Tony Ann - PULSE (My Neighbour’s Car Alarm)

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[@tonyannmusic]

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[@user-bg3nz2fp1v]

car sound nono only piano please.

[@mcnc88]

Can we have just piano version of this masterpiece, P L E A S E? It’s beautiful!

[@catmeow607]

music namemusic name

[@Jaden0707]

Its called my neighbor’s car alarm 😅. Blending in along the alarm is something else.

[@kobusvosloo6155]

Wow wow wow. Would love to see a tutorial for playing this.

[@DrW3ak]

"Hey, I just wrote a new song!" "Cool, what is it?" *throws a brick at the neighbours car*

[@TheJo4an]

😂

[@PabloRizzardOfOz]

😂😂

[@annachouchoubeignet2929]

😂😂😂

[@johnd5336]

😂😂😂😂

[@bastard-took-the-name-I-had]

😂😂😂😂😂 (?)

[@sgtdap3139]

I can't wait for the follow up piece, "My smoke detector battery is low"

[@13donstalos]

Got em

[@christianwilke305]

Best comment

[@brandonthomas6862]

He'd have to be black for that to work though (yes I'm black so chill haha)

[@Frommerman]

Wait is that a stereotype?

[@YtKenny2]

Caroline Polachek thought of that one. She uses that chirp in Hopedrunk Everasking

[@mystacris]

"honey your car alarm is going off again." "I know, I'm letting him cook"

[@fighttothedeath192]

😂

[@satisbarik1307]

Bro got grilled instead of cooked

[@skyscrapersx5877]

Nah fam its a fake sample

[@ouramasque7815]

I'm laughing so hard rn idk why I found this so funny 😭

[@chirpydragonfruit9464]

Buahahha best one yet!!! I keep coming back to this commentnsection, I love this

[@flamesofhellstudio]

as soon as the keyboard starts the car alarm doesn't even sound like an alarm anymore it's insane how music can turn any random sound into an instrument.

[@jayofthep]

I could hear a choir singing "Aahhh ahhh ahhh ahhh" at one point.😅

[@udance4ever]

much better than car alarm EDM (dont get me wrong, i love EDM :)

[@Ass_of_Amalek]

it's not a random sound, it's a two tone chord, and probably in 440Hz tuning (or the keyboard is tuned to match).

[@thichinhphan4010]

You might like the a cappella genre. And if you visit the weird side of youtube, check out some covers made by glasses or ruler or rumba.

[@petrsson]

What do you think what is TECHNO music about...Just industrial noises turned into music...😎

[@user-bq3kr1pk8u]

Imagine waking up at 4 to the car alarm and being so mad, and then hearing some random serenade start over the alarm and you transcend

[@defnotnaruto222]

I would instantly float up and watch interstellar once again

[@CorruptedDiv]

Relatable

[@agentpeter307]

@@CorruptedDiv🗿

[@The_Legend47]

The perfect metronome

[@mpgodjr]

?@@The_Legend47

[@sethewton411]

My guy plays that piano like every cartoon character I've ever seen. Absolutely fantastic.

[@HappyIsaac0420]

Is there really any other way? If you're not having fun doing it, you're not doing it right lmao

[@ohsnap9756]

Dude this is 1st person view of Bugs in that Looney Tunes classical piece...

[@grayfox4239]

I was also thinking Bugs Bunny.. LOL

[@frostbite1991]

It's rendered. IDK what software was used, maybe a mix of Concert Creator AI (RIP) and Unity or UE4, but it doesn't look real. Everything is too "clean" and there's several notes not being pressed. You'd have to have 3 hands to play this exactly as it's heard. Listen and watch closely at 2:00. You hear the right hand playing higher notes, the left playing lower notes.... but where are the middle notes coming from?

[@florit3186]

it is real buddy, it would take more work to "fake" something like this rather then just learning it, also when u listen and look what hes pressing, its 100% accurate. If you really cant believe it and wanna investigate further slow the video down and write down each note pressed. If you don't know what hes pressing then you're not a pianist and so on don't have the right to judge@@frostbite1991

[@williamphoenix1817]

During a recent hospitalization, I was annoyed by the medical instrument alarms until I realized that they were a great rhythm section for tunes. One played an major 7th chord arpeggio. Another regularly played the same note. I laid in bed, made up tunes in my head to the alarms and was happy again. This video showed how to make an annoying situation fun. The world abounds with similar opportunities.

[@cyrusmagnus]

I often do the same thing with credit card readers when someone leaves in a credit card for too long. It has a certain rhythm, pitch, and musical quality. It'd be fun to see it performed by an orchestra arranged as a symphony.

[@nicolacornolti]

I worked in a book factory, I just had to load paper in and stack the books once they were out of the machine. A very monotonous job with fine paper particles everywhere, the machines were so loud I didn’t even know what to think anymore. But at some point the rhythm started getting to me, I began to remember all the songs I knew with that tempo and eventually new tunes started to pop up in my head

[@Ophelia_Pain]

This type of stuff has been happening to me my whole life. Hearing the best and music in everything. Nice to know I'm not alone. ❤

[@TruthIsTheNewHate84]

When life gives you lemons...

