In The Bleak Midwinter - Jacob Collier on HackerTube: recommended by 2 Hacker News commenters across 2 separate months, 2019–2022.
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Jacob Collier layers ten vocal parts to arrange and perform Harold Darke's carol "In the Bleak Midwinter", with inventive harmony and tuning.
Recommended as a showcase of Collier's harmonic and microtonal skill.
“Probably the best example, especially the middle”
3 Hacker News comments link this video. Each one links back to its thread.
"In the bleak midwinter" is an amazing recording: ▶ this video But the people who say it doesn't strike a chord with them do have a point. Here's Myrone doing something similar, with 1/10th the complexity but 10x the feeling: [link]
in “Jacob Collier’s four magical chords” · View on HN
Another grand master of microtonality is Jacob Collier: [link] [link] Probably the best example, especially the middle: ▶ this video
in “Resources for microtonal music” · View on HN
Except for voice [0], any fretless stringed instrument [1], any fretted string instrument with separate frets for sharps and flats [2], keyboard instruments that allow expression [3], keyboard instruments with split flat/sharp keys [4], and electronic instruments that allow unorthodox tunings without huge hassle [5]... I'm sure I'm missing some, but other than that you're totally right ;) [0] [link] , ▶ this video [1] [link] [2] [link] [3] [link] [4] [link] [5] [link]
in “Music theory for nerds (2016)” · View on HN