147 WAYS TO WRITE A MELODY

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  • @samuraiguitarist
    @samuraiguitarist 8 років тому +8988

    That one dude has a lovely tone on the soprano sax!

    • @esoklistos
      @esoklistos 8 років тому +170

      hello samurai! nice to see that worlds collide. you have a fantastic channel.

    • @samuraiguitarist
      @samuraiguitarist 8 років тому +170

      Thanks brotha!

    • @nsiepmann
      @nsiepmann 8 років тому +51

      Was just about to say the same - beautifully expressive playing.

    • @Millie-um2bi
      @Millie-um2bi 8 років тому +12

      I'll jump on this bandwagon as well. Your content is awesome Samurai!

    • @ChrisBryantMusic
      @ChrisBryantMusic 8 років тому +113

      Thanks, I'm glad you like it!

  • @aaronmayo4786
    @aaronmayo4786 8 років тому +3523

    Props to that last guy who just said, "Screw it, metal is life." That was amazing.

    • @proppergentleman8690
      @proppergentleman8690 8 років тому +76

      It was so great

    • @TitenMakesMusic
      @TitenMakesMusic 8 років тому +141

      I shed a tear when I heard it turn around. It was fantastic

    • @Fuga3
      @Fuga3 8 років тому +60

      I almost clicked to another video thinking it was over and then bam time for metal!

    • @spinalcorddisorder
      @spinalcorddisorder 8 років тому +27

      Didn't see it coming at all. Was really expecting Reggae.

    • @florianholl9699
      @florianholl9699 8 років тому +13

      gigabrain1973
      \m/ \m/

  • @spottedstar1123
    @spottedstar1123 8 років тому +891

    the first guy who added lyrics (who was singing along to a taylor acoustic guitar) sounded so good!! i loved the lyrics, too

    • @oxymoron0o
      @oxymoron0o 8 років тому

      Oh hey, yeah, that guy was awesome! Go, that guy!

    • @oxymoron0o
      @oxymoron0o 8 років тому +31

      I also loved ukelele girl who wrote lyrics.

    • @AbigailPoirier
      @AbigailPoirier 8 років тому +2

      oxymoron0o Yes! I wish I could find their submissions to add to the playlist, they were two of my favorites.

    • @EvilBMO
      @EvilBMO 8 років тому +2

      I know! It reminded me of I fight dragons and it made me so nostalgic and I loved it so much!

    • @michaelquinlenlee9979
      @michaelquinlenlee9979 8 років тому

      what's his name???

  • @SkillsofAWESOMENESS
    @SkillsofAWESOMENESS 6 років тому +265

    Why does this video make me cry? Because people making music together is one of the most beautiful things in the world.

  • @CoryMck
    @CoryMck 6 років тому +2956

    When you mentally finish the melody by yourself, it feels wrong to hear other people play the song differently.

    • @gasboy122
      @gasboy122 6 років тому +40

      Nothing to do with your comment, I just love Kaytranada.

    • @mrpoptart727
      @mrpoptart727 5 років тому +2

      Music😐

    • @thebadsiddhartha
      @thebadsiddhartha 5 років тому +32

      Gosh sometimes I wished I could transpose the symphony that can come out of my head if I had any interest in writing partitions :>

    • @hovercat26
      @hovercat26 5 років тому

      @@thebadsiddhartha jesus...

    • @dxshawn532
      @dxshawn532 5 років тому

      @@hovercat26 Look it no you my elepse had around some sample of growth what size but wont wonder if bits the difference.

  • @robscallon
    @robscallon 8 років тому +3934

    Well this was neat

    • @VetusGeist
      @VetusGeist 8 років тому +43

      Rob Scallon do I smell a collab coming?

    • @aaronmayo4786
      @aaronmayo4786 8 років тому +27

      I'm kinda disappointed that 1.) you didn't submit anything and 2.) if you did, that you weren't featured. Oh well, maybe next time, huh?

    • @giacomobalzan1966
      @giacomobalzan1966 8 років тому +3

      Didn't expect this dude to be here too. This video needs more ducks.

    • @giacomobalzan1966
      @giacomobalzan1966 8 років тому

      ***** that too

    • @djentlee9064
      @djentlee9064 8 років тому +10

      you should do a vid like this

  • @fishteo4297
    @fishteo4297 6 років тому +2609

    10:52 we all thought he was wearing a normal button up shirt

    • @JohnPortfolio2010
      @JohnPortfolio2010 6 років тому +253

      I was like... ok a dress and stockings. weird flex but k.

    • @gyummii3167
      @gyummii3167 6 років тому +61

      Androgynousssss

    • @Liz-ps1qe
      @Liz-ps1qe 6 років тому +91

      U ruined the plot twist for me because I’m impatient and had to click on the time stamp hOw dArE yOu

    • @melvenparmanum2378
      @melvenparmanum2378 5 років тому +66

      It was a picardy 3rd

    • @Molteniceee
      @Molteniceee 5 років тому +5

      WHAT ARE YOU ALL SEEING THAT I'M NOT

  • @poorlyfound
    @poorlyfound 8 років тому +509

    I'm loving this diving into music style of video. It's really helping me learn a lot about how music comes together and is making me super stoked about getting back into learning the guitar.

