Pi Day 3/14 1:59AM - Spring Ahead

Pi is taking an hour from us! Let's get mad, then maybe drift off to soothing music to give ourselves that hour back.
Thank you to this tweet by @darrenglass and via @tweetsauce which not only reminded me that Pi Day was coming up and I should probably make a video, but from which I 100% stole the title and intro: / 1367978449864974337
This video is sponsored by Patreon Patrons like you! Special thanks to Ray Sidney, Pat Devlin, David Perryman, Andew Romaner, Andrea Bi Biagio, Jodi Vezzetti, Yana Chernobilsky, and David Smith, plus an extra thanks from my piano to Caleb Wright.
More thanks are here: vihart.com/thanks/
Happy Pi Day, everyone. I know it's been not just a long while but also a weird while, and I'm glad to see you're still here with me.

[@Vihart]

Good to see you all here, yeah it really has been a while, hasn't it? We still got this though. (Also note that making fun of my piano for being tuned to Pandemic Temperament is not allowed. Piano tuners didn't make it to the top of the vaccine priority list which is FINE)

[@averagewagon7574]

So how did you end up on the reopening commission? I remember finding it fantastically bizarre when my own mother shared a Vihart video with me.

[@helIooooooooooooo]

I really liked this year's pi video and how you took a more musical take on it. I enjoy how you can always find a way to connect the worlds of math and music, two things so seemingly far apart that are in reality only a few strides away from each other.

[@machupichu3501]

HOW DID YOU AFFORD A BOSENDORFER

[@cubeoi]

Yo

[@NF30]

Don’t worry, your piano is in much better tune than mine! In winter, the humidity in my house can get below 10% and it is not kind to the piano so I have barely played in a couple months haha

[@somebody-xu4mz]

You can't just say "the trick is not to glamorise the pain, but to feel it" and move on like nothing happened

[@crsm42]

There's so much to unpackage in just a few words. Vi if you ever feel you want to take a deeper dive on feeling pain without glamorising it I don't doubt your thoughts will be insightful, treasured and helpful.

[@elizabruh]

when the world needed her the most, she returned

[@glidertrio4466]

True

[@zyansheep]

_Happiness noises_

[@erwinvandooren1075]

One of the few people on youtube that amaze me with every single video.

[@Plexdet]

Vihart is here, so everything is ok.

[@fizzyy1428]

i swear someone comments this every time someone uploads after a long time

[@dskim24]

Vi the last number should be a 6. Good to see you again. -your old piano teacher who memorized lots of pi in 7th grade.

[@Vihart]

Hi David! I've gotten a lot of mileage out of your teachings, thank you :) (I still don't practice my scales or technique though, which you can probably tell... sorry!) I don't know why I thought that digit should be a 1 but it felt right at the time. I only remember the digits by the sound of their melody and since that's the last one I guess I just assumed. I think it's probably Pi that is wrong.

[@dskim24]

@@Vihart It's funny, when I memorized it, it was completely through the sound of the words of the numbers and the feeling of saying them, almost more kinetic/physical. It's really cool that you memorized them as a kind of solfege. Ha, you are doing just fine, don't worry about the scales, I am incredibly proud to have been your teacher. You channel is wonderful, you have a mind that is so amazing, and there is such optimism and positivity in all of your videos, too. Keep it up!

[@derpatel9760]

wholesome.

[@lennartbkmn20]

@@derpatel9760 i´m not crying, you are crying!

[@_catinthemirror_]

@@lennartbkmn20 what are you talking about? it's just raining... ☔

[@Lemwell7]

This was one of the first KZbin channels I found in middle school near 10 years ago now. Cool math stuff and internet nerd culture were key to who I thought I was. Years later and I’m a musician, living in that world, exploring solo vibraphone performance particularly right now. I’m trying to reconcile my current life and passions with those of my past, feeling they are very far from each other, the people they lead me to very different. It’s been a tension in me and I guess just this video was really nice as a combination of elements of my past and my present.

[@PlutoisaPlanet]

Same here haha, I was barely in college 10 years ago when I found vihart and today I’m an experienced professional as a programmer. Also vihartvihart microwave countdowns was the only ASMR I’ve ever been into 🤣 I never unsubscribed!

[@orik737]

As a nerd/percussionist/aspiring programmer, I resonate with this thread

[@Lemwell7]

@@orik737 Just started the aspiring programmer part myself a few months ago, seems like its an element of my past that could work well lifestyle-wise with all the musician-ing. Happy to see this resonated with folks.

[@Nepeta-Leijon]

literally same

[@amphicorp4725]

I've been playing piano for 9 years, found vihart about 6 years ago, struggling with who I am and what I want to be. I've wanted to code for my entire life but I'm unable to attend school because of mental heath issues. I picked up music composition about 8 months ago and I've been trying to compose songs since. just finished a new song hours before this video came out. I'm hoping I can get back into the swing of things and pull my life up off the floor and get on with things like everyone else.

[@ConManAU]

This piece is so innately human - taking something with no inherent meaning and examining it from so many different angles and magnifying the slightest hint of a pattern so that it becomes embued with emotion.

[@VioletVaniaComposer]

I wasn’t worried about her being gone because I knew Pi Day was coming

[@glidertrio4466]

Same

[@crimsonspiral6334]

This is true

[@deepakmenon7733]

Fact

[@91productions35]

Same. I wanted her to make a video and she did!

