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Jacob Collier Answers Instrument & Music Theory Questions From Twitter | Tech Support | WIRED
Singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jacob Collier answers the internet’s buzzing questions about instruments and musical theory. What is the difference between black and white piano keys? What makes up the rhythm section? What makes a bass line sound funky? Director: Justin Wolfson Director of Photography: Francis Bernal Expert: Jacob Collier Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi Associate Producer:…
@sjferguson
January 23, 2024 at 7:55 pm
Amazing talent and knowledge. Wow!
@anaisgragueb
January 23, 2024 at 7:56 pm
Jacob giving a shoutout to J Dilla always a good vibe ❤
@mayna.m.m
January 23, 2024 at 7:56 pm
Everytime he start talking about microtones am thinking Al- farabi rolling in his grave.
@sabrosso1
January 23, 2024 at 7:56 pm
He forgot to slap the bass for more funk
@weakw1ll
January 23, 2024 at 7:58 pm
Just got a double hagen daas ad on this video. Never had a double ad before thought id let yall know
@lordofcows8529
January 23, 2024 at 8:15 pm
Bro i got that same ad 7 times throughout the video im not even kidding
@orionthatman9390
January 23, 2024 at 7:59 pm
You have no idea how much joy it brought me to hear him mention and give praise to J Dilla. LEGEND.
@dragonfx310
January 23, 2024 at 8:00 pm
If music was a human being, it would be Jacob.
@czanderrr
January 23, 2024 at 8:04 pm
J Dilla mentioned 🗣️🫡
@TheWhollySmoked
January 23, 2024 at 8:05 pm
Hearing Jacob swear this much is quite nice to hear
@mauroespindola5101
January 23, 2024 at 8:07 pm
You’re a music genius! period.
@dedadjole8000
January 23, 2024 at 8:08 pm
does anyone know what model is that Taylor at 8:08?
@orionthatman9390
January 23, 2024 at 8:09 pm
Non music people will not realize how insanely impressive him singing those microtones is. With actual separation between the tones and not sliding.
@iau
January 23, 2024 at 8:10 pm
He’s very entertaining, but I don’t think he’s very good at answering these questions. Answers like “What is treble?Treble is high” and “Why do people play bass? Bass is important” are just not good answers.
@psylopanda2841
January 23, 2024 at 8:15 pm
Ikr… I want to think he was just trolling.
@panopticonautomataformentropic
January 23, 2024 at 8:11 pm
Dear Mr Jacob Collier, where is Eminems snare?
@rivereee
January 23, 2024 at 8:11 pm
Sometimes I wonder if he is superhuman
@vinilosdetribal2
January 23, 2024 at 8:12 pm
He actually skipped a beat in the second 7 bar on the drums (check the 5-6-7 numbers rushing). Jacob proved human.
@ItsABOUTflamTIME
January 23, 2024 at 8:28 pm
It’s rushed but he does actually stay in 7. it might be hard to keep track of because the second bar is highly syncopated.
@brandedtotroll9153
January 23, 2024 at 8:14 pm
I’m an unabashed JC fan but he really needs to wear some normal clothes and comb his hair.
@sgetchius81
January 23, 2024 at 8:15 pm
I was eyeing a Theremini until I read that it’s digital and has an autotune-like pitch assistance. A theremin with no pitch assistance sounds like more fun.
@MitchellMilkov86
January 23, 2024 at 8:15 pm
Your marketing savvy is just as good as your technical facility…good job
@joezegers
January 23, 2024 at 8:19 pm
I actually know the names of the quarter tone accidentals (the most common type of microtones):
Semisharp, Sesquisharp, Semiflat, Sesquiflat.
@frequency_vibes7822
January 23, 2024 at 8:21 pm
I’ve always wondered what makes major and minor chords so different and similar. Being structural opposites makes so much sense!
@theelephant2887
January 23, 2024 at 8:21 pm
Question/ comment about the bass reality surprised me. Music without bass sounds so empty
@sandoncrowder7839
January 23, 2024 at 8:24 pm
He is annoyingly good at music
@disuyetin
January 23, 2024 at 8:27 pm
6:39
This riff you played remindes me of a tune called “Japan Express” by Agrume (this is actually a remix, Idk the original song, sorry, but you’ll get it)
@Raittarian
January 23, 2024 at 8:28 pm
He doesn’t get enough credit for being one the best 5 string guitar players out there 🫶🏻
@MatLinnett1
January 24, 2024 at 5:43 pm
Theramin?
