If you haven't already check out the brand new music academy here! cornellmusicacademy.com You'll get access to the private members-only discord channels and live streams! Even if you're not a member though, be sure to check out the public channels in the brand new discord server- dsc.gg/charlescornell there are already thousands of us over there having a blast!

@SteampunkPirates

3 жыл бұрын

You should try listening to the Over the Garden Wall Soundtrack for a nebula episode!

@williamhiegel2756

3 жыл бұрын

Hey, sorry about using this to ask you if you can do something, but could you maybe possibly look at the Terraria soundtrack?!

@Vladythebest96

3 жыл бұрын

Hey, pointing out that this video isn’t yet out on nebula :(

@granthalliburton3328

3 жыл бұрын

DUDE I've been looking for something exactly like the cornell academy because I'm trying to get better at piano this summer before studying music in college. Super stoked that you just released this.

@yusuke1429

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Charles, I don't know if I am supposed to ask here but could you do an analysis of Gen Hoshino? He is a mainstream artist in Japan. If you could listen to his latest song "Fushigi", I am sure you would enjoy it.

I can just sum up every video Charles does on Bill. Bill: Does music Charles: OooOooOoooOooOOooOoOooo

@jcthefluteman

3 жыл бұрын

I ain't mad, Bill's worth it

@camilleon352

3 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha I left the video playing as I perused the comments and as soon as I saw yours Charles went "OooOooOoooOooOOooOoOooo"

@armah__6661

3 жыл бұрын

“OOOooOoOo wait wait”

@istan7412

3 жыл бұрын

lol it happens once at 10:31

@samuelsalita1660

3 жыл бұрын

I ain't gonna mess up a nice 333 like count

People: Might Quit is Bill’s last vid, he’s not coming back Bill Wurtz: *Not anymore*

@mr_lemonade4230

3 жыл бұрын

I wnat charles to do here comes the sun SO badly

@griffinmcgarry3258

3 жыл бұрын

Why are you everywhere

@toatrika2443

3 жыл бұрын

there's a blanket

@baronvonsatan

3 жыл бұрын

@@mr_lemonade4230 Same. Saaaaaaaaaaaame

@mr_lemonade4230

3 жыл бұрын

@@griffinmcgarry3258 me?

You got like 5 minutes of content from one phrase of bill's song. That's how every it gets.

@Desslosh

3 жыл бұрын

Ahahahahaha loved the reference

@user-xy5yg6se1k

2 жыл бұрын

how did this happen?

@bolotniy

2 жыл бұрын

@@user-xy5yg6se1k a long time ago

@spiral32

2 жыл бұрын

Don’t even need a where

@spiral32

2 жыл бұрын

Don’t even need a when

Bill Wurtz is an absolute madman in composition and his execution is flawless :))

@MattheasBoelter

3 жыл бұрын

Found a wild undervania! Hope you're doing well :)

@liegon

3 жыл бұрын

And he is self-taught!

@uvi_music

3 жыл бұрын

@@MattheasBoelter Oh hi! Funny seeing you here, I hope all is well with you as well :)

@TarekMurray3

3 жыл бұрын

@@MattheasBoelter hi Mattheas lol

@Nooticus

3 жыл бұрын

So true

Bill on his own music: "song can be found in most dumpsters" Charles on Bill's music: I'm gonna make at least 2 in-depth videos fully explaining why this is the highest form of art to ever exist

I think the best thing you can hear from a jazz musician is "Huh?!"

@nickwallette6201

3 жыл бұрын

Haha! :-D Spot on. That's got to be the highest form of compliment. This guy can find any chord in his head on the keyboard on the first try, and he hears this little riff and... "wh... what just happened..?"

Did anyone else notice that Bill's "Here Comes The Sun" repeats "the lick" a ton of times?

@ludvigbroman8799

3 жыл бұрын

Lol it literally IS the lick

@dashmaster698

3 жыл бұрын

There's also a Rickroll in the bridge

@KentuckyFriedChildren

3 жыл бұрын

@@dashmaster698 Hold Up. Can you give me a timestamp?

