Classic Sesame Street - Elmo's fiddle lesson

[Mistralsdame]

flipped fiddle? weird!

[julialuvsjesus]

Elmo has the Violin on the wrong shoulder.....is Elmo a Leftie? Perhaps this is a FUTURISTIC LEFTIE VIOLIN. YES.....of course!!!!...Sesame St. was WAY ahead of it's time!!! Great performance by YoYo and to Parents of young children learning the violin, this is why you buy a silencer Mute and have a soundproof room for their practice, during the "scratchy beginner period". :)

[katia469]

Elmo soooooo schooled Yo Yo Ma! lol!

[cookiepot1]

HAHA elmo wrong arm and that a bad d scale hahaha

[Bandnerd695]

I am pretty sure the bow is upside down too...

[d1galan]

haha BIIIIIG FIDDLE!

[dianaschnuth]

Was a little too old to watch this bit when it was first aired... How is it, then, that I laugh at it now, genuinely, at age 33? Classic stuff.

[cellist123288]

Wait until Elmo sees a Double bass lol

[lester1013]

Ha Ha YoYo played the Dvorak cello concerto in B minor.

[hugatree1212]

lol, he's holding the violin on the opposite shoulder.

[Haxxin]

LOL WRONG ARM xDD i love sesame street tho

[prongsmwpp]

Haha Elmo's a lefty! WHOOO!

[gwylliion]

Its because the puppeteer was right handed so their right arm is controlling Elmo's head and their left arm is controlling the bow. If you didn't notice whenever any Muppet plays a string instrument, they play it left handed. Look at Electric Mayhem, Floyd and Janice play left handed.

[platypusfredrik]

you know that your talented if your on seseame street

[FiddleGirl123]

haha

just a little more practice elmo and soon you'll be playin at Yo-Yo's side in Carnegie hall!!

lol

[fabiooliveira73]

Well, Elmo can't play fiddle, but in Elmo's Song, he can play piano very well! Weird, isn't it?

[superbrando90]

what the hell with elmo...he has a negative IQ or what? i was smarter than that when i was a kid.

[BLAHBLOT]

He's a three year old monster; cut him some slack.

[JonArcher1113]

a B major scale.  lol. =)

[JonArcher1113]

a B major scale. lol =)

[Polydactyl13]

I play like Elmo

[Polydactyl13]

I'm a beginer... I play like Elmo :-)

[belthazar02]

jajaja Dvorak elmo+yo yo ma jajaja the best combination

[Polydactyl13]

I just start taking violin lesson. I swear I sound just like Elmo... hee hee

[beanbag337]

Ahh Yo-Yo Ma is so cute in this. :)

[wholtone]

elmo has too much tension in elmo's shoulder and body. relax elmo!

[RosemoonAli]

do re mi fa so la ti do

it sonds like thats what Elmo was trying to play

[MajorSecord]

i love how everyone who picks up the violin has to hold it the wrong way lol

[skullkid3091]

elmo isnt very good.....

[superbrando90]

jajajajajajajaajajajaja

[linlorienelen1]

Thus, YoYo Ma was the first chellist I ever heard. He was also on Mr Rogers Neighborhood.... He lived in the big red apt building. I miss old Elmo.

[farkurmom]

i never knew yo yo ma appeared in sesame street... damn!

[pimpitarzan]

gosh! yo-yo ma lost a hair of the arc... kewl

[samuelkim1]

haha i was wondering if anyone else noticed haha you did too! XD

[princessxoxomelody]

Man, I miss Sesame Street soooo much. ^^

[54spiritedwill54]

No one will ever beat the Cookie Monster. :P

[meetingbuddy]

Do you know if there is a youtube copy of the time that Isaac Stern was playing on Sesame Street? He played Happy Birthday. I was in the kitchen, the kids were watching Sesame St., and just melted when I heard it. I would so love to find it. I saw one promising link, but then it said it had been removed due to terms of use violation.

[moosen27]

elmo's playing is ORGASMIC! AH! XD

i <3 ELMO!.....an his little violin XD

[PayoFyah]

elmo is the best,elmo is unique

[kelly0216]

This is so CUTE!!!!

except for the fact that elmo's voice is

HARSH.

[wolfenklaue]

His voice is HARSH here? Elmo sounds gentle and kind here compared to his current, high-pitched, grating voice.

[singinginachurch]

He`s got such a tiny fiddle!

Sehr Hubsch!

[UpcomingJedi]

That elmo needs to add more feeling to that...."music"!

