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  • My attempt at a James Morrison multiphonics solo transcription, I have no idea how he is doing it.
    ORIGINAL: • James Morrison:Trumpet... Song is: Things ain't what they used to be

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  • @daddles.
    @daddles. 3 роки тому +10531

    it’s all fun and games until this guy starts having two conversations at a time with you

    • @BillybobJoelikestrains
      @BillybobJoelikestrains 3 роки тому +136

      what about three?

    • @ultimaxkom8728
      @ultimaxkom8728 3 роки тому +45

      Well that would be scary.

    • @xymaryai8283
      @xymaryai8283 3 роки тому +25

      wait i do this all the time what do you mean... is that why people don't talk to me anymore?

    • @siryeeter4374
      @siryeeter4374 3 роки тому +15

      @@xymaryai8283 their minds cannot process 2 strings of information being given at once, do not be ashamed

    • @bobjacobson858
      @bobjacobson858 3 роки тому +6

      Well, aren't there people who "talk out of both side of their mouths"?

  • @kermitthemutantlevitatingf7836
    @kermitthemutantlevitatingf7836 3 роки тому +32847

    everybody gangsta till the single trombone starts playing chords

    • @MediHusky
      @MediHusky 3 роки тому +446

      This would be like a violin playing a 7 note chord voicing. I don't know why but I feel like there's a piece out there with this in it and I just stuck my foot in my mouth.

    • @SweetDaddyGee
      @SweetDaddyGee 3 роки тому +109

      Everybody gangsta till mom makes pancakes

    • @Richard_Nickerson
      @Richard_Nickerson 3 роки тому +49

      Dyads aren't chords.

    • @NTheDragon0
      @NTheDragon0 3 роки тому +154

      @@Richard_Nickerson they're power chords

    • @stevenlee1075
      @stevenlee1075 3 роки тому +17

      Holy crap THIS COMMENT KILLED ME

  • @Jachael123
    @Jachael123 3 роки тому +7067

    Ahh I remember when he did this at the Generations in Jazz festival back in 2016. The 6000 or so students watching went absolutely wild when he started playing three notes at once lol

    • @soleilhutchesson2617
      @soleilhutchesson2617 3 роки тому +53

      bruh 2016 was my first competing GIJ, so cool to randomly see other folks that went

    • @fruit5984
      @fruit5984 3 роки тому +37

      I feel bad for all the students that haven't been able to attend the past few years due to covid.

    • @breqd
      @breqd 3 роки тому +29

      Just whips out a single power chord and leaves

    • @motifity3416
      @motifity3416 3 роки тому +23

      I'd start thinking this guy was using irl cheat codes if I was there

    • @chrispham6599
      @chrispham6599 3 роки тому

      @@breqd not the same thing

  • @missmidnight3285
    @missmidnight3285 3 роки тому +5132

    0:43 he wiggled his eyebrows like *NOBODY EXPECTS THE TRIAD INQUISITION*

    • @Sean-of9rs
      @Sean-of9rs 3 роки тому +38

      you win the comment section

    • @j-lly_4117
      @j-lly_4117 3 роки тому +5

      I’m your 1000th like! :)

    • @adampongor9984
      @adampongor9984 3 роки тому +22

      I wasn't expecting a Spanish inquisition reference

    • @oammaslastnamethei3063
      @oammaslastnamethei3063 3 роки тому +37

      @@adampongor9984 NOBODY EXPECTS THE REFERENCE INQUISITION

    • @th3spanishinquisition
      @th3spanishinquisition 3 роки тому +12

      @@oammaslastnamethei3063 Oh ho ho, I heard my name

  • @mertgunes9854
    @mertgunes9854 3 роки тому +12998

    Human progress is just talented people fueled by spite

    • @HexStrain
      @HexStrain 3 роки тому +68

      Yea

    • @maxjohn6012
      @maxjohn6012 3 роки тому +373

      That is possibly the greatest wisdom ever to be enshrined in an internet comment.

    • @EmicaDavis
      @EmicaDavis 3 роки тому +127

      I read that as "sprite" 😂 comment adverts lol

    • @malikinadin1015
      @malikinadin1015 3 роки тому +8

      *passion

    • @Alxev
      @Alxev 3 роки тому +13

      @@EmicaDavis I read sprite too

  • @nikhilsuri7145
    @nikhilsuri7145 3 роки тому +16201

    my man just played chords on a trombone wtf

    • @evanc5119
      @evanc5119 3 роки тому +233

      Well... It's really more of a 1.5.8 pattern pretty sure, sooooooo technically a chord is started as a triad (3 notes) but with the increase it's actually 2 notes. Pianists may play 1.5.8 for a full has tone without clueing the sound waves. Someone correct me if I'm won't. All that said, I can't do it lmao I'm looking for the full video tho 🤣

    • @nikhilsuri7145
      @nikhilsuri7145 3 роки тому +121

      @@evanc5119 Lmao i'm a musician and i don't know half as much theory as this. Thanks though, this was a really good explanation!

