How Hamilton Works: Why Stay Alive sounds like Bond

[@td-js6fd]

Lin's like "everyone thought I was dumb when I wrote this for six years straight, but now look who's laughing!"

[@ntlespino]

T Queen #chessnotcheckers all the way!

[@sreyeh]

T Queen ha! I’m not laughing! I’m just balling... my eyes.. out. *sniff*

[@ricethericey]

bawling** lol

[@eileene.5870]

Ricey, Shadow of a Star could indeed be balling their eyes out, it might be a problem if their partner notices that they're typing on a video instead of focusing on the activities at hand , but that's between them! 🤣 I derive great amusement from taking people at their word when they make a homophone error 🤭

[@jillianrose2891]

Eileen E. I don’t even know you, but you seem like the worst kind of person. Just let people be.

[@magiv4205]

I don't understand half of the technical stuff but still I feel like I have learned the workings of the universe!

[@magiv4205]

Also everything somehow gets so much sadder when you analyze it like this *cough* pHILIP *cough*

[@nancymansour9914]

same!!

[@courtneybloodsworth9425]

Me too,me too.

[@sweetsweetwhitesong]

Fess up, who on earth ruined the 666?

[@percyperren40]

Saammmeee

[@day5209]

Not sure who's more of a genius, Lin for sneaking in so much meaning with seemingly simple melodies or you for finding the meaning in them.

[@krillbeans8620]

Both

[@elw6323]

Probably lin because he was the one who thought of it :)

[@philiphamilton9702]

Set me On fire but no one has found them before this giy

[@camel143]

That intro tells me Lin is smarter for creating it.

[@carternesbittscartoons9771]

Definitely Howard, even though Lin’s brain is bigger than his actual head.

[@burstingwatermelon9370]

Poor Eliza, she just isn't listened to. She asked for he loved ones to stay alive, Alexander, Philip, Angelica, AND PEGGY die before her. She asked for Hamilton to take a break, instead, he cheated on her. She asked Hamilton to go back to bed; He didn't. Yeah, I might've missed some. Poor Eliza. She was too helpless to do anything.

[@andymitchell2146]

He didn't cheat, they were on a break. Edit: Clearly nobody has seen Friends before.

[@kaylin5796]

@@andymitchell2146 no they werent?

[@SeebsL]

@@andymitchell2146 hahaha

[@99RedRedfake]

She is truly Helpless

[@crunch5]

@@andymitchell2146 Their family went upstate to visit Philip Schuyler, Angelica’s and Eliza’s father. Hamilton stayed and he cheated on Eliza, he hid it for several years and revealing it in the Reynolds Pamphlet. So yes, he did cheat.

[@shanlykrismas1326]

Lin Manuel Miranda should see this and say if he willingly wanted those connections because this analysis is amazing

[@QuikVidGuy]

He'd shout something about chess

[@iiqlxssy3957]

i never realized the “beat without a melody” was a foreshadow...damn..

[@ItsSilmara]

My mind is literally blown. Lin is a musical genius; there's so much thought put into these songs I can't even...! Thank you so much for doing this series and explaining!

[@Itsdania77]

Selma E Lac and Lin are such GENUISESSSS

[@endlesshalcyon]

This is why we must defend the precious Linnamon bun.

[@tamorathepurple]

I already knew that Lin was a genius but my brain is literally BLOWN AWAY. WHAT DID WE EVER DO TO DESERVE HIM????

[@KingGeorgeIIIiwanttoperish]

Ebba did he Blow Us All Away?

[@nikko1044]

Its not what we did. Its what The Little Mermaid did. According to Lin himself, Disney's The Little Mermaid inspired him to be a songwriter and singer.

[@adelineschuyler4842]

WHAT THE HECK THIS IS GENIUS. LIN'S A GENIUS, ALEX IS A GENIUS, YOU'RE A GENIUS

[@CatUnderscore]

James Washington? George Bond?

[@arcticsaxifrage1000]

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE

[@lisandramariaurbano8413]

*WHAT THE FUCK HAVE YOU DONE?!?!?!?!* (someone get it pls)

[@superstar2446]

@@lisandramariaurbano8413 I worship you,

[@lisandramariaurbano8413]

@@superstar2446 I'd trade my life for yours

[@alyssaaaaa27]

bond. george bond

[@kwen2015]

22 years of reluctant piano lessons---and Hamilton is the first musical collection that actually caught my imagination! Even before your explanation, I had started to catch the chord progressions and how they were interconnected melodically. So much of Hamilton is technically evocative. I've been able to learn scores easily, just because I can hear the melody and bass line as clearly as I can see color. Hamilton is a joy to play.

