comment likes a thing now? and what retreds give lobotomised comments like that a like?
_Mom: "Stop playing with your cups."_ *_7 Year Old Me At The Dinner Table:_* *_Edit: I can't tell if y'all are getting the joke or if you really think I made music with 20 cups._*
Once, a music teacher told me that the musical glasses were not instruments, I told her there were and she kicked me out of the class. I should show her this masterpiece.
I actually tried to make music with different glasses for a music project once, so I went to a store and just bought a bunch of random glasses and had to awkwardly tap them with a spoon in the store too 😂😂
The last time I was in Venice, I came across a girl performing this song on glasses of water in a public square. It was beautiful. This one sounds even better, though, but I’m guessing it’s at least in part because they’re in a performance hall and have even more glasses at their disposal. Love that people have these talents!
@@OffGridInvestor Link Knight I do singing bowls... The speed of your finger doesn't change the note. The speed of your finger needs to be precise and fairly exact to produce any sound at all. If you change speed or pressure, it just gets quiet. Tibetan-style singing bowls and traditional glass armonicas don't use water except to moisten your fingertips, so a glass harp probably also doesn't use water. We use water to change to pitch of identical wine glasses when doing this as a parlour trick but these glasses are all different sizes so they are probably tuned during manufacturer. Of all the instruments that have ever been invented, this one probably takes the longest to go out of tune.
i don't think playing them is the hardest part of this... i mean they had to add specific amounts of water to specific sized glasses in order for them to be in tune. an excess of drop could literally make a note sharp. props to them
They're actually not quite THAT sensitive. Or I guess it is, but a few drops won't be noticeable to the ear. You just use a digital tuner (or an app); pour more water until the appropriate glass is in tune. I helped setup a few during special shows using syringe or suction device of some kind to take out water/remove; you can even 'eyeball' most smaller glasses, and just fine tune the last bits. It is a bit time consuming...most instruments can tune up in a minute (if that), but it takes a good 10-15 minutes at least when you need to tune all the glasses. Fortunately, if you leave it setup and covered you don't typically need to redo it that often.
Yes fine i am going to talk about their album called Glassified. I think its a great choice of name that they made with a very funny pun. Indeed i would say the right name for this
🔵 Unlike some other glass instruments that you may have seen, these glasses are tuned by the glass blower when they are made and are attached to the table and played dry/empty.
@@kittenmimi5326, 🔵 Unlike some other glass instruments that you may have seen, these glasses are tuned by the glass blower when they are made and are attached to the table and played dry/empty. And btw,...don't you mean "Pitcher"-perfect?
I spend like a full hour in a restaurant trying to get a wine glass to do the slightest squeak and when I do I'm like "bow down mortals I control the glass". How the heck do they just slap their hands on the glass and it sings like it's desperate.
@Domino Hurley For sure! We did a song in choir that required wine glasses for every choir member. Tuning all 60 glasses took up a majority of rehearsal, even with several tuners 😂
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Love your comment, but the timbre of a perfect sine wave is different. It's closer to timbre of a clarinet, but not the same. Perfect sine wave timbre is also closer to the lead instrument in the old Doctor Who theme music.
My jaw dropped and then I started crying. It’s so pretty and nostalgic. It reminds me of Christmas paintings, the nut cracker, late a Christmas nights staring at the ceiling and twinkling lights when everyone is sleeping, pretty decor, etc.
I held my chest in total amazement - and yes, my jaw dropped too. My eyes started to glaze over. This was total magic. In such a dystopian world, this was the stuff of beautiful dreams.
What an amazing new way, for me to hear the Sugar Plum Fairy, played by hands on glasses, filled with water, to give out this delightful, unheard off before, "Glass Harp" sound. How very clever and inventive of you both, and I adored it! Bravo, do carry on please with your extraordinary hard work. Chilling! Thank you.
Catherine Blair I don't think there is water in them actually. I think their different sizes gives them a different sound. They normally fill them with water if they are glasses of the same size. The water acts as a dampener, this allows you to adjust the height of the part of the glass that is resonating and this gives you a different sound. Using glasses with pre tuned notes is more accurate as relying on water can be tricky, it evaporates, moves and would be difficult to get the right amount in the glass to tune it perfectly. Pre tuned glasses are a set and forget option and is quicker to set-up. Just a FYI for everyone as I think the science behind it pretty cool.
+Catherine Blair they didnt invent the glass harp lol it has been around since 1741. Tchaikovsky wanted the Dance of the Suger Plum Fairy to have the sound of water drops which is why he wrote it for the Celesta. The glass harp sounds a lot like a celesta so it is a great choice.
