Can you guess the interval by its emotion?

[@mishibijiwpiano3481]

Clearly they're just played through the wrong frequencies.

[@DezMonKei]

Spiritual Neely In The Building Sungazer Neely In The Building

[@malcelinho]

damn, I heard the end of that sentence in my head

[@drumsforever101]

B A D F R E Q U E N C I E S

[@cuev8025]

@@malcelinho XJ. XJ

[@daybrink1267]

someone needs to align their A=432 chakras

[@DezMonKei]

Protip: Make Sure The Interval And The Emotion Are In The *Same Key!!*

[@marcelloestemiele]

Are in the same tempered system

[@maximo.7240]

Emotion=432

[@davidemura4444]

I dieth

[@settratheimperishable4093]

@@maximo.7240 AH 42 LIKES I CANNOT DESTROY THIS

[@TwinBroz]

Doesn’t matter, just transposed. Tomato, Tahmahto. (I know its spelled wrong, but for context, its spelled in phonetics)

[@kanjosidr]

"I've seen cartoons." - Ben Levin, 2019

[@TMmodify]

Death Grips- I've Seen Cartoons

[@KanarisTM]

lol

[@alexganje1715]

Tritone mildly anxious? Who are those people? Bomb difussers? Retail assistants during a Zara sale?

[@unicornhorn6662]

People who think tritone is highly dissonant are untalented and have badly trained ears

[@jacobname4310]

...or they don’t like the sound of an unresolved tritone

[@AxCYeR]

just because his mom's called lydia.

[@lucianodebenedictis6014]

People who scrub with sandpaper. Mildly abrasive

[@Faulheit]

@@unicornhorn6662 this screams music major elitist

[@DBruce]

Ah yes, how to cook that perfect al dente cadence. I love it.

[@sameester]

David Bruce Composer love your channel!

[@jeffirwin7862]

Don't you think that line is a bit cliche?

[@AntActApp]

what ingredient/sauce/flavor would accordion be? I think it depends on context heavily. In a baroque setting, I'm getting a coffee bean and parsley combination

[@carlsong6438]

Hi David

[@aleksinuutila2315]

Do you know the thing from futurama? -No, but I have seen cartoons.

[@realhippie5368]

wanted to like but it's on 420 and I don't wanna disturb the balance

[@princereechaos133]

Well now it’s 432, the perfect tuning of A

[@thomaslivingston4890]

Prince Reechaos Well now it’s 440, the perfect tuning of A

[@doddleoddle]

I LOVE THIS VIDEO the particular feelings are definitely not universal

[@tonicogsf]

Hey, nice to see you over here. You're so good!

[@tedhanlon7822]

Feelings are like stars...

[@44tharia46]

uber driver: is the car at a good temperature for you? me: i’m feeling mildly precarious

[@TacticsTechniquesandProcedures]

Uber driver: *pulls out a sharp one* [knife]...ugh that joke just doesn't cut it.

[@Arkansya]

No, it's the uber driver whos mildly precarious

[@HyperManic1000]

All intervals make me feel anxiety. Why? Because of the hearing tests, that’s why. Edit: I’m a drummer turned percussionist, I’m finally starting to get a solid grasp on tonality and harmony. Damn did it suck tho lol

[@jch123-r6v]

I feel bad for you

[@woomy8971]

ptsd but you get panic attacks from all music

[@AnnaKhomichkoPianist]

Hahaha that’s sooooo true 😂

[@HyperManic1000]

WOOMY Just like that. I only listen to drums lol

[@HyperManic1000]

SonicHandsK99 Me too :(

[@AndyChamberlainMusic]

I think we can all agree the main takeaway is that LANDR is a microwave

[@brharley0546]

When i started practicing ear training I assigned each interval with what it made me imagine or feel. m2: Dark, muddy, ancient M2: Bright, hopeful, fresh, sunrise m3: sad, cold, deep M3: energetic, lively P4: gentle, soft, sensual #4/b5: hot, spicy, fear, pain P5: bold, confident, solid m6: Mysterious, mystical M6: open, pale, plain m7: Airy, thin, naive M7: Restless, longing, warm It's interesting some of the descriptions matched mine

[@tarosykes]

BrHarley054 sPiCy

[@DWA4707]

Major 7ths are only "itchy" in the cotext of a minor third. You stick a major third in there and it's completely the opposite: calm, pleasant, and maybe a little wistful.

