What is the slowest music humanly possible?

s l o w d o w n.
you might hurt yourself.
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[@AdamNeely]

if you are watching this now and are wondering why there is no audio from 14:22, it's because SONY has blocked Gustav Mahler's 9th Symphony. So I can't play it for you. Sorry! Go check out Mahler's 9th, it's amazing.

[@mitchinatr7093]

Well ain’t that some bullshit.

[@garrettmillaway5325]

Thought you were trolling us that made it to the end of the video... cool video man keep it up

[@sagetx]

Arrgh, ok. But what's the guy saying? Is that Carl Sagan?

[@ianthc8486]

I love that piece but with Leonard narrating and what he is saying it just adds another level of emotion. :')

[@noenken]

Thanks Sony. Bunch of c..... @Adam Cool video, even for non musicians like me. :)

[@TheRealXenosapien]

You never stop clapping. The intervals between claps just get longer.

[@joonashonkanen828]

TheRealXenosapien bruhhh

[@the_rachel_sam]

🤕

[@a02a48]

🤯

[@killmepls7865]

Thats a stoner showerthought if i ever heard one

[@marsisgay936]

I don't like this

[@Catishcat]

The thumbnail was so anticlickbait that I actually clicked it.

[@VeilStar]

I absolutely get what you're saying, but I have to say that in my eyes it was clickbait done right. It gives you the answer, but leaves you wondering why. And with that curiosity, you click on it. Kudos to that. The video was also very well organized, edited, and narrated.

[@TyDie85]

Clickbait? ........ok, sure.... because apparently everything is clickbait these days

[@VeilStar]

If you clicked because of the thumbnail, it functioned as bait. So yes, clickbait. Clickbait doesn't mean it has to be over-dramatized, inaccurate, false, a trap, or anything along those lines. Refer to the first sentence in my previous comment. I never said everything is clickbait. I simply said I believe it was clickbait, but not in the conventional usage of the word.

[@pawebojarski7878]

Reverse psychology at work.

[@Gollas4k]

whatever they did, they made me click

[@Mysteri0usChannel]

*1 beat per age of the universe* That's just... The Big Bang?

[@AssistantCoreAQI]

The Big Beat.

[@systemafunk]

@@AssistantCoreAQI Played by the Big Band. Which makes it a jazz song. Damn that jazz....

[@unblorbosyourshows9635]

@@AssistantCoreAQI wait no-

[@AssistantCoreAQI]

@@unblorbosyourshows9635 Intergalactic Progressive Jazz.

[@jusme2038]

Lonnie Liston Smith and the Cosmic Echoes

[@str1fe13]

Adam: "The next note is scheduled to be played in 2020" 2020: "lol nope"

[@vileflesh8295]

It will be in September, so, we have a chance

[@alyssagonzalez5834]

It falls on my birthday

[@arenomusic]

@@alyssagonzalez5834 and a week before mine!

[@anthonyinholland294]

it's still gonna be played either way, even if no one is there to experience it

[@braedenmoore1722]

Lmao

[@peaceoutman]

600 years from now, when the piece finishes, how long will the audience applaud for?

[@krispayy6076]

2 + 1 = 7

[@awesomenokes]

Humans will be gone, so 0 seconds

[@erinbaker5120]

Forever in their hearts

[@cerystalgaming84]

@@krispayy6076 A human can live for 122 years roughly. But remember, you never stop clapping, only that the time between them is longer.

[@blue-tb2fd]

Cerystal Gaming - Jeanne Calment is an outlier. The current average is roughly 80 or so. Can a human live to be 122? Yes. Will they? Probably not.

[@eddieavakian]

I clicked on this expecting a “non answer” to the question but you actually answered it, and in a couple different ways. Nice work Adam.

[@lolkayleen2757]

Eddie Avakian Like **cough** *vsauce* **cough**

[@Mugen_YG]

The answer is in the thumbnail though lol

[@eddieavakian]

lol my thumb nail 7 months ago was not the same as yours. They change over time.

[@Mugen_YG]

@@eddieavakian ah, I see.

[@irock58]

@@lolkayleen2757 That was my thought as well. But he does it well. I like him.

[@james.randorff]

In the year 2640, it is revealed that the 639 year performance of ASLAP was recorded onto a digital cloud server. Adam's great-great-great-great-[etc]-granddaughter, Morticia Neely (named for the famed intellectual wizard Morty) takes the video, speeds it up 2^24 times (with a resultant tempo of 60,000bpm) and releases a musical fractal to KZbin (Google still exists and is the heart of our new AI overlords), discovering what we knew all along: ASLAP actually stands for "All Star, Long-Ass Playback."

[@Mezurashii5]

Wow

[@soydavidvidal]

Didn't expected that. hahahahah. Best commentary ever!

[@hammerhi]

The Ultimate Shitpost

[@Miatalustrium]

😲

[@jpnavarromusic]

DUDE.

[@lmaolmao2544]

6:43 The real question is how that guy with the bassoon managed to blow into it for 45 minutes straight. Monster.

