How to make Microtonal Lo-Fi Hip Hop

[@Koettnylle]

When i sing in the shower, i actually have broken free from the confinements of the hegemonic western standard of 12-tone equal temperament

[@undeunitas1190]

video or it didn't happen

[@iskandertime747]

You avant guardist you!

[@Koettnylle]

@@undeunitas1190 It takes more refinement than that to see me naked

[@deldia]

If someone turns the hot water on elsewhere in the house you get a fantastic glissando to the high notes.

[@AlexiLaiho227]

were you also just watching TMBS new episode about gramsci?

[@stefanfyhn4668]

Tone is stored in the balls -Miles Davis

[@lucabrandalesi6743]

I think this is the most funny thing I've read in 2019. Good job sir

[@Nomadsrevenge]

🤔

[@lukerichards9354]

i feel honored to give this the 420th like

[@smokanmiraz6942]

Just tuning my balls to Bb. Good tone. Good tone. Hmm. Lefty is a quarter tone flat. Tuning fork feels a little cold.

[@j4sun161]

Wise words from a sax addict.

[@deidara_8598]

Adam: What's between C and C#? Me: Object Orientation? Adam: C half-sharp Me: Oh...

[@MrCubFan415]

Ah, a fellow programmer. (nods sagely)

[@ramouloo4]

(Insert ‘i got that reference’ meme here)

[@stevenclark2188]

And the symbol looks like a vertical stack of 2 plusses too.

[@Saxdaddyj]

Heh. Programming joke. Don't see enough of those

[@spaceghost8327]

*Hello world!*

[@ChiliDUDE27]

Person: I'm a bad singer. Me: No you're not... you're just singing... microtonally.

[@intergalacticspacecanoe4659]

no, i really am. i sound a lot like a bear trying to give birth to several kitchen appliances

[@coreblaster6809]

@@intergalacticspacecanoe4659 Wow if you can really pull that off sounds like you need to join a band

[@PaulyM856]

*puts on sunglasses* kzbin.info/www/bejne/oGLdkHV7hqeEg8k

[@JustFiddler]

😂

[@yiitAy]

Microtonal music is so complex. Turkish art music,İndian music or little bit meditarian music,japanese traditional music.Check out Tolgahan çoğulu

[@halfpickle]

...he's yet again figured out how to teach advanced music theory to people via a popular genre. I'm onto your tricks, Neely

[@MrFree-vj8qj]

This "advanced theory" is just stuff some guys made up, dont go thinking we do that in hip hop or lo fi, he's a music theorist not a producers so he doesnt know hpw its done in reality

[@pinescent1]

Why this have 412 likes but 1 comment

[@samuelmills4990]

@@MrFree-vj8qj At the hip hop and lo fi meetings where you decide how to do stuff? :-)

[@samuelmills4990]

@@pinescent1 Sleeper phenom

[@pinescent1]

mills what

[@Tantacrul]

That... (what do I call it?) 'dimensional shift' between the chords on the standard keyboard and the one tuned for quarter tones is incredibly interesting. It really does sound great.

[@windmillwilly]

A damn shame you only got 13 likes Tantacrul

[@tsakeboya]

Oh hi Tantacrul

[@AsrielKujo]

Oh hi man!

[@reynandr.w.279]

No I'm not singing out of tune, I'm just using the 24-tone equal temperament

[@alexandera1810]

dont show this message to billie eilish please)

[@미오패밀리]

Me: spends hours and hours on ear training and finally begins to hear intervals Modern music: M I C R O T O N A L A E S T H E T I C

[@jacoborozco4585]

UltraMarine LMAOOOO

[@Terrezed]

I'm sure naming the intervals for microtonal music would either be simple or hell.

[@martinpaddle]

exactly!

[@tomusuki]

LMAO MOOD

[@brianbethea3069]

​@@Terrezed www.huygens-fokker.org/docs/intervals.html Difficult. Better hope you can tell apart your undecimal semi-diminished fifths and septimal semi-diminished fifths for that aural skills test.