    • @evanc5119
      @evanc5119 3 роки тому +45

      @@nikhilsuri7145 ha ha! Thank YOU! I take it as a compliment 😁 I realized after that it could have sounded super d-bag of me, have a good one, happy to help educate

    • @UltraSilverRobot
      @UltraSilverRobot 3 роки тому +98

      @@evanc5119 at 0:45 he is playing a full triad, not just a 1 5 8 which is insane and definitely a chord! The first triad he plays is an E(b5) chord in second inversion so the Bb is in the bass. He looks so damn happy doing it too lol

    • @evanc5119
      @evanc5119 3 роки тому +15

      @@UltraSilverRobot dang! I was impressed with 158! I'm glad you said something, it's harder to pick the notes then I thought, that's sick! 😃

  • @eliaslarsson3441
    @eliaslarsson3441 3 роки тому +3737

    He plays one note, sings one note and if the intonation between the two notes is perfect, you can create a third note thanks to the overtones! It’s incredible!

    • @hunszaszist
      @hunszaszist 3 роки тому +291

      Someone said it's actually throat singing for the third note. Seems legit, it's as much magic as whatever actually happened there!

    • @jeffparker9791
      @jeffparker9791 3 роки тому +80

      Yes, I used to be able to do it when I played. Not too hard to do.....but definitely hard to do as well as this dude.

    • @huehue7736
      @huehue7736 3 роки тому +75

      @@hunszaszist I saw the throat singing comment, but that’s technically not correct. The third note is created by the overtone series

    • @nic..1
      @nic..1 3 роки тому +9

      @@huehue7736
      Throat singing is done using overtones, no?

    • @huehue7736
      @huehue7736 3 роки тому +20

      @@nic..1 throat singing is but that’s not the only way you can obtain them. While playing one note and humming the other, it causes a note in the overtone series to come out.

  • @might-e9216
    @might-e9216 3 роки тому +1641

    he can say
    “Let’s break up.”
    while saying, “I love you.” at the same time, now that’s scary

  • @winton4496
    @winton4496 3 роки тому +19385

    How he does it: He plays normally while humming to get 2 notes at once. The 3rd one comes from throat singing, allowing you to make 3 sounds at once. VERY talented man right here.

    • @spodreman7732
      @spodreman7732 3 роки тому +387

      How does throat singing work

    • @eshkurs4153
      @eshkurs4153 3 роки тому +297

      it’s the same way metal growls are performed as well as singing like louis armstrong. the sound comes “from your diaphragm”

    • @claymore32
      @claymore32 3 роки тому +87

      @@eshkurs4153 diaphragm. That's the word I was looking for.

    • @user-xs3vp4ub9s
      @user-xs3vp4ub9s 3 роки тому +197

      damn, playing trombone while throat singing? this guy needs no bagpipes

    • @NStripleseven
      @NStripleseven 3 роки тому +16

      Jesus

  • @LethalChicken77
    @LethalChicken77 3 роки тому +15979

    I love how proud of himself he looked when he started playing 3 notes

  • @cdgonepotatoes4219
    @cdgonepotatoes4219 3 роки тому +629

    "Remember that thing your music teacher told you not to do when first learning how to play the trumpet? The humming thing? Yeah, do that, just make it classy"

  • @hugor2745
    @hugor2745 3 роки тому +565

    Fun fact. This guys name is James Morrison and he's actually primarily a trumpet player. The fact that he can do this on a trombone is an absolute testament to his skill.
    I've seen his trumpeting live, it was incredible.

    • @xymaryai8283
      @xymaryai8283 3 роки тому +7

      unlike Scott Morrison, who only plays the worst notes

    • @JamesandHisJunk
      @JamesandHisJunk 3 роки тому +1

      ditto, this guy is incredible

    • @hugor2745
      @hugor2745 3 роки тому

      @@xymaryai8283 Gotta love scomo

    • @parkersinclair534
      @parkersinclair534 3 роки тому

      But how does he play two notes at once ? Do you know how he does it ?

    • @jv124
      @jv124 3 роки тому +5

      @@parkersinclair534 humming/throat singing and overtones

  • @cainen6355
    @cainen6355 3 роки тому +10297

    Trombone player: "But I can't play three notes at once??"
    Composer: "I find your lack of faith disturbing."

    • @euclidtheorem4817
      @euclidtheorem4817 3 роки тому +33

      I love this meme

    • @NoNo-ct2rv
      @NoNo-ct2rv 3 роки тому +92

      Trombone player: *Tries a new instrument.*
      Composer: “You are part of the rebel alliance and a traitor.”

    • @euclidtheorem4817
      @euclidtheorem4817 3 роки тому +9

      @@NoNo-ct2rv I love this meme too.

    • @dachamp9041
      @dachamp9041 3 роки тому +1

      No u

    • @Webberjo
      @Webberjo 3 роки тому +12

      I hate when people use question marks incorrectly??

