Jacob: Do you guys like 2-5-1's? me: "Hell yeah" Jacob: "Yeah, I'm not super keen myself" me: "me either."

@connordavis4766

4 жыл бұрын

I dunno man, I feel like half of jazz theory is just people trying to justify that Bb F C is secretly just a 2-5-1 (and so is everything else).

@leviprentice5689

4 жыл бұрын

hahahaha sorry i got to laugh at that one lol. liking what he likes lol

@singit3630

3 жыл бұрын

Thought the exact same thing 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@jmccoymusic

3 жыл бұрын

Best

@edsonbatera2612

3 жыл бұрын

i cant stop laughing

One minute: This is a triad One minute later: If you superimpose the key centers and think of minor chords as 4ths which are just upside down 5ths which is really just major chords but flipped you can cadence to an adjacent key center which will make your music live longer than you.

@PaulWW36

4 жыл бұрын

I was with him with triads , then I got out of the car and he drove off without me !

@ctrlaltshift

4 жыл бұрын

Someone should do a video where they just break down everything he said into stuff anyone can understand. It might be hard, but it would definitely be interesting to watch.

@jrocks844

4 жыл бұрын

He tried

@borbalahanak5019

4 жыл бұрын

well, it's a masterclass afterall, not really meant for laymen

@Nooticus

4 жыл бұрын

What he said in this video was easy for me to understand personally... especially compared to most of his lectures/masterclasses

The scariest thing he said... “I still cannot mechanically do what I hear in my head...” 😳

@snoopynasosu

4 жыл бұрын

=)))) YESS...!!!!

@singit3630

3 жыл бұрын

Mercy...

@JuicyLeek

3 жыл бұрын

Yep, can totally sympathise. I always hear good sex in my head.

@Straightfromshibuya

3 жыл бұрын

Jason Becker is the same.

@nicolasdelcampo2307

3 жыл бұрын

At this point he must be limited by his human anatomy

That feeling when you don't understand it but you do understand it at the same time.

@meatsupplies5282

4 жыл бұрын

Its like teaching someone how to walk

@Pr0fess0rSasquatch

4 жыл бұрын

Music is the universal language. Few speak it but everyone understands it.

@user-ls5pg2wd4i

4 жыл бұрын

That feeling when you don't understand it but you don't understand it at the same time.

@theodorakalogirou793

4 жыл бұрын

when You feel , you understand

@agustindelacruz7813

4 жыл бұрын

haha that's so true, I feel that way sometimes in my calc III class too

I didn't know that he could play a normal C chord

@Natles90

4 жыл бұрын

ahahah :D

@kenexperiencelife

4 жыл бұрын

He does when teaching us plebians. xD

@disuyetin

4 жыл бұрын

YES, YEEES, FREACKIN SAME!!!!

@manzijoel5224

4 жыл бұрын

You could see the desire in his eyes to add more harmony.

@nilen

3 жыл бұрын

Actually, he is pretty good at playing the piano, so it only makes sense that he can play a "normal" C chord

My man dresses like he's a sage from the top of some holy mountain... he teaches the ways of harmony to any seekers of knowledge who are brave enough to make the journey to his abode!

@woggleboggle

4 жыл бұрын

lookin like an NPC you find in some hidden area of an RPG lol

@hazarincesu

4 жыл бұрын

yea psychdelics does that

@alt1579

3 жыл бұрын

And crocs. But with his level of talent and expertise, he's excused.

@nickchilds3155

3 жыл бұрын

I was looking for this comment lol

@DAUniverze

2 жыл бұрын

@@woggleboggle This made me laugh really hard. Thank you bro.

when you show up to a jacob collier masterclass but you don't like harmony

@towardsheaven4196

4 жыл бұрын

Who the hell doesn't like harmony? I can only think of a deaf person!

