when he slapped his knee to show the rhythm it gave me ptsd

Honestly, Brett doesn't even seem like he's acting. He kind of fits the role of the always frustrated teacher.

I think my teacher is the king of weird analogies: Me: *playing* He: stop, you're playing like a wardrobe

My percussion teacher was really cool. If it weren't for him, I would've never lasted 6 years in music school. He was about 60yo, but he would give you extra lessons if you needed it for free, took students with good grades for ice cream and told us to "ruin him financially" because he was paying for our desserts and he was always so kind and considerate. His students always got the most competition awards because he knew how to positively motivate us.

Me: plays one note My teacher: I’m gonna stop you right there

Like if you want a ling ling t shirt.

When you are trying so hard to avoid eye contact with your teacher because you're trying not to cry

I'm an Italian teacher and am alarmed at how common being reduced to tears in a music lesson is, judging by the comment section. The only time students ever cried in my class it was because they'd had a stressful week and I told them I was proud of them. Where are these mean teachers?! I WILL FIGHT THEM IN ITALIAN HOW DARE YOU BELITTLE MY PERFORMANCE MAJOR DUCKLINGS!

You forgot the one that constantly says "Good... One more time!"

you forgot the one who instead of teaching just plays all the time

As a kid, my piano teacher had a box of tissues on her piano. When I asked her what they were for, she said casually: “for the kids that cry.”

Oh also a variation of the overly positive is “That sounded really good! but...” and you slowly realize it actually sucked

When you’re trying to read the music through a blur of tears

meanwhile my teacher send me to another room, told me to practice, forget that i am there, locked up, left.

I once cried in front of my music teacher because I forgot my scales (Trumpet) and he felt so bad about it and then talked much more calmy and told some jokes. He was a good teacher. I miss him. Rest in Peace Leo.

I don't play any instrument, but man is this giving me dance lessons flashbacks. Once we were practicing jumps and I couldn't get it right, so I spent five minutes gathering courage to ask my teacher for suggestions on how I could improve (I was very shy and already had self esteem issues). She just said "attending more classes would help, but since you can't be bothered to put in any effort..." I was shocked, because she knew exactly why I couldn't attend all classes (I had weekly tests at school at the same time as the lessons). I practiced at home whenever I could to try and make up for it. I pushed through the rest of the class and then cried in the bathroom with my hand over my mouth. Those were some of the most painful seconds of my life. I felt so bad I almost quit. I'm better now, but that women crushed me hard.

I cried once during a lesson because my teacher was getting frustrated. My body started trembling when i played and my teacher was like “Wow that’s good you have vibrato now” :’))))

Yesterday I cried in front of my teacher and I had to tell her that I was just so touched by the music.

Let us take a moment to acknowledge all the music enthusiasts who've had to face an abusive teacher. Thinking about those who've had to detach themselves from music for a long time for this. I'm proud of what you have learnt so far and whether or not you have completely grown stronger over your unpleasant experiences, Music is for you. Have a good day! Much love.

My teacher is the first one. Always frustrated and stressful. He even makes fun of every single word I say and every question I ask so that it became so depressing and annoying as hell. I quit him and decided to continue lessons with someone who is worth the money and he told me that whatever is the character of a music teacher and whatever circumstances to do in their life they don't have the right to get personal with a student or yell or even make fun of them whether they are minors or adults. So I realized that the music class I take makes me doubt my self and shakes my self confidence just because of the crazy disrespectful teacher. I'm sure I will become excellent with a good teacher so I switched.

when your piano teacher is nice but you feel like she’s getting frustrated when she’s not so you start crying you bully yourself into thinking you’re horrible and then you feel more horrible cos you feel you make her more frustrated

Do you really play an instrument if you’ve never cried in a lesson before

Man, reading all this crying horror stories makes me appreciate my super cool teacher .He's very patient and encouraging. Even funny sometimes. I'll never take him for granted.

My teacher is a pretty good teacher, but sometimes he would get distracted with telling me stories about history or about some of his friends, for example once I was working on a piece called heigh-ho, and he went on a 2 minute story tell about how the original story was much more brutal than the one we know now. Also I learnt a bunch of history things that happened.