[@MathewMusic]

"we have an out of tune player here" *walks towards the drummer*

[@stefanfyhn4668]

@Gernot Hassknecht ah yes, snare must ring at the high C ;)

[@teamatfort444]

Gernot Hassknecht “ah yeah sorry guys let me grab my other drum kit. This ones in drop D”

[@sl1pz369]

i'm mad because the toms of the drums in my school of rock class are tuned to C, F, and Bb, but the snare is in F#, not Eb

[@supermechdragonslayer]

@@sl1pz369 ugh reminds me of the time i had to play a gig with the kick being 1.3 semitones and the snare 23 cents off of the rest of the kit ...

[@clustercrash2995]

@Gernot Hassknecht dude, how you tune a hat?

[@timhutchinson8485]

I bet this would be really fun with a fretless bass.

[@sebastianzaczek]

Oh boy, that intonation though...

[@hacerclic1020]

I was thinking the same thing. The first thing that came to mind when Adam started playing bass was Brian Eno's Over Fire Island (from Another Green World). Phil Collins on drums, Percy Jones on fretless bass, and Eno on synthesizer, guitars, and tapes. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qouspYqsmsemjsU

[@No-pm4ss]

difficult*

[@HECKproductions]

i think it would be an actual nightmare to actually hit the proper notes because we are so used to 12 TET

[@gonzoengineering4894]

@@HECKproductions it's a steep learning curve to be sure but I've found it feels fairly natural to play in just about any equal temperament that's a multiple of 5 on bass and especially guitar. The place to begin is to train yourself to hear different shades of the same interval. The perfect 5th and minor 2nd in 10edo are both 1/5th of a semi tone wider than we're used to, and the 4th and major 7th are that much flatter. That's close enough that you'll never unhear the similarities but far enough that you can clearly hear the difference. Once you internalize those "flavors" as distinct shades you can start to really dig in. This kind of training has actually helped my 12 tone ear quite a bit as well but your mileage may vary

[@bluejay5378]

I love the fact that Adam went from strongly disliking microtones and not understanding why they would be used in any context, to challenging himself to use them in a foreign context in order to understand how they can fit. It shows his willingness to keep learning about the different topics of such a dense subject like music.

[@TaylorAnhorn]

That was the smoothest plug I've ever seen. Like a clean shave with Harry's

[@typebeat339]

Taylor Anhorn underrated comment

[@pheonixrises11]

l just couldn’t skip it

[@luisalamo4389]

that comment just slid so easily. Like a new blade from Harry’s

[@eliash2827]

2:41 and almost as smooth as that transition into the sponsored bit

[@kirbymiller3061]

Elias H the video came out like a minute ago and you posted this comment 17 mins ago

[@rabidlorax1650]

McCreeper Plays MC he’s a wizzard

[@manny75586]

@@kirbymiller3061 this was probably on Patreon first. KZbin changes the publish date but not the comment publish date.

[@eliash2827]

BassasaurusRex Yup, it was because of Patreon.

[@johnimusic12]

I accidentally cut myself while loling...

[@ragmeh]

The long awaited, much anticipated, how to make "millennial jazz" tutorial.

[@ricsouza5011]

more like Gen Z

[@_BirdOfGoodOmen]

Vaporjazz

[@Alex-ig5on]

da na na na tepetepetepetep BAH da na na na Tepetepete NA NANA

[@969dramstik]

Jazz is just boomer lo-fi lol

[@lockerzwiz1]

@@ricsouza5011 no

[@theonetribble5867]

Adam: "What is between C and C#?" Me: C++!

[@darltrash]

r/ProgrammerHumour

[@darkgreninja8349]

C# to C is what JavaScript is to Java

[@lukasartinger]

@@darkgreninja8349 Thus Javascript and Java are a half-step ahead...

[@ganaraminukshuk0]

Me, a CS major looking into music theory: In modern Windows operating systems, drive letter names start at C. This is due to the fact that, starting at C, you can build up a major scale. Drive letters A and B were reserved for floppy drives, and aren't nornally used these days as drive names, especially since the locrian mode, starting at 🅱️, is usually regarded as unusable.

[@segmentsAndCurves]

@@ganaraminukshuk0 Wait, that explains everything.

[@Sebraca]

Never knew I needed microtonaal Lo-Fi Hip Hop, Earl Sweatshirt would body this kind of beat

[@ivanpeniche5472]

The equapentatonic sounds so much like a Deltron beat

[@Corporate_Desecration]

Yeah. Sounds a lot like Between Friends by Flying Lotus and Earl Sweatshirt

[@SomeNigel]

The equipentitonic scale sounds like a birthday card music player that’s ran out of battery.

