I BREAK the “World’s Fastest Violinist” 🐝🔥

I BREAK the “World’s Fastest Violinist” 🐝🔥 Ray Chen 298,586 views Premiered Sep 27, 2023 TwoSet roasted this guy but I decide to take things one step further and try out the challenge myself! Now go practice. But where? Go join over 70,000 other practicers and download the Tonic App and PRACTICE with a community of other musicians: https://tonicmusic.app/practice-together Tonic, the largest live practice community in the world. Transcript Follow along using the transcript. Show transcript 0:00 if you can play something slowly you can 0:01 play it 0:04 quickly 0:07 [Music] 0:10 M that was faster wasn't 0:13 it when it comes to music is playing 0:16 faster better well this violinist 0:17 apparently thinks so I first heard of 0:19 Ben Lee from my friends Brett and Eddie 0:20 a few years ago and apparently they had 0:22 some pretty strong comments to say about 0:24 his playing so today I'm going to see 0:26 just how fast the playing is and then 0:28 I'm going to attempt it myself to see if 0:30 I can play it faster or better first 0:32 let's take a look at the original BBC 0:34 what gave you the idea of playing it 0:36 fast well I was knocked off in a bike 0:38 accident cycling around London about 0:40 four years ago I really hurt my wrist my 0:43 bandmate in the band fuse said uh Ben 0:46 why don't you see this as a target of 0:48 Rehabilitation why don't you go for this 0:49 Guinness World Record it been set and I 0:52 aim to break it I feel like if you 0:54 injure yourself it's probably not a good 0:57 idea to try and go all the way into into 1:00 doing something so ridiculous this is 1:02 maybe the same as like breaking your leg 1:03 and still climbing Everest it's a 1:05 strange goal to set for yourself I have 1:07 to say there's a few bars of at normal 1:13 Pace the clarity is not really there 1:17 even with the normal Tempo now that 1:20 looks pretty fast to me anyway now you 1:23 upped it a bit absolutely we practice if 1:25 you can play something slowly you can 1:26 play it quickly this is the famous line 1:28 if you can play something slowly you can 1:30 play it quickly I have no comment so I 1:33 played it very slowly and then I got it 1:35 a little 1:36 quicker bit 1:38 faster and eventually I got to 15 notes 1:41 a 1:42 [Laughter] 1:44 second 15 notes a 1:47 second here right 1:49 here I have to say that this is not 1:51 clear at all presumably you could do 1:53 that with any piece that you 1:56 chose it's true you could totally trash 1:59 any piece that you want to right by just 2:01 playing it super fast I'm going to do 2:02 this for oh yeah 2:07 mendleson you know you could just do 2:09 that you know and become the fastest 2:10 mson player in the world kind of almost 2:12 sacriligious that it's a slow piece it 2:14 should never be played at speed well I 2:16 think Paganini was one of the first 2:18 violin rock stars I love how he's just 2:20 like yeah I'm going to Swagger and his 2:23 music like Flight of the Bumblebee is 2:25 full of quick notes that are continuous 2:27 flat of the Bumblebee has 8810 notes 2:30 that are semiquavers you have to play 2:32 Four per click for the Guinness World 2:34 Record and like that to be able to play 2:36 810 notes in under a minute you could do 2:39 the same with Paganini something like 2:40 Moto perpetua which means always 2:47 moving this piece that he's taking at 2:49 this blinding speed let's just take a 2:51 dump on any sort of piece we want 2:54 actually I'm going to do this uh for the 2:56 [Music] 2:57 mental oh my gosh 3:01 that kind of thing do classical 3:04 violinists and you know I I was told 3:07 when we were doing this piece that you 3:08 there was this incredibly valuable 3:09 violin it is incredibly Val valuable 3:12 violin but it's not what I kind of 3:13 expected I expected some you know 18 3:15 century Italian Masterpiece to be coming 3:17 into the studio and you've got a very 3:19 violin there I just wonder whether sort 3:20 of classical musicians think that his 3:22 violin is it's very shiny I've played 3:24 electric violin look it's just his his 3:27 choices it's his choices that he's made 3:30 in his life from everything up until 3:32 this moment he he he had no idea what 3:34 was coming to him after this I don't 3:36 think you any criticism no well we have 3:38 a lot of uh we have a lot of discussions 3:40 with people uh what we aim to do with 3:42 fuse is to inspire people and introduce 3:45 them to lots of different styles of 3:47 playing the vi yeah I guess it has 3:49 inspired people not to think of music as 3:52 only being played fast you can play it 3:55 very uh percussively like um go give us 3:58 a go 4:01 you can make it sound 4:06 romantic can play it 4:15 Jazzy so there's lots you can do with a 4:17 violin you take a violin like this you 4:19 take a violin like this yeah I've seen 4:21 the comments too where was this wow some 4:23 of these comments beneath this video are 4:25 also pretty extreme if you can ruin your 4:28 whole career slowly you can ruin it 4:31 quickly $15 million is it this one and 4:34 you got another and you got another one 4:35 that's worth 2 4:38 million oh my 4:40 God that's $1.5 million what I didn't 4:44 know that but isn't worth 10 4:47 million that's really expensive for an 4:49 electric violin it doesn't even sound 4:51 that good electric violin in 4:52 collaboration with the jewela theopen so 4:54 you're a violinist and you're bling as 4:56 well absolutely why not do you still 4:59 keep the musical kind of Integrity if 5:01 you're playing at Great speed great 5:04 question you do fight to the Bumblebee 5:06 is a fun piece of music there is I think 5:09 that is the musical Integrity is to have 5:11 fun and to wow people with it yeah and 5:14 so and so of other interviewers just 5:16 like struggling as well to keep his 5:19 composure to take this seriously ah 5:22 there's a wonderful violinist called 5:23 David Garrett who said it back in 2008 5:26 at 1 minute and uh 6 seconds 66 seconds 5:29 if you like the challenge was to take it 5:32 in under a minute can we do that well 5:34 I'm the first person I've seen that 5:36 video of David uh Garrett playing the 5:38 Flight of the 5:40 Bumblebee it is very clear hold on a 5:43 second I'm just going to set my watch if 5:44 I say go will you go absolutely 5:49 okay 5:52 [Music] 5:56 go for a second there I thought there 5:58 was distortion it was just like that for 6:00 a 6:02 second this is what this sounds like to 6:05 [Music] 6:15 [Music] 6:16 me I've never seen such dedication to 6:20 playing so so offensively that requires 6:23 [Music] 6:26 dedication his little like 6:30 I think he lost a few valuable seconds 6:33 in his record he should have just played 6:35 those instead of pitching them like why 6:37 not just 6:40 like you're already destroying the piece 6:42 just take the shortcut do 6:48 [Music] 6:58 it 7:01 [Music] 7:06 terrible I had purposely not watched 7:09 this video back then because there was a 7:11 lot of negativity around it and I I 7:13 don't think that I need that in my life 7:15 but watching it now even so far removed 7:17 it's pretty 7:19 disappointing because music is meant to 7:20 be enjoyed by both the player in the 7:22 audience and I don't think that he's 7:23 really enjoying it obviously audiences 7:25 have not either I think to me that 7:28 speaks of years of P up frustration in 7:31 terms of his path of being a musician 7:33 but there's definitely so many better 7:35 ways of doing this had he been 7:37 practicing daily I think in front of 7:39 people who could have given him feedback 7:41 and he could have saved himself from the 7:42 public humiliation honestly if Ben had 7:45 tonic which is this app where you can 7:47 come together and form this community 7:50 you can get feedback from others you can 7:52 play practice together musicians of all 7:54 levels by the way this would have been 7:56 so much better so definitely check out 7:58 tonic the link is in the description 8:00 below and enjoy it to start practicing 8:02 with 8:05 others okay so before we dive into 8:08 attempting this I just want to caveat 8:10 and tell you guys that it's okay to play 8:12 fast I mean certain pieces require a 8:14 certain fast tempo but there is a way to 8:17 do this and then there's also a limit 8:20 and you should always scale back 2% 8:22 before