  • @SasafrasYT
    @SasafrasYT 4 роки тому +20635

    Mongolian throat singers would disagree with this title.

    • @SasafrasYT
      @SasafrasYT 4 роки тому +28

      @@prismix0870 huh?

    • @gabrielito0278
      @gabrielito0278 4 роки тому +66

      @@SasafrasYT whatd he say? his comment was deleted :/

    • @poeter14
      @poeter14 4 роки тому +30

      @@SasafrasYT yeah bro. What'd he say?

    • @SasafrasYT
      @SasafrasYT 4 роки тому +266

      @@gabrielito0278 some guy said something about voice and i wasn't sure if he was mocking me saying like "you would know since you were on 'The Voice'" which i think would imply the person in the video was on "The Voice" or maybe he was just talking about an actual voice? i was and still am honestly confused hence the "huh?".

    • @nanamacapagal8342
      @nanamacapagal8342 4 роки тому +32

      Three notes on the trombone, eight more with vocals. This is gonna be massive as f*ck

  • @loganjenkins7459
    @loganjenkins7459 3 роки тому +137

    When the band kid enters his final form after years of spiritual training

  • @gant73
    @gant73 3 роки тому +536

    Everybody is talking about how he can play multiple notes but he has beautiful tone.

    • @ralphschraven339
      @ralphschraven339 3 роки тому +19

      I would engage this from a different angle: in order to pull this off with good intonation, let alone such excellent intonation and precision to produce overtones, you need to have an astonishing technical capacity to play the instrument, and thus, be able to produce beautiful tones.

    • @shadowpicaro
      @shadowpicaro Рік тому

      ok but lots of people do the impressive part is that he can play a whole chord

  • @Pouzdraken
    @Pouzdraken 3 роки тому +17057

    I was about to comment “oh 2 notes? Now do three”
    Mad lad did 3 holy shit

    • @jackw.5000
      @jackw.5000 3 роки тому +306

      Sigh...Amateur. Can’t even do a four note 7th chord.

    • @Slack_Official
      @Slack_Official 3 роки тому +83

      Now do 4

    • @wandcamilo3989
      @wandcamilo3989 3 роки тому +8

      Theyre the same note though..

    • @eon5954
      @eon5954 3 роки тому +122

      @@wandcamilo3989 um.. No they aren't? There are times he does octaves, but most of the time they are different notes

    • @sweetpea2618
      @sweetpea2618 3 роки тому +3

      Hah u irish ?

  • @danielthrasher
    @danielthrasher 3 роки тому +40351

    this was so satisfying to watch

  • @trumyn
    @trumyn 3 роки тому +72

    It’s tradition to watch this every once in a while

    • @lossen1984
      @lossen1984 3 роки тому

      Yeah it gets recommended every once in a while 😆

  • @HenryGeorge_Music
    @HenryGeorge_Music 3 роки тому +101

    Everyone gangsta until the brass player comes in harmonizing himself

  • @MistaUnicorn
    @MistaUnicorn 3 роки тому +15460

    As someone who cannot play the trombone, I learned 2 things today:
    1) You cannot play more than 1 note at a time with a trombone
    2) You can play more than 1 note at a time with a trombone

    • @DJColdCutz_
      @DJColdCutz_ 3 роки тому +365

      And today UA-cam also learned that I'll watch just about anything recommended to me.

    • @vonjt4077
      @vonjt4077 3 роки тому +83

      And today I learned that I'm black

    • @MM-vs2et
      @MM-vs2et 3 роки тому +60

      What they teach you at music school & What they don't teach you at music school

    • @raynerxie1170
      @raynerxie1170 3 роки тому +8

      Today I learned how to type

    • @pants1403
      @pants1403 3 роки тому +1

      lmao

  • @smersmer1855
    @smersmer1855 4 роки тому +3994

    _“Do you play Trombone 1, 2, or 3?”_
    *“Yes.”*

    • @TheJustinator
      @TheJustinator 3 роки тому +8

      huh? what is trombone 1, 2, and 3?

    • @greeendino1841
      @greeendino1841 3 роки тому +54

      @@TheJustinator different parts, since usually there multiple trombones and each one takes a note in a chord

    • @zachzach505
      @zachzach505 3 роки тому +19

      It’s a band thing

    • @odessavalmy1559
      @odessavalmy1559 3 роки тому +3

      trom*bone* heh

    • @jacyfisk7437
      @jacyfisk7437 3 роки тому +3

      As a fellow trombonist, that is a great one

  • @chaosinsurgency884
    @chaosinsurgency884 3 роки тому +95

    I dont know notes, but i can tell this man is a badass who just proved his point.

    • @yeye6840
      @yeye6840 3 роки тому +6

      Same I've never played an instrument, and if you'd tell me he's playing 82 notes at the same time I'd probably believe you.
      But the heart and soul he puts into it is just amazing

    • @gamer_bro1234
      @gamer_bro1234 2 роки тому

      Omg same lmao

  • @mochino_mocha7357
    @mochino_mocha7357 3 роки тому +29

    "you know trombones can't play 2 notes at once right"
    "Correct. THEY CAN PLAY THREE."