[@nerdy-kat1293]

He couldn't do what the music was telling him to he couldn't stay alive ..... setting us up for a tragedy .....*heart breaks*...... HEY! THANKS FOR WATCHING THE VIDEO!

[@baldman7738]

Nerdy- -Kat129 neither could anyone else.

[@ghostpixie822]

Eliza’s melody was heartbreaking for some reason idek

[@LegalVampire]

As someone who struggles to understand the language of music, this video was absolutely fascinating to me - it was exciting to see the music analysed and explained as these are things I never would have noticed from simple listening to the tracks. You're very talented - thankyou for your video essays!! x

[@Enderr_Mann]

Ikr

[@ems467]

I love this series so much never stop

[@ems467]

it could be.... nnnOONN SSTOP

[@BrightIdeaPony]

Awwwwww yeah!

[@turtlelover5988]

Em S NOOOOOON STOP CORRUPTIONS SUCH AN OLD SONG WE CAN SING ALONG IN HARMONY

[@kimberlyluu245]

AND NOWHERE IS IT STRONGER THAN IN ALBANY

[@chaosdisposal5779]

Em S I was going to say that 😂

[@hollidolli32]

i cAME AS SOON AS I HEARD

[@girl_villager]

all the way from London?

[@questioneverything680]

3piccrafter damn

[@chungleandthebims167]

This whole thing is beautiful

[@mei-ud4tu]

im not hERE FOR YOU

[@tifafan]

3piccrafter ANGELICA

[@ratonadebiblioteca98]

These videos always make me have weird epiphanies. It's awesome.

[@magiv4205]

Ikr I feel like I suddenly understand the secret workings of the world! It's amazing!

[@hobbedgoblin10]

Alejandra Escutia Angulo they make me feel uneasy

[@v-nikiforov8725]

i'm the one i should looooove in thiiiiis world -if- -you- -know- -you- -know-

[@user-hello2]

I’m like ‘what DID I miss’ Gotta love a cheesy Hamilton pun

[@azurezebra3204]

also 'Say No To This' and 'The Schuyler Sisters' are connected, they both have that 'someone in a rush' and 'someone lookin' pretty' verse

[@alexinitalics188]

My mum doesn't really like Hamilton but since she's a music teacher, I showed her this video and I'm gonna show her the rest at some point too but my mission to get my mum into Hamilton has begun well so thank you!

[@sarahp6512]

You can never read too much into Hamilton music. It's just so full of connections.

[@OMNJJ134]

6:03 young man i'm from v i r g i n i a...........................

[@daveslamjam]

phojoco Missing my W I F E ..

[@hiyoise]

the nation learns to move o n...........

[@neissene7850]

never gonna be president n o w. . . . . . .

[@grrwyz]

you sleep in your office i n s t e a d ......

[@alannamcelhanon7760]

never gonna be president n o w....

[@eileenzamby3214]

I honestly do not understand even half of the super technical musical theory,,,, stuff, but jfc I am sHOOK and now very intensely wish to study how music works, ah! I find this whole series to be incredibly inspiring and amazing, it must be very exhaustive and minute work, please keep it up!

[@codaclownery]

Eileen Zamby Eeeeey, it's the Oliver Boi!

[@theresaivy7274]

Don't do it! Real music theory study is boooorrrriiinnnng!

[@mlpak2000]

Honestly these videos actually make me WANT to do my theory homework for music class. My music teacher thanks you!

[@LisaMichele]

your analysis is incredibly impressive. I studied music theory a bit in college (initially was going to major in piano performance then switched) and I truly wish we had resources like this back then. keep it up man you are amazing!

[@LisaMichele]

p.s. I'll also mention really quick that I went to college with LMM, he was a year ahead of me at Wesleyan. I didn't know him but now I have to wonder how much music theory he studied there ;)

[@colerich4200]

I'm pretty sure that the Alexander Hamilton chord progression is present in Your Obediant Servant.

[@k1-b0akakeebo85]

Cole Rich yea it is, right in the beginning just before "How does Hamilton"

[@maryedwards6328]

Cole Rich It's also in "Guns and Ships" and "A Winter's Ball"

[@pbnjosh1057]

The stay alive theme is in guns and ships if you listen close Lafayette is rapping about hamilton and when he is saying "you gotta put some thought into the letter but the sooner the better to get your right hand man back"

[@andreee123123]

THESE VIDEOS ALWAYS BLOW MY MIND

[@manitaojha855]

andreee123123 THEW BLOW US ALL AWAY.

