Twelve Tones
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 มิ.ย. 2013
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I wonder what it'd be like to just sit down and have a conversation with this woman over a cup of coffee.
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+Evan Gaudet I can tell you exactly what it's like. More mind-blowing than you can imagine.
+Evan Gaudet Probably awkward because you would be waiting for her to be amazing and she will just be a person who is wondering why you are staring at her and why she is having coffee with you. ;)
+John Cano no problem ~ just put some Jameson's in the coffee and all will be well
+Evan Gaudet must be very boring
At concert: drops something on piano.
Government: Hey! That's copyrighted by vihart
It's "Give up, lay head upon keyboard, and consider the futility of reason" not "Drop something on the piano". So they couldn't slam them for copyright.
Also I'm pretty sure Vi wouldn't sue.
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Comedy. Put that up. I'm dying here.
She is truly a human between people.
Economics as shown in her files and knives video
Hexaflexagating too
Renassaince lady ... I agree all those skills in a single human ... just wow!
"Silence won't be in the public domain until 2062."
deltaray3, that was my favorite line from this video, too. Vi Hart has an amazing sense of humor.
😔 😢
Can't wait!
Dang it!
I wonder how many times a month she does stationery shopping.
I clicked this thinking it was a 3 minute video.
That rabbit hole went down pretty far
Welcome to Vi Hart's channel!
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Sobsz / before ToCzegoSzukasz that is my life bro
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Limey Lassen when I read this I was like"yeah me too" *looks at time of video" HOLY CRAP THIS IS HALF AN HOUR WHATTTTTT
Olivia Grant
DetectiveSnail oh god same
I first watched this video in middle school, while still barely conversational in english, understanding very little and stayed mainly for the songs and images. Since then, I have rewatched this video many times and each time I watch, there are always so much that i didn’t catch the last time. This is truly one of the best video on the internet.
Same but younger
Definitely showing this channel to my 8yr old. ❤
i love having had the exact same experience haha
Girlfriend: what are you thinking about?
Me: *thinking about the bowl and the laserbat*
Me: you.
this comment has been grossly underappreciated for 3 years
As a musician and a scientist, I have to say that this is completely brilliant.
Mindblowing.
As a philosopher, I have to agree
As an organic apple orchardist, I have to DISAGREE…..But then, what do I know, except that a 100 years from now I truly believe that the creativity/tonality/harmony/melody of "All the Things You Are" will still be appreciated, sung and enjoyed….while "Mary had a Laser Bat" will be long forgotten….loooooong ago, far away forgotten. That is just my opinion, of course….as an organic apple orchardist (from the 'old school' of apple picking).
as me, i don't care, i just enjoy it.
@@bayhomeb the old school of apple picking is a blight upon modernity and must be extinguished!
@Dagoretti Records YOU ARE A SCIENTIST?! I'm a pianist because I'm 7 and I hope you enjoyed "Twelve Tones".
"I'd play an excerpt but silence won't be in the public domain until 2062" Vi, you are amazing.
307 likes but one reply
The copyright rat has doomed us all
343 likes but three replies
@@the-0-endless376 no, its actually because for sound recordings its a complicated mess, in 2022 all sound recordings from a 435 hz pitch fork from 1859 to i don't recognize any of these songs from 1922 enter the public domain on the 1st of January 2022, after that, all recordings will be protected for 100 years instead of 95 until 2047 where nothing enters the public domain because guess what, and im not making this up, its now 110 years for some reason, so now we are in this weird era where movies are going to be in the public domain but not the sound itself.So you wait 10 years and finally sound recordings are now entering the public domain again in 2058, but then all in one swoop,in an unfateful February of 2067 all of the sound recordings made between 1957 and exactly 95 years ago being February 15th 1972 enter the public domain at the same time, and now you can enjoy copyright law being normal, until the 2070s when the United States finally gets +70 years in 2047, so that means that for example Stephen King's "The Shining" from 1977 would enter the public domain in 2073, but "The Shawshank Redemption" from 1982 would enter the public domain sometime after 2093 as Stephen King is still alive.
This is actual genius. I don't know if you're still reading comments on this video over eight years later, but the insight packed into this thirty-minute video, along with the clarity of its expression, makes it an incredible achievement. Like, I could feel everything I thought I knew about the creative process melt away with the "navigating an exponentially complex branching tree" visualisation, and then you hit me with what it means for something to mean something, and then the beauty of those 12-tone compositions, I mean, there's so many different elements to this video and all of them pull their weight, like all the points on, well, a 12-sided star... I feel like I've gotten so used to formulaic video essays that I can just put on 2x speed and absorb, but this is something that's going to stay with me for a while. Thank you.