[spongebobrulz5434]

i didnt no that elmo playes the fiddle!

[hellopie18]

he holds it in the right hand because the wire controlling his armm movement is attached to his left hand and he has to be able to move the bow

[classicalmaiden]

elmo's totally cuuuute!!!!

[lve2laff]

lol even when your older elmo still rocks

[jaypot1120]

that was fun!!!!

[Averilli1]

Good old elmo

[kirbycellist]

lol. im a cellist too

[Liam356]

Elmo's voice sounds different a little. Was Christopher Cash doing it in this video?

[wiley207]

No, it's definitely Kevin Clash. His voice hasn't totally been perfected yet.

[tomcatb2]

The Sesame Street puppeteer works Elmo's mouth with his right hand. So, the puppet's right hand was fixed to the neck of the violin so the left hand could perform the motion. All Sesame Street and Muppet guitarists played left handed.

[PaddyJohnsonMusic]

Elmo's playing a B Major scale - Bob certainly pushes his beginners hard! :D

[rmumusicalrob]

Hey, was the primate film, the Rebel L song, the lamp animation (posted by someone else), and this scene all in one 1986 episode.

[FroobyNewb]

hes left handed?

[checkkyou]

because it's cuter. :D

[cvfdfdfdf]

Either he is left handed or what so ever. Saying that it is cuter doesn't even make sense. When you play violin you are supposed to rest your chin more tightly on the chinrest.

[Nodame2006]

LOL!!! Thank you for posting this treat.

[y3nd0]

No one will ever beat the Cookie Monster. :P

Yo Yo Ma is the man!

[rakkav]

I wonder how many kids got inspired to take up the 'cello (or even the violin) because of Yo-Yo's and Elmo's skit! :)

[auburn4wins]

In Elmo's early days, it seems to me that his voice was just a bit tinier and raspier than it is today. I know this is Kevin Clash performing him.

That aside, this is a great skit! Elmo is one of my favorite characters, even if others find him annoying nowadays.

[disneyrangerblue02]

Elmo's MY favorite character too. He's a great kid, you know? I'm glad I got to see him in his early years.

I don't see why people say Elmo's annoying. Some say he's a sellout, but I don't think that's either true or necessary to make that statement.

[Garrettk41]

It's not Elmo we don't like. It's "Elmo's World".

[TyrekeCorrea]

and the fact that it's twenty minutes long...

[GreatPianists]

What a lovely Dvorak.

[wutuworry]

lets see yo-yo ma play with apocalyptica =P that would be kewl

[bart653]

oh my god! amanda will love this

[TheTradge]

Wheyy!! Dvorak concerto! Great stuff! =) Yo Yo Ma is fanastic, I saw him play Walton Concerto in Manchester

[anhvuti981]

haah he had to play the dvorak concerto too

[bassman5588]

Yo Yo Ma is a genius.

[youble]

Thank goodness there's Sally to lead the Sesame Sreet orchestra, with Elmo, they wouldn't have a good reputation!

Watch Yo-Yo's mouth..It's amusing. I read elsewhere the this was from 1987..

[InterlochenCellist]

DO you have the whole episode?

[Shinegurl4eva]

Ah, I love it!!! Very amusing. Makes me smile!!!

We've got to wait for Snuffy, That's snuffy's cello

LOL!!!! LOve it!!

[Shinegurl4eva]

YO-Yo makes it seem so easy!!!

[HeyButtahfly]

LOL, Snufflepuffagus!

[paulelastic]

Yo-yo Ma looked so different then.

[Wimzig]

Oh yeah! I only just noticed he's holding the violin wrong. And I'm a grade 8 violinist. Hmmm...that's slightly worrying.

[susieandrew]

20+ years is not that long? that's classic as far as elmo is concerned.

and mmmm, dvorak cello concerto....

[fidsmile]

you've gotta love elmo..

[Joahd]

Not if he's left handed!

[Braynstorm]

even if he's left handed.

[wellgay]

he is actually holding the violin on the wrong side, just to be a nerd and all...

[gooup]

i still can't see where anything with Elmo in it can be construed as "classic" since he hasn't been around that long. But, a cute skit nonetheless.

[Marbles471]

Well, he's been around for more than 20 years now. More than half the show's entire run.

[gooup]

20 years? Really? Well, i stand corrected! :o)

[Ffeifanc]

That's the funny Elmo.

[tpirman1982]

Could somebody post that lamp skit that is briefly seen at the very beginning of this clip?

[jonnytbird]

That clip was right before my Monsterpiece Theater's The 400 Blows.