you reach your limit okay with 8:24 this particular piece we're going to use 8:25 fly of the Bumblebee as an example I 8:27 have my metronome so we're going to 8:28 start 160 let's 8:30 say that's obviously very very slow 8:33 we're going to raise it up to 200 8:40 now and this is when I would start to 8:43 recommend you to do macro beats so 8:46 basically dividing the uh Tempo in half 8:48 so instead of going to 220 you would do 8:55 110 like that but let's let's just scale 8:58 it back a little bit so we get to play 9:00 at the 9:05 200 so that's already starting to 9:07 honestly feel like it's at a max speed 9:10 but I know for the sake of this video we 9:13 want to push it further just to see so 9:14 we're going to push it up to 9:22 108 and we're going to make sure that 9:25 the spato becomes shorter so we're 9:28 sacrificing a lot of articulation right 9:30 now so that we have a smaller bounce and 9:33 we're going to stay closer to the 9:35 string instead 9:37 of I'm going to push it up to 115 9:40 because at this Tempo when you sacrifice 9:42 the articulation a lot can be 9:44 [Music] 9:47 done we're starting to leave musicality 9:51 behind for the sake of only one thing 9:53 speed let's go and push it up a little 9:55 bit further to 9:58 120 10:05 ah am I proud of myself not really but 10:07 you know what let's push the speed a 10:09 little faster 10:13 [Music] 10:21 245 I just don't think this is healthy 10:23 why are we doing this let me hear 10:27 him yes so he's actually cutting Corners 10:30 we were struggling because we were 10:32 trying to stay true to the Beats but if 10:34 we do it Ben Lee style this is what it 10:35 would sound 10:38 [Music] 10:40 like actually he should have done them 10:47 [Music] 10:55 [Music] 10:56 slurred there we go that was F faster 10:59 wasn't it it goes to show that there's 11:02 no limit to 11:04 stupidity emotional damage well I think 11:08 this is like the harshest video I've 11:10 ever done anyway let me know what you 11:12 think in the comments below and if you'd 11:13 like to see me do more insane violin 11:15 challenges but properly go check out my 11:17 practice Challenge videos where I take 11:19 on everything from Paganini violin conto 11:22 to the Cenas as well and I'll see you in 11:25 the next video thanks for watching 11:27 bye 11:32 [Music] 11:36 n Ray Chen 620K subscribers Videos About Live chat replay See what others said about this video while it was live. Open panel 516 Comments rongmaw lin Add a comment... Pinned by Ray Chen @RayChenViolinist 1 year ago Hey, want to feel motivated and supported? Go practice on Tonic: https://tonicmusic.app/practice-now With over 70,000 practicers, it's the largest live practice community in the world 🌏 151 Reply 5 replies @kawaiidays2528 1 year ago (edited) From what I've seen on his Instagram ( I found it somehow XD) he has now moved on from the "fastest violinist" phase and is now a producer who writes music for video games and stuff. He also joked about the embarrassing past and has the "if you can play it slowly you can play it quickly" merch. I swear this dude has one best redemption arcs E V E R 2.4K Reply Ray Chen · 27 replies @HarryTOHMagik 10 months ago (edited) Two set: roasting, insulting, mad with no hesitation Ray: trying to be polite, not trying to start any drama 116 Reply 1 reply @ynot5478 1 year ago You definitely play it faster and more precisely but in such a way as to show us that speed isn’t everything (which we knew but it is good to have confirmation). Thanks for articulating the frustration we all feel over the original video. 206 Reply @maxlee5714 9 months ago Ray's editor is just insanely good and funny, had to say it at some point. Great work! :D 9 Reply @celli_ec._. 1 year ago (edited) Ray is basically the third member of Twoset. He HAS to be. And he has even picked up some of Twosets savageness towards Ben Lee. 786 Reply 12 replies @GinaArch 2 weeks ago 11:00 "there is not limits to stupidity" 👏🏻 1 Reply @Dajlec 1 year ago "Speed is nothing without control." ~ Bruce Lee 47 Reply 1 reply @johnny_eth 1 year ago Ben Lee's interpretation should be called Flight of the Mosquito, because his electric violin massacring the piece sounds exactly like a mosquito that wants to bite you when you are trying to fall asleep. 262 Reply 2 replies @RoyalMusic24K 2 weeks ago The dying Slurs at the end got Me dying,😂😂😂😂😂 2 Reply @cheukheiauyeung2975 1 year ago Finally have a look Ray Chen’s reaction of sacrilegious boy😝 hope Ray Chen can react Roman Kim’s Eine Klein Paganini version😂 25 Reply @salionshatterstar 1 year ago I loved the slurred version! Flight of the Fruitfly. 9 Reply @MartaPedersen4749 1 year ago When Ray's playing this piece in Ben Lee's style it sounds more like a drunk bumblebee. But respect, he can play it slowly and quickly 104 Reply 1 reply @sabrinai 1 year ago Wow, Ray has never said "terrible" before. At least, Ben Lee broke one record. 335 Reply 1 reply @sabrinai 1 year ago I'm two minutes in and I can already tell that this is the unnicest Ray has been so far. 303 Reply 2 replies @Lily-jd2dp 5 months ago But I love most your gorgeous interpretation dear Ray!! Reply @sm9846 9 months ago Bravo Ray !!!👏👏👏 1 Reply @Dilsli 9 months ago I don't like negativity. You're always a positive person with a positive influence. This violinist did something stupid, but he already paid a huge price for it. Reply @jameskhan8573 1 year ago The "there 's no limit to stupidity" had me laughing so hard. Ray was nice to everyone else, but Ben Lee was the one who pushed him. 🤣🤣🤣 282 Reply 1 reply @kitchen-knife-1 1 year ago (edited) Oooooh I think I saw an interview at some point where an interviewer commented on Ben Lee and asked how David felt having his record broken. His response was something along the lines of "It's okay, because I know I played every note". LOL 90 Reply @iwatchtoomuchtwoset 1 year ago 9:29 I love editor-chan 😂🤣 9 Reply @MacheteTalkStudios 5 months ago I often forget through watching his youtube videos that Ray Chen is a Legendary Violinist in the 21st century 3 Reply @Genshin_addict-e4n 3 weeks ago bro [ben] having so much fun he forgot to smile 1 Reply @aleisha5445 1 month ago "There's no limit to stupidity" So slay 1 Reply @Sofiablount 2 weeks ago Twoset also broke the record while reviewing him 😂 the ULTIMATE roast. 1 Reply @sparklingmagnolia 1 year ago Ben’s version: a bumblebee trying to run a race while being confused and having a seizure Ray’s version: the bumblebee has been training for years, is in perfect health and has a map😂 228 Reply 1 reply @Lookatthisguy0017 9 months ago Ray slowly losing his mind and i liking it 😂 3 Reply @kc83948 1 year ago Burst out laughing when emotional damage pops up🤣🤣🤣 22 Reply @johnnytiong8947 1 year ago The video is PTSD all over again. I think it sounded more like flight of the mosquito. 11 Reply @hoatran-rq1ip 2 months ago Masterclass delivery, thank you Reply @ttesc9253 1 year ago ray doing it slurred sounds like me during the 16th note section in orchestra 5 Reply @Mr_Lyric 1 year ago Its amazing how nice ray is, twoset were literally seething over this 59 Reply 2 replies @crystalgaming12 9 months ago (edited) 4:26 “it doesn’t sound like a bumblebee flying it sounds like a cicada dying” killed me And “if you can be sacrilegious slowly, you can be sacrilegious quickly” 2 Reply @josephzepeda7608 1 year ago The emotional damage cameo was the cherry on top 5 Reply @BakedTomato123 11 months ago Please do Roman Kim's compositions as your next challenge, his soloist version of Eine Kleine Nachtmusik for example, or his Air in G transcription, or his Beethoven's 5th Symphony 3 Reply 1 reply @volatilefish3908 7 months ago "what like a Stradivarius?" 🔥🔥🔥 Reply @jennathomas1354 10 months ago i’ve always thought of the bumblebee as a fast paced piece, but speeding it up to that degree kinda kills it. at least ray’s version was recognizable and fully in tune 3 Reply @Jaiden-m3d 2 months ago 11:00 CLASSIC STEVEN HE!!! I LOVE IT 😆 1 Reply @SwegMastah 1 year ago Ray does an incredible job at attempting to speedrun bumblebee, it even sounds relatively good! 40 Reply @oongaboongagang 1 year ago (edited) Alternative title: Ray being savage for 11 minutes😂 2:47 Love his laugh here omg!!! 