Becky Crawford, Ben Franklin thought the same thing, so he built an instrument to do just this. Numerous composers, including Mozart wrote pieces of music for it.
@@inkyguy I believe there was a bit of a problem with those, because the glass was leaded. Over-practicing could lead to worse problems than carpel tunnel syndrome.
I'm seeing a lot of comments like this from people on music/talent videos. Sure, this is entertaining but what good does it do for the world? Why is it that human worth/value is being determined by what impressive talents/skills you can provide for temporary entertainment purposes now? What I'm saying is... you shouldn't feel useless just because you aren't doing something like this. Frankly, I think most people that do stuff like this have way too much time on their hands (not that hobbies are necessarily a bad thing).
@Bristecom: Take it in the sense of Adorno: Only if there's no purpose in life, you are truely free. And if you are truely free - why not use the time you have on earth and entertain yourself? No Pill that grants you immortality will grant you a beautiful life.
As someone who was *_obsessed_* at age 12 with trying to make every glass I could get my hands on ring, I'd love to know how these two produce the tones so quickly. The vibration usually takes a moment to get going and produce the sound. These two are wizards! BTW, 1:31 is just magical.
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What I'm curious about is how you do the shorter, more accented notes, mostly in the upper notes during the melody. They sounds almost like you're hitting the glass, rather than the more smooth motions. Is that the case?
Or perhaps the smaller glasses stand out more and have a shorter ring time. Or you're just very good at dampening the cups as you play. Still, I wonder if you can "hit" them harder or otherwise make them louder, but only for a short period.
Those top notes very much have a bell-like quality.
Okay
Quite interesting 😮
All the anthems and fight songs ..
Könnte man den Bolero von Ravel auch umsetzen?
“What instrument do you play?”
“I play drinking glasses.”
Every alcholic will attest to that
@@andrewlogsdon6317 loool
😂😂😂
So what kind of music do you hear?
Its complicated...
Got me laughing this.
I bet washing the dishes at their house is a real hoot 😂
Itll be like a musical setting all the time lol
LOL AHAHA XD
😂😂😂😂
The word hoot made me crack up😂
@@nars_bars8774 nah, these are crystal glasses, they make the sound. Regular glass can't.
It’s like a mix of bells and strings.
Chris Kringle actually this would technically be considered percussion (like drums, bells, and xylophone)
Ayano Sripan right sorry I’m just really off today
@@pastelmyri4405 it may be actually considered percussion, though the method of playing this "instrument" can be considered more of string instruments world as it involves friction, basically
Jax Hawken a percussion instrument is a percussion instrument regardless how you play it. In fact vibraphone, cymbals, gongs, tam-tams, etc are sometimes played with a bow and they are always percussion instruments
Brings or strells
This song is officially made specifically for this instrument and no one can convince me otherwise
I believe to recall it actually was. In another configuration perhaps, but still was.
I believe the original composition was for glockenspiel, but glass harp sounds very closely to glockenspiel, so that's maybe the reason why it sounds like the perfect instrument for this song.
Sí, concuerdo. Otras composiciones (Bach p. Ej) no suenan como "del cielo", como suena ésta... Es que «son copas». El «Amor» en su expresión máxima es de las Copas. El Grial lo es...
@@Мишель16-в7цJede Weihnachten besuche ich dieses mein Lieblingsballett. Tschaikowsky war genial und liebte Kinder ...und Weihnachten 🎉🎉🎉😊
У Петра Ильича Чайковского танец феи Дражже звучит на музыкальном инструменте челесте. И оно несравнимо по исполнению, при всем уважении к этим музыкантам, в пользу оригинала.
Seems like this instrument is the one it should have been composed for.
What was the original instrument for this piece anyways?
@@mallows9779 - The celesta was the instrument this piece was composed for. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celesta
@@mallows9779 the Celeste. Am A one used in the Magic Flute by Mozart.
I see, thanks, i'll check it out
It's not that different from celesta. A bit deeper in the lower part of scale....
They must be fun to go out to eat with....
"Waitress?"
"Yes?"
"Could you bring us another 5 glasses of water? We're missing some notes."
And they get tipped instead lol
"We have just run short of..."!
#verese
#diana
GREAT
- Please, waitress, a bucket. I need to tune this glass, and there's more water than it needs. So, the Eb is soundin' like a D.
- No prob, sir. Here's your bucket. Lemme 'no when your note is right.
- You will hear it, tho :)
Lmao
Fact: This is the optimal instrument for this song.