    • @zebedeesummers4413
      @zebedeesummers4413 8 років тому +8

      This is an amazing channel, WELL DONE! I really love the way you both share your talent and inspire/teach your community.

    • @Jesse0Lucas
      @Jesse0Lucas 8 років тому +3

      poorlyfound I'm also trying to get back into guitar so I was wondering how you're practicing (gonna practice) did you hire a tutor, youtube vids something else?

  • @pm--qn6xh
    @pm--qn6xh 6 років тому +71

    The one at 7:59 has to be my favorite. Her voice is just so vibey and calming. Its something you could feel but also just dance around to.

    • @blnde
      @blnde 2 роки тому +4

      I know it's been three years but that's Sidney Gish, you should totally listen to her music, very dancy

  • @RAINE____
    @RAINE____ 7 років тому +48

    This is really interesting. When I'm writing a melody it often feels like there's only one obvious solution, but you've shown here that everybody has their own unique solution - and that they're all valid! It's like each person's song is a little package of their own consciousness....

  • @MakeSomething
    @MakeSomething 8 років тому +1352

    Everything about this video is just absolutely amazing! My goodness, the dedication and time this must have taken! Fantastic!

  • @Soundole
    @Soundole 8 років тому +331

    It's really nice to see the way you addressed this clinically and statistically. Also really nice to see the community united in these submissions!

  • @ergnoor3551
    @ergnoor3551 7 років тому +454

    Guy with tenor/soprano sax and girl with melodica. You both are amazing!

    • @trumpetplayerdude9838
      @trumpetplayerdude9838 6 років тому +7

      Renat Khanzarov alto and soprano*

    • @wbwillie
      @wbwillie 6 років тому +4

      I like the french folk sounding thing the girl with the melodica did

    • @windowbar
      @windowbar Рік тому

      @@wbwillie thats cadence hira!

    • @wbwillie
      @wbwillie Рік тому

      @@windowbar awesome, thanks

  • @benkirkpatrick6343
    @benkirkpatrick6343 5 років тому +152

    I love how full of musical sounder these videos are. The fact that we weird little air wiggling goofballs can find ways to communicate so similarly, and yet so... Diverse in meaning, context and passion.
    I love the creative soul of the universe, and you sir nurture that soul every day. Never stop!

  • @shoutxiao5459
    @shoutxiao5459 5 років тому +468

    the music world is beautiful, why did I spend my 7 years in architecture:(

    • @muirateee
      @muirateee 5 років тому +53

      Sam Zheng you can start at any time! :)

    • @Billi_crow
      @Billi_crow 5 років тому +64

      Architecture is beautiful! And you can do music too :)

    • @shoutxiao5459
      @shoutxiao5459 5 років тому +47

      I found so much possibilities in music than architecture as each building design requires justification. Whereas musicain can have the total control over the music. Even the song is bad, at least you can consume the product that you created straight after. Architecture taught me not affraid of creating things and improve on it. Music is probably the same but more freedom on the process of creating.

    • @frederickphoenix
      @frederickphoenix 4 роки тому +10

      Never too late!

    • @lucy9500
      @lucy9500 4 роки тому +13

      @@shoutxiao5459 I know I’m just a stranger on the internet , but do what you love ! don’t do what you don’t love just because it’s what you thought you truly wanted to do in the beginning . Follow your passions and you’ll never regret a thing in life .

  • @jacobdesjardins7365
    @jacobdesjardins7365 8 років тому +460

    wow that saxophone kid sounded incredible!

    • @ChrisBryantMusic
      @ChrisBryantMusic 8 років тому +85

      Thank you!

    • @ThatOneGuyWithAReallyLongName.
      @ThatOneGuyWithAReallyLongName. 8 років тому +10

      Sounded classy as hell, brilliant job!

    • @billyum608
      @billyum608 8 років тому +17

      Yeah, man! As a sax player myself, I recognize a great player, and you are one of them! Keep it up! You'll go far!

    • @Aaronmac404
      @Aaronmac404 8 років тому +9

      You killed it man. Keep writing.

    • @LowReedExpert1
      @LowReedExpert1 8 років тому +3

      Insane control on that soprano for your age man! Don't forget to branch the lower side of things too ;)

  • @TOPAZBLUEFOX
    @TOPAZBLUEFOX 8 років тому +142

    The guy at 05:08 totally nailed it with chords and lyrics. Absolutely perfect....

    • @Avidmae
      @Avidmae 8 років тому +4

      Raunak Gupta who is he? :(

    • @TOPAZBLUEFOX
      @TOPAZBLUEFOX 8 років тому +6

      Marlene Mae I wanted to know the the same.