[@manflutewarrior]

Sometimes most years I forget to celebrate pi day. I don't think I'll ever forget again. I expect I will check back around this time every year

[@davetoms1]

"Balancing awareness of being alive and okay in this moment with grieving the death of the future I'd imagined for myself. There's beauty in these moments. And the trick is not to glamorize the pain but to feel it." ~ Vi Hart I didn't know I needed a good cry right now. But here we are. Thank you, Vi. As always, for everything you do, thank you.

[@neil12]

Finding Vi in middle school was one of the best things that has ever happened to me. Her videos have not only helped me get through boring math classes, but have helped me appreciate the beauty of math. I look back on middle school and high school math classes and the simplicity of them in retrospect, and I remember Vi’s videos bringing me joy and a new perspective on so many topics, and the explicit impact she’s had on my creative and scientific perspectives. Now I’m in college studying engineering and whenever I question if I really can do this, I rewatch her videos and I’m always reminded of the reason I love science and math, and the creativity that is inherently a part of both. Thank you Vi, from the bottom of my heart (Hart?), for inspiring me years ago, still inspiring me today, and inspiring me for years to come.

[@cproteus]

I can’t imagine how joyful it would be to have discovered this while young. As an adult, it generated my present obsession for and love of math. How beautiful to have that while still in school!

[@jaimieritchie]

I second that. I first watched her on Khan Academy, and I think I earned some of my first big listening badges through her videos :) . I love Hexaflexagons, and I love her Turducken video, but most of all I love her Fibonacci spirals series. Vi Hart has nurtured my love of math beyond anything or anyone else, and for that I am truly grateful. I, too, am now studying engineering, and when someone asks what my favorite class is I confidently reply, Calculus. Thank you Vi!!!

[@nunyabuisness6238]

@@cproteus I’m 12 and I’m honestly believing that she searched all this up

[@cproteus]

@@nunyabuisness6238 of course this is her original content - I don’t understand. What I commented on was how great it would be to discover ViHart when you’re still your age, unlike as an adult. Neither she nor KZbin existed when I was young.

[@nunyabuisness6238]

@@cproteus ohhhhh

[@theoctopuscats6510]

People seem to be talking a lot about how they first found Vihart ages ago. I was just thinking: Idon’t think I ever FOUND Vihart when I was a kid. In fact I’m sure my mother must have shone her stuff to me. My mother who is dead now and has been for years, so I don’t think there’s anyone I could ask if I wanted to confirm it. And as I’ve gone though high school I realized that the jokes that she made about how much parabolas suck were starting to make sense. Because when I first heard that joke I don’t think I even knew what negative numbers were yet. It’s been nice to see this thing from my childhood continue to take on new meaning. Thanks, Vihart

[@averagewagon7574]

i love your πiano

[@NoahLoveladyAllen]

*πano

[@agatakaszynska7106]

All of you need to be sTAUped

[@catttperson8211]

I’ve always struggled with Math throughout my entire life. I always got frustrated and never saw meaning in it, Yknow how most kids did, but watching your channel you gave it to me in a way I can understand, through art and music you showed me how beautiful numbers can be just like art and music. I’m a freshman in art school now, after finding your channel in freshman year of high school. I always look forward to when you post and I hope I can continue to look forward to your work. Thank you 💕

[@warpedmine9682]

this channel is helping me find a more artistic way of finding my love for math

[@AlvaroManiac1]

I can't remember the exact one, but in one of your videos you made a quick comment about how being overtly anxious and preoccupied with your appearance and behavior in public settings could actually be social anxiety, which is a real thing and it's treatable. And in turn, you, knowingly or not, put a name to something that had been torturing my everyday existence. Something that i didn't know other people experienced and that i didn't know was a thing and that it could be countered successfully with professional help. I immediately began doing my own research, relieved to have finally found hope. Hope that this thing that cursed me for years and years could be defeated. It began a journey for me of learning about myself, mental health, and eventually seeking help, through therapy and medication, uncovering also the depression that it had evolved into after years of being untreated, and even a completely ignored ADD. And over time, i became better. It was tough, but each day I found I could be my better self, when i took care of my mental and physical health, and surrounded myself with a solid support system. The guy who used to contemplate driving off the side of the road is now the guy who would never dare to, because he knows he has so much to live for. And i can't help but think that perhaps if I hadn't sought help and trained myself in self care, if I hadn't sought treatment for my depression and anxiety, I might not have been able to survive this unprecedented assault on our entire generation's mental and physical health that we call a pandemic. I'm so happy to say that I'm still here. I know it's probably not accurate to say that you alone saved my life, Vi. But every so often, i still remember the exact moment i heard you mention social anxiety, and I'm so grateful for it. Because that moment started my journey in self-improvement and self care, and being nice to myself. Your thoughtfulness and creativity have been a catalyst in my life to become a better person. I absentmindedly play all your doodle games all over my notebooks. And I'll often even put your videos to go sleep, so much so that i have some bits memorized lol. I guess I just want to say thank you. Thank you for being exactly who you are supposed to be. Hope you had a lovely pi day. I don't know that you will ever comprehend how impactful your content truly is, how much it has enriched the life of millions, and what an incredible force for positive change that it is for this planet.

[@Vihart]

I am so, so happy to hear this! I have many warm fuzzies from your comment, and I also want to acknowledge that the real work here seems to be your own curiosity about anxiety and mental health which led you to seek more information and support. I hope anyone else reading this will also consider opening up their own curiosity! But to you, Alvaro, thank you for your kindness. Let's both keep going on the road.

[@AlvaroManiac1]

@@Vihart oh now I'm so happy you read and replied to my comment!! It just was a pivotal moment. I remember pausing the video and sitting up and playing back the same bit over again. It was just what I needed to hear. But yeah. I so appreciate your encouragement and kind words and totally agree! We keep in moving!

