Bill Wurtz Has RETURNED! Jazz Pianist Reacts to Got Some Money | Part 1

[@CharlesCornellStudios]

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[@SteampunkPirates]

You should try listening to the Over the Garden Wall Soundtrack for a nebula episode!

[@williamhiegel2756]

Hey, sorry about using this to ask you if you can do something, but could you maybe possibly look at the Terraria soundtrack?!

[@Vladythebest96]

Hey, pointing out that this video isn’t yet out on nebula :(

[@granthalliburton3328]

DUDE I've been looking for something exactly like the cornell academy because I'm trying to get better at piano this summer before studying music in college. Super stoked that you just released this.

[@yusuke1429]

Hi Charles, I don't know if I am supposed to ask here but could you do an analysis of Gen Hoshino? He is a mainstream artist in Japan. If you could listen to his latest song "Fushigi", I am sure you would enjoy it.

[@aharonmoyal4905]

I can just sum up every video Charles does on Bill. Bill: Does music Charles: OooOooOoooOooOOooOoOooo

[@jcthefluteman]

I ain't mad, Bill's worth it

[@camilleon352]

Hahahaha I left the video playing as I perused the comments and as soon as I saw yours Charles went "OooOooOoooOooOOooOoOooo"

[@armah__6661]

“OOOooOoOo wait wait”

[@istan7412]

lol it happens once at 10:31

[@samuelsalita1660]

I ain't gonna mess up a nice 333 like count

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

People: Might Quit is Bill’s last vid, he’s not coming back Bill Wurtz: *Not anymore*

[@mr_lemonade4230]

I wnat charles to do here comes the sun SO badly

[@griffinmcgarry3258]

Why are you everywhere

[@toatrika2443]

there's a blanket

[@baronvonsatan]

@@mr_lemonade4230 Same. Saaaaaaaaaaaame

[@mr_lemonade4230]

@@griffinmcgarry3258 me?

[@uvi_music]

Bill Wurtz is an absolute madman in composition and his execution is flawless :))

[@MattheasBoelter]

Found a wild undervania! Hope you're doing well :)

[@liegon]

And he is self-taught!

[@uvi_music]

@@MattheasBoelter Oh hi! Funny seeing you here, I hope all is well with you as well :)

[@TarekMurray3]

@@MattheasBoelter hi Mattheas lol

[@Nooticus]

So true

[@Poincianaa]

You got like 5 minutes of content from one phrase of bill's song. That's how every it gets.

[@Desslosh]

Ahahahahaha loved the reference

[@user-xy5yg6se1k]

how did this happen?

[@bolotniy]

@@user-xy5yg6se1k a long time ago

[@spiral32]

Don’t even need a where

[@spiral32]

Don’t even need a when

[@Tozo97]

Bill on his own music: "song can be found in most dumpsters" Charles on Bill's music: I'm gonna make at least 2 in-depth videos fully explaining why this is the highest form of art to ever exist

[@ikeasdog1400]

I think the best thing you can hear from a jazz musician is "Huh?!"

[@nickwallette6201]

Haha! :-D Spot on. That's got to be the highest form of compliment. This guy can find any chord in his head on the keyboard on the first try, and he hears this little riff and... "wh... what just happened..?"

[@nlsantiesteban]

I've been giving Bill Wurtz a few dollars a month for as long as he's had Patreon without expectations. It does my heart good to think of him tinkering in his madman musical laboratory somewhere out in the world and surfacing every so often to give us a ray of bliss.

[@Seren_Moth]

and i would too if i had the money

[@roberttalada5196]

BILL HAS A PATREON?!

[@WillyTheWorm_]

Did anyone else notice that Bill's "Here Comes The Sun" repeats "the lick" a ton of times?

[@ludvigbroman]

Lol it literally IS the lick

[@dashmaster698]

There's also a Rickroll in the bridge

[@KentuckyFriedChildren]

@@dashmaster698 Hold Up. Can you give me a timestamp?