    • @Avidmae
      @Avidmae 8 років тому +4

      Raunak Gupta I still haven't found him :(

    • @savanus
      @savanus 8 років тому +11

      we're looking for a Cinderella

    • @piercethepotato7287
      @piercethepotato7287 7 років тому +2

      >totally nailed it with chords
      >2:55
      *the vintage, man*

  • @suburiboy
    @suburiboy 8 років тому +414

    cal girl busting into that e.piano jazz is the real hero.

    • @CadenceHira
      @CadenceHira 8 років тому +79

      thanks man

    • @samib9256
      @samib9256 8 років тому +13

      Cadence Hira that was probably my favorite one haha. good job

    • @CadenceHira
      @CadenceHira 8 років тому +24

      thanks man

  • @garrettwold2616
    @garrettwold2616 5 років тому +23

    This is the healthiest UA-cam rabbit hole I’ve been on in a long time! Thanks for the inspiration all! 🤘🏻

  • @elizahhalfh664
    @elizahhalfh664 4 роки тому +42

    14:19 THIS DUDE IS FRICKIN AMAZING! He's his own 8 man band. It just gave me the chills. Loved the ending

  • @Achw3l
    @Achw3l 8 років тому +2717

    W E A R E A L L B E A U T I F U L S N O W F L A K E S

    • @0NYX_BLAST3R
      @0NYX_BLAST3R 8 років тому +41

      This needs to become a meme

    • @maxdewil7453
      @maxdewil7453 8 років тому +1

      Im jacks kidney

    • @ChillySkatin
      @ChillySkatin 8 років тому +4

      im jack

    • @toxicturtlerug1974
      @toxicturtlerug1974 8 років тому +4

      Achw3l i just saw that part while seeing youre comment

    • @RoflZack
      @RoflZack 8 років тому +5

      Achw3l
      Read this exactly as he said it wtf

  • @WatchTMC
    @WatchTMC 8 років тому +136

    Jesus, some incredible Talent in this video. A lot of those melodies sounded like sitcom-intros to me for some reason.
    I really enjoyed this, thanks for making it!

    • @92Roar
      @92Roar 8 років тому +5

      TMC (Topgame Media Crew) I think it's probably that Picardy 3rd coming in. I feel that it's most commonly used at the end of the theme songs for such shows. If you have a look around you could prove me right/wrong :)

  • @PERSONTHATISCLEVER
    @PERSONTHATISCLEVER 8 років тому +43

    I really loved all this. I had to be a spectator, since I unfortunately have no musical talent or skill to contribute, but I love seeing everyone able to participate, with you showcasing everything. Reminded me a lot of the "We Go Together" song you made with everyone.

    • @gnaukr
      @gnaukr 8 років тому

      Yesssssss, I was smiling the whole time! #thatsallicoulddo haha

  • @labjoostmhwawesome2692
    @labjoostmhwawesome2692 6 років тому +277

    Whenever I see those wii eyebrow options I’m like, who actually has eyebrows like this. Andrew Huang, Andrew Huang has

  • @peterg.j.macpherson2451
    @peterg.j.macpherson2451 6 років тому +1003

    8:34 that sounds like something you'd hear out of Up from Disney!

  • @ishmaelhutson5328
    @ishmaelhutson5328 7 років тому +291

    That first girl at the end completely threw off the game! I loved her submission. I started dancing too lol

  • @DarkLightProjector
    @DarkLightProjector 8 років тому +11

    As a music producer, I find this video absolutely fascinating...interesting to see what people come up with, and in what patterns. The findings here say a lot about what's being made by musicians of all styles, from pop to eclectic, and as to what people listen to and let influence them.

  • @jesseolson109
    @jesseolson109 8 років тому +298

    Props to the saxophone kid

    • @ChrisBryantMusic
      @ChrisBryantMusic 8 років тому +105

      Thanks!

    • @1995Braxton
      @1995Braxton 8 років тому +2

      Beautiful variation! Loved it

    • @TorchArts
      @TorchArts 7 років тому

      very beautiful.

    • @marnikruse7761
      @marnikruse7761 7 років тому

      best one mate

    • @eman1996fish
      @eman1996fish 6 років тому

      It felt like i was watching the Godfather but instead everyone lived happily ever after

  • @beancrusader9243
    @beancrusader9243 5 років тому +39

    bruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhh... the dude's voice at 5:09 is sooooooooo fricken good. I love his version!