🤣🤣🤣 23 Reply @estudandoviolaracm762 1 year ago (edited) hahahaha the diploma "The Fastest Mendelssohn Player" in the world got me hahaha. Ray you are the BEST a very polished and funny guy And of course talented 6 Reply @sabrinai 1 year ago 1:44 Ray's "hrhrhrhrhr" is giving me life. 3 Reply @jeremyh9033 1 year ago To his credit, he did successfully make it sound like an actual flight of a bumblebee... 63 Reply 1 reply @kaymill5565 10 months ago Your reaction videos are hilarious and endearing at the same time. 1 Reply @ArwinvanArum 10 months ago Actually with the slurred version, I think if the composer had pushed through on the idea that would have been the best representation of a bumblebee perhaps! 2 Reply @flexprog3374 1 year ago The final result is ridiculous in the best way. If the talent show guy does some sort of uneasy dying mosquito noise, the slurred version from Chen is so perfect that it actually sounds like a real insect flying, and it is also BEAUTIFUL. 11 Reply @lukesspeedruns 1 year ago I just found Ray's channel and am I the only one who thinks it's kinda crazy that a literal world-class violinist is making a video with memes in it and doesn't ever show how ridiculously good he is 92 Reply 2 replies @apoi__7607 5 months ago I'm an electric violinist and classical violinist, and for me using my electric to play classical pieces is absolutely sacrilegious 2 Reply @schuschuschoell 9 months ago (edited) 6:48 😂 hes added a drum part in the background 1 Reply @universeborn 1 year ago Ray looks like he's trying so hard to restrain himself from trashing the guy HAHAHAHHAHA 4 Reply @Martina_. 1 year ago With all the practising you must have done, I would have never guessed there would be space and time left to develop such a lovely and entertaining personality. You are a jewel, really :) 11 Reply @user-ur4nl6dq2x 1 year ago (edited) If Ray doesn't use the word "Sacrilegious" multiple times in this video...then he will have brought great shame upon Brett and Eddie 😂 475 Reply 2 replies @aarokajas 1 year ago Ok, idk why Ray doesn't have like a million subscribers or more just like twoset, bc THIS IS A MASTER PIECE. 94 Reply 10 replies @DaoLy-e1g 1 month ago OMG Ray, your comments in this video….i’m in stitches 😂😂😂 Reply @jnee3873 1 year ago TwoSet: moto perpputo, always moving, but u forgo to mv ur lft hand fingers OOOOOOOOOOOAOAOAOOAOAAHAHHHHHH. TwoSet reacts 😂😂😂😂😂 9 Reply @Anime-sy2tw 1 year ago If you want an example of great fast violin playing, check out Reinhard Goebel & Musica Antiqua Köln version of the Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, last movement. It is much faster compared to other recordings, but incredibly crisp and musical. 4 Reply @JarofFood 5 months ago 1:03 EXACTLY its like breaking ur legs and saying “I will exercise by attempting to fly by moving my legs! 😊” Reply @marcellinoevancheung7145 10 months ago "But this one is 10 million" 3 Reply @Anime-sy2tw 1 year ago "The Flight of the Bumblebee" is not by Paganini. He had been dead for 150 years when it was written. 1 Reply @Genshin_addict-e4n 3 weeks ago Normal people: "I hurt myself, I should rest" Ben: "f*** this s***, I'm doing a world record: The world record: sounds like a broken record 1 Reply @MarjanJanczyk 1 year ago the "jazzy" piece he destroyed is "Djangologie" by Django Reinhardt, worth listening Reply @danielmaruntel5700 6 months ago I like this guy and I love the music Reply @MelodiTina 1 year ago I’m ready to watch this with roasted marshmallows and popcorn 🍿 38 Reply @OntopoftheRN 4 months ago Appreciate Ray’s honest comments! Reply @Samuel00729 1 year ago I need Chinese translation Taiwan 😂 2 Reply @whatever9554 11 months ago Interviewer: struggles to ask respectful questions Also Interviewer: If I say go, will you go?" Violin guy: "Absolutely!" Prepares to play Me, watching: You know ... I think he was actually asking if you'd leave. 16 Reply 1 reply @fraytuck793 9 months ago 10:37 that is the flight of the drunkenbee!! Reply @AngelTing 9 months ago It’s even more interesting to see Ray’s facial expressions as he reacts to the video 😂 Reply @vboitchenko 1 year ago I'm obsessed with this Ray Roasts everyone Era! 1 Reply @perronsam7224 1 year ago Keep the editor you have right now, I like the editing of these videos ahaha 1 Reply @antine1279 9 months ago I don't play any instrument and even I think it sounds bad. On another note, if you're reading this Ray, I would love for you to do a video on violin in folk music (fiddle) like irish music for example, where it's played quite fast but usually sounds amazing! I'd love to hear a professional's review/take on it! Reply @ceraselacaramizaru387 9 months ago bravo Ray!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉🎉❤🎉❤ Reply @neko-chan6145 1 year ago The explanation at the end was great about how the piece was destroyed. As a non-musician this was insightful. 2 Reply @guilherme0stevan 8 days ago 10:40 flight of pernilongo... 😅 Reply @aaronkarsenti6801 8 months ago Bros using one of the best and most expensive violin in the world to destroy an absolute masterpiece that’s wild 1 Reply @annescholten9313 1 year ago Love this video. You ARE the real deal.❤ 3 Reply @salmongaming6753 1 year ago (edited) As an active Tonic user, I can confirm that Ben would've been so much better if he had Tonic 56 Reply 2 replies @logos171 1 year ago It's sounds like a true Bumblebee 😊 Reply @rec2you 1 year ago Thank you! I liked the last version you played 😀 Reply @RaethFennec 1 year ago It's a great example of how caught up in things people can get, and it can drive them to the point of absurdity, becoming ridicule-worthy. It's always healthy to take a step back, welcome a little healthy criticism, get an outside perspective and have a laugh at ourselves. Do what makes you happy! But try to not get obsessed with numbers or competition. Bring it all back home and down to Earth now and then. Also, good luck with improving Tonic! I tried it, but it always just lagged, crashed and there were no features. If it just had some stability and quality of life like a built-in instrument tuner, I could justify using it still. Reply @selenuntius 1 year ago I see why you might've decided to come back and make this video. I think talking about what was being lost by pushing speed (and demonstrating it yourself!) does adds something to the conversation though! 11 Reply @peterbaxter8151 4 months ago I played the violin in a band for a while and was used to being asked to play flight of the Bumblebee. My usual response was that I would do them a bigger favour by not playing it at all. This guy is proof of that opinion. Reply @ouzododeka 8 months ago That eye twitch at 1:11 had me rolling Reply @oxmrtz 1 year ago Ray killing it as always 2 Reply @myyummychannel6866 1 year ago Not Ray SHREDDING on the violin compared to “Mr world record Bumblebee man”😂😂😂😭😭😭 2 Reply @terricolburn2011 11 months ago Ray's harshness is still pretty pleasant. 1 Reply @sarahandrade5728 1 year ago Emotional damage! That was so unexpected 😆😆😆 1 Reply @rqlk 1 year ago (edited) I’m not one to make comments on one’s personality or skills, but imagine a tiny shack with a big tv inside that shows a picture of a mansion, then a ton of diamonds glued to the shack. That’s Ben Lee’s violin. What type of person would want a violin like that? I know who. 1 Reply @jamiejohnlui5430 4 months ago 4:31 you know you killed ray when he lets out the Chinese wa~~~ Reply @danielvargas9741 9 months ago Daniel Vargas 🎻 Reply @robiihart7531 9 months ago that "there`s no limit to stupidity" coming from a world class performer that roasted your playing, is just a career ending comment Reply @chrisma3256 10 months ago I really enjoyed the Mendelsrunnnnn!, too Reply @MAHNASHAY 1 year ago Most violinists think they are Ph.D. of everything and are conceited. And have no respect for fellow musicians who play different instruments. 2 Reply 1 reply @weitze7 2 weeks ago The most hilarious aspect of Lee’s playing is that he seems to have no idea just how bad it sounds - and the way he talks about it just makes it even worse 🤣😂🤣 Reply @midnightmoth1 10 months ago (edited) 10:44 The flight of the mosquito 1 Reply @tiffcat1100 1 year ago Well I’ve seen you standing by while Karolina plays, hoping to see you both play together soon! ❤ Reply @matrix14021503 1 year ago 6:48 "when instead of flight of the bumblebee you play flight of the mosquito nearby your ear" he was just playing different piece Reply @Mateo_Romero 1 year ago I laughed out LOUD with the conclusion man xD 1 Reply @yosoykibbles 5 months ago thank you for that savageness. that was refreshing.. back to regular programming ✨✨ Reply @dominiquekromm5194 6 months ago it is incredible how fast he can play Reply @nedheadwyoming 1 year ago Too funny Ray!!!