I come back to this video every now and then and I always end up watching the whole video even if I don't really have the time. I have been on youtube for a long time and it recently occured to me that this is my favourite video that I have seen so far. Thank you.
I cordially invite you to re-enjoyment.
And here I am doing exactly that... such a great video.
"Mary Had A Laser Bat
sounds like something out of Nightmare Before Christmas
Exactly!
Well I'm surprised that Mary didn't take over the world with her laser bat.
Ian Moon it's sooo minor!,
Ian Moon I acually like it better
Moshe Lev Ceder di
'so you can just kiss my face'
(c) Vihart
Nice
+Vi Hart was this a Shrek reference?
+Александр Бантьев best lyric in human history
yes but we all know what she was bout to say... so you can kiss my @$$
djay4487 deved maybe not though
Rewatching this video nine years later and I am forced to reckon with how vast a swath of my personality can be attributed to Vi Hart.
New hit pop song.
Party yeah by vihart
Blander Alexander Is having a stroke it's a party woo
Yet another person better than me at everything on the internet
same...
same same
we're not worthy.
Ikr..
Same. The abstraction and strings of intuition presented in a "cute and funny way" as to not scare listeners off is something I would've only credited to myself. She, however,, has the resolve to stay through with her ideas until a product like this is done, has more years of experience than me, and of course she's a cutie female. Makes me withdraw into my defensive philosophy of "lol its not about competition anyway just let things be" who knows where that actually leads
Party yeah, party wooooo...
+Tippytippy tvtvtvtvtvtvtvtvtvtvtvtvtvtvtvtvtvtvtvtvtv
+Just Some Thuggy Penguins PPPPPPPPAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY YYYYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTYYYYYYYYYYYY WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I randomly just start chanting "Party yeah, party woo" quietly and repeatedly and everyone thinks I'm crazy... so yeah.
+Just Some Thuggy Penguins Hey... I know that song! 😁
The fact that this is from 2013 but feels like 2019 makes me really scared
Vihart is timeless, dude.
I feel so old rewatching her stuff all these years later
Dear God I didn't realize it was so old already until I saw your comment... I remember when it came out but now as a college freshman, it feels a lot more recent than the summer after seventh grade
Mostly it feels like it comes from 3013.
I've been using TH-cam since 2007, and this is my favorite video.
I have rewatched this dozens of times, and I always catch something new.
This time, it was keenly noticing how she set up the mutability of context in the intro.
When she rewrites "Owl and the Pussy Cat," into "Fowl and the Pussy Bat," she drops a beat and then says "How about Laser Bat?" without explanation.
Then when she changes "Fowl into Bowl, because Laser Bat sounds so much cooler. Then she adds "...but we all know it's a bird bowl."
She used that setup to teach a lesson in the way that context is created. The Bird Bowl is drawn through the rest of the video... But if you hadn't seen the initial explanation, it makes no sense.
However, this time I noticed that she does not give any explanation for the connection between "pussy" and "laser." Later in her video, she talks about unexplained leaps in meaning that are anchored by experience, which leads me to assume that the connection (at least in a pre-GOOP world) was a cheeky nod toward intimate laser hair removal.
I can't tell you how many times I've seen this video, but I can sing all the 12 tone versions of the songs by memory.
I firmly believe that this video is the best thing on the internet.
Yes.
Jamie Kong I firmly believe that you are correct.
If you liked this, watch Adam Neely describe how to walk a bassline in song.
Party YEAH!
Party HEY!
Party YEAH!
Party WOOO!
I'm going to be singing this to myself for weeks. Nice one :)
Everytime someone says "Party" anymore, I sing this in my head. :|
what the. That was a little creepy
Party YEAH!
Party HEY!
Party YEAH!
Party WOOO!
i dont get it
i dont listen to those songs
What minute?
Government: Don't do drugs
Vi Hart: Hey man, **coughs** have you ever heard a triangle
10 years later. Still the best video I’ve ever seen.
Stravinsky would be deCOMPOSING in his grave if....
Please tell me other people saw this.
I didnt
BOOO BAD PUN
I actually lol'd in the office.
so many layers..decomposing..hmm..
this was awesome
I fell in love during "Mary Had a Laser Bat"...
Sing me to sleep with it
I listened to it, like, 10 times
How 12
what?
