Master Class with Jacob Collier [FULL VIDEO] at Berklee College of Music Learning Center

[@andywilliam367]

The way Jacob talk fast seems like he has so much to share to the whole world

[@jarlett3793]

He's talking about a thing he loves doing every second of the day

[@snackclubmusic]

He’s so excited his passion is contagious

[@OfficialStevenCravis]

That is a great insight.

[@pangbeats4978]

No

[@pangbeats4978]

@@jarlett3793 that's false. I make better music and I'm underrated.

[@AKAtAGG]

I'd never heard of Mr Collier and didn't expect to want to watch every minute of the almost two hours, and yet, here I am, loving it. His brain is working so fast he can barely keep up with it.

[@chijavier1869]

I absolutely know nothing about music but Jacob Collier is such a compelling genius to watch (even if I haven’t a clue what he’s talking about) that he draws you in into his own unique world and brain!!!! 26 y o musician giving a Masterclass…now that’s beyond impressive and incredible!

[@1stNumberOne]

You can tell he really enjoys what he does. Which is why he has such a great understanding of things.. His excitement is infectious. Makes me want to get better!

[@damionmortenson84]

Totally!!

[@pangbeats4978]

@@damionmortenson84 Jacob collier is one of the most overrated musician who doesn't have any musical skill. I make better music and am severely underrated. How does this work? This is messed up. The Industry needs to change.

[@naturesound2963]

@@pangbeats4978 again: stupid enviness, like so often, if people do have problems with their ego, narciss, etc., instead of easily seeing "hey man, here is a genius teaching".

[@jesusmtz29]

This dude is the real deal. What a great guy

[@jasonrsk8]

You can learn 5 years of theory from this one video. Collier the GOAT

[@ErickBolivarMusica]

Some use the MIDI PACK :)

[@AmoebaCulture]

I know nothing about music. Why am I absolutely fascinated by this?

[@Symbol1IL]

My boy spittin some truth

[@michaelmacgregor4677]

If he had an Alabama accent…..it wouldn’t have the same effect.

[@chasingnote]

25:29 - cool trick for modulating to the tritone of a key (for my own future reference)

[@AnandhKumar84]

What does he do the second time around to go a full cycle? First time he steps the bass voicing chromatically C-B-Bb and the top most note moves E-F-F# i guess..

[@kuyperholland9962]

commenting for my own future reference

[@sigiriabeysekara8723]

@@kuyperholland9962 ha ha lol

[@luisbrito2367]

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[@TomAndreen]

@@kuyperholland9962commenting your comment on this comment for my own future reference.

[@LazyboyZZZyobyzaL]

Omg... This guy is a freaking wizard in music.

[@adriandominguezsainz3683]

I think that you should create your own lessons right from scratch... for any person that is just starting with music.. I am strongly convinced that if you give the possibility of Having a grasp of your approach to music at an early stage of the learning curve, will deliver MUCH RICHER musicians to the world for years to come. I salute you extraterrestrial master.

[@whatup1319]

I've been a musician since I was a child and I'm sorry to tell you that the only way to get to this guys level is to learn the basics. The SAME basics taught to everybody. His approach would be no different. Its like your saying I should teach you calculus before I've taught you basic addition and subtraction. There's no way around the basics. The cool thing is all of us have ears and you don't have to understand what your hearing from an analytical standpoint to enjoy it (unlike math). That's why someone whos never touched an instrument can enjoy music that they will never truly understand...at the nd of the day that's the whole point of music right?

[@YoutubePizzer]

@@whatup1319 his crazy stuff would be way too complicated to teach off the bat, you need to establish simple rules and break parts of them over time, you’re right

[@colerees3965]

@@whatup1319 I don't think if he designed a beginner class it would be typical. kzbin.info/www/bejne/goqmd3Vnr8SjZ8U

[@delicrux]

@@whatup1319 i think you are underestimating how a childs brain can soak up information. Of course the aproach would need to be simple but i think his sound tonal textural color and tamber discriptions and matching vocal demonstration are very powerful teaching tools and would be great for early exposure. So the brain learns to identify it early. It would be similar to how some people can see colors but cant name the difference between sea green and teal because they never built a mental relationship to the colors.

[@schoenberg12]

The material would be the same. Jacob is well educated, and he's put in the work to be very competent, but his ideas are based on standard classical and jazz theory. That said, yeah, I guess if you could bring a thorough understanding of this stuff to the table in basic lessons, the students would be much better off. He's more of a creator and performer than a theorist and teacher, though.