[@dashmaster698]

@@KentuckyFriedChildren 2:48

[@maxalaintwo3578]

He made it to shut up the cringey band kids who keep repeating that joke

[@leoleoleonor]

" 2-5-1, as in a 2-5-1 " Thanks for the explanation Charles

[@late8641]

We've all watched Bill Wurtz's "history of the entire world, i guess" way more times we dare to admit, but he never seems to run out of new intriguing chord progressions and bizarre subjects to sing about.

[@CodeNameSlicerYT]

Seen it twice

[@Scheater5]

This tune has been living rent free in my head since it dropped. It's SO GOOD.

[@Scheater5]

I'll be boping around the house, not really singing anything out loud just jamming to music in my head, and my wife will start singing "got some money" because she knows full well that's what's in my head.

[@Madhatter1781]

I've got 'I'm a Princess' solidly stuck in my head

[@myname-mz3lo]

bill is the perfect mix between lighthearted meme vibe and super genius theory and musicianship

[@axel4320]

Bill Wurtz: **exists** Cornell: 🥵🥵🥵🥵

[@vincentziarko]

You mean everyone.

[@featherycoffee1401]

Pornell

[@61010anna]

@@featherycoffee1401 no.

[@lazinator8285]

@@61010anna yes.

[@61010anna]

@@lazinator8285 please no.

[@michaeljeanrichard4]

1:32 it's literally impossible to play a minor chord without what my dad lovingly calls "the minor face"

[@romulus_music]

minor face be like- 🧐

[@thefallinganvil5170]

Bill: plays one single note Charles: this is genius and amazing and here's how. *jumps onto the piano*

[@BorchikYes]

*EvEn CrAiZiEr SpAcE DuSt*

[@JerryFlowersIII]

Listens to Bill Wurtz for 2 seconds Charles: That's interesting...*goes on for 5 minutes on why that's interesting

[@MissyFaye]

I really love that I've found someone who can really geek out over Bill Wurtz music.. No one I show it to likes it more than as a meme.. and im like a closet Wurtz fan lmao.. I have very little music theory and Bill's music really makes me wish that I knew much more.. so what little I do get makes me so glad you're here breaking down these wonderful pieces! Thank you! It's also super fun to see someone get as excited as me by his work :)))

[@102harris]

Agreed m8

[@Equa11ysurl]

Same feelings here! Hope you’re doing well.

[@twagenknecht]

Bill’s approach to music is like watching a really great surfer. You can see the sets coming up, and know what they may bring, but it’s the artist/surfer what rides the wave and tells us what the wave really means. Musically, this means that he has a musical linguistic skill above most. I love the way you, Charles, break these down. It really helps with those of us who are still trying to capture this language for our own. Thanks for posting this, along with all the rest.

[@bhlawrence12]

Charles talks about chords the way Guy Fieri talks about food and I'm here for it

[@Dash62g]

Its so crazy. If i were to hear these chords isolated on a piano without the other instrumentation, id assume it was some disney villain theme. He takes such a foreboding structure and makes it feel so loose and free with his timing, instrument choice, and connecting elements (like little beeps and arpeggios) Havent heard this one prior to this vid, but will be listening to it a lot now.

[@simonbright8784]

His I'm a Princess is such a bop, slightly different music style, but still unmistakably Bill Wurtz.

[@toatrika2443]

im not gonna be satisfied until charles has talked about every single bill wurtz song lmao

[@mageman26]

I'm thanking the KZbin gods for a Charles Cornell and Adam Neely upload on the same day 🙏

[@granthalliburton3328]

YUP it's a good day

[@jjsdumbshit2792]

@@granthalliburton3328 yeah

[@donalddickerson206]

Charles singing in this vid. Need more Charles singing while playing. Sounded so good.

[@JoeBeaudette]

10:16 that eargasm chuckle is the best

[@EpicAwesomesauce]

Will you be dissecting "i'm a princess" and "here comes the sun"?