[@LAHarder7]

I worked on a farm as a teen and the hay baler made the exact rhythm of Monster Mash.

[@iruntables]

How satisfying would it have been to hear the little "boop boop" of the alarm being shut off a measure after the piano ends? 😂

[@theauggieboygamer9148]

Imagine just robbing a car and suddenly one of the neighbors starts playing boss fight music

[@The-EJ-Factor]

*Red health bar appears*

[@ultimatecultchaos]

Wait this is a setup... who is the boss?

[@livinglifejustthat]

​@@ultimatecultchaos *suddenly the begins to transform into a large mechanical beast* "In this moment the robber felt true fear for the first time"

[@floatingdisembodiedhead8975]

The police stops by just to enjoy the free music and made eye contact with you while you break into a car 😂

[@RedPanda2K12]

​@@The-EJ-Factor"the car has awoken"

[@sircdrom]

I feel like people aren't giving the car enough credit for not missing a single beat throughout this performance!

[@mellowyellowmom7631]

😂

[@Arceusmemesidk-zk7tm]

True, the car must have practiced really hard for this.

[@Traplock1]

So talented

[@Do-not-ask-who]

The car deserves an Oscar

[@chilipepperred.1755]

Dudes on fire. It's ridiculous how good he is

[@creamlass]

I can feel the rage inside this piece

[@dorian1761]

Passion not rage

[@Pizzaetertje]

@@dorian1761why not both

[@rjirvin2037]

Some musicians have that magical quality where they see music in everything.

[@timeslice]

Rhythm is a universal constant, and to be a musician is to take advantage of it.

[@vwjon]

I think that's called synesthesia

[@BeyondReasonableClout]

​@@vwjon-_-

[@AHappyBoi]

@@vwjonPFFT- 😂

[@skyscrapersx5877]

Its faaaake

[@jeremiahmoreira507]

I like to imagine he has insanely loud speakers and played this over the alarm for the whole neighborhood to enjoy

[@lildad559]

this was my exact thought too lmao

[@ThatGadgetMatt]

That is absolutely what is happening

[@tristancadefletcher]

@@stopcensorship your name makes sense, must be mad at the world.

[@jjchouinard2327]

Yup

[@JosepiThe13th]

@stop censorship You don’t have to be a downer dude just appreciate the music or don’t.

[@TCB-Youtube]

Imagine, you get annoyed by the car alarm, but suddenly ur neighbor just hits the best live arrangement you ever heard and somehow saved ur day

[@xDuWuTang]

Can't like this comment, got 666

[@uxtalzon]

Him: *MASTERPIECE* Me: _googles location of car alarm in the car, loads gun_

[@rainboroad4075]

I’d throw rocks at the car just to get them to play again

[@cloudyday..]

I’d throw a plane at that car just to get him to play again.

[@LORDMM.]

I'd unlock the car from the outside just to get them to play again

[@unnamedracer9757]

I love that KZbin recommends this to me every couple months.

[@dustinandtarynwolfe5540]

That's actually pretty impressive how well it goes together. I'm forced to imagine the neighbors left it honking till the performance finished.

[@peewee8964]

They say you need to be a little mad to create art. That car must've drove you insane because this is beautiful.

[@fuzzystudiosofficial]

“Drove” you insane, huh…

[@TrialoftheMonkeys]

I really wanted to say "it's driven" in a way that you would find funny and not like I was being a smart arse but this is the best I could come up with. ❤️

[@Claego]

Best comment

[@Claego]

​@@fuzzystudiosofficial I take it back, YOURS is the best comment

[@zetarcwarden2154]

WHAT IS THAT MELODY???????????

[@simpli_A]

As an aspiring pianist, i always appreciate how professional speedy piano playing looks like a toddler slamming his hands around the keyboard as fast as possible, but it actually sounds good

[@arivandiver7580]

that's pretty much all it is lol

[@xymaryai8283]

Ethan Bortnick is the best at making amazing music out of what literally looks like a baby going king kong, keysmashing like they're mad as hell

[@pota7opotato573]

This guy also has a suuuper exagerrated technique. Have a look at some proper top end pieces like Liszts Mazeppa, 99% of pianists wont look half as dramatic.

[@sharp9150]

his technique is so weird it looks like he constantly has he hands as far away from him as possible. maybe just the camera lens

[@gamemeister27]

​@@sharp9150 yeah the wide angle makes it look goofy

[@privatefrizz8627]

Knowing the emotional rollercoaster that is my life. Hearing that car alarm as a constant gives me determination for tomorrow.

[@kawaiiarchive357]

The sunrise/sunset adds a really nice touch.

[@PeregrineChurch]

There is something so intense about the melody and how passionately he plays it, it's like you can feel the fury and frustration that built up after months of dealing with this car alarm finally put into one supremely cathartic work of art that he released all at once

[@papastummyfuzz9281]

SO much this 😂

[@SaylorRoush]

that was so deep

[@isntitrich000]

Accurate

[@Kinobambino]

Nothing better than teaming up with your enemy

[@sinisterthoughts2896]

Trying hard, huh?

[@AIZ789]

It's alarming how good this piano arrangement is.