[@dndsmith1ify]

I have a degree in music and took many exams in music but I feel like a beginner watching this. All power to Jacob he is music.

[@pangbeats4978]

Jacob collier is one of the most overrated musician who doesn't have any musical skill. I make better music and am severely underrated. How does this work? This is messed up. The Industry needs to change.

[@GuiR3X]

Now try to figure out what the poor 4 chords uneducated cover strum not entirely unlike a guitarist like me looks like watching this... It IS fascinating, I just love watching him hop from one idea to another apparently effortlessly, I truly do even if I don't understand 0.1% (I know, I m bragging) of what he talks about. Now the issue for me is when I listen to the result of what he does, it's magic trick union magic trick, but I get more emotions from basic blues/rock musicians. I guess it just makes me a twat I guess, I just hope in the future he gets down from the stars he's adventuring in, and deliver more "grass roots" emotions, for I truly believe he could make a lot more people happier simplifying what he does, and we DO need people like him to make our world better. I know, I just don't have brain cells, must have been these The Cure years I guess...

[@DiscoStuLikesDiscoMusic]

You can just see how humble this guy is. Like are you serious? What Grammy winning? Artist is still making videos using not his but his sister‘s iPad.? Most people lose themselves in the money in the fame, and he’s just so humble to want to go do hours long master classes at colleges? It’s great

[@thehazarika]

This is my sixth time watching this. Too much information to absorb. Thanks for uploading.

[@sorrychangedmyusername3594]

Ah hell i'll learn this through osmosis, better download this video before the youtube corps took this down

[@danielmconnolly7]

My brain feels like a pretzel.

[@YanaMusicOfficial]

@@danielmconnolly7 hahaha struggle is beyond real

[@pangbeats4978]

@@sorrychangedmyusername3594 Jacob collier is one of the most overrated musician who doesn't have any musical skill. I make better music and am severely underrated. How does this work? This is messed up. The Industry needs to change.

[@pangbeats4978]

@@danielmconnolly7 Jacob collier is one of the most overrated musician who doesn't have any musical skill. I make better music and am severely underrated. How does this work? This is messed up. The Industry needs to change.

[@KitCotter]

"keep going, no-one told you to stop..." Jacob's succinctly stated philosophy of harmony. Gotta love it ! THANKS, Jakob

[@DiamondFizzy]

Mad respect to Jacob but I think I need a degree just to understand what's going on, only 11 minutes in, pray for me 😩😅

[@gabriel_jns]

I love Jacob Collier his approach to Harmony is just AMAZING

[@pangbeats4978]

Jacob collier is one of the most overrated musician who doesn't have any musical skill. I make better music and am severely underrated. How does this work? This is messed up. The Industry needs to change.

[@Gnurklesquimp2]

I can't agree enough on how huge 5ths and 4ths are. Recently I've come up with some cool microtonal 8-note scales that worked with widely spaced 8 note chords, and the trick was to have 4 notes that each have a 5th that didn't occur yet. It was really cool on sine waves, cause it was such a huge sound it basically turned to timbre. Because of it's wide span, it starts low, so you put like a plucky low-pass on it and it just sounds like a bass with timbre sympathetic to your complex harmony, awesome stuff. Do it in just intonation and that line should completely vanish! These scales are also very cool for how they make you play certain notes in certain registers only, aside from maybe some passing tones etc.

[@AndyChamberlainMusic]

59:09 This is so cool because phrygian's super-ultra-hyper-mega-meta scale circles the fifths

[@alxkeda]

funny seeing you here I saw your TSA song a while ago

[@AndyChamberlainMusic]

@@alxkeda oh god, I hope you've listened to something more recent too lol

[@alxkeda]

@@AndyChamberlainMusic lol i have

[@DlmlZ]

This guy is absolutely insane. I mean, just 26 years of age, with the knowledge of a grand library of music theory books and on top of it being able to transfer all of that into musical pieces of art on his instrument. What a gifted and talented human being he is! Thanks for sharing!

[@lukesoares7117]

Think he was 20 here. Mindblowing

[@ectyka]

Supernatural! Just amazing, Jacob.

[@pangbeats4978]

@GIFTEDASF Jacob collier is one of the most overrated musician who doesn't have any musical skill. I make better music and am severely underrated. How does this work? This is messed up. The Industry needs to change.