[@lucasmucas9072]

Circular breathing

[@bbaby7102]

he is a plant and absorbs air constantly

[@JAY-zf6jw]

Circular breathing should not exist

[@robotronixgaming2933]

Must have been part of Eminem's bloodline

[@qriofficial1769]

Circular breathing

[@chasetalks2much]

The slowest beat is 0 bpm just walk away and don’t play

[@iKn-ft2bc]

Rule 34 0bpm? Thats pause not a beat . OR IS IT NOT🧐

[@chasetalks2much]

iKn0wThingz Well that’s just a theory a game theory

[@AbsoluteAbsurd]

Sleepy Vibes xD are you alright

[@joel8236]

-1 bpm

[@mac6na6na26]

What if it’s actually infinitely fast and finishes before you even try to start

[@SgtMCButterball]

I love how a basic answer is in the thumbnail yet so many people still watched it

[@jacoborozco4585]

BruteBall because with Adam Neely, it’s never simple

[@ploopybear]

It's like how you always finish a Vsauce video

[@Hi-vf9wx]

Bold of you to assume that I know how 33bpm sounds like

[@ploopybear]

@@Hi-vf9wx ha I do

[@doctor_whoey3857]

Clickbait done right

[@joshualepon5676]

"The next note is scheduled to be performed in the year 2020..." 2020: *gives pandemic*

[@user-lt7qb5vf2p]

I guess it was a one of those depressing notes

[@haalfnhaalf]

positively cataclysmic

[@alicecallahan1746]

that was 2019

[@danballe]

Certainly did NOT age well.

[@niklas3686]

@@alicecallahan1746 but it hit Germany 2020

[@DarkNytik]

Possibly the least clickbait thumbnail on youtube?

[@faktorial2]

Depends on your definition of clickbait. Giving people an answer in the thumbnail to the question in the title makes people think "Wait... why the hell is 33BPM the slowest?!", thus making them perhaps more interested in clicking on the video than if they had only seen the title. It's a kind of anti-clickbait, that still accomplishes the goal of making you interested in the video's contents. I feel like this technique hasn't been used all that much until more recently on KZbin.

[@aboutmonkey5471]

I really like this style

[@xxXthekevXxx]

Exactly. It gives an answer to the title’s question, making you wonder “why 33 bpm? That seems odd.”

[@JohannesWiberg]

I love this comment.

[@prestonwilder4086]

This man a legend, a 15 minute with no ads

[@bibasik7]

Or maybe he just got demonetized for saying “shitpost”.

[@dsblocks]

Or Frédéric Chopin filed a copyright strike.

[@luibredsted7342]

preston wilder for Real ❤️❤️

[@Sebbir]

dsBlocks typical Chopin

[@Kementeri]

Actually classical music often gets copyrighted because it somehow recognizes it as specific orchestral recordings, I used some Debussy once and immediately had it claimed

[@howardselden5157]

This is Vsause, but music

[@kristerrs]

or is it? John Cage - ASLSP starts playing

[@HimTortons]

Hey Neely, Adam here!

[@eddbajrai4411]

*VSauce for Music*

[@chaichai49]

I had the exact same feeling

[@Leonardo-G]

Renatus And doesn’t stop for a while

[@fritzfxx]

"To be fair you have to actually have a pretty high IQ to get Rick and morty...." Caught me off guard. Many laughs

[@sauliusltcool6902]

You need literally 0 iq

[@despa7726]

@@sauliusltcool6902 this is the joke.

[@fgvcosmic6752]

_creates music at 32.9 bpm_ *uses offbeat triplet as main beat* Im not sorry

[@WardancerHB]

I would like to hear that. But since your channel has no content I'm calling you a liar.

[@theleftuprightatsoldierfield]

*Uses -7/12 time signature*

[@kevinstephens9019]

@@theleftuprightatsoldierfield There's no such thing as a 12th note, ya dunce.

[@theleftuprightatsoldierfield]

Kevin Stephens kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYKcqnxqmdmofbM

[@denialfalls2724]

Can someone explain the joke to me please?

[@masonwant]

Slowest thing we have ever committed to would be Brexit

[@valentin5336]

No. The slowest thing ever is building the BER-airport in Berlin(Germany)

[@guser436]

Development of Half Life 3

[@suit1337]

Brexit Metal, the pinncacle of brutally slow music

[@alexanderdornier7245]

And the sagrada familia xD

[@licinigi9969]

What about the Heavy update for TF2?

[@poombie]

Im currently playing one measure of rest. I will finish my performance in 10,000 years.

[@51CK33]

Beerus sama? Is that you?!

[@Juan-xn8ef]

I'm from the year 436c.h. Where it at tho?

[@justinstaska1491]

love you pooman

[@gidikalchhauser]

tinyurl.com/yahwxpzr

[@feelthespheal4480]

brother

[@DesDownunder1]

Silence is "still" music

[@AdamNeely]

there is a piece called longplayer that in theory will last 1000 years. length is not the same thing as slowness, which is why i did not include it in this video.

[@whycantiremainanonymous8091]

Right you are. Sorry. (And, after checking, it appears that the attribution is uncertain even to Mallory, but not because someone else said it, but because it's not clear whether or not he actually used the phrase in the interview it appeared in, but it definitely wasn't Hillary. Mea culpa).