Funky scarf?
Jacob’s the next Doctor Who, calling it now!
@a.vanwijk2268
January 24, 2024 at 5:45 pm
1:00 guitar holes are actually Helmholtz resonators, just like bass reflex ports on speakers. On most guitars they are tuned to around 60 Hz, contributing a great part to the bass sounds of the instrument.
@valorviper4323
January 24, 2024 at 5:49 pm
im sorry did you say 5 way polyrhythm on one hand? I can barely do 1 on 2!!
@zubat0532
January 24, 2024 at 5:53 pm
Jacob seems like a super cool and free human being
@rowingremastered
January 24, 2024 at 5:58 pm
Wow I love this person. I have a degree in music and I can say their skills are incredible.
@creamsupreme
January 24, 2024 at 6:04 pm
I’ve never seen a 5 string guitar before
@ghostofguy
January 24, 2024 at 6:13 pm
A master.
@eeeeeeeeeddddd
January 24, 2024 at 6:16 pm
J Dilla mentioned!!
@clearlyrebecca
January 24, 2024 at 6:19 pm
05:14 when Jacob says that the chord E major is his good friend, I FULLY believe he is, in fact, friends with a combination of sound waves. With the concept and existence of a collection of certain vibrations.
@lilstjimmy
January 24, 2024 at 6:23 pm
hes like if robert pattinson was into playing music instead of acting
@gutoranja
January 24, 2024 at 6:27 pm
in the beginning I was like “such a weird guy to be here”. In the end, it was “Jesus fckng Christ, what a genius”
@apsepa4k
January 24, 2024 at 6:46 pm
i genuinely think jacob collier is the most intelligent, most dexterous and brightest genius alive right now. the way he can understand and translate the sounds in his mind and apply and command his body to it is absolutely insane. but most importantly he is so kind and such a good human being. so the absolute madlad and i hope he knows he’s got it right and he is a treasure to mankind, if not the best of us.
@R4ttlehead666
January 24, 2024 at 6:47 pm
Genius of a musician, lovely personality, only desperately needs some fashion lessons
@Jamp33
January 24, 2024 at 6:54 pm
Compression on them drums is crazy
@MicheleeiRettili
January 24, 2024 at 7:01 pm
the ease with wich he sings those microtones or play that 5 polyrythm is insane. Actually insane.
@meeamee
January 24, 2024 at 7:07 pm
what makes a bassline funky to me is pocket and the right amount of groove
@IbokRock811
January 24, 2024 at 7:13 pm
Dope that he referenced J Dilla 🔥
@WillyJunior
January 24, 2024 at 7:19 pm
That’s definitely an autotuned theramin 😂
@prok3jpeg
January 24, 2024 at 7:23 pm
what is this dude wearing, lmfao
@prok3jpeg
January 24, 2024 at 7:29 pm
3:46 “KC lights- make me feel” does this in his song
@GigaJinGaming3711
January 24, 2024 at 7:31 pm
That snare sounds like St Anger
@kylepetersen6520
January 24, 2024 at 7:46 pm
It’s cool that he doesn’t always give a literal explanation for some things, it’s not how I would explain it I’m a very literal person but i guess that keeps it fun for him and everyone else. we also all have our own ways we approach music and our own way of seeing it so we all think about different musical ideas differently which is super cool
@darkhawkwingsgt
January 24, 2024 at 7:49 pm
my dawg is going super saiyan with the hair
@mikevenus4117
January 24, 2024 at 7:58 pm
He is a beast when it comes to Harmony! He’s hair looks like he got hit by lightning or he’s going super sayian 2! 😂
@ugoc3300
January 24, 2024 at 8:09 pm
I think is Bob Dylan’s lyrics somewhere : all the songs where sung”. So i have that question for a long time. What are the mathematical possibilities of a riff? And if today we would have used all. I don’t have the answer. But it is probably so high than billions songs would not be perfectly identical easily. My guess….And thinking about it, it depends on how many notes constitute the song’s riff. Probably of doing the same as another artist rely on how many. Short riffs are reproducible, and longer ones less if not none. I wonder a bit less why Pop has short riffs…
@Dawid30303
January 25, 2024 at 3:45 pm
bro got electrocuted in tom and jerry
@amsterdaminbeeld
January 25, 2024 at 3:46 pm
minor chords sound sad because they are the exact opposite in physics with major chords…great explanation (duh). I think they sound sad because there is a crying sound in them, the crying sound of a human being but also many other animals like cats and dogs and even whales
@maniac612
January 25, 2024 at 4:18 pm
Ah Jacob Collier, the only guy who can pull off the electrocuted hipster grandma look
@Rubrickety
January 25, 2024 at 4:27 pm
Hats off to Leon Theremin, the only person to have invented an instrument Jacob Collier can’t play at a virtuoso level. 😉
@thespumeljoke213
January 25, 2024 at 4:55 pm
12:52 that is the most interesting answer for that simple question.
