I wonder if Bret’s flashlight is still on to this day

I love how Brett is making names up for things he doesn't know because he knows there's no way he would get it right, and Eddy's trying his best to get his answer as close as possible. 😆 You guys crack me up!

I loved the part when you said “when manga gives you more education than the actual education itself” lol 😂😂

in brett's defense, i think big guitar for "guitarron" would be pretty accurate as a translation since the suffix "-on" generally is used as a way to describe something as being big

Some of Brett's masterworks: 0:42 clickaflicka 2:40 hamoninano 3:34 taka 4:37 ukuletriangle 5:02 papapira 5:34 jinchuriki 6:37 stringadoo 7:26 big guitar 8:33 awesome 9:42 The big boss 10:35 violinini 11:08 the circular sixth

Music, laughter and cross-cultural communication are extraordinarily important in today's climate. Thanks twoset

For the time stamp 5:00. In Turkey, Saz is sometimes used as a generic name for musical instruments. And this instrument is generally called "Bağlama".

6:03 she is Anoushka Shankar, Ravi Shankar's daughter and Norah Jones sister.

Fun fact: In spanish "Guitarron" is another way to say "Guitarra grande" which means Big Guitar

The weird thing about world instruments is how so many cultures invented effectively the same instruments in different shapes and configurations - sometimes completely independently of each other.

As a Scot, Eddy accurately represented my reaction when Bret said United Kingdom for the bagpipes!

I like how brett says sitar is from Greece

"Is Scotland part of United Kingdom?" Let's put this to a referendum!

When I saw the Kulintang, I hesitated to guess it was from the Philippines because I remembered that there are similar instruments with the gongs that went by other names in Indonesia and Malaysia (like caklempong and talempong) there's also the khong wong yai and khong wong lek from Thailand, but that one has a circular frame with it and is a little different.. What gave it away for me was the name Tboli Museum on the bottom. The T'boli people are one of the indigenous groups from Mindanao, Philippines in South Cotabato. We had influences from Indonesia, Brunei and other Southeast Asian cultures prior to the Spanish colonizing. Those influences are more apparent in the South. There are many other instrument names too and types of gongs that are suspended while playing- like the agung and gandingan??, but I admit that I don't know that much about the instruments. I have family living near the region (in Davao) but I live far from them now.

Debussy was influenced by Javanese gamelan using the slendro scale via siah pitu in his piece, Pagodes from Estampes. What we have here is a Balinese gamelan that’s using the pelog scale via siah pitu. Good for Eddy for trying to explain it, he was close. Hate to be all nerdy and stuff but I majored in world music at CalArts before I became a piano technician.

5:20 all applauses from Türkiye for you Brett Good job 🎉👏❤🇹🇷

Gamelan is the whole group, not just one particular instrument. And the one you watched was Balinese gamelan which has more loud, fast, and festive characteristics than the Javanese gamelan and Sundanese gamelan.

Why aren’t I surprised that brett has his flashlight during the whole video

10:01 I loved playing this with my brother when i was little 🇳🇵🇳🇵

Brett’s flashlight: Hi!

Popular opinion: You guys should do another video like this. It’s super fascinating 😊

“Guitarrón” literally means “big guitar”, so you should have given yourselves that point haha

I'm from Madagascar and I'm so proud of our valiha!

as a Greek person, the second i saw the bouzouki i was like "come on, they HAVE to find it", but it's fine that they didn't. also, the way Eddy pronounced "bouzouki" lmao😭

You instantly summoned all Filipino LingLing wannabes with that thumbnail

0:21 Castanets, Spain 0:57 Bandoneón, Argentina 1:38 Bouzouki, Greece 2:18 Sheng, China 2:51 Bagpipes, Scotland 3:18 Shamisen, Japan 3:53 Balalaika, Russia 4:45 Bağlama, Turkey 5:25 Gamelan, Indonesia 5:58 Sitar, India 6:25 Nyckelharpa, Sweden 7:06 Guitarrón, Mexico 7:36 Kulintang, Philippines 8:05 Didgeridoo, Australia 8:18 Berimbau, Brazil 8:49 Kantele, Finland 9:23 Nyatiti, Kenya 10:01 Madal, Nepal 10:22 Hardingfele, Norway 10:49 Valiha, Madagascar

Great selection. The musicians were not just talented but visually stunning.