[@kommandre]

how about Bull of Heaven's ΩΣPx0(2^18×5^18)p*k*k*k, which lasts about 3.343 quindecillion years?

[@Veepee92]

In fact, there is a similar piece I saw live in the Finnish Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma last year. It's a gif file running for 1000 years, counting from 1 to 48 140 288 appr. once per 10 minutes. It is so close to the Cage piece, it even references ASLSP in its name (ASLAP). The artwork has websit at www.aslongaspossible.com/

[@jamesstonehouse3448]

Some drone doom Sunn O))) etc has no discernable tempo (or even melody). The joke in doom circles is being 20 minutes late to a gig, and only missing the first riff. Tune low, play slow!

[@HDChubbydude]

Adam Neely lots of love from Hong Kong ❤️How do you think of these references (Like simpsons or memes) ? Do they like come off the top of your head or what?

[@sikaydalapixia5924]

"demisemihemidemisemiquaver" You'll find that this knowledge very useful one day

[@Tonatsi]

Sikayda Lapixia I like this reference

[@weewooweewooweewoo]

Yesssss

[@noteworthy5911]

You want to know something ironic? I see two "demise"s in there...

[@overmountain]

There’s no form of irony in that. Only coincidence. Learn things.

[@thegreendragon9628]

I love this

[@jessethane6910]

"What is the slowest thing we've ever committed to?" Bureaucracy.

[@hcrrobloxstudios7023]

No it’s brexit

[@ta33370]

@@hcrrobloxstudios7023 Brexit is an example of bureaucracy. So it's still bureaucracy.

[@Marquploads]

yes

[@irock58]

10/10

[@SupahflyJazzguy]

Adam Neely - "It's a multigenerational performance. No human being will see its beginning and its end." The Queen of England - "u wot m8?"

[@thepotatotaxi2430]

this aged like the Queen of England

[@oxmora1178]

I got bad news for you homie

[@rhebucks_zh]

r/agedlikemilk

[@DeathRunningTerror]

240bpm ''Too fast to be useful'' *Techdeath intensifies*

[@Sean-Ax]

*Ｔ Ｅ Ｃ Ｈ Ｄ Ｅ Ａ Ｔ Ｈ*

[@raulperez2308]

Santeri Salminen *S T A Y T E C H*

[@JohnJillky]

Splittercore* yuh

[@LillianAredhel]

643 years, you mean the time when the next Tool album will be released?

[@LillianAredhel]

And yes, i do know they have a new album announced

[@AnduNinicu]

I know the pain !

[@XiyuYang]

They've been talking about new studio album for YEARS so I don't think it's coming out in 2018

[@richpiana7011]

What about Necrophagist's new album?

[@PierreMiniggio]

Pretty sure by these 200 years there gonna be one guy who'd find a way to hack into the server and leak the whole thing though before the 200 year mark xD

[@ericburnett8163]

A+ with the editing and production on this one.

[@syruphi]

Eric Burnett "Sprial Galaxy"

[@theKOmorita]

Superb "article", if we can actually call this video an article...

[@iqux7349]

1 question who r you

[@theproletkulttn]

I remember talking to one of my audio Engineering professors about slow music and one thing that he brought up was that when we have a beat that is too slow to truly feel, our brain finds things to fill in the gaps such as bringing to light specific changes in the tone of the instruments or weaker percussive elements, or even mild hallucinations to fill in the gaps. This also brings to light the point where our beat goes into a sort of rhythmic daze or confusion where we have lost the sense of beat when he was slowing down the tempo to make the point of our brains not being able to feel beats below roughly 33bpm. Also I love your use of Steve Roach's Structures from Silence during your mention of Ambient music. I love that album so much!

[@gangstar662]

"Too slow to be useful" ... reminds me of my Honda

[@pluto8404]

I dont know about that........ Hector is going to be running 3 Honda Civics with spoon engines. And on top of that, he just went into Harry's, and he ordered 3 T66 turbos, with NOS. And a Motec exhaust.

[@UnstoppablePhoenix]

roasted

[@xbox360e9]

Stupid bitch ricers

[@boostaddict_]

Shane Smithler Civics can actually be extremely fast. They can make lots of power naturally aspirated with an agressive enough cam and a well tuned head. Add a turbo an 700hp is fairly easily possible.

[@DatShepTho]

Shingo Shoji disapproves

[@TheJuicyTangerine]

Hey Adam, a correction. The word "Grave" in the context of a "burial ground' is from a different etymology than the word "grave" in the meaning of heavy. "Zombies rise from the grave" comes from a germanic root, whereas the term "grave danger" comes from a latin root instead. "grave danger" and the musical notation grave comes from the word heavy, which is used in Latin both literally and figuratively (i.e. heavy stone, heavy heart). So although they are similar, they actually come from completely different roots!

[@AdamNeely]

neat! didn't know that, thanks!

[@xxXthekevXxx]

I thought that sounded funny. I knew the Latin ”gravis” meant “heavy”, because of Delusions of Grandeur’s Gravis EP (which I highly recommend if you like progressive melodic deathcore/death metal). The album is, indeed, heavy.

