Name: Can You Play That Instrument? w/ Beanie Feldstein
Uploaded: 2020-05-07T18:30:04.000Z
Duration: 9 min 39 s
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Modal verbs - A2

The imperative

>> James: NOW BEANIE, EACH STAFFER HERE IS HOLDING A

HOWEVER THIS IS THE IMPORTANT PART, ONLY THREE OF THEM CAN

ACTUALLY PLAY THE INSTRUMENT THEY ARE HOLDING.

YOUR TASK IS TO IDENTIFY WHICH THREE CAN PLAY, OKAY.

NOW YOU CAN ASK SOME QUESTIONS TO FIND OUT FROM EVERYBODY.

AND BEFORE WE START, I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS, TOM, I DON'T KNOW

HOW YOU ARE MANAGING TO DO THIS, BUT YOU, I SEE YOU ON A ZOOM

AND YOU ARE GETTING BETTER LOOKING WITH EVERY PASSING DAY

AND NOW THE ADDITION OF A GUITAR HAS TAKEN YOU TO QUITE THE HUNK.

>> James: WOW, THAT'S-- THAT'S ABSOLUTELY NOT TRUE.

>> WELL, THE QUESTION IS LIKE, IF HE CAN'T PLAY THE GUITAR,

WHERE DOES THAT LIKE PUT HIM ON HIS HOT SCALE.

>> James: IN A REGULAR DAY'S WORK, TOM IS LIKE, I AM GOING TO

AND NOW WITH A GUITAR HE'S JUST A SOLID 9.

LIKE IF YOU AND YOUR GIRLFRIEND EVER BREAK UP, TOM, THIS SHOULD

BE YOUR TINDER PROFILE SHOT, I'M TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW.

BEANIE, HAVE YOU GOT A QUESTION FOR ANYONE THERE?

ARE YOU A, YOU KNOW, ROGIN IT WITHOUT A SNAP WHEN YOU PLAY OR

>> YEAH, THE THING IS, BEANIE, MY LIVE PERFORMING DAYS ARE

SO I AM JUST IN A CHAIR AROUND THE COUCH AT HOME, YOU KNOW, FOR

LET'S GO TO, NOW ROSIE, YOU'VE GOT A TRUM BET THERE.

>> IN ELEMENT REE SCHOOL, IN LIKE ORCHESTRA AND BAND.

>> AND ARE THERE CHAIRS FOR TRUMPET, LIKE IN AN ORCHESTRA,

ARE THERE-- ARE THERE CHAIRS THE WAY LIKE VIOLIN OR VIOLA.

>> YEAH, WOULD YOU SIT IN A CHAIR AND HAVE YOUR MUSIC IN

>> I DON'T THINK BEANIE WAS ASKING WHETHER YOU SIT IN CHAIRS

IN AN ORCHESTRA, I THINK WE'VE GOT THE ANSWER TO OUR QUESTION,

>> James: LET'S GO TO ANDREW AND THE VIOLIN THERE.

>> YOU KNOW, I STARTED PLAYING MIDDLE SCHOOL IN ORCHESTRA,

AND-- AND IT WAS JUST AN INSTRUMENT THAT ALWAYS

AND MY MOM WAS LIKE YEAH, LET'S GO FOR IT.

>> DID YOU HAVE A VIOLIN TEACHER GROWING UP.

>> HIS NAME WAS MR.-- WHAT WAS HIS NAME-- .

>> James: WOW, CUZ THAT FEELS LIKE A NAME WOULD YOU REMEMBER.

WE WERE THERE FOR TWO YEARS AND WE I HAD TO STOP AND THEN

>> James: LET'S HAVE A LOOK, MELVIN S THAT ALSO A TRUMPET

>> James: AND WHAT WAS ITS FIRST PIECE OF MUSIC YOU LEARNED

>> James: ITS FIRST PIECE OF MUSIC YOU LEARNED WAS A PIECE BY

>> I WAS 11 YEAR OLD, I WANTED TO PLAY THE DRUM, BUT THE BAND

>> James: I FEEL LIKE MELVIN IS HOLDING A TRUMPET LIKE WOULD

YOU IF YOU PLAYED ONE WHERE ROSIE IS HOLDING IT LIKE IT IS

>> James: BRIAN, LET'S GO TO YOU, THIS KEYBOARD, WHEN DID YOU

AND WHEN DID YOU GET GOOD AT PLAYING THE KEYBOARD, BRIAN?

>> AROUND 12, I STARTED WHEN I WAS EIGHT AND THEN PLAYED SOME

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Can You Play That Instrument? w/ Beanie Feldstein

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scale

doubt

identify