  • @caitlin4128
    @caitlin4128 7 років тому +650

    5:20 dude is so good wth

  • @kijetesantakulu
    @kijetesantakulu 8 років тому +562

    Are we gonna be doing another melody "contest"? I totally missed the last one and it seems like a bucket of fun

  • @ThatMattGoodMusic
    @ThatMattGoodMusic 8 років тому +226

    Awesome video Andrew :)
    Have you ever heard about the Schillinger system? It's basically a set of 'rules' for writing music, a lot of which stem from Maths and numeric sequences. I learnt about it at university, as I was taught by one of the leading acedemics on the subject (Jeremy Arden, he's on the Schillinger system Wikipedia). One of the things I've always taken from it specifically was a certain approach to melody writing regarding phrasing which is pretty much perfectly exampled by the girl at 4:00. Your initial melody follows the rules as far as phrase, followed by a variation on the phrase (similar phrase, overall higher pitch), and then she embellished it with an expansion (I might be a little off the mark with wording, it's been a while since I've explained it, I've just been using it without telling people >.>) which is essentially filling up the bars with a whole bunch of notes that often go higher than the original phrase. Finally she came to a cadence which finished off the melody at a satisfying end.
    Naturally not all music follows this rule (kudos to Melodica girl, that was some intense re-working), but if you're stuck on a melody I find it so useful to use his teachings. I'd highly recommend the book with foreward by Jeremy Arden if you're interested (The Schillinger System of Musical Composition Vol1&2, though Vol1 is a very useful book in its own right).

    • @ThatMattGoodMusic
      @ThatMattGoodMusic 8 років тому +1

      ***** Everyone who knew SOAD in our class spotted it! Did you go Herts too?

    • @ThatMattGoodMusic
      @ThatMattGoodMusic 8 років тому +1

      ***** Oh wow haha, funny how people meet through YT comment sections. I was a songwriting&production student. Make the most of Jeremy, he's probs the best composition lecturer there.

    • @nut8856
      @nut8856 8 років тому +2

      Nick Morrow Lmao

    • @longevitee
      @longevitee 8 років тому +2

      Matt Good Or you could just write Fux counterpoint.

    • @chickenchicken930
      @chickenchicken930 8 років тому

      Matt Good f

  • @josiah566
    @josiah566 8 років тому +47

    tfw a UA-camr is willing to go through the theory of songwriting. Subbed.

  • @dadschicken
    @dadschicken 6 років тому +131

    2:55 belongs in the movie Up

  • @dreamxcviii3249
    @dreamxcviii3249 4 роки тому +28

    This felt more like a video on psychology than music, and I loved every second of it

  • @capriphonix8863
    @capriphonix8863 8 років тому +288

    I AM ADDICTED TO THIS VIDEO I'M WATCHING THIS FOR THE 10TH TIME.
    Andrew please make more of these videos I love them

  • @m0gul757
    @m0gul757 7 років тому +48

    Everyone's so good and I'm just here with my guitar like "How do you do E again?"

  • @lameimpala8426
    @lameimpala8426 7 років тому +1465

    3:07 vintage sounding chord

  • @jamesharvey5530
    @jamesharvey5530 6 років тому +8

    The guy who changed his shirt for every sax.,, I salute you

  • @justtiredthings
    @justtiredthings 2 роки тому +1

    There's something strangely beautiful about the communal nature of this video. Awesome to see so many takes on this lovely melodic starter!

  • @lyric939
    @lyric939 8 років тому +50

    such a cool project
    I particularly liked the oboe and ukulele pairing. and at the end the girl with the keyboard thing that goes into a dance is amazing haha

  • @cookie123freak
    @cookie123freak 8 років тому +1598

    petition for that guy at 5:09 to finish the song

    • @jjose100ify
      @jjose100ify 8 років тому +121

      looks like everyone's trying to find out who he is lol

    • @elozaa
      @elozaa 7 років тому +13

      Michelle Hw. Yes!!!!!!

    • @Pranav_Mathur
      @Pranav_Mathur 7 років тому +50

      Really soothing voice. Beautiful!!!

    • @Hovsep
      @Hovsep 7 років тому +3

      La la land

    • @bigheccinrat4061
      @bigheccinrat4061 6 років тому +1

      Check for me!

  • @rezomusik
    @rezomusik 8 років тому +485

    This was very interesting :)

    • @NickDerHorst
      @NickDerHorst 8 років тому +8

      rezo haha lel,
      Hab mich vorher schon gefragt, ob du mitmachen würdest :^)

    • @zeberast
      @zeberast 8 років тому +1

      rezo
      Rezoooo:3

    • @kiml8832
      @kiml8832 8 років тому +1

      Hey Rezo :D

    • @TVMegaJan
      @TVMegaJan 8 років тому +6

      LOL du hier? XD

    • @beastyyblue
      @beastyyblue 8 років тому +1

      Oh, Hi Rezo
      Du auch hier xD

  • @eirjordan337
    @eirjordan337 7 років тому +1

    I have no idea about music, music theory, play any musical instruments nor sing. Yet I’m totally hooked! Talk about amazing stuff

  • @PugCuber
    @PugCuber 2 роки тому +6

    13:23 this is a really interesting arrangement that I wouldn’t’ve expected either. well done!

  • @HaloHEI
    @HaloHEI 8 років тому +176

    Loved your video... "Accidentally found it whilst looking for tutorial videos on how to write a sad song".