[@brothyjay9195]

+Manita Ojha TOO SOON 😭😭😭

[@sodeste6053]

Manita Ojha STAY ALIVE

[@tunezsa3860]

S Odeste STAY ALIIIIIIIVE *I HAVE NEVER SEEN THE GENERAL SO DESPONDENT*

[@Nugcon]

yeah

[@bridmairead]

Whenever I heard those strings at the end of say no to this, I have always thought it was mourning the man that Alexander used to be, now I know why. This video series is amazing!!!

[@Cruuzie]

I wonder what it's like to be you and listen to this stuff with all this musical understanding oozing through your mind. Instantly knowing what's a major and minor chord, or an augmented flat VI with a sharp G7 in the bass, all the while seeing how this tiny part of a song connects to all these other songs. It's mindblowing!

[@justinlocs]

welcome to being a music major haha. that's basically what happened to me when I saw Hamilton this past Spring.

[@StoryMing]

What is it like in his shoes...?

[@4dultw1thj0b]

Did Lin ever confirm it as an intentional homage to James Bond?

[@HowardHoMusic]

No, but I would love it if someone asked him!

[@robin212212]

Prob Alex Lacamoire would know as well.

[@samwallaceart288]

With the theme's prevalence, it'd be more amazing if it _wasn't_ intentional.

[@GraniteShaker]

I watched it last night for the first time. The beat reminds me of Square Dance by Eminem. It's pretty much identical.

[@XiaoAndyPugMan]

Holy shit, I didn't think that you could ever top your previous videos, but this one absolutely blows them out of the park. The in-depth explanations of the technical aspects of the music were clear, easy to follow and very much appealed to music theory nerds like me; the comparison and demonstration of similar motifs in other pieces of music was an absolutely brilliant way of emphasizing your point and making the motif easier to distinguish, and the musical connections you drew between different tracks in Hamilton were simply ingenious and I seriously don't understand how your ears are so well trained that you can pick out such subtleties and explain them so cleverly. Definitely one of the highest quality channels on KZbin. Please keep doing what you're doing :D

[@jack.1546]

You know some big words

[@andreasven4354]

You mean it blows them all away?

[@XiaoAndyPugMan]

FUCK YES A NEW HOWARD HO VIDEOOOOO

[@aridactyl8919]

Xiao Andy I KNOW RIGHT!! I CAME AS SOON AS I HEARD!!

[@dappercuttlefish9557]

Xiao Andy You're in all my favourite videos and every time it's like "wait you're here too?" It's kinda weird actually.

[@XiaoAndyPugMan]

DapperCuttlefish Kirby is everywhere

[@aridactyl8919]

MY MIND IS SO BLOWN RIGHT NOW AHHHHHHH

[@dappercuttlefish9557]

Xiao Andy Kirby has the best taste in videos :)

[@aliyamiranda804]

Striving for sadness. *Pauses video to stare at the ceiling in dumbfounded awe*

[@cindyluyanli]

The stay alive theme also kind of appear in "you'll be back" and other King George variations; in which the order of the chord progressions are inverted altered and changed to major key, at least that's what it sounded like. It can possibly represent how King George III is a constant threat to the revolution, but also because he's royalty and his "joyful" nature his songs are ironically lively, in contrast to the very obsessive and narcissistic lyrics. I might be wrong but I really hope you see this, these videos literally changed my view on Lin's Genius, thank you so much

[@HowardHoMusic]

Interesting.

[@elizabethbellian6567]

"He couldn't do what the music was telling him to do. He couldn't stay alive." GrEaT, tHaNkS, nOw I'm SoBbInG

[@vikkivaporub]

I KNOW RIGHT

[@user-hello2]

I know this wasn’t even you analysing the music but when the shot sound went during the intro it was interesting. I’ve never seen the Hamilton ‘logo’ as him shooting the sky.

[@user-hello2]

I can’t believe you liked my comment! I feel honoured

[@BrandonLyons]

I just noticed something. When he was explain how the Stay Alive progression went 5th to 5th augmented, then 6th, then back to 5th augmented, I was thinking about where I've hear it before. Then, it hit me. "(5th) I haven't slept in a week. I was weak. I was awake. (to 5th augmented) You've never seen a bastard orphan more in need of a break. (to 6th) Longing for Angelica, missing my wife...." But, after that, it goes into a 7th, instead of returning back to a 5th augmented. Maybe, that symbolizes how Hamilton knew he was heading into danger with Maria Reynolds(Like war, for Hamilton. Or, for James Bond....well, James Bond), but decided to keep going with Washington, or anyone else, not there to warn him. Or how it sucked him in (quite literally). EDIT: I wrote this before knowing he discussed it in the video. Dammit. This is why you don't comment before watching the full video.