  • @D-Man_Jam
    @D-Man_Jam 3 роки тому +15529

    The only thing more Metal than playing powerchords on a guitar, is playing powerchords on a fricken trombone.

    • @b_simrace
      @b_simrace 3 роки тому +24

      Nvm

    • @edmaxwell257
      @edmaxwell257 3 роки тому +161

      Bro..... TROMBONE DENT??? TOO BRUUUUUTAL BRO, TOO BRUTAL!

    • @kennyhollidayjr5206
      @kennyhollidayjr5206 3 роки тому +66

      In drop D no doubt

    • @frozennbutter6425
      @frozennbutter6425 3 роки тому +212

      I mean brass is a metal so technically trombone is more metal

    • @D-Man_Jam
      @D-Man_Jam 3 роки тому +56

      @@kennyhollidayjr5206 nah that aint metal enough. _DROP G_

  • @leem___
    @leem___ 3 роки тому +11975

    It’s fake. There’s a mini person inside the trombone playing a mini trombone set to play higher sounds making it have two sounds.

    • @nomitio3709
      @nomitio3709 3 роки тому +150

      What about the third note?

    • @rosieleaverton
      @rosieleaverton 3 роки тому +636

      @@nomitio3709 the mini person grew another mouth to play a second trombone

    • @user-le3tt9kx9b
      @user-le3tt9kx9b 3 роки тому +26

      Wth😂😂

    • @chungusamongus519
      @chungusamongus519 3 роки тому +37

      Nice shitpost

    • @leem___
      @leem___ 3 роки тому +26

      @@chungusamongus519 thank

  • @erikosberg2678
    @erikosberg2678 3 роки тому +18

    As a trombone professor I guarantee this is real. I remember discovering this. It was super weird. But you don’t use it much. Like maybe once in every 10 thousand songs. It’s rare. But fun

  • @amwpyro4911
    @amwpyro4911 3 роки тому +39

    the actual video is even more impressive: like halfway through he starts doing solos on other instruments lol

    • @De_Rustige
      @De_Rustige 3 роки тому +1

      Sauce?

    • @amwpyro4911
      @amwpyro4911 3 роки тому +1

      @@De_Rustige its in the video description

    • @Sabercon
      @Sabercon 2 роки тому

      @@De_Rustige goes with the chips

  • @SheetMusicBoss
    @SheetMusicBoss 4 роки тому +10319

    Audience at 0:10: Wow, there's two notes
    James Morrison at 0:44: There's three, actually

  • @schkoopdawhoop7885
    @schkoopdawhoop7885 4 роки тому +31992

    So, as a brass player I can tell you how he’s doing some of this;
    One note is played “normally” by essentially blowing a raspberry through tightly pursed lips. The second note is him actually humming through the instrument while playing the normal note. The third note is because he made a deal with the devil at a crossroads.

    • @thenoob3aerfos850
      @thenoob3aerfos850 4 роки тому +2257

      I was reading this expecting to learn how to do the triple combo 😂

    • @Tempusverum
      @Tempusverum 4 роки тому +1544

      With the explanation yeah, I can understand how he got two notes. Three notes shouldn’t be humanly possible

    • @LeventK
      @LeventK 4 роки тому +1024

      Devil laughed at him and he laughed to devil with showing "3" with his fingers.

    • @ScreaminMadMurphy
      @ScreaminMadMurphy 3 роки тому +438

      Raspberry or no, everyone should be blown through tightly pursed lips.
      The raspberry is hilarious though but will make you soft.

    • @captbiptoe
      @captbiptoe 3 роки тому +287

      Yes, but it takes skill, talent (or luck) to execute it this well. Hum out of tune, or the wrong pitch, and it doesn't work.

  • @MaxisaBandKid
    @MaxisaBandKid 3 роки тому +268

    Everybody gangster till the 6th grader starts playing chords on his trombone

  • @Finetales
    @Finetales 2 роки тому +20

    Just to additionally clarify:
    When you do brass multiphonics (play one note, sing another), it usually only sounds like 2 notes. However, there are larger intervals where the resultant 3rd interval will pop out if you sing/play in tune. The clearest/easiest example is one of the ones James uses in this video, which is singing a note an 11th (1 octave+a 4th) above the note you're playing. If you are in tune with yourself, the note in between them comes out without you having to do anything. The resultant note doesn't project nearly as well singing a 10th (1 octave+a 3rd) above like James is doing for most of the video, though you can get your ear to hear it better if you start on the 11th and resolve to the 10th. Anyone who can do multiphonics in tune can easily get 3 notes to sound with that interval.
    Now, if he was getting 3 clear notes on smaller intervals, then you could claim throat singing or other vocal trickery. But this isn't that.
    P.S. Multiphonics themselves actually aren't that difficult, you just have to mess around with them for a little while until you learn how to keep both notes stable. It's harder to do a long string of them like he's doing, but in terms of extended brass techniques it's really not too bad and anyone can do it. Circular breathing is much harder IMO.
    P.P.S. Why don't you hear brass players do them anywhere but the occasional unaccompanied solo (such as in this video)? Because they are not loud and are completely lost in an ensemble (not to mention very unstable to tune with or against). Woodwind multiphonics are a different beast that (especially in the case of the saxophone) can be used effectively over an ensemble.