Really enjoyed this video. Had fun playing along. Learned a few new instruments. :)

“When manga gives you more education that the whole education system” cells at work helped me through med school, sooo sounds about right

To be fair, "guitarrón" translates as "big guitar", although in a Mariachi ensemble it works as a bass and provides rhythm.

Thank you so much for this video! :) My music students are going to LOVE trying this challenge with you!!

Wow, there is a sitar in Greece too!

In indonesia, we also have kulintang. It is written Kolintang. Percussion like xylophone made from wood. The instrument similar to Kulintang from Philippines is called Talempong from West Sumatra, Indonesia.

Brett: *Implies that the sitar is from Greece* Eddy: *Calls an instrument a vindaloo* Me: *laughs in Indian* (P.S. The sitar is Indian and the vindaloo is a dish)

These instruments, the performers, and the traditions behind them are significant cultural treasures, in danger of being lost and forgotten. Thank you, TwoSetViolin, for highlighting this music, which flies under the radar in the algorithm-based streaming era. Music students: Excellent examples of traditional world music abound on KZfaq. Start with the names of instruments and countries, surf around, you won't be disappointed.

In Indonesia, Kulintang is similar with "Caklempong/ Talempong Minangkabau from Sumatera. This Caklempong also can be found In Malay Peninsula especially in Negeri Sembilan, Selangor and Perak cause Minang people already migrated to Malaysia thousand years ago. But, we also have "Kolintang" which is made from wood not Iron and it came from Northern Sulawesi (near Mindanao island)

Hey Eddy, I'm from Jamaica. I'm not offended by the "is Jamaica in Africa" question I'm just surprised, and a bit amazed, that the question could asked.

Fun fact: the Nickelharpa was inspired by the hurdy gurdy. They tried to recreate its sound after coming back from battles on the continent

Another great video!! Thank you guys! 💕

In music in second year middle school, we were taught about South Asian, east asian, Southeast Asian instruments. And I know Sheng is a Chinese instrument. In fact, Sitar is a South Asian instrument. But I thought gamelan was traditionally played by women so I second guessed. And I'm Filipino so I know kulintang. I saw that T'Boli Museum is written below and in fact T'Boli people are a tribe in Mindanao, Philippines. I don't know how to play any of these instruments though. I just knew them from school.

9:55 props to editor San for putting hungarian dance playing while the globe points to jamaica when eddy asked if it’s in Africa 😃

You guys need to listen to Brazil’s most famous composer: Heitor Villa-Lobos. His main work is “Bachianas Brasileiras”, mixing Bach and Brazilian folklore and sounds

4:15 Doritos guitar

Hardanger fiddle owner here! Four of the strings aren't even played, they just reverberate to the tune of the played strings, they sit underneath the strings. There's a ton of different tunings for it (but I'm boring and just use standard violin) It's also the instrument that played the Rohan theme in LOTR *flies away*

An episode of Brett naming intruments whatever he wants to name them, lmao so adorable

x'D Luckily Brett isn't a luthier. If he's a luthier, I'm afraid he'll give every violin he made a weird name. He had a knack for coming up with "magical" names out of nowhere.

Please make it as series.. so fun to watch.. kinda educational as well

Brett gets more pleasure from making up names than actually playing the game.

Twoset: Guessing with the help of music Me: Guessing the country looking at the musicians' faces and trying to see if I can guess their nationality

As an Indian, I burst out laughing when Brett first associated Sitar with Greece xD. But I love the fact they they got it right in the other round and also the fact that they had the Hindi writing of Sitar as well!! Really proud TwoSet!

10:45 I think this is first time seeing Brett without his glasses...

When I was in Phoenix, Arizona last year I visited the Musical Instrument Museum. It had these instruments on display along with video similar to these of them being played. A must see for any music lover!

Eastern regional of Indonesia also has Kulintang. Recently I found out Philippines also had Gulok, the blade, which is similar to Golok, Indonesian blade. It's amazing how cultures were so widely spread in the past. Maybe Malaysia has it too.

I’m from Turkey! 🙋🏻‍♀️ Did you know that musicians from Turkey do not like to call that instrument “Saz”? Saz is actually a general name for Turkish musical instruments. It’s name is actually “Baglama”. ( btw thanks for honoring us Brett😁) And where is Eddy’s local Turk restaurant? I’m really curious😅

I knew very few of these (gamelan and sitar were the easiest ones for me) but I'm actually very proud that I knew the Hardanger fiddle (hardingfele). I was lucky enough to visit Norway a few years ago and the group I was with was able to get a presentation about the instrument and it was pretty cool.