[@Lukas-qq7fc]

I usually don’t comment but this for some reason just made me cry a little. And obviously you don’t know me but I’m proud of you for coming that far. a happy very special Pi day to you.

[@th3d3wd3r]

@@Lukas-qq7fc I'll second that. Proper lump in my throat. Vi and Alvaro, thank you for making me think. It's been a while since i've done that. I do all I can to distract myself and not deal with my core issues. You can only do that so long before you get tired though. I've recently started dealing with my mental health in a very bad way. That stops now. Thank you all and have a happy pi day

[@JoshMehdi5]

@@Lukas-qq7fc agreed, I was on the verge of tears while reading this

[@themadcow8191]

During my first three years of college, even though I wasn't intending to become a mathematician, I've just sort of... accidentally taken enough math courses to get a math degree? I didn't realize it until now because it never felt like work - it was something I'd grown to enjoy, mostly because of my amazing middle/high school math teacher and because of Vi. Anyway, long story short, I'm now majoring in electroacoustic music and math, and I'm hoping someday I'll be able to inspire people and help awaken their creativity and inquisitiveness in the same way Vi did for me. Thanks for a great pi day! Edit: listening to the soothing sounds of Pi, I was just reminded of one of my fondest memories from childhood. I'd spent a couple days watching and rewatching all your hexaflexagon videos, and decided to become a flexagation scientist. After hours of toil, I finally managed to invent the MIGHTY Dodecaflexagon. It was smaller than a dime because I had to fold the paper so many times, but I had invented a brand new flexagon and I felt like the Archimedes of twelve-year-old homeschooled math nerds.

[@Blutzen]

Sometime in the last few years I picked up the habit of increasing the playback speed of videos I watched on KZbin in an effort to wrest back some of my lost time, but for some reason I never feel the need to while watching yours, and today I will accept the 34 minutes you have given me and give you 34 minutes back. Thank you.

[@wizkida981015]

I, like a bunch of people, found vi through the vlogbrothers. I was really caught by John's statement of "you don't hate math, you hate the way you've been taught math". As someone who hated the homework and the tests, but not necessarily the ideas, needless to say, I was intrigued. What I found was some pretty brilliantly written videos disguised as the ramblings of a high schooler. Doodling In Math Class showed me the beauty in the mundanity of high school. Thanks.

[@WhitneyAvalon]

Thank you for sharing your brilliant mind with us yet again, Vi!

[@sunn7045]

WHITNEY AVALON?!?!? We love queens supporting queens!!

[@theobelmont1845]

Not the person I was expecting to see in the comment section but not disappointed.

[@prajakthamallya9818]

Two worlds colliding omg

[@arecus54]

I was definitely not expecting nto see Whitney Avalon here

[@una_10bananas]

Oh hi Whitney avalon

[@gaviswayze9696]

Scrolling through the comments, I see a community of inspired students from years ago who have blossomed or will blossom into adults whose interests and even careers have been impacted by your videos I am not a mathematician by trade, but as a composer and soon-to-be lawyer, I see more than ever the importance of being able to translate the chaos of the Earth and of the universe into beauty. Especially when it's harder to see the beauty of τ/2 hidden in nature from our houses, being able to collectively appreciate it in music is a rare thing of beauty, of calmness in a raging storm. Thank you

[@Ishsa]

I aspire to the level of intellectual freedom and creativity you've shown over the years since I discovered this channel. I began a master of music this year, choosing it over math or philosophy, and I sometimes feel afraid that I've chosen a path that restricts creativity. Listening to this video, thinking back to your past videos, I have a reassurance that everything will be alright, wherever I go. Thank you for everything.

[@HBMmaster]

amazing as usual

[@paddlesaddlelad1881]

yo

[@leacwm]

jan Misali

[@lamora6298]

Oh hey jan Misali

[@AlvinBalvin321]

yo jan misali!

[@oblivion5683]

Catch Jan Misali in the comment section of every good youtube video.

[@themysteriousturtleneck]

Vi hart, you have always been the person I struggled and strived to be. I first found you 7-9 years ago and I always loved how you were a mixture of both math and arts. When i was younger I thought those were two completely separate worlds but you brought them together so easily. I think even now that is a lesson I keep forgetting as I still don't know how to integrate both sides harmoniously. But even though I am having those troubles, you have taught me so many things. And helped me tremendously. Like hexaflexagons has helped me be less socially awkward. I use them a lot as a way to start conversation with people pre-covid days. So as I write for these 30 minutes I just wanted to say how grateful I am to you. I think you are one of the reasons why my humour is as it is now. You made me love and appreciate math. You made me fall in love with a snail through 3 songs that I still listen to. You were a small corner of the internet that was not afraid to show who you are. Even if it wasn't deemed "normal" to anyone else. So here's to our parasocial relationship. And to one day that I'll be a brave 😂

[@Vihart]

Thank you so much to the most mysterious of turtles, for giving the gift not just of the time to write this beautiful comment, but to all the thoughtfulness that you share in your every day life. May we all be so kind and generous to ourselves and to each other as you have been to me today.

[@22_______________tm]

"This world is of a single piece; yet, we invent nets to trap it for our inspection. Then we mistake our nets for the reality of the piece. In these nets we catch the fishes of the intellect but the sea of wholeness forever eludes our grasp. So, we forget our original intent and then mistake the nets for the sea. Three of these nets we have named Nature, Mathematics, and Art. We conclude they are different because we call them by different names. Thus, they are apt to remain forever separated with nothing bonding them together. It is not the nets that are at fault but rather our misunderstanding of their function as nets. They do catch the fishes but never the sea, and it is the sea that we ultimately desire." Universal Patterns (The Golden Relationship: Art, Math & Nature, Book 1), Martha Boles

[@tekvax01]

Hear Hear Turtle!