@joshetsnelleei
January 25, 2024 at 5:04 pm
Who else wants to see a collab between Jacob and El Estepario Siberiano
@mae__
January 25, 2024 at 5:09 pm
Looking forward to Djesse vol 4!!!😂
@fannydoucet6750
January 25, 2024 at 5:25 pm
Treble be like “Jacob, YOU’re high”
@CalebXH
January 25, 2024 at 5:31 pm
Very humble of Jacob to play WELLLL while demonstrating the guitar
@Gazpacho976
January 25, 2024 at 5:32 pm
Jacob collier sounds and looks like a musical version of Tom Scott
@erikamontiel2901
January 25, 2024 at 5:33 pm
Nice
@IshikawaTakahashi
January 25, 2024 at 6:11 pm
amo pensar que amo o Jacob, ele é muito precioso
@jeffreyjohnson7359
January 25, 2024 at 6:25 pm
I think a lot of accents on upbeats contributes to funkiness. Also some popping and slapping.
@Scampi95
January 25, 2024 at 6:40 pm
What’s that thing around his neck? A vape?!
@oliverdillon1111
January 25, 2024 at 6:50 pm
I think I might be in love with Jacob.
@Spkt3r
January 25, 2024 at 6:56 pm
This guy understands music the way a person knows their native language. Unreal.
@SunsetCorpLtd
January 25, 2024 at 7:13 pm
He have technical knowledge, but his music has no soul or feeling. Boring af
@dylandonut
January 25, 2024 at 7:20 pm
did he just play medicine by matt berry at 1:15
@ibrahimerlangga6460
January 25, 2024 at 7:39 pm
He looks weird, but he is WIRED
@WhatHuhWhyWhen
January 25, 2024 at 7:43 pm
This Jacob collier fella has the most punchable face
@beethovensg
January 25, 2024 at 7:48 pm
I hope you’re not a woke musician, for your own sake.
G-d help us all. 🇺🇸
@camilodelgado1743
January 25, 2024 at 7:51 pm
3:58 that’s crazy
@njokuchisomjoseph
January 25, 2024 at 7:54 pm
Jacob is not a musician, he is music
@AmandaTheStampede
January 25, 2024 at 7:59 pm
dude just casually did some throat singing among other things. i’m very impressed. is he in a band I can listen to somewhere?
@MarvinJupiter
January 25, 2024 at 8:19 pm
Respect for the Dilla mention!
@vaclavsicha4312
January 26, 2024 at 12:00 pm
5:10 “here with me” by d4vd? :v
@foomeeh
January 26, 2024 at 12:22 pm
i have not hexachordall in a looooong time
@mrunbored5560
January 26, 2024 at 12:23 pm
is he tom scotts long lost child
@LeYoIdBeHe
January 26, 2024 at 12:42 pm
“i recommend yelling in cathedrals, it’s quite fun” – jacob collar
@kekcsi
January 26, 2024 at 12:44 pm
Why do people always teach minor is sad? It never felt sad to me. Sure it feels less excited than major. See, if I go to the park and sit on a bench, just watching people go by, got nothing else to do, I play a minor chord for it and I am completely happy. Minor is not sad, it’s just serious.
@snared_
January 26, 2024 at 1:02 pm
You didn’t answer why a minor chord sounds sad at all. If the two are direct counterparts (dual relationship) in physics, then why is the minor the minor one and major the major one?