[@minecrafter7850]

yea seriously

[@ausdorian3252]

1 hours of explanation on half of the video

[@johark]

and now more than a dream

[@pseudomino3]

Bill Wurtz’s harmonies are amazing. The “I said WXYS” in the Alphabet Shuffle gives me eargasms

[@Madhatter1781]

The numeric bridge of that song slaps so hard lol

[@Madhatter1781]

I like how Bill does this thing where he just throws out typical writing theory (as if that really exists) by not centralizing around the bass line. This allows his chord changes and progressions to be so free and not tied down to the typical anchor of a huge bass line, giving you this free flowing and Bill Wurtz-y style that can go wherever it wants whenever it wants to.

[@MissyFaye]

innnnteresting..

[@agelessorca]

*Nods head like I read the whole paragraph*

[@oliverhumphris4771]

Good analysis sir

[@noahjames9457]

Interesting point, but I think Bill Wurtz likes to break his audience's expectations (and not). Just when you think you have his music figured out, he throws something new at you that challenges your perceptions.

[@HungryMusicologist]

"I like how Bill does this thing where he just throws out typical writing theory (as if that really exists)" I disagree. He's not throwing it out, but using it to subvert your expectations which is much cooler imo

[@yuvalne]

There is no musician who isn't absolutely jealous of Bill Wurtz

[@estebanumiglia1187]

Even jacob collier bows before him

[@chokoala8637]

Oww shit I don't exist

[@hairohukosu433]

Even Bill himself? Paradox

[@RodgerFan-k2b]

@@hairohukosu433 WAYTOODANK

[@Proghead88]

@@estebanumiglia1187 well, idk about that specifically but Jacob is pretty humble and looks up to everyone. But he's just as (if not more) diverse in his skills and range of songwriting and use of harmony. He's also a lot more prolific so maybe it's not a fair comparison.

[@giocosovelasco]

Us: Why did Bill not post for 4 months? Bill: *The sun is a deadly laser*

[@homifelldown5683]

Hmm i feel fish vampire vibe here

[@mn37]

Not anymore there is a blanket

[@truthbetold5155]

We could make a religion out of this

[@leaveitorsinkit242]

8:36 That should be the new GIF for having a lightbulb moment.

[@taa347]

Your visible love for jazz and music in general is so genuinely heartwarming

[@SmaMan]

It's musically incredible, but can I just jump in and say as a video guy he's super on point with his kinetic typography in this one too??

[@shammerHammer]

Oh, a II-V progression? Didn't the Backyardigans use one of those in their song "Castaways"?

[@beef9]

Lmaoo did you see the adam neely vid too??

[@leofgreer]

@@beef9 lol i literally watched that video right before this one too. we are all living the same life

[@beef9]

@@leofgreer yooo same lmaoo

[@oliverhumphris4771]

It’s the staple of most jazz, pops up everywhere

[@nikopiirainen51]

you’ll have a hard time finding a jazz or bossa nova tune without a ii-V progression

[@alexandersanchez9138]

Mystery chord at 8:50 is second inversion B major triad over an E bass note. The trick is that the upper voice is D#, so the outer interval is a major 7th, not a 5th (or 12th etc. etc.), as you voice it (hence why it sounds a bit different). I recognize that particular voicing because I use it all the time.

[@ccloudleaf]

No idea why I insist on watching this as it all goes 100% over my head.

[@joserodolfogomezmaltos2450]

That fact that they included the part when Charles tries to find the notes of that one chord (8:24)... W O W, it´s simply AMAZING how his mind works and how he works that out! Great video, can't wait for part 2 :D

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

Capitalism in a nutshell: *I’m rich and now I’m sad. And I wonder if I’m sad about the money that I have*

[@eloisanzara237]

Thanks Kim Jong-un!

[@oliverb7897]

private ownership of productive capital? pretty cringe ngl

[@jjsdumbshit2792]

Lol

[@jjsdumbshit2792]

Also early hi

[@MiaogisTeas]

@@oliverb7897 See yourself out - you're embarrassing yourself by not getting the joke and everyone is trying to be polite by not openly laughing at you but we all want to.

