... I gotta say, as an illustrator, I really appreciate all these hand photo references.

3:10 as a classical guitarist, I am very disappointed. Those hands could not be more obvious 😂

When I saw the hands of the pianist I knew that he was a pianist, only my people would do so many strange gestures with their hands

As a French horn player, I totally relate to her nails! Your nails can’t be too long on your left hand or they just break while you play 😭

If they’re looking at calluses, maybe I should have sent pics to REALLY confuse them 😅. I play flute and piano and just started violin. But my calluses are from climbing and tennis 😂😂😂 Edit: I wrote this comment 10 months ago. And have never gotten more than a few comments/likes before. I just have to say for all of you lingling wannabes: you all are so talented and I’ve so enjoyed reading all of these replies. So happy to be a part of the gang

Honestly, Brett's gut is impressive. That's why he wins all the time 😂

that pianist had nice hands(most pianist do imo) and he totally knew that and took the opportunity to show it off

5:39 wow, she killed it that sounded so good

Little hint: classical guitarists have extremely well filed nails on one hand and short nails on the other (this you can recognize the lefty ones too).

3000 labelled hands would be an interesting dataset to train a neural network on. Would it be capable of classifying the instrument (or the instrument group) correctly?

That Flute one, was pretty good!

Thank you so much for featuring me! 🥰 You guys are my favorite entertainers, I love how you guys expose people to classical music and make it so fun!

This for a non-musician has to be very weird.

As a harpist, I was just waiting for harp hands to confuse TwoSet!

I want them to do this again so there’s a chance to have percussionist hands. Marimba/Steven’s grip hands are so obvious 😅

Vince has the most lovely hands. They could be a hand model.

"That is such a waste of big hands" -TwoSet But also as a pianist I agree (Chopin and Rachmaninov)

I made it into a video! 🥺 Whilst you didn’t get classical guitar for me, you were still correct in that I do play viola too! 😁🤘 thanks to your friend for featuring me!

I love how they got the Opera singer immediately

6:37 a harpist players calluses look more like blisters. It’s occasionally white blisters.

I made in into a Twoset Video! Fun Fact: I was the trumpet player who played TwoSet's CAFE in this video 🙂

I can't believe you didn't get the guitarist right. There is no more obvious hand trait in music.

I am also a giant person who plays a small instrument, I play piccolo yet I'm 6'3"

I wonder if you guys would be able to guess my hands. I'm a flute player, but I don't have very long or elegant fingers like I imagine other flute players having. xD I guess my perception of the ideal flute hands also comes from my perception of the ideal piano hands-- my childhood friend Michael, who has the most beautiful, long fingers!! The parts where you guys were like "oh, there's nails, they can't play piano" puzzled me because Michael always kept their nails crazy long when we were young and still played piano like a pro!! xD

Brett's intuition is on point ☝️

Ah yes, the only reason anyone would ask for hand pictures on the internet!

I always have very long nails but I play piano, ukelele, and guitar so that would have been quite confusing.

I never developed callouses on my hand as a violinist, and yes I did practice quite often 😉 It wasn’t until I picked up cello as a minor in college that I developed callouses on my ring and pinky fingers, and only for the first few months.

That cellist had a lovely sparkling tone.

Guys, let's make it clear once and for all. Lung size or lung capacity doesn't matter in wind instruments! It's the controll and efficiency of the player that matter, as well as teaching your brain that you're not going to die from not taking a new breath after blowing for 10-15 seconds.

1:10 for anyone wondering, that’s the animato from Franz Strauss nocturno for horn. All the other horn players will know it

As a bassoonist I could tell the harp player didn’t play bassoon just from the ring looking outline on the ring finger. On the right hand, since on the bassoon, that key is flat and not an open hole that wouldn’t leave a mark like that

Every guitarist could tell the 4th from a mile away, it was way too obvious for us.

As a violinist, when I was younger there used to be lines on my fingers for a bit after playing for a while but evententually it got less and less. As a clarinetist, I have a bump/callous where on my right hand thumb

4:19 I knew right away when they noticed the blister on his knuckle that he is a trumpet player! I play the clarinet, piano, ukulele, and alto saxophone, and it can be painful to hold up the whole saxophone with your thumb because of how straight/bent back it has to be to play properly, but I haven't gotten any calluses or blisters from it yet. 😅

For the harp one I literally jokingly, randomly out of the blue said harp. Literally just guessing because I saw the callouses on both hands. and when I tell you I screamed when I got it right 😂😂

As a recorder player, I'm glad one of us were selected for review. As someone with type 1 diabetes, all the marks where I prick my fingers for blood testing would have thoroughly confused Brett and Eddy.