[@michaelkpp7285]

That's literally _exactly_ the sound holy shit

[@aidilmubarock5394]

It's similar to gamelan music too

[@droidgeist]

Loool, perfect description

[@23washere99]

Run*

[@WeatherManToBe]

I was hearing an old electric door bell from the 60's or 70's

[@andyghkfilm2287]

“I’m talking of course about dividing the octave into ten evenly spaced notes.” Me: “ah, of course”

[@iggykad]

possibly the first comment that had actually made me laugh out loud

[@destrierofdark_]

france called

[@CarlSong]

Well if OCTober is the 10th month of the year, of course it makes sense that an OCTave has 10 notes. *Please don't take this comment seriously.

[@asukalangleysoryu6695]

@@CarlSong thanks for frying my brain...

[@asukalangleysoryu6695]

@@CarlSong From Wikipedia: "The eighth month in the old calendar of Romulus c. 750 bc, October retained its name (from the Latin and Greek ôctō meaning 'eight') after January and February were inserted into the calendar that had originally been created by the Romans." So it used to be the 8th month! Mystery solved.

[@carlenmac]

With your synesthesia, what colours do you see when you hear these microtonal notes? Is it any different than a note tuned in 12 tone equal temperament for you?

[@TheModicaLiszt]

Carlen MacFarlane This had better be answered in his Q+A

[@beenoshn1751]

🤯

[@wingracer1614]

Excellent question. I do hope he answers this one

[@translila]

indeed

[@baptistelemaire1740]

I dont know about adam, but I do have synesthesia and I struggle to see colors when he plays microtonal chords, there are some colors but they are really not flashy at all and hard to see (it's quite the opposite of what I would see in a 12 tones temperament system chord)

[@Owenrobot]

Good news guys the lofi hip hop girl passed her test

[@crishealingvtuber8626]

!!

[@deoxix]

With all these years of studying 24/7 i really hoped she would, thank god.

[@Roboprogs]

You got me. Took me a moment to remember all those live streams. The ones that play while my eyes are closed 😁

[@youngretr0701]

Oh thank goodness...

[@AlexDeLarge1]

Good. Good for her.

[@nolaffinmatter]

Playing music through the sponsored section so that I'll actually listen to the ad? That's some big brain moves right there

[@MatthewAubeuf]

Hey Adam, gyil is pronounced jeel. Been studying and performing this instrument for the past 10 years. If you have any questions ask away!

[@RandoBox]

*Rob Scallon had entered the chat*

[@torrent8446]

@@RandoBox Rob: Aight fellas it's Gyil metal time

[@straightXjessedge]

Do you have any videos or recordings with it? I honestly liked the sound of it better than the piano in 10 tone equal temperament.

[@revelationreflection]

@@straightXjessedge did you check his channel?

[@schonbergsjazzadventures2961]

@Matthew Aubeuf You should check out the song Dsilton by the band Dsilton, which is a transcription of a Gyil-duet off a field recording CD. I can send you the original but this is there arrangement: kzbin.info/www/bejne/opXVXmuEhb-GfqM

[@Zelgeon]

3:25 love that howtobasic energy lol great vid adam

[@markopolo2224]

me too

[@caiquemarlon5579]

Me: *trying my best to learn how to distinguish intervals* Adam: *plays C half sharp*

[@serendipity2400]

I mean, we all knew this was coming since his 7 levels of harmony video

[@copperdragon9214]

Adam: teaches us about some good ol microtonal goodness. Also Adam: makes the lick out of shaving gel.

[@danielperales3958]

Lmao

[@iAlberto923]

this shit sounds surreal. so dreamlike. imagine if john coltrane was still around to hear and try to mess around with this stuff.

[@keeganfaulkner1240]

Cosmic Stardust as a sax player I agree

[@pirateunicorn42]

micro tonality has been a thing for a veryyy long time and part of experimental canon during his time. it's not new.

