2:44 "how did Bach put together this musical jigsaw puzzle?" is something I constantly asked myself when I learned about Bach's fugues in high school music theory and spent an entire semester trying to write a basic one.
mastod0n1 I listened to a lecture about the Art of Fugue and the guy claimed it took Bach about 10 years to write. Would make sense, Bach has said that anybody can do what he does if they spend the same amount of time working on it. He probably did spend like several thousand hours per fugue meticulously writing note for note, trying out countless of permutations, variations, etc. It is documented that he had a crazy work ethic, writing for the church every week and writing masterpieces like the WTC and whatnot at the same time.
Can anything make me happier than knowing that Adam Neely is familiar with "Godel, Escher, Bach" ? There's probably several things, but this will do nicely.
he's made allusory references to it in previous videos and is clearly obsessed with the likes of fractals and self-reference....but it is quite satisfying to know a brainiac like Adam enjoys Hofstadter.
For that to work you either need a record player capable of running in reverse, or a needle that can reach both sides of the center. Also, you would want the notes to be played on an instrument with relatively uniform sound throughout the duration of the notes, rather than something with a strong attack that tapers off. otherwise the notes will sound different backwards. I suspect that's why they chose to use the synthesizer for this video, so that they could play one of them backwards to similar effect.
I read Gödel, Escher & Bach at least 3 times before understanding it, my first attempt was in senior year of high school in 1985. It's no surprise that one of the best music professors I've studied with is someone who excels at thinking outside the box and is also a fan: Prof. Loudon Stearns at Berklee - I was an online student in 2014. Adam, I'm sure you and he crossed paths, there's a similar thirst for knowledge in your worldview. Thanks for another great video!
This reminds me of the literary device chiasmus. It's a fun concept, similar to a palindrome, but intended to give deeper meaning to a concept by reversing and repeating
Aaron-Michael Sintay i’m certainly no expert but in my high level gcse(10th grade) latin class, i wasn’t taught that a chiasmus was about reading backwards
Between your explanations and my old AP Lang teacher’s recommendation, I HAVE to read Gödel, Escher, Bach. Thanks for this insight into a musical form that has fascinated me for multiple years.
you won't regret it; GEB is a fascinating book. if you're a total nerd and enjoy intellectual lectures you can also check out the amazing MIT lectures on the book that have been uploaded here on youtube
I agree with all the comments about GEB. An amazing tour de force, especially as he was so young when he wrote it. Also amazing to get a first book that size published - and then to win the Pulitzer. Wow. What strikes me on re-reading it now is what's NOT mentioned. From the modern perspective, it's all about fractals but that word hadn't been invented then.
Hey Adam, I have a question for the next Q&A. I'm sure that you are familiar with the "super-hyper-mega-meta-lydian scale" that Jacob Collier introduced in a few interviews. To my understanding, its just the lydian scale with a "sharp eighth (#8)", so the original scale does not repeat, but "modulate" a whole tone up every octave: C - D - E - F# - G - A - B - C# - > D - E - F# - G# - A - B - C# - D# - > E - etc. By that definition, the scale would shift upwards by the following: C - D - E - F# - G# - A#/Bb - ? But - and here is my question - what happens at the 6th shift? Bb - C - D - E - F - G - A - B (natural) - ? Normally, the next tone of the scale would be a C and we would consider ourselves back at the beginning. But what happens if we change the 9th step to a #9th step in this particular instance so the scale shifts to C# and keeps rising through the remaining "mini-key-centers" of the chromatic scale - until we arrive in B natural. If we change the 9th to a #9th here again, like we do every six shifts or octaves, we end up in D - a new key center within the scale. We repeat the process al over again and end up in E, and so forth. A musical fractal - I think you're getting the idea. So, where does the super-lydian scale end? Does it have an end at all? And if so, is it possible to apply that idea of a "fractal scale" to other modes or use it purposefully in music? Just the thoughts you have while falling asleep... Keep up the great work. Greetings from Germany!
