Rhythmic Analysis: While 'Levitation 21' was all about the number 21, 'New Maps' is all about the number 20 - Every line of music adds up to 20 quavers. This opening section is pretty standard Tigran: -0:00: rhythm for each line is, in semiquavers, (6,6,6,4,6,6,6). I decided to split it into a 9/8 bar and a 11/8 bar. -0:42: 8 groups of 5. Nothing too complex. -1:03: Here, Tigran combines the rhythm and material of the opening two sections. I have decided to notate the upper line in different time signatures to make this clear. Something Tigran uses quite often in this piece (and Levitation 21) is 'displacing' melodic lines by a certain amount. At 1:45 Tigran gradually does this quite ingeniously. The first line is as you would expect - however, after the flourish at the end of the line, the following line (1:50) starts a quaver later, shrinking the first rhythmic group as a result. The rest of the line is still pretty regular, though. The following line is where the displacement happens (1:55): If you look at the lowest notes - the C#, E and F - they all occur a quaver later than the beginning of the rhythmic groups - remember, we are still in 8 groups of 5. When the drums come in at 2:05 we are well and truly in this displaced time. The rhythm returns to normal at 2:25 after what seems to be an uncomfortable gap, since Tigran has had to remove the first beat of the riff in order to 'un-displace' the rhythm. Some more subdivisions: -2:55: although I have decided to notate this section in 8 groups of 5 because of the drums, the rhythm in the piano can be thought of as (5,5,7,5,4,6,4,4) -3:14: Each bar becomes (5,4,3,4,4) Another instance of displacement occurs occurs at 4:15. Although the melody stays the same, the bass line and harmony is delayed by a crotchet. To add further to the confusion, Arthur begins each of the following lines with rhythmic patterns that should, in fact, end the phrase. The really interesting part begins at 4:55. Although this is still 8 groups of 5, Tigran hints at an upcoming rhythm with the placement of the top Cs: (7,7,6). This is reinforced at 5:05 and 5:12, where we don't get the exact rhythm - instead we get the rhythm backwards. The regular cymbal hits should be noted for the next section at 5:25. This is the really ingenious bit, where Tigran brings in the (7,7,6) rhythm hinted before but it comes in a semiquaver early, beginning on the second group of 7. On top of this, Arthur somehow manages to play the previous cymbal hits (in 8 groups of 5) in the original time: This is why the cymbal and snare hits sound a bit off. In order to keep the score clean, I have decided to remove a semiquaver from the first bar and add it on to the last (6:02).

@valuablesandwich

4 жыл бұрын

🤯🤯🤯

@benjaminjosephfoster

4 жыл бұрын

My opinion as a percussionist/rhythm section person: the jam section starting at 5:25 should basically be counted as 4/4 maintaining the quintuplet subdivision (so stay in 20/16). The rhythmic pulses are kept by the cymbals, bassdrum, and snare drum on the backbeat. The biggest evidence for this is how the pulses are foreshadowed all throughout the previous section and are emphasized starting 5:20 by the unison hits. This fits with how Tigran usually does breakdown sections and is taken straight from metal music (see: Meshuggah) where the drums keep 4/4 time and the band "hits" follow some other more interesting rhythm. Like happens in the verses on Levitation 21, the first quarter note (I'm American so I think I mean a crotchet?) is basically silent from the group. The first band "hit" is actually on the second semiquaver, right after the snare hits on the (2) of a bar of 4/4. Tigran does this all the time, having the dominant rhythm hit immediately after a downbeat. This way, you don't have to cut a semiquaver off of a bar. And it's easier to headbang to.

@enricopiopentrella4376

4 жыл бұрын

This is madness

@enricopiopentrella4376

4 жыл бұрын

I love it

@bobby43rocks

4 жыл бұрын

"Semiquaver" We get it, you go to berklee

Hey! This is so killing. Great job! My only comment would be at bar 65 (2:58) where you have 'without the bass' I'm actually still playing :)

@EvanMarien

4 жыл бұрын

and in the intro (:22) that's not a synth, it's bass doubling the melody :)

@HanZhao

4 жыл бұрын

Omg thanks for the corrections and I have to say the sense of rhythm you guys have is unparalleled. Can't wait for the album to drop!

@jordan98127

4 жыл бұрын

You’re killing it, man. Both of you

@vitekadolf1225

3 жыл бұрын

nerd

@ludoprieur6240

3 жыл бұрын

hey Evan, i wanted to ask you : how do you play the main riff at bar 13 / 14, for the fast arpeggio do you use tapping or what ?

Tigran is such a genius. The polymetric combination of the intro motif with the bass riff at 1:03 is amazing

You might be to Tigran what June Lee is to Jacob. Respect

@Turcomichael

4 жыл бұрын

That’s deep bro.

@evanyoon1230

4 жыл бұрын

Except June lee does some Tigran transcriptions as well

thank you ❤

You are insane for being able to transcribe this stuff this fast. Thanks for the effort man.