[@finngspeedruns]

HA

[@Simon11679]

I GET ITTT

[@Solsice]

ehehhheehehehehheehehehhehehehehehehhehhehehheheheheheehheheehehehheheheheehehehhehehhehhehehehehehhehehehehehehhehehehehehheheheeh

[@StunXPlayz]

I see what you did there..

[@s1lv3rfir3]

>.

[@spifariffic]

There was a movie I saw once, quite a while back, with a story about an astronaut floating alone through space. A ticking sound he could not identify or end nearly drove him mad... until he made a symphony about it in his mind. This instantly reminded me of that. Identical transformation of something maddening into something transcendantly beautiful, rescuing the mind from the anguish and torment of what is beyond our control. Thank you for sharing your amazing talent.

[@Dirty_Squirrell]

This is a prime example of life giving you lemons and you making lemonade. BTW, that was absolutely beautiful.

[@connorbryant5719]

I love that this must be a frequent enough occurrence for you to have both the time and motivation to make an entire song for a car alarm.

[@iinkstain]

i will be the one to say that there's a high chance that he was already making a song that was keyed around B which is the same pitch as the car alarm, so he could've picked one of his W.I.P. pieces and fit it accordingly. But also I like to believe he made this song for the car alarm.

[@StunXPlayz]

@@iinkstain hey piano nerd please dumb it down for us normal people

[@kit2691]

@@StunXPlayz they never anything complicated other than maybe B key idk what youre talking about lol

[@iinkstain]

@@StunXPlayz im a piano nerd but i know nearly nothing about academy music theory, but i laughed so thank u. ill try to relay my understanding because im still figuring it out. (EDIT: the car alarm is actually a multiple of tones, but this explanation is based on the B sound in the horn, and therefore may be inaccurate) you can test this out on a piano. the car alarm is the same pitch as a "B" note. so if u play the B note on the piano it should sound the same as the car alarm. (car alarms aren't designed with perfect tuning in mind so the actual car sound could be in limbo somewhere between 2 semitones) but its *closest to B.* its important to remember that most songs use a specific note as a foundation to build the song from, which is the *key.* since the alarm is essentially just a "B", this song uses the B major scale. so B is our foundation note that the melody is based around. there's a select few note combinations that sound good when played in the presence of a recurring B note, and the recurring B note here is the Car Alarm. So the person in the video could have just been making a song already using the B major scale and have it fit serendipitously. If your oven timer made a sound that was like a C note over and over again, you could just find a song online that uses the C major scale and do the same thing.

[@iinkstain]

i'm gonna make actual music nerds throw up with my terminology and limited knowledge but; honestly it's magical if you can recognise a song's key and you're sitting at your comfort instrument. because if the song stays in the same key, you can just play any note in that scale and almost every time it will sound good. combine this with general knowledge of music patterns and you can play in time to a song you've never heard before, making your own riffs as long as you're staying in the same scale.

[@blazingshadows7307]

I hope this was played with really loud speakers, so all the apartments can hear what an amazing job you did turning an annoyance into a masterpiece.

[@bazzel1059]

Wow that would be so annoying for everyone after like 2 days

[@StereotypicalLotion]

me too

[@Ghostie_boi567]

@@bazzel1059 why would the car alarm be going off that much

[@bazzel1059]

@@Ghostie_boi567 I like your thinking

[@TWatcherPleaseSUB]

You know the car alarm was added in editing right-

[@SweetSugarHoneyIceTea]

This piece conveys so much “HOLY SHIT IM LOSING MY MIND PLEASE GET YOUR CAR TO SHUT UP” and Im here for it

[@codiecola3636]

This is a true reflection of the struggle of man. Though we all experience annoyance, disturbance, pain, we always have the opportunity to make those experiences better by making the most of it.

[@dungdt3433]

This car's alarm is one of the best metronome I've ever heard. Somehow it fit the piece so well.

[@jazzcatt]

Somehow fits? It fits due to it's harmonics. The car horn is playing the notes Ab and B which are a minor third apart. He is playing piece in a key and using chords that musically compliment the notes of the horn.

[@MM-jf1me]

​@@jazzcattThanks for explaining part of why this song works.

[@jazzcatt]

@MM-jf1me You're so welcome. An instrumentalist with a deeper knowledge of musical theory probably could have explained it a bit better. I was a career vocalist until I retired. Then again, those folks often talk above the general listener's heads.

[@dogeatburrito]

it’s almost like the song was made for that alarm

[@PhrozenFox]

He intentionally made the song to fit with the alarm Of course it's a good metronome, it's a perfect pause between each horn, that's all you need for a metronome.

[@YanickFM]

This guy got us to sit through 3 mins of a car alarm

[@dranoelhtar4655]

Nope, still a car alarm (!) with music on top. So i stopped the vid few secs in. Did you guys really enjoy this?!

[@YanickFM]

@@dranoelhtar4655 then I obviously wasn't talking about you lmao

[@snowfox1987]

And that's just what he's showing us...imagine how much longer it went on

[@Leglessolas]

I’m not even mad about it

[@theRainyMute]

​@@dranoelhtar4655 considering our dumb brain has had us come back and watch this several times over since weve seen it, yeah we kinda enjoyed it. then again this is coming from someone who likes a techno song that uses soundbites from an industrial printer so i think that says more about us than anything else...