@itsmatthewho
January 26, 2024 at 1:15 pm
This guy should try a career in music
@alelollipop1903
January 26, 2024 at 1:43 pm
Bloody genius this guy is
@flipchickens123
January 26, 2024 at 1:48 pm
“I like playing games for fun” – Jacob Collier 2024
@maverick1414
January 26, 2024 at 2:24 pm
Something tells me that this guy might be geh
@SoundsOfTheWildYT
January 26, 2024 at 2:24 pm
That moment when you have to turn up to hear the bass bit 😂
@javiercuevasandrade4240
January 26, 2024 at 3:10 pm
Minor chords sound sad cause culture, not naturalism or physics…
@user-ds7py9kk7p
January 26, 2024 at 3:20 pm
is he doing a challenge where every time he gets in a video he dresses increasingly like a clown?
@wiktorkokosik8747
January 26, 2024 at 3:24 pm
He is rocking that Jimmy Neutron hairstyle.
@kevinreynolds3594
January 26, 2024 at 3:32 pm
Man I hate this guy
@DiscoInTheNunnery
January 26, 2024 at 3:53 pm
Where do I buy the Jacob Collier snuffbox necklace?
@cooldudep
January 26, 2024 at 4:00 pm
Yo why does he looks like a bag of skittles over pudding.
@deniznarin
January 26, 2024 at 5:06 pm
What’s the thing on his necklace?
@weshard1
January 26, 2024 at 5:23 pm
6:23 The riff reminded me of a mashup of Play That Funky Music, by Wild Cherry, and New Frontier, by Donald Fagen.
@shirarose7676
January 26, 2024 at 5:25 pm
The man, the myth, the legend
@reubenhayward1625
January 26, 2024 at 6:12 pm
He reminds me of Jim Carrey
@sailorvenus3577
January 26, 2024 at 6:30 pm
Απαντήσεις του Κωλ-ier
@KateHikes1933
January 26, 2024 at 7:49 pm
Sodomite symbols, no thanks.
@kylereitan2360
January 26, 2024 at 8:18 pm
Which member of Sleep Token is he? 😉
@aleksanderagiurre29
January 27, 2024 at 2:21 am
What Is this Outfit and Behavior giving us?, The hair is giving me David tenant.
@TheJRockin89
January 27, 2024 at 3:13 am
Polyrhythm using each finger of his hand took the cake for me!
@conz2078
January 27, 2024 at 3:47 am
his hair is amazing
@Rodrifuuu
January 27, 2024 at 8:38 am
I wish I could play an instrument as well as this kid can dabble.
@vivi-qe5zp
January 27, 2024 at 9:50 am
I don’t know how many times I’ve watched that insane 5 finger polyrhythm
@lilith_trst
January 27, 2024 at 10:03 am
is there anything this man CAN’T do??? wth
@doubledecker1094
January 27, 2024 at 10:04 am
Dude looks like trans Dr Who
@visualthoughts6823
January 27, 2024 at 10:28 am
extraordinary as always. he makes understanding music better so easy and fun.
@LuiZ-jy1pi
January 27, 2024 at 10:47 am
One thing that still puzzles me, despite learning the technical explanation, is natural harmonics. It still feels like magic to me how it only works above specific frets and not the entire length of the strings. I wish I could’ve asked him that
@invox9490
January 27, 2024 at 10:49 am
Congrats to the sound guy. You my friend did an amazing job.
@oivinf
January 27, 2024 at 10:52 am
That drum kit is hilariously boomy the way they miced and mastered it in this video. It sounds fine it’s just so jarring 😂
@oivinf
January 27, 2024 at 10:54 am
bro went super saiyan since last I saw him
@Dbeckerich83
January 27, 2024 at 11:30 am
Why do major chords sound happy until I start playing them :,(
@martins3421
January 27, 2024 at 11:34 am
Amazing. You can “play” 5 rhythms with the finger of your hand, incredible!
@cristiansicilia1286
January 27, 2024 at 12:24 pm
4:10 bruh, WTF😍😂
@lazerfang930
January 27, 2024 at 12:31 pm
*doesn’t plug bass guitar in
@samo5036
January 27, 2024 at 2:52 pm
Jacob is actually an instrument 😭
@Mushnoom
January 27, 2024 at 4:09 pm
This guy looks like what an acid trip feels like
@kayadavis239
January 27, 2024 at 4:16 pm
Mans is a true musical genius
@bongjovi4928
January 27, 2024 at 5:11 pm
Fruitcake
@laura_whittle
January 27, 2024 at 5:52 pm
Woah I think my ears just exploded… the microtones…! My ears… my ears… my ears… Newfoundland…!
