How Music Hacks The Brain | Answers With Joe

[@aaptrooper]

I'm a parttime musician(and full time science teacher) and I heard about the possiblility that a unborn child in the womb could hear. So I wrote a lullaby for my first child, recorded it and played and sung during and the years after pregnancy. It works like magic! He immediately becomes calm. So for my second child, I wrote a different lullaby. Works again! And on top of that: both my children have a one of a kind, special lullaby. Music is awesome!

[@z.zshirer2507]

YOU are awesome!

[@inguss27i]

👍❤️

[@mekenna6214]

i have a friend that had a baby a while ago. she played this one piano song to her baby bump and now that song makes him calm down no matter what upset him.

[@lnc-to4ku]

What a beautiful story!!

[@prapanthebachelorette6803]

@@z.zshirer2507 exactly

[@stelladonaconfredobutler9459]

My mother had a massive stroke and could not speak anymore, however she understood everything we said and was so frustrated during her healing. I play three instruments and was practicing a tune for the mandolin. I kept playing the same chords and transitions when I suddenly realized that my mother was singing the same tune back at me!!!! whoa. the doctors told me that there were studies done with stroke victims that showed that even though they couldn't speak a sentence they could sing the sentence without hesitation!!!!! So i started playing every time I was with her and we slowly transitioned to her singing to communicate. It was such a blessing. I thought you'd like that Joe!

[@Snyde70]

"Summertime colossal booger"... That's deep bro... hits me right where I feel things.

[@nickv1212]

Your hands?

[@nehemiahking5613]

instablaster

[@wreckofthehesperas8323]

Awww, c'mon...dont'cha be shy now. We are as open minded an audience as you're gonna find.

[@caligulaincarnate]

That Bobby Mcferrin clip was the coolest thing I've seen in human harmony in a looooong while.

[@jimjambananaslam3596]

I just recently learned that the pentatonic scale is pretty much designed to mimic the human voice by taking out the half steps that humans don't generally sing, and that was the perfect demonstration of that.

[@ColonizeMARS-hb7qy]

The best part is that Im to stupid to understand what music even was :( So if the audience was just a bunch of clones of myself then it would be just awkard silence Edit: Ok after looking back at the clip I kinda understand more but still I wouldn't be able to tell what the next note would be.

[@literaljones]

It reminded me of sight reading.

[@stelladonaconfredobutler9459]

I have been to quite a lot of Ólafur Arnalds concerts and he does the same thing as Bobby and records it and at the end of the show all our voices are incorporated into a new song he created right there during the concert!!!! He is a multi-instrumentalist from Iceland and wrote the score for the BBC series BROADCHURCH (and many other things) with David Tennent and Olivia Coleman. That's how I found his music and I think he is great!

[@jbrogert]

​@@ColonizeMARS-hb7qyyes, you would be able to tell. That's exactly why it's known as a universal understanding.

[@Sciencerely]

As a biomedical researcher, I have read about new attempts to cure hearing loss lately. These approaches are based on optogenetics, meaning that we deliver a gene to neurons in the ear of a deaf patient. This gene then produces a light-sensitive protein which can activate the neuron after being stimulated. The main idea is to then put tiny LEDs into ear of the patient and stimulate the neurons when a sound approaches (I made a video about this a while ago). Scientists try to make the LEDs as tiny as possible, so the patient might become much better in distinguishing between very similar sounds than any other person in the world. Great video Joe!

[@zagreus1249]

Wait really ? This might be a big help I can only hear 30% (probably less) sound on my left ear My right ear is 100% It turns out i was like this since birth The neurons in my left ear are less and are smaller And the tunnel in my left ear is also smaller Never knew until 6 years ago when i went to a medical check up

[@fakechloe207]

@John Barber wut

[@goldenwarrior1186]

^

[@jejcnsjdndjskdjrn8329]

John Barber ?

[@Vaeldarg]

Is there no gene for a protein that is simply sensitive to sound rather than light that can be used?

[@Yosetime]

I think music is akin to a baby crying. No matter where you go in the world, every single person and animal understands a baby crying. Any baby. Any type of cry. There are no language or cultural barriers. This assures me that music is part of the human experience and evolutionary process. Something shared and understood by us all. I think that is beautiful!!

[@derpkipper]

Well-put!!

[@masterred82]

My daughter is intellectually disabled and at the age of 12 can barely string a sentence together and speaks in one or two word groups. But when she sings she sometimes manages to get most of a verse (sometimes more cadence than lyrics) out. Its truly amazing how her brain trips over less when singing compared to talking.