[@redwoodbill8310]

And a level of both genuine skill and creativity you don't often see in these improvised pieces.

[@BordelloBabe]

Tony has achieved the impossible by making a dreadful car alarm a beautiful accompaniment. That was exquisite! I'm glad you have musical therapy!

[@benren0825]

I like to imagine that the owner of the car was on his way to turning it off, until he heard this majestic masterpiece and decided to wait until the piece ended to stop the alarm

[@KimDare75]

aye. me too

[@twistsnakeanklesvids261]

Fell to his knees, still in his bathrobe, tears streaming down his face and the newspaper falling from his hand, forgotten.

[@PeopleHaveNoGender]

​@@twistsnakeanklesvids261I found the playwright, everyone xD

[@_CARKENT]

@@twistsnakeanklesvids261 LOL

[@crimsoncrazer2669]

@@twistsnakeanklesvids261 lmao

[@user-of4xv4ro2q]

"Honey, the neighbors jamming to the car alarm again."

[@Dustywitch]

Says the owner as she watches him reach into a bin full of tennis balls to kick start the alarm again when it stops

[@Euphonium_boi]

When she asked what them fingers do

[@fighttothedeath192]

😂

[@LinuxIsNotAnOperatingSystem]

"Mom! Phineas and Ferb are jamming to the car alarm again!"

[@AndroidNoir-L06k]

Music really is the universal truth, the harmony between chaos and control. 😂

[@patrickwagner4809]

If life gives you citrones, make lemonade. What a kind neighbour - such a well of inspiration ;)

[@JolluxFraction]

Imagine you’re breaking into someone’s car and their neighbor starts playing boss music perfectly to the beat of the horn from the balcony

[@justsomerandomdude9445]

Ford ranger the steel marksman

[@AhamkaraMommy]

*You see a red healthbar appear at the top of your vision. "LORD OF BEEP"*

[@Clever_Motel]

@@AhamkaraMommy Giant Mater appears in the distance

[@francis7336]

I just imagined the robber thinking he was caught and that they'd call the police, followed by utter confusion

[@danielthecake8617]

The boss has really low health, but when you defeat it, the real boss appears: Mechanic Bills

[@cof...]

He isn't just annoyed to the point of making a piano arrangement, he's so annoyed that he made an arrangement that conveys a huge amount of emotion. He needed to desperately get all of that pent up rage out.

[@justsomejerseydevilwithint4606]

1000th like

[@jahoytodiesforahoy4615]

Lmfao you say that like there's propper outlets for rage 😂😂😂

[@Velvetspoonful]

@@jahoytodiesforahoy4615 Destroying the car with music doesn't involve the tedious consequences of having to file insurance claims

[@kids1671]

The way their hands move so elegantly and swift ❤❤❤

[@SteveParkin]

I have no idea why KZbin threw this at me this morning but I'm glad it did. This is far more awesome than it has any right to be.

[@TheVixenAI]

I can see this as a song at the end of a movie where the character gets in a crash, the music fading in with the car horn fading out, and the events of their life and the movie flashing before their eyes and when the song ends the car horn is replaced by a heart monitor that falls silent

[@tailpig6417]

F for the non-existent movie protagonist.

[@staticostrich4689]

What a perfect description of where this song belongs.

[@Annihilator_5024]

that's an amazing idea

[@ouibread1401]

movie of the century

[@Mr.Glitch247]

U good bro?

[@bcgrote]

"Annoyance in F# Major" 😂 True art takes inspiration from the world. ❤

[@quirkyusername1093]

you got perfect pitch?

[@kubefs]

F# Major my beloved

[@brynnlesher6252]

i think it's actually in g# minor/ B major ?

[@tramographyMCR]

It's actually G# minor

[@bokajllensch661]

A A A A A A A ://

[@kids1671]

Such a classic-sounding song

[@redisthecoolestcolour]

Gershwin is in the afterlife, smiling. This is what Rhapsody in Blue was all about.

[@nikytamayo]

Much respect for the car battery that gave its life for this masterpiece.

[@renee4053]

🤣

[@nerotheprotogen5644]

1k likes only one reply?

[@ethanjensen7967]

It didn't keep going. He adjusted the audio in the video to make it keep going

[@nikytamayo]

@@nerotheprotogen5644 Now it's three. Thank you!

[@Miguel23887]

o7

[@NexxuSix]

Strangely, this almost seems like a metaphor for life. The constant nag and grind of the outside world, yet finding an inner melody to it all.

[@flo47]

excellent metaphor!

[@homedoghappiness]

THIS!!!!

[@dnache7553]

Yes!!!!

[@raviolimavioli]

let me set your comment as my phone wallpaper

[@Frei_Raum]

Beautifully said.

[@GodsWillingDaughter]

I hope he put this on blast for the whole neighborhood to hear! This is golden!

[@vbite2685]

You're probably the coolest neighbour ever.