Very educational, thanks guys. Loved the Valiha.

Correct, Eddy. But the Gamelan orchestra that Debussy saw at the oriental festival was the central Javanese style of gamelan playing. While the one shown in this video is the Balinese gamelan. The instruments are the same, but the styles are distinctly different. In fact, many cultures in Indonesia have the gamelan orchestra. But they make different styles that varies from culture to culture.

Talking about Brett's flashlight, I think we also agree that his greeny-lizard-like phonecase is adorable too 🦎

brett's flashlight was on for so long lmao

This was a wonderful way to learn about other very exotic instruments. It's fascinating to see what other countries use as instruments. It's just to show you that music is in everything no matter in what form it is drawn out of.

brett’s flashlight on for the whole time is just too funny

Brett naming castanets as “ClickaFlicka” is adorable

I love these vids--it's hilarious AND educational.

6:33 Eddy: Oh i know the name of this instrument me (a swedish person): Nå i dånt tink sååå (no i dont think so) (thats a reference to a swedish meme)

As a Filipino, how they said "Kulintang" just made me laugh rolling on the floor while also dying cause of the fact that it sounded like "Cooling Tang" than "Kuu lin tang"😂 (I tried to type how it sounds while also saying it with a accent, so not 100% accurate, just roughly)

The Turkish instrument is actually called ‘Bağlama’ not ‘Saz’. ‘Saz’ means instrument in Turkish. It is a common mistake in Turkey too.

Nobody who plays along probably shares their results from embarrassment but I will. I know how they feel now. It burns. Sorry everyone who I got wrong. 0:21 Castanets, Spain Castanets, Spain 0:57 Bandoneón, Argentina Accordion, Russia (Bro I did not know where the accordion is from but it's from Germany if you don't know I was so wrong. Actually I think I just forgot because I can clearly recall seeing traditional German outfit playing the accordion, and even I would play Team Fortress 2 and see the Medic play the accordion. Maybe I got confused from remembering ornate German patterns and thinking they look Russian but either way I was completely wrong in every way because its a bandoneón from Argentina) 1:38 Bouzouki, Greece Mandolin, Greece (thought Italy at first before hint then got really confused thinking there must be some Mandolin lore I'm missing) 2:18 Sheng, China ????, China 2:51 Bagpipes, Scotland Bagpipes, Scotland 3:18 Shamisen, Japan Shamisen, Japan 3:53 Balalaika, Russia ????, Russia (I thought I'm definitely wrong when Eddy said Serbia) 4:45 Bağlama, Turkey ????, India 5:25 Gamelan, Indonesia ????, Mongolia 5:58 Sitar, India ????, India 6:25 Nyckelharpa, Sweden ????, Norway 7:06 Guitarrón, Mexico Guitar, Mexico 7:36 Kulintang, Philippines ????, Mongolia (Bro I guessed this twice which is so bad I don't even know if I should feel comforted by the fact that both times I guess Mongolia I had the same with either Brett or Eddy honestly I do not feel comforted by this at all. Sorry Mongolia Philippines and Indonesia. And also my friends of Mongolia please don't kill me) 8:05 Didgeridoo, Australia Digeridoo, Austrailia 8:18 Berimbau, Brazil ????, Bolivia???(i had no idea I thought it’s in West Asia for sure before the hint bro so embarrassing maybe that's why Brett says "Thank god" because he was about to be wildly wrong too) 8:49 Kantele, Finland ????, Norway 9:23 Nyatiti, Kenya ????, Kenya (Honestly I almost had a brain moment and just answered "Africa" from simultaneously thinking "Kenya is in Africa" and then I heard Eddy's answer and realized what I've done and changed it to Kenya so idk if it counts as it's last second but I passionately want it to count because I was so certain it is Kenya please give me this one) 10:01 Madal, Nepal ????, ???? (I had absolutely no idea I had an inkling that area South Asia but it is sad I didn't realize from the hint) 10:22 Hardingfele, Norway ????, Norway 100% for sure this time (guessing Norway 3 times from having an internal struggle between Sweden Norway Finland and has finally paid off) 10:49 Valiha, Madagascar ????, Madagascar Brett 12/40 Eddy 19/40 Me 16/40 I will now go shamefully study and read the comments for an unknown amount of time. And get mauled by my friends from some of these places. It's actually really refreshing and fun to learn these things and in this way, so their videos like this are some of my favorites.

