4/20 Time Signatures

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  • @vishyoutubevideos
    @vishyoutubevideos 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3251

    just thinking to myself..."i haven't seen a video with a fucked up time signature for a while"

    • @elecboy5126
      @elecboy5126 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      th-cam.com/video/6WOZsv6v1Q0/w-d-xo.html
      31/32
      Thought I’d share

    • @SomeFunkyDrummer
      @SomeFunkyDrummer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@elecboy5126 pure insanity

    • @pesengdenizgenc748
      @pesengdenizgenc748 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      samet here

    • @rohankodibagkar2552
      @rohankodibagkar2552 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      24/20 (or 6/5) time sigs be like... "how about the 20/20 become a 4/4? then *4/20* is left"
      mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

    • @Professor_Utonium_
      @Professor_Utonium_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Time signatures will never make any fucking sense to me and I don't understand why people even discuss it.

  • @slendeaway7730
    @slendeaway7730 4 ปีที่แล้ว +399

    "We were watching numberphile and were like what if we applied this to music."
    Top tier quote

    • @kruksog
      @kruksog 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I was so stoked for the numberphile shout out.
      This channel really hits me in a niche way.

  • @bluusocks
    @bluusocks 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4101

    play the lick in 4/20

  • @Breakbeat90s
    @Breakbeat90s 4 ปีที่แล้ว +179

    Neely Fans: Love your anti clickbait titles
    Adam Neely in return: 69 Chords and 420 Time Signatures ;D

    • @daichan4177
      @daichan4177 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      aint gonna like this comment cos its gonna ruin the 69 likes

    • @mitchinatr7093
      @mitchinatr7093 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      N I C E

    • @user-pp6kd7ut4k
      @user-pp6kd7ut4k 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      p a n g e a

  • @musik350
    @musik350 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3736

    we all seem to share the opinion that jazz needs more memes

    • @louisedgewick107
      @louisedgewick107 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      RDVMusic absolutely

    • @jfgcz1
      @jfgcz1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Jazz is just music-meme-music!

    • @TheZooropaBaby
      @TheZooropaBaby 4 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      *Rick Beato left the chat*

    • @Venomous9
      @Venomous9 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Twosetviolin is practically monopolising the TH-cam music meme game rn and jazztube needs to step up and challenge them for the meme crown
      Adam should lead the charge

    • @TheParadox1010
      @TheParadox1010 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Pick the right breakcore song and you get all jazz shit posting

  • @AlefSousa017
    @AlefSousa017 4 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    Wait, Adam was on tour? I can't believe that my time has finally come, I was holding it in for so long, but now, I can FINALLY say it, here it goes: COME TO BRAZIL!

    • @hirano9383
      @hirano9383 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Tá na hora

  • @AdamNeely
    @AdamNeely  4 ปีที่แล้ว +3434

    People are asking..."okay, but why?" Listen to the music...do you like how it sounds? If you don't like, that's fine, but it made sold out crowds in Boston, NYC, and others flip their shit when they heard it, so I think that's plenty good of a reason to do it. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    • @Paul2hip8
      @Paul2hip8 4 ปีที่แล้ว +93

      It was crazy to feel when you all modulated with two drumsets. The entire song was just crazy.

    • @noahhess4955
      @noahhess4955 4 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      5 dislikes are from people who shit their pants when they heard it

    • @josephballerini3730
      @josephballerini3730 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Amazing! It’s a lot to take in but listening to it, it was great!

    • @Oldthesis
      @Oldthesis 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I definitely flipped my shit when I heard it. One of the best experiences I've ever had!