[@sassianne11]

This was the first youtube channel I subscribed to back in 2013. I still remember in 6th grade, learning about repeating decimals when I derailed the class to talk about how .999999 = 1. I still sing the singing-pi-gram every day (and literally all the songs on your channel). Thank you for teaching me that math and music and science are so deeply intertwined. I've stayed in music and stem classes because of you, and now I'm majoring in aerospace engineering! Your videos shaped who I am. From a fellow mathemusician, thank you for everything that you do.

[@patricksimpson1725]

I was just thinking about how I did the exact same thing in my middle school math class! I actually got into an argument with the teacher about .999... = 1. In retrospect, I was kind of being a pretentious know-it-all, but I still love that I was that engaged with math even then, and that's all because of Vi.

[@themysteriousturtleneck]

Vi hart and their music degree being useful

[@ReubenMason99]

they're back!

[@npk6898]

When I realized this was 34 minutes long I was like "oh I'm not gonna watch this all right now" but then I accidentally did anyways cause the music was pretty

[@pnwsnewton]

34:16 long, to be exact, or rather, approximately 34:159

[@pvic6959]

it was some how so beautiful. pi music made me cry

[@calinguga]

@@pvic6959 objective theory driven take ahead, no bully - that music had less to do with pi than you (or the reader) might think. it had several 3, 4 or 5 note motifs whose shapes were indeed borrowed from pi's decimal expansion, but were then fitted into the c major scale. had she picked a different number base (not lower than 6 as to not reduce the number of notes) it would have sounded very similar. had she picked a totally different irrational number, like some square root, or e, or phi or so on, again in any base, it would have sounded very similar as well. it's just the sound of any major scale (didn't even have to be c). moreover most of the character of the song is given by the bass, which is improvised and as far as i can tell has literally nothing to do with pi. if on the other hand you had kept decimal pi and fitted it into a say phrygian scale you'd get a different song. blues scale - different song. pick the chromatic or whole tone scale - totally different song, and not nearly as pleasant. change the type of bass melody as well and you can craft any kind of sound you like, using pi just as a source of notes. having a lot of repetition and some bass certainly helps the song feel deliberate, because it is, but there are other "transcriptions" of pi online who just state the digits one by one using the same major scale conversion and they still sound "nice". again, that's just the sound of the major scale with random notes in it, there's almost nothing linking it to what pi actually means. which is absolutely fine as long as people understand it. to conclude, there certainly is art to this piece in my opinion as well, in its cvasi-mathematical construction, in its meaning and presentation, and in its partially improvised performance. and it does sound nice, although it's not quite my type. but it's vi doing the heavylifting, not pi.

[@nerms5256]

same, I thought I was about 5 minutes in and then it just ended.

[@tabbylovesmath173]

I discovered your channel at the beginning of high school and now I'm in my first year of college. It's thanks to creators like you that I'm now a math & physics major. You were especially inspiring to me because I'm a woman and it hard to find that type of representation in STEM. Thank you for inspiring me and showing me the beauty in mathematics

[@chiseledquartz1075]

this might be the most beautiful thing i've seen in 2021, all 34 minutes of it... thank you vihart, and everyone in the comments for sharing a little sliver of your lives and refueling my faith in humanity

[@adebear7944]

As a middle schooler aspiring to be a mathemusician, it’s so great to see the creator of the term itself coming back. We missed you ViHart!

[@micahbrown2907]

Well I'm a high schooler, but ^^^ you're so awesome and such an inspiration

[@john.ellmaker]

When I woke up and realized it was pi day, I dropped what I was doing and went to KZbin, I didn’t even look at what the feed said and went straight to searching for vihart and like some unspoken promise a new video was there. These videos are presents that invoke the spirit of a holiday, you capture our harts and minds, thank you

[@bend1483]

I hope you are well Vi... So much has changed since the last passing of Pi... BTW, Thanks for making me cry.

[@tommythecat4961]

I was SHOCKED when I discovered she's not just a pair of disembodied hands, there's a real person behind! But all jokes aside, it's a pleasure and an honor to have you back, you've been missed.

[@sp00kqd92]

As I hear the sound of what I assume is pi being played on piano, I realise I could never play this and still vibe to it. Hope everyone has a good pi day :D (tau is still better though). This KZbin channel brought me so many laughs at times and just pure happiness. Wherever you are Vihart, I hope everything is well and hope that covid hasn't gotten to your head too much... Legend has it I'm still flexing my hexaflexagon to this day

[@fisk7aal]

I highly recommend to browse through the comments - so many beautiful people.

[@sankalp2520]

just like you.

[@wolfsurvival2009]

@@sankalp2520 My thoughts exactly.

[@chicken_punk_pie]

I just thought of Vihart out of the blue a few days ago, then realized she would post on pi day. I was not dissapointed.