@bosnathan

4 жыл бұрын

Facts

كافوووو والله 💎💎

I think Tigrans is likely going to be remembered as one of the musical greats of this era, and it's very important that his music is transcribed so I thank you for that.

Another masterpiece! Bravo.

Thanks so much for this, love the effort you put into these

Thank you for the transcription! lovely work.

A 380 second piece transcribed in 720 minutes, so that's just a tad under 2 minutes per second. Given the complexity of the music, and the fact that you transcribe the drums, too, I'd say that's amazing.

@HanZhao

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I'd say a bit more than that, some sections I could copy and paste lol

@StevenMasonBranding

4 жыл бұрын

@@HanZhao Well, Tigran is playing about 300 notes/second, so there's that. Have you ever considered transcribing Keith Emerson's The Three Fates? You'd have more than a day. There is a transcription of Lachesis (Kenny Floyd, RIP, I believe or there may just be Emerson's score, which isn't published), but to my knowledge not of Clotho or Atropos. And Atropos, for three pianos simultaneously, well, that would be something else.

@HanZhao

4 жыл бұрын

@@StevenMasonBranding I just listened to it and its pretty banging. I also happen to be a church organ player myself so might give it a go in the future idk

"How Tigran comes up with these pieces is beyond me." How you managed to transcribe it so soon after its release is beyond me! Well done!

@eliotmccann2589

4 жыл бұрын

My sentiments precisely. Bravo!

Very nice work !! Thanks for sharing this !

You're amazing , bro!

Fantastic..

This is absolutely amazing and makes it so fun to listen to and watch. Thank you for taking the time to do this! My favorite part of the piece is the development of the theme starting at 4:15. It's so beautiful and now I can understand why from a music theory perspective. Thank you thank you!

12 hours, for music this dense. Wow. Thanks for this :)

Wow, very nice work!!

great!!

You're such a beast. I'm learning this right now on drums and with the help of Arthur Hnatek's video I only found some very minor things in your transcription I had to tweak (ie adding a bassdrum or removing a hihat note that isn't played with your hand but with your left foot, but that's all). Thank you so much for the transcription!

Nice!!!

Very excited for the inevitable djent version of this.

thanks

@TheRE4Player

4 жыл бұрын

Como que o cara transcreve isso em um dia, mano ? Kkkkkk

like clockwork! incredible work! I really liked Levitation 21 but this track is a whole new level!

Excellent job!! You work exceptionally fast O.o

Absolutely insane keep it up man how do you only have

Wowowowowowowowowow

@HanZhao

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!!! really like your jacob collier transcriptions as well!

@jasonfieler

4 жыл бұрын

@@HanZhao Oh thanks!

As I started thinking to transcribe this, I also thought you would have probably translated it by now hahah kudos!

YES

Hi! Is it possible to get the midi of this score? Happy to pay! I will be playing this piece soon but would like to beam some things differently, would be a huge time saver…

i like to think about tigran as the einstein of music. truly brilliant and im convened tigran is a genius

5:24 WTF HOW DO I EVEN CONCEPTUALISE THIS DJENT ALL I WANT IS TO HEADBANG IN TIME I fully expected the crash cymbals to fall neatly at the barline but most are a semiquaver off. Could I understand the relationship between kick, snare and crash as merely grace notes or is this another oppenheimer-level division of 20 that gives the illusion of a 4/4 beat? PLEASE @HAN ZHAO or I won't be able to sleep

This just came out looooool

You are a god

Nice job!!!! New subscriber for sure.

特别好~

You are the god

Beastly tunes call for beastly transcriptions.

How the hell has this already been transricpted? Insane job mate!

Fuck, that was quick! THANK YOU 🖖🎯

I heard the song many times and I always felt it like 6/8 at the beginning, then 7/8 / 5/8, 4/4 and on the end a 4/4 with quintuplets. Anybody else?

@shama2

3 жыл бұрын

I thought it was only 5/8 always. With different acentuations. If you do it so, it fits. At least at the beginning. Greetings from Chile

@carboluka

3 жыл бұрын

@@shama2 9 months after, I realized he was using septuples for the majority of the song lol, what a madlad

Awesome transcription ! I can definitely see some parts being easier to read notated as quintuplets over 4/4 instead of 20/16 (probably applies to other parts as well). Amazing job nonetheless !

that part at 4:35 is straight FIRE damnnnn

@UkuleleAversion

3 жыл бұрын

So crunchy and aggressive. I wooped out loud when I first heard that part of this track.

Awesome. I hear m. 44 as slightly longer (22/16) then m. 45 (and the rest of the phrase) can be on downbeats. What do you think?

Dear Hah, can you help me with the chords of the right hand ? For example in the measure n 16 there's a natural sign on an F ?? Is hard for me to read those. Thanks

@aaaaaaaaaaaaaa3122

3 жыл бұрын

notes are G, Bb,, Eb and F. It's an E9/G chord.

in the A section the second quarter beat in the 11/8 bars feels more like a down beat to me... i would have written it 11/8 - 9/8. Nice work otherwise

Wtf

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