[@ectyka]

@@pangbeats4978 how can we hear your work? Must be awesome

[@EannaButler]

1:09:48 Brings in a Zappa lead line, like it's nothing... Jacob ❤

[@opticalmixing23]

Hope this guy gets a scholarship, he has a good understanding of his instrument

[@slykhajiit2]

bait

[@corymackenzie-gray1359]

Please say sike

[@SDREHXC]

@@corymackenzie-gray1359 it’s obviously a joke, he’s literally teaching a master class lmfao

[@williamcarrmusic]

You spelt “handful of grammys” wrong lol

[@slykhajiit2]

@@williamcarrmusic Damn bro, I didn't realize you could get your channel verified at such an early stage in content production.

[@micahsellers6638]

I’m definitely using that tri-tone trick asap. 🙂

[@gazuregoathub]

JC is something else! He speaks music. its so far forward its hard its like.

[@leeu8900]

IM learning so much from this mans mind! and he is so willing to share! thank you!

[@p4pacrust]

He really is a VERY smart person

[@robertbeger4275]

Not sure why but when Jacob explains things I understand so much more than when my old teachers or other sources explained the same.

[@kibe2134]

"Real life is better than Skype." Well, that aged like fine milk.

[@thalle6567]

This video came on randomly and i deadass thought it was filmed in the middle of the pandemic or some shit

[@IAMGIFTEDASF]

He's not wrong tho

[@SDREHXC]

It’s more true now than ever.

[@EngineMusic]

skype is awful, in comparison to all the other superior communication software nowadays

[@_keano]

@@EngineMusic true, but that's not the point though

[@witchprojekt666]

The cultural philosophy aspect toward the end is absolutely mind blowing and also something I’ve been digging at. I’ve seen the same sort of attunement, I guess you could say, in many indigenous languages and any cultural dance as far as physiological stimulation or release of trauma.

[@ALF8892]

Thats alot of great content. Lots of it was new to me and made alot of sense

[@nickbarton3191]

When you're a genius you can afford to say "fuck the rules". Genius !

[@AngeloDopwell]

Ow yess

[@chief2632]

Music really is like a sandbox game, you can follow the suggested path but at some point you say fuck it and make what you want. and the more you learn about and understand harmony and rhythm, the more you can harness its power to create whatever you want (almost) exactly the way you see it in your head

[@elritoo1]

Jacob talks about discovering a new way to bend harmony like he just found a new pokemon

[@pablodebiddlybo3771]

That’s a compendium of western harmony right there. A talented guy going places quickly. The John Mclaughlin comparison is the highest compliment I could give him

[@pangbeats4978]

Jacob collier is one of the most overrated musician who doesn't have any musical skill. I make better music and am severely underrated. How does this work? This is messed up. The Industry needs to change.

[@seanysean]

@@pangbeats4978 At first I was skeptical, but after viewing your channel I realize you are right.

[@pangbeats4978]

@@seanysean thank you

[@michaelmacgregor4677]

I’ll be honest…….I have no clue what your playing…..or saying….but I like it.

[@scrythis1]

I like looking at it from. Journey emotion standpoint. So @22:00 ish, we see that slight deviation from the home. This is like Frodo and Sam and the others just having their escapades within the Shire. The trickery and goofing withing the Shire is safe but the Shire, they see is indeed nice and wonderful and it makes you feel good. The arrival at the home key there is just a reassuring they are in a good place. But the greater deviations is more if they leave the Shire. Theirs more uncertainty, difficulty, a wider emotional deviance, and almost as if the anticipation of the return to the Shire amplifies that sensation of returning to Home. One is a slight reminder that home is nice. Another provokes a longing for home.

[@antoniomontemuro9751]

thank you so much for sharing this video. I'm glad to be able to watch some parts one hundred times till I can get it. You made me closer to me teacher. THANKS!

[@adriandominguezsainz3683]

Other worldly intelligence level... Jacob... are you sure you are human? MAAAAN! No words to describe your talent REALLY.

[@kingz7151]

He radiates British, I love it!

[@sarahtheperson6693]

According to Jacob “you’re winning” if you: 1. Use chromatic since it’s the most stepping steps that you get 2. If you don’t limit yourself to equal temperament

[@alfredomarasco3311]

Hey that’s my head at 00:16 :’)

[@color-head1696]

great head!

[@gaelmargrace]

such a beautiful head

[@gaelmargrace]

@@jesshellaaa I hope you make it like that trough the year ^w^

[@timjim7830]

I love head

[@Ethan2Tone]

The real money shot.

[@manonearth5759]

I actually have to watch this on 0.75x speed to keep up with his brain. Incomparable genius!