[@bobsmith12345]

i would also imagine a sung major 7th sounds better than a major 7th on a piano

[@Onemanband410899]

13:16 I've never heard a better setup for a poop joke in my life! 😂

[@DeathMetalOnToast]

pahahaha

[@petermarsh4578]

That's brilliant

[@Jimba93]

Can't be unheard 😆

[@dreddiknight]

Oh dear... You're right though!

[@DestroyRebuildRepeat]

Oh man... IT'S PERFECT

[@xZerplinxProduction]

What interval presents the emotion of banging your toe on a chair leg

[@mariobrenes4264]

Zerplin tritone

[@sophias8382]

Minor 9

[@lifeontheledgerlines8394]

Minor second. Tritone seems more generally unsettling to me than like a stark, sharp burst of pain. However, you can play a minor second,tritone, and major seventh all at the same time for maximum effect.

[@104ist]

Zerplin or the feeling of a door handle wrenching the cord of your earphones out

[@sophias8382]

@@lifeontheledgerlines8394 but when I stub my toe, my voice goes up by more than a second

[@romanstudia]

Very soviet, wants to build communism, skeptical about capitalist system (answer: ascending perfect 4th)

[@easonwang6654]

Роман Товстенко the first two notes of the Chinese national anthem is a perfect 4th

[@TurtleGamers1]

literally made this same joke just now

[@philter820]

XD

[@egorm8952]

@@easonwang6654 or a Soviet anthem. Or a Russian anthem. Which is the same song with different lyrics. Those Russians 🤷‍♂️

[@Fopenplop]

Found the Trot

[@loejewis]

"interrupted flow to dominant"? This is just straight up music theory analysis, not an emotional description

[@keithklassen5320]

The way they mixed emotion and theory without a clear delineation between the two was very unhelpful.

[@smashingairguitars]

"I've seen cartoons" Ben Levin. Explains....E V E R Y T H I N G

[@SawtoothWaves]

6:56 I really like this guy 😂

[@AimeeNolte]

I’ve seen cartoons too, Ben. 😂

[@giuseppedeluca4465]

"Lydian it up" Ben Levin, 2019

[@maynardburger]

Neeeeeerrrdd! - Homer Simpson

[@giuseppedeluca4465]

@@tomatotortilla nice

[@meurtenbaguette]

I was the 432nd like, clearly the video is now at the right frequencies

[@Chaosdude341]

Cheeky boi

[@jacksonschwarz2134]

keep this comment on 432 likes

[@rogerheathcote3062]

I would vote this down but we're at 440 now so that would feel deeply wrong.

[@retrodiisiac]

𝘽𝙖𝙙 𝙛𝙧𝙚𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙨

[@owlofathena1247]

I was the 666th like

[@wkingston1248]

"intterupted flow to the dominat" never knew that was an emotion.

[@wizkida981015]

New challenge: Rank each interval by how anxious it makes you feel.

[@naught101]

== mathematical discordance?

[@inkeys6244]

when the major 7th went 😔🥀🔪💔 🎹🎸 i felt that

[@apothecurio]

Major 7th is 100% saddest interval. When it’s paired with other notes

[@iantaakalla8180]

When Final Fantasy VII, a very tragic story, has a theme song with a major seventh.

[@combo306]

I get a sense of happiness from major 7th, does anyone else?

[@triad5766]

@@combo306 maj7 feels nostalgic for me

[@combo306]

@@triad5766 This is exactly the same for me. Play root, 5th, 7th, octave, 12, and 14, and it gives this exact vibe.

[@cerealbloodx]

I'm using some of this for my tinder bio

[@RekenberGlastenheim]

5:37 I'm curious, Adam: are there clips of you laughing that's more than 5 seconds, and with audible sounds aside from a "suppressed laugh"?