[@alienangel777]

This is the epitome of turning pain into beauty...art.

[@LizzyGiggles]

So true. Art is a way people cope with pain, anyone going through extreme pain can discover their specific artistic talent. I think it's a form of survival inside every human. It's what moves us to tears when we hear or see outstanding art created by someone. It's the deep subconscious understanding of the pain behind the beauty.

[@randallsmerna384]

But can he do it with ex-wife? 😂

[@f33nix86]

Stoicism in song. 😊

[@WhoThisMonkey]

​@@randallsmerna384 Hannibal could.

[@npvuvuzela]

Not pain nor beauty… just mind

[@yangtianshuo7358]

It feels like the montage music for a emergency operation, when doctors operate day and night, and the car alarm is the heart monitor beeping. This song is fire

[@I_Play_Game_123]

Try the surgeon simulator ost

[@ChinchiIIin]

This is exactly what this feels like

[@vitonamous]

​@@I_Play_Game_123 literally healing bob for the 100th time cause he is goofy

[@qube7590]

thats a darn fast heartbeat for someone under narcotics

[@deweytsieps4bh731]

Ayoo now that you mention it

[@uNkLeRaRa4]

He's just providing you with a metronome. What a nice guy

[@Thesmokercoaster]

I had anxiety so I doom scrolled to distract myself. I can now sleep with a smile. This will forever be my anxiety cure

[@TheDogn]

Imagine standing by the car and between beeps hearing piano of in the distance somewhere, and it seems to be synchronized to your horn. You can't quite make out the details, but then you see it: two buildings away on the second story, an actual wizard harnessing the power of your alarm to become more powerful.

[@LoganDark4357]

"but then you see it: two buildings away on the second story, an actual wizard harnessing the power of your alarm to become more powerful" indeed

[@Subreon]

​@@LoganDark4357 bre uwu

[@LoganDark4357]

@@Subreon enby bre too >//

[@celestegibb8456]

Lol and then he turns off the car before the pianist has time to finish the song

[@Seegtease]

Except it would sound slightly off-beat because sound takes time to travel.

[@NAVI_NITRO]

The noise you don't want to hear can turn into a masterpiece that touches your heart in an instant...

[@chickenmeatpizza]

true

[@minkmiau]

I know right

[@miggle2784]

Only if you completely drown out its sound. This is only good because the song itself is louder than the alarm.

[@errorx_x1063]

​@@miggle2784 The alarm is just a metronome really

[@EM-nl6sg]

Chopin prelude op28 “raindrop” is a great example of this

[@feeberizer]

The car played its part flawlessly and never missed a beat! 🎶

[@fluffytalguw5883]

If every car alarm comes with this accompaniment, people would be much happier!

[@Dreamheartcat]

It almost sounds like the music score for an apocalyptic movie. The dramatic tone of the song along with kind of frantic tone of the car alarm adds a relatable kind of building tension that turns into a desolate, slightly ominous one as it continues to go unaddressed. Really cool.

[@Bee-tj8gc]

I was thinking the movie interstellar

[@emberthecatgirl8796]

A good old basewide alarm

[@aldrinmilespartosa1578]

Dying light 2

[@jamesgizasson]

I could totally see this as the cold opening for a post-apocalyptic anime! :3

[@stargazer1998]

@@jamesgizasson if the webtoon zomgan ever gets animated

[@Muddytony20]

This is what band kids were born for. Randomly synchronizing to anything that beeps at a steady bpm

[@RCKMCKM]

Yeah, but they're also born to be cringe. Whenever I hear someone play the lick I want to commit arson. Now I hear that our top jazz band is playing a tune that part of it is just the lick repeated going down, and the professor is just taking the piss out of it. God bless the man. That one's going in my cringe compilation.

[@rizanzaky616]

​@@RCKMCKM that lick maniac literally had zero self-awareness

[@mouthwaterin]

Orchestra kids r better

[@wxcvbndu51]

@@RCKMCKM cope

[@atomicbuttocks]

​@@mouthwaterinyou talkin mad shit for someone in trombone BBBBRRRRRAAAAAAAAAP range

[@jaydenwarnke641]

You musician types are another breed. Talk about seeing the music in the world lol

[@drewaperture6017]

growing up i had a ceiling fan in my bedroom, it was old, terribly unbalanced, and ALWAYS made a damn near ENTIRELY random ticking noise, there were a handful of patterns it'd tick out, but with no set order for when each pattern would happen. i LOVED that fan, and still miss it 20 years later, because after a while it became an anchor for my brain to run through random sound loops to go along with the patterns, and then join them together in the few seconds of silence before another pattern would emerge, every night was a new song to lul me to sleep. to this day i cannot sleep properly without the sound of a fan in the room... but never have i found a fan that made me sleep quiet like that one did.

[@Grandma_Jizzzzzzzard]

What a fabulous story ❤

[@Jonny783]

I love how the blaring alarm gave you the total freedom to play as loud as you wanted. Kinda cool how you took a negative experience and turned it so positive and beautiful.

[@justcallmenoah5743]

Just have to play in a key with the frequency of the horn in it, and at a tempo where the honking stays in beat.