Toxin there's a song called sing me to sleep. By Alan walker
It sounds like something from a Tim Burton movie haha
3:34 PARTY WOOOOOOO PARTY YEAH
sport sport sport sport sport sport
PARTY WOOoOOOO PARTY YEAH
tv tv tv tv tv tv tv tv tv tv tv tv tv tv tv!!!
*PARTY WOOOOO PARTY YEAH*
*SPORT SPORTSPORTSPORT*
*TVTVTVTVTVTVTVTVTV*
i feel as if i have transcended dimensions
Elise Siebels you have
this the most beautiful thing I've ever watched...
Gustavo Amarante Indeed, so beautiful. The inventiveness, the sense of history, the childlike innocence, the deep understanding, the wit, the pacing... Tell people you really care about to watch it.
+Gustavo Amarante Truly, a masterpiece.
Created in about 30 minutes I think
Gustavo Amarante same
Mary had a laser bat almost moved me to tears
This is an incredibly appropriate video to watch at 3 in the morning, it's oh so thought provoking and slightly eerie. Awesome. You kind of wrinkled my brain, and I loved it.
***** Haha, 3:35 for me xD
Ok seriously, Its 3am here as well. This cant be just a coincidence
9am for me broke the streak
Ewetfive
XIDoStuffX Glad Im not alone.
This is by far the best thing I've seen on TH-cam, ever. Thank you ViHart, thank you so much !
I come back to this video on a semi regular basis, both for the enrapturing train of thought, as well as the wonderful music & ambience.
Thank you, Vi!
I appreciate your time and effort. Pls don't be discouraged by lay back people's negative comments. I know how time consuming it is to prepare just 1 minute long video but you have beautifully done 30 minutes long with animation. It is clear you are good at Maths, Science, History and Music. Honestly Hats off. Keep the good work rolling. I am here to learn, follow and support you selflessly.
She isn’t good in “scuence”.
OMG. HE MADE A TYPO! HAHAHA LETS EMPLIFY THIS FACT EVEN THOUGH THE REST OF HIS COMMENT WAS VERY KIND AND HEART WARMING TOWARDS AN AWESOME PERSON!!!
Ramesh Rai you just want praise for being quote unquote selfless
Topher Harrison that's what you crave too, too. I know as much ;)
Lmfao I don't see any negative comments in here, what are you on about?
The one random I major chord at 22:48 was funnier for me than it probably should have been.
You forgot to forget the context.
I think.
This video is still mind-blowingly awesome - every once in a while I come back to it, and every time there's new details to notice and new deep insights to be encountered. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say this video has changed my life for the better - Vi Hart you are amazing!! 😊
This is the best video I could've possibly found at 2am
I'll timid-but-bravely watch more of your videos tomorrow
I think that "Mary had a laser bat" could easily be a short stop-motion film made by Tim Burton.
"youre a ball of gas, so you can go kiss my.........................face."
They're obviously, and deliberately, utilizing a shared pattern encoded in both of your brains. A very well worn one, too, if you're anything like me.
That reminded me of shrek
That was great, I love your channel and rewatching your past videos.
Honestly, this is the most beautiful video of the decade. I'm really into the concept and the execution was exceptional! Molto bene
Best TEDx talk ever.
The last part really scared me I thought I was in a satanic ritual
yeah it was so wierd
Society is a giant cult. It's weird and scary when we first come into this world, but by the time we're adults, it feels so familiar that most of us won't recognize it for what it is. :)
I LOVED IT
Why were so many Jewish stars included?
Why? Because she made a bunch of stars? She would be the first person to tell you that to attribute meaning to something like that is arbitrary.
I'm constantly going back to this and listening to the songs. I'm also sharing this with all my friends in hopes they'll be in awe and just as changed as I feel, but I don't think they're really getting it like I am. I love this so much! It's really changing the way I look at music. I've also been doodling in my notebooks more and more(in a good way) because of your doodling videos. Thank you so much for something so changing. You're making math into something I love.
Music
Thanks for making this. Whenever I wander upon it, I always end up feeling refreshed and inspired in my own work. The amount of thought, heart, and time you put into this really shines through, even all this time later. Every time I’ve taken something new out of it. That, I think, is what makes a work of art meaningful and great. This is probably my favorite essay on this platform. The beauty of the associations you make in this thing honestly chokes me up a little. I really love it.
Referring the piece 4'33" by John Cage, "I'd play you an excerpt, but silence won't be in the public domain until 2062." Let that sink in a minute.
Let that sink in for four minutes and thirty three seconds.