[@ItsAsparageese]

PICARDY THIRD! Thank you for teaching me a name for this! My favorite Baroque oratorio is the Vivaldi Gloria, and it's got a few great examples of this, and it's a sort of musical irony that I love relating to other Baroque art forms and general aesthetics/philosophy concepts. I'd never had a term for it before, but now I do! Thanks for another great video and for this in particular :D

[@Sad_King_Billy]

8:29 The falsetto when trying to find the chord 😂

[@BorchikYes]

Charles Cornell: explains My brain: *Quarks and Stuff*

[@lunaponta594]

3:27 i actually hear this as complete. maybe culturally and related to music i hear, my ear feels this in a different way than yours, and that's so cool

[@nathannowack6459]

same, i was kinda surprised by that too! sounds more open but it feels complete to me

[@lunaponta594]

@@nathannowack6459 i think what neely said about min7th chords is just what i hear: a "watered down" version of an otherwise "dramatic" normal minor chord, not one that's not resolved, but one that's more chill (and can possibly go into movement easier)

[@Simrasil_]

god I love Bill Wurtz's music it feels like a journey and you never know where it's going

[@TheJlb527]

Great analysis again of my Bill Wurtz! one thing I was observing was when you breaking the "out to sea" moment at 11:46 the thing that types all the chords is the tonicity of A. We were in A major-esque then the chords of out at sea had similar chords with A in it so it jumps back to F sharp minor with ease cuz that common note chords.

[@jesseray05]

Charles: Uploads 15-minute video Me: Takes 2 hours to watch because I have to pause and learn/play/embrace/tattoo on brain each (10:38 "yeeaaaah") chord. LOVE this type of content. Muchas Gracias.

[@juanpedromatta]

7:54 ඞ

[@Dinis_Brito]

every bill wurtz video Charles makes starts with him saying ooooOOOOOOooooooo

[@tryptamines761]

If you play a B7 chord on a 6 string guitar tuned in E concert standard (E A D G B e), you can kinda get the chord you talk about around 10:00 minutes in, which is pretty cool. Takes almost no effort, and most people who'll play it for the first time will probably accidentally play it because they can't mute the 6th string or w/e.

[@gamer7268]

Video summary: Charles has a nerdgazam over Bill Wurtz and harmony for 15 minutes

[@reesespuffs335]

i'm sorry a wHAT

[@leandrowngo]

“In two parts”

[@doom7872]

It's really great watching you go through something and really enjoy it, you bring a level of enthusiasm to what you do that is often missing these days, it makes all your content enjoyable to watch because your love for music really translates over to the viewer. Can't wait for part 2.

[@noitsjustcody]

Dude I love your breakdowns. I grew up "playing" music, but learned absolutely nothing on music theory. Your videos are genuinely mind opening for me, and teach me a lot about the narrative aspect of chord progressions. Also grats on 1 million subs!

[@greddoch95]

8:25 - everyone who plays by ear, this is the struggle. The faces say it all 🤣

[@fizzystar1149]

He made another one my dude. It's about dreams. Please dissect it, cause these are so entertaining

[@sophiahenderson3680]

Charles: geeking out about chords Me: nods along while trying to remember anything about the Music theory i learned in choir

[@KattKirsch]

3:06 I think in most styles this point is pretty solid, but I just feel like those minor 7th chords are so important as a root in classic house music and eurobeat; and while there's an argument to be had that you're eventually moving away from those chords as melodies progress, those m7 jams seem to be the 1, or standing in for the 1 in their looping progressions. The chords are generally perceived as in motion from 2-5-1, which in my mind is precisely why house music just keeps you in motion: The 1 chord is a motion chord.

[@plainoldwill]

Watching Charles geek out about the intricacies of music is really a wholesome thing to watch

[@aaronole77]

i'm SO happy you brought up the Bsus Bmin B/E part in the "cold winds are blowin in at me" the D# is startling and beautiful

[@kraftykactus1028]

Are you going to do the other two he's released recently? Here comes the sun, I'm a princess?