    • @elkcippickle2169
      @elkcippickle2169 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I was there, and I can confirm that it was very cool

  • @fives.
    @fives. 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    This is inadvertently an incredibly good follow-up to "Play Sober"

  • @RudyAyoub
    @RudyAyoub 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2763

    “In 2020 we will have flying cars”
    2020:

    • @elliotdesolation
      @elliotdesolation 4 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      Bro

    • @amaice
      @amaice 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Rudy Ayoub you didn't even need to watch the video

    • @cama1961
      @cama1961 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Bruh

    • @drakonyanazkar
      @drakonyanazkar 4 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      Did you write this comment, bro?
      Write something else

    • @FriendlyNeighborhoodBallsack
      @FriendlyNeighborhoodBallsack 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      this is better and more advanced than flying cars

  • @andyydna101
    @andyydna101 4 ปีที่แล้ว +206

    “Meme time signature”
    Hey, if it bops, it bops.

  • @slep5039
    @slep5039 4 ปีที่แล้ว +895

    "we were watching numberphile and decided to apply it in a musical context" ahahaha

    • @violetnhz
      @violetnhz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Timestamp for anyone who's here 9:10 (esp Brady)

    • @003Pookie
      @003Pookie 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      I’m so glad those guys watch Numberphile. It totally validated my life.

    • @michaelact
      @michaelact 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Plus the guy in the embedded video is wearing a Wintergaten Marble Machine X t-shirt.

    • @slep5039
      @slep5039 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@michaelact no way, that's crazy

  • @williamkao5381
    @williamkao5381 4 ปีที่แล้ว +93

    I love pretending I know what he’s talking about and feel like I’ve gained some knowledge topic when really I won’t remember anything

    • @Dowlphin
      @Dowlphin 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Realtime generated knowledge rules.
      Encounter something new, recognize the relations in it to things you do know, and suddenly you know the thing even though you never encountered it before.

    • @4sety
      @4sety 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's why you come back to it in the spirit of TH-cam

  • @dummytri
    @dummytri 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1713

    Finally I can make a song in 4/20 with 69 chords

  • @CaptainBohnenbrot
    @CaptainBohnenbrot 4 ปีที่แล้ว +120

    The fact, that this tour wasn't called Sarangazer, still makes me depressed.

    • @rad_rabbit_
      @rad_rabbit_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      They had t shirts with "shubhgazer 2019" on the front!

    • @bluetannery1527
      @bluetannery1527 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      #shubhgazer2019

    • @KennethWestervelt
      @KennethWestervelt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Please don't get too wrapped up over it. Practice your Tupperlets instead.

  • @theosib
    @theosib 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2441

    Yeah, Adam, you totally need to be a guest on numberphile.

    • @qwertyTRiG
      @qwertyTRiG 4 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      Ooh. I would love that. Go suggest it to Brady.

    • @TheGamblermusic
      @TheGamblermusic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      backing that so much !

    • @mfaizsyahmi
      @mfaizsyahmi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      somebody tweet brady now

    • @Fassislau
      @Fassislau 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      PLEASEEE ! I WANT THIS SO BAD! :D

    • @fransredoja7138
      @fransredoja7138 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      This comment has 420 likes right now, so I'm going to leave it be

  • @flargenz
    @flargenz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Just got free guitar strings at guitar center for saying "BASS" loudly cuz the guy behind the counter was talking about Adam neeeeeely

  • @vigilancebrandon3888
    @vigilancebrandon3888 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1306

    Dude I’d have trouble with that rhythm stone cold sober

    • @vigilancebrandon3888
      @vigilancebrandon3888 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Oliver Nye lol thanks

    • @bolson42
      @bolson42 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well I mean you are supposed to blaze it so

    • @mal2ksc
      @mal2ksc 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It reminds me of the jankiness when I had to learn The Mars Volta's _Cotopaxi_ to do a cover for a project. Even though I sequenced up my "band", I still had to sing that shit...11/8, then 4/4, then 9/4 (with the kick drum pounding out dotted eighth notes).