[@morosis82]

7:20 blew my mind. I think I've seen that video before, but it's amazing to see a whole auditorium of people simultaneously make the connection to the next note in the sequence.

[@smileyface81mc77]

I’m late, but that’s not even the whole video. Later on, I’m pretty sure he goes two more notes up unprompted with the audience.

[@josephjeon804]

"Musicians show better performance in cognitive ability working memory and verbal fluency" Me, a musician: I wish i had at least one of that

[@idontgivead4mn]

Just imagine how bad it would be without ;)

[@HerbaMachina]

@John Barber you can be a musician if you play a musical instrument, it's just that you use the word more explicitly for professionals.

[@shootdaj]

@John Barber what a worthless and belittling comment. For the intents and purposes of the content of this video, money has nothing to do with how music affects your brain.

[@matrixarsmusicworkshop561]

Would be worse without It tho

[@matrixarsmusicworkshop561]

@@HerbaMachina more like a hobby

[@gost2633]

That had to have been the most heart warming inspirational song I have ever herd.I even wrote down the lyrics and had it tatood on my back in oldschool calligraphy.For humanity's sake please write,sing and compose much more.

[@rickymassey]

I just used a rock and cut the guitar notes in my legs

[@Yzke]

As a young (almost) 16 year old, Joe's content slaps harder than my dad's belt.

[@Ooshgaar]

Dark. So long as he kept up a good rhythm, also contextual.

[@MavenTheFae]

As a 16 year old, I agree

[@bikerfirefarter7280]

@Comrade Sky wish you well.

[@Alesha_Lewer]

I’m sorry I’m a horrible person, I laughed. But seriously I hope your ok

[@AnnoMizuki]

Damn Daniel

[@86crud]

My 35 year old daughter died a month ago. Music is helping me grieve. I’ve been avoiding the ‘70s soft rock type, and going with Dana Dentata, Ghostemane, and Highly Suspect. It helps a lot even though it still reduces me to tears at times. Music has always been a huge part of my life. I couldn’t live without it.

[@therealchris5894]

I half expected Joe to play the guitar riff in his transitions

[@richardjones4259]

Don't give him any ideas

[@Pencil0fDoom]

Chris I fully expected it in fact as far as I’m concerned, he owes us a flawlessly executed Yngwie Malmsteen riff and I will HAVE MY SCALPS!!!

[@therealchris5894]

@John Barber it was half expected because he played the transition already

[@matrixarsmusicworkshop561]

@John Barber omg man

[@matrixarsmusicworkshop561]

Rl nigga. 035 :')xD

[@drefenoejf]

A few years ago, I was working with this hospice patient who had very bad dementia. She always seemed confused or scared and even with the training, the best I could do was steer her attention. And one day, we were watching TV, and one of the shows was playing 'You make me feel so young' by Frank Sinatra, and she got so happy and excited, because it was her wedding song. I had been working with her for a whole month at that point, and had never seen her smile like that. It made me so happy.

[@anewman]

I knew refreshing every 5 minutes would pay off eventually.

[@ambert.3792]

we are on the same refresh rate.

[@Ancient_Entity]

Can't find my keys and I want taco bell bad😓

[@DodZz666]

Tales from the quarantine

[@kevinnevada5342]

Wait...me too...i thought i had bad internet

[@rajukep6599]

😂😂😂 true bro

[@ankiza]

I am working my way through your videos since the algorithm picked up that I watch one+ per day and this one made you instantly cool. Bobby McFerrin, yes!

[@Stan4535814]

Great article. The most interesting music fact I ever learned was this: "earworms," those pesky tunes that play in our brains on 'repeat' ad infinitum didn't exist until the introduction of the Victrola record player & its subsequent descendants...tapes/CDs/digital downloads etc. Music just couldn't be HEARD often enough to be held in "brain storage" before, when it was primarily witnessed at concerts or gathered 'round the old family piano. Strange, huh?

[@alphagt62]

I suppose that’s because live performances are never the exact same twice. While recorded music is exactly the same each time, so even if you hear the same song around the family piano every night, it’s still different from last night, or any night. The exact repetition is what causes the ear worms.

[@Eman-wj8gq]

That's pretty cool fact thanks

[@ArcherWarhound]

I find that highly doubtful: simplistic and repetitive songs (usually, but not only, kids songs such as Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Frère Jacques/Brother John) can easily get stuck going round and round in your head even if you've never heard them on the radio or TV.