Playing Vibrato badly? Catch the bow No time to practice? Catch the bow Violin out of tune? Catch the bow Hotel? -Trivago- Catch the bow

Me: Plays the piece perfectly My piano teacher: iS tHat a nAil PoLIsH i'M sEeiNG

I feel like my viola teacher falls under the “overly nice one” category. Even though I played like shit over the last few years that I had him, he still encouraged me and was very kind even though I didn’t deserve it one bit. There have definitely been moments where I had been close to crying not necessarily because of him, but rather because I felt so bad for not pushing myself harder in the past. (Of course that could be due to the fact that I’m quite literally the definition of self-critical).

As a person who played piano for 9 years and has had 4 different teachers, I have experienced all of these at some point 😭😂 my school music teacher, who was primarily an opera singer and the only instrument she could slightly play was the ukele, trying to teach me piano was especially painful

"Let me write it down for you." *P R A C T I C E* Savage.

"Don't cry, don't cry, don't cry" *dammit*

I remember one teacher made me cry so much at my violin lesson that I literally didn't want to go back to the music school... and I didn't attend rehearsals anymore... I was so hurt... anyway, it's been 20 years and that moment is still alive in my mind :(

My teacher is a mix of the philosophical one, the overly supportive, and the one that makes analogies. He also really teaches me well in a great way! :D

"nonono it's all wrong, out of tune, start over" *shredding intensifies* *anxiety peaking* *monkaS*

There's also that teacher: "I don't know this piece, so let's learn it together..."

"Today you guys just have too many distractions!" Me, watching this video and practicing flute at the same time: *laughs nervously*

I just..just feel like giving a virtual hug to all those who've cried in class or had to hold back tears Stay strong fellas..

My childhood memories of **DON'T CRY** is just coming back to me

The perfect teacher is a mixture of all of these

Brett: "go warmup" Eddy: plays Brahms violin concerto

You missed one type of teacher, the one where they change everyday and you don’t know how to behave.

You should've added two more types: 1. The one that always takes your instrument to demonstrate 2. The one who plays difficult pieces (on his instrument) while your playing

Type 11 (rare): an actually nice, constructive teacher _wait no that’s impossible_

5:54 Brett's smile is the cutest!!

0:10 Teacher - "Just Focus" Me - Mentally explodes

Can't play the right note? B R E A T H E Forgot your Violin at home? B R E A T H E You lost your entire family? B R E A T H E

Regarding tears in a lesson, I did horse-riding for a while and there was this little girl who was always (sometimes quite literally) fighting with the stubborn Shetland pony. That horse was the only one small enough for her, but he was a handful. The kid was on the sensitive side and cried regularly under the strict commands from the teacher and the additional stress from the stubborn pony. At some point she grew tall enough for a different horse and had a first test lesson on an elderly sports pony. From that day on she was all smiles and confidence and also suddenly got along with the teacher. I don't know if one can relate this to learning a musical instrument, but I suppose the very instrument you play can make a big difference as well.

I love how my organ teacher can be any of those from 1-6 depending on her mood XD There's also one type you forgot, the teacher who writes so much on the sheet music you can barely read it anymore!

*me finishing a piece* My piano teacher: Starts talking and tells me how I can improve me: *looks at her face so I don’t seem disrespectful* Her: WHY ARE YOU LOOKING AT MY FACE?! DO I HAVE NOTES ON MY FACE?

You just... You just... Gotta *CaTcH tHe BoW*

Why do I feel like my teacher is literally every single one of these but the nice one.

The “obsessed with one idea” one is wayyyy too accurate

Everytime I play out of rhythm my teacher asks me if I like jazz. It always hits hard.

Funny story: Our orchestra teacher was going on vacation for a week so he got a substitute, but the substitute was a choir teacher who had literally never seen an orchestra play. So when we were tuning she was like why don't you guys open your mouths and sing each pitch. We were all like uhhhhhhhhh I don't know how to sing, so for the rest of the orchestra rehearsals that week we learned how to sing in a choir that was the worst week of orchestra rehearsals in my life. (I joined orchestra so I didn't need to sing)

My piano teacher is the one that if he's demonstrating how to relax the wrist, he'll play the pieces that are the hardest to relax your wrist Example: "Relax your right hand wrist, your octaves sound a bit uneven. Here-Like this." **Immediately starts off with Torrent, then switches to Tchaikovsky Concerto no.1, and then Waterfall Etude and then suddenly Flight of the Bumblebee jumbled with Moonlight Sonata movement 3** And me here like: *This is not what I'm playing wtf* *He plays nice though*