    • @vigilancebrandon3888
      @vigilancebrandon3888 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mal-2 KSC bro that’s nuts

    • @Youtube.Commen-tater
      @Youtube.Commen-tater 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Vigilance Brandon hey nice like count

  • @rockfreak125
    @rockfreak125 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Most of this footage was taken from the MA show where weed is legal. Thought I’d throw that out there.

  • @DBruce
    @DBruce 4 ปีที่แล้ว +593

    Shubh's music sounds pretty great to me :-)

    • @origineo
      @origineo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You guys should watch any WTF Grooves videos on TH-cam. Trust me, there are weird time signatures and interesting stuff to play along.

    • @ethanmorrow4241
      @ethanmorrow4241 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Me too

    • @delriobookclub224
      @delriobookclub224 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      David? Wait so the composers of TH-cam watch each other? :o

    • @prawtism
      @prawtism 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Slip is top tier, but I didn't manage to find others at that level. Any recommendations?

  • @atomic_soup_juice
    @atomic_soup_juice 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    9:10 - "We were watching Numberphile and came up with it"
    Unscripted gold

  • @joaovitormatos8147
    @joaovitormatos8147 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1066

    No one:
    Adam: pi/69 time signature

    • @wizard1370
      @wizard1370 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      it technically is possible that means each bar would be (4*pi)/69 beats long.

    • @havokmusicinc
      @havokmusicinc 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      If Nancarrow could do it, the rest of us can too

    • @dev4965
      @dev4965 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wouldn’t that be an infinite song tho since Pi is an infinite number?

    • @wizard1370
      @wizard1370 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      @@dev4965 No just because each bar is irrational or repeats forever does not mean that it would be an infinite song.

    • @fefeisbored1958
      @fefeisbored1958 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      You could do a 201/64, but i think a 22/7 while also being more accurate would be very interesting.

  • @Simrasil_
    @Simrasil_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    9:17 "watching numberphile and applying it in the music context"
    I had a suspicion

  • @ddol6852
    @ddol6852 4 ปีที่แล้ว +221

    "I'm friends with Adam Neeley and I keep telling him he should stop this"

    • @pulloutchamp
      @pulloutchamp 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This is the lamest Monk tune.

  • @NahreSol
    @NahreSol 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Amazing video!!

    • @GoviaM
      @GoviaM 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ok

    • @1976kanthi
      @1976kanthi 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nahre Sol!

    • @1976kanthi
      @1976kanthi 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@GoviaM how did tou get that quaver next to your name?

    • @GoviaM
      @GoviaM 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@1976kanthi distrokid

  • @EBjeebies1081
    @EBjeebies1081 4 ปีที่แล้ว +169

    OK I’m only a minute into the video so far, but I have an unshakable feeling that them adding the 420 time signature bit was a sophisticated but subtle dig on you for being too high at your last gig with them 😂

    • @Pizzastealingninja
      @Pizzastealingninja 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Crazy that it came about organically, right?

    • @jadejaguar69
      @jadejaguar69 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I’m pretty sure it is lol bc if you notice at 5:24 the drummer is playing improvised nonsense I think as a nod to Adam haha

  • @Ian07_
    @Ian07_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    watching this on 4/20 in the month of 4/20, what a time to be alive

  • @Metaphist
    @Metaphist 4 ปีที่แล้ว +464

    I didn't understand this because I'm high.
    Jokes,
    It's because I suck at music theory.
    Love,
    Cat

    • @jcdenton4436
      @jcdenton4436 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      honestly i don't even know why I watch these videos, 90% of the time i have no idea what he's talking about

    • @whileyouwerereadingthis
      @whileyouwerereadingthis 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      this is poetry

    • @arthurfranca5516
      @arthurfranca5516 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I lov u cat

    • @Metaphist
      @Metaphist 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@arthurfranca5516 I love you too!

