A Dom. 7th with a flat 9th and a natural 13th sounds to me like my music theory teacher asking me for my homework that I forgot to do and just then realized.

@davejanssenmusic

6 жыл бұрын

i feel you. sounds to me like something about to fall over

@dreamnade

4 жыл бұрын

If you prep it with iim9 and resolve the 13th down to 12 it's the sweetest sounding thing ever

@jccanizal6410

3 жыл бұрын

3:23 huh the "a person speaking in french about the pointlessness of life" is pretty apparent tho

This show is the best thing on the internet.

@bkoplus2

7 жыл бұрын

and 24/7 world radio

@themuffinman751

7 жыл бұрын

Yes, yes it is :)

@MatheusRobis

3 жыл бұрын

it still is

Notice how at the piece at the end, he starts off describing the song as a setting. Scenery with atmosphere and tone. Then it transitions into almost an internal dialogue. Cool how music can play both the scenery, the setting and the character in a piece

Speaking of subjectivity, a lady friend of mine once described a drum solo by a jazz musician at a venue where she worked as sounding like "a feckin drum kit falling down a stairs"

@yPGzRicardo

6 жыл бұрын

I've actually heard people describe Ringo's drumming in the exact same way

@BoHorn

6 жыл бұрын

Thats how Ginger Baker always sounded to me to be blunt, stumbling.

@wardesu2120

6 жыл бұрын

i love that sound though. :P

@prestokrevlar

6 жыл бұрын

Two drums and a cymbal fall off a cliff. Ba-dum-tss.

Great stuff. As always.

@koteynikoi-kotei9301

8 жыл бұрын

+TalkingBass - Online Bass Lessons I noticed you mention emotions quite a bit in your lessons :)

You cut out right before the most interesting part of the Prelude. The sudden appearance of a joyful C major chord in measure 21 is one of my all time favorite chord progressions in any piece I've played.

my understanding of intervals minor second - tense and bitter major second - bright and soft minor third - mild and dark major third - funky forth - punchy Triton - too tense and dark firth - neutral minor sixth - dark and sour but lose sixth - sweet and calm minor seventh - soft and sour major seventh - tense yet sweet octave - neutral but razor sharp

@chris_outh

6 жыл бұрын

your descriptive of the major third as funky is interesting. I would call it pure whereas the minor seventh is funky for me.

@cesargimenez4286

6 жыл бұрын

The triton can be funky sometimes

@chris_outh

6 жыл бұрын

I agree, it is used in blues after all.

As a freestyle dancer i do this excessively. Only when ive made a clear emotional score of the music do i even begin trying reinterpreting it kinesthetically. Thanks for sharing! You popped up in my rec vids

Today I learned I hear chords like an audio engineer.

@DethGaleX

7 жыл бұрын

Everyone is an audio engineer when you hear a bad snare.

@chriscurtis8344

4 жыл бұрын

Mark Donald a horrible snare drum can RUIN a song.

@chriscurtis8344

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Adam. This is an awesome video. It's almost like Bruce Lee instructed students that emotional content helps flow and rhythm in movement.

I have never heard anything described as accurately as you did Chopin's Prélude No.4

This is absolutely great... I really need to think more like this when writing music. Too often I just go on auto-pilot and do the 'musically logical next steps'.

@danielsjohnson

5 жыл бұрын

@Mark Donald I got an error 404. I'm not kidding.

This is revolutionary... thank you for sharing and the effort you put into posting these videos online :) I will remember that piece of music much more now than I would have don't if I had listened to it.

Dude, you are funny as fuck. And you explain things brilliantly. Thank you so much!

You're videos just get better and better bro! Thanks for the inspiration! What you say really affects my students and the way I think about music.

nice breakdown of Chopin's piece.

I love this phenomenology stuff Adam! There's so much out there about the science of music theory, but this part really enriches the music learning experience. Keep it up!

Man you know what? Good job! Honestly I'm impressed of how you use your curiosity! Interesting topics always and I really like the way you present. Very inspiring! Good job!

Simply genius. Relatable in so many levels, I've been noticing the complexities of emotional responses to different musical ideas for some time but never actually thought of you know... describing them. Nice video, love your work!

You're like one of the best people to listen to about analysis I watched like 3 vids of yours and am blown away just by the concept analysis I feel I could learn more thanks sir

Dude, your vids are great. Regardless of the content, the way you treat the subject and the way you schedule your videos is just great.

"and on that note..." - genius. love you, Adam

This helps me immensely since I can't seem to learn music unless I internalize sounds/groups of sounds.