@dashmaster698

3 жыл бұрын

@@KentuckyFriedChildren 2:48

@maxalaintwo3578

3 жыл бұрын

He made it to shut up the cringey band kids who keep repeating that joke

" 2-5-1, as in a 2-5-1 " Thanks for the explanation Charles

I've been giving Bill Wurtz a few dollars a month for as long as he's had Patreon without expectations. It does my heart good to think of him tinkering in his madman musical laboratory somewhere out in the world and surfacing every so often to give us a ray of bliss.

@Seren_Moth

2 жыл бұрын

and i would too if i had the money

@roberttalada5196

2 жыл бұрын

BILL HAS A PATREON?!

Bill Wurtz: **exists** Cornell: 🥵🥵🥵🥵

@vincentziarko

3 жыл бұрын

You mean everyone.

@featherycoffee1401

3 жыл бұрын

Pornell

@61010anna

2 жыл бұрын

@@featherycoffee1401 no.

@lazinator8285

2 жыл бұрын

@@61010anna yes.

@61010anna

2 жыл бұрын

@@lazinator8285 please no.

We've all watched Bill Wurtz's "history of the entire world, i guess" way more times we dare to admit, but he never seems to run out of new intriguing chord progressions and bizarre subjects to sing about.

@CodeNameSlicerYT

2 жыл бұрын

Seen it twice

This tune has been living rent free in my head since it dropped. It's SO GOOD.

@Scheater5

3 жыл бұрын

I'll be boping around the house, not really singing anything out loud just jamming to music in my head, and my wife will start singing "got some money" because she knows full well that's what's in my head.

@Madhatter1781

3 жыл бұрын

I've got 'I'm a Princess' solidly stuck in my head

bill is the perfect mix between lighthearted meme vibe and super genius theory and musicianship

Bill: plays one single note Charles: this is genius and amazing and here's how. *jumps onto the piano*

@BorchikYes

2 жыл бұрын

*EvEn CrAiZiEr SpAcE DuSt*

Listens to Bill Wurtz for 2 seconds Charles: That's interesting...*goes on for 5 minutes on why that's interesting

1:32 it's literally impossible to play a minor chord without what my dad lovingly calls "the minor face"

@romulus_music

Жыл бұрын

minor face be like- 🧐

Charles talks about chords the way Guy Fieri talks about food and I'm here for it

Will you be dissecting "i'm a princess" and "here comes the sun"?

@minecrafter7850

3 жыл бұрын

yea seriously

@ausdorian3252

2 жыл бұрын

1 hours of explanation on half of the video

@johark

2 жыл бұрын

and now more than a dream

I'm thanking the KZread gods for a Charles Cornell and Adam Neely upload on the same day 🙏

@granthalliburton3328

3 жыл бұрын

YUP it's a good day

@jjsdumbshit2792

3 жыл бұрын

@@granthalliburton3328 yeah

I really love that I've found someone who can really geek out over Bill Wurtz music.. No one I show it to likes it more than as a meme.. and im like a closet Wurtz fan lmao.. I have very little music theory and Bill's music really makes me wish that I knew much more.. so what little I do get makes me so glad you're here breaking down these wonderful pieces! Thank you! It's also super fun to see someone get as excited as me by his work :)))

@102harris

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed m8

@Equa11ysurl

2 жыл бұрын

Same feelings here! Hope you’re doing well.

im not gonna be satisfied until charles has talked about every single bill wurtz song lmao

Us: Why did Bill not post for 4 months? Bill: *The sun is a deadly laser*

@homifelldown5683

2 жыл бұрын

Hmm i feel fish vampire vibe here

@mn37

2 жыл бұрын

Not anymore there is a blanket

@truthbetold5155

Ай бұрын

We could make a religion out of this

His I'm a Princess is such a bop, slightly different music style, but still unmistakably Bill Wurtz.