  • @jeremykeaton274
    @jeremykeaton274 8 років тому +17

    Hey Andrew, this is a really cool video, and I just found your channel because of it! I love the idea of this experiment, but I have one nitpick with your theory on the subject of the picardy third. Your description of it is correct, but what you play isn't really a picardy third. I would say it is more of a modulation or a secondary dominant. A picardy third occurs when you are pretty solidly in a minor key, so you really expect the cadence to be on a minor chord. The song starts with a C major chord, and pretty solidly seems to be in C major. Your final chords are even the classic IV->V->I (F to G to C) progression. For it to be a picardy third, it would be in C MINOR and then when you do F->G it would then go to C MAJOR unexpectedly. Instead, you start in a major key, and then finish with an unexpected A major chord. This is the major 6th chord in C major, not what a picardy third would be: a major tonic when a minor is expected. I would say it is more of a secondary dominant to modulate to D major, or a type of deceptive cadence where you expect it to go to the tonic C chord but it goes to the A (VI) chord instead. You are certainly raising the third of the chord from what is in the key (C->C#) and it does sound cool, but I wouldn't call it a picardy third. Just my two cents!

    • @FuzzTony
      @FuzzTony 8 років тому +2

      This is my understanding of the Picardy Third" as well.

  • @MagicTurtle643
    @MagicTurtle643 8 років тому +6

    The oboe one and the girl right before them at around 4:00 were so good, in my opinion! They seemed to fit what the hypothetical "song" was trying to do the best.

  • @vicityy
    @vicityy 2 роки тому +16

    my favs
    2:54 sax kid
    5:08 guy singing w/ guitar
    7:25 midi (i think this is how i'd finish the melo too)
    10:58 andrew's (sounds like smth out of toy story so cool)
    13:22 Cadence Hira (melodica girl)

    • @kaepopa
      @kaepopa 2 роки тому +1

      I really want to know who melodica girl is her music was so interesting

    • @kaepopa
      @kaepopa 2 роки тому +1

      Oh my bad i found her its Cadence Hira

  • @danaandthewolf
    @danaandthewolf 6 років тому

    This was so awesome, and it was wonderful seeing people around the globe contributing.

  • @BiggerFeat
    @BiggerFeat 8 років тому +45

    Fascinating study, and a particularly fab entry from the jazz melodica at the end. I had a busy week, so didn't record a submission, but for the record my first instinct was to continue with the same three-note stepwise sequence rising from the last note of the supplied melody as you said five other people continued with. So call it six! :)
    It's just occurred to me that that's because it's "Some Day My Prince Will Come" from Disney's Snow White. Dang. It's so tough not to write in borrowed fragments!!!!

    • @BiggerFeat
      @BiggerFeat 8 років тому +8

      Is the prince in that movie called Tom? If so....... :0

  • @Labr4tOfficial
    @Labr4tOfficial 7 років тому +16

    I usually really hate watching videos that are over six minutes long but this video is an exception whoa

  • @BrinnaOfficial
    @BrinnaOfficial 7 років тому +14

    6:45 exactly what I started humming right after you asked what was next. I don’t want to sound like I’m including myself in any special group, but I can’t quite shake the feeling this is some kind of synesthesia (perceiving the melody as a story)

  • @Rex-ny2ck
    @Rex-ny2ck 4 роки тому +85

    No one is tagging the perfection at 3:59 so I guess I will

  • @jamminwithjambo7729
    @jamminwithjambo7729 5 років тому +1

    This is why I love musicians who love to be creative and emotionally expressive. I am touched by the love.

  • @kurtgally526
    @kurtgally526 8 років тому +11

    Wow, you really broke that shit down like a student who had to do a dissertation on song writing. Great job!

  • @alexanderotterstrom821
    @alexanderotterstrom821 8 років тому +115

    Wow this video felt meaningful actually

  • @Eg0sol
    @Eg0sol 7 років тому +355

    7:58 sounds like something out of Steven Universe

  • @ChristianMohammedCohen
    @ChristianMohammedCohen 5 років тому +1

    This is sooo clever!
    I ve said it in previouz comments on another vid!!!
    Top marks on your upcoming of
    1- the concpt of the experiment
    2- the analysis of the results
    3- your use of wording and descriptions of those results
    4- your synthesis of all those results!
    5- it makes so much sense and ... i can only admire
    5a- the way your brain works
    5b- the way you inspire strangers to come up with ´ART'
    ....
    😘👍👏

  • @Joj1n
    @Joj1n 6 років тому

    This videos shows how great humans are in essence. So much love and compassion put in a melody. Very moving

  • @siirifani4ever
    @siirifani4ever 7 років тому +9

    This is one of the most interesting videos I have seen in a long time. Happy that someone makes such videos!

  • @inkandsoap4203
    @inkandsoap4203 8 років тому +712

    Where can I find the guy at 5:09? That one's my favorite and it sounds like something I'd listen to.

    • @leogodoy7407
      @leogodoy7407 7 років тому +6

      sophisacat :3 .

    • @marysiastrulak124
      @marysiastrulak124 7 років тому +7

      sophisacat :3 i want to know too! he sounds so good

    • @Jake_Prism
      @Jake_Prism 7 років тому +37

      sophisacat :3 I looked through the description, he's called Devon Prontack, there isn't that much that I found of him though, only one song and a couple UA-cam vids, here's his SoundCloud:
      soundcloud.com/devonprontack

    • @suballica
      @suballica 6 років тому +1

      Do you know the name of the song he is singing? its too good!!