Japanese metal band Unlucky Morheus released a double song recently, where the second one is same composition but played backwards. They' re not supposed to be played at the same time though.
Hey Adam, I shook hands with you yesterday at Eataly in Boston. Just want to again thank you for the amazing content, I’ve learned so many things that I didn’t even realize existed from you. I’m starting Berklee on Saturday, and can’t wait to further my knowledge! Sorry for interrupting your shopping! ;)
The Danish band Mew have two songs, one of which is the other played in reverse, and both sound quite cool (IMO). Forwards: ua-cam.com/video/5GdxNxGOGx4/v-deo.html and backwards: ua-cam.com/video/GprUMuJ0M6g/v-deo.html
"Son, I am able", She said "Though you scare me." "Watch," Said I, "Beloved" I said "Watch me scare you, though" Said she, "Able am I, son" from They Might Be Gaints' I Palindrome I
THIS. So much this. The first half reminded me of Einstein on the Beach mixed with Gen1 Pokemon. Adam, you should be aware that your content amuses as much as it informs...But you are also a great artist! Continue to use the video medium as you will, but this was a pretty major breakthrough imo.
Nice shout out Mr. Neeley, to a truly brain-busting book. Have ploughed my way through it several times since the early 80's. and still my brain melts. And if you are into the whole world of Language Translation and its difficulties and philosophical issues, i also recommend The Ton beau de Marot. (hidden musical reference there!) Not to mention Metamagical Themas which is a collection of his articles from Scientific American, which took up the reins from Martin Gardner when he retired. Lots of musical references, and discussions to be found throughout Hofstadter's writings.
4:20 He did have a 6 voice fugue in the final collection of the Musical Offering. Improvisation he did not. That'd be just too much to ask for. Essentially his method closely resemble the problem of constraint programming; exponential search space. With 6 voices, getting smooth and distinct melodic lines plus harmony isn't something you can just improvise on the spot. Given the chromatic nature of the theme, even a 3 voice improvisation would be more than admirable.
well that's curious, I am reading Godel Escher Bach at the moment and I read the same dialogue just a couple hours ago. It's like nerdiness connects us man.
Maybe you live Adams life backwards and vice versa. The moment you both read the book in your respective lives was when you met in the middle. I guess you just found your crab canon partner.
Well done. I consider this the highest level of UA-camry This kind of content is really unique and specific to this medium. I mean I suppose if there were an Electric Company for adults you might see something like this. But this is everything you might want: absurdity, guest stars interesting content, creative production and editing. It’s awesome. I think there are too many award shows but in the future maybe there should be very cool UA-cam content.
The Stone Roses did this in 1989 with ‘Waterfall’ and ‘Don’t Stop’. Play one backwards and you hear the other (slightly distorted). They also appear one after the other on the album. Not entirely the same as they wrote ‘Waterfall’ first, played it backwards and found words/melody within it to use for ‘Don’t Stop’ but cool none the less
In an interview you once mentioned the idea that a good melody is one that sounds good reversed. This video links to that idea, a bit. But I'd really love to see a full-length development (or rebuttal?) I find it fascinating.
I've watched this numerous times since it came out. The way the same words can be such different things based on context blows my mind a little. This is the third best thing I've seen on this channel, behind Bang Bang/Clapping Music and The Lick.
In the third Agnus Dei of the Missa l'Homme Armé sexti toni by Desprez there are multiple canons simultaneously: the two sopranos are in canon, the two altos have a different canon too, and the tenor and contratenor are both in crab canon: but the reverse of the tenor first canon is actually "L'Homme Armé" theme played very slow. That's very impressive
Umm, actually... I would argue that there are two melodies, but they happen to share a physical encoding (one of which requires of a flip or modification of the other). When they're "serialized" into being played, they are in fact two melodies. Love the channel!