[@Sadowsky46]

ArcherWarhound exactly. I think we had earworms before music machines - just not the means or urge to scientifically analyze them

[@PinataOblongata]

@@ArcherWarhound I was going to say the same ting - even trills of birdsong can get stuck in your head like mobile phone ring tones. If you live int eh same place with the same birds singing the same song all the time....

[@superhero7464]

Hey Joe, been a long-ish time viewer but haven't really contributed to comments or your patreon. Love your stuff though. I've been suffering from some slow onset and increasingly crippling depression that I haven't shared with anyone in my personal sphere. Just wanted to say thank you for reminding how *healing* music can be. I've been going through old playlists and going down the rabbit hole of music that made me happy or inspired. Can't say it's an immediate cure, but the science behind what you've put into video has helped me get a little bit back on on the right track. Can't wait to see you hit one million subs, you deserve each one. Chris.

[@Debonair.Aristocrat]

That Bobby McFerrin footage actually made me feel deeply emotional.

[@davidsnoek8686]

As a nurse i a nursing home working with people who have dementia/alzheimes, music is a big thing in our nursing home. patients who are restless calm down by music they like. f.e one patient is quite far in her dementia process, cant talk, cant walk, only facial expression to show her emotions, and when you set next to her and hum, she will smile and even start moving here arms a bit, really nice to see :)

[@saranshgautam6551]

2:35 I'm booking a flight to Madagascar now..

[@90kalos1]

Just change your VPN to Madagascar lol

[@quasarsavage]

@@AV-yj5yl RIP

[@viveka2994]

@@AV-yj5yl everyone can get one, I made my own but it was fucking difficult.

[@janeaparis]

I am ill. Sometimes I just need to zone out. You are my medicine. I just found you and I cannot stop. You are addicting. It is like taking an injection of get pumped and learn something super interesting, in your videos. Keep it up. You are entertaining, smart, and very good at what you do. Thanks for being there. :)

[@mellissadalby1402]

Why would anybody hate "Don't Worry Be Happy"? It's a brilliant song. Perhaps it was the singing wall mounted Bass?

[@susank580]

Love that video of Bobby McFerrin jamming with the audience. Interestingly, I play it when I'm feeling a little down and need an emotional boost. As a special education teacher, I use music all day long by singing directions, acting silly or calming songs for stressed out kids. It is an amazing teaching modality. Thanks for the video!

[@kwandakekana9890]

The poor neanderthal looks like he's been in pain for centuries 😂 from the flute

[@TmsTanim]

Generations of having to listen to kids playing flute recitals is what drove the Neanderthals to extinction. They just decided it wasn't worth having kids.

[@SofaKingShit]

@@TmsTanim Thirty neanderthal children in a music class, all with powerful lungs inside their barrel-chests and all playing recorders in an acoustically resonant cave. My god that would indeed be enough to put anyone off having any children ever.

[@RidinWithMyLocsOn]

That part about the colossal booger was powerful man, really touched my heart! Keep it up!

[@carlos284]

I always look forward to his videos no matter what topic.

[@mDecksMusic]

Cool. Thanks

[@erroneouserudite7981]

I quite like this take I've heard on music: music is how we want our lives to be; it's on the edge between order and the unexpected. All that comes is natural yet still a surprise. And instead of a battle between order and chaos it is a dance. Music is kind of spiritual.

[@1358skate]

Honestly one of the best descriptions of music I've heard and I teach music for a living

[@bikerfirefarter7280]

seek therapy.

[@bikerfirefarter7280]

@@1358skate on a par with reiki, reading tea-leaves, frog guts predictions and line-dancing. i.e. intrinsically worthless.

[@TheGuitarislove]

Kind of? Music is more spiritual than most religious events 💀

[@filyn]

Got most of my vocabulary from my favorite bands when I was starting to learn english, now doing the same with swedish, works perfectly and is super fun, 10/10 would recommend p.s. Oh god that intro is incredible😂

[@alphamorion4314]

Same here! I'm a non-native english speaker. In my school, we had english classes and I sucked at those. Like seriously, I had the worst califications ever up until my 16/17. Over time, though, I learned the language basically by.. listening to music.

[@BTheBlindRef]

"Don't Worry, Be Happy" most hated song? Since when? I love that song.

[@joshuarichardson6529]

According to Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, the most hated music of all time is Puberty Love. It's so terrible it can repel giant mutant cannibal vegetables.

[@hatink4319]

@@joshuarichardson6529 Well if we're talking about killer songs, you can't forget Indian Love Call by Slim Whitman from the movie Mars Attack. That song causes alien heads to explode.

[@darknebula310]

Yeah I can't figure out if he's being sarcastic or not lol

[@tommytomthms5]

@@hatink4319 We also learn in that same movie that Tom Jones = Good music!