[@mishkamcivor409]

It seemed to me like he meant grave as in "grave danger" when I was watching the video but Etymology is pretty damn interesting to me anyway and I guess not everyone sees or hears the same meaning that I do when I watch something

[@bearyboy9088]

I speak german and learned latin for a long time and just as I was seeing an oppurtinity to use the useless stuff I learned, somebody else was already faster

[@pepkin88]

Doesn't it all come from Proto-Indo-European anyway?

[@fullup91]

But is it slower than the plot of The Walking Dead?

[@loserlucas1113]

Rembrandt impossible

[@busterpremiumproductions5840]

What plot

[@MrMegaMetroid]

The walking deads plot is goddamn racing wtf. They put an entire seasons worth of events into literally their pilot episode. From then on its just a non stop chain of events. Have you watched breaking bad? THAT show is slow

[@overmountain]

Not slower than me lmao

[@freindmaker4473]

@@MrMegaMetroid yeah but does any actual overarching plot ever happen. No. They always end up in the exact place where they started

[@MinecraftPlayer-nw5kq]

“The next note is in 2020” Coronavirus: Not anymore!

[@shayakoo1]

Damn! That last speech gave me some goosebumps.

[@ajadrew]

Me too!!

[@hosemarino]

Every time I watch that lecture (that is the fifth one on The Twentieth Century Crisis) I get goosebumps. The whole lecture cycle is indeed amazing and very thought provoking. Everyone here should watch them.

[@y__h]

hosemarino You make me curious, at least let me re-finish this video, mate!

[@Floral_Green]

Gave me a vicious boner

[@MalahkAngel]

I'm starting to think Adam finds these interesting topics just to weave elaborate shitposts into them. I'm entertained either way.

[@tuckersmith7991]

Chris B I’ve been thinking the same thing!

[@benjaminadams9607]

"I only listen to real music." *plays John Cage* *dies*

[@ArifRahman-qj4ny]

lul best music not for everyone though

[@GetOffUrPhone]

Exactly what was on my mind when I clicked on this lol

[@thesocial-comune-ist481]

Sludkip **Plays Darude Sandstorm **

[@kallistoaquila7961]

really? diy?

[@dynoburger]

Ohhhh buddy you sure had no idea how “cataclysmic” 2020 was gonna be

[@10thletter40]

Id say it isnt even top 8 in the worst years of the past 100 years though. 😅

[@NikodAnimations]

​@@10thletter40 What if you exclude WW2?

[@10thletter40]

@@NikodAnimations Then probably, due to the worldwide effect it had.

[@Taikamuna]

Wow, this got deep

[@h2hydro]

Are you that domino guy?

[@gavintantleff]

He is!

[@taxurieofficial1745]

Look it's TheDominoesOne

[@Lundy.Fastnet.Irish_Sea]

This is exactly like modern art. You imagine something deep out of someone else's shitpost.

[@oliviawaycott5161]

You’re that guy from Jacksfilms

[@onceuponasynth]

Incredibly well done. The breadth of knowledge shared, the editing, the questions posed.. it was like a philosophical poem. Time is a fascinating thing.

[@massivelegend7599]

Even down to the thumbnail. This is a great. Video. Everything is well done.

[@Dietrich_Kaufmann]

:O

[@matiasgonzalez949]

Time doesn't even exist

[@massivelegend7599]

Matias Gonzalez stop tryna be smart lol

[@matiasgonzalez949]

Blazeit Barry okay :(

[@andreasd1132]

Anti-clickbait thumbnail, nice!

[@ExtraPizzaZ]

It gave me the answer but I still clicked to find out more… it's a trap

[@fastertrackcreative]

It's like skipping to the end of a book (not something I do) then going back to learn how they worked it out.

[@ImMora1]

Literally the reason I clicked! Glad I did

[@ellenorbjornsdottir1166]

Modern art of clickbait

[@ListenToJef]

I’m watching this in 2020 and I’m so bored in quarantine I’m actually excited for “John Cage’s” next note in September.

[@rafidsiddique2010]

same

[@bebettoninja]

The effort you put into this is simply amazing!

[@shinichi9do]

Thank you!

[@derrrtee]

That's so trippy to think about. A song that would be played for more than 600 years and the fact that this song began its performance in my birth year.

[@keedt]

you found a way to make it about you eh?

[@derrrtee]

keedt why not? That coincidence is pretty cool and kind of creepy.

[@lucasponsock]

I was born a month into the beginning, so you're not alone! 😂

[@midflight_art]

I was born 4 days late...

[@aldenwilner3300]

Time to go read Anathem again.

[@janreiafrica]

*Vsauce looks weird*

[@jonahyogman6282]

Hi there. Michael here.

[@dirtyconsole2247]

*W E I R D B E A R D*

[@RJ-mk6ep]

HEYYY VSAUCE MICHAEL HERE

[@BookooZenny]

While the influence is obvious, he's clearly made his own thing

[@sweetart256]

Esther Yogman i

[@ahobimo732]

That whole "perceptual present" thing really blew my mind. Like... intensely so.