[@DontreadPimpBoy]

@@pirateunicorn42 word

[@ConvincingPeople]

Phebe Palmer Still, it had only barely crept into the jazz lexicon outside of blue notes at the time, and while Alice had probably introduced him to similar ideas from Hindustani classical music by the end of his life, I can only imagine what Trane could have done with some of these ideas as early as his hard bop days, particularly given how he used multi-tonic systems.

[@aloysiuskurnia7643]

giant steps in 24-TET *Even larger steps*

[@Sevish]

Whoa Adam thanks for the mention at the end of the vid. My mind would be blown if we all got to hear some microtonal Sungazer one day!

[@beno.-]

never ever thought of seeing a comment of yours on one of adam's video

[@jasonlitherland4270]

You rule!

[@MonkoK14]

Wow haven't watched the video yet, but seeing your comment has me extra excited, heard your Droplets track a few years ago, got me fascinated in college, gave me some advice too, thanks!!

[@e8heterotic649]

Adam should really look at 17 EDO. It's close enough to 12 that you can even use the same notation system but it provides a lot of new scales. It's also great for extended jazz chords. I like the sound of 17 EDO major 7 chords better than 12 EDO major 7 chords.

[@Xotla]

@@e8heterotic649 and 17edo supermajor 7 chords kick 19edo major 7 chords' ass

[@cartermatthews8585]

adam: i'm not an expert at this... me: you're the only expert at this

[@Syndie702]

Jacob Collier too

[@antoniusnies-komponistpian2172]

There are real experts at this, just almost nobody knows them

[@juancho5419]

Fernando Pérez may not be an expert but he plays amazing microtonal music

[@qwertyTRiG]

@@antoniusnies-komponistpian2172 Communication is a separate skill. Some experts can absolutely get their ideas across; others can't.

[@oakie__doke]

Hello microtonalist here! Adam is not an expert but he is a great teacher. Some people/theorists who have helped me learn about microtones are Erv Wilson, Kraig Grady, Terumi Narushima (she has a great book), Kyle Gann (he has a great intro to microtones on his website), Stephen Wiegel and many others who donate their time online to educating. It can be a hard field to get into, I commend Adam for reaching a wider audience with his videos.

[@atoaster1209]

I have perfect pitch, and expected to absolutely hate listening to all the microtones in this video, but it was actually really cool! Thanks for helping to expand my musical horizons as always, Adam!

[@Sedyon]

I have it too, and I totally agree with what you say

[@fake10hourentertainment17]

I have a pretty good sense of pitch (can recall C and G, and the pitch of songs, but otherwise need relative pitch) and I honestly struggle to even hear microtones. My mind just wants to snap it up or down to the normal pitch scale.

[@michaelkimmm]

listening is nice, creating would be a nightmare (especially with 10-TET lol)

[@overstuffedteddybear1274]

*Broke:* Out of tune *Woke:* Microtonal

[@tamburavadak]

Get microtonal, go out of tune?

[@Ravenx217]

best comment right here

[@RealLifeKyurem]

Bespoke: Xenharmonic

[@fairgrowfreestyles]

Hahhha - nice one

[@Josh_Fredman]

I think this is proof that the Lo-Fi Hip Hop Girl is caught in a time loop.

[@emilydaley8760]

Why does this make sense

[@IamINERT]

Josh Fredman we must save her

[@alexgherghiceanu2094]

@@IamINERT who put her there obviously knew more than us.We better leave her in her trap

[@toppatblue]

It was probably Yoshikage Kira.

[@IamINERT]

@@alexgherghiceanu2094 But we must protect the waifus 😞. Maybe she knows the secret to reincarnation into another world.🙆🏽‍♂️ Omg..

[@shtrurtle]

I so appreciate how accepting you are of all different types of music. I know some music snobs think Lo-Fi is "cheap" music, but you actually went into the nuances of the style of music and it feels validating as a fan of Lo-Fi music

[@venahtmusic]

First Observation: microtonal music sounds less "off" when there's more than one instrument playing a microtonal scale Second Observation: could just be that bass makes everything sound good.

[@e8heterotic649]

Microtonal music sounds far less off once you get used to it. If you listen to a microtonal song, it takes only about 30 seconds at most for your ears to adjust to the new tuning. As Adam himself is fond of saying, repetition legitimizes.