[@chloekennedy8326]

But... your comment wasn't edited...

[@mingolingo4740]

wow. Your comment isnt even edited. If you wanted to lie at least be good at it.

[@towboats]

@@chloekennedy8326 they might have written the explanation out _then_ watched the video, then afterwards just added the edit and posted it anyways owo

[@leandroalves4159]

I remember watching this in 2017, I was at the peak of my Hamilton phase and learning to play the keyboard. I barely got the point he was making melodicaly, but rewatching this now that I know a bit more about music theory just feels so right, I'm gonna binge watch this series all over again, thank you so much for making this

[@voidify3]

*shows up to notification squad party 3 hours late with starbucks* whatd i miss

[@madisongreen7975]

**jazz intensifies**

[@penelopecaswood3565]

Sophia Long is coming hoooooome...

[@angelelelelalalalalelae]

And you said you were late ....

[@dabarecats9485]

Soooooo... It's been 3 years and I just now got the notification

[@biancaking2502]

*Me late for the notification squad party 3* *years late whats* up

[@dappercuttlefish9557]

This is weird and complicated and makes perfect sense??? I feel like I shouldn't get it, having no real musical training, but it also seems... almost intuitive? Very well done.

[@chungleandthebims167]

I just got chills. You said the trope was traced through all nine songs and that's all they ever counted to. Nine.

[@joelandry9137]

Despite the fact I've listened to the show about a hundred times and was fortunate enough to see it in-person, your videos make me feel like I've only discovered ~5% of the story of the music itself. Well done again with this one, thank you.

[@mkon29]

YOUR VIDEOS ARE AMAZING! as a musician, i'm really interested in this kinda stuff with theories and leitmotifs in musicals. thank you for doing this

[@zachsutton4518]

I never write comments on KZbin videos, but I just had to. This must have taken so much time and was honestly one of the most in depth videos I have ever seen, the connections to other themes was phenomenal and I was astounded by the numerous connections you were able to find. As a non-music theory person, this video was so clear and still so interesting. Keep up the fantastic work!!

[@Lg.sidequest]

I just watched Hamilton for the first time last Friday on Disney+. I've seen the poster for years. But I am just now realizing that the pose on it is him shooting up towards the sky during the dual 🤦🏽‍♀️ I'm the slowest person on Earth

[@kinvoya]

Just discovered your videos and "the world will never be the same." I don't know a thing about music but your videos are so well made that I feel like I almost understand them. Keep up the amazing work, it is appreciated.

[@cassidysmith408]

Please please please never stop doing these! They're so fascinating and cool and I have all the feels 😵😭

[@pm6487]

Damn, you're good. You have validated everything I've been thinking about through hundreds of listenings of this brilliant work. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I feel like sitting down everyone I know and making these videos mandatory watching, so they'll quit rolling their eyes every time I try to explain these things.

[@faithhammonds1352]

MY HEART when he started talking about Philip. This is such a sad chord progression!

[@forrestwatcher]

Like a lot of Hamilton fans, the thing that made me cry the most was Philip's and Hamilton's death.

[@jordynflint7777]

this makes me wanna continue music theory

[@lindseysquire8417]

Every time you make one of these videos, you blow us all away.

[@-rizen]

I heard this theme in “We Know”

[@hiyoise]

We Know the theme was probably in "we know" because there's a danger facing head on..?

[@lildigipoke]

MY MIND IS MELTING

[@LilLWH]

So when you started this series I had never had a music theory class in my life but now I'm in the middle of my first class and it amazes me how much my thought process has changed when watching these videos now.

[@IzzyRoseDoesArt]

If I'm being real, those notes T E R R I F Y me. Just, *shivers*.

[@eringoblah]

You are AWESOME, dude. The way you visually lay out everything is as impressive as your understanding of the music.

[@TheTetrapod]

I've listened to Hamilton so many times, but I still can't pull the music apart in any meaningful way. Like, in the clip of One Last Time you played, I could sort of feel a tonal difference, but it's just part of a whole. I can't even pick out the notes that matter to the rest. When you differentiated whatever the hell the part you're picking out is called from the melody, I was genuinely surprised to learn that there was a difference. I think I'm tone deaf.