Yes it sounds so precise and it seems to add natural effects sounds that piano dont have
@@4CHRIST1234 It was written for a celesta rather than a piano, but otherwise I agree.
ITS A PIECE NOT A SONG YOU DIMWIT
@@4CHRIST1234 those effects are distracting from the simple beauty of the sugar plum fairy tough. It's supposed to be a playful, cheeky piece of skipping and dancing notes. While this is technically impressive, the glass vibrations are not precise enough to simulate that. Not to mention the ugly dissonance when they vibrate too close to each other.
@Omega 1470 No, it's a movement!
"I can't perform tonight."
"Why not?"
"I can't find my glasses."
Ba dum tss
OMG LOLLL this is gold 😂
Lmao
Finn McCool - Ha ha Ha ha Ha ha Ha ha Ha ha........ Have you got a spare pair?
Hyuk hyuk hyuk nice one☺
*Can’t believe no one took the opportunity to call it ”Glassical music”*
Da Name Game did
Da Namegame good one!
This
Atleast the album is called glassified
Best pun I've ever heard
This legit sounds like the whole orchestra
It does
i got shiver
Yeah fr. Just fire all those people and hire these two for all ballets from here on out
No it doesn't 😂😂😂
@@amyleigh8394 the person has definitely not been in an orchestra before lol, you can hear all the different instruments. The glasses just sound like single instruments... because they are
The dislikes are obviously the Mouse king and his army.
Waldo Collins xD
🤣🤣🤣
😂
I am the rat king 👑
Obviously*
If Tchaikovsky were alive today, witnessing this amazing rendition, he'd be swimming in tears of joy. Tchaikovsky: "Yesss! This is what I was trying to create! The most Sugar Plum Fairy (and Christmas) sounds ever!"
Тоже так думаю
Au contraire. He would consider them jesters and maybe give it a few laughs. You as a postmodern person wouldn't understand this.
@@Arkturbettel is this a joke?
@@phicoding7533 what they doing is a joke
@@phicoding7533 he might actually have a point though.
See you in 10 years when this is in everyone’s recommended yet again.
Fractal
More like 2 days
WOW SUCH A FUCKING ORIGINAL COMMENT
@@thehexpro2429 WOW SUCH AN ORIGINAL RESPONSE
Mac6na6na yep
This is how this song was meant to be played
Sorry to be that guy, but it's a piece not a song
Sorry to be that guy? That's not the point at all. Enjoying music is about feeling with our senses. Either you enjoyed it or you didn't. Try to be happy for people who are sharing their beautiful music.
@@karolakkolo123 Yeah, your're right. I should disregard everything I know about language and nomenclature to appease you with a word that you have determined sounds more artistic.. Its called a song. Or a composition. A piece is a part of a whole. A composition if you will.
cutthroat 420 wow that was an aggressive comment to someone that was just trying to inform you of something. Been having a bad day?
@@Mot-dh5sx Nope, having a great day. I didn't get aggressive at all. I just have no patience for idiots with upturned noses who lower them only to smell their own farts. He hated being that guy; but I have no problem at all.
Teacher: don’t touch the beakers until I say so
The kids in the back of the class:
😂😂😂
Lmao
😂
Underrated 🤣😂
Yes!
Not being a traditional instrument, it sounds almost otherworldly, which actually makes it sound MORE like fairy music. Bravo!
It sounds like this piece was made to be played on glasses.
It really does!
Yep!
It was, kind of. Tchaikovsky's first draft called for Glass Harmonica, an instrument invented by Ben Franklin which is basically just this, but configured a little differently.
The instrument that Tchaikovsky ends up using is the Celesta, and it's basically a piano and sounds exactly like this pretty much. If you look up the process and history behind the making of this song specifically, let alone the actual Nutcracker, it's actually really interesting.
Eyyy fancy seeing you here madcat, hope you doing well since you left but been trying to keep up with your vids
I was not prepared for how amazing this sounds.
Easy to impress I see
I was.
That was the coolest thing I’ve heard in a long time.
Indeed! It instantly made me giggle with giddiness🤗🧚♀️😃
Khismet right!?
I'll spare you the obvious "but the water is room temperature!" joke...
@I Hate Everything Neh, it's just that this is more amazing than most other things.
Fact
I didn't realize glass could sound this ethereal! A magical performance.
yeah ❤😢 this gives goosebumps 🦆
Half of the comments: Instrumentation is on point
Other half: ItS tHe aLgOrItHm
Bruh, I love your profile pic. I used to be super into SAO.
Omgggg your so funny
Everyone who thinks it's the algorithm can't even get a glass to croak.
That algorithm is on point!