[@lex.cordis]

1:34 Man, it feels good to hear another say this. I always felt similar.

[@justdavelewis]

5:00 - isn’t the F#m6 also equivalent to a D#m7b5? There’s so many ways you can write certain chords For example, a chord progression I was working on (inspired from Leia’s theme) goes A, Dm6/A, A, Bm7b5 and goes into other things from there. The Dm/A also serves as an A augmented because of the F note from the Dm. And if you shift the bass note from A to B you get that Bm7b5 chord

[@alexandersanchez9138]

They're equivalent as sets. However, typically a chord symbol like that tells you about the inversion. So "maybe" is the answer to your question, I guess; it depends on what kind of structure you force your "chords" to have. A side-note about your chord progression analysis--I would encourage you to consider the following alternative perspective: Rather than analyzing the Dm6/A as an altered augmented chord, see it as a the negative-harmony version of a V7 chord! Then, your progression is actually very classic, indeed, since you can analyze as essentially alternating between the I and the V--except the V is replaced by its negative harmony! As an exercise, try to see how the bass motion gets pulled back into the negative harmonies--your example is very clean/logical.

[@justdavelewis]

@@alexandersanchez9138 I admit quite freely here that I know very little actual music theory... I don’t quite know what negative harmonies are 😅 in my head I was thinking I to iv to ii but with my extra additions as seen so many times. For context the entirety of my progression is as such: | 4 beats between bars | | A | Dm6/A | A | Bm7b5 | Gm | Dm | C | Bb | | Am, G | Esus4, E | (2 measures per chord here) And then back to A. There’s a melody running through it that ties the whole thing Together, revolving mostly around the 3rds and 4ths of each chord. I have been thinking about it as Augmented previously because It’s kinda going 5th, augmented, 5th, diminished. I’m very open to your comments and ideas about negative harmony!

[@alexandersanchez9138]

@@justdavelewis Here's the standard analysis of the next bunch of chords: they immediately modulate to Dm, starting from the Gm chord. Later on, the G major chord is borrowed from D major (mode mixture) and helps modulate back into A (since the Esus4 is very close to an E minor sound, which follows very naturally from the ii-IV complex in D major). Negative harmony is when you take the pitch classes in a key (number the notes 0-11, so the tonic is 0 and count up to 11, the leading tone) and reflect them about the axis halfway between the tonic and the dominant (which also happens to be halfway between the major and minor thirds). That is: 0 7 1 6 2 5 3 4 11 8 10 9 If you carry out this transformation for every note in a chord which has some standard tonal function with respect to some key, then you obtain another chord which has essentially the "negative" function, but with the same level functional of "pull" toward the tonic. Famously, V7 iv6 (as in my original comment).

[@Jake_Sachs]

You missed the fact that the bassline during the "seaaaaa" sequence goes C, D, E, F, and then back to F# when the next section begins. This makes the chords C6, D, A/E, BbM7/F. So good.

[@shadowking2707]

Mr. Cornell, You should check out the soundtrack for The Emperor’s New Groove. I would love to see what you have to say about it. When you played the first three chords after saying, “We’re in F#minor” around 1:10 I knew I knew that from somewhere. I know, I know, you said that it’s used a lot. But it’s used in the opening line for the film and that’s what I associate with that progression of three chords. It is just a fun/great film anyway, and again I would love to see what you have to say about it’s music. And thank you for your fun analysis keep up the good work.

[@MrLemonGrahb]

You acknowledging Bill's genius make you a genius

[@ostrophonic]

Bill wurtz makes that 1990s history Channel music

[@bonuebonue]

After the first 5 minutes I HAD TO SUBSCRIBE!!! Your lesson and information and enthusiasm are GOLD!!! Thank you for the pleasure!!

[@McGriddle69]

It'd be really cool if Charles and Bill were to collab.

[@curiouslamp2841]

Can we appreciate the spectrum of faces charles made at 10:58

[@zionm.]