@DanRelayer_Ukraine
January 27, 2024 at 6:58 pm
Nice to know Jacon is a J Dilla fan!
@davidbrook7121
January 27, 2024 at 6:58 pm
Microtone practice is akin to skipping stones on a lake.
@grabble7605
January 27, 2024 at 7:07 pm
12:50 The white keys are white and the black keys aren’t. :p
@samcrowther3942
January 27, 2024 at 7:27 pm
I love how when ever Jacob touches the piano magic happens
@monke4897
January 28, 2024 at 10:05 am
4:99 minor chords mimics the sound of crying
@TheSkinnyZ
January 28, 2024 at 10:41 am
What is wrong with you? Respectfully!
11:30
@gmdille
January 28, 2024 at 10:44 am
Maybe its just the room or the mics but holy moly that snare drum sounds rough. So many weird overtones and snare rattle
@slunkzilla
January 28, 2024 at 11:15 am
I can’t stand this dude
@rgr010
January 28, 2024 at 11:28 am
no one is gonna talk about him playing the exact same tone he did with his mouth on the keys?
@juliojimenez9794
January 28, 2024 at 12:28 pm
Not only is he doing 5 rhythms with one hand, but TALKING AND COUNTING AT THE SAME TIME!
@KannKeinenSinnMachen
January 28, 2024 at 12:33 pm
We need more of this!!!
@Constantingold
January 28, 2024 at 12:47 pm
So wonderft is entertaining and educational in so many ways and on so many levels. No matter if you are a pro or a beginner, you can always learn something with Jacob ❤
@Chris-zs6fd
January 28, 2024 at 12:57 pm
Love Jacob. Came by to say I love how we’re still calling Twitter Twitter.
@schmidinho
January 28, 2024 at 1:33 pm
The smartest person on the planet.
@PychStudios
January 28, 2024 at 1:34 pm
As someone with no experience what so ever on the theremin I can confirm it does in fact make noise via being haunted
@gathurugitema4171
January 28, 2024 at 1:36 pm
Finally, an instrument Jacob can’t play 😂
@georgemgrubb
January 28, 2024 at 1:44 pm
he’s so knowledgeable about the inner machinations of music, it’s mind-blowing
@thedoggy480
January 28, 2024 at 2:32 pm
Sorry but who?
@user-vv2rh8cy6w
January 28, 2024 at 2:57 pm
The questions are so stupid, they don’t deserve to be in this video. Dont think Jacob’s fans will want those questions to be answered
@amymakesmusic
January 28, 2024 at 3:32 pm
i had the chance to hear jake live and it was amazing. the way he makes music is truly incredible
@antoniobudria8806
January 28, 2024 at 3:52 pm
He looks like a woke christian preacher
@antoniobudria8806
January 28, 2024 at 4:05 pm
Of all the things you could be asking him… the difference beetwen white and black keys?
@beaster28
January 28, 2024 at 4:15 pm
music wizard
@potatoTomato277
January 28, 2024 at 4:16 pm
This dude is impressive
@XenialXenon
January 28, 2024 at 4:18 pm
That person who asked why “people even play bass” clearly isn’t listening to the right music
@TheMsCroft
January 28, 2024 at 4:56 pm
More ! More ! More ! 🌈🌈🌈
@vfr492
January 28, 2024 at 6:32 pm
4:26 The guy every listened to ABBA? (Yeah yeah, there are many more ofc)
@steveshadforth8792
January 28, 2024 at 7:02 pm
That minor chord explanation was bollocks
@henrystemme8009
January 28, 2024 at 7:15 pm
Bro jacob is awesome but that snare gave me headache
@ignatiusrodrigues1160
January 29, 2024 at 5:11 am
He’s an alien living amongst us and I mean it in a good way❤ RESPECT!
@nathanntan
January 29, 2024 at 7:39 am
Does anyone know a source for the “no minor chords in nature” claim? I can’t find anything 😮
@cwinchcarwash2629
January 29, 2024 at 7:55 am
What a fantastic fellow ❤
@Bip4e
January 29, 2024 at 8:13 am
I lost my passport , my keys ahahahahahha i think that was a joke 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@MenkoDany
January 29, 2024 at 8:20 am
Poor jacob was struggling to not talk about every question for 13 hours
@TheChicoRios
January 29, 2024 at 9:18 am
Dude, that was incredible! What a great musician!