@@TeiviTeivi YES
I wish that vi was my teacher in school, for like every subject, she makes things sound so smooth and also funny, and most people today can't do that.(like the middle school teachers T-T)
Vi Hart's also got a lot more time to work on her videos, doesn't have children with learning difficulties to worry about, or learning objectives to meet.
EXACTLY my thought. I whised I would have had her in my music class.... Especially since I learned the piano and my teacher was simply a dick...... T_T
You're in fucking middle school
I cri
andrewpum that's true. But I've had teachers who have been in that situation and are still able to make the lessons as fun and engaging as Vi Harts videos.
I've watched this video at least 10 times over the past few years. It's such a stunning thesis on "meaning", elucidated in the freshest take on modern musical constructs I've ever heard. Thank you, Vi for your craft and humor! :)
“Stunning thesis on ‘meaning’”
Yes. And creativity.
Loved watching your informative, witty, amusing video and its artwork!
I feel like Vi goes through a lot of notebooks and sharpies
This video should be titled "Hey Little Twelve Tones".
probably just a missed opportunity to complain about copyright issues
As an starting musician, this got to be one of my favourites music related videos, I mean, I've watched a lot of Adam Neely's videos, a lot of other music youtubers, but this single video mixes creativity with didacticism and of course, musicality. and also YOU BREAK A LOT OF RULES, that's why I find this kind of videos far more interesting, it breaks rules instead of going overthere creating new ones, shamefully I can't click the like button twice.
I first saw this video several years ago, but I really wanted to watch it again. So happy I found it. I love that I can enjoy watching you play with the shapes of music.
I am frustrated that I cannot like this twice
But you can get 2 likes
UntoldAnimations I love the way you got 2 likes 2 :D
Who the hell ruined it?
Make another google account and subscribe to only ViHart.
Repeat previous step 50 times.
As a musician, this is one of the most fascinating videos I've seen, ever.
I watch this every time I'm feeling down. Thank you for creating something so beautiful, thought-provoking, and (perhaps ironically) meaningful.
I think I'm gonna have to make a habit out of going back to watch this every couple years. Such a great and timeless work. You're the best Vi!
Is it just me or does the final bit with the shapes sound extremely beautiful
+jlapierremusic No, not at all. It evoked primal emotions that nearly overwhelmed me. I had chills and goosebumps, and even shed a couple tears.
I am humbled by the beauty that she created with sound and shapes.
Bravo Vi Hart!!!!
I agree
It sounds beautiful and scary.
Beautiscary.
I just adore the diminished and augmented Twinkle, twinkle little stars!! Magnificent!
As a musician, this opened up a whole new door of ideas for me-
Thank you Vihart!!
IN 100 years kids in school will have to analyze these videos.
"You can kiss my...
...
Face..(?)..
Yes."
IM SO DONE.
That part cracked me up lol
I rewatched this in 2019. I still love you Vi
I'm stunned. I'v watched loads of your videos, every now and then and sometimes over and over for years, but this was the most beautiful video I'v seen you'v ever done.
i ship the bird bowl and laser bat
please do not
+ava maclean Why not? They're perfect together.
How to fall in love in 40 seconds.
Watch the first 40 seconds of this video.
How to watch the rest of this video.
Watch the rest of this video.
How to breathe
Breathe
How to be late
Be late
definitely the craziest and most informative video I've ever seen. very helpful. thanks!
Watched this mote times than I probably should have. Over years already!! Just so darn cute and cool.
I've probably seen this video 5 times in the past couple years and it's still awesome.
Same here...
Same!!!
sqme but replace years by hours
Twinkle twinkle little star, why is art so freaking hard?
Up above the world so high, I can't draw the other eye.
Twinkle twinkle little star, why can't I draw a strait line.
This my version of twinkle twinkle little star now...
YES!
I can't draw the other eye either and all my drawings end up with this face o_0
Maggie Chan o.0
I CANT DRAW THE OTHER EYE
Mario Luigi lol
this is so beautiful Vi. i'm moved to tears.
i'm so very unsettled. this is the greatest video I've ever watched,, I feel like I'm watching a cult founded over out of tune songs and funky shapes perform a sacrifice. overall, loved this :D
Oh my word I went to school for this at Berklee in Boston 20 years ago and gave up, but you just freeking blew my mind. Thank you so much! Inspired again.
Que hermoso¡¡
I just wanted to know what 12-tone music was. This didn't really help but I was transfixed anyway. That was... amazing.
I come back to this video every year, its just amazing 😍😍
This video still blows my mind in 2018. One of my all-time videos and pieces of thought. One of my all-time favourite everythings
My brain can't contain this. I like it.