Chopin's prelude op 28 aka "le sigh"

If there is any content as interesting, informative, stimulating and entertaining as Adam's I have yet to find it.

Your videos are always a delight. The ending had me in tears.

dude you're killing it. Loving your content.

You just blew my mind. Keep up the good work!

Adam, Amazing job, congrats on your channel. And it is way much more than bass.

Today I learned that Prelude No. 4 is one of the most awesomely-analysable pieces out there. Your 'analysis' was hilarious and somehow also insightful, and Benjamin Zander's TED talk about the transformative power of classical music includes a sort of walkthrough on how to appreciate that same piece in a really amazing way.

You are an incredibly creative and talented teacher. Your content is top notch. Wow.

most useful music youtube channel ive seen so far

Hilariously educational. Educilarious.

Hey! Ii think you're doing a great work with this channel. The material is so interesting and you have a king of humor that i like a lot. Keep it going dude, greetings from Barcelona!

you have the best musicians channel man, great videos and ideas

I am not a bass a player but I am a classical and jazz musician in my high school band and even though we don't play the same instrument you are really helping me with my thoughts about how I should see music and helping me form my own ideas on how I should sound on my clarinet and I thank you please keep doing what you are doing

Short lessons like this in so valuable and I think your teaching style is available to entry level or experienced musicians and it's effective! Keep it up !! =)

Incredible again. Thanks a lot Adam

This is the best channel on KZread.

love the videos Adam, very interesting. you're the man!

Goshhh. That Chopin 'analysis' is so great. You killed me with 'Oh God why' Lovin' the humour (&the memes :D ) (&everything else, obviously, as I'm binge-watching...)

your thoughts on Prelude was really GOOD, love it!

If you did a podcast on this subject that was, say, an hour or two long, I'd watch it. Fascinating stuff. Thanks dude.

Adam, thanks a lot for your videos.

I reaaaaalyyy like this channel! I loving the relation you make with music theory and philosophy!

That was awesome. My head was down during the Chopin and I created this whole scenario (sad Parisian standing on a bridge thinking of last year kissing his beloved who is now gone to another), and then I look up and read 'SIGH' and just cracked up. Digging these videos Adam, great job!

Your introductions are becoming spectacular

Your notes over that score gave me an idea for either a series or perhaps a whole other channel involving you creating stories over pieces of music. Just let the music inform your creativity like you did with this one. I enjoyed it and would watch more.

Thanks, Really nice of you sharing this

Love what you did with Chopin's nocturne! I've been doing the similar thing of annotating my emotional responses to pieces, but always thought it was strange and unheard of.. I'm so glad I found your video! You inspire! Now I can continue in peace ;)

nice lesson Adam,it was interesting and piqued my interest in these disciplines.I will definitely look further into both of them and thought your comments thoughtful and amusing

Wow what a great video!! It might be also a good exercise to wright down what you feel like when different musicians play the same piece. It can sound very different

Thanks!. Even though I am a layman I'm learning a little bit about music each time I devote 5 minutes to your videos...

Amazing video Adam Neely I'm a new subscriber studying at music school in Canada I especially enjoyed the part at the end with your own annotations Keep up the great work!

Hey Adam! Really really enjoy your videos! Keep it up man! :)

Excellent stuff! That's why so many composers attending music school get frustrated, because their phenomenological development is neglected, which is arguably the most important "muscle" to build as a composer, because it's what produces emotionally compelling, original ideas. And it's especially important for the media composer who has to musically react to images.

Very interesting analysis of emotional response to music, very insightful.

Great topic! My grandmother emphasized this when teaching me at the beginning.

Great Video. Never actually tried to do this on purpose, but I'll definitely try this soon!

loved the analysis of Chopin's nocturne!

@pogchamp7983

7 жыл бұрын

I teared up lmao

@zealot2222

7 жыл бұрын

The Modern Shoe Prelude

@RICKYBUBSJULIAN

7 жыл бұрын

Lol Chopin only wrote nocturnes brah

@cloudambient

6 жыл бұрын

Dominic Gammon that's not true, he wrote nocturnes, preludes, etudes, polonaises, marzurka, impromptus, etc.

@RICKYBUBSJULIAN

6 жыл бұрын

Ya but he only wrote music at NIGHT so therefor all his compositions are NOCTURNAL... Duhh... This is pretty friggin elementary stuff bud.

I love that this has 10k views and no dislikes. Bass, Philosophy & Feels; finally something for everyone.