@bardsamok9221
January 29, 2024 at 10:05 am
Looks like a really nice guy but the treble explanation was pretty poor 😉
@oliver1784
January 29, 2024 at 10:45 am
god why did only braindead people ask questions?
@himaniwadhwani9988
January 29, 2024 at 11:09 am
I AM STUNNED!
@windrunner27
January 29, 2024 at 11:50 am
4:24 speaker/headphone issue… can’t hear what it offers on many people’s listening devices.
@thornels
January 29, 2024 at 11:55 am
🏳️🌈🫶
@johnkiddle4671
January 29, 2024 at 12:00 pm
Bro just casually writing bangers in each answer
@alex-rx7pk
January 29, 2024 at 12:34 pm
9:10
@Molemanski
January 29, 2024 at 1:45 pm
I love how he’s really encouraging about learning, trying and just exploring things. He never said that something sounds wrong.
@NoFutureForMe
January 29, 2024 at 1:56 pm
This is the first time i see a five string acoustic guitar
@gregdolecki8530
January 29, 2024 at 2:02 pm
I think they still make combs for the hair.
@LordMarlle
January 29, 2024 at 2:51 pm
Wow, they literally gave the musical genius the simplest questions they could find. I could answer all these questions just as well. Except the microtonal one. Nobody else could answer that
@marius-9333
January 29, 2024 at 3:00 pm
So, nobody is gonna talk about that 5 strings Taylor Acoustic? What kind of sorcery is that?
@Rich7714
January 29, 2024 at 3:25 pm
When you have the chance to ask Collier a question, why on Earth would you ask him about basic Google search questions??????
Pianos with 88 keys, & guitars with holes in them…?! Unbelieveable
@codforlife
January 29, 2024 at 3:41 pm
But he doesn’t know how to make GOOD music. People get sucked into his parlour tricks. Man obviously has a unique and powerful brain. Good musician he is not.
@1dimtim
January 29, 2024 at 4:47 pm
did you get given the five string guitar as a prank??
@TheKorbi
January 29, 2024 at 4:47 pm
Jacob Collier saying “I’m a musician” is like saying the Pacific is a big puddle.
@danamcc221
January 29, 2024 at 4:48 pm
I haven’t even started watching this yet, but I love how Jacob gives “pride of place” to his Moog Theramini!
@DronkenKater
January 29, 2024 at 7:05 pm
Reconsidering my definition of a bad hair day
@SonasRecording
January 29, 2024 at 7:31 pm
Been following Jacob since he was 16. There isn’t a single person on earth with a greater natural understanding of music and harmony to the point of people wondering if he is even human because he is so talented 🙂 Despite the depth of his knowledge, he has a great gift of being a musical educator. He can make difficult things sound understandable. All of the people I aspired to being when I was young were on a pedestal but Jacob makes music accessible to everyone on their own level. Such a rare talent.
@sdw-hv5ko
January 29, 2024 at 11:36 pm
“I like playing games, for fun.” The man is a visionary
@CarneGranada
January 29, 2024 at 11:46 pm
He looks exactly what AI would create if you gave it the prompt: mad scientist of music.
@RickPeters-vk1mm
January 30, 2024 at 12:32 am
Jacob had so much fun playing that chromatic scale
@arisis6709
January 30, 2024 at 1:32 am
Thank you I learned so much!! ❤
@dangeraardvark
January 30, 2024 at 3:06 am
you don’t always hear the bass, but you always feel it.
@Marcel1979K
January 30, 2024 at 3:37 am
Der Typ ist von einem anderen Planeten.
@zeraeiro
January 30, 2024 at 4:46 am
When you shout or produce any sound, you’re not just creating a single frequency or pitch. Instead, you generate a complex wave that includes a fundamental frequency (the pitch you hear) and a series of overtones or harmonics. These overtones are multiples of the fundamental frequency and are higher in pitch.
In a space like a cathedral, known for its reverberant acoustics, these characteristics come into play:
Reverberation: Cathedrals, with their large, often vaulted spaces and hard surfaces, are designed for reverberation. This prolongs the sound, allowing you to hear the sustained overtones more clearly.