[@onkelpappkov2666]

Be glad you have never heard Adam's harmfully loud, deep, bolshevik bellowing. "Like cutting meat with a fork." "Cutting cheese with a spoon." "HA-BUUAAARHHAAARRRBBHHAARRR!" The rich Baritone's explosion echoing through the abruptly silent hallways. Children cry, women faint. He exhales audibly with restraint. It is a burden, a sacrifice. I am grateful.

[@loganwilbur5131]

The "what's-it-called-when-you-run-out-of-options" at 11:17 is called "the process of elimination" ;)

[@mArs0x0h]

"Do you know that thing from futurama..-"no but I've seen cartoons.." 😂

[@jasonlitherland4270]

Best place to start

[@yyyyyyyyachym]

Do face reveal at 1 million subs

[@gqh007]

How about a reverse and he makes vids without showing his face after that

[@henryrichard7619]

@@gqh007 Anti-Face Reveal (to go with his anti-clickbait)

[@ahmeddjeghri6879]

*Davie504 wants to know your location*

[@quieres8614]

Too common, I'm thinking of a left foot reveal?

[@fatherfountain1906]

Are you dumb? He's already shown his face in videos 🤦🤦🤦 if look very carefully in some vids you can see his face in some frames but it's very subtle

[@KungFuPanda1223]

"what do these two notes make you feel" MAJOR THIRD

[@andrewblawson]

After a while I just thought everything was the minor 6th.

[@bbbndddl]

I love how every one of these is guessed right and changed to the wrong one

[@applehack97]

the description of the major 6th also made think of the perfect 4th, so I'm curious to know the context of the musicians that were tested, maybe the styles of music they play have a different meaning for the intervals and thus would completely change the result

[@TheLonelySoundboard]

There's something beautiful about someone who is willing to indulge why they're wrong. Ben Levin is quite the treat.

[@timnewsham1]

interesting, but unconvincing. 1) The most helpful descriptions were not emotional ('airy") but functional ("wants to descend further"). 2) interestingly, I had a lot of the same wrong guesses as Levin did. I wonder if you group people by similar answers what you can learn about those people. 3) A description of emotional reactions to intervals that excludes the angsty-teenagers of intervals, minor sixth and minor third!? come on!

[@andythedishwasher1117]

This feels like matching musical tarot cards with their descriptions in the little book that comes with the deck.

[@drakonyanazkar]

Context matters, it seems. The conversation at the end was also really insightful. I can totally see how you can think music with culinary, like Ben said. I, myself, understand musical compositions as relations between characters in a story. IDK why is that, but it has always been like that. For me each lick and phrase is a character and they interact throughout the story. Missing a note is like the character just missed his line. It has always been like that and making my own arrangements is like writing my adaptation of a theatrical piece.

[@yuvalne]

I literally made the same guesses as Ben. I'm not sure about this study.

[@NotAStranger2440]

Me either. Exact same guesses

[@tratixmusic8884]

Everyone will be different and different cultures and areas in the world might perceive intervals different. Like I got most of these correct but a lot of that is probably what I've been exposed to in the past which will be different for everyone. At the same time, I also agree with the guesses that Ben had as well, but I noticed his way of thinking them out were different than mine.

[@cleaningagent101]

Most of my answers were the same as the book's

[@JoePas]

@@NotAStranger2440 That undermines the whole point of the study though. The experience of intervals isn't universal for everyone. Which is fine, but it doesn't comport with the study's findings.

[@n0handles]

I somehow guessed all but 3

[@TurtleGamers1]

Perfect 4th is the interval of comradeship and seizing the means of production.

[@lavendelle_swift]

What did you mean?

[@remyzsacka8670]

@@lavendelle_swift USSR anthem starts with a perfect 4th

[@MaggaraMarine]

True, but it is actually dominant - tonic, not "subdominant". The descriptions in the book were referring to certain scale degrees, not to melodic intervals. In other words, when they were talking about the description of a "perfect fourth", the book was actually talking about the description of the "subdominant" scale degree.