[@Keonyn]

It's an electric piano and since it's being recorded clearly via a direct line it's a safe bet that they're only playing through the headphones and no one outside would be able to hear it.

[@9nikolai]

@@Keonyn They might have heard a bit of clacking if it weren't for the alarm

[@johjoh9270]

and the audio we hear probably doesn't match the ​video and instead added a track recorded in studio (and the car alarm probs isn't going off either)@@Keonyn

[@skyscrapersx5877]

Its fake lmao

[@DavidNwokoye]

This guy has more faith in his guard rail than I have in humanity

[@kjl3080]

What

[@sKadazhnief]

not hard tho, to be fair

[@mcheese420]

fax. humanity is done for.

[@fungdark8270]

The fish eye makes it look thinner than it is

[@bigdaddyd9445]

That aint sayin much lmao, humanity pretty damn low

[@simontemplar3359]

This is genius. This is madness. This made several minutes of car alarm one of the most important things that I absolutely needed to keep listening to. I don't even know what say. Amazing.

[@BShandyman]

I never thought I would enjoy listening to a car alarm for 3 min 😂

[@jhinkadaj58]

I think the really cool thing about this is the juxtaposition. A car alarm isn't meant to be particularly musical or creative. It's a robotic noise on an infinite, unchanging rhythm, meant to attract attention. There's no passion in it. It's a machine generating a noise. You're able to take that monotone sound and wrap it in the beauty of the human soul. Well done.

[@mx_nana_banana]

it’s like a robot gaining sentience.

[@h3lblad3]

It's a perfect metronome.

[@helpmeplease403]

@Dave Lane Can you just go be salty somewhere else? What they said was beautiful, and I agree with it.

[@modalmixture]

“ChatGPT, please explain what a human might find interesting about this video.”

[@actualatom]

​@@dilldough3588💀💀

[@juliangrijalva4896]

It's crazy how the alarm is the same one tone throughout, but the way the piano is played, it causes your brain to change the pitch

[@megatronyeets]

The human brain is a fascinating thing

[@infinitesimalperinfinitum]

Most cars have 2 horns at different pitches, like this one. When he changes key, your brain just harmonizes with the correct horn and it sounds like a modulation.

[@DeltaPhoenix107]

I think I hear car alarms too much. Its not working for me.

[@denniscolak1682]

@@infinitesimalperinfinitumhe doesn’t change key …

[@mitsuki1388]

It doesn't change pitch but you ear is interpretating the function and color of the same notes differently

[@MissBlackMetal]

This is the very epitome of "when life gives you lemons, you make a masterpiece"

[@Liname-]

Imagine the neighbor sitting there and just listening to the song, completly ignoring the fact that it's his own car 😂😂😂

[@duckopond3769]

its insane how pianists can move there hands so manically yet have so much precision

[@reddo6092]

Ikr, also working with both hands completely disconnected in that speed, difficult af.

[@psymar]

​@@reddo6092That's where I got completely stuck in piano lessons. The first song where I had to play new notes with the left hand while holding a note with my right. I absolutely couldn't do it.

[@reddo6092]

@@psymar Same. I'm new to the piano too, and I can manage to play the left hand part and the right hand part seperately. But both at the same time? No fucking way lol. No clue why that is so hard when I can write fairly fast with both hands on a normal ass keyboard.

[@musicman0329]

I suppose it might come to natural talent too, some have it easier to learn, some have to put in more effort. I'd say the ones with less talent are actually more impressive as they have to work much harder to be able to play

[@dvxv4016]

​@@musicman0329I think everyone can learn to play with their hands separated. Look at the gamers, their left hand is completely disconnected from the right game and does completely different things

[@Triss._]

Even if you know that the car alarm isn't changing notes, the piano makes it seem as if it is, beautiful

[@brazenh2836]

The beauty of false harmonics...

[@aguidner7285]

He gives different functions to the same note

[@sr-kt9ml]

Not really

[@ArchivedFox]

So I wasn't the only one to think that. I swear it sounds like it joined in just to play along with the piano.

[@Khaotix11]

I love that auditory illusion

[@MrMattberry1]

To turn something so annoying into something so beautiful was just perfection, thank you

[@desertegle40cal]

As a musician who has worked in studios most of my life and with artists most of my life, studying music most of my life, just seeing this guys hands immediately reminded me of Liberace’s amazing hand style. Many pianists are stiff and their hands move in almost a robotic motion. But this person’s hand style is simply intoxicating. I want to see the rest of him. I bet he could make a killing as a solo pianist or at the very least a musician at a dueling piano bar like the ones i used to frequent in Memphis, Nashville and i even went to one in Orlando Florida. And we can’t even see what is actually happening as his go pro can’t catch every frame of his hands moving and sometimes it just looks like his hands are floating above the keys. GREAT VIDEO! Friggin car alarm! LOVE IT!

[@skrazew]

this is why i love artists. they hear a sound, any kind of sound and they are like "f*ck it, this is music to my ears" and makes something beautiful. I've come to the conclusion that music is my favourite kind of art

[@Link2edition]

Reminds me of the intro to "A moment apart" by Odesza which talks about the beat of the song being a loud piece of equipment on a soviet spacecraft, and the music is the Cosmonaut coping with it. "The cosmonaut decides the only way to save his sanity, is to fall in love with the sound"

[@thefez-cat]

The crucial difference between musical artists and novelists, I guess; I just want to throw a cinder block through a windshield when this happens.