I heard “to be precise one has no friends” and “to be precise one has no frets”- isn’t it wild how the meaning completely changed for me based on the context?
You are now my favorite mathomusician. Also you should note that this Riemann is not the same Riemann in Riemann's conjecture, but I feel like there's a pun hidden there. -- signed, a sad pony mathematician.
The opening bit showing the crab cannon used in the beginning really fits a scene where the main character goes mad in the final minutes of a movie. He is seen talking to himself. The camera pans a way to the crab cannon.
This reminds me a lot of the genius of Koji Kondo, the composer of the Legend of Zelda games (as well as MANY other Nintendo series). For those who don't know, he took a song from a game that he wrote for in 1998 (Zelda's Lullaby, in Ocarina of Time), reversed it, and made a completely new game's song in 2011 (Ballad of the Goddess, in Skyward Sword). This video shows an example of what I mean, and it is still as much of a mind-blowing experience listening to it as when I first heard about it. Comparison vid, played backwards at 2:14: ua-cam.com/video/Ww7SP1Gw_Yg/v-deo.html Original song that he re-tooled: ua-cam.com/video/EPhfbtjqWM8/v-deo.html
Adam, you, Samurai Guitarist and Music Is Win need to make one epic video split into three and a part on each one's channel. It's the crossover of my dreams.
Thank you so much for making this video! GEB is definitely my favorite book, as a Computer Science and music nerd. I'd love to see a UA-cam series on the dialogues (especially the one on the record players).
I remember reading and being fascinating by this book when it first came out. I played Bach's canon with a friend -- she on violin, I on guitar. Thanks for reminding me. Incidentally, this book has the first mention of the word "meme" that I remember seeing. There's a whole chapter comparing memes and genes (self-replication is the common thread).
Pleasure working with you my man! 🦀
I almost shat myself when I saw you.
Love your content.
Man! My! You with working pleasure?
Are you and Adam the new Poppy??!
did you guys make one or two videos?
tell adam to fix his 2nd mic if he's recording with guests
Wow this oblivion mod is weird.
hahahah appreciate that comment
I knew that someone would comment this!
This comment would someone -- What? Brilliant!
"I don't know you, and I don't care to know you.
- I don't know you, and I don't care to know you."
These should be called Mudcrab canons
That opening was very unsettling, like watching space aliens hold a mock conversation in an ESL class. I suppose that was the point.
Reminded me of one of those AIs talking to each other vids.
It was like a Vsauce opening
@@vigokovacic3488 ereh leahcim ecuasv yeH
@@equaius893 ?sbarc EW erA ...?sbarc era tahW
"space aliens"
Worth pointing out that Adam's crab canon outlines 'the lick' in ionian (Hint: Melody B)
2:44 "how did Bach put together this musical jigsaw puzzle?" is something I constantly asked myself when I learned about Bach's fugues in high school music theory and spent an entire semester trying to write a basic one.
mastod0n1 I listened to a lecture about the Art of Fugue and the guy claimed it took Bach about 10 years to write. Would make sense, Bach has said that anybody can do what he does if they spend the same amount of time working on it. He probably did spend like several thousand hours per fugue meticulously writing note for note, trying out countless of permutations, variations, etc. It is documented that he had a crazy work ethic, writing for the church every week and writing masterpieces like the WTC and whatnot at the same time.
@@LesterBrunt1983 if you ever had a hard high school theory teacher, they gave you the bach experience then
Damn I was really hoping the video would consist of you guys launching crabs in cannons
I was hoping for Crab Rave and Pachelbel Canon mixed :(
Crabs In Cannons Delivering Cannons In Crabs
I was really hoping for the liturgical canon of the King, Crab.
Zach G Hopefully they both don't HAVE crabs....... 😁😱😨😵😲😕😧
Romanesca rave?