[@jdprettynails]

Damn....the heart beat dropping out when Phillip dies... It's Eponine in A Little Fall of Rain all over again!!

[@maskedpotato1495]

*bE. MY. MUSIC TEACHER-*

[@gwennstarr7205]

You said: "This is not gonna end any time soon." I am SO glad. Really enjoying it.

[@JackieBorelli]

I always thought "Nowadays" was similar to the James Bond theme! I so love this series. ♡

[@4dultw1thj0b]

I like the crunchy bass in Right Hand Man

[@tunezsa3860]

AlwaysGonnaSing i like the crunchiness in my sandwich

[@rafapradellatube]

It's so cool that Pixinguinha made a appearance in this video. :) kudos from a brazilian Hamilton fan that little knows about musical theory. hahaha

[@HowardHoMusic]

Obrigado!

[@Cynnova]

I'm barely music literate, but I enjoy the way you trace themes through different songs in Hamilton! You do a great job of flushing everything out in such a way that even a non-music-nerd can sort of follow along.

[@nicolem9930]

He forgot to mention that in the beginning of Stay Alive there is a gun shot and a faint whooping sound. That’s the sound of a British soldier shooting at Hamilton in the war and barely missing him...

[@eyelinejilly]

This video series is such a JOY to watch and listen. I'm a musical layman, and I just LOVE your explanations. Thank you for what you do! Your explanations just help bring me closer to a musical that I enjoy so much.

[@Tessnesss]

The 'Say No To This' chord progression also appears in Maybe This Time from Cabaret ALSO written by Kander and Ebb also about unrequited love (in a sense) but where the protagonist is hopeful that the outcome will be successful. You could see how this could be sung from the perspective of Maria Reynolds and links in super well to the theory behind the use of the chord progression.

[@QuikVidGuy]

I've started hearing all sorts of subtle ways motifs are worked into the background, even ones I don't think you've mentioned in your series

[@Creativelymad]

I love these explanations. They make me see Hamilton in all new ways and I freaking love it and all the musical metaphors.

[@PickledThyme1]

There's also the part in Meet Me Inside after Hamilton yells at Washington.

[@Keyz-pz5xy]

FINALLY A NEW ONE OF THESE. These are great

[@emmc3393]

I love this series so much!

[@anxocarmesi4488]

I legit still hear Eliza's anguished scream whenever I think of the song...

[@39139]

This was great, as were all the other videos. I love learning how the music theory establishes the themes and moods throughout Hamilton. I would have enjoyed it more if you made it shorter by cutting off the fat (went too long on stuff not directly pertaining to Hamilton such as the elaborations on James Bond and Chicago).

[@HowardHoMusic]

I'm trying to keep them shorter, so I feel you. Appreciate the view and your comment. Thanks!

[@39139]

Howard Ho thank you for the response. Please, keep them coming! I will be there to watch them and show them to friends!

[@iiiiitsmagreta1240]

I dunno, I like hoe you tie it in to other things outside of the context of Hamilton.

[@gorkon87]

I love the extra music. As someone who doesn't know much about music theory this is super interesting to me

[@Ayavaron]

This presentation style is great. I can actually follow it. Thanks for teaching me how to use chord progressions I would otherwise not understand!

[@chaosrah]

I love these. Please keep making them. I never knew musical theory and musical history were so interesting, it's a whole other language.

[@AdamPFarnsworth]

I feel like I'm learning more from your videos than the years of musical theory classes I took!

[@stevepetersmusic9262]

you should do a series like this on other popular musicals like wicked, phantom of the opera, miss Saigon, etc.

[@HowardHoMusic]

Believe me, I'm thinking about expanding to other shows! Thanks for the encouragement.

[@stevepetersmusic9262]

@@HowardHoMusic you do an excellent Job of breaking down this musical would be great to see you do some of the big famous ones like Phantom, Les Miz, Wicked, miss saigon etc. It is great to see someone teaching people how musicals work they way you are here. showing them that it is not just a load of random songs stuck into a play and that they are all linked some how and linked to the character. I remember going to see Wicked last year with my fiance. and she wondered why i had a little laugh when i heard Elphaba's (unlimited) theme in her songs. and i had to explain to my fiance when she asked why i laughed. that the theme was basically some where over the rainbow with slight change in the rhythm

[@meh7863]

As someone who loves bond and Hamilton, I see this as an absolute win

[@Cassiopeian4eva]

dude u are so brilliant, I love the how you make the songs so much more meaningful with this analysis of patterns within the songs. Amazing work!!!