Amplification of Overtones: Some of the overtones may be amplified by the cathedral’s acoustics. Each space has its own resonant frequencies — pitches that the space naturally amplifies due to its size and shape.
Harmonic Series and Major Chord: The interesting part is that the harmonic series (the series of overtones produced by any pitched sound) contains intervals that are components of a major chord. For instance, the second overtone is an octave plus a perfect fifth above the fundamental, and the fourth overtone is two octaves plus a major third. These intervals are key components of a major chord.
So, when Collier talks about the overtones “coming back at you” in a cathedral, he’s highlighting how the space’s acoustics can emphasize certain overtones in the harmonic series. If the emphasized overtones align with those of a major chord (which they naturally might, given the structure of the harmonic series), the reverberations could indeed give an impression of a major chord.
It’s a blend of the physics of sound, the unique architecture of cathedrals, and our innate perception of music that makes this phenomenon so fascinating and, in specific conditions, possible.
🤯
@oliverdiamond6594
January 30, 2024 at 5:13 am
bto who else is doing that harmonic series mouth thing lol, it’s so fun.
@oliverdiamond6594
January 30, 2024 at 5:18 am
jacob collier is a great musicain and all but….
that drum stuff was… questionable.
@ArielAponte-qt5db
January 30, 2024 at 5:19 am
I love music but I have never understood it theoretically. It has always been, in essence, magic to me. I watched Jacob Collier perform in Paris and what he did LIVE was one of the most spectacular things I’ve ever witnessed when it comes to manipulating sounds. For him to say “I am a musician” is technically correct, but feels inaccurate 😅
@harukahana6688
January 30, 2024 at 6:31 am
that rainbow scarf looks so fine on him 😔💞
@baguslazuardi6105
January 30, 2024 at 7:15 am
when music become human
@juicevox5160
January 30, 2024 at 7:28 am
4:58 Hexachordal?? As in Tom Milsom?? What’s he doing on here
@EduardoRohdeEras
January 30, 2024 at 10:41 am
He’s a freaking genius
@dantemagi4129
January 30, 2024 at 12:27 pm
He didnt actually answer the first question, why does a piano have 88 notes. He evaded it. Google it and you will know why
@nujhat424
January 30, 2024 at 12:27 pm
Get a cosmetic chemist on!
@mitschnel607
January 30, 2024 at 1:11 pm
that fit is straight out of a musical
@mitschnel607
January 30, 2024 at 1:15 pm
4:02 bro we get it
@aalaapkrishnaa
January 30, 2024 at 1:32 pm
legend
@esthermartinez3727
January 30, 2024 at 3:50 pm
That guitar was awfully tunned
@tea-5658
January 30, 2024 at 4:14 pm
Aha . Now I understand… the higher the hair the bigger the the interest into the topic. Definitely the James Hoffman of music 🧐
@nejiross
January 30, 2024 at 4:51 pm
I absolutely love Jacob Collier. What an absolute legend, and he also seems like a really nice guy.
@noeliav.9878
January 30, 2024 at 5:41 pm
The speed in which he communicates without losing clarity is genius
@harp3386
January 30, 2024 at 6:12 pm
what bass scale did he play in at 4:41 also does anyone know the chords he did 😭they sound so nice
@trueb8474
January 30, 2024 at 7:21 pm
this man is the fecking sound god of our century
@firstanama4573
January 30, 2024 at 8:53 pm
Richard tee riff
@denii7094
January 30, 2024 at 9:10 pm
he does different rhythms with each finger and i cant even clap to happy birthday at the same time as the others 😭😭😭😭😭😭
@denii7094
January 30, 2024 at 9:14 pm
appreciation comment for his immaculate art teacher vibes
@jussiniemi9560
January 30, 2024 at 9:39 pm
Minor chords sound sad, because they just heard that their dog is being put to sleep.
@angelxx1234100
January 30, 2024 at 11:33 pm
Wait… but… how did you lose your passport inside your guitar??
@mattchewhughes
January 30, 2024 at 11:35 pm
@3:47
“I like playing games for fun.”
Jacob’s entire mind in one sentence. And we’re all here for it.
@charlesvickery
January 31, 2024 at 1:08 am
You can tell Jacob lives in music every moment of his life
@Luka_WiFi
January 31, 2024 at 2:35 am
სუპერვარსკვლავი ⭐
@zeezeewhy
January 31, 2024 at 3:54 am
I love this. Please bring more sessions with Jacob Collier.