@Bluejay-ri1yf

4 жыл бұрын

@@towardsheaven4196 Deaf people don't dislike harmony, they're indifferent to it. So only truly weird people don't like harmony XD

@towardsheaven4196

4 жыл бұрын

@@Bluejay-ri1yf It wasn't literal 😒

@martisole6249

4 жыл бұрын

I came here for the fluffy hats (actually jacob has a hat of mine :p )

@TooManyEditsProductions

4 жыл бұрын

When you show up to a Jacob collier masterclass but you use Pro Tools

"Harmony gets better the more notes you add" Me: *lays my whole body on the piano* ah yes, *_haremoney_*

@NameNik223

2 жыл бұрын

And Jacob would still find a way to resolve it

@jeremiedayglider1690

Жыл бұрын

ROFL!

@yamoosey

5 ай бұрын

chromatic harmony

13:19 "...when you compose a song, you imagine that this song has a long lifespan, it's going to last probably longer than you, (hopefully longer than you) so you have to leave room in the song for people to see themselves, because if people just see you in the song, then it doesn't really help anybody other than maybe you, and if they can see themselves in it, then that's what will make them fall in love with it."

"there are worse things than that, like shipwrecks"

@zzehyboy753

4 жыл бұрын

7:30

@malzcuatro3379

4 жыл бұрын

I don't know if he was using a musical metaphor or if he was talking of an actual shipwreck...

@cliffsmith8286

4 жыл бұрын

Saw that and immediately came to the comments 😂😂 didn’t even have to scroll, yours was the top one

@abresler

4 жыл бұрын

@@malzcuatro3379 He was definitely talking about actual shipwrecks

@katiewick46

4 жыл бұрын

Worse things happen at sea 🌊

I'm not being hyperbolic when I say that I think this guy is as close to knowing what it would have been like to see Mozart back in the late 1700s. Pure youthful talent, relentless energy and enthusiasm, game changing ideas around what music can be. Incredible.

@krs2717

2 жыл бұрын

Yep, was thinking pretty much the same thing. This level of genius doesn’t come along very often

@AndreasDelleske

2 жыл бұрын

Yup. The energy of Mozart with the outlook of Bach and the heart of Louis Armstrong and the speed of Elon Musk :)

@harmonicaneil9418

2 жыл бұрын

Seriously people. He’s a prodigy. Can I hum one of his tunes?… no.

@somedude2630

2 жыл бұрын

YES YES YES you get this kids significance! Ty

@NicolaLarosa

2 жыл бұрын

Reincarnation FTW! WTF?

Jacob has literally 1000+ years of musical wisdom in his 25-year-old body. Just INSANE!

@kylezo

3 жыл бұрын

The beautiful thing is, all of that is all available to us! Innovations in tech & science bring us the ability to learn more than we ever could in human history.

@ninjaaron

3 жыл бұрын

LITERALLY

"I can still not do what I'm capable of doing. I still can't do what I can hear in my head. And as long as that's true, I'll always have somewhere to grow." Great mindset. Not only for musicians.

0:00 Intro, “Does anybody here like harmony?” 0:40 Triad and inversions 4:07 His theory about Major and minor chords 7:37 Resolving tension 8:52 Cool improvisations 9:31 Cadences 13:13 Improving ear and technique 14:39 “You can make every note work with every chord” - Jacob Collier 2019 17:10 Arranging tips 18:16 Baby notes (Formant) 20:02 Rhythm 24:53 His life decisions

@selfiestick1589

3 жыл бұрын

thx good samaritan

@pameliemusic

3 жыл бұрын

bless you

@gort5516

2 жыл бұрын

based

1:30 Jacob's brain forcing himself not to play 7th 9th 11th inversion flat 5 add 13 chords

@MasterMprod

4 жыл бұрын

Ahah top comment worthy

"Be a child for as long as you can" Yes.

@marcelo_campitelli

4 жыл бұрын

that ending hit deep man

@clicheguevara5282

3 жыл бұрын

STAY AS LONG AS YOU CAN kzread.info/dash/bejne/hGuWqqWsj8zbado.html

@samkelisiwemagudulela9558

3 жыл бұрын

@@apostolisioannidis5087 odd but hilarious

The fact that Jacob said he is not capable of the things in his head scares me because whats hes making now is absolutely jaw dropping. I wonder whats in his head😂

@ladyinred3735

4 жыл бұрын

True. I wonder too.

