Bagpipes were a military instrument. They were meant to be heard over the chaos and noise of battle. So yes, they are LOUD.

Bagpipes are *so* loud inside. Bearable outside, but heaven help you if you're in an enclosed space with one (especially with sensory issues...)

As a Scot I can confirm the bagpipes are THAT loud

How to tell Twoset is Australian: two instruments, one of which they refer to as “ethnic” the other is a didgeridoo.

Grandpa square approves.

It's cool that the violist knew how to hold the Kamale Ngoni and threw everyone off!

"For the new viewers, you probably don't know" Yes I am officially considered a TwoSet veteran!

I didn't see if anyone said it but the Kamale Ngoni is a west African instrument that is classfied as a kind of harp. There's several varieties of instruments like this, one of which is the Kora which has a wider range. :)

There was a guy who played bagpipes at my college and he always had to stand a few hundred feet away from his dorms outside to practice. But hey I got serenaded on my jogs.

hi twoset! i’ve been watching you guys for some time now and im excited to say that i will be performing the full mendelssohn concerto this sunday! trying to follow brett’s footsteps lmao thank you so much everyone! i will keep your comments in my head as i play! i might even upload the recording if im brave… one more update: it went pretty well! it was a blur but it went relatively smoothly! thank you everyone for your support! i am seriously considering posting it when i get the recording hahaha

Bagpipes are so damn loud. To be fair, that's what they were invented for and I would not recommend being in the same small room that six of them are playing in simultaneously. It's been years and I don't think my ears ever fully recovered.

I love that they never stop dissing the violists or having near heart attacks when a string instrument is handled wrong 😂

I went to a "world" festival where every booth was a different country. At the main stage they had a music demonstration from all the countries. The announcer talked a little about each instrument, the bagpipes, for instance, were so loud they could be heard over a train, so they took the microphone away. Halfway through the singular bagpiper's performance A TRAIN GOES BY. Literally right next to the tent the festival was at, seperated only by a tall chain link fence. Horn blared and everything. And yes, those bagpipes were heard loud and clear.

It makes sense that bagpipes are so loud considering they're traditionally played in the Scottish highlands and mountains, so the sound needed to travel.

I initially wonder what brought Twoset to react to this video, then I understand, it's the smell of the VIOLA😂Viola to them is like a good-tempered buddy whom they can comfortablly joke around without causing any significant harm (well I hope lol). And of course it is not a Twoset video if their camera/mic/light works well the whole time lol Enjoy your time at home guys cause World Tour is coming!!

"grandpa lost his intuition" editor-san roasting them harder than anything I could ever say about The Prodigy 💀😂

With the kamale ngoni, the musicians that do play it usually sits down instead of standing up. That’s probably why it looks awkward or weird when the musician played it in the video.

As a bagpiper, I can confirm that even we wear earplugs when we practice

The reason bagpipers stroll as they play . . . it's harder to hit a moving target.

This hits close to home. I played euphonium in middle school, and what a sight it was to see. A scrawny short girl hauling a case almost her height. I was told that the instrument didn't suit me, and that I was the first girl euphonist in my school in over ten years. People associate instruments like the tuba and euphonium with big boy jocks - and I think that's so dumb. Spread awareness, because people like me wanna play what we wanna play! 5 years later, still playing the euphonium. Don't listen to stereotypes. Play what instrument YOU want to. ❤

Bagpiper here - we typically wear earplugs for most of our playing

Viola has the most beautiful double stops. The instrument just rings deep in my soul in a way violin never can reach. Brings tears to my eyes every time.

You KNOW something is loud when the percussionist is covering their ears!

If you can match slowly, you can match quickly!

When eddy said, " everyone knows the three basic drums, " i freaked out bc i have been a musician for 6 years and yet i only knew the snare

I got kicked out of my college music building for playing the bagpipes inside last weekend😂

We pay attention to the squares, but what about the OG blinds..

Everytime twoset uploads a new video, it automatically makes my day 100× better❤❤

Now that I think about it, I've never seen a non-Aboriginal Australian play a didgeridoo before. I wonder how he started learning it lol. It would be cool if Brett and Eddy could do an episode with an Indigenous didgeridoo player since it's such a beautiful and interesting instrument. Great video as always! :)

The bagpipes are amazing to hear from a distance. Being close to it in a tight space like that is a nightmare I went to a practice with a friend of mine and there were 10 people training in a small-ish room and i can feel my ears ringing just by remembering it Don't get them wrong, it's a beautiful unique instrument!! Just not for that ambience lol

Thanks to Twoset for uploading new vid and thanks to Editor San for spent 40 hrs in Eddy's Basement, editing this video!❤️

The background reminds me of when i first started watching them

Seeing the old set up, made me so happy! Reminds of all the old videos of you guys. TwoSet is back in their habitat!