😂 1 Reply @MichelleXia-i5e 2 months ago You are so good Reply @Carvalhomek 10 months ago OMG, you're so funny 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 1 Reply @lucaspiano 10 months ago I want you to please see a video from Caroline Campbell! She's amazing and plays along Andrea Bocelli. She is really virtuoso and plays really well - of course, Hilary Hahn is all my life favorite but I do enjoy Caroline Campbell as well... hehee and new violinists today like Esther Abrami, Anastasiia Mazurok, Anastasia Petryshak, Chloe Trevor, Mairead Nesbitt (Celtic Woman fiddle), Rusanda Panfili (Hans Zimmer's violinist), etc... they are amazing and tour a lot... I tried to learn some violin - I'm a pianist/keyboardist but violin is hard hhaaha intonation sucks! lol Reply @rikspector 1 year ago Ray, The guy has a gimmick, the danger is people who take him seriously. Full of sound and fury, signifying nothing, to quote Shakespeare. You are filled sounds of beauty, signifying everything. I'm still gritting my teeth, I can't help its ,,,the SCREEECHHH factor. Cheers, Rik Spector 3 Reply @samsoliva 1 year ago How ... sacrilegious. Now you need to play Bach's Chaconne on an electric violin, as a treat. 7 Reply @aaronnam1444 1 year ago Dear master...when you play at the Hollywood bowl, do you transcend space and time? I envy you ray!!!...my brother, Johnny, played better than Heifetz at the YMF competition...so did Kevin Kumar, Johnny played the Beethoven sonata 7 and kevin played saint saens introduction and rondo capriccioso. I've never witnessed such music and artistry...the gods were watching!...and Johnny won!!!! 2 Reply @cinthyaverdejo 1 year ago I love you Ray 1 Reply @kolovosloukas 1 year ago He even cut a LOT of parts from the piece, you can hear it 1 Reply @Yewt0 6 months ago I just found you, and I'm going through your backlog, you're fantastic Reply @CharliexBond 11 months ago You're hilarious, Ray lol it's the face expressions for me. 1 Reply @probag8414 1 year ago That fastest Mendelssohn gag was freaking hilarious 2 Reply @terranbricklin 1 year ago I can guarantee any worldclass soloist can easily beat these "fastest [instrument] player in the world", like Ray shows, but they DON'T because why would they? Speed isn't music. It's barely even a technical challenge, it's just drilling a movement. 11 Reply @chrisma3256 10 months ago The violin looks cool though 😅 love sparkles lol Reply @eduardobenassi3072 4 weeks ago That man is a complete embarrassment. I hope he at least BELIEVES in what he says. 2 Reply @yournameissogood175 1 year ago Emotional damage hits so good and funny 1 Reply @SneakyNinja345 1 year ago That bee was not flying... it was getting its wings ripped off while drowning. 3 Reply @TalkwithMrLight 9 months ago Atleast, he made us to be happy by his talent. Reply @gasisthepastendoil 1 year ago You couldn't do any better using his solid body violin that's just how a solid body is gonna sound... Violin builders 37 years Reply @jacobtapianieto9655 1 year ago Petition for Ray to watch the other "Fastest violinist in the world". Even more sacrilegious! 1 Reply @jesachiero8942 2 days ago 15 notes of bee buzzing in a second😂 Reply @minghonsiu 1 year ago Ray with the MJ laugh Reply @map-reduce 1 year ago When you went to 245 your arm looked so incredibly tense, you were definitely right to question if it was healthy! 5 Reply @LegomaniaFilmProduction 10 months ago Ray and Steven both look like brothers Reply @mccafferyfamily 1 year ago Would be interesting to see how a classical violinist goes learning a Stéphane Grappelli solo off a recording they've not listened to before. I don't think it would be too tough for you, but interesting to hear how well you can replicate the unfamiliar style ... 5 Reply @kingkongdingdonggaming4638 11 months ago just noticed the swaying of the thumb , ill incorporate that thank you Reply @SerinaJane 5 months ago Your are just too funny I had to keep pausing the video to compose myself after laughing hard. Reply @HNx123456789 1 year ago Only thing missing was a review of David’s previous record Reply @larrypholbrook 1 year ago Ray Chen! Whoop! Whoop! Reply @susannekalejaiye4351 1 year ago I keep wondering what bumblebees would respond. Probably something along the lines of that bee is sick, or avoid going wherever that bee went. Good reaction to the original speedster. Fascinating to watch you think through the how's and possible further accelerations. 2 Reply @MiquelGorbiviUS 1 year ago (edited) Feels like my muscles cramped up lol, loved the slurred flight of the bumble bee on gin. Reply @margaret-mure 1 year ago I love how the BBC video starts out like a trying to get to a recipe on a website. Reply @Nabajyoti_Falls 1 year ago Bro broke him 1 Reply @chrisma3256 10 months ago OMG so fun 😂 so sorry for that poor guy... just learned that lovely Ray can actually also be like that 😅😂 1 Reply @samanthaabreu782 1 year ago Well, he was just trying to break a record, I don't think musicians I thinking about this when they play and for that I'm thankful for. 1 Reply @big_Dent 1 year ago Someone please show this to twoset 😭 2 Reply @wishingonthemoon1 1 year ago This roast is cooked 👏🏽 Thanks for the explanations as well! Reply @magellanbomba 1 year ago you have all the right in the world to say that... how i wish i can just hold for a moment that violin of yours.:) cheers Reply @jaschenski 1 year ago Get Michael Rabin to try it, when I used to practise I could get Pag 5 up to 120, then I tried playing along with his = 180 - NO WAY! Reply @lenaflute571 1 year ago This channel is getting darker... And i like that 😜 2 Reply @Azzne- 1 year ago What is the value of playing quickly if it doesn’t sound pleasant to listen to? 3 Reply @DevSanju-t5t 11 months ago I think the "slured" just made it 10x worse Reply @marymisbeek3539 1 year ago I appreciate Ray’s shade that I’m now basking in. Reply @santidu 1 year ago 10:43 from a group of small bumblebees to a giant mosquito Reply @sean5354 1 year ago Omg that slurred version was sacrilegious lol Reply @alenmilic1296 9 months ago Love your videos and abilities Ray, but i think your violin wanted a new owner after that one! Reply @surylisaa1631 9 months ago "Why are we doing this?!" Yes Ray sir, WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS?!?! 🤣🤣😭 Reply @Pradyot-r5c 1 year ago actually, this guy si really good because his playing sounds like a bumbleblee Reply @hozepheena 1 year ago As Twoset said back then, this was the violin equivalent of mumble rap. 8 Reply @8curious 11 months ago well done, mate, well done! Reply @ZenoGenthe 6 months ago To leave a more old school minded comment - I guess it’s just a phenomenon caused by using the social media platforms, that imitation is becoming the first role in the mindset of too many people. Also the competitive thought or even needs make popping up a lot of persons more or less popcorn-likely… no more to say at this point . Reply @crystalgaming12 9 months ago 10:44 the mosquito in my room: Reply @nachiketkalbhande4425 1 year ago Ray struggling to play bad is hilarious 2 Reply @SofiaViviEnDo 1 year ago This always remind me our conductor taking Dies Irae (k626 requiem Mozart) at around 135 and asking for more arm! More bow!. We sounded almost like this bumblebee guy😂 Reply @regentsaquariums5692 1 year ago 10:25 At that moment I felt like a thousand bees just stung me! 