[@koye4427]

1:49 did this man really hit us with the lick

[@allesundmehr]

Kazoo you haven‘t watched many adam neely video, have you? :D

[@thebananaman2003]

Thank god im not dreaming, i thought i was the only one who heard it😂

[@cybergen49]

Lol same, shoots fear down my spine waiting for someone to knock on my door and ask what that was.

[@ChadMojito]

This might be your best video ever. I love it so much. Thanks, Adam! You're awesome!

[@zygimantaspetrosius4971]

Is this loss?

[@ChadMojito]

you kids beware or I'll turn Loss into a song

[@ChadMojito]

Modal Polyrhythmic Harmonization in 26/4 (2/2; 4/2; 4/2; 3/2)

[@pzooka]

Really exploding fish really

[@ChadMojito]

Peter Virden Yes. I can and I probably will.

[@maxmaidment96]

Videos like this really solidify you as the Vsauce of music

[@oldtimetinfoilhatwearer]

hi adam here

[@RealGengarTV]

"Msauce! Adam Neely here!"

[@goonyougoodthing]

+GengarTV ' But what is slow? and how slow can I play the lick ? '

[@vaggosgeorgousis6153]

Gf in the car: One more song and then I get the aux chord. Me: ok 639 years later:

[@ToraNagumanova]

I like how The Lick can be heard even in some club dubstep music

[@Amozmusicmaker]

examples?

[@alvin_row]

Amozmusicmaker 1:48

[@daolchang]

obviously made by Adam Neely so the cheeky fucker can slip the lick right under our noses

[@djmix4ya]

Adam: “33bpm is the slowest musical tempo.” DJ Screw: “Hold my lean!”

[@letmesleepproductions4771]

DC2_Tork WHY DIDNT THIS GET MORE LIKES

[@orenthiadillard8993]

Hell yeah! I thought the same shit concerning DJ Screw. RIP to one of Houston's finest.

[@gilbertlopez]

young infamous not enough Houston natives ig

[@utopianstructures8434]

Never expected to see him here damn

[@clustercrash2995]

Man, this man's music very expertly makes my body produce very specific chemicals

[@fatguy338]

I love the anticlickbait thumbnail.

[@aHedgerowFrog]

? i came here to listen to slow music instead i got a high brow lecture

[@fatguy338]

It's anti-clickbait in that a lot of thumbnails ask a question that either never gets answered or is unsatisfying in some way. This vid states the answer in the thumbnail, and then goes into more depth about that answer in the rest of it.

[@FrostDirt]

It's clickbait-- good video requires clickbait. People just abuse clickbait and thus creating a "misleading thumbnail" (which the word clickbait became somewhat related and often misunderstood).

[@fatguy338]

FrostDirt right, we just have different definitions of clickbait.

[@QwertyuiopThePie]

If you came to a video with a question as a title expecting the subject of the question to not be explained, that's on you. An interesting explanation about *why* the question is answered the way it is ends up being a whole lot more interesting than just listening to really slow music.

[@88HEATHENWOLF]

"the slowest music possible is about 33 Bpm" Sunn O)))) "hold my reverb Pedal"

[@sinistreabscission]

every doom/drone metal band:

[@richardharrold9736]

Olivier Messiaen says hold his red wine.

[@drpibisback7680]

You can't headbang to Sunn O))), and I say that as a big fan of them. They routinely hold a single chord for upwards of a minute, that's miles below the threshold of 33 BPM for the perceptual present. The rhythm, if there is any, is only provided by the faint beating of the sustained chords. Like most drone acts, they care not for rhythm.

[@richardharrold9736]

@@drpibisback7680 who says you can't headbang to each chord change?

[@richardharrold9736]

@@tsuyune3443 I did.

[@hopelessdove]

The slowest music possible is the one I listen to through my shitty internet connection

[@btat16]

Carlos Méndez What if you listened to John Cage’s piece on the internet?

[@eyondev]

1/bpw? (bit per week)

[@hopelessdove]

Not Happy It would be all silence as well, but it would definitely take longer than 4:33 lol

[@someonespecial1329]

10:51 My oh my, what a time to be alive.

[@tangocat670]

Livin in a picture blowing up my hotline

[@shanerobertcooperramirez1726]

and boom no more note change

[@nqrtzy8765]

shane robert cooper ramirez It’s still gonna change even if no one hears it LOL

[@sparklymop]

Oh yes. Definitely. With a global pandemic

[@13_cmi]

And so many people dying.

[@Patrick_Engels]

Not quite my tempo.

[@burpie3258]

lmaoo

[@user-qd7zb4wm9b]

Too fast for me

[@tylercadenas4318]

Best damn comment here

[@maxaks2594]

"Make sure to mark your calendars for the next note" yeahhhhhh 2020 doesnt agree with that one

[@riczi.j]

Am I hearing the lick at 1:49?

[@joejohnson9659]

of course you are, i would expect nothing less from Mr. Neely

[@goonyougoodthing]

+Joe Johnson Of course

[@L33M_0]

T H E L I C C

[@BosseCory]

That's clearly Adam's new hit club banger "Get Lick'd"

[@SgtZaqq]

The what?