Bill Wurtz’s harmonies are amazing. The “I said WXYS” in the Alphabet Shuffle gives me eargasms

@Madhatter1781

3 жыл бұрын

The numeric bridge of that song slaps so hard lol

Oh, a II-V progression? Didn't the Backyardigans use one of those in their song "Castaways"?

@beef9

3 жыл бұрын

Lmaoo did you see the adam neely vid too??

@leofgreer

3 жыл бұрын

@@beef9 lol i literally watched that video right before this one too. we are all living the same life

@beef9

3 жыл бұрын

@@leofgreer yooo same lmaoo

@oliverhumphris4771

3 жыл бұрын

It’s the staple of most jazz, pops up everywhere

@nikopiirainen51

3 жыл бұрын

you’ll have a hard time finding a jazz or bossa nova tune without a ii-V progression

Bill’s approach to music is like watching a really great surfer. You can see the sets coming up, and know what they may bring, but it’s the artist/surfer what rides the wave and tells us what the wave really means. Musically, this means that he has a musical linguistic skill above most. I love the way you, Charles, break these down. It really helps with those of us who are still trying to capture this language for our own. Thanks for posting this, along with all the rest.

There is no musician who isn't absolutely jealous of Bill Wurtz

@estebanumiglia1187

3 жыл бұрын

Even jacob collier bows before him

@chokoala8637

3 жыл бұрын

Oww shit I don't exist

@hairohukosu433

3 жыл бұрын

Even Bill himself? Paradox

@tsuukkii

3 жыл бұрын

@@hairohukosu433 WAYTOODANK

@Proghead88

3 жыл бұрын

@@estebanumiglia1187 well, idk about that specifically but Jacob is pretty humble and looks up to everyone. But he's just as (if not more) diverse in his skills and range of songwriting and use of harmony. He's also a lot more prolific so maybe it's not a fair comparison.

It's musically incredible, but can I just jump in and say as a video guy he's super on point with his kinetic typography in this one too??

8:29 The falsetto when trying to find the chord 😂

I like how Bill does this thing where he just throws out typical writing theory (as if that really exists) by not centralizing around the bass line. This allows his chord changes and progressions to be so free and not tied down to the typical anchor of a huge bass line, giving you this free flowing and Bill Wurtz-y style that can go wherever it wants whenever it wants to.

@MissyFaye

3 жыл бұрын

innnnteresting..

@agelessorca

3 жыл бұрын

*Nods head like I read the whole paragraph*

@oliverhumphris4771

3 жыл бұрын

Good analysis sir

@noahjames9457

3 жыл бұрын

Interesting point, but I think Bill Wurtz likes to break his audience's expectations (and not). Just when you think you have his music figured out, he throws something new at you that challenges your perceptions.

@HungryMusicologist

3 жыл бұрын

"I like how Bill does this thing where he just throws out typical writing theory (as if that really exists)" I disagree. He's not throwing it out, but using it to subvert your expectations which is much cooler imo

8:36 That should be the new GIF for having a lightbulb moment.

Your visible love for jazz and music in general is so genuinely heartwarming

every bill wurtz video Charles makes starts with him saying ooooOOOOOOooooooo

10:16 that eargasm chuckle is the best

I love how charles always reacts like a little kid it brings me joy

8:25 - everyone who plays by ear, this is the struggle. The faces say it all 🤣

PICARDY THIRD! Thank you for teaching me a name for this! My favorite Baroque oratorio is the Vivaldi Gloria, and it's got a few great examples of this, and it's a sort of musical irony that I love relating to other Baroque art forms and general aesthetics/philosophy concepts. I'd never had a term for it before, but now I do! Thanks for another great video and for this in particular :D

Video summary: Charles has a nerdgazam over Bill Wurtz and harmony for 15 minutes

@reesespuffs335

3 жыл бұрын

i'm sorry a wHAT

@leandrowngo

3 жыл бұрын

“In two parts”

Are you going to do the other two he's released recently? Here comes the sun, I'm a princess?

