Jacob Collier Answers Music 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: Paul Gulyas; Brandon White
Production Manager: D. Eric Martinez
Production Coordinator: Fernando Davila
Camera Operator: Christopher Eustache
Sound Mixer: Rebecca O’Neil
Production Assistant: Caleb Clark
Special Thanks: Sean Lefkovitz

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22 thoughts on “Jacob Collier Answers Music Questions From Twitter | Tech Support | WIRED

  1. The microtones is ABSURDLY WILD, but let’s talk about the fact that he’s perfectly capable of understanding the comprehension level in which each question was written to properly communicate with the person who wrote it and answer it, furthermore, explain it to people that may not comprehend the full context of it so there is a common ground for the watchers of the video.

  2. Minor chords sound sad because they are a lower frequency than the major chords they reflect. For example, A minor sounds a lower frequency than A major.

  3. Seeing how you love microtones, Taylor Guitars should do a five string version, with your tuning, of a resonator guitar.

  4. 0:29 this is an essay, where he just used an oxford common between the 2nd to last and last item in an ordinal list.

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