[@SamWhitlock]

4:50 "and I filled in the gaps" man this guy has gotta be one of the humblest people around relative to his skill

[@simonhughes8178]

I'm British and just finished eating beans on toast when he mentioned them, haha.

[@ajk5668]

I second that ahaha , the soul of a brit

[@SayAhh]

Now ppl are eating avocado toast. Wonder what is next: potatoes? Chocolate? Mayonnaise? I take that back, I've had mayo on toast.

[@coalkingryan881]

@@SayAhh Nutella on toast is delicious

[@SayAhh]

Here is a recipe for a better Nutella. feelgoodfoodie.net/recipe/how-to-make-nutella/

[@blntwzrd]

He said it just as I finished reading this comment...noice

[@humbleoverdrive]

This guy is awesome!

[@chrisnunez111]

This guy deserves a grammy nomination....

[@mateorincon3448]

Hope that you're being sarcastic

[@chrisnunez111]

@@mateorincon3448 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔 guy knows his stuff..

[@fragux]

@@chrisnunez111 bro he has like 5 grammy awards...

[@chrisnunez111]

Im jk😁😁apparently my sarcasm was laid thick. He earned every single one of them.

[@caiorlb]

It's interesting that all he's saying is widely known since the 19th century, but it's quite impressive to see someone with such a good ear

[@KatyaMonet]

"widely known" what circles do you hang around lol

[@Guankabun]

May be not so widely known in 19th century, although many concepts already were invented then, Scriabin, Rachmaninoff were already using many chord extensions, and Dvorak etc. those are the main influences on jazz harmonies. And of course Bach, his voicings, polyphony, and so much great inventions that influenced everyone after him. In terms of new ideas such as electronics and serialism and other compositional ideas, may be 20th century with all the contemporary classical composers such as Ligeti, Stockhausen, Xenakis, Stravinsky, and of course Charlie Parker, and other jazz greats.

[@caiorlb]

@@Guankabun I agree with you in almost everything.. the only thing I not sure is the fact that he combines all these ideas from different styles. Because the developments in classical music since Wagner are far more complex than adding notes ("dissonances") to the triad (the issues with form, directional harmony, timbre etc). To me he is just applying dense harmonies to pop music.. But still, I am very impressed by the fact that he can hear everything.. for example, I don't think Grisey heard all the partials he uses, but it seems like Jacob does.. I seems like he is following the historical path of music by intuition, not by reading about them..

[@Guankabun]

@@caiorlb yeah definitely much more than adding notes. And frankly, I love Jazz not because of harmonies and all the technique, I just love the feel and improvisational ideas, same for Jacob’s music. Sometimes they are too packed with ideas to the degree of being boring, but he is a great educator and his music is attractive in many ways.

[@caiorlb]

@@Guankabun we're on the same page! Cheers

[@Rafomonster]

Espectacular

[@KaiOwensDrums]

I did not understand all of this, but it is super interesting, as A drummer though, I love using weird rhythmic stuff, I am trying to learn harmony, but it gets pretty weird

[@ggwinters]

Wonderful presentation and great information.

[@firepyro66]

very inspiring lecture. tyvm jacob.

[@Buzz65]

He "see's" music in 4 dimensions. Simply genius.

[@eliasafediasdesouza]

Esse cara é gênio

[@pangbeats4978]

@GIFTEDASF Jacob collier is one of the most overrated musician who doesn't have any musical skill. I make better music and am severely underrated. How does this work? This is messed up. The Industry needs to change.

[@pfkmsandiego]

thank you to all contributors

[@mariadam9157]

- great upoad!

[@dr_selby]

7:59 D's nuts, you're safe cause is Db

[@josemorgan8048]

1:26 Jacob is talking about how Indian music changes slowly. Could anyone recommend a piece of music that does this? Does all Indian music do this?

[@kartick1241]

you can check out Mast Magan- arijit singh

[@kartick1241]

For more classical you can check tansen vol 1. Most classical indian music changes slowly.

[@glenperkins3934]

s/o to the members of the band KNOWER (Louis Cole, Genevieve, etc..) who show up on Jacob's KZbin subscriptions. If you're watching this video you will probbbably enjoy Knower's music!

[@ryan-shore]

Astonishingly great!

[@adityapadode]

1:40:40 - great tip

[@jazzsecrets]

Anyone can identify these 5 chords 1:28:08 and again 1:28:18 ?