10:34 "Woooooooo-oooo-ooooo-oooo-yeah" - Charles Cornell, 2021

[@mydamon16]

You’re so articulate, even drummers watch yer stuff. TY!

[@rpavlik1]

When you were breaking down the intro, I got definite Danse Macabre vibes. Got that song earworm'ed into my head in my youth during a trip to House on the Rock. So apparently that's what those 4 chords say to me.

[@kaynesovereign9372]

Bill Wurtz is a musicians musician and makes musicians music. His music is pretty contentious among people I've talked to. Either you understand it and love it or you are a smooth brained mouth breather and you don't.

[@jamesc.2743]

I'm SO HAPPY he did this video!

[@III-nj2bh]

I come back to this video once in a while but I never realized that the song that plays at the end is as good as it is

[@alvaro.makes.music1]

1:32 minor triad shivering

[@nielsr4578]

You also have to check out I'm a princess and here comes the sun!

[@anantkerur557]

Boost! He really should!

[@ollivergodvil]

0:09 When you get that sound... It's Good! XD

[@jonrogers1497]

Watching you nerd tf out over this song is pretty daggum wonderful.

[@GuardDaos64]

At the start, you put some of the chords you were playing on-screen. In the future, could you do that for the rest of the video as well? That makes it easier to follow along. Plus, I'm curious what the crunchy chord at 7:21 ended up being. :)

[@TopaT0pa]

2:55 what about: 3x F#m7 I Em7 as an A part. Works on a guitar =)

[@jamesthornock8214]

I love when he absolutely loses it, and stops discerning starts just vibing haha

[@felixgillingwater1197]

Charles's reaction speaks for every other musician at once, its art. :)

[@c0ppersulfate]

9:00 -ripped tonight RIP that

[@aashisheapen8230]

2:29 chords from that tiktok trend with the glitter filter

[@ze_rubenator]

Rick Beato called B/E (or F/B or C/F etc.) the Genesis chord due to Tony Banks' frequent use of it, and he's not wrong about that. Tony loves his slash chords.

[@gilles466]

You've got me hooked on the vid within 5 minutes, I have a musical ear but I never studied music so I don't know what the chords are called, but i keep catching myself go "Yes!! That's the one!" whenever you're experimenting with the chords, trying to find the one similar to Bill's. Subscribed.

[@roccox9510]

12:33 literally the best chord passage ever

[@planetqwerty]

12:24 - could that F# m to D7 be a possible quote/reference (homage even?) to the intro of Abba's 'Money, money, money'? Wanna bet?

[@anna._olsen_]

YES! now that i listen back to it, the intervals are the same and well, it just makes sense that bill would do that.

[@ok-qz6ft]

i like how he went from reacting to teaching

[@danyo911]

Does anyone notice that at 2:40 the chords he played is like that one tiktok sound? Some Charlie thingy?

[@timbeaton5045]

Stevie Wonder and Whitney Houston's duet "We Didn't KNow" is based around that minor/major chord, FWIW. (With added 9ths!)

[@capedmarauder]

Thanks for such a great analysis. I studied Jazz music a LONG time ago, and this really brings it back to life.

[@johnmarkconnolly6414]

Congrats on hitting 1M! Keep creating and we’ll keep watching!

[@WatashiMachineFullCycle]

This is OUTSTANDING. Huge long time fam of Bill but your breakdowns are just masterful. Subscribing!!

[@wellshoot]

Yesss I was waiting for you to make this vid!

[@NC-nk4pp]

14:47 Ayyy, it’s the girl who made the INTRESTING meme from twoset

[@jjsdumbshit2792]

She played the B-Flat, so now it’s flat.

[@lukes6578]

8:26 - 8:47 And now we observe a musician in its natural habitat.

[@saadkareem9552]

this is the type of "subverting expectations" that the game of thrones writers should have done

[@deuteriumjones]

Bill does two chords: Chris: let’s talk about that for 5 minutes

[@alexlagoa9084]

Charles*

[@gbyjrjn]

I was waiting for that video a lot, thanks!