@superman00001
January 31, 2024 at 4:40 am
I got some question, Jacob – is people stupids?
@eddieslowburn3341
January 31, 2024 at 4:40 am
Why does his guitar sound out of tune to me?
@RobnDaHood
January 31, 2024 at 9:45 am
Give this man a TV show like Reading Rainbow for music! Would be so great to have him teaching kids the joy and mystery of sounds
@karanahluwalia6659
January 31, 2024 at 10:28 am
12:26 ring toruses fly? Artauria?
AaRrthur? (9,2)
as in, pedro pascal’s arturito? (2,8) {d🍏J🍎}🤔
Quite quiet, the microtonal signature (11)
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11:04 dhidhi_@gjp1291621_iz👜bsd🌈
11:05 ~_- awll🦉_8 [lol_lol]
🧣🕊️🫒
@xeniakoroleva3012
January 31, 2024 at 12:36 pm
love it when you open section with speed of the video and realise that it”s already a normal speed
oh Jacob))
@MightyManotaur22
January 31, 2024 at 3:37 pm
the microtones section was absolutely otherworldly. I know that perfect pitch comes into this, but still insane. Dude is an alien.
@MightyManotaur22
January 31, 2024 at 3:46 pm
As a drummer, the polyrhythms section was maybe the most insane. I regularly break out 4/3 or 3/2 polyrhythms as easy to understand examples (that still sound impressive when you show a non-musician). The idea of running 5 rhythms at the same time on one hand makes my head explode and I’ve been playing drums for 25 years. Gonna have to practice!
@lowridowell493
January 31, 2024 at 5:36 pm
Someone tune that guitar
@adriaanaudio
January 31, 2024 at 6:15 pm
What’s that necklace?
@jonaspro_2452
January 31, 2024 at 6:32 pm
11:28 that’s so impressive
@mtaur4113
January 31, 2024 at 6:35 pm
Q: “Why play bass? Can’t hear.”
J: [Borderline inaudible bass playing intensifies]
@wonderfullife3108
January 31, 2024 at 6:35 pm
That was so much fun.
@GlassGirl88
January 31, 2024 at 9:30 pm
i think i’m in love
@figgettit
January 31, 2024 at 9:41 pm
the idiot hair and the art attack wardrobe are a red flag
@hlqa7938
January 31, 2024 at 10:55 pm
G E N I O U S .
@itsCheezeh
February 1, 2024 at 12:41 am
I’m so treble right now
@GumbyJumpOff
February 1, 2024 at 2:45 am
I used to play the drums and one thing I could never get was hitting the kick and snare at the same time. Has anyone else struggled to get good at that?
I suppose if there were no delay between moving my foot and the drum being hit, it would be easy. I think that’s what prevented it.
@PTS74
February 1, 2024 at 4:37 am
Nice theremin explaination. Judging by his hair, Jacob is channeling a great deal of electrical current.
@user-iy6ye5pp1z
February 1, 2024 at 7:48 am
Send him to Afghanistan for a TwiNK session
@Naralogy
February 1, 2024 at 10:14 am
I think it’s fair to say now, he is one of the best of all time. Mastered it all.
@elodier352
February 1, 2024 at 2:07 pm
5:00
@deconimus2393
February 1, 2024 at 2:42 pm
Why is he dressed like a whacky side-kick in a 90s sitcom?
@EyesOfByes
February 1, 2024 at 3:48 pm
Jacob is literally Mozart of the 21th century
@BACadetChorus
February 1, 2024 at 4:01 pm
Please release a safe-for-kids version of this video. My students would love this, however I (for obvious reasons) had to scrap it due to the vulgar usernames!
@Spacebreakaarrhh
February 1, 2024 at 4:13 pm
Dude got me interested in theoretical music 😮 unbelievable
@Bebo18
February 1, 2024 at 5:20 pm
This made me feel like giving up on music lol
@dannous
February 1, 2024 at 6:12 pm
why you recorded this video upside down?
@ED-fn8pq
February 1, 2024 at 6:58 pm
I’m way too impressed!
@GringoCamo
February 1, 2024 at 7:03 pm
FA
@Cangaca777
February 1, 2024 at 8:00 pm
I could watch 3 hours of this.