[@chroni3659]

Davie504-approved comment

[@shaunbooval9223]

Slap like now

[@minerscale]

@@chroni3659 slapp

[@ArnaudKenfack]

First observation approved: the brain is kind of "dumb" and easily suggestible if presented with a coherent ensemble (multiple elements instead of just one). The ears are also very adaptive under the threshold of pain because the brain is obsessed with patterns Second observation approved: bass is gel, bass is salt, bass is the big brother, bass is *fundamental* (pun intended) It's all a question of CONTEXT

[@997ET]

that's so weird. I've actually had moments where I was working on harmonies for a new track and it happened that in my head there was this idea for a specific note that whenever I thought I had found what I was looking for never sounded quite right. although I knew about them, it never occurred to me that by using microtonal or different spaced systems I would actually be able to find the notes I was looking for. thanks to you now I have the opportunity to actually solve that problem. i checked out sevish and I found some melody patterns in a few songs that sounded quite close to some of those ideas I had. that's so damn satisfying

[@camhowelse5797]

997ET that’s awesome!

[@camhowelse5797]

I wish I could hear what you were hearing or wanting to achieve. That sounds Divine and so special.

[@urilevy1]

You are super cool to be approaching micro-tonality with such humility and joy. You've got the music in you.

[@urilevy1]

I loved what you did also.

[@chris4mac]

9:51 love when Adam drops that chill-ass R2-D2 lyric

[@pedrodiniz92]

Low-key best comment

[@marcuselias4412]

The music of entering an alternate dimension where the sky is purple and the floor is art deco.

[@jocabulous]

club penguin box dimension

[@nickromano7441]

Adam: I'm not an expert at this... Also Adam: *improvises a really good lo-fi piece with little effort Great vid tho lmao

[@dustbunnys]

Dat microtonal “the lick” at the beginning got me good.

[@jovi_al]

I love how you kept the clip of you debating whether or not the idea was good at the end, but then decided to run with it. I've found that just going with the gut reaction is so much fun and a big part of discovery when playing around with stuff like this. Love it!

[@KC9KEP]

Now, the rhythm needs to be attacked. The 4/4 just doesn’t cut it!

[@jumphawk8836]

3.14/12

[@siu_uis]

_microbeat rhythm_

[@janfal4252]

-77.4/45

[@alfredcognoet]

4/20

[@spamaccount1513]

7/19

[@DJLani]

3:27 I too am fond of playing the lick on the Foaming Gel

[@epictom3423]

And they said that Fantano was the internet’s busiest music nerd

[@msobota4080]

Complaining about music is not the same as understanding it

[@ahobimo732]

He's the internet's busiest music *hipster* . Big difference.

[@wiptide]

He's so busy with music that he runs another you tube channel dedicated to drama.

[@WhaddupImTopher]

Lmao, he reviews stuff and got a reputation for hating popular music. He's got nothing on this dude

[@caesarortega5249]

Fantano is more of a geek than a nerd and he should use Adam's sponsor to shave his pizza hut logo mustache off.

[@creativemusicmakingworksho2128]

As a composer intrigued by microtonal music, the idea of using two keyboards tuned a quarter tone apart is so beautiful simple, I never would have thought it! Thanks!

[@ZanraiKid]

Release the vocal only of the Harry’s ad so we can make remixes, because that was naturally rhythmic.

[@Ted_DiSanti]

Imagine being one of those perfect pitch snobs that can't stand when a piano is tuned a little flat (but still in tune with itself) listening to this

[@drpibisback7680]

Living life being able to hear minor imperfections in pitch seems awful. Basically all music that uses physical instruments features slightly out of tune playing. They just don't hold perfect tuning.

[@jjynja6084]

Hey someone with perfect pitch here! I assure you, hearing micro tonal music can be very jarring upon first hearing. Eventually, I’ve built an ear for this kinda of thing and now it’s sort of an extension of my perfect pitch. I’m training myself to learn how notes between notes sound if that makes sense. So yes, at first, microtonal music is terrifying. But it ends up being an extension of my musicality if I view it the right way.

[@ConvincingPeople]

Jjynja That strikes me as an extremely healthy and thoughtful way to approach it! ^w^

[@jjynja6084]

ConvincingPeople yup! And it definitely helps when my friends try to troll me by messing up timpani tunings. I just say it’s “f half sharp” and move on :)

[@jjynja6084]

Jack Place yeah for me it’s not painful or uncomfortable. I understand why it can be weird or uncomfortable for other people but it’s just a cool music phenomenon that can be used for expanding ideas in music.