[@sydneilewis4168]

These are so quality and informative without ever dipping into boredom, your videos are so good and well worth the wait!

[@weyheydaneey]

Idk if it's enough to generate a whole video, but the chord progression at the very end of "that would be enough" and the beginning chord progressions in "it's quiet uptown" and "best of wives and best of women" is significant, almost as if it underscores alex and eliza's marriage bc all three songs are about it. I'm sure you caught this too, yeah? :)

[@leeoreilly8505]

PLEASE keep up the good work, These videos are so insightful and helpful for compositional ideas. Thank you, Howard. Love what you're doing man

[@dubblebubbletea]

//non hamilton related tho but upon hearing the chord pregression of the 5th, 5th+, 6th, and m7th i couldn't stop hearing "We'll Meet Again" (obvious gravity falls dork here) and thought that's more or less a joyful sounding song of farewell, it prompts the idea of pleading to remember me while im away and to keep hoping i might return even though I probably won't (due to war). and it also prob has an undertone of we'll meet again after death so ye idk i thought of pointing it out

[@HowardHoMusic]

Yeah, great example! Totally fits too. Thanks!

[@entropie138]

14:15 "the music steps down" "Washington is stepping down as President" My mind was blown.

[@huldlas]

These videos just get better and better, keep up the good work! I noticed you chose to use an echo effect at the end of phrases when you play the quotes from the songs. I personally found it a bit loud and jarring, I'd consider instead using a fade out or something. But your choice :) Great job!

[@HowardHoMusic]

Thanks for the feedback. I might do that differently next time.

[@SkippyGranola]

These videos are great. But it's super frustrating not to hear the full songs.

[@HowardHoMusic]

It's hard just to hear a little isn't it?

[@daisysourcream13]

I've never been more impressed by you and Lin! Please keep doing these! I love them so much! I'm learning so much too! these are incredible!

[@Itsdania77]

When you break down the music, it jus makes the whole entire musical more interesting. This play is so well put together, I was mind blown....o.O!

[@CaliSeaShel]

Two more songs with both the Bond chord movement as well as some serious longing for the burning flames of youth and love: Brazil ("Aquarela do Brasil"), and Begin the Beguine. Great study of this musical motif.

[@rebshang]

I'm LOVING this series! Keep blowing my mind please!

[@thischannelhasadvanced]

8:26 the leading tone that wants to RISE UP

[@ma_yuvari2215]

I would like to mention, that song "the 10 dual commandments" has the same theme Philip has. The theme is the music you hear as: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 And as: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 when Philip learns piano with Eliza. The theme is foreshadowing what will happen to Philip in the future and it comes back again with Philip singing it before he dies.

[@HowardHoMusic]

I cover all of that in my 10 Duel Commandments video. And believe me, the connections go deeper than that too: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z6K7pHmpZ96qg9E

[@ma_yuvari2215]

@@HowardHoMusic I just watched it, it's a great video! I really enjoy this series.

[@Sophia-hs7et]

I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOR TWO MONTHS

[@smwlaw]

Howard, please keep this series of videos coming. I've learned more music theory from your analysis than from the few lessons I've ever had, and enjoyed it *far* more! And you've helped me appreciate Miranda's genius on a whole new level.

[@CerysKnowles]

I watched the beginning of this on the thumbnail and in my mind THE THEME OF JAMES BOND PLAYED IN MY HEAD!!!

[@theresan4464]

These blow my mind

[@ruthxcheek247]

I love these so much! They perfectly sum up and capture why I love musical theatre so much: how clever and thought out they are, appealing to your emotions subconsciously. I love it! Amazing videos!!

[@caviicape]

the one question no one can answer: who took everyone’s hairties in act 2

[@Enderr_Mann]

Lmao

[@mikayladouglas2503]

Did you know that the hair ties are supposed to signify war and that Eliza has her hair up in the second act because she's going through her own war?

[@lisar6002]

Hi!? Has Lin ever been in touch with you about your theory? I, for one, think your analysis is genius and for the layperson it opens a door to a veritable treasure trove to which I otherwise would never have access.

[@HowardHoMusic]

He tweet about my 10 Duel Commandments video, so he's aware at least that I exist!

[@lisar6002]

All of them are fascinating. Can I ask where you were trained? (Or is that too personal maybe). I suppose you teach music theory somewhere. Did you post his reply?

[@hammiie]

Here I thought Lin just put a bunch of notes together that sounded good XD