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Jacob Collier Explains Music in 5 Levels of Difficulty ft. Herbie Hancock | WIRED

Jacob Collier Explains Music in 5 Levels of Difficulty ft. Herbie Hancock | WIRED on HackerTube: recommended by 2 Hacker News commenters across 2 separate months, 2018–2023.

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WIRED's 5 Levels format with Jacob Collier explaining harmony to a child, a teen, a college student, a professional and Herbie Hancock.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Recommended as a gentle explanation of harmony for beginners and cited as the model of the 'explain at five levels' format.

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“If you really know nothing you might enjoy this attempt at explaining harmony at five different levels from a child to Herbie Hancock”
— petercooper, Mar 2023, in “Coltrane: A music theory library with a command-line interface”

What HN commenters said

4 Hacker News comments link this video. Each one links back to its thread.

petercooperMar 2023Recommends

Yes, Rick Beato. He covers all sorts of stuff to different extents. Like music theory in ten minutes: [link] .. but he has hundreds of videos on keys, modes, analyzing popular music, the works. If you really know nothing you might enjoy this attempt at explaining harmony at five different levels from a child to Herbie Hancock: ▶ this video

in “Coltrane: A music theory library with a command-line interface” · View on HN

mushishiJan 2018Recommends

I liked this explanation of harmony using different levels of musical comprehension (by Jacob Collier, featuring Herbie Hancock) ▶ this video

in “The brains of jazz and classical pianists work differently” · View on HN

petercooperJul 2021Cites it

You know those videos where an expert explains something complicated at five different levels from school kid up to fellow genius? (Example: ▶ this video ) I feel like many areas of math would benefit from that, because I barely have a clue what exists, let alone why and where there are advancements in the field.

in “Some stuff I found interesting about number theory research” · View on HN

redrootJun 2020Cites it

Great read! I really enjoy that the article explains the problem in three different mediums, and you walk away with some understanding even if you can only access the first part. Reminds me of the Wired videos where a concept would be explained at 5 different levels ▶ this video

in “Linear Regression” · View on HN

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Music theory, synthesis & productionharmonymusic theoryjacob collierherbie hancock5 levels