I debated whether I should submit my hands or not, but I couldn't muster up the courage XD Lots of love and respect for everyone who did! Edit: I don't understand how I got so much likes in such a short amount of time, but I hope everyone is having a good day/night. I'm glad to know that I wasn't the only one who was stressed about submitting XD I'm sure some of us will participate in the future and trick Brett and Eddy!! Lots of love

I play cello and my calluses are barely noticeable, but they are definitely there if you felt them

ahhh i immediately know the first guitarist simply because of how their left hand's pointer and pinky finger naturally bent inwards...

2:22 my cello teacher had a photo of that painting in his studio and always referred to Adam's hand (on the left) as the perfect bowhold and God's hand (on the right) as the perfect left hand extension! Even though the hands are swapped haha.

Let's make this happen: Playing Fan's pieces, String Quartet edition Could be awesome *speaking of that, i have an idea for any fan doing this: ask Twoset to tune down their violin little bit, and little bit throughout the piece would ask them like tune them as like a melody

The moment I saw the harp one, I didn't even notice the fact that the pinkies didn't have calluses. I just saw the bigger callus on the left middle finger and I immediately knew

I’m an oboist and for some of us we use our left thumb nail to test if our knife is sharp, so that can be a tell tale sign.

I was so confident that William plays classical guitar when I saw his nails hahah. The nail shape is so unique and recognisable as I play classical guitar as well. I actually wanted to submit my hand photo cuz some of my nails were perfect but my middle finger nail split and I had to cut it. Unfortunately I only saw the post after the ddl. Still, shout out to classical guitarists out there!

This has to be the only nice way to ask pictures of hands.

yes you have to trust your instincts more, brett

I play three instruments, I wonder wich one they’d guess if they saw my hands

Eddy:“You can’t have calluses on the right hand” Jazz bassists:” laugh in pizzicato”

Answering Brett's question at the end with a "yes sir, practice, sir" is how much you guys motivate me lol

At 9:06, "Mason" is only showing their left hand because they only have one hand.

2:56 saw the pic and immediately went "classical guitar" and the whole time they were discussing it, my only thought was "Come on, that's clearly classical guitar!" The reveal made me so unreasonably happy :D It's been a while since I've played myself with life being hectic... I think it's time to clip and file my nails and get back into practice. :D

The picture of Vince's hands is so beautiful. The nail polish, the color scheme, the fingers.. everything is so nice

Allow me to feel attacked: there are much bigger recorders than the sopranino, so big hands really are welcome :)

As a classical guitarist I knew immediatly that number 4 is also a classical guitarist. My mother always complains how weird it looks that one hand has long nails and the other hand short one :'D

I remember the piece that french horn player was playing. Its bring back my memory of my solos song.

I wanted to submit my hands, but the courier wouldn't accept dismembered body parts. Said something about company policy, so I dont know how the rest of you did it. Kudos tho!

I’ve been waiting for this!

Watching this makes me realize how soothing classic guitar is. The sound is like an oasis in the desert.

When I saw Masons hands, I almost immediately knew that was the saxophone because when you play the saxophone, both of your thumbs are stretched away from the other fingers because they do well, nothing.

Normal people: i cut my nails because i dont want them long Musicians: i cut my nails because i have to sing

I love how Brett just took his bow out of nowhere, like, prepared for everything. 😂

6:19 I immediately recognized the harpist's calluses! *Harp gang uniiite* It's so painful when after a while whithout playing they are gone, and you must to start again with tons of string tension😭

3:30 I instantly knew guitar, because that's how my finger nails look as well for guitar. Short on the hand for the fret board to actually play, but long nails on the other hand for strumming the strings. It's for fingerstyle, commonly used for classical guitar, because the nails give a brighter tone than fingers do. So it's like having a pick on the end of each finger. So not a trick, you just thought to hard about it