[@nikikovacs1923]

When I was a kid, my mom sang microtonal kids tunes to me every night.

[@okktok]

Niki Kovacs this is the recipe to create 200+ IQ kids

[@Allen____]

or serial killers

[@DJChiefX197]

@@Allen____ why not both?

[@lucanavarrete7234]

Was your mother arabic?

[@PizNeyWorks]

lmaoo

[@JaySuryavanshiMusic]

Adam Neely👱🏻‍♂️ is one of the coolest and smartest musician on KZbin. He is the best. Excellent video. All his videos are very systematic and he explains the topic in detail. Keep up your good work. Waiting eagerly for your 1M Subscribers Mark. Regards from India🇮🇳

[@elidisco]

I love nice Indian people on the KZbin comments section 😂

[@MrJemoeder1990]

lmao

[@B_assMan.Archive]

Next video: Actually playing the Lo-fi Hip-Hop Beats To Study/ Relax To 24/7 For 24 hrs and 7 mins straights.

[@tayniloalves7089]

All of it in a 24:7 tempo

[@BibleStorm]

24 hours and 7 minutes?

[@thenotebubble]

That first progression with the quarter-tones mixed in was fire. Tbh probably my favorite piece in the video.

[@athosbirra627]

This could fit really well as a soundtrack for a Legend of Zelda water dungeon.

[@iantaakalla8180]

Athos Birra That is true. It has the feel of inverted Stone Temple in Majora’s Mask, so it would not be out of context either

[@cranklabexplosion-labcentr8245]

*king gizzard has left the server*

[@dspangs]

RATTLESNAKE

[@harpsarp66]

Dspangs RATTLESNAKE

[@AIXONA]

King Gizz fans have entered the chat

[@FUKINCANTAURIA]

I was looking for someone who talks about king gizzzzzzzzz ty

[@korolev-musictodriveby6583]

Alter me !

[@iravigil40]

This the type of music you'd listen to between adult swim shows

[@SamanthaMonday5]

Questions for your next QnA: How do you support yourself as a musician, aren’t the Berklee fees a hassle? Also, Adam, hows your love life?

[@jaeheemin6193]

Lol at how the question is scripted like the scene from The Room

[@digitaljanus]

He did a video on this a few years back (kzbin.info/www/bejne/g2fHnmRpZtmqhbM) but maybe he's due for an update.

[@lyubov3448]

О хай марк хав из йор

[@SamanthaMonday5]

digitaljanus it is like over 3 years old so he should do another, also the main part is how he’s planning on paying off college debt which I don’t think he’s talked about yet.

[@Loogaroo1]

"It's played through bad frequencies!"

[@the_original_Bilb_Ono]

we got an out of tune *intellectual* here...

[@loscienzo]

The "n" is (kinda) silent

[@mykeytallman7299]

First and only guy that has the ability to make the sponsor-segment feel interesting. Adam, you are indeed a legend.

[@maxalain9948]

Microtonals: exist Adam: vibe check

[@Jokertyf]

"Western music is dominant" And here I was thinking it had tonic quality. Smh my head

[@TealScarab]

Lol

[@paulrawnsley3963]

aaaaaaah.

[@Am6-9]

👍

[@matteusjording]

shaking my head my head

[@jameswoolverton8438]

*Ba doop tst*

[@isaiahromero9861]

THANK YOU Adam for calling it "lofi hip hop" and not just "lofi" like most music youtubers tend to do, as a lofi ambient musician it frustrates me to no end when people use the word "lofi" as if its a specific musical style and not a general descriptive term for low fidelity music thats been used for decades. That viral "lofi hip hop to relax and study to" stream has done irreparable damage to the lofi music community fr

[@prohdeen7245]

Me: I tuned my guitar to 432hz and think i'm cool Adam: Hold my beer..

[@iggykad]

your guitar? each string is a flat A? heheh

[@prohdeen7245]

@@iggykad hahahhaha. You got me. 😅

[@aixide]

@@iggykad Bro are you stupid he tuned his guitar to 432hz means the whole guitar resonates at that frequency 🤦

[@iggykad]

@@aixide sheesh...it was clearly a joke.