[@noaimnoskillnokill3947]

Welcome to the party

[@ellawheeles8900]

i’m not even 5 minutes in and you have me almost in tears already. Vi, i’ve been a fan of yours since my 4th grade year. You’ve been my outlet when i was upset, my comic relief. You really don’t know how much just one of your videos has changed my life. youve helped me so much. through this quarantine i’ve returned to your videos day after day. when my cat passed and i needed a real smile through all the pain, i turned to you. Your videos have gotten me through so many bad times in my life. And so many boring math classes. I’m always drawing wind on my papers and reciting 20 digits of tau for my friends. You made math interesting. It’s now my favorite subject. I’d just like you to know that you’ve touched so many people far and wide. -a kid in alaska. *edit: i’d like to bring up the fact that i’ve taught most of my friends how to make haxaflexagons from you template and i made my whole family (12 people) mini flexagons for stocking stuffers this year. thank you so much vi for saving me with power of math and music.

[@pomfegranate]

I first came to this channel after Vsauce mentioned it so long ago. Today, I’m a senior in my last semester for a BS in mathematics. Happy tau/2 day and thank you for inspiring me so long ago with doodles.

[@KubickQ]

Wait- VSauce mentioned this channel? Wow!

[@pomfegranate]

@@KubickQ Vsauce leanback 1 :)

[@warpedmine9682]

which video

[@bernadettemullins7668]

I discovered this channel in 2015 during an honors math class I took during college. My professor asked us to watch some of your videos and do further research on a topic that hit us. After all these years, I can't remember which video made me fall in love with you and your channel, but I can remember laying in bed, smothered in the depths of my worst depression, and watching your videos. I often thought about changing my major to math because you made things make sense in a time where I honestly couldn't see the sense of what was coming in a hours time. It's been almost 6 years now and I didn't change my major too far; instead of going from Criminal Justice to Mathematics, I went from Criminal Justice to Victim Studies. What didn't change was the small love you put in my heart for math and its theory. Thank you for this video, in a way it's put a lot of this past year in perspective for me, especially since quarantine didn't really hit my area until March 14th and 15th. Thank you for all of this

[@katkireyeva3966]

I can remember mine. It was the video on dragon fractals.

[@SonicDSA]

Hi Vi! Was taking high school Calculus when I first saw your videos way back when and I always questioned why we never learned math in creative, almost allegorical ways. I loved the ways your colourful, playful language described concepts. These days, I'm a high school math teacher teaching Calculus and despite pressures to teach one way or another, you inspired me to approach my own teaching with that same playful and curious tone. I still sometimes go to your website and search up your improv piano. I've played it in my classroom before too! On a personal level, your microwave videos will always stick with me too. I input times like 1:99 all the time just to see what kind of modular arithmetic my friend's and family's microwaves feel like doing. These days I'm feeling a lot like the microwaves in those videos, with one minute that seems to just go on and on and on. Thanks for always providing another fresh angle on things, whether math, social justice, or our perception of time. Hope you're doing well.

[@Vihart]

You have my sincerest admiration for teaching high school math, which takes so much more skill and care, and with greater consequences to young lives, than anything I've ever done. I am glad my angles have been of help, whether acute or obtuse :)

[@dstrome]

@@Vihart You've always been acute person; never obtuse. Ba dum dum! Ya, I know. Oldest geometry joke in the book. But damned if it doesn't make me giggle every time.

[@loganking1392]

@@dstrome yeah i think you're right...

[@simonbergman5970]

So remember, Vi is improvising over Pi, a shitton of digits, whilst translating the notes to numbers, and remembering what grouping of pi she wants

[@aronpuma5962]

You've done people here a real kindness. Thanks for the beauty, thanks for the tears. I miss my piano. May we all be vaccinated by Tau Day, more or less.

[@Dave_Sisson]

Future generations of pianists will learn to play "Hart's Pi Variations" and think they were inspired by pie variants such as apple pie, steak pie and apricot pie, rather than being inspired by the number pi.

[@EannaButler]

Or Hart's Vi Pariations

[@zakolache4490]

Good to see you posting again! I still rewatch the 12-tone row video every once in a while.. whenever I need a good cry the final Twinkle Twinkle Little Star just moves me every time

[@crains8087]

^^

[@katersss]

Thank you Vihart for inspiring me once again. I never knew how much you affected me until I saw the shift in me finding the beauty of music and art in things seemingly unrelated. Now, I am studying to become an aerospace engineer and I am actually building spacecraft. Just 10 years ago, I remember watching your videos and that’s where my dreams were created. I saw someone who didn’t just talk about women being interested in STEM but someone who showed why it was interesting. I just got hired recently for my first internship, and I also became the student director of my satellite laboratory. I always wanted to be a vocalist, and you helped me realize that music connects to much more than my career. I hope you are doing well, and thank you.

[@geekjokes8458]

it's interesting to be this early in here, soon enough that no one has yet finished watching it it's a similar to what the "premiere" feature on youtube brings, but without the mentally exhausting experience of a live chat... we can listen to this for the first time knowing that each other is bathing in this too we dont know, no one knows, what Vi has prepared for us... hold my virtual hand, breath in, and let's appreciate the moment

[@mk6alex]

“I won’t pretend it’s easy to find and draw out the beauty in every day repetitions, but it’s there if you look for it…….ANYWAY” you don’t have to take our love and support Vi, but it’s here for you if you want it. Happy Pi Day 💖

[@muffinpuncher9461]

It’s crazy how different things are now than the last time I saw one of ur videos. And like, I started watching ur videos in middle school. My 7th grade best friend came to school with a hexaflexagon and I thought it was the coolest thing ever. We watched so many of ur videos and now we’re both in college. I haven’t talked to him in a while, Colton I hope ur doin alright bro. But this video brought me back. And the music brings back all kinds of emotions. What more can I ask for in a video. This was beautiful, thank you.