I’ve had four teachers total and let’s just it’s been a roller coaster ride. My first teacher taught me from when I was 3-7 and since she only taught little kids she never got frustrated with me much. My next teacher was also very nice but much more serious and she would always compare me to my friend. At that time it was also very hard for me to memorize pieces because it was my first time performing more difficult pieces and I also joined orchestra. Then that teacher retired and I got a new one (and this was the teacher that made me hold back tears during a lesson). I was with her for two years and each year I played one solo piece for our conservatory’s annual showcase. However she never seemed to focus on me improving. Instead, every week we would repeat the same scales and études so much that we never even got a chance to work on my solo pieces so I never felt performance ready. She also had me help be an assistant for the little kids orchestra instead of letting me join one with other people my age and level. I then left the conservatory I had been with for almost my entire life because I felt like I wasn’t learning anything and moved to the teacher I have now. I’m really happy learning with her because not only does she help me focus on things I need to work on but she also makes sure that I know I’m doing some things well and that I should be proud of those things. I even started learning piano with her and I’ve learned so much :)

I cried once at my violin class when I was nine. It wasn't even because of the teacher. My mom had been screaming at me for an hour about my practice. When I went to the lesson, the first thing the teacher asked was, 'how was your practice?' I received a death glare from my mom and I just...cried 👩🏻‍🦯

This video triggers some PTSD I thought I never had

My violin teacher teaching without my mom watching: **Lazes around** My violin teacher teaching with my mom watching: **Becomes picky with every move I make**

When the teacher said that a G could be the interpretation of Sibelius' life, I sat here in front of the computer and laughed and laughed. It's late at night, the city is silent, and I'm sitting here all alone, laughing. You two are great.

You forgot about the overly mean one. “No no no. Not right. You shouldn’t even play violin!”

My piano teacher would always fall asleep while I was playing pieces. So when i finished I would awkwardly sit there and wait for him to wake up 😂

I am so glad that none of my band teachers never get that frustrated with me because they are very patient with me. My drum instructor and high school band director are both really good at being patient with me even when I make mistakes. My high school marching band director doesn’t get frustrated with me thankfully. He just tells me to fix my errors and my mistakes in a normal voice. But he gets a little frustrated with all of us as a band when we are messing up the drill and music.

I am a bit late, but I want to write how happy I was when I discovered this amazing video (which is btw so accurate it almost hurts) and learnt that I am not the only one who cried on the lesson. I play piano and have really cool and kind teacher, but I still cried like twice (and couple of times I was really close) Through she is really good, she's still human and those two times she was frustrated, I was tired and frustrated and I ended up, trying to read notes throught the blur of tears. I remember I was so embarassed, because I am naturally sensitive and a lot of things make me cry, so I thought it was just me. But now I am so happy, that it's pretty normal for musicians to cry on the lessons...

My new favorite saying: “The tea took a while to brew.” And “Let me fill up me tea.” Also “CATCH DA BOW!”

You forgot the life lesson teacher. The one, who when you don't practice enough, will go into a 20 min lecture about how hard work is important in life, and how when he was a child he was very similar to you, and how one even made him see everything differently and he is trying to be that moment for you, and etc. I had a guy would would go into long stories/lessons all the time for the strangest things, not sure if that is normal or just my teacher.

my teacher is definitely the philosophical one her: wHaT dO tHe nOtEs MEAAAAAAN??

My teacher complained about me with her other students, i stopped playing the violin not long after i found out.

I only go to lessons to practice my willpower. ( I’m really good at not crying now)

Imagine if the frustrated teacher paired up with the dgaf student 😂

Bruh this relates so well! Thx Twoset for making such great videos!!❤

I remember crying during piano lessons in college and my teacher would pull out a crumpled tissue from his pocket, hand it to me, and say, "I think this one is clean."