    • @mal2ksc
      @mal2ksc 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Probably, I understood it perfectly and I was toking through the whole thing.
      Here's the really short answer: a quarter note is a quarter of a whole note, an eighth note is an eighth of a whole note... extend that logic and a twentieth note is a twentieth of a whole note. You need to use a tuplet to write it, but it's clearly definable with standard notation. Now make a bar that's 4 of those 20th notes. That's a 4/20 bar.

  • @YashG
    @YashG 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Was lucky enough to hear Shubh live in Mumbai-India

  • @canningfactory
    @canningfactory 4 ปีที่แล้ว +461

    "Mom, Dad.. I need to learn all the ways to make funk music impossible to dance to, I've sent in my application to Berklee you're going to have to pay for it"

    • @timbeaton5045
      @timbeaton5045 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Canning Factory Funny. Nobody’s ever danced to anything I’ve played. Does that make me a genius?
      Thought not.

  • @kevinchen1339
    @kevinchen1339 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Some how I didn’t notice that 4/20 time signature was a meme at the beginning and I was like “ok this is some more geeky music facts”

  • @DownUFO
    @DownUFO 4 ปีที่แล้ว +294

    *“eyyyyy lmao”*
    -Adam Neely

    • @969dramstik
      @969dramstik 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lol timestamp?

    • @DownUFO
      @DownUFO 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      420:69

    • @969dramstik
      @969dramstik 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@DownUFO nice

    • @divisix024
      @divisix024 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@DownUFO NICE

  • @bonkoloid
    @bonkoloid 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Question, how would you analyze IDM duo Autechre’s music if you’re a synesthetic? Their music is really sensory heavy, and I would like to know how you would see it.

  • @DrewGulliver
    @DrewGulliver 4 ปีที่แล้ว +105

    Should have waited to post this on 4/20/20 at 4:20 pm

    • @Oli420X
      @Oli420X 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      We don't have 20 months

    • @joshevans3323
      @joshevans3323 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      AlsusGaming the us is backwards

    • @DrewGulliver
      @DrewGulliver 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      AlsusGaming sorry I live in the US. We’re rebels. We use Fahrenheit, Inches, and write our dates out of order because ‘MURICA 🍻🇺🇸🦅

    • @BoredPanda69420
      @BoredPanda69420 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He missed his chance.

    • @Oli420X
      @Oli420X 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@joshevans3323 twas a joke

  • @anonagain
    @anonagain 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    4/20 time signature? This is the reefer madness they tried to warn us about.

  • @N0t_Alex
    @N0t_Alex 4 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    “20th notes if you’re feeling saucy, but nobody would actually call them that.”
    *looks at the DDR and ITG community*

    • @lifeontheledgerlines8394
      @lifeontheledgerlines8394 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      That made me laugh as a drum corps enthusiast

    • @Gooberjoovies
      @Gooberjoovies 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I never thought I would see mention of DDR, ITG, and Drum Corps in the same video comment thread but here we are

    • @Dowlphin
      @Dowlphin 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Gooberjoovies I assume he does not mean the International Trumpet Guild. 😄
      (I also even more stringly assume he does not mean the Deutsche Demokratische Republic.)
      (He probably means the Democratic Dance Republic.)

  • @thbrodrigues
    @thbrodrigues 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Hey Adam, I think Dream Theater does something similar on the song "The count of Tuscany" in the second part (starting at 6:59), making the tempo feels like 4/4 + leftovers of the riff

    • @hanysz_
      @hanysz_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think you can just see that as regular 9/8 measures tho

  • @serendipity2400
    @serendipity2400 4 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    I know where the pulse is, it's simple. Just look at when ppl headbang.

    • @Choinkus
      @Choinkus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      *laughs in speedcore*

  • @ska4dragons
    @ska4dragons 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Numberphile!
    One of my favorite channels for years.