Bagpipes are loud. That's why pipers use a practice chanter inside when they practice. It's far less loud because it doesn't have the bag and pipes.

Best didgeridoo player I ever met was in Edinburgh busking, and he was a backpacker from Taiwan with like 8 didge’s and a couple drums that he just walked around with, plus his clothes and other stuff. Edit: I was busking and he had just got there, but we did a couple sweet banjo/didgeridoo duets that I will cherish as the weirdest thing ever played in front of ST. Giles cathedral.

the old format the video similar to what you did the nostalgia hitting hard immediately

When I see that Twoset posted my face lights up! You guys are like my best friends and I've never even met you

In those two ppls defense Bagpipes are LOUD AF when you're in an enclosed space like that.

Feel so good to have the old setup again!

The bagpipes are that loud. I am an organist, and I had to do a duet on the organ with a bagpiper (I know that sounds weird). The bagpiper couldn't hear me over the bagpipes, and I was playing THE FREAKING PIPE ORGAN.

idk, i just love this type of eddy 😂 eddy with cozy clothing and twoset apparel

Yes, bagpipes ARE really that loud. I do the dumb, boring flag routine in front of my mom's marching band, and the bagpipes are always practicing right next to our band on parade day, and they have no trouble competing with the band. Our band of about 25 members will be practicing, and then right next to us 5 bagpipes will be playing, and I can always hear both equally. It's amazing, really

As a Scottish person, I can confirm that bagpipes are very very very loud

That snare drummer was the life of the party, omg.

I saw this CUT video while scrolling some days ago and I thought No, I won't watch it now, I'll wait until twoset react to this😂❤

the squares, the camera malfunction, def og twoset

It was cool to see the Viola girl playing more what I would consider "fiddle" music.

Bag pipes are so loud, they are meant to be played outdoors, they were used on the battlefield to rally the soldiers, and now in marching bands.

wow I'm surprised they didn't roast the violist more. thanks, twoset! us violists love u!

We can call the practice of Classicify-ing everyone “classification” 😉

I have just literally just finished rewatching Brett’s Mendelssohn for the 3rd time & up pops a new video! Going to see Brandenburg Orchestra play Vivaldi this week in Melbourne (playing baroque instruments). First live concert in forever.🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

I was so devastated when she said she started playing violin 😭 Where my viola purists at bro

Always a good day when Twoset uploads! 😭 Thank you!

You don't know how much I love this background.

So, I play the bagpipes. They are about 100dB. That's one of the reasons they have practice chanters (the part with the finger holes), so you can practice and not be deaf. And yes, I do have hearing damage.

Awesome reaction type video. My son plays the snare drum in a pipe band (bagpipes). EVERYONE wears earplugs, in practice and performances. ❤ from NZ

I'm so excited to see you guys! I just bought my very first classical music concert tickets and it's for you!! Thank you for coming to Vancouver and adding the extra day! I was really sad when the tickets sold out so quickly for the first day, I had missed the email, but thankfully you added the second date.

Lol first reaction be like: don’t judge *slaps themselves* 😂

Scottish bagpipes are definitely outdoor instruments. There are other types of bagpipes, and some can be played indoors, but not the Scots. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

that music teacher is from my school lmao 💀 i’m the chaotic outlier of the viola section

idk what's worse the guy suddenly talking about how hotpot made him shit himself or brett and eddy craving hotpot after

'' I never saw a guy shit his pants driving'' said by a man who saw people shitting themselves on orchestra TWICE

"You got to be able to count a lot of rests" The shade!! 😂😂😂

I thought this is an old video from like 3 yrs ago 😂 what a nostalgic background

Something is telling me, it's going to be a wonderful video😊

Why do you always make me happy?? :(( :(( :(( :(( Thank you so much for the blessing of new videos and your existence huhu. I still hope to finally see Eddie in person, and I'm hoping to see Brett (and Ibo) again one day huhuhuhu.

No bagpipes ARE that loud. Best played outdoors. My uncle plays (and makes) pipes and it’s really loud. The entire colony can hear him. He’s an amazing music instrument maker and musician tho. Always so cool to hear.

Bagpipes are made to be heard from FAR away. Of course they are LOUD! 😂

the old background is so nostalgic 😭

I never realized I missed the square background lol feels nostalgic

This is OG ( old grandpa) Twoset I had been carving so much 😅😂😅

OG setup, camera dying... And good ol twoset apparel. Thank you for the fresh breath down the memory lane. Very nostalgic.