Can anything make me happier than knowing that Adam Neely is familiar with "Godel, Escher, Bach" ? There's probably several things, but this will do nicely.
he's made allusory references to it in previous videos and is clearly obsessed with the likes of fractals and self-reference....but it is quite satisfying to know a brainiac like Adam enjoys Hofstadter.
**starts walking sideways**
This intro is the coolest thing I've seen/heard in a long time!
It's such an interesting vibe
How to get side a and side b on the same side of a vinyl record
Dude! Four-sided records!
Whoah, 2needles
Mobius strip?
For that to work you either need a record player capable of running in reverse, or a needle that can reach both sides of the center.
Also, you would want the notes to be played on an instrument with relatively uniform sound throughout the duration of the notes, rather than something with a strong attack that tapers off. otherwise the notes will sound different backwards. I suspect that's why they chose to use the synthesizer for this video, so that they could play one of them backwards to similar effect.
Cut it at 16 RPM, but don't expect it to sound any good.
My uncle made a crab canon. Fish and Game confiscated it, and fined him $40k.
Your Uncle came out ahead because getting a permit to fire crabs from a canon costs at least 50k.
Actually it was a canon designed for crabs to operate. They took down two ranger patrols before getting caught.
How did they catch them? With a line, or a net?
they fucked him sideways
@@cakeisamadeupdrug6134 With a world-wide web
Adams face is definitely fit for film
He could be the villian in a movie
Your flawless pronunciation of _Bach_ is music to my ears.
saschamuecke makes up for “Van Go” from another recent video :)
B..b.b..ut it's not right
He's quite good at pronouncing german and French. Absolutely atrocious at Spanish and Portuguese.
@@brunozoller4087 b.b..b..b...but it is??
@@brunozoller4087 b- b- b- b- but you should stop stuttering in text. it's odd.
How to write a dialogue for TES: 4 Oblivion
I read Gödel, Escher & Bach at least 3 times before understanding it, my first attempt was in senior year of high school in 1985. It's no surprise that one of the best music professors I've studied with is someone who excels at thinking outside the box and is also a fan: Prof. Loudon Stearns at Berklee - I was an online student in 2014. Adam, I'm sure you and he crossed paths, there's a similar thirst for knowledge in your worldview. Thanks for another great video!
That was incredibly trippy. I love it and I need more.
Is this a new underground theme for Pokemon?
I thought it was Lavender Town.
I was gonna say, it sounds awfully Lavender.
Sounds like it
It’s Bach crab canon.
This reminds me of the literary device chiasmus. It's a fun concept, similar to a palindrome, but intended to give deeper meaning to a concept by reversing and repeating
Aaron-Michael Sintay i’m certainly no expert but in my high level gcse(10th grade) latin class, i wasn’t taught that a chiasmus was about reading backwards
@@theambulam4929 it is about switching the expected order of things to emphasize, though
Between your explanations and my old AP Lang teacher’s recommendation, I HAVE to read Gödel, Escher, Bach. Thanks for this insight into a musical form that has fascinated me for multiple years.
One of the best books I've ever read. I'm serious, check it out
Book totally changed my life. HIGHLY recommend.
you won't regret it; GEB is a fascinating book. if you're a total nerd and enjoy intellectual lectures you can also check out the amazing MIT lectures on the book that have been uploaded here on youtube
Yes, you have to. It is THE read.
I agree with all the comments about GEB. An amazing tour de force, especially as he was so young when he wrote it. Also amazing to get a first book that size published - and then to win the Pulitzer. Wow.
What strikes me on re-reading it now is what's NOT mentioned. From the modern perspective, it's all about fractals but that word hadn't been invented then.
That intro was really dope.
Hey Adam,
I have a question for the next Q&A.
I'm sure that you are familiar with the "super-hyper-mega-meta-lydian scale" that Jacob Collier introduced in a few interviews. To my understanding, its just the lydian scale with a "sharp eighth (#8)", so the original scale does not repeat, but "modulate" a whole tone up every octave:
C - D - E - F# - G - A - B - C#
- > D - E - F# - G# - A - B - C# - D#
- > E - etc.