  • @abnerwilhelm
    @abnerwilhelm 4 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    I can’t even think of how to write anything in 5/4 and people are doing this

    • @almightytreegod
      @almightytreegod 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Abner Wilhelm get the feel of 4/4 and 6/4 down solid, then either add a beat or take one away when playing a riff, or even just repeat something when you mess up the timing and keep repeating it and then try to figure out what time it’s in... that’s how I started and a little over half of our songs are in odd time signatures now

    • @coastersplus
      @coastersplus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      There's always the ol' 3+3+2 "5/4 clave" from the Mission Impossible theme and also every other song trying to sound like spy music!

    • @OnlyARide
      @OnlyARide 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Try counting to 5

    • @turingmachine8831
      @turingmachine8831 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The main theme to the Halloween film series
      Living In The Past - Jethro Tull

    • @TheresaTV1
      @TheresaTV1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You have to listen to it a bunch before it feels natural. I grew up listening to Brubeck’s Take Five, so it’s easier for me. Gonna work on a piano version of Coltrane’s My Favorite Things in 5/4 next year, using a Take Five-style left hand vamp.

  • @Wiggimus
    @Wiggimus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I was there!!!
    I'm technically in frame at 9:38 lol

  • @aberdeentheband
    @aberdeentheband 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    4️⃣2️⃣0️⃣

    • @abnerwilhelm
      @abnerwilhelm 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Aberdeen how is this comment from 45 mins ago when the video is 10 minutes old

    • @aberdeentheband
      @aberdeentheband 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Abner Wilhelm 🧙‍♂️

  • @whatyoulookinfor
    @whatyoulookinfor 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Is there a recording of that version of slip cause god damn that sounds good

  • @dimitriid
    @dimitriid 4 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    Could you also do: "Ta-Di-Gi-Na-Ka, Ta-Di-Gi-Na-Ka, Ta-Di-Gi-Na-Ka,Ta-Di-Gi-Na-Ka, Ta-Ka-Di-Mi"?

    • @havokmusicinc
      @havokmusicinc 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Yes, you could. If memory serves, in his piece/video "world of 5 and 7" Manjunath B.C. uses this kind of offset rhythm through konokkol. Though, in his case the beat stays consistent and only the melody becomes offset by 1/20, rather than having an irregular meter as in the guys' case in this video.

    • @TheSquareOnes
      @TheSquareOnes 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You can but it's missing the modulation aspect. The original 6/4 rhythm would be counted that way but after the modulation they're treating the groupings of 5 as quarter notes, technically making them groupings of 4. That's why there was the weird group of 3.2 left over, which you'd have to speak as three syllables followed by a fifth of a syllable somehow.
      I think this approach would still be a viable way to learn the meter though, if you got the length of the "ta-di-gi-na-ka" ingrained well enough to the point where you could accurately keep time by only marking the "ta" and leaving the rest silent. Then you'd have to learn how to feel a 4/4 backbeat there while keeping that pulse consistent at the exact same rate but keeping the "ta-ka-di-mi" at the end at the original pace.
      Did any of that make sense? I'm vaguely aware of that system of counting but not well enough to know if an explanation like that is helpful to someone well versed in it. If you're familiar with polyrhythms another way to say it is that if you take a 5:4 polyrhythm you'd count the ta-di-gi-na-ka as the 5 but actually be playing the 4 instead, then at the end of the part switch back to playing the 5 but return to the downbeat after only four of the tuplets.

    • @Setri123
      @Setri123 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@TheSquareOnes You could replace the ta di gi na ton (fives) for ta ka di mi (fours) in the modulated rhythm with matching "tas" or accented notes. But when it comes to the 3.2 sixteenths...well

  • @drpibisback7680
    @drpibisback7680 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I distinctly remember a Hard Times article about a Stoner Metal band attempting to write a song in 4/20. They claimed it was impossible. They were wrong.

    • @dudeman5303
      @dudeman5303 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lol that's pretty great.

  • @ploopybear
    @ploopybear 4 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    4:20 This is the part you were looking for.