@singit3630

3 жыл бұрын

It must wake him in the middle of the night. 🤦‍♀️

@MrTrumpetman13

3 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure I'm not ready to hear that.

@ObiVEVO

3 жыл бұрын

@@singit3630 He actually said he takes melatonin in his "All I Need" breakdown

@nilen

3 жыл бұрын

Well it makes sense, you can only use so many fingers and play so fast...

The one dislike is from the person who said they didn't like harmony

Watching him just makes me want to get up and make music

@jordanzamora422

4 жыл бұрын

I get the exact same feeling he's such an inspiration

@hugodelacroix3076

4 жыл бұрын

Thats probably the biggest compliment you can give a musician

@ErikSpott

4 жыл бұрын

Every time

@mattheasboelter5217

4 жыл бұрын

I get that feeling every time I watch his livestreams.

@cl_audio_90

4 жыл бұрын

it makes me want to cry because everything I know he probably got bored at age of 4

"THIS ISN'T EVEN MY FINAL FORM!!" Jacob Collier - 2020

"You probably underestimate your own ear to solve problems and sometimes it's just a matter of staying with a problem until it's been solved." - Jacob Collier 2020 Someone please make this a pillow to sell to us when we're old and musically wiser

"My ear has always been ahead of my technique." As someone who has also self taught themselves music from the ground up, this is relatable on a very deep level. That constant grind to get better is what always keeps me coming back to making music. It's an addicting feeling.

@Jade-yl3hh

Жыл бұрын

Hey, can you share some tips on how you taught yourself music?

"A major chord exists within every sound. Incredible!" I love how one of the most brilliant musicians on the planet still finds such joy in this

JACOB IS THE NEW CULT LEADER AND THE CIRCLE OF FIFTHS IS OUR RELIGIOUS SYMBOL HAHA Jokes aside, great masterclass :)

@kadeandkeys8861

4 жыл бұрын

Hahaha that's what I feel too

@leviprentice5689

4 жыл бұрын

id sign up to that lol

@ma.storysinging

3 жыл бұрын

Yes! I mean...sure...yeah...”haha”

@AndreasDelleske

2 жыл бұрын

I, for one, welcome our new overlord :)

Shout out to the engineer that was able to keep the microphone quiet enough every time Jacob bumps into it. Also, thank you Jacob for making this masterclass public. I've learned a lot, and I think you're a great educator.

@stevenseanor4500

Жыл бұрын

I really wish an engineer would have just tightened the boom arm to stop it swinging all over the place! 😂

As amazing as his music is, I think I enjoy hearing him talk about music even more, im not going to claim to understand even half of the topic, but listening to someone so enamoured by anything really and sharing that feeling they get makes me so very happy 🙏

@MikeWalls7829

Жыл бұрын

It's funny, I've heard him improvise already and when he describes how he thinks about it it totally explains what he was doing. You need a fair bit of acumen to follow him though, in my early days I wouldn't have been able to.

this man teaches the most baffeling musical concept, while in crocs.. Literal legend

I really feel like the way Jacob teaches is brilliant because first, he expresses what is on his heart. Second he is never condescending or feeling superior and finally he stays himself so he does not lower the level for us to understand and doesn’t take us for dummies but still makes sure we understand and feel what he tries to express. He is such a gentle and sincere human being, i feel blessed that I can learn as much as possible from such a sentimental genius.

@jeremiedayglider1690

Жыл бұрын

Hard agree. Brilliantly expressed @shanti! Any kind of condescension obviously stems from fear as opposed to Collier's open curiosity and willingness to meet each of us where we are. When you are looking at the harmonics of the universe and are willing to teach/converse with people whose knowledge begins at a much lesser point, but still have a conversation, because you might learn something or connect on a deeper level, that's living and truly teaching. Thanks to @QwestMasterclass for this experience! (ps - I don't envy the editor of this video!)