By that definition, the scale would shift upwards by the following:
C - D - E - F# - G# - A#/Bb - ?
But - and here is my question - what happens at the 6th shift?
Bb - C - D - E - F - G - A - B (natural) - ?
Normally, the next tone of the scale would be a C and we would consider ourselves back at the beginning. But what happens if we change the 9th step to a #9th step in this particular instance so the scale shifts to C# and keeps rising through the remaining "mini-key-centers" of the chromatic scale - until we arrive in B natural. If we change the 9th to a #9th here again, like we do every six shifts or octaves, we end up in D - a new key center within the scale. We repeat the process al over again and end up in E, and so forth. A musical fractal - I think you're getting the idea.
So, where does the super-lydian scale end? Does it have an end at all? And if so, is it possible to apply that idea of a "fractal scale" to other modes or use it purposefully in music?
Just the thoughts you have while falling asleep...
Keep up the great work. Greetings from Germany!
It will repeat at some point since note set is limited.
"We only give these trifles that their names be understood... they are of no practical use."
At first I had the impression that a Crab Cannon was some spooky music with two people having a conversation over it
Awesome Mr Neely! Always interesting and fun! Nice screenplay!
If anyone is interested in more stuff like this, I highly recommend Bach's 14 canons: ua-cam.com/video/6h6AabkLvEE/v-deo.html.
*TA-CO-CAAAAT*
*confused meow*
I love Godel, Escher, Bach. A great book to read when you want to break your noodle a little.
Ideed. I never seem to get past the end of part one which I've read up to 3 times
I thought it was a really hard read? That's what ive heard
i dont get it
See also Rick Graham's video on the same SUBJECT (See what I did there?). ua-cam.com/video/zh0N2DqKfc0/v-deo.html
Very interesting and worthwhile video. Now I have more things on my "to-do" list; try writing some crab canons.
yo i would legit buy that adam/lick ambigram graphic on a shirt
Japanese metal band Unlucky Morheus released a double song recently, where the second one is same composition but played backwards. They' re not supposed to be played at the same time though.
We need TACOCAT isolated, it's perfect for meme-ery.
To my feels, it seems to me like you have *written* one melody, but *created* two.
Ah loved this video so much! Im Reading Gödel Escher Bach Right Now!
Hey Adam, I shook hands with you yesterday at Eataly in Boston. Just want to again thank you for the amazing content, I’ve learned so many things that I didn’t even realize existed from you. I’m starting Berklee on Saturday, and can’t wait to further my knowledge! Sorry for interrupting your shopping! ;)
Best of luck man!
This was great, Adam. Beautifully done.
I loved every second of this. Thank you, Adam & Steve!
Tritonus Seitan See!! It IS Adam and Steve!!!
The Danish band Mew have two songs, one of which is the other played in reverse, and both sound quite cool (IMO). Forwards: ua-cam.com/video/5GdxNxGOGx4/v-deo.html and backwards: ua-cam.com/video/GprUMuJ0M6g/v-deo.html
Crab reacts only 🦀
I dig the vintage paper cutout aesthetic for text and notation in the recent videos, so much better than digital effects that sound so sterile.
Question for q+a;
Hey Adam, exactly what makes psychedelic sound the way it does? Does it have to do with certain scales, or is it more a tone thing?
"Son, I am able",
She said
"Though you scare me." "Watch,"
Said I,
"Beloved"
I said
"Watch me scare you, though"
Said she,
"Able am I, son"
from They Might Be Gaints' I Palindrome I
Egad, a base tone denotes a bad age
THIS. So much this. The first half reminded me of Einstein on the Beach mixed with Gen1 Pokemon. Adam, you should be aware that your content amuses as much as it informs...But you are also a great artist! Continue to use the video medium as you will, but this was a pretty major breakthrough imo.