    • @Charles.Wright
      @Charles.Wright 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      4:32
      A = 432
      Checkmate, stoners

    • @TheBaconWizard
      @TheBaconWizard 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Ha! It actually is!

    • @Sean-Ax
      @Sean-Ax 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      This is amazing timing

    • @tomiflyckt3831
      @tomiflyckt3831 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It's always 4:20 somewhere.

    • @hisham_hm
      @hisham_hm 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      this cannot have been deliberate!!

  • @MandrakeGuy
    @MandrakeGuy ปีที่แล้ว +6

    ahhhhh god- okay so after playing with time signatures for atleast a year now i now understand how this works! and im also now quite the fan of this concept. in fact if i were the one making this modulation i would have thought of it as a bar of "4.8/4", the 0.8 being the "4/20" in the video. i might play with that 6/4 rhythm in the video as well, maybe even modulating from 5/4. anyways im rambling have fun

  • @ByteMe619
    @ByteMe619 4 ปีที่แล้ว +111

    “Uploaded 42 seconds ago”

  • @chrispinelli
    @chrispinelli 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Hey, I'm a high school music teacher, I resent that last remark lol

  • @davidesimonetti8989
    @davidesimonetti8989 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    Adam: "Nested triplets within quintuplets! Irrational time signatures! 3.2 Sixteenth Notes!"
    Me: *still stuck at **0:56** trying to read that bass line*
    Me: "Ight imma head out"

    • @Dowlphin
      @Dowlphin 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      They are called numbers for an unreason.

  • @TronciM
    @TronciM 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    The drums sound like something Richard Christy would play

  • @johndean5639
    @johndean5639 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Hey Adam ! i was wondering what microtonality is and how i could possibly incluse it in my compositions and i also wonder if you could explain what stochasticism is . Keep up the great videos !

    • @JBergmansson
      @JBergmansson 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      th-cam.com/video/Pn2FIQ2Ps94/w-d-xo.html
      This is my favorite video on the subject.

    • @lifeontheledgerlines8394
      @lifeontheledgerlines8394 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Andy Chamberlain Music (criminally undersubscribed channel) has some fantastic videos on this.

    • @johndean5639
      @johndean5639 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      thanks guys

  • @konkorum0149
    @konkorum0149 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The thing that amuses me the most here is that your band is speaking a language that few people are at all interested in and even fewer people truly understand...and you’re all so fluent that you can make jokes about “nesting a triplet in 4/20”. That means nothing to the bulk of humanity and it’s an inside joke to you guys. That’s fn amazing thank you

  • @aknopf8173
    @aknopf8173 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    So, you are saying that half the measures are in 4/4. Easy!

  • @pseudotonal
    @pseudotonal 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I created this concept over 30 years ago. I would have called this one you're covering 5:4-1. This means that I subdivide the note into 5 but only have it last for 4 of those subdivisions. I sometimes used the concept for example as 3:2-1 or 3:2+1. You just have to suddenly shift to a triplet feel (easy to conceive) but just subtract or add a third for that beat. But saying 4/20 implies there is such a thing as a 20th note. If you use 16ths, then there is no 20th note necessary, just a measure divided into 20 equal parts. The concept of the denominator being other than binary was explored by Henry Cowell, but that is only for notation purposes. In traditional notation you only need to notate it as 20:16, or more simply 4 groups of 5:4. It all depends upon whether the performer can read the score or whether he is playing solely by ear. But creating a bottom number of 20 or anything non-binary is patently silly for written music notation.

  • @agungmunthe
    @agungmunthe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Great! Now lets make music in 4/20 with 7 11 polyrhythm

  • @sicko_the_ew
    @sicko_the_ew 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    :-) That went quite a ways over my head for much of the time.
    Good! When you throw a stick for the dog to fetch, it's good if it flies over his head. More fun in the long term.
    Important point that the theory was necessary for analysis, not for construction (or from direct perturbation of the intrigue molecule that sometimes gets stuck in one's brain cavity.)