What a crowd! Imagine you sing, as a crowd, and that musical genius with perfect pitch says "very nice". Wow

I like to listen to him...I can't understand 3/4 of what he is talking about but I feel smarter than I really am...

@joeyzhou8273

4 жыл бұрын

You are already pretty good. I can't understand 99/100 of what he is talking about

@Roh0io

4 жыл бұрын

is that 3/4 a musical pun

I couldn’t be denser when it comes to music theory. I didn’t understand a thing… and I loved it! It’s definitely not what you talk about, it’s how you convey what you want to say. You’re a blessing. Thank you.

"yeah, I just invented a new way of thinking about harmony, no big deal"

Starts asking if they know what harmony and major triads are. Ends with possible explanation to dark matter particles and the expansion of the universe.

I'm still learning to play Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, but I love to listen to this dude because he's just so damn passionate about Music. It's infectious.

@danleach8266

4 жыл бұрын

That's what drew me to him as well. I can only play five chords on the guitar but ever since his hideaway music video, I've been interested in hearing what the guy has to say...even though it is way, way, way over my head.

i bought a keyboard after a 25 year hiatus and your ability to explain triads, harmony etc is so simplified that it all finally makes sense, and this is after watching numerous long yt videos by people that throw so much info at you your head is swimming and lost...thank you. i'm leaving work to go play!

Jacob Collier , definitely one of the musicians of all time

Gorgeous bits of Jacobean improvisation: 1:29, 3:22, 8:13, 8:52, 17:17, 17:38

who also feels like "my ears is up here and my technique is down here"

I adore what Jacob is doing. As someone who loves music but apparently not enough to have made my own, I now feel inspired to learn how. I listen to him thinking, if I work hard, slowly but surely I will be able to understand more. Thank you Jacob😊

I love how his mind works. His level of Openness is astounding.

"My harmonics are in tune, the piano is out of tune" - The Jacob Collier

@miste.remusic

2 жыл бұрын

what he is saying is anyone singing a note has harmonics that are naturally occurring that are more in tune than a piano

@DevBiswasMusic

2 жыл бұрын

@@miste.remusic Omg Adam. Of course I understand that. My comment was meant as a compliment for Jacob, who has perfect pitch. 🤦

@scylk

2 жыл бұрын

Is it because piano has equal temperament?

@miste.remusic

2 жыл бұрын

@@scylk yes equal temperament is an approximation of perfect intervals so that we can play in 12 different keys on the same instrument.

Delightful, through and through. Thanks for sharing Jacob!

I find myself often playing videos at 1.5x to keep engaged without dragging. This kids mind works so fast I did not need to but could watch this many times over and take something new..

At the end he says, "Whether we listen to the voice or not, it still drives us" this is what it is to be an artist. Brilliant

A Circle of Fifth on that screen swirling around describes every musician's mind

@SmartStr33t

4 жыл бұрын

I'm liking your comment because you said circle of fifth rather than circle of fifths.

@Mrs.Munchiana

4 жыл бұрын

Me who doesn't think rhythmically.....

@scorpiorising3741

3 жыл бұрын

AKA circle of fourth

@harmonicaneil9418

2 жыл бұрын

Actually, many musicians just make music, without really thinking about it.

I find it hard to believe but also kinda comforting when he admits he wasn't the "chops" guy in school cause look at him now?! He became the quintessential chops guy of our generation!

1:31 damn that chord progression was so satisfying

@cw8575

2 жыл бұрын

unreal

Do you know the feeling when you watch an informative video again after some time because you remember you took some good stuff away from it and this time you understand everything? Hello future me! How you doing?

When I learned programming drums (1985) my teacher already told me : Quantize kills the groove, kills the feel and kilss the rythm. He was so right !!

Everybody gangsta till Jacob starts talking bout E Flat on D on C superimposed

It’s not only his extended knowledge, but he is also gifted to instruct. He can explain the most high-form information in a way a non-musician would understand the concepts. I hope one day i can attend one of his masterclasses!