Omg great comment bro, did you write that? That's funny write something else
I’m a ballet dancer who has performed the Nutcracker many times, and this is by far one of my favorite versions of this piece of music! Well done!
How much do you weigh ?
@@JudahMaccabee_ Why do you feel as if you should've asked that
Rogue-Spear such a brave question 💀💀
Rogue-Spear why tf would you ask that
Yessss same here
"Cool champagne glasses, what do you call this?"
"Oh, that's C."
You.
I hate you ...
But I can't lie that it made me smile ...
Take my like and begone.
@@zaramintheequanimous I know that you said begone, but thank you
Actually, isn’t this G Major? 👀
i like the joke but...
i think c major is a chords and one glass is only one note
...so it cant be a chord if im right
@@V1RU5420 if you wanted to be really pedantic then you would say that chords by default are in the major scale so it would just be a C
The ability of these two people to do this with such perfect timing! No adjectives good enough to describe this!
Sounds like it’s being played by fairies!
Thank you
its because they both are fairies
dont see how the headless horseman played this but ok
That's the comment I was looking for!
It really does! The piece is called Dance of the Sugar Fairy, which makes it that much cooler.
The sound hypnotizes you that you cant stop listening to it
Read your comment and was liek, "just watch me!"
Scrolled up to stop video.
Forgot what I was doing and literally watched to the end.
Almost like it was written for this instrument.
ssssthhhhhhhhhh yyessssthhhhhh look into myth eyesssthhhhhhhh :p
LMAO ... I don't know why I even clicked it. I was just going to see how good they are I guess, but I was just thinking, "aww hell I'll just let them finish and I'll scroll down" and there you are ... first comment I see.
Help I can’t stop rewatching it
Me: so you guys know how play any instruments.
The Glass duo: Yes but no.
WOW! I was absolutely amazed. This is an amazing performance. The sound is so enchanting and mesmerising. It`s just like they`re making a real magic with their hands and the glasses. Congratulations to that amazing duo.
My friend: What kind of TH-cam videos do you watch?
Me: it's complicated
meep no it’s called whatever is on my recommended
Lmao! Same here!!!
tired of seeing this comment, it's over used
Tomorrow Markel no cap
Lol
the fact that this was published 9 years ago but yet has better quality than some 2020 videos
Its 1080.. stfu
Yeah
@@averyhaferman3474 1080 was great at 10 years ago
christ, you are all so f..kin rude. I know exactly what you mean barley tube... and guess what? your bloody right.
Yes.
I’m saving this video under “Crazy Russian Hacks.” Nothing less will do.
"In mother Russia, you don't find videos, videos find you."
mrgw982 Y E S
He did it lol
Madlad actually did it
Mintmango10 Oh my god hahahah 😂😂😂
I have previously commented on these two geniuses. Having tried this with just a few of the right crystal glasses to obtain what you're hearing is brutally difficult. Watch their hands fingers, palms, thumbs, and a lot more so see how these intricate sounds are seemingly being accomplished. Have a hard time viewing this without tears in my eyes from this ethereal music. All I can say is Bravo!
i can finally say that i believe in magic now.
Same
same
Same
same
That's the spirit!
Did anyone else get this randomly in their recommended?
Yes, but I do listen to classical music played on organs, so thought it may be because of that. I can't get one glass to make a sound without loads of tries, this is very impressive
Yep!
seems like this
So glad I did!
Yep
I've just sat here quite literally gobsmacked for almost the entire piece - jaw dropped after less than 10 seconds and stayed that way. That's proper talent, that is.
Yes it's 8 years old and yes, 'TH-cam recycles yet more old crap again' - but you know what - it's been years since I've seen this and I'd forgotten just how magical it sounds. Bravo TH-cam! You can spam me with this shit any day 😊
There are some real diamond videos out there glad youtoob Is finally sharing them. This is amazing
puppylove42 YOUTOOB AHAHHA
I read that whole comment in an accent
@@342O85 Lol exactly right
Dragon Offski how’s the Jaw?
something so simple as a vibration can make our brains melt by such a amazing song... that most definitely feels out of this world, almost as if we found something we weren't meant to discover
TH-cam recommended:
2011-2019: nah not yet
2020: go go go!
Everybody saw it 1 or 2 days ago.... Si weird
I remember seeing this back in 2017 and then it showed up now
Deploy the algorithm!
pls stop this awful comment trend
@@darthslayder6904 it must live on a torture all of us...just like the god forbidden
No One:
Not a soul:
I hate this fucking trend:
Kill me please:
The glass is more in tune than my piano.