  • @joshandrews8913
    @joshandrews8913 3 роки тому +6258

    The crazy part is that he doesn't even main trombone. He's a trumpet player, kinda. He's best at trumpet, but he literally plays everything.

    • @AmbiambiSinistrous
      @AmbiambiSinistrous 3 роки тому +483

      Thank you for that LOVELY expression... "what instrument do you main..."

    • @fantasymint229
      @fantasymint229 3 роки тому +41

      @@nickolasstanding He actually grew up playing a bit of everything haha but he started on trumpet (or maybe cornet, can't remember which he said)

    • @milos1380
      @milos1380 3 роки тому +299

      "Yeah, I main trombone, but I play tuba sometimes. Depends on the team comp."

    • @pullum2034
      @pullum2034 3 роки тому +97

      I am an OTP trumpet main, have 800k points but Im hard stuck at notes 2.

    • @VaguelyCanadian
      @VaguelyCanadian 3 роки тому +57

      @@pullum2034 I've been a percussion OTP since Overture 3, been experimenting with some clarinet when they ban my section

  • @gorgolyt
    @gorgolyt 4 роки тому +45680

    I can do this on piano, EASY.

    • @AndreasNilsson96
      @AndreasNilsson96 4 роки тому +2506

      Genius!

    • @jan_Masewin
      @jan_Masewin 4 роки тому +2356

      must be real proud of yourself son

    • @JoeBoners
      @JoeBoners 4 роки тому +326

      Obviously, all your doing is the same not just an octave difference, you could play it with a single hand on piano if you have big enough hands

    • @AndreasNilsson96
      @AndreasNilsson96 4 роки тому +1840

      @@JoeBoners It's "you're" not "your". Also, STFU & learn to be funny...

    • @JoeBoners
      @JoeBoners 4 роки тому +164

      AfionFada, I’m not trying to be funny, I’m just stating facts don’t be so hostile

  • @Davey647Returns
    @Davey647Returns 3 роки тому +23

    I mean, of course he casually just slides into Things Ain’t What They Used To Be as if the man just didn’t play a one man trio by himself.

  • @criarinobr2682
    @criarinobr2682 2 роки тому +2

    "You can't play two notes at the same time"
    me, a pianist: "look what they need to mimic a fraction of our power"

  • @heinzhillenhagen4704
    @heinzhillenhagen4704 4 роки тому +882

    just imagine being so good at playing an instrument that you're like "wait let me play it twice at the same time"

    • @robotgalaxy4168
      @robotgalaxy4168 3 роки тому +9

      Try thrice

    • @dzorua151
      @dzorua151 3 роки тому +2

      Hes humming and playing.

    • @avner3176
      @avner3176 3 роки тому +2

      Me on guitar:
      hehehehe

    • @evanc5119
      @evanc5119 3 роки тому +1

      I was able to play my fhorn and trumpet at once. Want good, but harmonized!... Like 15 years ago ha ha

    • @jellofish2412
      @jellofish2412 3 роки тому +2

      ik this is an old thread, but you should look up "Der Erlkonig violin". It's absolutely insane, they play 2 distinct parts simultaneously on one violin

  • @alexanderwatson9845
    @alexanderwatson9845 4 роки тому +11077

    I understand how to do 2, but THREE??!!?!

    • @Danny_Boii02
      @Danny_Boii02 4 роки тому +847

      The instrument itself sounds out the notes that are in the harmonic series that aren't being sung/played when he's playing/singing in tune

    • @julianarainty8011
      @julianarainty8011 4 роки тому +1160

      I play trombone, one way to make 3 sounds is to sing, and double buzz. Which is buzzing your lips to make one sound but also buzzing your bottom lip with the bottom of your mouthpiece. Its a very difficult technique to play 3 notes, but it does work. You can also triple buzz. So technically, if you are REALLY good at trombone, you can play 4 notes at the same time.

    • @sheeloesreallycool
      @sheeloesreallycool 4 роки тому +145

      EpicTrontonix double buzz is bad
      nvm I can play chords now thx dude

    • @alexanderwatson9845
      @alexanderwatson9845 4 роки тому +68

      @@julianarainty8011 that's insane. Thanks for the explanation!

    • @r.carter3152
      @r.carter3152 4 роки тому +101

      @@sheeloesreallycool not always, when you first learn something, you learn somethings, like double buzz, is "bad". As you get more advanced you can incorporate those "bad" things to increase efficiency, skill or to use in a super unique way. When I first learned to play I was told to not breathe through my nose but as long stretches without rest became common, I start to take quick breaths through my nose.