[@Michael.Helsel]

jeez... V Sauce looks younger here

[@aaronaguirre6714]

Lmao thinking same thing

[@Timon-IrishFolk]

Michael Helsel I think Adam was nearly as old as Michael

[@ghoulbuster1]

Vsauce♪

[@DavidBadilloMusic]

Exactly what I was thinking! The Vsauce of Music!

[@demixed]

Michael Helsel You mean PsychedSubstance ?

[@eisteelegendeyt7789]

*watches video about slow notes* *slows down youtube video to 25%*

[@flukymaze]

next level

[@StephJ0seph]

Sounds pretty painful!

[@sbiegs3885]

HA!! Made me actually laugh!

[@tcatking9761]

8:08 Plot twist: We are living the longest beat now. The big bang was the first beat... 10:50 Oh God we all knew what happened. The note was a c for Covid...

[@LewysC]

2:37 I genuinely burst out laughing, there is no more perfect paragraph you could have inserted there XD

[@youfreaker]

Ive never watched RIck & Morty, so forgive me if im completely off. But from that paragraph I understand the following: as R&M is a science fiction comedy, its main purpose is to make people laugh (as science fiction is a setting, not an objective). But most of the jokes rely on a person's pre-knowledge of theoretical physics, or people will not even realise its a joke. Doesn't that make pre-knowledge of physics a necessity to properly enjoy R&M, as most of the humor is based on that, rather than having a high IQ which is "only" requierd to understand some deepness and less important references?

[@Arch-Tau]

No, it's a copypasta meme is why it's funny.

[@famatu]

Would you be able to show us the original it refers to?

[@Arch-Tau]

It is the original.

[@snowman486cold]

do you know what's the song?

[@benjaminenders8762]

thats actually pretty funny. The whole video I've been waiting for you to talk about the John Cage Organ. As I live in Germany, I've been there several times, and it is really a magical place. Even the silence part is a very interesting experience, when you think about it as purposefully placed silence.

[@isthiscash]

Benjamin Enders :D

[@StRanGerManY]

Is it just a coinciedence that average human heart beat is also around 60-80 bpm, as a typical music? And that slowest heart beat is around 30, same as with music as you mentioned? I'm sure there is no connection, just seemed cool

[@AndyChamberlainMusic]

@hypernova I'm finding that a few high level endurance athletes have resting heart rates as low as 40 bpm, but I'm not seeing 30 anywhere.

[@Desertfox1843]

Wait 60-80 is normal? I have a resting rate of 120

[@AndyChamberlainMusic]

@@Desertfox1843 dude you should see a doctor about that, seriously

[@StRanGerManY]

@hypernova yes, that's what I said, "slowest heart beat". Fastest possible hearbeat is not very healthy, too, you know. You dont need to be a doctor to follow the logic :)

[@StRanGerManY]

@@AndyChamberlainMusic "slowest" heart beat is not same as resting heart beat though, I dont know why you compare the two

[@oouziii4679]

I just discovered your channel, this feels like the vsause of music theory, im loving it

[@PanzerMan332]

Not related to music at all, but another interesting event is the Time Pyramid, which also happens to be in Germany. It's a pyramid that will be made out of 120 concrete blocks when it is completed. A concrete block is added every 10 years, and so far there is only 3. At this rate, it will be completed in 3183. What is it with Germans and not wanting to ever see the completion of something?

[@MrHidan30]

I don't know, but I sure am glad that there are some things they never completed.

[@AlcorSalvador]

Gongasoso Just cause we all thought of the answer, doesnt mean you need to voice it. The punchline was left... Incomplete, on purpose, and for a reason. And you ruined it, Congratulations.

[@Gongasoso]

Alcor Salvador I also completed it on purpose, for a reason. Now go away, you seem to be unbearably whiny. I bet you start to cry when Momma doesn't cut the crust off the sandwich.

[@benq994]

@Gongasoso Greetings from Poland, glad to see a honest man who knows the history and is not afraid to tell the truth.

[@Gongasoso]

ragonoid lastname Well... Because not delivering the punchline has the inverse effect of not resolving to a stable chord. As in it's not fucking amusing at all. This isn't a stand-up show where you need to build tension in the audience so that you get a proper laugh later. This is a comment section. Finish your statements. BTW, my comment was directed at OP, that was wondering why they never complete anything, to which my comment who be an ironic reply. "Why won't they... Because Holocaust. Let them keep leaving things half-way, just in case." Not to First Comment that kept beating around the bush, and certainly not to Snowflake McGee that says I ruined it, whatever "it" may be. If you don't deliver the punchline, there isn't anything to ruin. Unless one can't bear the Event-That-Must-Not-Be-Named by the Dark Lord Herr Pencil 'Stache...

[@samuel_piper23]

Watch video at .25 x speed for full effect

[@zwingler]

youtube doesnt even play sound at 0.25 speed

[@dalkra9988]

Yeah it does lol

[@themennissvids]

I was waiting for ASLSP. Wasn't disappointed, it just took a while.

[@goonyougoodthing]

same

[@tonyhakston536]

Fitting.

[@whatdoyousuppose]

Same here, very apropos.

[@VIUSmusic]

I see what you did there

[@EU_DHD]

Ass Lisp is a weird name though.