😂🤣😂🤣 Reply @athomenotavailable 1 year ago On the plus side, it does sound a lot more like a bumblebee(or mosquito) when it sounds so smeared Reply @wattihrvolt-pn3pf 1 year ago No shitting on nyango star, dude is awesome. Reply @Nameless-z2x 7 months ago If you can get carpal tunnel quickly you can get it slowly Reply @NoLandMandi 1 year ago I loved Rayo's Jazzy one, the last one! it was bang on! 1 Reply @玉-u5s 1 year ago HOW SACRILEGIOUS 1 Reply @nathanielfaerman 1 year ago But is it worth 10 million? Flex of the millenia 6 Reply @marcobecerrap 1 year ago Please, do a video about Roman Kim :) Reply @chrisma3256 10 months ago The bumblebees sound like a fat fly caught up in the curtain 😅 Reply @Hadriandidnothingwrong-z8c 1 year ago Still better than having to listen to a modern viola concerto 2 Reply @ShowdogTiger 7 months ago (edited) My peipen won't work for this travesty. I had a stroke and Two Set turned me on to trying b to play again.. Not going well in turns of sound but the journey is still rewarding. After watching your string break and you moving on I honestly felt...f*ck it I can too. Reply @OfficialAwkbe 1 year ago I'm not even a musician and it makes my ears bleed the way his sparkly violin was screeching for mercy. Reply @backtophysicsPaulina 1 year ago (edited) Try playing the video in 0.5 speed. Then, the difference is huge😂😂 3 Reply @HenJack-vl5cb 1 year ago This guy was a fan of the Red violin movie teaching methods. Reply @chriss6356 1 year ago he's actually playing infinite notes per second because it's just constant gliss between the notes. 1 Reply @chrisma3256 10 months ago Can we all just appreciate that poor guy for having provided us with tons of hilarious comments 😊 who has the ability to do the same 😉 1 Reply @Naylihhh 1 year ago "Flight of the Bumblebee"? No. "Flight of the Mosquito" 2 Reply @Ivanofficial52 11 months ago Btw there's an extra note in the end which he didn't play so technically he is still playing which makes him the slowest violinist in the world Reply @mariaclaudialarocca2625 1 month ago Ray, necesito que me expliques por qué es inevitable mover el cuerpo cuando se toca el violín, especialmente la cabeza ¿ Qué le hace el violín al sistema nevioso? Reply @ErkalEtruria 4 months ago Flight of the Slur. Reply @sabrinai 1 year ago Oh, the sacrilegious boi... 1 Reply @Geoplanetjane 1 year ago Emotional Damage Reply @wonhome2711 1 year ago You always put a smile on my face and I always learn so much from you. Looking good today with a nice haircut and shaved. Reply @CadenzaPlayer 3 months ago Imagine you go into a tonic studio and hear Ben lee. Reply @wendelynmusic 1 year ago (edited) with super technical guitarists we call it the Gilmore effect. Every time super fast guitarists are brought up, there's always someone who brings up David Gilmore because his playing is very expressive rather than very fast. It happens so often it got its own name. Maybe violinists now have the Ben Lee effect! Reply @dunki-dunki-dawg 7 months ago I play guitar and I can play 17 notes per sec but only in 1 key Emin, and only employing an open low E, hammering on two notes on the same string, then sweeping through the Emin arpeggio, hammering on the high E string, tapping the 4th octave high E then going back down through the entire sequence. I can only do this in one key because of how the guitar is tuned. I can't do this speed by simply picking the notes out. Reply @Al-gv5uw 1 year ago Musical appreciation Reply @CeciliaTan 1 year ago hahaha when we heard you practicing this piece on TOnic last year I didn't dream this was where it would end up! Far more entertaining that it had any right to be, Ray :D 4 Reply @vanessachromik3879 1 year ago It sounded more like a dying bumblebee in the end 😭😂 Reply @netcodeerror9420 1 year ago Anyone else feel like Ray is in his villain arc right now? 21 Reply 1 reply @samuelmartinvalet7464 1 year ago Il a transformé le vol du bourdon en vol des moustiques… Sacrilège ! Reply @dustyroom 1 year ago (edited) This is how you get famous: play flight of the bumblebee, be a sac religious boy, get roasted on national tv, buy an overly priced 5 string electric violin/viola and smile like you’re watching concrete dry. VIOLA (voila) you are getting reviewed by every single musician and calling you sac religious but it doesn’t matter ‘cause you’re famous. you’re welcome 6 Reply @eli-tutos 8 months ago I ran to leave my like when I saw the clip EMOTIONAL DAMAGE 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Reply @violionalan335 4 months ago At first, I thought you were going to criticize the BBC rather than the player, because there are countless musicians who believe they play well. However, a channel like the BBC is undermining its own credibility & humiliating it self by airing such a show. I can assure you that if any other local TV channel in the world broadcasted this, you wouldn't be concerned.The BBC, being an established and reputable TV channel, should already have such experts on hand. With my all respect to you as a wonderful violin player! Reply @naimaahaja5623 3 months ago I dare ray Chen to react vo Dylan flight of the bumblebee Reply @Lily-jd2dp 5 months ago I love tou anyway Reply @yvonnasun 11 months ago (edited) "I've never seen such dedication to......... playing so offensively." "Am I proud of myself? Not really" I'm dead lol 1 Reply @b03tz 1 year ago 4:58 has me ded. Ah-ah-ah-ah.... xD 1 Reply @tp5368 1 year ago when i am playing a whole note i am merely slurring the 128th notes 1 Reply @rin-chan3017 9 months ago not the slurred version at the end lmaoo Reply @violinist86 1 year ago Even with the fastest speed, you sound 100x better, Reply @DocRen 1 year ago 10:40 HAHAHA I'm imagining DRUNK BEES HAHAHAHHA Reply @j.d.4697 6 months ago I listen to all my music at x10 speed. No point wasting time listening to it slowly when you can hear the entire song in 3.5 seconds. Reply @annazimmerman864 1 year ago "I just don't think this is healthy." -Ray Chen 😂😂😂 1 Reply @marrowofdoom4733 10 months ago The only reason I own an electric violin is to practice quietly late at night without waking up my neighbours. Reply @jizelf633 1 year ago (edited) Oh man it was the harshest ... but I understand why 💀. Hopefully the guy is doing better now in just playing regular. 4 Reply @wuillymay8815 1 year ago Yes sir, unfortunately, we need the negativity. 🫡 3 Reply @schumacherenator 1 year ago Ray being a tryhard as always Reply @infamouzjs69420 1 year ago It's not flight of the bumblebee, it's the fly of the fly. Reply @eugenevlassis7231 11 months ago He is the Miranda Sings of violin playing. Reply @benlokibryant 1 year ago I can't wait for ray to inialate the record 3 Reply @Hahshdhbcbcyoutube 1 year ago (edited) Im suprised my comment was there. I felt bad for commenting that 😂 1 Reply @venomousagentx1019 10 months ago I literally had to stop the video halfway because I could not handle a second more of his playing. Reply @Hopespringseternal 1 year ago Haha Laughing from all the memories about this 😂 Can’t wait to hear how you play it quickly! 1 Reply @oi-vey 9 months ago The mosquito in the room at 3:00 AM 😂 Reply @EpicPianoArrangements 9 months ago I watched the Ben Lee recording and somehow lost my perfect pitch for 54 seconds... 1 Reply @enricomarsili9233 1 year ago As a shitty viola player (abandoned), I love slow GOOD music. 1 Reply @Ethanviolin0320 9 months ago That was awesome 😂 1 Reply @procrastipractice 1 year ago I feel a little bad for Ben Lee, but this also was a quality roast 🔥🔥🔥 2 Reply @eduardocarvalho7784 10 months ago (edited) face-blue-smiling you made my day :D Reply @solbjorns10 1 year ago Who never misses Ray’s video? 2 Reply @stephenfranklin6980 1 year ago This is like mipmap levels for music LOL Reply @filipstruhar 1 year ago That's not even comparable with Garret record Reply @TinyDream88 1 year ago 😂 omg I love this video 1 Reply @baiyuli97 1 year ago Mendelssohn catching strays out here Reply @EvilCherry3 1 year ago Why is the interviewer’s face not torn in pain while hearing this ? I am not a musician at all and it’s painful to hear even to me. Reply @AndySaenz 1 year ago Ben Lee: if you can destroy your reputation slowly, you can destroy it quickly. Reply @NeikeshaEdwards-ok4pk 4 months ago Ok gimme your violin 🎻 Reply @misguided_ghost 1 year ago if you can play it slowly 3 Reply 1 reply @metty9163 11 months ago 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Reply @祺·乐 1 year ago play Ernst last rose of summer triple speed😎😎 1 Reply @WoodandSteel 6 months ago That is a good example of a wannabe technician of the violin, no feeling, no care,no ability to understand the emotion in the music. Save us from strictly musical technicians. Reply @randolphfriend8260 11 months ago 😁 may be if one could develop a "romantic" ear, then the warbling would sound good? Reply @emilythielen6700 1 year ago Last time I checked, violins only have 4 strings. Maybe thats where the other $1,499,931.00 he paid for this came into play?