[@mechmaster-so4hr]

@@Link2editionI had no idea lol. That song is also the title screen music in Forza Horizon 4, I didn’t know it was supposed to represent something like that

[@collinmcmac1647]

If you like drum and bass type of music I would recommend Venjent as their music often includes things like this.

[@mintegral1719]

Where regular people hear a car alarm, musicians hear an ostinato :)

[@mattfox2716]

At the end when the piano stops and that oppressive alarm takes over again really got me. It wasn’t instant, the memory of the piano lingered a bit and just faded away. Dang, that was wild.

[@sade8590]

Im ur 99th like. SOMEONE BETTER GET U TO 100 LIKES RIGHT NOW

[@RobQuinney]

199th like. Woo

[@hihello6773]

Yeah, like the horn went from a instrument gifted from the gods to a annoying tool we have to tolerate it’s existence

[@BrandanLee]

@@hihello6773Everything is about perspective. Everything is this way.

[@dudewithacat52]

299th, please get thisguy to 300 or else i will depress

[@vickilindsay981]

That's definitely the most I have ever enjoyed a car alarm . thank you

[@17dragonflymoon]

No music, no life. A sticker on my guitar lol

[@theundead6283]

I would love to wake up to this every morning rather than the droning non-stop beeps of my alarm clock, haha

[@TonytheCapeGuy]

I've been waking up to any song I want since high school. I always pick a song I love to hear because I think it's unhealthy to start the day annoyed. You sabotage yourself by hitting snooze.

[@Xeylo]

@@TonytheCapeGuy huh... never thought of that. might try it tomorrow.

[@ElMigol_]

I don't recommend doing that, you know that the first times you hear you alarm isn't that bad but overtime you start to hate it? Well, that can happen with anything that wakes you up, a song, a person, an animal, anything that wakes you up overtime you most likely will hate. It has happened to me once, I tried using one of my favorites song and then I had to literally remove it from my everyday playlist bc everytime I ear it it makes me angry and anxious.

[@melody3741]

Nah never pick a good song you will grow to hate it

[@fabo-desu]

Yeah as those two guys said, don’t do that, use a normal alarm, then after waking up put on the songs you love

[@therayvenn3482]

it doesn’t even look like he’s playing it sometimes because he plays the notes so fast so it looks like he’s just waving his hands around infront of it and music is being produced. i love it

[@halbronk7133]

When you're killing it on the keys and your framerate can't keep up 😆

[@cherpsy3770]

he isnt actually playing it, I dont think that piano is even real, ive seen him with it in bizarre places. but he is certainly playing the right notes, just with the music overlayed

[@BrighterIons]

@@cherpsy3770 MU70012BK -this is the piano he uses. It’s a very generic battery powered keyboard

[@sprightlyoaf9583]

they go fast like speeyider phwoosh 👀

[@sTeVe-vl3nh]

A great musicians, nice tunes, but not live as suggested to be. But ... who cares

[@cricketboy1984]

I love how the alarm doubles as a pitch pipe and a metronome 😂

[@kyzf]

Whether or not the alarm is genuine, this is a brilliant concept Ive never seen before and i love it.

[@schmendrake]

After listening to this about 2 weeks ago, my wife and I heard a car alarm go off, looked at each other, and smiled. I dont think I will ever be annoyed by this sound again. Youve changed it for me.

[@tomasagostinho7443]

Same dude

[@tomasagostinho7443]

When I hear a car alarm I think of this lol

[@22ahumphreyswmsa]

Me to

[@CyVinci]

Same thing happened to me this morning and it brought me back here

[@slovnicurling9808]

Funny I just posted the oposite comment. He tried really well to make the alarm sound good but all I can hear is annyoing alarm.

[@inmiseryseekrootbeer4966]

This may be one of the most profound pieces of music I have ever heard. Written all because someone’s car alarm going off was such a frequent occurrence for this man that he wrote it. In some unknown tempo set by a car alarm. This is incredible.

[@rhandhom1]

The time signature is 4/4.

[@Malex21]

I think they meant tempo

[@inmiseryseekrootbeer4966]

@@Malex21 mb your right

[@ekieli]

Well, you haven’t heard much then

[@HannaSis]

@@ekieli why do you have to rain on their parade? Just let them enjoy the music

[@kids1671]

Them: Making a Song 🎵 Me: thinking about music for my future wedding 💒

[@turtlegrl1749]

Brings tears to my eyes every time…

[@micp4130]

I love when music has a repeating note, but changes the underlying chords to give it new context and changes how we experience it.

[@callmeangie867]

You have successfully described an ostinato.

[@Efflorescentey]

That’s it! Logically I know the car alarm is a constant but my brain can’t help but hear the car alarm changing tone every bar. ‘Context’ is the perfect word ❤

[@CowsR4me]

You may enjoy this song Cherry by Ratatat, its around 9 mins long iirc and builds different parts over the course of the song when it comes together at the end all layered. I like it

[@OverbiteGames]

@@CowsR4me 9 minutes long? That must violate at least 49 different musical copyrights in that time :o so brave. Also thanks for the recommendation.