[@AlexandraZernerRocks]

Probably because I am a guitar player too, my answers, with two exceptions, were like Ben's. That's definitely a very interesting topic. I've been trying for a long time to utilitise the way keys, chords, and progressions induce certain feelings and I wonder how further such research could go while still being reasonable. I will be glad to see more from you on the topic. P.S. Awesome video, as usual!

[@josemarcelino1826]

Hey Adam!! I have a question for your next Q & A: Why do some bossa nova songs are listed as Jazz Standards? Keep Up The Good Work!!!

[@cornifer_lv]

its probably because south-american music was brought to america at the 'dawn of jazz'. it was automatically integrated. my best guess

[@djb903]

Jazz chord voicings and progressions

[@TLMuse]

Bossa nova is largely a fusion of (Brazilian) samba rhythms and (American) jazz harmony.

[@TLMuse]

@Bryan: Of course the jazz harmony was written into the songs; Gilberto was fusing samba and jazz. He was already familiar with American jazz. Read up on the history; it's well-documented that the bossa nova pioneers were fusing elements of samba and jazz.

[@wesleydonnasson838]

I think taking these intervals out of any rhythmic context is going to alter the associated emotion somewhat

[@koalanights]

Interesting idea, great video! I feel like the timbral characteristics, whether they are played together/ascending/descending, the dynamics, and the rhythm are all similarly relevant to our emotional interpretation as the interval itself. It seems as if the book privileges the abstract concept of interval and refers to it divorced from a context. Like an orchestra playing a low, rumbling minor second that ascends slowly compared to a piano playing a high minor second descending more quickly is the difference between Jaws and Fur Elise .

[@benjaminjones3351]

I wished the author interviewed non-musical people, as well as people of different cultures

[@AndyChamberlainMusic]

I had all the same answers as Ben, maybe the exact way the intervals had been played for participants originally would have been helpful information, because for the first few until you mentioned flat 2 and sharp 1 were different I assumed we were talking harmonic intervals not melodic, and then with melodic we didn't know if there was context or in what direction stuff was going. Fun stuff regardless!

[@simongunkel7457]

The study didn't look at either melodic or harmonic intervals, but at scale degrees. No music was played. A total of 10 musicologists from one university were asked to associate words with scale degrees in the context of any piece in major (hence no minor 3rd, but a sharp 2nd). They've all read lots of scores, so they might remember a few #1 or b2s and thus put them into the context of a number of pieces. Not a great study design and I'm surprised Huron put it in his book (the original study was shown in a conference paper, he didn't get it published in a journal).

[@stevenschelling8452]

The two of you get together and make videos like this regularly. I loved those videos of the improv games you guys would play, the interviews you did of each other way back, these little discussions. They make me feel all warm.

[@dylan-dylan-dylan]

I cannot for the life of me figure out if Adam Neely is hot or not. It switches between videos. This is a hot one.

[@rainbowrotcod]

he is cute in all of them.

[@FoxymoronOfficial]

The only time I've spotted an error in an Adam Neely video - the spelling of drifting @ 15:52

[@JohannesWiberg]

Comparing a microwave to a bad mastering website is just brilliant.

[@polinavetsen2843]

I have so much love for you two. Glad ya'll exist, keep it up.

[@bacicinvatteneaca]

0:04 they make me feel angry at equal temperament

[@ertwro]

Never made me so happy seeing a book. I read sweet anticipation like a decade ago and had not seen anyone who had read it. Oh, man :)

[@lifeontheledgerlines8394]

9:27 *sweats in still having failed to watch West Side Story*

[@MuseDuCafe]

You're not missing a thing, including a lot of schlock music -- well-written schlock, but, nonetheless.

[@LeoPerantoni]

I think I could watch you two hanging out and just talking about things for a whole day. Really cool video.

[@MrKONEWKO]

Perfect fourth is so final to my ears! Because opera. The classic cadenza ending: a turn, followed by perfect fourth. Its a massive TA-DA!!!

[@matiamus2465]

That's so interesting, yet funny! So entertaining and, at the same time, informative. Thank you again!

[@samljones]

11:19 I think he means process of elimination 😂

[@kazisamagicaldolphin]

OMG the idea of relating music to flavor is mind blowing! Please collaborate with a food KZbinr like Alex to explain music in terms of food! Would love to see this idea expanded upon.