[@tommytomthms5]

@@weirdisthenewblack eh, even still, distance from them for about 15 years will allow nostalgia to say: "Hey, that wasn't a bad song, just a bad fish"

[@izaactheberean6860]

I noticed listening to music I like at work makes it go much better & I enjoy the job, but the opposite is true too - listening to music I don't like, especially if I don't have permission to turn it off, can make me feel more miserable, even if it's a slow day.

[@tantzer6113]

Request: a whole video devoted to the “why” the musical faculty might have been encoded in genes. Sexual selection, explaining why so many songs are about love and rock stars get laid? Helping people march long distances to a beat in search of food (so why ppl listen to music in the gym), or get riled up for battle? Fostering communal bonding and group cohesion (hence the role of music in religions and the religion called nationalism)?

[@drphosferrous]

Apes,frogs,lizards,and birds mainly sing about being tuff guys or good mating choices. Not sure about humans and whales yet. They might sing about other things, but it might be just to make thdmselves look like a good mating choice.

[@mama_nez]

At 2:29 I was all set to be super proud of this man. At 2:30 I started waiting for the Rick Roll 😂😂😂

[@wesleyheitz8359]

All jokes aside those are some pretty noice open chords

[@joescott]

Nailed it. :)

[@wesleyheitz8359]

The legend himself responds. Keep up the great work Joe.

[@turkosicsaba]

@@joescott BTW what is the name of your background track? I always bob my head around when I watch your videos, it's really upbeat.

[@JohnMcLoughlin06]

I see you are a Carolina hurricanes fan! I’m a Tampa bay lightning fan! Love the NHL!!

[@wesleyheitz8359]

@@JohnMcLoughlin06 yeah I love the nhl. Super pumped for the season to resume

[@mar-shagazorpazorp6431]

I’m glad you mentioned this. It is so tragically beautiful & fascinating just how powerful the effect of music is on our loved ones with memory-related illnesses like dementia & Alzheimer’s disease… We subconsciously associate music to memories and/or particular time periods in our lives. So it brings them back for a moment. Calms and soothes them.

[@AnnoMizuki]

Have you listened to the album that describes Alzheimer’s through music? Terrifying, beautiful, and truly reflective of life: duality

[@mar-shagazorpazorp6431]

@@AnnoMizuki no I have not, it sounds insightful.

[@mar-shagazorpazorp6431]

@@AnnoMizuki Thank you for the suggestion. It’s ruthlessly beautiful. Hope all is well. “Everywhere At The End Of Time” by the Caretaker (link for full stages 1-6) kzbin.info/www/bejne/rXu6nKaGjKl-hcU

[@discipleinblack]

I was really hoping when he said the song was about "Translation" that he would just play the "Answers With Joe" intro riff.

[@tonyzed6831]

The bobby McFerrin part.... WHOAH!!!!!!!!!! Fantastic!

[@vmPiiR]

Man you're such a good actor, I love your intros 😂

[@TinaFahy-jx4om]

I was born in the 50's and I love listening to the oldies. I'm now in my 70's and when I listen to an oldie song it instantly brings me back to my teens.

[@MrGonzonator]

Music is like magic to me. I can't do it, I don't understand how it works and I'm a little bit suspicious and afraid of those who can. But I do wonder at the miracles it performs.

[@TmsTanim]

I'm one of those who can but I still share your suspicion and so forth. Even videos like this one that explain a few things just seem to expose more musical mysteries!

[@sonofasailir35]

Thank you, Joe! I never learned to play an instrument and have regretted it for a long time. Now I realize that if I had taken up an instrument I no doubt would have been much worse than you at it.

[@Crowbars2]

1:43 After that monologue I was really hoping that you'd just start playing Wonderwall...

[@babbaracos]

Great video Joe!!!!!

[@296jacqi]

4:50 The Neanderthal suffering through Celine Dion killed me!!! 🤣

[@funkymunky7935]

What about all us still alive that had to endure that?! Haha

[@tenaciousrodent6251]

We were stupid enough to play that on my dad's funeral. He died in a scuba diving accident so it seemed fitting at the time... It's like my brain is getting eaten with a spoon...

[@msmith53]

As a music teacher for over 40 yrs, bless your efforts! Never easy... You make very important points. I taught at a performing arts school and personally witnessed BRIGHT infused into our students! Keep up the good work!

[@Hartmann01]

You keep gettin' better and better, man!

[@AyeHuman]

Agreed

[@captcorajus]

Duuude. That entire Bobby McFarrin thing was pure joy for me. Thank you for that.