    • @Gapetz
      @Gapetz 6 років тому +4

      Anyone great at guitar know what is the term for that strumming/pluck pattern or method he used? Sounded much better than strumming alone.

  • @tambuko8075
    @tambuko8075 6 років тому +220

    8:34 this can be in a studio ghibli film.

    • @art-oq1pi
      @art-oq1pi 5 років тому +4

      Not really

    • @flowwersxoxo
      @flowwersxoxo 5 років тому +1

      art에반 yeah it doesn’t really fit with the style

    • @carlitoxb110
      @carlitoxb110 5 років тому

      yeah I felt the same when I heard it

    • @nehemiahzo_
      @nehemiahzo_ 4 роки тому

      P O N Y O

    • @james6234
      @james6234 4 роки тому

      @@nehemiahzo_ Ahh you again.

  • @Flownthecoup23
    @Flownthecoup23 6 років тому +15

    I’m very impressed with the way you put all those creative ideas in a spreadsheet to be analyzed.
    Have me subscribing 😁😁😁

  • @hairburrito
    @hairburrito 6 років тому +1

    Idk if this Melody and chord progression is just really popular or something but I really like it by itself, gives me chills

  • @BoyPorcelain
    @BoyPorcelain 8 років тому +10

    I've been listening to Chris Bryant's music now because of this and it's so good...

    • @ChrisBryantMusic
      @ChrisBryantMusic 8 років тому +9

      Wow that means a lot to me, thanks!

    • @BoyPorcelain
      @BoyPorcelain 8 років тому +1

      Chris Bryant Your music is what I imagine it would sound like if you travelled through space. or. ya know, like got really high. good stuff man, got yourself a fan

  • @GabeMillerMusic
    @GabeMillerMusic 8 років тому +7

    That was awesome. I leaned stuff, and I really enjoyed the submissions you featured. You've got some talented fans.

  • @BobbyChastain
    @BobbyChastain 8 років тому +26

    OH! And the saxophone kid is my hero.

  • @mitchellthornton8423
    @mitchellthornton8423 7 років тому +3

    B-roooo that was an awesome experiment! I’ve been totally hooked on your channel along with some of the others you’ve collaborated with and I gotta say you help satiate the music nerd in me for sure! Also, props to that ending composition, that was fantastic. Thanks Andrew!

  • @bellyjelly0812
    @bellyjelly0812 5 років тому +22

    6:50 aw i'm flattered. finished it myself while watching this video and I also happened to start it like that.

    • @BrinnaOfficial
      @BrinnaOfficial 4 роки тому

      i cant think of anything me too! I got the chills when I got to that part. Guess we were late to the party, but still part of that group of people. Have you ever heard of synesthesia?

  • @TussBeatbox
    @TussBeatbox 8 років тому +26

    Who was that in the second to last piece? That jazz theme was amazingly well written! That bass and out of scale notes on the piano are so PERFECT!

    • @CadenceHira
      @CadenceHira 8 років тому +17

      Hi that was me. Thanks :D

    • @gonzadolape
      @gonzadolape 8 років тому +1

      I subscribed to you. But there is just one video =(

    • @TussBeatbox
      @TussBeatbox 8 років тому

      Yeah. More vids please :C

    • @thebudderminecart300
      @thebudderminecart300 7 років тому

      Cadence Hira it was amazing and kinda sounded like something out of Pokémon (no offence)

  • @BIG_PASTA
    @BIG_PASTA 8 років тому +210

    My girlfriend looks over at what I'm watching just now at goes "Look at his eyebrows!!! They're isosceles triangles!!!!"

    • @everyonesaidmynamewasstupi3713
      @everyonesaidmynamewasstupi3713 7 років тому

      Ahahahahahaha

    • @shawnbay2211
      @shawnbay2211 7 років тому +11

      But... they’re scalene...
      ....but tbh, I think they look like that black rabbit in watership downs.

    • @gunkman612
      @gunkman612 7 років тому +1

      Those scalene triangles

    • @stephendavies6432
      @stephendavies6432 7 років тому

      Ridiculous. Could not listen such a useful information with the Castlevania bat-brows.
      Love yer stuff mate but... :)

    • @nathanflood2118
      @nathanflood2118 6 років тому

      Sorry, man. Couldn't watch your very well made video nor listen to all those cool submissions over THOSE FLEEK-ASS EYBROWS!

  • @Vermilio893
    @Vermilio893 8 років тому +7

    I actually really liked those two from 4:36 onwards, sounded very upbeat and happy ^^

  • @jackrob5
    @jackrob5 6 років тому +2

    Andrew, I think one of the reasons why a lot of people (myself included) used the E, F, G note pattern is because the melody is very similar to "L'Hymne à l'amour" which also does the E, F, G after the first part of the melody. Go check it out!!