[@billylardner]

4:43 He sung a major 3rd, not a perfect 4th :P

[@travisyee8739]

I was always enjoy watching Adam and Ben's synergy together. Adam does a lot of features with other musicians but he seems the most comfortable and open around Ben. This was a cool idea for a video!

[@SophisticatedBanjo]

"Strong, upward, bold, edgy, unstable, uncertain, upwardly mobile, mildly precarious." If you say you wouldn't swipe right on this raised tonic, you're lying.

[@shmunkyman33]

Honestly some of these would make great Tindr profile bios

[@Fempath]

Love seeing you two work on videos together, I really enjoyed this 😊

[@vierisbandati856]

It would be really cool to see the same game and analysis with chord qualities

[@christopherandhobbes9846]

I absolutely love Ben's livestreams where he improvised music with buddies, it would be awesome to see you guys do that.

[@JM-ig4ed]

Wow Neely - 27,522 views and its on first day! Congrats on your continuing success.

[@kingstupid8447]

Just want to let you know I appreciate your videos. Long time musician (been playing longer than you've been alive), but I always feel like a beginner, and your videos help me clarify what I'm doing and want to do.

[@Tx72everywhere]

Adam: "Do you know the thing from futurama?" Ben: "Yeah I've seen cartoons." Lmao 😂 Also, I agree a hundred percent with Ben's emotional interpretations of the intervals. Except for the major 7th, I actually find it such a peaceful interval.

[@Andrey.Balandin]

Except he said no but I've seen cartoons

[@jonathanbyrdmusic]

It’s fun to think about why certain intervals are harder to define. Like a perfect fifth seems to “assert itself” whereas a sixth might feel different depending on which parts of the chord it is made of. Without any context, when I hear a sixth it sounds like a major chord to me, just missing the root. Like the beginning of Crazy by Willie Nelson.

[@semiotik_musik]

Almost Major 6th makes me feel like a loser

[@lifeontheledgerlines8394]

Man, so close yet so far.

[@srvfan42]

These descriptions are like "Strong, steady, certain, unstable and confused, moderately weak"

[@TheMmvukici]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@pogchamp7983]

""Do you think salt is bright?" :')

[@Chaosdude341]

Man, it's crazy to watch the progress your channel is making. Thank you for the content you make, you're the only creator I support on Patreon (don't have great finances, but I think what you're doing is really important)

[@ivyssauro123]

5:34 "Do you know the thing from futurama?" *"No but I've seen cartoons"* 😂😂😂😂

[@andymiller5138]

Watching back I think it would be interesting to have Adam’s synesthetic response to these intervals represented somehow, like how he highlights the notes with colours

[@XanderElion]

I never thought I would hear a Landr microwave joke. This has been a fulfilling experience.

[@defgecd6588]

there is a series of notes/ intervals that bring me the most joy. Following the tonic, a whole step, half step, then whole step are proceeded in increasing pitch. The set of “intervals” begins to fall in pitch. We return to the 2nd note of the sequence, but only this time it is held for twice the length as before. The final two notes of the sequence are ascending, as we begin at a whole step below the tonic, just to rise up and fulfill the satisfaction and joy of returning to the 1/tonic. Such a story of tension and release cannot be repeated as well :p

[@succulent_pork3254]

theborkonthepork nobody understood that

[@RiverOfWetness468]

Now I'd like a video on how to tell a *chord* by its emotion.

[@DaveGouda]

Hey, question for your next Q&A: What does jazz sounds like in different places around the US? What do LA jazz, Seattle jazz or NY jazz sound like?

[@squiddlyd755]

Y’all should teach me about the emotional quality of Car Bomb :)

[@davidfuller581]

The sound of a building falling down.

[@RhodokTribesman]

Trout Mask Replica

[@SorenAraujo]

Car bomb feels like bungee jumping.