[@ku8721]

Actually some experts believe that our affinity for music predates our ability for speech, and in a few ways that makes perfect sense. There are countless examples of animals using musical tones, from birds, to whales to wolves, yet none of them have evolved complex speech. So yes it is probably just rooted in our DNA... just not only ours. For a good book on the subject read "The Singing Neanderthals" by Steven Mithen

[@michaelaugustin1510]

Got the Raycons after watching your last plug. They're badass. Last week, I wore them while painting a chair. Dropped one in the bucket of thick, white paint. Panicked and pulled it out with both hands. After thoroughly rinsing it under the garden hose, I worriedly put the earbud back in my right ear. It TURNED ON IMMEDIATELY! Then it auto-connected and my music started playing in stereo. These things ROCK. Thanks for the recommendation. Peace.

[@ot0m0t0]

I blame hours and hours of Tom & Jerry filled childhood for my weird apetite for jazz and swing.

[@NandR]

ot0m0t0 I Blame the menu music of Gran Turismo 1 & 2 for my love of jazz and smooth rock.

[@296jacqi]

Tom and Jerry is my happy place. 😊

[@jordaneggerman4734]

*IS YOU IS, OR IS YOU AIN'T MY BABEH?*

[@jordaneggerman4734]

Really, though, I blame Benny Goodman.....dude could make that clarinet sing, sing, sing...

[@jordaneggerman4734]

Weelllll, aaaand, Bethesda. They are *very much* to blame for my love of Bob Crosby, the Ink Spots...... but I can stop blowing up this chat..... I just *can't* stop coming up with reasons why jazz/swing is a big part of my music repertoire...

[@xaelgfg]

Thank you for posting such good, clear, easy to understand content I have tried so many other channels and some are good, some are poor, some are funny, some are lazy but yours never disappoint. You keep things very open minded, you use facts to support arguments only, and typically leave the video with an open ended thought provoking question. Keep up the great work and thank you for what you do!

[@DERIVATIVES-mh6ej]

As a musician and a person whose studied music theory in depth I can explaim with confidence how I believe music truly works. First you must understand that music is just a parade of various pitches which play over time in a way that conveys meaning. But what is meaning? Meaning is just something our minds are able to perceive, define, understand, and feel emotion about. Meaningful things are only found between two complete opposites: complete chaos and complete order. But meaningful things can exist all over the spectrum of chaos and order, and our brains perceive each spot this spectrum differently. The closer something is to orderly and organized The more our brains like it, however if something becomes too orderly/organized it becomes boring, insignificant, and predictable--ultimately rendering it meaningless. The more something leans toward the chaotic side of the spectrum the more our brain finds it dark, confusing, disturbing, repulsive, overwhelming, etc. But, just like with order, if something is too chaotic our brain cannot begin to perceive or understand it and instead just gives up and calls it meaningless. (The facts/opinions/ideas introduced in this paragraph will be used to explain things later on.) Intervals in music are distances between two or more notes. What do I mean by that? Well, a distance between two different notes is just the ratio of their pitches. One note may be twice the pitch of another, while another note may be 1.7 times the pitch of that one. Intervals that have a ratio of whole numbers are too organized and boring too our brains, the like something a bit different. But an interval which has a ratio of say 1.4096702 would be too chaotic. Our brains want something that's just right, which is the interval of 1.5. This interval is perfect and is known as "the perfect 7th"(because it is seven notes away from the original); our brains love it. If you were to play a note and it's "7th" you would get a feeling of success, relief, stability, clarity, etc. Key signatures are a set of seven different notes and exist for the sake of keeping order while also being chaotic enough to be ordered. In a key signature there are seven different "modes" which are defined by how many times each note in the key signature is used and when. Modes are defined mostly by a single note, typically the one it ends on, begins on, and uses the most. Each and every "mode" has its own prominent feeling depending on where it is on the spectrum as mentioned before. But how is one more more orderly than anoher if they all still use the same notes? Because, like I said, there is one note that defines/characterizes each mode. If there is a 7th to that note the mode is orderly; if that there is a 7th to yhat 7th note the mode is even more orderly; if there is a 7th to THAT 7th note then the mode is more orderly and so on. If you were to contiously layer these 7ths you would reach a point where you cannot layer any more last you should exit the key signature. Maximising the amount of 7ths that can made layered one after the other will give you the happiest, most brain loving mode ever discovered: the "Lydian Mode". The brain loves this mode so much that it perceives as being AWE INSPIRING, CELESTIAL, and PARADISE. If you to have one less layer of 7ths you would end up with the "Ionian (Major) Mode". It delivers a feeling of LIGHT HEARTEDNESS, CUTENESS, and FREINDLINESS. Another less 7th you get the "Mixolydian Mode", which is just perfectly at the midpoint of sad and happy. It delivers a feeling of HEROISM, CONFIDENCE, ENTHUSIASM. Keep going and you'll be at the "Aelian (Minor) Mode". This mode is just barely on the side of chaos on the spectrum, which causes the brain to think about how it could be on the orderly (happy) side yet isn't, which causes the feeling of SADNESS, BITTERSWEETNESS, however it also makes the brain think you almost to the "happy side", which again causes a feeling of ENTHUSIASM except this time more SERIOUS and STRONG. The next mode is the "Phrygian Mode". It delivers a feeling of HOPELESSNESS, LONELINESS, DREAD, and DARKNESS. Finally we've reached the last mode possible in a key signature: the "Locrian Mode", and boy is this a bad one. It has been considered the unusable mode since its defining note doesn't have a 7th. This causes the mode to feel CHOATIC, UNRESOLVED, and CONFUSING. There are more modes/scales in music such as "Augmented" and "Diminished" but all of those are either very orderly or very chaotic, making them both difficult to perceive, understand, and use.