Mystery chord at 8:50 is second inversion B major triad over an E bass note. The trick is that the upper voice is D#, so the outer interval is a major 7th, not a 5th (or 12th etc. etc.), as you voice it (hence why it sounds a bit different). I recognize that particular voicing because I use it all the time.

god I love Bill Wurtz's music it feels like a journey and you never know where it's going

Charles: geeking out about chords Me: nods along while trying to remember anything about the Music theory i learned in choir

That fact that they included the part when Charles tries to find the notes of that one chord (8:24)... W O W, it´s simply AMAZING how his mind works and how he works that out! Great video, can't wait for part 2 :D

Its so crazy. If i were to hear these chords isolated on a piano without the other instrumentation, id assume it was some disney villain theme. He takes such a foreboding structure and makes it feel so loose and free with his timing, instrument choice, and connecting elements (like little beeps and arpeggios) Havent heard this one prior to this vid, but will be listening to it a lot now.

0:09 When you get that sound... It's Good! XD

It'd be really cool if Charles and Bill were to collab.

3:27 i actually hear this as complete. maybe culturally and related to music i hear, my ear feels this in a different way than yours, and that's so cool

@nathannowack6459

3 жыл бұрын

same, i was kinda surprised by that too! sounds more open but it feels complete to me

@lunaponta594

3 жыл бұрын

@@nathannowack6459 i think what neely said about min7th chords is just what i hear: a "watered down" version of an otherwise "dramatic" normal minor chord, not one that's not resolved, but one that's more chill (and can possibly go into movement easier)

Charles singing in this vid. Need more Charles singing while playing. Sounded so good.

Watching Charles geek out about the intricacies of music is really a wholesome thing to watch

Dude I love your breakdowns. I grew up "playing" music, but learned absolutely nothing on music theory. Your videos are genuinely mind opening for me, and teach me a lot about the narrative aspect of chord progressions. Also grats on 1 million subs!

You also have to check out I'm a princess and here comes the sun!

@anantkerur557

3 жыл бұрын

Boost! He really should!

14:47 Ayyy, it’s the girl who made the INTRESTING meme from twoset

@jjsdumbshit2792

3 жыл бұрын

She played the B-Flat, so now it’s flat.

Charles: Uploads 15-minute video Me: Takes 2 hours to watch because I have to pause and learn/play/embrace/tattoo on brain each (10:38 "yeeaaaah") chord. LOVE this type of content. Muchas Gracias.

Capitalism in a nutshell: *I’m rich and now I’m sad. And I wonder if I’m sad about the money that I have*

@eloisanzara237

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Kim Jong-un!

@oliverb7897

3 жыл бұрын

private ownership of productive capital? pretty cringe ngl

@jjsdumbshit2792

3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@jjsdumbshit2792

3 жыл бұрын

Also early hi

@MiaogisTeas

3 жыл бұрын

@@oliverb7897 See yourself out - you're embarrassing yourself by not getting the joke and everyone is trying to be polite by not openly laughing at you but we all want to.

You acknowledging Bill's genius make you a genius

This has been a very Cor-Neely-us Tuesday

@ItsAsparageese

3 жыл бұрын

Petition to make them do a collab song and making-of video under this duo name

@starrybenchstudios

3 жыл бұрын

@@ItsAsparageese seconded

3:06 I think in most styles this point is pretty solid, but I just feel like those minor 7th chords are so important as a root in classic house music and eurobeat; and while there's an argument to be had that you're eventually moving away from those chords as melodies progress, those m7 jams seem to be the 1, or standing in for the 1 in their looping progressions. The chords are generally perceived as in motion from 2-5-1, which in my mind is precisely why house music just keeps you in motion: The 1 chord is a motion chord.

7:54 ඞ

It's really great watching you go through something and really enjoy it, you bring a level of enthusiasm to what you do that is often missing these days, it makes all your content enjoyable to watch because your love for music really translates over to the viewer. Can't wait for part 2.