[@aixide]

@@iggykad I was joking too lol was worried I'd come across as serious

[@blueyesfaerie]

This video answered questions I didn't even know I had.

[@the_original_Bilb_Ono]

we have an out of tune *thinker* here

[@themandownstairs4765]

This actually taught me how to use cent-detuned notes in music, helped solidify the concept of playing more than one key signature at once, and even brought me more towards jazz improvisation. Thank you, Adam!

[@VulpeculaJoy]

2:40 "There is a smoothness that I really love" - yes, in fact that transition was what was the smoothest

[@tienchaishum]

3:20 how to basic: the lick (morning routine rendition)

[@emery1057]

This is ridiculously sick and amazing! For a professional musician who’s studied music and a lofi artist, this is quite satisfying. Thank you!

[@rockfreak125]

After being surprised by Adam in yesterday’s Contrapoints episode I was almost prepared for her to pop in to this video 🙃

[@starrk7158]

Who's contrapoint episode?

[@samflake4466]

Contrapoints is the channel; not a video about contrapuntal music. It's the most recent one on Opulence.

[@starrk7158]

@@samflake4466 oh okay cool. I'll check that out. I was wondering why he hadn't posted in a while.

[@mondker]

@@starrk7158 Have you tranistion to a nebulous lesbian froglady yet?

[@starrk7158]

@@mondker I have not. That video creeped the hell out of me. I couldn't watch it all.

[@theblankyblankness]

Reminds me of adult swin old Interstitials.

[@yourrealdad9442]

stg adult swim is a hub for great fuckin music

[@joelspaulding5964]

@@yourrealdad9442 Adult Swim is a hub for all that is true in this universe.

[@Svellgarm]

3:48 this man really just wrote the lick in shaving cream. God

[@FASTFASTmusic]

I'm gonna be taking a go at hi-fi microtonal hip hop

[@FASTFASTmusic]

I just uploaded an experiment to my channel if anyone cares :D

[@LiopleurodonFerox]

Calling it now: That's what the next King Gizzard album will sound like.

[@luketuke02]

fact

[@trailerdave]

Flying microtonal banana maybe?

[@harpsarp66]

David Loren flying nonagon rat’s nest with lo-fi characteristics

[@trailerdave]

@@harpsarp66 and of course it would sound sick.

[@khulaifimusic2908]

Flying Microtonal Cucumber

[@rosak9841]

매번 자세하게 설명 해주고 샘플 보여주고 응용보여주면서 이해시켜줘서 너무 좋음

[@Meyour67120]

"The chords are fine and everything, but it could really use some *j a z z h a r m o n y* "

[@xavierharris9749]

microtonal music counts as jazz

[@mx_nana_banana]

the 10 tone equal temperament, sounds like a wind chime.

[@the_original_Bilb_Ono]

we have an out of tune player here.

[@alansturgess1324]

Normally the shift from demo/exposition into promoting ad sponsors really grates on my microtonally sensitive false teeth - but the shift here into the smoothness of promoting Harry was a major success. . . . and a fascinating video as well. My musical knowledge is as nothing compared to Adam's, but I always finish watching with just that little bit more understanding.

[@juancho5419]

Next microtonal episode: Adam adds aditional frets to his bass OR buys a microtonal bass. Can't wait to see it

[@nahblue]

Fretless bass would be the natural thing. Now I want to know if there are microtone expert violin players!

[@itzolie]

Bro, the 10 tone sounds like an evil themepark ride.

[@meghanstrudwick4100]

adam being sponsored is the most unpredictable thing ever; you never know when that message is.

[@Antilles1974]

Nobody: Adam: E AND D STRINGS

[@thomasjackson1075]

Get a fucking life

[@ayooobro]

Thomas Jackson I hope you get well soon bro. Having a rod that long stuck up your ass must not be nice

[@hwdhs919]

@@ayooobro christ that's brutal

[@norbert6966]

This is where fretless instruments come in handy.

[@aangtonio5570]

...and microtonal fretted instruments too! (saz, tanbur, lavta, etc.)

[@bookychan]

The fucking 7th level of jazz harmony Intro gets my every time

[@DevilDwarf165]

The beat in the background sounds like someone's chopping onions. Sounds cool!