[@nathanegbert977]

@Michael Jones The post was not to say how music works, but rather to share how the author believes music works. It's right there in the first line "how I believe music truly works". Thus the irony... the original post was neither right or wrong until you came along and made it right by the contrast of you being wrong.

[@ESL-O.G.]

Augmented and diminished aren't too hard to listen to on acoustic guitar

[@bhuveshsharma7425]

Okay...I guess

[@albevanhanoy]

As a huge Music nerd AND a huge Science nerd, thank you for this video Joe. It sincerely brought me joy.

[@kittyqueen9265]

Me seeing this notification: This sign can’t stop me because I can’t read!

[@yarsivad000.5]

How do you check your spelling?

[@michelleshorey8103]

Hey! I played the trumpet in high school, too. I was first chair, in a marching band, and carried that darn thing home every night to practice. I loved it.

[@ec8107]

Now I'm waiting for Joe's Meshuggah cover EP.

[@tomasotreasaigh111]

Keep on playing Joe! I didnt start playing until I was 19 and it was the second best thing I have ever done (my children being at No. 1). Music is amazing, its like a new place you can go and its a great place to be. Its not easy and you will never be as good as you want to be but if you enjoy it and play regularly then you will only ever get better at it. I have subsequently encouraged and taught loads of people to start playing, I am sure you are very busy but please keep at it x. Peace from Ireland mo chara, love your work Joe.

[@AaronHatfield7]

Great, now “colossal booger” will be stuck in my head all day

[@jharrismtbc]

Nice job! You really described the music and cognition research eloquently and clearly (and with the right amount of humor). Not only that, you also described music therapy really well. Thank you!

[@CrazyBeardedGamer]

9:42 I'm interested what the results would be if they did this test with 8 musicians. Would they be more accurate in correctly communicating what they heard? Or would they be even more inclined to musicify it?

[@legendofthestrings1]

Instantly my favorite video in your catalog. I am so glad to see you playing your guitar Scott. :) Rock on.

[@anujarora0]

2:36 I selected Antarctica in my VPN but it didn't work☹️

[@LostPhysx]

That's because VPNs are a scam^^

[@jjmmm515]

@@LostPhysx oh boy

[@adolfodef]

There are no ACTUAL [physical, real PCs] acting as VPN servers set in Antarctica (or Madagascar); hence "the joke". This is because of -military- _security_ concerns. -> What it is usually "offered" by VPNs is just a designation of IPs (based on location). Since people in Antarctica can not technically use but a tiny fraction, the rest is "sold".

[@ijustchangedmyname]

@@jjmmm515 If you want the truth about vpns Tom Scott made a video about it.

[@MG-kj2fx]

Best video. Always was sure music was good. Great info

[@passwordyeah729]

11:38 I never suspected Joe knew about Neopets

[@JCtheMusicMan_]

Awesome reveal! I have been playing trumpet since the 5th grade. I played trumpet throughout school including college and also 20 years in the Army Band. Love your content brother! Keep the creativity coming.

[@AZ099107]

Trumpet playing musician here: we’re not jerks, they’re just jealous.

[@41-Haiku]

It's true. We have the really fun toot toot.