[@mouthy_maestrod2992]

In music theory, this is called a pedal tone. It is very commonly used in classical music and is featured a ton in Elton John's music

[@spacecase13]

I will forever now think of this whenever I hear a car alarm. Thank you for healing that tortured corner of my mind.

[@TiernanHousman]

"A BLESSING FROM THE LORD!"

[@HANKSANDY69420]

@@TiernanHousman lmfao-

[@ME0WMERE]

finally, something that sticks in my mind that I'm glad of

[@allyson--]

onto the next tortured corner!

[@AlicornHana]

​@@allyson--and the cycle continues

[@BeWhoYouWant2]

gotta give it up to that alarm for staying perfectly on beat.

[@burbanpoison2494]

The wiper blades guy has come a long way.

[@Bugginton1]

The way the horn obnoxiously comes back to the forefront after he's finished is the icing on the cake for this piece. Amazing.

[@Shadow-KJVMAT24]

🤣🤣😂😂 you can see the annoyance at the end like, Damn this dude straight let me play a whole symphony and still hasnt shut this sucker off. Like wtf

[@HellOnWheel]

I used to work as a valet and had to stand outside a building downtown for hours at a time. There was a car across the street that had one of those old alarms that cycled through different sounds. A mockingbird that lived nearby learned the sounds and would mimic them all the time (and improve upon them IMO).

[@iprobablyforgotsomething]

That's such a random and hilarious thing to happen that it made me irl-lol, so thanks for that!

[@Kinobambino]

Shout out to that bird yo

[@unsolicitedditkapics9722]

Hellllllloooooooo I'ma a caaaarrrrrrr Oil is my blood

[@itsumikoroko]

imagine if that bird passes down the tunes to later generations, and that car indirectly created a species of Carbird or smth

[@V4ker]

A lot of aftermarket security systems (even new ones) still cycle through different sounds :)

[@erinjobin6916]

Dude, I literally just sat here and listened to this whole piece, It was absolutely mind-blowing You're a freaking magician 🙏🏼❤🙌💯🎵🎶🎼

[@crescentluna843]

The car alarm causes me so much anxiety but your piano calms me at the same time. How is this possible? 😂

[@yuniivrc]

I love how music warps our perception - the car alarm sounds like it's shifting notes whenever you play a new chord!

[@kyleeshields6812]

Music is worth living for ❤️‍🔥

[@highbred]

The car alarm doesn't shift pitch, but the chords do ( as you stated) the relationship of the alarm and chords change which alters how the alarm feels rather than sounds. This is absolutely amazing. So beautifull. I feel like the alarm add such a cool feeling of urgency to the entire piece, definitely gonna copy this in idea into my own work hehe

[@roems6396]

You should check out this song from Clipping. It’s Daveed Diggs, made famous by the musical Hamilton, rapping to an alarm. You see how the feeling shifts in the chorus when a new chord is introduced. m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/nYWziIxugrJ6hc0

[@themattbookpro2266]

The car alarm also isn’t just one note, it’s two being played at the same time. So the pianist is playing around the alarm on a scale that makes the car alarm fit on the 3rd and the 5th

[@mayamartin7359]

@@highbredcame here to explain this 😅

[@OrangeCat1992]

If this was played by a neighbor in my apartment complex every time a car alarm went off… I wouldn’t care if any car alarms went off. Absolutely gorgeous!

[@mezkhalin]

I'd go out and smack a car every day for the evening entertainment

[@mythicalconcretebrickedgym7829]

Play drums or bongos on the car to the drum of the car alarm beat.😊

[@TR3X1224]

I would set mine off

[@rustythecrown9317]

I'd be setting something else off if this shite woke me up.

[@stanleybochenek1862]

BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP

[@amigalemming]

This was no alarm, but the car applauding the piano player.

[@bacherfkinmcskiddlywop2491]

im glad someone whistled at the end because wow you deserve the applause

[@danielthrasher]

That’s what I’m talking about ❤

[@matrisk2849]

Daniel?!

[@Daniel-nm2qb]

Our paths have crossed.

[@kodagen0]

did not expect you here

[@Nimpp]

haha i got you danathaniel

[@shorpw]

hello verify guy

[@leo-hao]

This composition sounds like the perfect cross between Varian's Theme and Anduin's Theme with Interstellar-ish vibes. I absolutely love this.

[@watch_omega]

shhhhhh, we have almost got people convinced WoW is dead. Don't go exposing us!

[@dogbark]

damn I didn't expect a WoW related comment but you're right !!!

[@joanofarc9793]

I grind it, the car alarm is what adds Hans zimmer into this

[@LazizbekYusupov92]

@@dogbarkWhat kind of WoW? Who is that?

[@LazizbekYusupov92]

And some small piece of Ludovico Eunaudi has heard my non-professional ear.

[@scottrjmatmsncom]

Anyone think KZbin needs to do an awards show I nominate this video