*CRUSTY CRAB CANON*
*IS THE CANON*
*ABSOLUTIVELY*
That is like, my favourite book. I remember this dialogue. You are amazing.
The first quarter of the video is something I could listen to forever. Thanks, boys.
It is so simple that I have just composed a very simple retro game like theme. Thank you Adam to be so simple and clear
Love the reverse melody harmony thing at the end.
My vote for best Neely video ever
Perhaps the best video of the month ... Bravo y'all
Thank you both for making this gem accessible for me :)
that intro
Yaaaay! GEB for the win. Mr. Neely you certainly deserve some respect.
Easily one of your best videos this is amazing
I like the end of the conversation at the beginning much better, more natural.
Nice shout out Mr. Neeley, to a truly brain-busting book. Have ploughed my way through it several times since the early 80's. and still my brain melts.
And if you are into the whole world of Language Translation and its difficulties and philosophical issues, i also recommend The Ton beau de Marot. (hidden musical reference there!) Not to mention Metamagical Themas which is a collection of his articles from Scientific American, which took up the reins from Martin Gardner when he retired.
Lots of musical references, and discussions to be found throughout Hofstadter's writings.
Gödel Escher Bach is one of my favorite books of all time! I'm glad you covered something from it!
A perfect colab between my favorite musical youtube creators!!
That dialogue sounds like an existentialist if not even surrealistic theatrical piece or art movie from the 1960s.
Wow listening to that dialogue in the beginning again gives me goose bumps
4:20 He did have a 6 voice fugue in the final collection of the Musical Offering. Improvisation he did not. That'd be just too much to ask for. Essentially his method closely resemble the problem of constraint programming; exponential search space. With 6 voices, getting smooth and distinct melodic lines plus harmony isn't something you can just improvise on the spot. Given the chromatic nature of the theme, even a 3 voice improvisation would be more than admirable.
Genius, almost a new concept every time
Man you're videos make music theory worth it. Crab Cannon is such a cool concept. If only metal artists dived into these concepts.
You know the Chekov's gun here is "write a crab cannon using the Lick as the theme," right?
well that's curious, I am reading Godel Escher Bach at the moment and I read the same dialogue just a couple hours ago.
It's like nerdiness connects us man.
Maybe you live Adams life backwards and vice versa. The moment you both read the book in your respective lives was when you met in the middle.
I guess you just found your crab canon partner.
@@aknopf8173 I am his crab canon partner... This statement is true but unprovable
I’m very confused, but happy.
Well done. I consider this the highest level of UA-camry This kind of content is really unique and specific to this medium. I mean I suppose if there were an Electric Company for adults you might see something like this. But this is everything you might want: absurdity, guest stars interesting content, creative production and editing. It’s awesome. I think there are too many award shows but in the future maybe there should be very cool UA-cam content.
Learned about this in music history...always fascinated with what the greats came up with.
The Stone Roses did this in 1989 with ‘Waterfall’ and ‘Don’t Stop’. Play one backwards and you hear the other (slightly distorted). They also appear one after the other on the album. Not entirely the same as they wrote ‘Waterfall’ first, played it backwards and found words/melody within it to use for ‘Don’t Stop’ but cool none the less
I LOVE THAT BOOK!!! One of the most mind blowing books ever released. Nice video, BTW.
I looove the sungazer tunes in the background. Just downloaded that album on spotify last week!
In an interview you once mentioned the idea that a good melody is one that sounds good reversed. This video links to that idea, a bit. But I'd really love to see a full-length development (or rebuttal?) I find it fascinating.
gödel Escher bach the most eye/earopening bok I ever read..... good work
You should try Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance then!
I did 10 years before GEB ...
I've watched this numerous times since it came out. The way the same words can be such different things based on context blows my mind a little. This is the third best thing I've seen on this channel, behind Bang Bang/Clapping Music and The Lick.