😇 4 Reply @piwi2775 10 months ago He made it sound like an actual bee Reply @Feta_cheese 6 months ago I died happily at 11:05 TUT Reply @sorenryuusen4599 9 months ago He's freaking hurting my ears !!! But you made me laught so hard Reply @kelleyforeman 1 year ago If even Ray Chen can roast you, then you are eminently roastable! 8 Reply @istvanbarcsanits8566 1 year ago Check out Patricija Avsic's record in Virtuosos v4 Reply @angelasongwriter6748 1 year ago Not sure why so serious? GBWR … is not art… it’s a fun thing, that amuses people. Reply @Sh_Pe 1 year ago I thought you'll be like him when I just saw the title (I haven't know the channels before)... Then I understood that you're luckily. Reply @lord.d1_ 1 year ago I'm currently the world record holder! I can play 15 notes per second! Eddy's flexing before Menuhin judges reject him 😂😂😂😂 Reply @ZenpaiV 1 year ago Look at his contact point too, the only reason you can hear notes at all is because his violin isn’t acoustic 1 Reply @VicJang 1 year ago (edited) I don’t know you can beat a dead horse when it already died 10 times. 😂 超好笑，謝謝 Ray 點評+示範 XD 2 Reply @oakhurstaxe6392 1 year ago Interesting! Reply @amritavilasinidevidasi1842 1 year ago I always like watching your video & listen to your “ interesting “ comments 😂 It makes me laugh so hard 😆😝😝 and you are very honest with yourself 👍👍👍 1 Reply @OnlyMyisha 1 year ago it sounds like me bored of practicing and randomly playing some notes that i dont even know where is it in sheet Reply @sodthatlikebutton1946 6 months ago "Flight of the Mosquito" Reply @cynthiag3065 10 months ago Nails on a chalkboard 😂 Reply @vincentcaron9084 10 months ago sounds more like the flight of the mosquito Reply @Dreamia_TH 4 months ago FUUUUUUUUUU- THIS FAST AHH PLAYING SUUUUUU- Reply @valenviolin 1 year ago Sounds like one of my violin auditions... Reply @jyl11002 1 year ago i will say this for him, his sounds more like a bee LOL 2 Reply @thoma_sita 1 year ago The world’s fastest violinist really needs an audience. 3 Reply 1 reply @akordia100 1 year ago More than a Bumblebee, BenLee's performance was a mosquito. The one that flies near your ear at night when you want to sleep and ask yourself why that damned beast is not just shutting up and biting you instead. 1 Reply @xandraxandra1437 1 year ago I hope this doesn't lead to a new hate to Ben Lee. He has moved on. Let him live his life in peace. 28 Reply 2 replies @samiahmedansari 1 day ago Hahahahahaha 10:30 made me laugh🤣 Reply @kinantisukma380 11 months ago Ray, please don't di this 😭😭😭 Reply @NickNCC-kr8ug 7 months ago It sounds like a sewing machine is possessed. Reply @TomJakobW 1 year ago 🔥 Reply @sennev7427 1 year ago Pro-tip: if it should sound like a bumblebee and it sounds like an annoying mosquito... something is very wrong Reply @CinnamonLibrary 1 year ago 0:53 Best medical advice I've ever heard. Reply @dwaipayanMadhuri 1 month ago 11:04 Ray Chen became a bully Reply @annaware-p8m 5 months ago if you can break your violin slowly you can break it quickly. Reply @miriams.4341 1 year ago I’m just back from singing, where a number of people got into a lot of trouble for a lack of clarity within their notes. I see, they are clearly not alone. But without joking - I had this running in the background as I was sorting dinner and thought Ray had had a fit, when I heard the playing. 😅 5 Reply @jiyoungkim2449 1 year ago LOLLL listening to this in 0.5 speed is hilarious and the notes are distinguishable Reply @allennebu7478 1 year ago One of the harshest of Ray Chen.. but necessary 1 Reply @betabot. 9 months ago Roman Kim Reply @MohammadElmi 1 year ago I broke your record for the fastest violinist in the world by watching this video at 2x speed. 2 Reply @bv-im1fg 1 year ago I wish you clarified WHY exactly the world record video is "disappointing" or why its "unclear" to non-musicians. Like is he just slurring all the notes? Or what exactly Reply @MarceloMussatto 1 year ago C'mon Ray. That was harsh... ... keep doing it. 5 Reply @insightfulgarbage 4 days ago Sounds like he's put saturation on his violin. Of course it has very little claritu that way Reply @libertangowu-8117 1 year ago We will never forget "if you can play it slowly you can play it quickly"😂 2 Reply @vismaykedilaya1318 1 year ago controversial take here: i think that famous line was a mistake. anyone who has played ANY instrument seriously would know that's a complete lie. so there's no way he just said that on live TV to millions of people, with a straight face, 100% sincere. i think it's likely he made a misspoke, he chose to cover it up since it didn't contradict his example. Reply @chrisma3256 10 months ago Doesn't even sound nice when Ray plays it that fast 😢 very interesting video. Reply @ratlarbig9662 1 year ago That was hard to watch. 1 Reply @nurichandesu 1 year ago Ray looks so uncomfortable listening to that man playing hahhaha Reply @mariaclaudialarocca2625 1 month ago 😂😂😂😂solo entendí las 4 últimas notas😂😂😂 Reply @scarlettcrouton 1 year ago (edited) Remember, if you can play it slowly you can play it quickly 1 Reply @BennyKleykens 1 year ago 😂😂😂 Leaving Musicality, indeed. Reply @guillermoramirez8444 1 year ago Awesome!!! You look and sound exactly like him 😂😂😂😂😂😂 Not even Tonic saves this. 1 Reply @ignasi_nebot 1 year ago Bro pls land ur pinkie at least one sec in the bow Reply @arsenblackwell 1 year ago You got up, made yourself a coffee and remembered that guy. And you thought "I don't need that negativity in my life." You took a drink of coffee and recorded this video XD 3 Reply @connectingthedots100 1 year ago Well he loves the attention, negative or not. Reply @parasharkchari 1 year ago Honestly, if you avoided this one because of the negativity, then I shudder to think what you'd feel about that Vov Dylan fellow who came along later and tried to make his own claim to "fastest violinist"... That guy made Ben Lee look like David Oistrakh. Reply @karentravis2357 1 year ago This had me in hysterics as a violinist. Well done Ray I bow before you.😂❤ 6 Reply @16Gym 1 year ago cant wait for you playing the slur version in the next concert Reply @johnharryg4563 1 year ago Paganini can do 16 notes a second Reply @Bl0ødy_Matcha 1 year ago Wait until he hears about vov dylan Reply @piano.is.a.language 1 year ago Now we know what makes Ray lose his patience 🤣This was interesting and great finale ahahah 3 Reply @nanash9924 1 year ago Kavakos may play as fast as him… Reply @katiabarcenas8002 1 year ago Me encanta tus videos son geniales Reply @JeanDeLaCroix_ 1 year ago this plagiarism of screams by Hilary Hahn at 10:00 is sacrilegious Reply @АлексГ-ш3ц 1 year ago tough, but fair Reply @alecrechtiene558 1 year ago He legit thought Flight of the Bumblebee was by Paganini too?!? 5 Reply 1 reply @navedusms1405 5 months ago well atleast it sound like a bumble bee now since he trash it Reply @aleisha5445 1 month ago Ben Lee is killing meh Reply @SoCal_619 10 months ago (edited) As a trained Jazz musician I learned playing slower is harder. I play drums: getting yelled at for dragging or rushing the beat is a second language to me. 😂😂😂 This dude made me want to quit music.🥱🥱😂 Reply @mariamatmos4506 1 year ago I have only one question: WHY?!😩 1 Reply @PlumberryPuppet 1 year ago Ray speaking with such an American accent and wearing that shirt just makes me feel like he's from Hawaii. (I know he's Australian.) 1 Reply @shi-chenglim3160 1 year ago Am I the only one who prefers Mr World record's version? Reply @danw6922 10 months ago Wait………. Why does that violin/viola have 5 strings on it!!!!???? Reply @georgplatzer8213 11 months ago i mean i can not deny that if he plays it that fast it really sounds like a bumble bee flying around :D Or maybe a Mosquito? Reply @jaja2716 10 months ago (edited) No i po co zarzynac skrzypce?! Reply @trollertrain7873 1 year ago Paganini could do this with no practise😂 1 Reply @pviseskul 1 year ago Ben Lee's Bumblebee sounds more like an annoying fly that needs to be whacked Reply @lordwilksy 9 months ago Sonic is so much faster than tonic... 🎻 Reply @XDmiyukii 1 year ago Is this the most sacrilegious 11:37 mins this violin has ever experienced? XD Reply @kingjamesfmvp 9 months ago Bro had a 5-string violin Reply @PP-wp2bx 1 year ago I am not a violinist, but I can hear all the pitches that are off 1 Reply @ryanweaver202 1 year ago Did I expect to watch this video and experience the full spectrum of emotion?... No, I did not... Did it happen?... Yes, yes it did... Reply @twoblink 1 year ago Waiting for the TwoSet review of this video... Reply @derpymuffin.