[@jennifermcfarland4491]

There is something so deeply moving/comforting about this. I have taught 2/3rd grade for years and I'm always sharing your work with the kids. You have made a difference. Thank you!

[@cyanlastride]

I first saw your videos in middle school. At that time, I wanted to be a mathematician -- I was always good at working with numbers and problem solving, so I thought that was the path I was supposed to follow. Your videos helped me see a different side to math: one that is beautiful, and creative, and fun. I'm no longer on the path to be a mathematician; in fact, it's debatable whether I'm on any path at all, but I still love the side of math, and of the world, that you show off. Thank you for the wonderful thirty minutes.

[@boredchika]

I have ADHD so I thought giving you this half an hour would be hard but then I just shut down that instinct and let myself enjoy the music. I did get distracted, my attention did stray once or twice, but, ultimately, the time was given and I have grateful to you for sharing it with me.

[@grandunification]

I've been watching your content since I was a kid, and it's amazing looking back at how much I've changed and grown and how much I still learn from you when I least expect it. I'm starting a PhD in physics education research in the fall, and you were a huge part in my learning to appreciate math for what it is and what it can mean. Thank you so much for the endless love and joy you bring to the world. You're truly a gift.

[@johnchessant3012]

Converting the digits of pi to music is exactly how I still remember 100 digits, so many years afterwards. It's so nice to see a familiar tune be spun into such an awesome composition. Love it!

[@johnchessant3012]

btw for me the digit "0" is the key below "1" (so a B in the C major scale). Your version is so much nicer but mine is already to ingrained for me to change it.

[@gwenrees7594]

That's amazing, what a wonderful experience that must be

[@annabanana2329]

I didn’t expect to cry today vihart

[@TheKibKing]

Me too, I cant stop

[@florentine8551]

me neither

[@BartvG88]

I cry everytiem

[@Chr1t0n]

IKR?!?

[@pvic6959]

pi music made me cry. i never would have thought

[@CHCrux]

Happy Pi Day. I didn't realize that I needed all of this as badly as I did. This has been a miserable year for many reasons. But things are starting to get better, even if they're not the same and 'normal' is nothing more than a bittersweet memory. Sure, this comment will probably be buried, no one will probably ever read this, but that's okay all the same. Thank you, Vi. For giving us back that stolen hour, for everything you've shared with us all over the years, and for everything that is yet to come.

[@warpedmine9682]

im reading it man i hope you have a great day

[@spikypichu]

me too, we're all thankful for vi, giving us all this

[@Kris_not_Chris]

the voice of Adam Neely echoes: repetition legitimizes...

[@sjallard]

Repetition legitimizes

[@ericstoverink6579]

@@sjallard repetition legitimizes

[@JJ-rm7jw]

Repetition legitimizes.

[@crsm42]

Repetition legitimizes

[@KubickQ]

Repetition legitimizes

[@cyanuwu1864]

i just wanted to share how even if i am not part of those who started with you, i was able to get into it right as i needed it, thank you for all the help :)

[@Wildfire.]

I feel the anxiety of the near constant entropy in life but every Pi Day Vi Hart posts and I am assured that there is still some beautiful constants in this world.

[@venjandur]

finding your channel around 9 years ago helped me realize that the worlds of science and art were not disparate, that they could be intertwined, and that niche curiosity and creativity were not shameful things. Your videos have been deeply inspiring to me, and I now find myself in college studying the interdisciplinary field of human ecology. Listening to this now at the end of pi day - the imperfect repetition of patterns is very poignant, reflective, lulling. It feels like I can look at the same things again for the first time not to mention that you helped convince Rothfuss to publish slow regard, which is perhaps my favorite book, thanks, Vi, for everything

[@sammy8096]

and when we needed her, she came back

[@NoddleModdle]

I love the transition segment of playing pi in-between playing sets of pi 😍 I see the good you do here for yourself and for others, and it makes me very happy Vi. You should be very proud!

[@popburnsy3207]

Another Pi day revelation. This time more musically focused than years past. Thank you for the beautiful piece from your beautiful mind yet again. Best wishes for more to see the light in Tau as clearly as you do.

[@budywudy9]

I remember finding this channel almost 7 years ago, back when i was 10. I had started losing my love for maths, having had a "is this it?" moment when i realised what we learned was repetitive, boring, lackluster. I remember first stumbling across your channel and being amazed at how maths can not only be used for more than just the basic operations and some algebra, but also how *beautiful* it can look (and sound!) when applied. My interest was rekindled and I now currently study a levels in maths and further maths while hoping to take mathematics as a minor in university. My passion for all things maths is now stronger than ever and I love learning newer, more obscure concepts and finding that they too are interesting and beautiful in their own way. This channel will always have a huge part in my heart because while it was the catalyst that took me to where I am now, every video, old and new, has never failed to be different, be interesting, be *vihart*. Thank you, deeply, for everything you have done

[@hsterts]

I always hope she'd come back this day of the year

[@randomrose121]

I truly believe that seeing your videos all those years ago are what pushed me to learn and love math as an art and science for myself, not for what middle/high school wanted me to learn. That further pushed me to value everything i consumed for just myself. Ten years after i first saw your math doodle videos and I'm almost graduated from engineering, because it's what I wanted to do and learn. So thanks for that, and also for the extra half hour

[@warpedmine9682]

me to im new here just found it today

[@idd_cutie1274]