  • @lachlanrussell18
    @lachlanrussell18 5 років тому

    it makes me so happy that all these people took inspiration and just did different things with it, experimented and made something cool. everyone made their own style of music and it was just so cool and inspiring

  • @Luna-gu8tt
    @Luna-gu8tt 4 роки тому +20

    "w e a r e a l l b e a u t i f u l s n o w f l a -
    there was one similarity I picked up on.."
    lmao best thing ever

  • @scales251
    @scales251 8 років тому +14

    I'm tempted to get my combo to set this up and do a swing cover.

  • @shivaanshc1
    @shivaanshc1 4 роки тому +23

    "We're all beautiful snowflakes."
    - Andrew Huang's robot
    😂😂
    That was cool

  • @Cloyd1
    @Cloyd1 11 місяців тому

    Dude; loved this video 7 years ago, love it just as much now. Thanks for doing content like this!

  • @barmus
    @barmus 6 років тому +2

    Tried to finish the melody in the (to me) most logical way in my head and came up with the same 3 notes. Cool to see it confirmed.

  • @porkboiimusic
    @porkboiimusic 6 років тому +16

    OH MY GOD SIDNEY GISH!!? She's so amazing

  • @TheMattSingletary
    @TheMattSingletary 8 років тому +4

    Really cool video! I am always intrigued at how many different ways there are to complete a melody.
    I hate to be "that guy" especially considering how much I enjoyed the video, but the final cadence in your example isn't quite a picardy third. A picardy third is actually a pretty specific type of cadence that can only happen when the music before it is in a minor key (or modal). What you would actually call that cadence is a direct modulation to the chromatic submediant, which is just music-theory-speak for you modulated to the major chord based on the 6th note of the scale. I can definitely go into more detail about why it is what it is if anybody is actually interested.

  • @mapleboyalex
    @mapleboyalex 8 років тому +4

    I did not contribute, but I love this kind of engagement you have with your audience and this sort of composition style project. I really appreciate the work you put into this :)

  • @lanietzky
    @lanietzky 6 років тому

    The examples you showed were so varied but so talented! I feel so honoured to watch this video; its so engaging- like a real class!

  • @infinnian
    @infinnian 6 років тому

    this video is adorable, even if only because of the fact that Andrew took the time to actually listen to and analyze about a hundred and fifty different works of art, and also present examples to us despite video quality and other factors. I just think it adds to the charm of this being a community project for all backgrounds? It's pleasant! ^.^

  • @clarissamontemayor670
    @clarissamontemayor670 8 років тому +122

    omg that vinyl in the back, who's the artist, it's too eye catching to not notice.

  • @jam.lob.
    @jam.lob. 8 років тому +6

    the metal one at the end was beautiful

  • @BrinnaOfficial
    @BrinnaOfficial 4 роки тому +4

    I keep coming back to this video to check the comment section to see if anybody starts talking about some kind of music-story synesthesia. For so many years, in different songs, there are times I sense a really clear and concrete story and it’s just amazing to me how nobody is talking about that. When I thought about the resolution of this melody it also started the way Andrew noticed a lot of people were coming up with. I need, please, someone tell me I’m not alone in this. I’ve looked everywhere for this kind of synesthesia but I just find sound-color, sound-taste, sound-smell... not even sound-emotion because well I guess emotion is something everyone feels when listening to music.
    But it’s just so real this story/logic to certain melodies you can’t deny it if you feel it.
    For example, for Vivaldi’s Spring I “sensed” a beautiful start of a day back in the renascentist times and two boys playing, then an accident happened to one of the boys at a river (but I don’t want to dig much into that). And I know this melody was intended (I’m sure I saw it somewhere) as a drunk man after (or before) a hard day of work.
    Another example is Pachelbel’s Canon in D major (but I only sensed this one time) a man thinking about how much he loved his wife while picking up some kind of hay bale (I don’t even know what it’s called) at a field that he owned in which his house was located. This scene took place in a past time, because (in my head) the man dress in an old way.
    I even created a short melody with a very clear story in my head, but I don’t know anyone who feel the same way I do. I made people listen to it and when I asked what story they could have perceived they told me some logic ones that were kind of similar to the one in my head in some ways. I really wish I could talk with more people who feel this way.

    • @abreebee
      @abreebee 4 роки тому

      Ooh, you know what? I read about that a little while ago. Some people who daydream a lot (called immersive daydreaming) are triggered by music. Same stuff happens to me occasionally, but not as vivid as what you described.
      Like with Lindsey Stirling’s Masquerade, as I was listening to it I imagined two people, a man and a woman, entering a ballroom at two opposite sides. Everyone in the room is is extravagantly dressed and wearing masks. The man and the woman see each other immediately, for they’ve known each other for a very long time. They’re mortal enemies, and each one has been trying to defeat the other for years. But as they meet on in the center of the ballroom, they both silently decide on a truce, just for the night. And they dance, but it’s... tense, each watching the other closely.
      I dunno, it was pretty neat, though. Just popped into my head as I was listening.