More of this series please!

This entire video was hilarious xD Eddy's "bull-dog", Brett's flashlight, the editing, everything got me rolling on the floor xD I love TwoSet

7:27 Guitarrón means big guitar in Spanish so Brett is kinda right

Thanks ! Great video!!

Love how you guys had to completely make up the most random names for the instruments when you didn’t know. So funny and such a good vid.

1:56 man really said sitar 😂😂he HAS to be trolling

Brett & Eddy: worrying about their wrong guesses Me: worrying about Brett's phone battery

I really enjoyed learning about all the entries. Some of them I knew right away, but some of them were completely new to me!

I’d love to see you guys continuing to learn more about musical styles and cultures you are unfamiliar with, and sharing that knowledge with your community! You could do some research on your own, and then where possible make a video with an expert or specialist. I think it could be a meaningful opportunity for growth, for both you and your fans, and would give you another type/series of episodes to build on while also doing a valuable service for spreading the knowledge about how cool and beautiful so many musics outside Western hegemonic boundaries are. 💜🌏🎶

Guitarrón literally means "Big Guitar" so Brett should have had one more point

nobody: brett’s phone: 📸📸📸📸📸📸📸📸📸📸

At 10:27 I should have knewn that it was the hardingfele, I'm from Norway and only knew it's from here because of the national clothes she's wearing

Kudos to Eddy for zeroing on "capoeira" and completely ignoring "Angola", which is, y'know, _the name of a country._ Risky move, but it paid off at the end lmao

i like how Brett didn't even react that much when Eddy just casually called one of the instruments thiccbooty69 he's just so used to and good at dealing with his bullshit, that's what i call a true friendship, i love it

Looking forward to the "world prodigies - folk instruments" video you guys mentioned!

5:15 AAP- NO YOU DIDNT EDDY JUST ADMIT IT

I love how they are like "it looks like he's cooking meals and seeing if they are raw or not" and it turns out it's the Philippines 🤣🤣🤣 (though as half filipino I'm ashamed to say I didn't know that instrument existed 😅)

As a Czech, Brett's guess on the first one was pretty funny. The closest thing close to it is a "kliklak" and as my dad told me (it's an old thing (roasted lol)) is a toy. A handle with an opening on one side has a string going through. On the ends of the string are wooden balls. When you shake it hard enough, it sounds like machine gun. At the time (socialism) it must have scared people alot and it was often banned in schools.

Yo, I'm really glad you guys introduced to me the Hardanger Fiddle! I was really stoked to find out what kind of violin Lord of The Rings used for Rohan Theme music.

That is a gorgeous bouzouki! I love when instruments are decorated like that!

6:56 brett i am so sorry but your pronunciation made my family laugh for a solid few minutes 😭

Bret not getting the bagpipes being from Scotland is so funny to me

I was so hoping you'd include the balalaika - and the child playing it was stellar!

This was fun! Thanks!

7:34 im from southern philippines(mindanao) and im happy that the t'boli tribe got featured :"3 (just sharing)the fabric the man wore is called t'nalak, traditionally weaved from abaca fibers and its patterns are dreamt by the weaver :D

kulintang from the philippines is actually played/used by a tribe/indigenous group in the philippines, used in ceremonies/gatherings performed by the tribe; there are a lot of diff ethnic groups here in the provinces/mountainous regions and each group has probably diff kinds of instruments with them

Bouzouki to Tzatziki 🤣 I never thought of that comparison before🤣

This was really cool!

I see Filipino Flag, I come.

Sitar generates “microtones” I learned that from Ravi Shankar’s LP ( before CDs ) “The Sounds of India”

What a beautiful video. Music is a universal language indeed!

Brilliant video and I actually did quite well!!! I got more than you did! YAY! More vids like this please!!! All of your vids are fun ...but this challenge was really fun!!!

As someone who plays the saz, I literally screamed when the saz (baglama) came. Thank you soooo much to the Twoset team, for introducing us to all these InTrEsTiNg instruments. Fun fact: I were literally playing the saz while watching this video. What a coincidence!