[@jamesdodson3810]

@@41-Haiku ya lol

[@cpthornman]

Horn playing musician here. Jealous of what? :P

[@zoeeee2952]

Oh yes. I'm so jealous of you and your silly trumpet pout 🐡

[@matthiasnagorski8411]

I liked playing the trumpet. But i LOVE singing. And it's hard to do both at the same time. My anus has a good embouchure, but it's breath control leaves a lot to be desired.

[@NotSomeJustinWithoutAMoustache]

I've seen some people complain about it, but I've always loved the little schticks Joe comes up with just to get to his 20 minute quota. Seems like for this video it was the guitar segment.

[@YusufGinnah]

Joe: "This one time in band-camp..." 😂😅🤣🤣

[@tara5742]

I've learned that the subject or titles of these videos have little to do with what I end up LOVING about the video by the end. It's almost ALWAYS the intros. I love this channel.

[@m2fsr]

I have Synesthesia , Everything is a symphony

[@TheDotBot]

Damn, beat me to it

[@markevan1]

Whatever you do keep the humor in it. Your wit and facial expressions are priceless.

[@SoCalGuitarist]

Hey Joe, quick tip - it’s spelled “timbre” but it’s pronounced “tam-bur”. Really digging the video, I also got back into music with the pandemic, in my case picking up my bass guitar after a decade of not playing.

[@TheEmptyHoliness]

I was so excited to watch you play Joe!!!

[@carsonmays7384]

i genuinely got excited when joe said “In Utero”... then realized that he was not about to talk about Nirvana. sad.

[@phoenixdavida8987]

lol

[@RaphyLive]

My experience with music that I used to listen as teenager brings strong nostalgic emotions....like it's painful how much I wanna go back to that time so bad!

[@dougsinthailand7176]

I think Bobbie McFerrin was demonstrating how common (in western music) a major triad is (not necessarily a pentatonic scale). Look up the harmonic series, and the sub-harmonic series. It goes beyond culture and even DNA; it's physics.

[@aurelius54]

You're right about the importance of the major triad but what they were singing was a scale: he taught them the first two scale degrees, then they (amazingly) intuited the 3rd scale degree. Later, he hopped down to the 6th scale degree (skipping 7) which the audience easily followed. Adding the 5th scale degree would complete a pentatonic scale. The 3rd, 5th, and 6th scale degrees occur consecutively in the harmonic series (kids chanting nah, nah, na-nah, nah perform them naturally: 5, 3, 6-5, 3).

[@corrinking96]

When he said "its a song about transitioning" i thought he was just gonna play the intro riff and the joke would be that he obviously didnt actually play it, but what i got was much better than that. Bravo to you sir.

[@jinkazama496]

Speaking of.. can someone tell me the name of the background music in this and every joe scott video?

[@emmaloriy5515]

I had very severe pain symptoms for several years I went from a music lover with guitar skill, to being unable to listen to any music. I felt trapped if music was played around me and even didn’t like previously loved artists and bands. Then I read an article while waiting for my pain clinic appointment that said pain affected a person cognitively ability to assimilate and gain positive emotions from music. Suddenly everything made sense to me. Now I’m not a scientist and can’t remember how to find that article again, though it was a ‘pain’ based scientific journal. I’m now learning to manage my pain better and ten years later I’ve joined Spotify and relearning to love music again.

[@SPIKEASAURUS]

10:20

[@jolonghthong]

Thx for da ad

[@Sergio_V2005]

Thanks

[@Saffron-sugar]

this tune, especially the minor keys, makes me feel both the depth and futility of life in all of its beauty and isolation. Like we're all alone, but we're all alone together. Later I read that the lyrics of this song basically translate to that.

[@hapyness]

some people have comments 5 hours ago, i got the video in my feed now, how?

[@victorbruant389]

People who give Joe money get to watch this sooner

[@artdonovandesign]

Yeah! It just came into my android alert thus minute!

[@artdonovandesign]

I can't imagine what my early life would have been without music. From 1965 to 1979. Full time. Weeknights.Weekends. All summer. Every summer- Rehearsals! Gigs! I loved the hell out if it. There is NOTHING as great as music for our human souls. 😊

[@Videot99]

Please see the episode on space/time and time/space warping.

[@Gladiamdammit]

5 minutes for me.

[@evelynproud8792]

Your channel makes me very happy Joe and helps me out alot when Im having troubles. Thank you! Please keep it up! Everything you do is very good.

[@maximilianegger285]

"Music is the universal language we all speak"

[@bikerfirefarter7280]

not i, i speak reality, its a dying language..

[@skipbellon2755]

It's the language we all understand

[@bikerfirefarter7280]

@@skipbellon2755 Which language? Be specific, music or reality?