@@owkia weeeeshshshshsh
Same for my guitar lmao
It might be your playing!!! :o)
I got my piano tuned last week and i still agree
same for all violas
This is the perfect instrument for this song! bravo!
it's not a song
It's not a song, it's a piece. Songs have words.
@@gunslingingbird74 Who really cares? It sounds marvelous, so why nitpick something so insignificant? Technically it's a melody or instrumental composition, even though the "instruments" are not the typical conventional ones.
And Harry Potter also XD
I agree.
Its Soooo impressive how they both memorised what sound each glass makes!! :)
This must be what it’s like to have perfect pitch. Tuning those glasses would be a nightmare for us mere mortals.
Try, I don’t think it would be as hard as you imagine :)
I imagine there would be some sort of convenient way to measure. Lines on the glasses, por example
It’s a joke people. Jeeeeezzzzzzz.
@@yckieh568 I dunno Emily. I have a hard time getting my guitar right..only 6 strings
I would think you just need a chromatic tuner and a pitcher...but it's still awesome.
My friend: So what instrument do you play?
Me: It's complicated.
why do i always see this comment everytime
except "you" don't... why is co-opting other peoples talent for comment likes a thing now?
and what retreds give lobotomised comments like that a like?
@@ProfessorToadstool you
know you commented that twice
@@theundyingcat yeah, there's something odd going on with my commenting feature... I deleted the second one. Thanks for the heads up.
@@cupa6285 Because people are... complicated.
"No one can bring this song to its purest form....."
Glassduo- 'hold our glasses'
...es!
More like "give me your glass"😂
hehe, pure
Serious musicianship - and memory! I appreciate this music and the performers' skill very much!
_Mom: "Stop playing with your cups."_
*_7 Year Old Me At The Dinner Table:_*
*_Edit: I can't tell if y'all are getting the joke or if you really think I made music with 20 cups._*
20 years later: "and the Grammy for classical music goes to...'.
Night of Wishes Wow I’m surprised you were so musical at such a young age
나: 쨍그랑!
Your the only comment that made me laugh 😂😂
@Nightkit pretty sure they were joking too so r/woooosh to you too.
“I play the violin”
“I play the trumpet”
I pLaY a GlAsS oF wAtEr
technically a crystal of water but, alas.😁
kosmicbts lol it’s still water
this made me ugly laugh bc I play boy violin and trumpet
I actually play violin-
Piper Kluge when you play the first two
I have played a glass harp, and I will gladly tell you , this is not easy!
I managed to play the melody to Silent Night while someone accompanied me on the piano. Nothing like these two playing
So true. I played it and it is so hard.
Alex Lagura SWORD HAND DANCE👏
How did you manage that in Chris's closet? That is impressive.
My friends and I did the main riff on ode to joy on some glasses at our dinner table it was rad
Nothing can match the beautiful sound of a glass harp. This was a brilliant performance thank you.
Once, a music teacher told me that the musical glasses were not instruments, I told her there were and she kicked me out of the class. I should show her this masterpiece.
ANYTHING can be an instrument!
Ohhh, you sooo need to show her THIS video!!! 😯
Everytime I put my wine glasses away I ding them....and I'm an adult.
Yes that includes Mayonnaise
How did it go?
My friend: "What instrument do you play?"
Me: "The Glass."
First name Mister, last name Glass
Praise the glass also can u please teach me it's so hard to do
I play the field artillery
"Do you play music"
"Yes"
"What instrument"
"Its complicated"
"You're a musician? What do you play?"
"You, uh, done with your drink?"
Yeah it is COMPLICATED!
Came here after watching Genshin 4.0 livestream. Such a beautiful musical instrument. Also great performance thank you for sharing.
My clumsy self would probably end up knocking over all the glasses
Or the table itself lol
They are glued down by the way
Lol I just commented the same thing
Me too. And I'd get myself soaked in the process. 😝
ooooooh yes, i do like me some fragile dominos 😂😂
Goes to instrument shop:
“Hello how can I help?”
“I would like 100 glasses of unique size please”
I actually tried to make music with different glasses for a music project once, so I went to a store and just bought a bunch of random glasses and had to awkwardly tap them with a spoon in the store too 😂😂
Yanjun Sun ahhh ouchh
Friend: What kind of music do you listen to?
Me: I listen to *Glassical Music*
Take the like and get outta here!
Fabulous, thanks
No
I hate that I found this funny
*leave*
The glasses must be glued to the table. Either that or these performers have the most-amazing dexterity and feel. BRAVO!