[@manaman9625]

Hello fellow Finn

[@milu3779]

were you hungry when you watched this?

[@ToonamiT0M]

Sounds like something you'd hear on [adult swim].

[@soleildj1572]

That slide from Admaj9 to Abmaj9 is just so nice

[@tearlach47]

I recognized that Sevish-type of tone at the end. I love his music.

[@fabricextender]

It's also the same scale Sevish used in "Vidya..." if you listen you can hear some similarities due to the intervals, even though the song takes a wildly different approach.

[@tyskstil]

Haha, the goddamn riff in its microtonal interpretation at 00:07!! EDIT: Yes, I meant "The lick".

[@reidgowan2670]

tyskstil I think you mean T H E L I C C

[@juliangonzalez2953]

D A R I F F

[@gilbertspader7974]

Adam about a year ago I switched from guitar too bass and watched your video on how to do this . I found it extremely helpful and loved your advice. One thing I would take a step further is recommending people tape all their fingers together to get into a more bassy mind set . I sing lead and play bass and what I call flipper songs are great for this . I aspire to understand what your talking about sometimes but keep being you brother !!!!

[@1robbycoolish]

Damn I really feel like studying/relaxing/chilling 24 hour stream right now

[@hojitani]

Yes! Lo Fi one of my favs and im glad to see one of my fav music youtubers making some analysis videos about this :)

[@NOLINK74]

Lo Fi isn't a genre mate.

[@graysoncoen4977]

Thanks for the inspiration. Just made my first track on SoundCloud using this idea. And that made me realize that this video isn’t an instructional video but a tool that creators can use. Thanks

[@conjointoates]

the only thing that came to my mind is king gizzard

[@HermelJaworski]

and the flying microtonal banana!

[@vinicius99157]

b a n a n a

[@ifoundcratersonthemoon]

melting

[@RyokanAki]

hell ye baby

[@devilsslave1970]

rattlesnake rattlesnake rattlesnake rattlesnake

[@wavyy]

This is like a whole new world to me, I didn’t even think about that. Damn I love producing there is always new stuff to learn. Inspires me to try creating microtonal psychedelic trap

[@novictim]

Yes man as soon as I heard the high pads I thought of making goa with it

[@Bozeman42]

Growing up I remember seeing movies where people visited far off lands and there being a band greeting the visitors, playing 'out of tune'. When I learned about microtonal music I thought back to those movies and my brain suddenly snapped those memories into this new mental framework. It was quite a feeling!

[@ambrosia548]

Adam Neely: GDAE Australians: G'DAY

[@TimothyReeves]

Violin tuning

[@marinaa.8192]

wow that "flute" sound he used at 9:35 reminded me of Vangelis, more specifically the Blade Runner soundtrack

[@wander4125]

I've been playing with this idea today and I discovered a ridiculously smooth switch between the two tunes. E diminished and F half sharp minor together sound crazy natural...

[@wozniakowski1217]

i've just started experimenting too after watching this video and I checked out what you said - you're right! Actually, I am really impressed by the fact that microtones can convey any emotional value. I've always thought of those quarter cents as something that is just "halfway", non-harmonious and somewhat blank but that shift between microtonal A flat and a normal one at 2:30 proved me wrong and I was amazed it actually sounds not only nice but harmonious.

[@juanmaruli4977]

"Anyway, the way I played the bass guitar to that groove is by re-tuning my *E a n d D s t r i n g s* "

[@obinnanwakwue5735]

I don't get it

[@johnnycochicken]

@@obinnanwakwue5735 the way he says "E and D strings" contrasts with the rest of the sentence and some of us find it hilarious

[@barabbasiii]

@@johnnycochicken because he said it in post production lol Or maybe didn’t say it at all, it doesn’t sound like his voice. So I wouldn’t be surprised to find out his editor did or something lol.

[@RiceCracker87]

The first time you played that ten note piano octave my traditionally educated brain had a genuine seizure.

[@Naiaizumi]

Vibrato pedals are a rely dope way to add a subtle microtonal element. you got be careful if your playing with a band though.

[@victorbrandao8330]

What about a fretless bass guitar, that would be sick af. Just imagine the possibilities

[@moi5196]

Victor Brandao you can get double bass hybrids