I could totally troll them! I'm a flute player, so I could fake sax somewhat convincingly. I taught but never played marching snare, so I could at least play the perididdle rhythm that was requested- in traditional or matched grip even. I've watched enough TwoSet that I could probably hold a viola convincingly as long as I didn't have to play it. If trombone was an option I could do that one too since I played 3rd in Jazz band in high school, even though I was barely adequate and it was many years ago. I went to a small school with no orchestra, but wind band, marching band, jazz band, and indoor percussion were filled by anyone who had time to learn another instrument. It was great exposure to different styles, clefs, melody (flute, which is the violin of wind band), rhythm (xylophone/pit percussion for marching band), and playing in the middle of a chord (trombone). Each experience made me a better overall musician.

I'm so excited because I love these videos! Thank you for making my morning!

Love ur videos two set! Ur my inspiration, I have recently started learning the violin

I would argue any Saxophone player who plays careless whisper to show off cannot play the saxophone

What is the string instrument we don’t know? Which is a perfect Segway to me question: can TwoSet do an “alternative” instruments series or episode, world instruments or ethnic instruments, whatever you want to say? Basically not traditionally orchestral instruments.

0:58 we classicalfy as classical... Not even a minute in and there's the first dad joke

THE SQUARE! They made so many quality videos in there lmaoooooo

There are a lot of comments affirming how "loud the bagpipes are" and how they're "meant to be played outdoors"... Yes, The Great Highland Bagpipe is a particularly loud (and high-pitched) variety of bagpipe, but in terms of decibels, it is less loud than the speakers at a movie theatre or the booming bass of a car stereo. The people who covered their ears in this video are being dramatic; the sound of a bagpipe can be shrill and shocking, but there is no need to cover your ears unless you truly hate the sound so intensely that you can't stand to hear it at full volume. (Some pipers do wear earplugs when practicing, as any loud sound at close range for prolonged periods of time can cause damage to the hearing. I've been piping for 30 years without earplugs, and my hearing is just fine, so... 🤔) As for the GHB being traditionally a strictly "outdoor" instrument, that is simply not true. There are many "traditional" occasions where it is played indoors. Solo piping (and dancing) competitions are often held indoors, Burns Night (in January) is naturally indoors, weddings and funerals are frequently indoors, etc. There is no rule or tradition relegating the GHB to outdoors. I was disappointed that the piper in this video, in order to verify her piperhood, chose to play "Highland Cathedral" of all tunes! (I hate that tune; it's the most un-bagpipey tune ever written! I was hoping for a nice 2/4 march or Strathspey, anything but bloody awful HIGHLAND CATHEDRAL! 🤣)

"I started playing violin at 9" Their reaction... lols

I saw this video before and they reacted exactly how I imagined they would react haha

everything about this video brings back 2020 tsv vibes. The old background/setup, the varsity jacket, no glasses eddy and it’s a reaction video. I missed this.

my swag is knowing what the Ngoni is x3 I wasnt sure if it was a Kora instead tho, but I was right it was a Ngoni :3

Why did he put himself on blast like that😭 not even Batman would beat that information out of me

The OG-set up brings back so many memories...

Omg I'm so glad that you had the same reactiom as me when that girl said she's a prodigy 😂😂 I was like nah.... I doubt it....

Finally! Another TwoSet video!!!!! This one is equally fun and I love it!!

Just received my merch. LOVE IT SO MUCH!!!😍😍😍

I would like to officially report that I cited Two set in my research paper.

Aw man they didn’t get the hotpot 😭 someone get them some delicious hotpot

Long time no see brrrro! I’m starting to learn how to play the piano🥰

I am playing a concert tomorrow that includes a guest appearance with bagpipes. During rehearsals our conductor told us about the story about a friend of his who got married and he wished for bagpipes as music to be played in the chapel. Today on of the rules at said chapel is that no bagpipes are allowed for music at events bc it was just so ridiculously loud 😂

Grey squares !! Feels like Twoset finally coming back home after a long time being away

That round guitar thing is a kora I think . It's popular in Mali. The way the girl was holding it was spot on.

Considering majority of the video suggestions that I got from KZfaq have similar concept to your previous videos--like this "matching instrument to musician" video--it's safe to say that TwoSet has become classical music trend setter in more popular media. Thanks for making classical music more known to general public with your own nerdy-style detail, but somehow still relatable to everyday life.

That “I played the violin when I was 9 comment” Was perfect twoset bait I swear XD

You should try reacting to foreign composers. I am curious how you would react to Ciprian Porumbescu’s Ballad for violin and orchestra, or George Enescu’s Romanian Rhapsody. They are icredible pieces, and they always fill me with such strong feelings, from joy to sorrow, it brings me to tears every time

Watching someone playing the bagpipes is a magical and soul hitting experience. It's gotta be outside though. Because yes, they are THAT LOUD.

YEAHHH NEW VIDEO! Lovely as always twoset! Keep up the great work.