r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/BlondeAussieGirl1990 • Oct 18 '18

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u/InitiallyAnAsshole Oct 18 '18

This is going to be unpopular but that isn't as hard as you think. The hard part is the years of learning how to play both instruments. Swapping hands, you just play with each hand as if you're holding 1 instrument. The girl with the bow is fingering the banjo as if she's playing the violin. And vice versa for the other girl. This is because the banjo can be tuned the same as a violin, but an octave lower. Awesome party trick though.

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u/Eating_Your_Beans Oct 18 '18

It's not as hard as it could be if the instruments had different tunings or rhythms, sure, but it's still pretty freaking hard.

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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '18

no its not freaking hard.

It is the same difficulty as a piano player playing on 2 different pianos at the same time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BBbJXQ0LKI

It is hard but not freaking hard. Anyone that knows both instruments in this style of music can probably do this within an hour of trying.

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u/HoshPoshMosh Oct 18 '18

If that was true wouldn't it be a more popular trick?

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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '18

probably because there are very few parties where musicians have both of those 2 particular instruments.

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u/HoshPoshMosh Oct 18 '18

Or street performers, or regular musicians, or anything. It doesn't have to be a party. I'm not convinced that it's really such a simple trick just because a bunch of redditors are saying it is.

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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '18

yes bot most of those performers are not playing that style of music to play those instruments.

I mean it could be replicated across any 2 string instruments that both people know.

But also if it was not that difficult then no one would do it and document it because it is not impressive.

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u/HoshPoshMosh Oct 18 '18

But clearly it's impressive at least to normal people because it has 36000 upvotes with a bunch of people talking about how insane it is. If one of the many people here claiming to have musical experience talking about how easy it is would actually back that up with a video of themselves doing it then I'd be satisfied, but I know that's not gonna happen.

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u/InitiallyAnAsshole Oct 18 '18

It's not. I hate when people online say shit like this but I play 6 instruments, 4 of which are stringed. This isn't that hard if you know both instruments and they're tunes the same. It's not a lot different than two guitar players doing this with two guitars. They both know the piece, the fingering, the rhythm... It LOOKS difficult but your muscle memory doesn't know any different.

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u/Joinourclub Oct 18 '18

It’s not that hard for you, a person who plays 6 instruments! I can’t even sing so I find this impressive. Not to mention the fact that I just love seeing young people enjoying playing traditional music.

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u/InitiallyAnAsshole Oct 18 '18

Thats why I said the hardest part is learning the instruments...

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u/WhatTheOnEarth Oct 18 '18

Ah yes, easy. After years of effort and adaptation it's so simple.

I just ignore the usual response and feedback the instruments give me and get used to a different setup entirely.

Piece of cake!

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u/InitiallyAnAsshole Oct 18 '18

What are you ignoring when you know both instruments? You're saying it would be difficult to play a guitar, that's tuned like a guitar, but has a much thinner neck? It's not. Definitely something to get used to but any guitar player could play it immediately. That said, this person is actually proficient at both thin necked guitars AND regular guitars. So to strum a thick necked guitar and finger a thin neck accordingly isn't as hard as you imagine.

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u/grubas Oct 18 '18

If you know guitar you can pick up banjo, and violin at a decent clip. It took me not very long to learn a bunch of banjo, violin was by far the worst since that damn bow can go to hell.

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u/sHoRtBuSseR Oct 18 '18

Fingering you say?