[@alexanderhough9175]

1:03 Then: Funeral March Now: Coffin Dance

[@tanutchankasem1291]

this is vsauce of music

[@ollelundin5567]

Tanut Chanakasem was going to say the same

[@qukoongames5830]

Tanut Chanakasem "Hey vsauce! Adam here"

[@rozasinromanin7007]

*w h e r e a r e y o u r f i n g e r s*

[@MateusAuri]

With a bonus clip of Carl Sagan of music at the end

[@williw.5815]

Indeed

[@boomchacle6717]

in around 600 years, the elderly man playing that last note on that 1000 year old organ will release the note, the crowd of ten thousand people will cheer loudly, and he will stand up, stretch, and say... "Wtf did I just do?"

[@gabopalacios2028]

I guess it's pretty common everywhere but, from my personal experience... Here in Mexico, everytime a musician or a band end their show the audience tend to yell "¡Otra!, ¡Otra!, ¡Otra!" wich means "one more! one more! one more!"... It'd be hillarious if the audience asks for one more song! XD

[@DirkGently04]

Reminds of Deep Thought and "the Day of the Answer"

[@avd7288]

- "Sorry, I guess I got a little carried away there. And from year 250 onwards I improvised a little."

[@TorreFernand]

It's usually translated as "encore"

[@jonispatented]

Fernando Torre sure but it means other or another. As in “La otra casa” which means “the other house”

[@juanmacattivelli8499]

1:49 it is always great to hear the L I C K

[@pixelee3890]

Just did the 68th like on this comment so the next person has the satisfaction of of liking for the 69th like.

[@masicbemester]

WHO UNLIKED THE COMMENT? I WAS PROMISED THE 69TH LIKE?

[@hanahouli3592]

DOO DOO DO DOO DO DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@TheMister123]

8:10 - "Oh yeah? One beat per infinity plus one!"

[@woud3404]

So is the ASLSP being recorded, so future us, in 640 years, can listen to this song at ultra high quality compressed into a few minutes. It would be intresting to hear what that sounds like.

[@aierie-dragonslayer]

W Hulshof Oh my gosh that would be amazing.

[@leofisher1280]

You could literally play it on an organ now but fast

[@simongregory9453]

@@leofisher1280 but maybe a 3 year long note squished into a couple of seconds would sound different to just a standard couple of seconds note

[@ponytart4245]

I never wanted to be reborn, but...

[@jigsaucemusic]

that would be a big ass file

[@danielsjohnson]

I'm surprised to see a KZbinr answer their own clickbait-y titlein their thumbnail. Thanks for that.

[@daviddockery20]

This is a beautiful video

[@lanedangg]

David Dockery hey David

[@lego5745]

6:02 I was honestly quite surprised to see that someone else knew about Steve Roach. Not to say that I’m the only one out there to know about his work, but you know what I mean. I highly suggest for those interested in taking a look into his work to start off with his “Worlds” album, I think it’ll help you get a taste for the tunes that he would put out after that.

[@Banschmitz]

"Hey Vsauce, Adam here..."

[@Roescoe]

Yep my exact thought. He certainly has an overlap.

[@dlee645]

Kuba I was thinking the same thing. LOL!

[@velocitylk]

He really need to collab or something and be Vsauce4!

[@Roescoe]

heh that would be cool

[@oaooaoipip2238]

Future generations will be like "wtf kind of noice is this organ doing? Let's unplug it."

[@Kinkyminky]

An organ is not a computer you can program, it needs a person to operate it.

[@DjSunexx]

dude it's palying the same note for years.. just put a wrench or some paper weight on the key and leave...

[@simalestr4162]

Olov Hammarström you know that lots of organs are connected to electricity to power the air pump which keeps air flowing through the pipes. Otherwise there would need to be people jumping on giant bellows

[@Kinkyminky]

oh... I should have figured.

[@kissthefish2188]

@@DjSunexx They play a note and then "rest" for years.

[@DuelerIsKing]

No joke this is one of the best videos I've ever watched on KZbin.

[@evavonblon2151]

"High effort sh*tposting" Wait, that's illegal.

[@eekrats5981]

639 years? So when half life 3 is released?

[@mangonectar8117]

Eek Rats boy were you wrong

[@jermfanaccount]

@@mangonectar8117 it wasnt half life 3 though

[@happily7514]

@@jermfanaccount yeah more like half life 1.5

[@pyrocryptid]

@@happily7514 1 and a half life

[@pedrocarvalho4999]

Too optimistic, I'm afraid.

[@drjimnielson4425]

What a fabulous essay. Fascinating from beginning to end! Nerds are the new scholar-poets.

[@mynamesnotsteve]

Hey just wanted to say thanks for the anti-clickbait thumbnail

[@cinder.squire1122]

"Anybody can have an idea, but do you have the technique, the time, and the energy to actually do it?" As an artist, this is thought provoking. I look at artist like Salvador Dali, Theodor Seuss (Dr. Seuss - see his midnight paintings), and Zdzisław Beksiński and marvel at how much they produced over a life time. Hundreds, if not thousands, of pieces completed. It makes me wonder if they created every idea they ever conceived instead of pausing to contemplate the useless question of, "Is it worthy of my technique, time, and energy?" Thanks for coming to my TED Talk.