Happy Pi Day ViHart! Thank you for this video. Since some commenters are opening up a bit here, I guess I will too. I discovered your videos in high school, and would watch alongside all the other educational KZbinrs at the time (Vsauce, Numberphile, etc.) I was never that inspired or interested in math, but your videos definitely peaked my interest and allowed me to appreciate mathematics more than I had before. The real bulk of me getting into your videos though was my freshmen year of college. Im a writer, and the subjects you'd talk about and how you speak in your videos (your cadence / rhythm/ pacing, etc) inspired some poetry around that time, but especially inspired the voice of a character in a short story I was working on then, that desperately needed a strong voice to drive the narrative. The short story is shelved for now and ive moved on to other projects, but your videos were a big inspiration for that character, to the point where whenever I get the work finished / published, I want to dedicate it to you. So, thank you for not only being an inspiration to all the future mathematicians and musicians out there, but one to a silly writer like me, too :)

[@ejwerme]

It's nice to read all these comments from kids (and ex-kids) who appreciate all your videos. I assure you, this 70 year old geezer loves them too. Thank you, Vi Hart. Thank you, Martin Gardner.

[@HowlEngelzimmer]

Hello, everyone. It's nice to see you all again.

[@socialtomcat]

as a kid i used to feel like ur videos were the only thing that really made sense to me, and i felt so understood, and it inspired me to realise my logical pattern seeking brain could make something beautiful. today i feel the exact same way. thank you for your videos. i don't want to come across as trauma dumping but since that time i have been through so much and truly began to figure out who i was and that i actually take up space and have an identity, that my brain wasn't broken but just worked differently to others, and now i have come to realise that your videos were one of the first things that made me genuinely feel like myself. feel excited to learn about new concepts and see patterns and be creative and analytical at the same time. watching this video made me realise again that this way of seeing the world and creating is one that i will always come back to. its a reminder i needed right now where nothing feels promised and i feel like I'm finding myself and losing myself at the same time. thank you & god bless pi day

[@jelamckinney6688]

I’ve missed Vi so much. Clicked as soon as I got the notif!

[@gdoomy]

Same

[@YG-ub4dk]

U get notifs? Why can't I? I thought she had stopped uploading for years!

[@florentine8551]

same

[@FLPhotoCatcher]

@@YG-ub4dk I got a notif. Do you think that the length of the video is purposeful? It *almost* represents the first five digits of pi.

[@manamtiwari]

She is the only one I know from past ten years , seeing her video from computer to phone the era passed but I know she is there alive for all us enthusiasts and literally I wait for this video every year

[@swolebox7675]

I’m happy to spend half an hour listening to piano notes. Others might not understand why. But we do. We know the importance of this music.

[@flyingchic3n]

For me, math was always difficult in school. I had trouble focusing on the numbers, and I always struggled to finish homework assignments. I was berated and yelled at by some awful math teachers. I hated the subject. But then I found your videos. You taught me that math can beautiful and interesting and part of everything. I could doodle through math class, and discover these concepts in my own sketches and learn about this amazing subject through a positive and creative lens. Without your prospective on mathematics I don't think I would have been able to graduate last year with a degree in computer science, completing more math classes than high school me ever knew existed! Thank you.

[@katz86]

Thank you for bringing some beautiful wonderful extraordinary normalcy to my 2021. I needed a pi video from vi and this more than delivers. It swells and sings and fills my heart. Thank you ❤

[@elliewilson1496]

my maths teacher (who quickly and for the longest time was my favourite teacher) directed an inquisitive bored 13 year old to your channel and i was obsessed. 8 years later im doing my masters in maths and still turn to your videos every now and again when i loose the joy maths brings to pull me out of the seemingly endless pit of deadlines. this is just a shout out to both vi and matt taylor for keeping me interested - lots of love and thanks for the 30 mins, honoured to give you mine tonight.

[@hissingfaunaa]

man it's been a while. Nice to see you back.

[@Vihart]

This is the only time I will ever do this, but: Congratulations on not only being FIRST, but on having a good first comment. I don't know if you win a prize, but maybe you win a prize? Glad to see you and all the other firsts back here too :)

[@hissingfaunaa]

@@Vihart when your shoes are toasters

[@wildergarden6455]

Vi, Like a lot of the folks here, I discovered your videos when I was in middle school, trying to reconcile art, music, and math. I'm now in college, pursuing a computer science degree while making music and being constantly amazed by the mathematical world. Your videos show such a creative and playful way of looking at things that has always inspired me to make art and explore math. Your thoughts on gender were also part of what made me realize I was nonbinary. I'm so grateful that you still drop by every year to muse on pi, and that you played such a pivotal role in so many of our lives, by embracing the weird and the playful and the mathy, and by explaining things so engagingly.

[@axiaoxiaosimp70]

I’ve watched your videos for around 8 years now, thank you for teaching me things I didn’t even know existed, they’re becoming really useful now. I watched your last pi day video the day you posted it and didn’t realize that it’s already been a year since then until now. This was very beautiful, thank you for sharing. I hope that past year since the last pi day has been kind to you

[@PedroKrick]

4:41 - 3.1415 11:31 - 926 16:52 - 5358 19:44 - 797 20:33 - 3238 24:35 - 46264 30:33 - The last digits of π: 30:48 - little 3383 30:51 - 27950288 31:11 - 419 31:43 - 7169 31:57 - 39937510582097944592 32:41 - 307811... Happy π day!

[@n8dawg640]

I could see this as an album, with each set of decimals written along the pianos functioning as each of the songs: π by ViHart 3.1415 926 5358 979 42624 3383 Etc... I would love to see something like this on music platforms!

[@kalei49]

was this composed ahead of time or improvised? either way, absurdly impressive.

[@Vihart]

Thanks! This was improvised, though not cold. I had a few evenings to warm up the major ideas and form, and there's some editing around the more difficult sections where I did multiple takes.