[@SelcraigClimbs]

@@SorenAraujo without the bungee rope

[@SorenAraujo]

@@SelcraigClimbs damn right

[@ParanormalBanana]

OMG you guys are great together, and this comes from a guy who doesn't usually like Adam's videos. I think you should definitely make more videos like this with the both of yous

[@omricohen1072]

Man the guy talks like frusciante in the forth dimension

[@ricardorodriguez5549]

The conversation around the linkage between taste and sound is one worth its own episode. My father in law and I speak in these analogues as well. He was a top flight jazz drummer in Vegas and the West Coast back in that town’s glory days, and I’ve been doing my best to work my machine since I was wee. Clearly, umami is the bass and sweet is the soprano. So when you’re cooking, if you need more “bass” in your dish, then add some meat stock or fat. If the “cymbals” aren’t loud enough, add a dash of caramelized onion. Does anyone else who both loves to play and prepare food for framily feel this way?

[@Valeria-th4ql]

When I was in 1st grade of my music school and knew little of music theory, I always recognized flat 6 fastest of all, because it has such YEARNING in its sound. So hearing tests were at first purely emotional on my part, no theory behind it all. (:

[@Valeria-th4ql]

Flat 6 kinda represented seven-year-old me's thoughts about unhappy (or at least unresolved) romance I saw in movies.

[@RyanSlatkoMusic]

I'm curious as to whether or not a similar "emotional catalogue" exists for key centers... like G major is calm, peaceful, at rest; Eb is joyful; B is victorious, put the three together and you get... Giant Steps?

[@sebastianzaczek]

Interesting how I actually scored 7/11 in this

[@stefan1024]

Seems you found an easter egg!

[@JacobSoucy]

Adam Neely 1 million subscribers before Christmas. Calling it now.

[@Yanb57479]

11:19 You’re thinking of the process of elimination.

[@ethanjyoungmusic]

Maybe this should be a survey, ask non music people (as opposed to musicains) what a certain or a few intervals make them feel? I'm curious about the sample the researcher used

[@nickthecatowner]

Hello! I like your videos a lot and, since you did the you did the video on Japanese music notation, maybe you should check out Ethiopian music theory. I don't know much about it but what I know seems pretty entertaining. Theres like four different music modes and there all pentatonic. It would be interesting for me and your other viewers to learn about. Thanks for making cool videos!

[@cmck1777]

Fascinating video and really interesting seeing a whole video based around an academic publication.

[@StonyBlazestation]

I made the exact same guesses as Ben. So clearly that book is wrong and we're right.

[@LightsOnTrees]

The two of you are feckin brilliant together

[@יובלזרצקי-צ6ס]

Just intonation gang rise up

[@woomy8971]

99TET only smh

[@יובלזרצקי-צ6ס]

@@woomy8971 1200 TET or gtfo

[@woomy8971]

Infinity TET is underrated

[@יובלזרצקי-צ6ס]

NEGATIVE TET tho

[@yyguuyg]

I totally agree with the cooking/music parallel. I am pretty into both. You are making something new and wonderful from raw and basic ingredients, its very process-oriented, and requires use of all your senses. Building flavors and figuring out what goes with what is the same as making music. Both evoke feelings and memories. Glad someone else thinks this way too.

[@yoyojoe22]

Hey Adam, have you ever thought of time signatures as having an emotion attached to them? I think they can be very useful for creating tension but I'm curious what a jazz guy thinks of it.

[@ahnmichael1484]

I'm so in love with this channel

[@kdokoliijiny3939]

When you're a drummer so you don't understand a word... Eh...can i get more polyrhythm vids ?

[@martinisbutik]

Only once you master playing 7/11 :)

[@peterbull3955]

Yeah, but like.. you should learn about notes and stuff. YOU SHOILD!!!

[@sallyconradconradsally5940]

Litteraly saw the thumbnail, clicked. And then the ad comes in : "If you are practicing interval exercises i should warn you that you're wasting a lot of precious time"

[@flyingskyward2153]

I'm getting that advert before half the Adam Neely videos I watch

[@peytonwm]

My choir teacher told me about the “guess the interval” game she used to play in choir when she was in college, but THIS is something new to me. I think I’d suck 😂

[@BoringTroublemaker]

You are such an incredible music nerd and I'm here for it ❤️