‘How do you get out of something like that’ music, the evermore beautiful representation of reality

This man is just so intelligent

'this note hasn't found it's consequence yet' PREACH

@kylezo

3 жыл бұрын

CUT TO: me yelling @ the mirror YOU JUST HAVEN'T FOUND YOUR CONSEQUENCE YET

23:20 “Pro Tools? boooo!...Reaper’s the best one.” Man after my own heart.

@WeAreOnePiano

4 жыл бұрын

lol when does he say this

@yakmartin5429

4 жыл бұрын

I'm okay with sick. Cubase. Is Ableton Live a fashion shtick nobody uses in their studios? 🧸💕🦠🔨

@cakecakes31

4 жыл бұрын

I'm Pro Tools :(

@consensusg9226

4 жыл бұрын

@@cakecakes31 Don't feel bad, I'm FL Studio...

@Rohishimoto

3 жыл бұрын

REAPER GANG! there are dozens of us!

"To this day, my ear is far more capable than my technique. And that's good, because I will always have something in my head that I am trying to work out" Well said mate

I was there !!!!! 07-02-2019 !!!! It was ,as usually , incredible !

@tonylancer7367

4 жыл бұрын

Must have been an experience seeing him in person without the social distancing, face masks and hand sanitizers.

@kaloraan7987

4 жыл бұрын

C’est très bizarre que je sais vous êtes français parc que le placement de le « ! »

@liefwerk

4 жыл бұрын

@@kaloraan7987 !

@franckmeunier499

4 жыл бұрын

@@kaloraan7987 Right!!!! Another clue : It was in Paris ...

notes that don't have a place to go > shipwrecks

@peanutgallery4

2 жыл бұрын

Controversial statements I know

Yes!! 18:40 . That's what makes the universe work, every s is vibrating in different states ratios. Eyyy I am still thinking... Woow where do you come from!!? We are so lucky to have you here . !

Jacob is a genius, I think he is the Mozart of our time. He's so young, so I expect miracles for the coming years, compositions for orchestra, ensembles, chamber music, in short all kinds of pieces because I think it has almost unlimited potential.

Im a drummer and I was still captivated by this. Collier is a genius.

The real ones have seen this masterclass 100 times by now

huge respect for you, not just because you know JD and plays marvelous piano, your understanding of music is just pure gold.

thank you so much

When you’re in your twenties and you’re smarter than almost all living musicians

@seejayjames

4 жыл бұрын

yeah, it's hard not to be envious. I'm no slouch musically but this guy is insane...and I can't hate him because he seems so humble and nice. dammit! lol

@frannyp46

4 жыл бұрын

Seejay James.He is insane ok.Adam Neely calls him “ next level shit”

@urmumsbaps

4 жыл бұрын

When you're not really clued up on music so you think the first person to explain some basic music theory must be a genius

@maxwellerickson7066

4 жыл бұрын

@@urmumsbaps you talking about the 25-year-old with four grammies who's taught a music masterclass at MIT and Berklee? Mmhm.

@danielliang9266

4 жыл бұрын

@@urmumsbaps "basic music theory" It did start like that, but didn't really continue like that

18:17 casually EQing himself

@YambamYambam2

4 жыл бұрын

Lol he's manually applying that rising low pass filter to his voice.

i can see that you are a very very humble person also a genius mastermind, thank you for existing in our life...

The talent in this one human being is mesmerizing to me.

You're so genuinely excited about music. I feel that excitement deeply. It makes me happy just to watch.

I like how he asks a basic question then goes crazy with it. Have you guys heard of major chords? Well I like to stack major chords with diminished chords, add the 7ths from every flat key then resolve it to the bVII of the key before changing keys to the 3rd step away on the circle of fiths

I don't even play music but its quite a joy to listen to his reason and passion behind his choices!

Wow, can’t live without harmony

I really envy that playing the piano seems to come as effortlessly to him as speaking, no matter the genre, key or speed. Just fantastic.