___.5099 1 year ago freshy Reply @himankaggarwal2566 1 year ago The cousin your parents always compare you to: Reply @braydenliamsus8088 7 months ago Until twoset found out its not a record anymore Reply @inglesdobanana 11 months ago Where is Ben Lee? Reply @weixu6555 1 year ago I took a few lessons from Ben. He is actually a legit violinist. It's somewhat unlucky and unfair for twoset to ruin his reputation. I love everything about twoset apart from their ruining of Ben's reputation - it seems to go against their vibe of inclusivity. 6 Reply @Ali-ko6vo 9 months ago A electric violin costs 1.5 million? That is stupid. Maybe it’s the jewelry on it that is worth the money? A strad is expensive because of its history and scarcity. Maybe that is also a cult. Reply @rtate26695 11 months ago So we wont talk about the 5 string violin? Reply @not_anton 1 year ago Flight of a mosquito 😅 Reply @emerster656 10 months ago IS IT ACTUALLY 10,000,000 4:46 1 Reply 2 replies @lepiboyo201 1 year ago David did it best, cant change my mind Reply @dangle2393 3 months ago If you can ruin your career slowly you can ruin it quickly Reply @iakart 1 year ago (edited) Ray Chen, I'm not your fan. But thanks for breaking this fantoche down . By the way I'm the last Alexey Michlin student Reply @chrisma3256 10 months ago Agree. He doesn't seem to be happy, some of his smiles look very forced. Who knows what made him do that... Reply @MishaSkripach 1 year ago Fantastic video, Ray!!!! My teachers say "do you want to play it fastest or you want to play it well?" 3 Reply @きよし楪 1 year ago I was working , and when i see the title of this video .... i knew i must buy some beer before i go home for this video hahahaah Reply @tedluna624 2 months ago sorry mate i couldnt handle to watch it all lol Reply @cindylau8797 1 year ago Nice shirt (wrong focus😂 Reply @kingkongdingdonggaming4638 11 months ago i wish you could teach me so i dont get made fun of in the future Reply @NeikeshaEdwards-ok4pk 4 months ago I dont have an an instrument 😢 Reply @christopherdivincenzo717 1 year ago (edited) I know his playing is poor, but I must say, it sounds quite a bit like an actual bee. Clearly thats what he was after. Reply @andreasbyczkowski3435 1 year ago (edited) Funny video about a super ridiculous topic. May I sarcastically suggest starting at ten times normal speed while using only one finger and then gradually slowing that down to pristine levels of remarkable clarity? 🙄 PS) There is a fundamental difference between artistic and Olympic endeavors, BTW. Capiche?! PS2) I would have enjoyed his record attempt far more if he had dressed up as a Neanderthal with a bone in his mouth among other things… He could make it big on Am Got Talent with a few absurd tweeks? PS3) Do folks even realize that humans aren’t bumblebees? Sheesh! Reply @anas-vq3gj 1 month ago (edited) Bro saying his"Paganini"music like flight of the bumblebee lol. It a miss understand Reply @zenboi4415 1 year ago Du du du du max verstappen Reply @Ath3nx_2 1 year ago If you can play something badly(like Ben Lee), you can play it like Ling Ling. Great👏🏾job!👏🏾 Reply 1 reply @AOTxHydra 1 month ago 10mill for his violin?!?!?!?! Reply @daisyvlog5260 3 months ago New friend Reply @cheukkwanmaychan 1 year ago I can’t stand it! I traumatised myself again because of you Ray! (I’m not even a violinist but I really have had enough of this guy LOL) Reply @nigelbaboolal5072 1 year ago i agree with everything except the part where he says that music is meant to be enjoyed by both the musician and the audience. I tihnk music can be terrible to listen to. Especially iif its purposefully bad, as a form of art. thats also to say that all art is subjective, and all music will have its haters and its lovers. Reply @rodolfosoto2960 11 months ago (edited) It sounds horrible at the right tempo, but at faster speed it could be confusing, it almost sounds like a freight train desperately trying to stop on very rusty rails. Don't worry about been harsh, the subject calls for it. Mendelson would have forgiven you. Reply @guillermoramirez8444 1 year ago Oprah Winfrey: “you get humiliated, I get humiliated, the humiliator gets humiliated, the humiliator of the humiliator gets humiliated, everyone gets humiliated”. 😂😂Lets continue humiliating he who humiliated himself 5 years ago. Let’s ride humiliation train for the sake of promoting Tonic. 😁😁 🤜🥊‼️ Reply @bukash3515 10 months ago (edited) ray u bought it yourself the 10 million dollar one? Reply @thecakejaffa1044 1 year ago The only proper record I have seen is by the famous David Garret. Reply @crystalgaming12 9 months ago I’m here after twoset suffered😂 Reply @bobubastardbbqandmetal9908 7 months ago faster is not better..accuracy an tone makes it better Reply @nikkeisimmer8795 1 year ago I’ve heard wasps play this piece clearer. 🙄 than that dude on BBC. Reply @KingofFray 1 year ago Sacrilegious Reply @Braveplantt 1 year ago this is going to ITV LOL Reply @ElectricalGuava 1 year ago I decided to watch this video at 2x speed. Reply @Lin.guini_ 1 year ago flight of the mosquito Reply @jenlee5912 4 months ago I can play 999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 notes per second lol😂 Reply @lukej.hughes7761 1 year ago This video confirms again why I never wanted to become a classical musician. The way I have seen classical musicians treat other musicians is just terrible. Most musicians(like me) are definitely not the best, but just love what we do, and other people see that, enjoy our music, and hire us. I find it hilarious, that orchestras that classical musicians bust their asses from the age of 2 to get into, cant even make enough in ticket sales to pay their own musicians. So, they have to beg for money from generous donors in order to keep their doors open. Its true! Meanwhile, less "talented" musicians play more popular styles of music and easily make 6 figures a year playing for weddings and other private events. Perhaps this animosity towards other musicians is just bitterness that comes from an antiquated system that is no longer as popular? I would say so. 6 Reply @gmi2148 1 year ago I really think twoset has a lot to answer for with the cruelty and mocking that has been hurled at Ben. He's a human being and at the end of the day doesn't deserve it. Twoset have made a lot of money off it through branding and merchandise. I can only imagine the impact that this has had on Ben for all these years. To see Ray capitalise off this is very disappointing. Like - what is the point of this video really? To mock Ben further? Why? Did it really need to be made? What are you achieving by doing that other than getting a few easy cheap laughs? Do better Ray. There's no need to be a jerk. 7 Reply @paulschipper9428 8 months ago I totally agree with what Ray says in regards to playing too fast, however a talented professional publicly roasting some lesser player on social media lacks in class in my opinion. Sorry for the negative comment, I usually enjoy Ray's content. Reply 1 reply @fanach 1 year ago Where is that guy now?> Reply 1 reply @j.d.4697 6 months ago (edited) 3:30 ouch 😆 I feel the violin has a special appeal to showmen/women who are only in it for the bling and the flash. Just look at all the clowns who sacrifice sounding good in favor of bouncing around like a silly ballerina, if they even play at all. Reply @eugeniacharles5227 11 days ago Bruh 😎😎😎😎😎😎.my ears were bleeding 😭😭😭😭😭 Reply @Very_Rando_person 10 months ago The slured made me vomit on the floor Reply @olivergila7530 8 months ago My love and respect for Ray. Can't wait to see you in concert. Ben Lee is a horrible violinist. Maybe he played 30% of the notes correctly. Rimsky-Korsakov is rolling in his grave. You couldn't pay me to watch Ben Lee. Disappointing that he made it on the BBC. Reply @daysintheuk1749 10 months ago 😂😂😂 Reply @scottandant 1 year ago ben leeds to go to school Reply @crostwarte 1 year ago 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Reply @Nameless-z2x 7 months ago Worlds Fastest violinist no Worlds Fakest violinist no actually worlds dumbest violinist no Failed ling ling Reply @nevechris1032 1 year ago Kind of mean to be honest. It was obviously meant to be a fun challenge, not really musical. Reply @zoey4846 1 year ago Don’t do things like this ever again 😂😢😹😭 it’s a torture to you 1 Reply @juandavidortegaquijada8675 1 year ago Them slurs sounding like a hourse 😭 Reply @arthaschen4701 1 year ago Ehh what year is this Reply @andreasschau4215 1 year ago Where studio recording?