The last time I was in Venice, I came across a girl performing this song on glasses of water in a public square. It was beautiful. This one sounds even better, though, but I’m guessing it’s at least in part because they’re in a performance hall and have even more glasses at their disposal. Love that people have these talents!
Nice
Ummm.. its a piece not a song but noice
@@eminaemadi3398 ; - ;
@@eminaemadi3398 most pretentious comment ever
@@johne4757 it’s alright. They’re actually correct. 🙂
I just realized, this thing must go out of tune faster when it's hot.
Part of the tune is based on the speed they move their fingers.
Not just hot the vibration causes the water to vaporize faster as well
@@OffGridInvestor Link Knight I do singing bowls... The speed of your finger doesn't change the note. The speed of your finger needs to be precise and fairly exact to produce any sound at all. If you change speed or pressure, it just gets quiet.
Tibetan-style singing bowls and traditional glass armonicas don't use water except to moisten your fingertips, so a glass harp probably also doesn't use water. We use water to change to pitch of identical wine glasses when doing this as a parlour trick but these glasses are all different sizes so they are probably tuned during manufacturer.
Of all the instruments that have ever been invented, this one probably takes the longest to go out of tune.
isn;t that the case for most instruments
Yea but this one goes out of tuner faster coz the water evaporates
i don't think playing them is the hardest part of this... i mean they had to add specific amounts of water to specific sized glasses in order for them to be in tune. an excess of drop could literally make a note sharp. props to them
It's a touch and go situation.
They're actually not quite THAT sensitive. Or I guess it is, but a few drops won't be noticeable to the ear.
You just use a digital tuner (or an app); pour more water until the appropriate glass is in tune. I helped setup a few during special shows using syringe or suction device of some kind to take out water/remove; you can even 'eyeball' most smaller glasses, and just fine tune the last bits.
It is a bit time consuming...most instruments can tune up in a minute (if that), but it takes a good 10-15 minutes at least when you need to tune all the glasses. Fortunately, if you leave it setup and covered you don't typically need to redo it that often.
Actually I think their cups are size tuned, I don't think they used any water at all
They first tried this outdoors but it started to rain and threw it out of tune... 😆
You tune it by ear otherwise those weak machines can
The co-ordination and sheer musical skill between these two performers is astonishing! So very cool! Love and peace.
Let’s be honest, nobody thought it would sound this perfect on a glass instrument
Dont want to be that guy, but the cups shown in the video are made out of crystal, not glass.
@@ctrl_x1770 ohhh i didn't know! ty for telling me :)
Somehow this sounds more magical than the original instruments the piece was designed for
The original instrument for this was glass harmonica which sounds absolutely the same.
@@ИльяЖданов-к4ц the original instrument is celesta. Which is also much more versatile than this nonsence.
Is no one going to talk abt their album being called “GLASSIFIED”
Yes fine i am going to talk about their album called Glassified. I think its a great choice of name that they made with a very funny pun. Indeed i would say the right name for this
@@NOONE-cd4gu yes
We can't.....it's Glassified Information
LOL 🤣 👍👍💚
Im STILL mesmerized by this technique. It's breathtakingly Beautiful. 🙏🏻💗💗💗👏🏻
The ethereal charm of this instrument is perfect for this music.
Let’s be real here. We didn’t find the video. The video found us
Stop
When the student is ready, the video arrives.
Legit
💁
Yes😐
This is unbelievable. What a phenomenal rendition, in every aspect.
Absolutely awesome
I don’t understand why a single person would dislike this video. I really don’t.
Julius Merlino 🤷🏻♂️
Mouse king
Probably regaeton listeners, way too many notes on this one for them to process
@Julius Merlino
I think there’s a certain percentage of people that simply Dislike every video they watch.
I don't like it. How's that for an explanation?
The human race needs this to counteract the imbalance of chaos in the world
I'm just sad, they didn't finish, where's the other half?
Well said.
Why. My world is great. Sorry yours is not.
Amen to that
We ARE the Chaos, I'd say
Wow, I just got this in my recommended and..... and..... I Am _NOT_ disappointed!
*THIS IS AWESOME!!!!*
SAME 🙋
same and this is incredible
Same
Haha, me too.
Wunderschön 💞🕊❤🗽... Danke
I can only imagine the amount of time invested to fill each glass with the right amount of water to get that exact note ... Picture perfect !!
They dont fill it with water do they? I thought the notes were different because of the sizes of the glasses
Pitcher perfect.
@@BuffyTheBuffaloSlayer well it depends on each glass really. And yes the amount of water you put in it will also determine the pitch
🔵 Unlike some other glass instruments that you may have seen, these glasses are tuned by the glass blower when they are made and are attached to the table and played dry/empty.