[@leif1075]

@@Vihart How did you come up with this though? Thanks for sharing.

[@ali_new_world]

@@Vihart What can I say.. Wow Just wow, You keep amazing us

[@maitland1007]

Thank you so much for this gift. It touched me deeply. I love how you intertwine your heart and your mind seamlessly to create such beautiful poetry. I also am feeling intense grief and wonder at the same time right now, as many are. The idea of swimming into and exploring the space that isn't written down and feeling both the beauty and the sadness one finds there is one I've been trying to practice. Thanks for sharing such a great and personal example. It's very inspring to me and I'm sure to many others. This was the best pi day gift ever! You take care.

[@nicolau2]

For those of you who just want to hear the music over and over and over and over (like me) it starts at 4:43

[@nicolau2]

Thank you past me.

[@thelettre7954]

Pi is good, I especially like cherry Pi. Have a great Day/Night/Life everyone

[@lasernikixcex]

You, too. Happy Pi Day

[@doctorbobstone]

By coincidence, I started this before the time change and ended it after. I spent much of my half hour (or was it an hour and a half?) with you playing along on my ukulele. It was a meditative experience and I thank you for it.

[@emmsklooz]

It's somehow comforting to know that each year, 4 days after my birthday, there will be another video about pi popping up in my recommended, even if I forget about Vi. She always come back every year to teach me some more about math and music. Happy pi day everyone, see you next year ❤

[@carissawood1854]

Dear Vi, I've been a fan of yours since i was in the 7th grade and now I'm graduating highschool soon. You've been a role model for me then and you're a role model for me now. Thankyou.

[@hikingpete]

I miss you now and then, and it's always a joy when you stop by.

[@amalidris00]

I was going about my day and realised it's Pi Day, and the first thing I thought of doing was googling Vihart. So glad you're still making these. It feels like a hug from an old friend c:

[@leahs174]

this felt so strangely meaningful. thank you.

[@micahbrown2907]

Vihart, you are such a great person. Your youtube channel is an inspiration to me as a mathematician, and as a musician, and as somebody wanting to stay above the fray of social media and pettiness. You take on youtube on your own schedule and choosing 2 minute or 30 minute videos, seemingly making whatever you want. I admire your cutting intellect, humor, good spirits, and general awesomeness. This video is so beautiful philosophically and musically. I respect the heck out of you and hope you're doing ok. I've missed you Vi. Thank you for the perfect study music! Wishing you all a lovely τ/2 day and, for northern hemispherers (hemispherists? persones hemispheritis?), a lighter afternoon. the mathimusic is so beautiful

[@MrZimpoppel]

I woke up, found a new Vihart video on Pi Day, and had a wonderful morning coffee listening to this improvisation. Thanks Vi for brightening an otherwise quite gloomy morning here in Switzerland !

[@ScrawHammerhead]

I have so much appreciation for this piece - from the visualization of the current main motif to just the pure emotion felt while listening through this half hour ode to pi, to repetition, and to life. Thank you for sharing this, Mathemusician Hart, and thank you for taking us on this musical journey.

[@eailyl]

i forget that im subscribed to this channel sometimes but am gladly reminded every so often

[@cheyenne1309]

I found your channel probably 4 or 5 years ago at a time when I didn’t know what the future would hold or how I would get to where I wanted to be. I’ve always enjoyed math a great deal and watching your videos ignited a spark in me because of how you show a humorous side of math, and that it isn’t as serious and big as I once thought. I’ve become closer to a few of my friends because of our shared love for this channel and all that it stands for, and listening to these 30 minutes of beautiful mathematical phrases has made me realize how important it has been for me to be along for the ride of your journey. I remember watching your video about gender and finding it fun at first, but now as I’ve grown up I’ve gone back to it time and again because of how much it resonated with me. A gender ambiguous triangle awoke such a pivotal piece of me, and made me feel okay. Thank you so much Vi for all of your hard work, but most of all for your dedication and unique way of explaining things that makes the world seem less complicated. I’ll always return for pi day and tauday and whenever I’m between because this community feels like a home ♥️

[@emmsklooz]

Good to see you guys for our annual reunion, I hope you've all been doing not too bad :D

[@phrogy_1992]

It’s so unexpectedly pleasant to hear Vihart’s voice again

[@silverf56]

Finally, she swooping in to cure my depression

[@katasperous]

Thank you so, so much for this Vi.... I spent many, many hours watching and rewatching your videos through high school, and now I'm here, graduating this May with a degree in psychological statistics, having gone from someone who hated math to someone who revels in the glory of its intricacies. I spend my days now seeing just how lovely it is when math shows up, whether that be among people or the world or nature or anything else. Having this video pop up on my recommended after years of not getting recommended any of your stuff... it was such a breath of fresh air in the current world, and this video was all I could've thought it was and more. Once again, thank you so much for all you do, I appreciate you and your work so dearly.

[@Josbird]

It's always wonderful to spend a little time with you.

[@SnowedAllDay]

vi hart you are the reason why 7 years ago i drew squiggles and made hexaflexagons i'm happy you're back!

[@FASTFASTmusic]

Thank you for coming back. I've missed your brain. Have you considered a sequel your 12 tones video for microtones... I would love to hear what you can do with 22 notes per octave or 24 or 31 :) love this video. Thanks again.

[@gaudaddy]

This has me in tears. Thank you vihart for reminding us that math, and by extension this universe is beautiful. I have been watching this on a loop and I will continue to do so because it gives me peace. Thank you