[@skipbellon2755]

@@bikerfirefarter7280 The language spoken of in the Stevie Wonder song, "Sir Duke". Music is the language we all speak It's the language we all understand... kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKSsm4aEibhqfNU

[@bikerfirefarter7280]

@@skipbellon2755 I refer you to my post of a month ago. " 'music' means little or nothing to me, its just noise, some is less irritating than others, that's all. i don't mind it, i don't dislike it (except some of that (c)rap), but i don't miss it either." It is NOT 'universal'. I am not alone in this. Just because you (and some others) 'understand' it (music), that doesn't mean everybody does. Many 'like it', few can play/sing or actually understand it. I understand plenty of things, so do many others, but I don't presume everyone understands/loves them. Just because something is poplar it doesn't mean it is universal. just sayin. Football and basket ball bore the crap out of me, so does 'religion', baseball is ok; Tennis boring, lacrosse ok, fishing (yawn), archery meh, physics ok, history/geography meh (apart from some history of chemistry/ medicine/ physics/ engineering etc), etc. Enjoy what you enjoy, but don't count everybody in.

[@jimfarris1160]

I think this is the first time I've ever clicked on something suggested on KZbin and bought something. They finally got me. Damn. I hope you're happy.

[@omardefnany3094]

Joe : DRUGS DRUGS DRUGS DRUGS Me: LoL

[@user-tv3ik9qi9x]

every electric guitarist wants to know your location

[@omardefnany3094]

@@user-tv3ik9qi9x Dude!!!. . . . . . Why is that?!

[@user-tv3ik9qi9x]

@@omardefnany3094 you know what I mean

[@omardefnany3094]

@@user-tv3ik9qi9x nope, not a clue really 😑

[@user-tv3ik9qi9x]

@@omardefnany3094 emphasis on drugs

[@Eman-wj8gq]

I love your videos man. I feel like you are talking directly to me. Like I am in your living room.

[@RDHardy79]

Your funniest bit yet, Joe. From one Texan to another: Leave the guitaring to the professionals. Lol

[@codywinfrey6679]

I’m relatively new to the channel but I’ve been binge watching every video and this one is by far my favorite simply because of your song.

[@victorbruant389]

It's the 50s and 60s in my brain, because I don't like 99 percent of modern music, I'm only 111 years old.

[@PlayerMathinson]

Well tbh most modern music is shit. However,try to find musicians in yt or SoundCloud that aren't that famous/moderately famous. You'll find a lot of gems

[@victorbruant389]

@@PlayerMathinson I tried. I have 3542 songs on Spotify and nearly all of them are from 1920 - 1975

[@PlayerMathinson]

@@victorbruant389 Have some songs to recommend me?(Less famous not very famous like eye of tiger or stand by me)

[@jakemckee2005]

Player Mathinson, I have a good musician that I think you would like, Cat Stevens

[@jerry3790]

Victor Bruant John Frusciante did a lot of solo work you might enjoy

[@HavianEla]

I actually saw a super interesting theory that ancient, early human ancestors communicated in song rather than speaking!

[@mawamatakama5150]

@2:50 OMG What you have done? My poor dog just ran away squeaking and jumped out of the window! F for my dog.

[@mimilala6625]

I can't tell you how much I enjoy your videos. Like, why do you not have 3 million subscribers already?!

[@mtreder4]

"that song is my soul"

[@papagrounds]

The fact that "don't worry be happy" is the world's most hated song tells everything about how f***ed up people are these days. I've never even heard about that it is the most hated song...And the most important thing, WHY?! Are you people so depressed that even a happy song makes you mad/angry? 😂

[@randallgrubbs9286]

I'm sure you know people who are perpetually depressed. I do, and I often wonder why most the music they listen to is some of the most miserable crap. Music is powerful and has the potential to keep us happy, sad, angry, etc and has the power to make our bodies move in strange ways (dancing).

[@robbysguitars8223]

I learned about harmony by listening to my momma harmonize to the music she played while cleaning house. I was 3, 4, 5 years old. It was a gift she passed on to me.

[@David-eg6sd]

you betrayed me i actually wanted to listen. TMI NOW

[@SteveJB]

3:25 start of video topic 6:25 - 7:55 wow. 12:50 about playing music - can vouch for a few of these points. Since working at home in quarantine I started playing my bass again. I feel like my typing skills are getting back to what they were about 10 years ago (when I played almost daily) 0:03 Joe's music endeavours (comedic foreword). Joe - if you're OK with just learning covers on guitar, you might want to give Rocksmith a try.