@@kittenmimi5326,
🔵 Unlike some other glass instruments that you may have seen, these glasses are tuned by the glass blower when they are made and are attached to the table and played dry/empty.
And btw,...don't you mean "Pitcher"-perfect?
I spend like a full hour in a restaurant trying to get a wine glass to do the slightest squeak and when I do I'm like "bow down mortals I control the glass".
How the heck do they just slap their hands on the glass and it sings like it's desperate.
It's hella easy to do if you wet your hands, and press down.
Same 😞
@Dawn Ironside I mean I believe I've tried with glass and it works but I'm not too sure. I usually wet a finger and circle it on the rim of the glass.
Imagine how long it must have taken to get the pitch just right for each glass
Tuning wine glasses isn't too difficult. You just find a tuner and pour in/out water until it's correct
wtf if your pfp
@Domino Hurley For sure! We did a song in choir that required wine glasses for every choir member. Tuning all 60 glasses took up a majority of rehearsal, even with several tuners 😂
Это божественно звучание - чудо, хрустальные капли .
..
Fun fact: Most of us didn’t search this up.
but we loved it, thanks to google for recommending
true
I actually did. Someone showed something like this in a video and I had to search it up because it looks and sounds so cool.
I was actually searching for the full song peter played on the wine glasses and came across this, didn’t disappoint 🤙
I totally looked it up on purpose.
I wonder why 774 people clicked on the thumbs-down? It's such a beautiful sounding piece of music. And skillfully played!
There will always be haters for no reason. They dont deserve simple beauty like this piece will the tools being used.
Now 925!
Those people are called morons!
because of the girls ridiculously raised collar is my guess
Sometimes it happens by accident
2011: the internet isn’t ready
2012: still, no
2013: not yet
2014: nope
2015: keep them waiting
2016: nope
2017: still no
2018: maybe soon
2019: one more year
2020: okay, the internet I ready
Unbelievable. Fantastic!
“Imagination is more important than knowledge.”
Albert Einstein
"Stop quoting me u fkn fgts" - Neil Armstrong
Thats how the G O D did it.
@@mysteriousDSF lmaoooooooo
Because knowledge have limits,imagination doesnt
@Tara Saran
Its because they were creative to use glass cups to play a song,and still make it as beatiful as it would be using a music instrument.
My friend: So, what instrument do you play?
Me: It’s complicated...
"Glass harp"
My friend : So, what type of comment do you like ?
Me: It's really not complicated : the original ones
I mean I get the format but seriously it’s just a Glass Harp
My friend: So, what is a comment section
Me: Basically just these stupid fing comments
I stick with the _plica vocalis._ It's like it's a part of me :-D.
It sounds quite magical. And when recorded, the glasses produce such a clean, perfect sine wave in waveform. I've never seen anything quite like it.
Simply beautiful, or should I say beautifully complicated, hard to describe the wonder I felt. Martin Adelaide australia
Love your comment, but the timbre of a perfect sine wave is different. It's closer to timbre of a clarinet, but not the same. Perfect sine wave timbre is also closer to the lead instrument in the old Doctor Who theme music.
forestsoceansmusic agree
@@Fyodor48 Ta bro.
Нам удалось услышать такую же игру вживую. Это был Бал Хризантем прошлой осенью. В Ялте, играл Мужчина. Великолепное звучание🥰💐
Это запись на магнитофоне в корпусе стола 😂
...just one man played?
@@ahashdahnagila6884 у нас в Ялте, мужчина играл вживую на природе. Просто есть люди ищущие везде подвох, видимо по своим личным причинам.
*Someone comes on stage
“Man I’m thirsty!”
*drinks various cups of water, ruining the instrument
Audience gasps
FloatingCookie
mental fat man *insert*
*rams belly into table*
*eats glasses and drinks water*
*gets fatter*
#misscongeniality
Just like in 'Ms. Congeniality'?
They're attached to the board.
Tchaikovsky would be happy hearing this; pretty sure he’d say something like:
“Oh yeah, I actually wrote that piece for crystal glasses.”
Se escucha muy bonita. Muy novedosa.
He probably wouldn’t be happy though. He actually hated this piece.
Cannons, now glasses
How in the world do they get such accurate articulations on those things? Is it bad that's what I found most impressive?
+Dr. Narwhal
Performance time: 2min 30s
Practice time: 200 days, 30 hours... (well, you get the idea :) )
+ZeHoSmusician Who told you it was 200 days?
+ZeHoSmusician lol...just 200 days.?..lol...