An interesting and probably more natural and instinctive way to percieve/create music. Good lesson!

This is awesome! I got addicted to your lessons. Even though I do not play bass.

Great stuff!! Loved this approach!!

Fantastic Adam

Love your videos! They're very informing!

Adam, I like what you're doing!

Best video! This is my favorite part of music.

Just got assigned to watch this for my Aural Training class, really fun to look back at what this channel used to be!

@KevinTPLim

4 ай бұрын

I had no idea this is what the channel used to be, so crazy

Wow, just discovering your channel, really liked your approach on music. Thanks for the knowledge!

Just watched this for the first time and the annotations are meaningful and hilarious!

This was awesome. Thanks!

You should keep publishing these, it will help others build their 'taxonomy' when it comes to identifying what certain parts of the music makes one feel. Most of the are the same in this regard, albeit not identical.

When I went through my music history class in my community college experience, we had to do something along the lines of what Adam did in the end of the video except we had to write a story based on what we heard in the song and then compare it to what the composer had thought of when he wrote the song himself. We all had different scenes playing out and they were all contextually different than the composers view. It was fun and really sort of gave insight to the difference between emotional contexts and technical learned responses.

love your comments! Also very useful - thanks!

I would think the people who write music for television and movies would be very aware of this.

Oh my God that narration thing of Chopin was brilliant

In Chopin's Prelude #4 in E Minor, I never thought of those notes as sighs but that really hits the idea on the head. What beautiful minds think of music astounds me.

Man I am a sound engineer and a bass palyer and this channel is fucking awesome and sir you just got a subscriber.

Very nice perspectives there, Adam! I liked your story-telling approach on the end of the video. Your point though raises some very hard dilemmas: a chord's subjective "feel" tends to depend very much on context. Plus, chords can be changing all the time, in such a rush, that you don't even have time to search for the associated feeling. Most people are not changing their feelings that fast- there are some weirdos out there though. My hunch is that associating feelings and impressions can be much more useful in remembering pieces of music, and eventually creating links between them based on your personal perception of how those pieces "feel". Very good thoughts you have, you definitely should do more of these silent moments like on this video's ending :)

you really should have more subscribers Adam. very interesting topics

This sounds like a really fun way of analysing music! I always analyse the chord changes in terms of rules that are used. Satie =Pantonal, Phil Glass = Minimalism. Dominant 7#5 = Jimi Hendrix, Major 7 = Gymnopedies etc, Maroon 5 - Sunday Morning = ii -V - i, I will survive = circle of fourths,

your Chopin annotations are amazing 10/10

Another great vid.

30 years ago I took piano lessons for 6 months or so, and learned that Prelude: now I must find the music and a piano! Oh, yeah, great stuff in the video and all that....

Really loved it

Just found you today, keep up the great videos!

You left out the best part from the prelude! The home chord at the end

cool stuff, thank you for this!

Awesome video!

I love your videos!

I was trying to find your channel to subscribe on KZread. I was like where is this guy. didn't knew your name. Finally found you. :)

is so nice to hear other people studying music with this aproach thinking in emotional response and brain functions... I first was interested in this when I heard the first interviews by jacob collier. really mind broadening! what an interesting channel this is!

@LukeTheringMusic

8 жыл бұрын

What Jacob interviews are you referring to?

@ManelRuivo

8 жыл бұрын

i couldnt remember. I think its the first interview he does. the interviewer goes to his house in london and he tell how his mother used to speak about music. its basically this, the emotional ear training, when he has 3 to 5 years old. so that. he has perfect pitch. haha

Fantastic video's man. You are like the Nerdwriter1 of the music channels.

love the animation of music score explained while music playing

I see no reason why someone would dislike this video.

Really nice example choice!

great video!!

Awsome Channel! I love the way you combine theory of language with theory of music. in language the meaning of a word (and its associations) depends a lot on the sentence or situation it is used in. (Speaking situation/context) The word "sun" might be a "happy" word but poets may use it differently so that the sun means something dark or evil. The same applies to Notes/chords: it always depends on the harmonic context they are used in! Composing rules are like grammar rules. Partwise they come from convention, partwise they come from logical deduction. But they have evolved historically. Just like a poet isnt bound to grammar a musician isnt bound to any rules. But that doesnt mean that grammar and composing rules are totally useless. (Sry if english is bad)

@magohipnosis

6 жыл бұрын

WTH, your english is perfect and your insight is beautiful

Amazing, thanks

And on that note.... nice touch.