  • @starfox5165
    @starfox5165 3 роки тому +16

    I’m sorry is this man playing chords with a trombone-
    My small brain cannot comprehend this.

  • @rockingsushi8013
    @rockingsushi8013 3 роки тому +766

    How to know someone is a legend
    1. He plays chords in a trombone

    • @SamIAm-kz4hg
      @SamIAm-kz4hg 3 роки тому +3

      Andika Zaffar Ahmad
      "How to know someone is a legend
      1. He plays chords in a trombone"
      No no no. How do you know someone's a legend? He does this and he's actually a trumpet player. For real.

    • @rockingsushi8013
      @rockingsushi8013 3 роки тому +1

      @@SamIAm-kz4hg Mad, thats mad

  • @doby8544
    @doby8544 3 роки тому +2212

    Almost forgot to watch this today.

  • @LunarMarble
    @LunarMarble 3 роки тому +38

    The math part of my brain is like "you're telling me the trombone section could theoretically TRIPLE THEIR NOISE??" 😭

  • @wutamidoinghere
    @wutamidoinghere 2 роки тому +7

    can we appreciate how he was able to play 2 notes at once consistently at this rhythm and keeps it throughout the whole minute with good tone

  • @BrendanB1
    @BrendanB1 4 роки тому +4789

    nobody:
    my neighbor's car at 6 am:

    • @AbsoluteAbsurd
      @AbsoluteAbsurd 4 роки тому +6

      Lol?

    • @SnowFaceChamcham
      @SnowFaceChamcham 4 роки тому +49

      I can imagine having a fever dream where I hear this video in my neighbor's house only to go over and hear a cat producing the noise. This has no right to be funny but it somehow is.

    • @dangdudedan8756
      @dangdudedan8756 4 роки тому +4

      thank you for contributing

    • @GodMaxDrinkerofTea
      @GodMaxDrinkerofTea 4 роки тому +4

      Imagine starting up your car and it makes music from the exhaust

    • @yourdad3275
      @yourdad3275 4 роки тому +4

      i read that as cat and damn near shat myself

  • @li04am
    @li04am 3 роки тому +2287

    I've accidentally done this only once on trumpet. not the humming bit, actually hit two notes while blowing

    • @steptuumba6279
      @steptuumba6279 3 роки тому +144

      Overtones baby

    • @motifity3416
      @motifity3416 3 роки тому +78

      I've done the same, I can't do it on command though.

    • @spartan_x1177
      @spartan_x1177 3 роки тому +16

      I think I had gone through that phase when I first started playing trombone

    • @blop-a-blop9419
      @blop-a-blop9419 3 роки тому +1

      ... what !?

    • @soupsoup4245
      @soupsoup4245 3 роки тому +8

      Was it actually playing two notes at once or were you just getting a double buzz?

  • @certified7268
    @certified7268 3 роки тому +15

    I feel like this is going to be in everyone’s recommended in 2 years. I mean it was for me, but another 2 years

  • @Madhatter1781
    @Madhatter1781 2 роки тому +10

    Fun fact: you cannot tell James Morrison what he can and cannot do, it simply cannot be done.

  • @NINT3ND0master
    @NINT3ND0master 4 роки тому +686

    James Morrison has to be locked up for playing triads on trombone

    • @Wertsir
      @Wertsir 3 роки тому +5

      He’s too dangerous to be left alive.

    • @demonproser6791
      @demonproser6791 3 роки тому

      Wth is a triad?

    • @furgoose2654
      @furgoose2654 3 роки тому +2

      @@demonproser6791 music

    • @demonproser6791
      @demonproser6791 3 роки тому

      Fur Goose XD got it

    • @angelol2877
      @angelol2877 3 роки тому +2

      @@demonproser6791 they're three note chords. the most basic form of a chord.

  • @tbone5071
    @tbone5071 3 роки тому +899

    I've watched this more times than any sane man should have.

  • @Tjita1
    @Tjita1 3 роки тому +8

    I sometimes whistle and hum at different tones at our dogs. They get really spooked by it. "My human broke."

  • @justinbuddy56
    @justinbuddy56 3 роки тому +85

    That everyday moment when you gather 500 dads together in one room to have the loudest fart contest:

  • @jamesdrill8692
    @jamesdrill8692 4 роки тому +1289

    Cheeky little eyebrow wiggle at 0:45 got me 😂

    • @spongeorpete7289
      @spongeorpete7289 4 роки тому +23

      It’s actually 0:43

    • @christhompson4950
      @christhompson4950 4 роки тому +2

      Spongeor 123 no he’s right

    • @Engineer9736
      @Engineer9736 4 роки тому +1

      James Drill Sounds like the point of the eyebrow wiggle flew right over your head. Too focused on giggling about the eyebrow wiggle.

    • @jamesdrill8692
      @jamesdrill8692 4 роки тому +5

      @@Engineer9736 Don't worry, I realize he hit the 3 notes at that moment aswell :) although I do appreciate that you had wanted to point it out to me in case I had missed it.