My choir teachers have what I like to call the Paternal/Maternal method. Whenever we don't practice or we keep making the same mistake, they go on an "I'm so disappointed in all of you" lecture followed by "Do guys you still wanna be here?" and "Am I doing something wrong? Tell me because I can call in a new teacher for this choir" and they walk out and we all get teary eyed until the teacher comes back in and gives us a life lesson using Philosophy and Analogies.

my piano teacher is always so kind, but when I get it like wrong 10 times and I repeat and repeat and I still get it wrong, she starts stressing out but she’s still trying to be kind so its kinda scary cuz it’s like “ IT’s G nO d rEPeAT iT... p l e a s e :)

My music teacher is awesome, he got me into RHCP in the good way, i like how he just goes with the flow and gives you choices

Really impressed with your acting! Loved this video

“1 hour scales 2 hours studies 1 hour of concerto 1 hour Bach 2 hours of chamber music 3 hours of orchestra” that is just 10 hours, not the ling ling 40 hours of practice

You forgot the one who's _obsessed_ with _extreme_ Vibrato...

I cried during during lession. My teacher was like first one. But i appreciated him very much down the line. Check every beat and everything in great detail

Watching them play is always so nice they’re so good

My violin teacher has so much patience, I'm awful

last week my teacher yelled at me for not practicing then she went on a rant about how I need to put in 100% effort because 'it's like marriage, I'm putting in 100% but he's not and now I'm divorced'. I think she had a rough week.

0:03 Always frustrated 0:42 Gets philosophical 1:20 Lazy 2:41 Overly nice 3:18 Obsessed with one idea 4:06 Analogy maker or whatever 4:41 the picky one 5:22 the teacher that doesn’t play the instrument Tbt teacher 6:01 6:38 the teacher that puts you on the spot

my music teacher is awesome, I remember when my dad got a used electric violin for me but bridge was broken and later the string snapped and so my teacher took it upon herself to fix all of its problems I am so grateful to have an amazing teacher.

What makes a good teacher: 1. He is strict with musicality / discipline but kind and funny as a person. 2. He / She shows you exactly how to practice. 3. He / She talks about bow technique, about vibrato and after you try this, your piece is a lot easier. 4. He/She gives you the love for music, you can feel that there is a lot love for music. 5. He gives you the courage to try again and again and again. He speaks that you are on a good way. 6. He/She loves you and the other pupils. 7. There is a much discipline, but also a lot of fun and laughter. And sometimes you can have also a chat about something else.

A piano teacher I once had got pissed off because I wrote and compose music and symphonies...he said music is not like creating. But how does music even exist then lol

Hahaha I love your videos, you guys are so funny (and play so well!)

“Mi mis?” 6:23 😂😂😂

I farted in the middle of playing a piece, and my teacher was like: “what was that?!”

the first eddy is such a mood

6:47 Y'ALL HAVE THAT DOWN, I'LL TELL YOU THAT. I LOVE THAT, WHAT EVER IT IS YOUR PLAYIING.

My piano teacher is definitely the weird analogy one and I love her. When I was 8 and recording my first Suzuki graduation piece, I was really impatient and just played the piece through over and over instead of fixing the mistakes, and the tempo was really uneven. So she taught me how to practice properly with an analogy about baking a cake. Playing the easy bits too fast and the hard bits too slow was like baking a cake unevenly - some parts burnt and some not cooked. So I had to practise everything at the same tempo to bake the cake evenly. I think that helped a lot :) I’m now 15 with 5 whole books of pieces under my belt and loving piano more than ever, and she’s still my piano teacher. She’s so nice and supportive but she still has high standards for me. I’m so glad I found her. ❤

My singing teacher is extremely energetic. She has a perfect pitch so when the entire choir is singing, she just goes "You are singing sharp, you're flat, SING IN THIS NOTE." But she is really sweet and I have been learning from her for 8 years now.

Don’t forget the teacher that gives you 100 pieces and 50 scales to practice in a week

I love their acting so freaking much! It is SO accurate it's ridiculous!

I hate when my teacher makes me sing a certain part. I'm an introvert so yeah I never sing and I barely talk in lessons. So I just say "eeeeeehhhhhh iiiiiiiii doooooont feeeeeeel liiiikke iiiiiiittttt"

Brett: what’s wrong with you, just focus The camera: * goes out of focus *

*the teacher that teaches in his house that's always either really hot or cold and makes it impossible to play with the temperature because your fingers are literally frozen or you're about to die of a heat stroke*

I love your videos,u guys make me laugh so hard

I’ve only recently discovered these guys!!!!!!!! 😭 why am I sooo late these guys are the best.

"don't cry, don't cry" me during every time I'm in violin lessons, and I can sEnSE him just loosing all of the hope of me becoming better lmao 👌