  • @Bhatakti_Hawas
    @Bhatakti_Hawas 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    2:26 Name of the song plz 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

  • @georgebrown1807
    @georgebrown1807 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Instead of a measure of 4:4 and a measure of 4:20 can't you convey the same idea using Carlos Chavez's fractional time signature notation writing the whole thing as a measure of (4 4/5):4?

    • @burtonlang
      @burtonlang 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I like that! Makes it clearer that it's a runt beat, I think.

  • @an_annoying_cat
    @an_annoying_cat 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    “I was watching Numberphile and was like ‘how about I apply this in a musical context’”
    That absolute chad

  • @jakeynez
    @jakeynez 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Amazing video! Really loved the groove of the tune! Someone like Thomas Ades would probably be tempted to write it as alternating bars of 4/4 and 1/5 (not so much of a ring to it, alas) - obviously, when this is written out, you don't need to nest any tuplets (visually) as they'd just be three in the space of one and the would-be 4 quintuplets would be written as plain 16th notes (as they might have been at 5:31 in this video - but I can see why you wrote it this way for demonstration purposes).

  • @moka8267
    @moka8267 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    6:53 he stands knowing it's his time to shine

  • @Hartlor_Tayley
    @Hartlor_Tayley 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I’ve always been a person that likes a little runt beat at the end.

  • @SeraphimKnight
    @SeraphimKnight 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Adam: nested tuplets
    *Frank Zappa wants to know your location*

  • @senfulbeats8554
    @senfulbeats8554 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    your that smart friend who can relate everything back to weed 😂

  • @blakenassar9251
    @blakenassar9251 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I'm still waiting for this version to be on Spotify...

  • @justinhille8151
    @justinhille8151 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    What's the name of the song which was used for the half-time example at 2:17? It sounds amazing!

    • @Arkk0n
      @Arkk0n 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      PLEASE let me know - I looked through the youtube vids on Saran's channel but couldn't identify it.

    • @justinhille8151
      @justinhille8151 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Arkk0n Same here I also checked his spotify. Maybe it's a live only version?

  • @trunkotunes1438
    @trunkotunes1438 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    That 6/4 time bass line feels like it’s trucking along with a flat tire

  • @cameo2277
    @cameo2277 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    There is no way anyone takes 4/20 time seriously lmao

    • @sausas8209
      @sausas8209 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      They didn't even know it could be interpreted as 4/20 before Adam explained it to them.

    • @cameo2277
      @cameo2277 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Michael lmao right?

  • @juanignaciopozzi7412
    @juanignaciopozzi7412 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Ah yes, just put a triplet in a quintuplet on 4/20 that Will work

  • @lucienfournier0
    @lucienfournier0 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Couldn’t you also write the time signature as 2/10? Or 1/5 for that matter? Cause a 10th note would just be instead of a 16th note quintuplet, an 8th note quintuplet, and a 5th note would be a quarter note quintuplet? You could just write a measure of 4/4, and then a measure of 1/5.

  • @enricopersia4290
    @enricopersia4290 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    What a cool thing! It's extraordinary how all of this came out from improvisation and not "calculations"

  • @FluffyFractalshard
    @FluffyFractalshard 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    jo guys sick job! and cool that it tourned out to be 420 rather than you writing it that way.
    a friend and I made some experimentations as well,
    check out our first foray into oddness: /watch?v=wqyNILzWkCI
    and let us know what you think!

  • @harjutapa
    @harjutapa 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Amusingly, this sounds EXACTLY what I would expect a stoner trying to play would sound like.

  • @PianoFromScratch
    @PianoFromScratch 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Crazy stuff, sounds awesome though. I'm glad you made the point that the complex theory is just used to explain a cool sound they wanted to make

  • @Vasil_Boyanov_Troyanov
    @Vasil_Boyanov_Troyanov 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    im stoned guys

  • @almond6520
    @almond6520 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    nice. But can you play a song in 4/20 time signature with nothing but 4 20th notes at 420bpm on April 20th with a drunk feel to it?