[@salty_3k506]

you only know if it was worth it, if you have done it, so might as well do it. and you have to make bad ideas in order to find something good.

[@amogh2101]

What if big bang is GOD trying out the slowest rhythm yet?

[@Roonayy]

Aj God Djent

[@Charlie77779]

Damn...

[@SolidGeordieMGS]

fuck that's deep

[@MrMorelloJr]

Aj then from Saint Augustine to Hegel all metaphysics have been true: whatever is beautiful is measured against the eternal

[@vedhil]

shit man

[@Sankariteemu]

5:12 240 bpm is "too fast to be useful" extratone be like

[@Choinkus]

ain't useful. Not shitting on speedcore and general uptempo electronic stuff, I love that, but don't try to tell me you listen to extratone and can properly "get into" those beats. 1000 BPM is about 17 hertz, nearly within the range of human hearing. If you ask me, the limit is somewhere from 400 to 500. 240 is bullshit though, yeah.

[@RebelQueenAmelia]

Thrash metal can push 250, if I remember correctly. I’ve never heard metal this fast, but I think it’s happened.

[@Yet_another_placeholder]

Considering that there is Metal going faster than 240BPM, I call bullshit on this claim. For instance, X Japan's classic "Kurenai" starts out with a slow section, at tempos that range from 70 to 100BPM. Then, when the actual "Metal Intro" begins, it leaps up to a whooping 300BPM, and it's still very much a useful tempo, since the guitars and bass mainly play 8th notes or slower. At its fastest, it's a set of 8th note triplets. Likewise, the Technical Death Metal group, Conquering Dystopia, has a song with a section where Jeff Loomis plays over 1700 Notes per minute (I think the tempo is set at 275BPM or something). 1700NPM/60s to get the frequency, and it clocks in at over 28Hz. That's well within the audible range of 20-20000Hz. But yeah, 240BPM is only too fast to be useful in the same universe where 432Hz-tuning sounds better than 440Hz

[@arunbuck7084]

Choinkus i personally love extratone because i dont focus on it and let myself think in the background about what the sound is

[@Underpazz666]

Every Uptempo artist like „ Am I a Joke To you“

[@cheekybum1513]

Can we appreciate that he put the answer on the thumbnail? A true hero of yt

[@dmanisthebest1]

In Hindustani Classical music, we have a form known as Vilambit Khayal which can be presented as slow as 10 or 11bpm

[@chedleicester535]

You are the vsauce of the music world.

[@SCM]

veritasium rather...

[@ErebosGR]

+SubConsciousMindd Adam should start asking random people on the street about music theory and harmony.

[@viczach5147]

I want to listen to "ASLSP" as fast as a human could play it

[@TorreFernand]

But but... that's not what the composer intended!

[@LilGamingYes]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/nmaQiqJpZ52FppY You're welcome...

[@Luka1180]

Should be ASLAP* instead :/

[@xCorvus7x]

@@LilGamingYes Thanks.

[@Anon-tr2lq]

Nono, it should be *ASS-SLAP

[@zambaboro]

*Nothing is slower than my internet speed*

[@identicalgd2446]

Zamba same

[@zambaboro]

@@identicalgd2446 sad lyf bruh..

[@VulcanisEnceli]

*but have u ever tried downloading an image for 8 minutes?*

[@andreasantoniades5539]

I live in the European country with the worst internet

[@gardenguster5271]

@@andreasantoniades5539 africa

[@remirussin7240]

Discovered this video in October of 2020 and devastated that I missed the note change.

[@nbs1421]

John Cage is the father of musical memes, a legendary troll.

[@diamondblackford5048]

14:22 KZbin seems cutting sound from here by the reason of copyrights.

[@yogxoth1959]

Yeah it really ruined the end of the video. :(

[@festerdam4548]

Isn't it public domain?

[@matthewparker9276]

@@festerdam4548 the composition is, but the recording is not.

[@Helicard]

As SLow As Possible should be abbreviated as A SLAP

[@JayandJay223344]

Helicard omg why am I still laughing? XD

[@henotic.essence]

Gives a whole new meaning to "hey man lets bump a slap" lmao

[@blipster0074]

Oh no wonder Cage changed the abbreviation lol

[@mattea4322]

I read this as ass slap and I don’t regret it 😂

[@Videohead-eq5cy]

As fast as possible = AFAP

[@beenis08]

"I just invented heat death DJENT"

[@jdraper12]

8:41 Hey, Vsauce, Michael here

[@potatoalpacas6114]

Hey Msauce, Adam here!

[@dylanbradfordgreenlee331]

Dude read my mind

[@ivangomezprado434]

jdraper12 *Vsauce music plays* where are your fingers?

[@YEAHKINDA]

1 BPD (Beat per decade) Pass the song onto the next generation, cutting off the parts you've played as it slowly goes through all the generations.

[@cursedcliff7562]

Somebody will make an arpeggio sweep 300 bpm blast bear version

[@soydavidvidal]

The last minute was so... oh.... feels...

[@Tizohip]

David Vidal mahler é muito massa

[@Tizohip]

David Vidal muito bom very good.

[@kindauncool]

12:29 AYO