I mean, I wanted to hear your thoughts on his comeback tune 'Here comes the Sun', or 'I'm a Princess', but this is cool too💋

You missed the fact that the bassline during the "seaaaaa" sequence goes C, D, E, F, and then back to F# when the next section begins. This makes the chords C6, D, A/E, BbM7/F. So good.

If you play a B7 chord on a 6 string guitar tuned in E concert standard (E A D G B e), you can kinda get the chord you talk about around 10:00 minutes in, which is pretty cool. Takes almost no effort, and most people who'll play it for the first time will probably accidentally play it because they can't mute the 6th string or w/e.

Can we appreciate the spectrum of faces charles made at 10:58

After the first 5 minutes I HAD TO SUBSCRIBE!!! Your lesson and information and enthusiasm are GOLD!!! Thank you for the pleasure!!

Great analysis again of my Bill Wurtz! one thing I was observing was when you breaking the "out to sea" moment at 11:46 the thing that types all the chords is the tonicity of A. We were in A major-esque then the chords of out at sea had similar chords with A in it so it jumps back to F sharp minor with ease cuz that common note chords.

10:34 "Woooooooo-oooo-ooooo-oooo-yeah" - Charles Cornell, 2021

When you were breaking down the intro, I got definite Danse Macabre vibes. Got that song earworm'ed into my head in my youth during a trip to House on the Rock. So apparently that's what those 4 chords say to me.

PLEASE listen to his song “I’m a princess” god it’s so good

5:00 - isn’t the F#m6 also equivalent to a D#m7b5? There’s so many ways you can write certain chords For example, a chord progression I was working on (inspired from Leia’s theme) goes A, Dm6/A, A, Bm7b5 and goes into other things from there. The Dm/A also serves as an A augmented because of the F note from the Dm. And if you shift the bass note from A to B you get that Bm7b5 chord

@alexandersanchez9138

3 жыл бұрын

They're equivalent as sets. However, typically a chord symbol like that tells you about the inversion. So "maybe" is the answer to your question, I guess; it depends on what kind of structure you force your "chords" to have. A side-note about your chord progression analysis--I would encourage you to consider the following alternative perspective: Rather than analyzing the Dm6/A as an altered augmented chord, see it as a the negative-harmony version of a V7 chord! Then, your progression is actually very classic, indeed, since you can analyze as essentially alternating between the I and the V--except the V is replaced by its negative harmony! As an exercise, try to see how the bass motion gets pulled back into the negative harmonies--your example is very clean/logical.

@justdavelewis

3 жыл бұрын

@@alexandersanchez9138 I admit quite freely here that I know very little actual music theory... I don’t quite know what negative harmonies are 😅 in my head I was thinking I to iv to ii but with my extra additions as seen so many times. For context the entirety of my progression is as such: | 4 beats between bars | | A | Dm6/A | A | Bm7b5 | Gm | Dm | C | Bb | | Am, G | Esus4, E | (2 measures per chord here) And then back to A. There’s a melody running through it that ties the whole thing Together, revolving mostly around the 3rds and 4ths of each chord. I have been thinking about it as Augmented previously because It’s kinda going 5th, augmented, 5th, diminished. I’m very open to your comments and ideas about negative harmony!

@alexandersanchez9138

3 жыл бұрын

@@justdavelewis Here's the standard analysis of the next bunch of chords: they immediately modulate to Dm, starting from the Gm chord. Later on, the G major chord is borrowed from D major (mode mixture) and helps modulate back into A (since the Esus4 is very close to an E minor sound, which follows very naturally from the ii-IV complex in D major). Negative harmony is when you take the pitch classes in a key (number the notes 0-11, so the tonic is 0 and count up to 11, the leading tone) and reflect them about the axis halfway between the tonic and the dominant (which also happens to be halfway between the major and minor thirds). That is: 0 7 1 6 2 5 3 4 11 8 10 9 If you carry out this transformation for every note in a chord which has some standard tonal function with respect to some key, then you obtain another chord which has essentially the "negative" function, but with the same level functional of "pull" toward the tonic. Famously, V7 iv6 (as in my original comment).