@jeremiedayglider1690

Жыл бұрын

And that he admits he had to work and work to get there. And that he continues to do so so that he can get to where he can express himself and connect with others in the way he would like to. Jacob Collier still "practices"! He's just having fun doing it!

This man said 🌌 Rug Parka🌌

When you Compose a song you imagine this song will last longer than yourself, so you have to leave space in that music for the listener to see themselves so they can fall in love with it…..the way he explains this is so profoundly articulated

Damn.... Jacob is insanely genius!! Every time i watch him i found myself with my mouth open.....

"Quantizing removes all of the 'potential' that exists in a rhythm before it was quantized." VERY USEFUL NOTION TO THINK ABOUT.

I love these things and I barely understand them

@marcmarc172

4 жыл бұрын

The full video was a real treat. I won't forget this soon, if ever.

Everthing that he talks about are actually also good advices in anything in life but not only in music. If you take away the fact that he talks about music and put another topic on top of it, like making decisions in life for example, than you can even understand everything he talks about from a different perspective and even take something out of it for yourself. So interesting 😍😍😍

This guy is just... extraordinary.

Thanks for uploading this, I was looking for more from that Masterclass! You're a big inspiration Jacob, thank you for everything!

16:19 My man's out here sounding like he's standing up for notes having rights 😂😂 Note lives matter too

@joshmcnulty5950

3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha

@iamawin8272

3 жыл бұрын

@@Teabonesteak interesting

I don't think I've ever been so impressed by a human being in my entire life

I don't understand almost anything but I still highly enjoy listening to Jacob

AMAZING camera upon the piano, what makes it WAY easier for me to get what you play. THANK YOU STAFF I LUV U edit: Jacob, I'm going through all your masterclasses on youtube, and this one is really special, for that cycle of fifths and the camera on the piano. I'm really really happy to have this material in my hands. I have not words to describe this, but ''wonderful'' could be. I'm from Brasil, and we love your chords and ideas here. I was at the SP concerto last year, I gave you my favorite candies and two or three melodies I wrote for you (I was the dude in the front, close to you), and it was special to me. Thank you for showing me this new way of thinking music, this is so much more what I believe than what I learn at the music school. Feel my hug from Brasil, and please, play some DJAVAN, i personaly think you'd like his music. Galera BR, da like nesse comentário pra quem sabe eu conseguir chegar até o Jacob. Um abraço e se cuidem, fiquem de quarentena, por favor.

Ive been a musician for 16 years now... and all this went right over my head lol

I get so happy whenever I know and understand to a conversational level the topics he brings up surrounding music and harmony and theory etc. Like I could just sit in a room with this man for hours and hours and discuss and learn and create and listen, Jacob brings me so much joy and inspiration. The second I hear something I don't understand I feel as though its time to experiment and create and read, just in case one day, I do get to have that conversation, there won't be any limits.

the first 13 minutes give us an insight on how robert glasper plays

I just love him, he's an amazing musician and an amazing person, unique and rare to find

I've been treating music like my mistress, while Jacob treats music like his wife. I want to be better.

@w.k.7277

2 жыл бұрын

I've been treating music like masturbation. A day without it is sad and incomplete.

"I think that's so cool.. That's why I'm telling you about it." The depth of that statement made me pause for a minute. Wow.

A beautiful class of musicians

Love how accessible this is. Didn't think my dumb a** would follow.

That intro felt like he's teaching it in high school ''does anybody like harmony?''...

Jacob, you little angel! Yes to all of this. Thank you for sharing your gift, you magical human! The way you speak, your music, your spirit..you are inspiring and electric. Keep shining bright! Much love 💗💗💗🧚‍♂️🌈✨💫

Love this ❤

A few seconds in and I'm already laughing. This man is an A+ entertainer!

Almost a half hour, but it feels like 5 minutes! ❤🔥

This is just beautiful. I'm great at minor but have been scraping by for 30 years on Major pentatonic. 😂😂 He boils it down sweet. This man is not just a musical GENIUS, he's a Guru. His all philosophy is beautiful. And there's a good years learning in this one video..

It's so amazing you make these public. Thank you!!