  • @vigglewiggle5396
    @vigglewiggle5396 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Now we need 6/9 time signatures

  • @flutechannel
    @flutechannel 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I want me some 20th notes

  • @mlggodzilla1567
    @mlggodzilla1567 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The time signature: "4/20"
    Musicians memers: "allow me to introduce myself"

  • @benbenpotato
    @benbenpotato 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This-------->
    😐
    My head

  • @auedpo
    @auedpo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Nice. Love the concepts and example that it comes from!
    Just a heads up Adam, video goes a little wonky at 9:00 with the score.

  • @JGHFunRun
    @JGHFunRun 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It also just so happened that you were high when you had to play a song with a 4/20 time signature.

  • @luayon
    @luayon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I guess you could say it’s a “Nice” song

  • @isaackmojica8302
    @isaackmojica8302 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just a SIMPLE METRIC MODULATION. For CAR BOMB!!

  • @sam08g16
    @sam08g16 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    That has got to be the most pretentious van in existence!

    • @dentoncrimescene
      @dentoncrimescene 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bit harsh.

    • @sam08g16
      @sam08g16 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@dentoncrimescene it's just a joke, I love these guys

  • @nextabe1
    @nextabe1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What it you played a measure of 4/20 and played a vi chord with an added 9th?

  • @rcytray
    @rcytray 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    how long now before we get a 6/9 time signature

    • @RaffaeleSansone
      @RaffaeleSansone 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      69/420

    • @tylergash3175
      @tylergash3175 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      This is the most logical way I can think of it. Have a song with a groove with 15 notes. Then play the groove in eighth note 9lets. Do a full pattern in 4/4 and that leaves 6 notes to be placed. Then to place the notes add a time signature of 6/9.

  • @NoTraceOfSense
    @NoTraceOfSense 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Anybody have a video of the whole song?
    EDIT: th-cam.com/video/GDex8V8I4uo/w-d-xo.html

  • @miketacos9034
    @miketacos9034 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    them: music is my anti-drug
    me, an intellectual:

  • @LexanderMiller
    @LexanderMiller 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    There was a time when I thought I could catch up to Adam in music theory. This video is hard facts otherwise.

  • @travisoliver2288
    @travisoliver2288 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Some music breaks notation to the point that "dun-duh-da" is an easier representation of how to play it.
    Much jazz. Very wow.

  • @VincentDoesThings
    @VincentDoesThings 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Why would you do metric modulations? Cause if every part of the measure is being changed equally, wouldn't you just pick up the tempo? I don't know if there's something I'm missing so let me know.

  • @this_connor_guy
    @this_connor_guy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "let's get into it"
    Come on, you should've said, "let's blaze it" heuheuheuhuh

  • @azabiphetamine
    @azabiphetamine 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    4/20 and 6/9: *exists*
    Music memers: *_I can milk you._*

  • @mato.6491
    @mato.6491 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Adam, you should play with Davie504.

  • @ejb7969
    @ejb7969 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Arnold Schoenberg: In the future schoolchildren will whistle twelve-tone melodies.
    Brian Ferneyhough: In the future 30-year old jazz musicians will jam using nested triplets inside beats of four sixteenth-note quintuplets.
    Adam Neely: Present.

  • @shishbish9489
    @shishbish9489 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Question for your next Q&A:
    What would a 6/9 or 7/11 time signature be?

  • @brian8653
    @brian8653 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    When I searched up weed bar this wasn't what I was expecting...

  • @commediaDollArte
    @commediaDollArte 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It would've been funny if when you said "why did you choose 4/20" he said "you"

  • @dekyl935
    @dekyl935 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I think now it's time to play 3 sixth chords in 6/66 in 66.6 bpm