🐒 Reply @VickyE_games_and_animations 10 months ago Ray tech me My name : Enoch Reply @HugoLall-x7o 9 months ago How is a bunch of plastic worth 2 million dollars, 😮 Reply @sunnyshores7520 1 year ago Real violinists are not Carolinka 1 Reply @millyday 1 year ago 1.5mil 😮 mine is 10mil 🤑🤑🤑 Reply @DiederikAms 1 year ago Who on earth would still dare to touch, let alone play, that, by the way very dull sounding, 1.5million electric violin now? Reply @FFKUFFKU976 11 months ago 😢help bahasa indonesia Reply @danaharrod9093 1 year ago Speed....just because you can usually results in less musicality. Reply @ethan123456ish 10 months ago Don’t like how Ray basically saying Ben is trash even though he worked very hard to achieve this. Reply @davidlannan7486 10 months ago My ears were bleeding with the super fast one on the electric violin. Nice goal but horrible sound Reply @alexandrugherman1248 1 year ago Everyone sings as they can. Great artists NEVER speak negatively about other instrumentalists (even more so about amateurs) I don't have good English. But as far as I understood, I changed my opinion about you. You grew up in Australia for nothing, you have Chinese blood. Reply 1 reply @NgCurtis-p6g 4 days ago Ray's too soft on him ngl Reply @leiviolins 1 year ago You know you have too much twoset video in your blood when you imagine twoset pausing the the video and adds their comment but the video keeps going hahaha Reply @nickuhland7148 1 year ago His terrible decision making extends beyond music. Look at his shirt collar. I think he cut it into a v-neck. Insanity. Reply @RustyInSeattle 1 year ago LMAO Reply @DamianChang 9 months ago The violin is dying... 3 Reply @Mary9272-r7p 11 months ago Why waste your time criticizing the obvious? You will end up professionally like the set of criticism they criticize but they don’t play actually good enough. If a person wants to be the best on their music profession on the classical music go spend time actually doing better and not patronizing the others. Why Garret won’t do what you guys are doing? His goal it’s fulfilling on the real deal. As a “Professional” violinist you should do better than post videos criticizing others. Teach them how to do better & you will be the best violinist. Reply @Deka773 1 year ago lmao😭 Reply @satorihealthwellnesscoaching 4 months ago no. just no. and BRUH Reply @AndySaenz 1 year ago (edited) I knew Ben Lee was on a downward spiral when he said he got injured, hurt his wrist, and then accepted a rehabilitation challenge from one of his friends to play the violin quickly. He’s out of his damn mind! I think perhaps he had a concussion because he’s obviously not thinking clearly. He even has this awkward smile before he starts playing. 😁 Reply @athomenotavailable 1 year ago The host is clearly not a fan Reply @IoannaCoronavista 1 year ago That violin guy is playing the Bumblebee song as if he was a woke violinist to the audience that is quite unacceptable. Violinists are mainly conservative players who kept their freedom of music expression well balanced and disciplined, not liberals. Left will always flat and right will always be sharp. Facts do care about feelings in the MusicWorld, and success is to believe in your wild practice. Studying both violin and laws at the moment ... but Ray Chen, keep musical commenting and playing. Reply @rosehu609 2 months ago Not true Reply @walterwang7589 1 year ago this is twoset 2.0, but has a fun twist to it:) Reply @estherc3618 1 year ago Playing it fast don’t make it better. Reply @iakart 1 year ago Also electric violin. Its like 30% of difficulty of real thing. Really nothing to judge but yes to say " Poor guy that thinks he is violinist" Reply @Y3llow_Submarin3 1 year ago I ........ have no comment. lol Reply @dcar6530 1 year ago he is a technician not a musician Reply @siboliang1907 1 year ago i ------have no commentgoodvibes Reply @hcjkruse 9 months ago Pretty awful. Did you ever see Carolina Eck performing the flight of the bumblebee on a theremin? Much better. Reply @iPlay_Violin 1 year ago Is your really 10M ? Reply 1 reply @Dani-gx1bt 1 year ago BBC TEAM 👇 Reply @jonat96-hj1sh 1 year ago is this even music any more? Reply @annaware-p8m 5 months ago its fake 1 Reply @DH-CA 5 months ago (edited) One thing is to play fast, but playing fast completely out of tune is hurtful to the people's ears Reply @JR-qb7qt 11 months ago Ya wow, that was the worst sound I've heard on a Violin and I'm not a violinist or anything like that just a respected audience member who enjoys hearing great talent and that was just a mockery of Music in all forms. It's a shame what people will do for fame and fortune....... Reply @MrNidnan 1 year ago The guy and his show is pathetic and offensive to all musicians and music lovers. But your video is so fun pushing to max speed 😆🤣 Reply @DVZM. 1 year ago I believe this violinist has already been sufficiently humiliated and publicly shamed. This post simply exemplifies everything that I find regrettable about the classical arts scene. The arrogance, where everyone thinks they know it all and are above others. Constant mockery and derision. If you have no valuable content without demeaning others, you should simply refrain from publishing such material. 1 Reply @ajsorensen2585 1 year ago Comical, since Ben is a "professional", he deserves to get ripped on, and also for wasting 1.5M, sorry wasting $1,500,020.00 (forgot the bow) on a terrible sounding and looking violin 2 Reply @iakart 1 year ago 1-miss notes . 2- intonation not really there 3- stop violin. Find new profession Reply @neverpaladino625 1 year ago The man dont have clarity even on speaking, and he dont speak fast. lol Reply @bethbromley9590 1 year ago (edited) OMG would you just stop dumping on the poor guy - he's suffered enough for his apparently ill considered attempt to respond to a TV interview request. He's actually a great guy with a passion for teaching and enthusing kids in music. Like why don't you actually reach out and talk to him! Reply @partituravid 1 year ago I watch you and Twoset but had never bothered to check out this source of all the jokes. Ugh. Not even the correct pitch CONTOURS of the phrases. What an a&s. Reply @Azlaak 1 year ago I have to agree with Ray here that dude can’t play the violin at all… his notes are not even in tune… if I book you to play in my album and you play like that you’re fired instantly and I want a refund… his tone sucks as well… Reply @KarSiongPeh 1 year ago cringe Reply @Mamigrace21 9 months ago (edited) Cmon 😂stop roasting this guy. Twosetviolin already had done that5 years ago 😂 and now here , we go again 😏 leave this sacrilegious guy alone😡😡😡😂😂😂 Reply @TwoSetViolinEdits 1 year ago Omg, firsttt 1 Reply @limenpepper 1 year ago it's been almost 10 years. just move on to something else already Reply @LeviPaper 8 months ago I think you just busted my eardrums. No musicality is hard to hear without breaking down. As a cello player, I think that this video is to fast. Try playing some pieces on cello with only your violin skills, and maybe break the speed on something else. If you get good at both cello and violin by self-teaching, you might break your own speed on bumble bee. :) Reply 1 reply @yoyomauricio 1 year ago This is so old. I know you’ve seen this before from 2 set violin. Your reactions seem disingenuous. 2 Reply @Trish204 1 year ago I'm sorry for whatever happened to this Ben Lee or whatever his name is but this hurt my ears, head AND soul. Sheesh! It's not even entertaining by any measure. sighs Now, is it an actual sin (like, punishable by the music gods) to have gone along with this on a Stradivari? lol Reply @lifetools-help8017 10 months ago Why are you insulting him? It's ok if you don't like his performances or interpretations. I really don't like your rude negative comments. If I see any more videos of your unnecessary comments I will delete you, no matter how excellent of a violinist you are. Show a little class! Reply @stoker20 1 year ago Is that music? It's noise to me. 15