[@lopezrodriguezsantiago2466]

"Giant steps" progression

[@jazzsecrets]

@@lopezrodriguezsantiago2466 hey that’s right now I hear it thx :)

[@tunekeysus9427]

25:49 I remembered the chopin nocturne op 9 no 2 that part of chromatism

[@alicec1533]

44:32 this is the most cerebral and yet Punk Rock thing ever.

[@mathieupe666]

14:31 Yamaha's marketing game is "really strong"

[@kimuni1635]

44:37 That's it!!!

[@segmentsAndCurves]

Jacob out of context.

[@jackbryant8095]

I fucking love this guy 😂 “WO-Uh?!” So 100% British 52:22

[@Deankau]

Super-Ultra Lydion? Is it just me or does this sound like a mode from Dragon Ball Z lol

[@Proghead88]

Amazing!!! Thank you!

[@lasagne4767]

25:30 how to modulate to tritone

[@rk41gator]

I am curious as to who he listened to growing up and what/who influenced him the most. Progressive Rock must have been in there somewhere. And obviously jazz. Frank Zappa! YES. "The Inner Game of Tennis" is an excellent resource. "The Four Agreements" is also very useful.

[@marissamclain1464]

Stevie Wonder for sure

[@pianodude01]

He’s a genius. No doubt. But have you heard his music? I love jazz music…absolutely love it…but his take is highly experimental and a little too difficult to listen to. I’m not sure what it is. Every era has its masters who pushed the boundaries of theory and tradition. Yet maintained what makes music satisfying and a form of human expression. He understands theory better than most. Perhaps, in time, he will find his way and move us even more.

[@65Drums]

He does both. His albums are weird and experimental. But his cover of Moon River, or the flintstones, or any number of other songs on KZbin can be appreciated by non musicians.

[@muzaarnold]

brilliant young man

[@HaydenCardinal2.0]

Is Jacob Collier borrow that Giant steps melody with notes A, F-sharp, D, and F?

[@tylerholleybergin]

Its best to teach people this is teaching.

[@СергейПотапов-т3ж]

Ну так я смотрел концерт этого парня. Произвел хорошее впечатление.

[@JoeDavisMusic]

19:31 BLACKBIRD

[@nextlevel7098]

Jacob ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@callingoutthebs]

I'll probably have to watch this a few times. What's the name of the instrument he's playing again?

[@pangbeats4978]

Jacob collier is one of the most overrated musician who doesn't have any musical skill. I make better music and am severely underrated. How does this work? This is messed up. The Industry needs to change.

[@1998XBOX]

39:32 why did he say that the 6th and the 9th was major 7th?

[@1998XBOX]

Oh i get it

[@galang_alien]

Thank you for this

[@donalexander361]

Thank You

[@Createthisaccountnow]

god this guy is so smart he should have a scholarship named after him...

[@unknownchasen]

36:55

[@katiebarber407]

I don't understand anything around the 25 minute mark or how to make that information to use and it makes me wanna cry

[@DanLoFat]

25% of this Chase mentioned that Jacob mentioned that the African speech ers Gap after the emphasis just like a concussion before the emphasize

[@luoshengying]

he needs both nummers and excel?

[@alistaircornacchio5727]

hes so damn smart i dont get it

[@hugo54758]

It's not a sharp 13 it's a flat 9. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

[@csharp57]

You can master class until the dawn of time. You won't totally understand his workflow or make music like him.

[@PeteHodkinson]

Dig that he's subscribed to KNOWER haha

[@BlackGold3000]

I just dont understand it, is everybody just sleeping on Take 6? Ive been listening to Take 6 all my life.

[@RyanHannaMusic]

that yamaha has it's own sneeze guard lol

[@rem-xmusic6924]

i was following at the beginning then 35 minutes in i lost myself

[@backis5377]

41:11 cool chord for all the people who gave thumbs down

[@solidus4prez]

Big shoutout to Mutahar for his intro

[@joelmondejar4939]

doesn't even look like him, he just looks indian

[@mathiasbynens1518]

1:47:45 casually destroying the mic

[@kartick1241]

Jacob need to write a book

[@delianhdz3616]

all this knowledge and for what? you know what i want to se i want to see him choping some japanese soul samples from the 80s i want to see him doing a drain gang type beat or a westside gunn type beat thats real music dawg. (yes im very jealous)

[@ianking4909]

4ths remind me of bill evans

[@EirikAven]

Does he have a display on the piano on screen? Otherwise, how tf would they know what he is doing?

[@Zombbos]

Ear

[@yuanlijiang]

He’s just finished composing and come out from his bed room