Ok, I don't. I thought I'm "the different" but now I know I'm not :) Thanks.
So... you don't like it because you're _personally offended._ Did you miss the other 30 minutes of the video?
im having an existential crisis because of a bird bowl and a laser bat.
please send help.
Vi Hart is nuts! In the best way possible :D
Most talented TH-camr I have come across in 15 years 👏
30:09 can I just say how oddly gorgeous this is. She has a beautiful voice too 😱
21:31 I meant
Every time I see the bird bowl, I think of Alice In Wonderland.
me too
I think about spirited away
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it reminds me of the Phantom Tollbooth
I've been rewatching a lot of your stuff since you uploaded again. This one is definitely one of my favorites! I would love some more videos on music theory.
you know, this is perhaps the best video on the internet
Thanks Vi!
I'm so happy i discovered this channel!
The songs sound so haunted and so nightmare-before-cristmas-ish.....I love it!
I watch this video like once a week. I find it so soothing for some reason :)
It's classical music, different writers use the 12 tone all the time
I just heard it for the first time, my dreams will bs weird tonight
I could listen to this stuff for ages, man! This is super cool!
Your work is truly amazing and awe inspiring. The creativity behind it blows me away.
When ur a band geek and still have barely any idea what she was talking about
It's hard to get lost in the music playing in the background. A few seconds later, you realize you weren't listening to the words, and you're like, "Hey wait!"
However, in this video, she doesn't talk about music all that much, despite the inspiration behind making the video. She talks about Stravinsky, and breaking free of the "guidelines" humans have made for art, as if art needed guidelines.
I mean, that doesn't make any sense! Why should art need guidelines? Why should certain ways of expression be conventional?
*This* is what the video is most about.
Learn music theory!
Become a college music major. Lol
Brynn Bowen Take Music theory and you’ll know. It ain’t that bad.
oof me
This will always be my favorite video. So relaxing. I listen to it while drawing. Vihart a content never fails to make me think. She's one of the best creators on TH-cam.
I revisit this video at least once a year for the brain tingles. this is the ninth visit!!
Another 2 years pass... still my favourite youtube video of all time :)
oh my gosh the marry had a little lamb sent shivers down my spine where can I download it?? XD
+SeansJellyBread "You can download it from my website. See vihart.com/list-of-torrents/"
+SeansJellyBread *Laser bat
Mavi Nexu ah right right how could i forget XD
+SeansJellyBread NO! COPYRIGHT LAWS! (jk)
+SeansJellyBread Doesn't look like you ever got an answer, but on her soundcloud channel :)
I love this sooo much but the music kinda scares me
and honestly this sounds sounds like the stuff I hear in dramatic ballets! you could make a lot of money with this stuff
It all has to do with context, like the author states. It depends on what you've been encouraged to see as patterns in the randomness.
If you lived in the medieval period, certain combinations of pitches would have sounded good to you- some were thought of as pure and holy; and some as satanic. By the baroque period a new set of 'rules' was established. This helped to form the 'popular' music of the era.
If, however, you were raised in anon-western culture, your ideals of what is 'good' music might be completely different again.
It has to do with what you're conditioned to believe.
Both true, Liam Smith and loverlyme. But "Wouldn't It Be Loverly" (copyrighted) if musical performances could tuned again to the Verdi Tuning (A)? Fact: When listening to classical music, however Tuned, but always with resolved dissonance, Cows produce more milk. Just an opinion…from a down-to-earth country person.
Bonnie Havilah, if it is a fact, why is it an opinion?
Same.
This is absolute genius! Thanks for posting!
Thank you for this truly inspiring ever-green video. I am sure, I shall return to it many times, whenever my creativity is lagging my ambition.
this is the most entertaining thing ive seen all week.
Vi, you should be the math, science, and music teacher at every school everywhere. If we ever create cloning devices, that should be the first order of business. You present complex information in the most pleasing of ways. Most of the time, I am not the most intellectually inclined person. For the most part, I didn't like classes other than theatre or music. But I loved this video. Even with my severe ADD, the video managed to keep my attention for the full 30 minutes without clicking away then coming back. Thank you Vi!
I remember when this video came out, i think i was 11 or 12 and i didnt understand most of it but i think it stuck with me. I dont think these videos became my personality but they instilled a lot of introspective mathematical admiration in me, and that has served me well for the past 8 years i think. Thanks vihart, these videos inspired a love of the world in me that has never gone away
Seriously one of my favorite videos on all of TH-cam!
...Whose eyes *EXTERMINATED*