Congrats on hitting 1M! Keep creating and we’ll keep watching!

I was waiting for that video a lot, thanks!

Can't wait for the next part 🥰 I love these breakdowns!

He made another one my dude. It's about dreams. Please dissect it, cause these are so entertaining

the happy birthday part was all a motif of Stevie Wonder's happy birthday look up his version if you haven't heard it, it really goes

Mr. Cornell, You should check out the soundtrack for The Emperor’s New Groove. I would love to see what you have to say about it. When you played the first three chords after saying, “We’re in F#minor” around 1:10 I knew I knew that from somewhere. I know, I know, you said that it’s used a lot. But it’s used in the opening line for the film and that’s what I associate with that progression of three chords. It is just a fun/great film anyway, and again I would love to see what you have to say about it’s music. And thank you for your fun analysis keep up the good work.

3:21 sounds like Howl's Moving Castle Theme.

Charles.... how did you miss the SEE-SEA-SAA-AAA. and then he went back to F#m.....whose relative key is..... A. Bruh. I was waiting that whole time for you to say that! C'mon man. No way that was an accident.

@ba-wp5zs

2 жыл бұрын

Why did you want him to say that if you...already knew about it?

i'm SO happy you brought up the Bsus Bmin B/E part in the "cold winds are blowin in at me" the D# is startling and beautiful

Yesss I was waiting for you to make this vid!

Thanks for such a great analysis. I studied Jazz music a LONG time ago, and this really brings it back to life.

This is OUTSTANDING. Huge long time fam of Bill but your breakdowns are just masterful. Subscribing!!

I come back to this video once in a while but I never realized that the song that plays at the end is as good as it is

Yuss, I've been waiting for this video. Top notch.

1:32 minor triad shivering

12:24 - could that F# m to D7 be a possible quote/reference (homage even?) to the intro of Abba's 'Money, money, money'? Wanna bet?

@anna._olsen_

Жыл бұрын

YES! now that i listen back to it, the intervals are the same and well, it just makes sense that bill would do that.

You’re so articulate, even drummers watch yer stuff. TY!

Yessss I’m so glad to see you doing Bill Wurtz songs again. Please do every single one thank you 😁

I love when he absolutely loses it, and stops discerning starts just vibing haha

you should do a deep dive and play over of maggot brian

@kinan2934

3 жыл бұрын

i mean that song can be explained (from a music theory perspective) as simply a pentatonic solo. It's soulful, and I love it, but it's not inherently complex as a piece of theory.

Love the reaction in that snippet from the first 15 seconds of the video 😂

I would love to hear your covers of Bill's music. It's friggin' beautiful.

Charles Cornell: explains My brain: *Quarks and Stuff*

YESSSSS I was waiting for this!!!!

You've got me hooked on the vid within 5 minutes, I have a musical ear but I never studied music so I don't know what the chords are called, but i keep catching myself go "Yes!! That's the one!" whenever you're experimenting with the chords, trying to find the one similar to Bill's. Subscribed.

Watching you nerd tf out over this song is pretty daggum wonderful.

this is the type of "subverting expectations" that the game of thrones writers should have done

*Day 5 of requesting:* Charles bro I can’t believe that you haven’t reacted to *“Clown C0re”,* the best jazz duo of all time! Could you make a reaction video on them *pleeeaaase*

@lusterlx

3 жыл бұрын

Cosign

@LauraDelvecchio

3 жыл бұрын

cosign

@Desslosh

3 жыл бұрын

Cosign. Also please react on Bury The Light by Casey Edwards ft Victor Borba

@esmooth919

3 жыл бұрын

C0$!6N

@monicarenee7949

2 жыл бұрын

He did a video of them already

2:29 chords from that tiktok trend with the glitter filter

Probably my favorite Bill Wurtz song! This video made me so happy!