Ancelin Gaee
Probably closer to 2000... :)
+Dr. Narwhal My guess is that they figured out which glasses make which notes and then just did it according to the sheet music.
Волшебно! Это самый лучший инструмент для этого произведения! Чайковский был бы в восторге!
Ну как это возможно? Каждый раз нужно наливать воду в бокалы?
My jaw dropped and then I started crying. It’s so pretty and nostalgic. It reminds me of Christmas paintings, the nut cracker, late a Christmas nights staring at the ceiling and twinkling lights when everyone is sleeping, pretty decor, etc.
The power of art.
When people say that common things are not true art, moments like this reveal that lie.
ok lol
I'm not quite crying, but there's some angst with nostalgia for festive holidays I've never experienced.
I held my chest in total amazement - and yes, my jaw dropped too. My eyes started to glaze over. This was total magic. In such a dystopian world, this was the stuff of beautiful dreams.
The dreamy sound quality of this harp evokes images of magic,mystery & fantasy.
What an amazing new way, for me to hear the Sugar Plum Fairy, played by hands on glasses, filled with water, to give out this delightful, unheard off before, "Glass Harp" sound. How very clever and inventive of you both, and I adored it! Bravo, do carry on please with your extraordinary hard work. Chilling! Thank you.
I've seen this before but ever get tired of watching it. It is truly brilliant and I love the Sugar Plum Fairy music too!
Catherine Blair I don't think there is water in them actually. I think their different sizes gives them a different sound. They normally fill them with water if they are glasses of the same size. The water acts as a dampener, this allows you to adjust the height of the part of the glass that is resonating and this gives you a different sound.
Using glasses with pre tuned notes is more accurate as relying on water can be tricky, it evaporates, moves and would be difficult to get the right amount in the glass to tune it perfectly. Pre tuned glasses are a set and forget option and is quicker to set-up.
Just a FYI for everyone as I think the science behind it pretty cool.
+Catherine Blair they didnt invent the glass harp lol it has been around since 1741. Tchaikovsky wanted the Dance of the Suger Plum Fairy to have the sound of water drops which is why he wrote it for the Celesta. The glass harp sounds a lot like a celesta so it is a great choice.
+Catherine Blair For a real thrill,look up"glass organ".I believe it was invented by Thomas Edison.
+Michael Henwood I stand corrected,it was also called "glass harmonica" and "Glass harp".Beautiful in any case.
This is unbelievably beautiful
The dislikes are from the coffee mugs
AHAHAHAH😂😂😂
I lol'd 😆 very clever
This reminds me of Miss Congeniality when her co-contestants drank the water in her glasses and made her notes off.
Haha! Yeah... nice movie.
I kid you not, I literally had that same thought!
Your picture made me smile 😊
YES!
Celeste Abdon thanks! It’s a recent selfie. A friend says that it has a remarkable resemblance to someone in the movies…
That was one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen!
*Seen and heard
Becky Crawford, Ben Franklin thought the same thing, so he built an instrument to do just this. Numerous composers, including Mozart wrote pieces of music for it.
@@inkyguy I believe there was a bit of a problem with those, because the glass was leaded. Over-practicing could lead to worse problems than carpel tunnel syndrome.
This moved me to tears. One of my absolute favorite songs, and definitely my favorite Christmas song! Stunning!
this was amazing.. i feel so useless
all humans are special just gotta find your talent😉
dude you can do it!
There is no use in finding one useless. That which you are is what is your.
I'm seeing a lot of comments like this from people on music/talent videos. Sure, this is entertaining but what good does it do for the world? Why is it that human worth/value is being determined by what impressive talents/skills you can provide for temporary entertainment purposes now? What I'm saying is... you shouldn't feel useless just because you aren't doing something like this. Frankly, I think most people that do stuff like this have way too much time on their hands (not that hobbies are necessarily a bad thing).
@Bristecom:
Take it in the sense of Adorno: Only if there's no purpose in life, you are truely free. And if you are truely free - why not use the time you have on earth and entertain yourself? No Pill that grants you immortality will grant you a beautiful life.
As someone who was *_obsessed_* at age 12 with trying to make every glass I could get my hands on ring, I'd love to know how these two produce the tones so quickly. The vibration usually takes a moment to get going and produce the sound. These two are wizards!
BTW, 1:31 is just magical.
I think that they play it with their fingers slightly wet also? But i am not sure...
When I did this as a kid, my parents told me to do something that will make money.🤔🤔🤔
you can still do this :D
Boomer parents
Elie The Prof can relate :p
Had you uploaded a video when you were kid, youtube would have recommended it after 8 years so that you can make more money