These spoken words in repeat with music in the background reminds me of Einstein On The Beach (P.Glass)
In the third Agnus Dei of the Missa l'Homme Armé sexti toni by Desprez there are multiple canons simultaneously: the two sopranos are in canon, the two altos have a different canon too, and the tenor and contratenor are both in crab canon: but the reverse of the tenor first canon is actually "L'Homme Armé" theme played very slow. That's very impressive
Thanks for mentioning that. This is such a beautiful piece of music.
Enter a name here I know! Desprez is Fantastic
Umm, actually... I would argue that there are two melodies, but they happen to share a physical encoding (one of which requires of a flip or modification of the other). When they're "serialized" into being played, they are in fact two melodies. Love the channel!
I heard “to be precise one has no friends” and “to be precise one has no frets”- isn’t it wild how the meaning completely changed for me based on the context?
You're not alone
You are now my favorite mathomusician.
Also you should note that this Riemann is not the same Riemann in Riemann's conjecture, but I feel like there's a pun hidden there.
-- signed, a sad pony mathematician.
The opening bit showing the crab cannon used in the beginning really fits a scene where the main character goes mad in the final minutes of a movie. He is seen talking to himself. The camera pans a way to the crab cannon.
I like this, definitely gonna play with this concept in my composing
I'm in love with the scene.
I'd like to vote this the best video on UA-cam
I am just fascinated with this video and this concept
The line of dialogue in the intro where the conversation flips was such a neat moment for me because I suddenly realized what the gimmick was
This would be an amazing story telling device. Maybe for a game or film.
why no crab rave, adam?
Crab rave ftw lol
My parents are getting a divorce!!!
Obama is gone!
Obama is gone!
You continue to blow my mind.
What an incredible analogy
Wait are a time traveler or a patreon supporter? Or is there no difference.
This reminds me a lot of the genius of Koji Kondo, the composer of the Legend of Zelda games (as well as MANY other Nintendo series). For those who don't know, he took a song from a game that he wrote for in 1998 (Zelda's Lullaby, in Ocarina of Time), reversed it, and made a completely new game's song in 2011 (Ballad of the Goddess, in Skyward Sword). This video shows an example of what I mean, and it is still as much of a mind-blowing experience listening to it as when I first heard about it.
Comparison vid, played backwards at 2:14: ua-cam.com/video/Ww7SP1Gw_Yg/v-deo.html
Original song that he re-tooled: ua-cam.com/video/EPhfbtjqWM8/v-deo.html
One of my favorite books, love The Art of Fugue, A Musical Offering, and love the video!
Who else had to watch the intro twice once they knew what it was about? Same with the intro music. Also, Adam, your stares are sexier than ever.
Yes! GEB! I did this with some fellow math club members years ago in university. Nice! 👏
One of the best videos! Thanks for sharing.
WWOOOOOWW!!! WWOOOOWW!!! ADAM AND SAMGUIT, THIS IS AWESOME (AND it's an awesome video!) Cool points, maximized. Please advance to the next round!
The ambigram of your name and Lick could make for some good merch or even be your new profile pic. The licc is thicc 🤙
This reminds me of a piece my middle school band teacher wrote in college. He called it “The Palindrome.”
Adam, you, Samurai Guitarist and Music Is Win need to make one epic video split into three and a part on each one's channel. It's the crossover of my dreams.
Thanks so much for this video, Adam! I found it super helpful.
Thank you so much for making this video! GEB is definitely my favorite book, as a Computer Science and music nerd. I'd love to see a UA-cam series on the dialogues (especially the one on the record players).
I remember reading and being fascinating by this book when it first came out. I played Bach's canon with a friend -- she on violin, I on guitar. Thanks for reminding me. Incidentally, this book has the first mention of the word "meme" that I remember seeing. There's a whole chapter comparing memes and genes (self-replication is the common thread).