    • @canadulce3697
      @canadulce3697 4 роки тому

      Haha

  • @yarlodek5842
    @yarlodek5842 3 роки тому +3380

    0:44 everyone is talking about how he’s playing 3 notes, but nobody is talking about those eyebrows...

    • @Sjors_
      @Sjors_ 3 роки тому +174

      The sheer smugness in that eyebrow wiggle.

    • @jedwards1211
      @jedwards1211 3 роки тому +18

      Almost as good as Fats Waller's eyebrows

    • @aviation7374
      @aviation7374 3 роки тому +2

      Haaaaaaaahahahaha true.

    • @slopes7858
      @slopes7858 3 роки тому +11

      Yeah how does he do those? Like I understand the three note thing but how

    • @christopherstein2024
      @christopherstein2024 3 роки тому

      2

  • @griffingee3338
    @griffingee3338 3 роки тому +13

    after like 6 years of watching this video I am finally able to play the 3 note chords, actually not as hard as I thought it once to be, practice goes a long way

  • @croatiancowboy
    @croatiancowboy 3 роки тому +27

    Even with just two notes, many people might not realize just how difficult this actually is. I've never practiced it extensively by any means but the several times I've tried, I've found the sound of the horn doesn't come our unless I'm humming an over tone (same note, different octave), because basically, you're forcing two different pitches, two very different wavelengths thru the same tool to explain the physics behind it. I've found it difficult to make both waves resonate thru the entire instrument and out of the bell unless I play and hum the same note.

  • @AComplexMex
    @AComplexMex 4 роки тому +2478

    If you can whistle and hum at the same time you can do this

  • @slopes7858
    @slopes7858 3 роки тому +1056

    I can finally tell you HOW the third note is played
    The note is called an “undertone”, it happens when you play 2 notes at the same time and create a very low pitched note. The way he did it is by Humming the Middle note and Playing the high note, which then generates the lowest note.
    Edit: Thanks Arroyoyo for helping me fix my error. Boy do I sound like a robot rn lmao

    • @slopes7858
      @slopes7858 3 роки тому +13

      This can be done with most instruments, I tried it on trumpet (not tuba lol), the ukelele, and double bass

    • @cheechungchong7716
      @cheechungchong7716 3 роки тому +2

      @@slopes7858 ukelele and the double bass aren't brass instruments though?

    • @slopes7858
      @slopes7858 3 роки тому +3

      @@cheechungchong7716 I understand that, its just they can also play an overtone, which is what he is doing with the trombone.

    • @matheusarroyo7815
      @matheusarroyo7815 3 роки тому +12

      It's actually called a UNDERtone, or a subharmonic, and you can do that with your own voice too, it's pretty cool

    • @AlejandroNitsch
      @AlejandroNitsch 3 роки тому +2

      @@matheusarroyo7815 it is! I learned how to do undertones or subharmonics a while ago, now applying it to trumpet and harmonica

  • @schlock568
    @schlock568 3 роки тому +6

    This is the third time this was recommended to me and I am happy every time

  • @alvarodavid9566
    @alvarodavid9566 3 роки тому +10

    His face indicates he has given everything for this performance.

  • @hehemirk1465
    @hehemirk1465 5 років тому +7778

    hmmmmmmmmmmmm
    Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
    HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
    Interesting

    • @brycejohnson2409
      @brycejohnson2409 5 років тому +68

      I bet u ling ling could play this

    • @thomaswitt7815
      @thomaswitt7815 4 роки тому +13

      viola funny practice hours c string laugh

    • @Andwo0
      @Andwo0 4 роки тому +2

      bruh moment ?

    • @user-ce6cl8wg3r
      @user-ce6cl8wg3r 4 роки тому +1

      @@Andwo0 esto es un bruh momento

    • @blu3620
      @blu3620 4 роки тому +4

      You just gave away the only tip for playing this

  • @spartan_x1177
    @spartan_x1177 3 роки тому +175

    "When you have the option to play the lower or higher notes"
    *Plays Both*

  • @the_doug_digital
    @the_doug_digital 3 роки тому +8

    I was generally shocked the first time but it took me until like my 7th or 8th view for it to really set in that this guy played 3 notes at the same time

  • @miguelpescado
    @miguelpescado 3 роки тому +6

    I love this dude’s smug ass eyebrow wiggle when he proceeds to shock EVERYONE by playing _three_ notes at the same time!

  • @lilith6072
    @lilith6072 4 роки тому +13195

    I play trombone, this is done by basically humming through the instrument while you play it.
    edit: I don't feel like explaining it here because I don't fully understand it myself, but the way he plays 3 notes is because of a combination tone, which you can look up

    • @FangHeist225
      @FangHeist225 4 роки тому +460

      Danny Herlihy yeah but compared to tuba you really have to force the singing out

    • @andrew_lop3z534
      @andrew_lop3z534 4 роки тому +156

      @@FangHeist225 compared to french horn...