As a horn player, I would say that it depends on how you place your fingers on the keys. If you mainly use the top of your fingers to press the keys, like I do, longer nails on the left hand are really annoying. I always cut mine very short. Many people play with the pad of the fingers though, and in that case it doesn't really matter. The right hand doesn't matter either way.

as a person who likes looking at hands (no, not in a kinky way), i like this also bc it gives me reference for drawing :]

Ive been playing cello for 5 years I absolutely love it

Vince played the violin beautifully! Wow Incredible! Love to Vince 🎻

PLEASE DO A PART TWO!!!! 🙌🙌🙌

Roger this roger that really went for a photoshoot

That pianist should try to play that piece with my tiny hands, then he'll realize what a huge advantage (literally) he has 😢

That trumpeter is such a chad, his left hand is about the worst posture possible with his thumb literally inside the trumpet and his pinkie gripping the ring as tightly and stressfully as possible

fun video idea: people send audio recordings of their playing and brett and eddy guess how long they've been playing

0:11 you can't believe people submitted their hands? Well, you should realize that when you ask, no matter how ridiculous, your fans will support you 🥰🥰🥰

No but as a classical guitar player, those are some of the prettiest guitar nails I’ve seen, like I’m actually jealous

Tiny supwanino recorder: * exists * Brett, when put on the spot: ah yes- that must be the *BASS*

Next: guessing hands by looking at instruments

The moment she started playing the cello I got goosebumps. Just enjoyed it.

Natasha's performance was so enchanting

"It's such a waste of big hands!" -Eddy 😂

Yeah, the classical guitar one was pretty obvious, especially with the pinky on the right hand being clipped down. My hands currently look exactly like that.

LMAO as a flautist, I was checking my hands throughout the video and as soon as the flautist came up I did a comparison and went "yup, definitely flute!"

I like Eddie’s hair was sticking up the whole video.

It was weirdly validating to see the pianist short fingernails thing get mentioned because I've always kept my nails short and have a vague impression of it being piano related since I've played since I was a kid, but watching this-yeah, it's a thing!

If I'd shown my hand after a month of touring, they'd probably guessed coal miner... With all the string scum and various cuts and bruises... (Guitar, bass, diverse percussions)

I like this episode a lot because I personally enjoy observing others’ hands, especially athletes and instrument performers. You can really tell their hard work just by looking at their hands.

Guitarists can have calluses on the right hand too. Not only because of left-handed people, but also because of finger picking. I used to not have any calluses on my right hand but I started finger picking and now I do.

Should’ve sent them a pic of my hands. I play violin, piano, clarinet and the fact I do art too it causes a callous on my right hand ring finger because of the way I hold my pencil and paintbrushes. And my hands are always bruised and cut. 😂

Playing guitar and violin is a bit awkward at times. I cut my nails normally for my left hand, but I need long nails on my right for my acoustic guitar (I prefer classical with short nails, but it's impractical for the steel strings of the acoustic). I compromised, with my thumb and pinky being cut normally, so I can hold the bow correctly, and all the rest are long

*Me regretting not sending photos of my hands because I'm a pianist but also have small hands*

percussionist hands are actually very recognizable on the mallet side of things. my middle fingers have been permanently swollen for like four years, with bumps on the sides of them going out towards my pinkies from steven’s four mallet grip lol. there’s also bumps under my pinkie finger where the mallet rests but you can only feel those, not see them. depending on how recently you played with stevens grip, your middle fingers may be red and you’ll probably have small red circles in the center of your palm (jesus hands)

It’s such a treat to listen to everyone play!

8:14 "violinists calluses don't go that deep" erm brett have you seen hilary's photo of her hands?

The dog was the best of them all, not gonna lie. These type of videos are so fun.

I feel like being rickrolled stopped being annoying years ago and now when someone gets you with it you just appreciate the fact that the circle is still going

I think the nails are relevant to the French horn because hand position inside the bell is important…

You guys have no idea how much you helped me lately, it has been a bad and stressful month the whole last January and having so many old videos of yours to watch and so many new ones gave me a lot of material to get distracted. I even used some videos that I knew by heart as a background to fall asleep (only to suddenly remember that their volume was often NOT suitable to sleep at all!). Thank you!

"Lot of them were rickrolls, thank you very much for them" This is why I love these guys ❤

I have two pretty visible calluses from playing clarinet, I press on the thumb rest clarinet holder thing waaay too hard-

This made me happy on a tough day! Thanks!