    • @BrinnaOfficial
      @BrinnaOfficial 4 роки тому +1

      Abria that’s amazing! I just heard it for the first time and the melody is fantastic, it really does have a clear sense/logic and the story you described fits perfectly. I love the unspoken background you perceived about them being enemies for a long time (the feeling you get through the tension when they’re dancing). Thank you so much for sharing this with me, I really hugely appreciate it. And will definitely check about immersive daydreaming!

    • @BrinnaOfficial
      @BrinnaOfficial 4 роки тому +1

      Abria if I had to add more to the story or just try to understand what parts of the melody or for what reason you perceived it like that I’d say. There’s a conversation between the melodies that have mainly two motifs (I don’t know if you heard about leitmotif, basically short melodies that represent something: mostly a character in a story). These two motifs are similar, but sometimes exactly the opposite which probably why you perceived it as male and female and also as antagonist characters. If I may add, I think they both think high of the other and acknowledge their potential, their rivalry consists on a competition to prove themselves better than the other. This last part, though, I don’t know if you agree since you said “mortal enemies”, for me it’s more like they enjoy this game of competition between them (or maybe I’m just a romantic, or maybe they just realized this after dancing together) haha. This makes me so happy! 😊

    • @nomansaleem2175
      @nomansaleem2175 4 роки тому +1

      @@BrinnaOfficial you know it's something unique I guess that the story process through your brain instantly after hearing a song I guess you can be video director of any music video because correct visual brightes the melody 100 times more

    • @BrinnaOfficial
      @BrinnaOfficial 4 роки тому +1

      Noman Saleem Noman Saleem I completely agree with the last thing you said! Right visuals also help understand and convey an even clearer message. Thanks for saying I would be a good video director of music videos, I actually get a lot of ideas of music videos when listening or composing music 🤗 I guess the story I perceive is not going to be exactly the same, but at least very similar to one someone else might perceive (sometimes, when it’s more abstract it’s just certain feelings or logic to the melody resolution, like in this video). I’ve seen lately a lot of music producers talking about it. I hope one day someone can actually put a name to it and start doing more research on the subject so we can find more spaces to talk about it freely and actually being understood 😊

  • @YannaTryz
    @YannaTryz 2 роки тому +1

    Wow! This was so unique and fascinating to see other people build on this melody. It was so cool to watch this analysis!

  • @good4gaby
    @good4gaby 5 років тому +2

    this video made my night! entertaining on so many levels.And I learned the whole time without knowing til I learned. I am Inspired! Thank you So MUCH!

  • @7erik7hedberg7
    @7erik7hedberg7 8 років тому +28

    Ahhhhhhhhhh so many great entries! Was awesome to hear!
    I like that girl by the end. Had a great vibe and a funny approach. x)

  • @hariluyeah
    @hariluyeah 6 років тому +27

    Wait... After one and a half Year since this video was uploaded and randomly popped up on my recommendation video... the person that you put on 00:59 named Melody Nurramdhani Laksani and she's a former member of JKT48, an overseas sister group of Japanese Idol Group, AKB48. And the photo itself captured by one of my closest friend. By the way, Melody now is a General Manager for JKT48. You should check them out too.

    • @ros3m4ries
      @ros3m4ries 6 років тому

      Sulistyo Hariyadi wkwkwlanders spotted

    • @kkharaa
      @kkharaa 6 років тому

      Wkkwkw

    • @superjoeyman1
      @superjoeyman1 5 років тому

      Wiki wiki wild wild west jim west desperado

  • @miyakoblack3827
    @miyakoblack3827 8 років тому +12

    Did I just *learn* something during a UA-cam Video? wow!

  • @elenig5697
    @elenig5697 4 роки тому

    my mind is blown by the creativity. goes to show the beauty from diverse perspectives!

  • @caseydavis6910
    @caseydavis6910 6 років тому

    I didn't expect to enjoy watching this as much as I am right now. I'm loving this video. Thank you for spreading melodic knowledge and inspiration throughout the UA-cam. 👏

  • @latibiss967
    @latibiss967 5 років тому +23

    2:55 I liked this one the best!! he killed it!!!!

  • @SheldonMap
    @SheldonMap 8 років тому +38

    I think it would be really cool if you did some sort of weekly or monthly music challenge, I would love that! like so he can see this

    • @AbigailPoirier
      @AbigailPoirier 8 років тому +7

      I agree! I want to do more! He could build a whole community of composers. Or maybe there already is one...but anyway, yes! More of these!

  • @Starboy-op7ue
    @Starboy-op7ue 4 роки тому +83

    5:20 guy looks like a fusion of Charlie Puth & Tom Holland wtf

  • @Jakodrums
    @Jakodrums 6 років тому

    I may be someone that loves analysis/research, but is really great to see how people can come up with similar/different versions. Loved this experiment

  • @smoothjas7548
    @smoothjas7548 6 років тому +1

    the saxophone guy touched me to tears because i instantly thought of a pixar movie like Up and it immediately took me back to being a little kid