    • @_pinguu3401
      @_pinguu3401 4 роки тому +163

      @@FangHeist225 In my experience, it comes out very easily. It's kinda like humming into the mouth pieces

    • @thiccitysplit9542
      @thiccitysplit9542 4 роки тому +302

      What about when he plays three tho?

    • @blu3620
      @blu3620 4 роки тому +8

      HOW??????¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿

  • @N.I.R.A.T.I.A.S.
    @N.I.R.A.T.I.A.S. 3 роки тому +1539

    Mr Morrison used to live near the high school I went to - maybe he still does, I don't know. Anyway, he'd show up from time to time and "help out" with band practice, which more often than not meant he took over band practice and the regular teacher/conductor, Mr Stephenson, just stepped back and watched and tried not to let his mouth hang open.
    I'll tell you this: having James Morrison show up to your high school band practice must be pretty similar to having Usain Bolt show up to your sports carnival.

    • @dogmachine2406
      @dogmachine2406 3 роки тому +107

      Or like God showing up to church on a sunday

    • @joeyuzwa891
      @joeyuzwa891 3 роки тому +33

      my high school band had the drummer from the progressive metal band Haken (whose album The Mountain we had turned into that years show, and of whom everyone, and I mean EVERYONE in the band was a fan of) come in. Fantastic percussionist. craziest part was that he spent the entire time doing a masterclass on tuba, which is apparently his preferred instrument. brilliant musician.

    • @mikehunt3688
      @mikehunt3688 3 роки тому +22

      @@dogmachine2406 Imagine you're just sitting there doodling in the bible like you always do and suddenly God himself walks in the door and runs down the aisle and takes over for the preacher.

    • @Edentical101
      @Edentical101 3 роки тому +1

      What school did you go to? That's phenomenal

    • @N.I.R.A.T.I.A.S.
      @N.I.R.A.T.I.A.S. 3 роки тому +6

      I'd rather not say, in case Mr Morrison still lives in the area.

  • @HoofmanJones030397
    @HoofmanJones030397 2 роки тому +1

    I keep coming back to this, it's really amazing

  • @stringsattached5077
    @stringsattached5077 2 роки тому

    I'm glad someone captured this moment and put it up on here for all to enjoy

  • @cursedcliff7562
    @cursedcliff7562 3 роки тому +162

    "Fine, you can play two notes at once, big deal"
    -There's three actually

  • @stealthlock6634
    @stealthlock6634 3 роки тому +676

    0:31 oh my gosh did you hear individual notes in the chords changing independently, like the notes aren’t just eternally attached to each other, that’s INCREDIBLE

    • @scorlet6129
      @scorlet6129 3 роки тому +9

      I know it just doesn't make sense

    • @leonie7356
      @leonie7356 3 роки тому +19

      I think he hums while playing. At least that's what's I would do to play it on the flute.
      So the instrument makes one sound.
      But you can also use your breath to make single overtones louder. But for these changes he would need different positions I think

    • @leoxozeofficial2187
      @leoxozeofficial2187 3 роки тому +3

      He has a video on it. He said he sings the upper note while playing the lower on the trombone

    • @mcmonkey26
      @mcmonkey26 3 роки тому

      @@leoxozeofficial2187 how does he do 3?

    • @leoxozeofficial2187
      @leoxozeofficial2187 3 роки тому +3

      @@mcmonkey26 I'm not 100 percent sure on that one. I have a theory it has to do with overtones, purposefully resonating specific notes. But Im not sure.

  • @NoName-ik2du
    @NoName-ik2du 2 роки тому +1

    Very cool. Glad this randomly landed in my Recommended videos.

  • @Kuroiyuuki2802
    @Kuroiyuuki2802 3 роки тому +1

    You can tell this guy had a bad trombone section in high school so he learned to play all three parts at once and carried the whole section

  • @stephendonovan9084
    @stephendonovan9084 4 роки тому +3009

    UA-cam comments: Nooo trombones are monophonic, you can’t just play more than one note at a time on a trombone
    James Morrison: haha trombono go brrrrrrrrrrrr

    • @TheCountryPicker
      @TheCountryPicker 4 роки тому +10

      Melhor comentário Hahahahahahaha

    • @stephendonovan9084
      @stephendonovan9084 4 роки тому +10

      @@proftomchannel6002 No problem man, 1 am gang gotta stick together

    • @dang5874
      @dang5874 4 роки тому +1

      More like ROOOOM ROOOOM

    • @TonyInAgony
      @TonyInAgony 4 роки тому +2

      What about 2:30 am gang?😅

    • @TonyInAgony
      @TonyInAgony 4 роки тому

      @@proftomchannel6002 nah, Russia my man

  • @angerykenboi1959
    @angerykenboi1959 3 роки тому +3941

    “you know trombones can’t play 2 notes at once right”
    “You’re right...
    “..it can play three.”

    • @corgi3339
      @corgi3339 3 роки тому +2

      AHahaah

    • @dgiff07
      @dgiff07 3 роки тому +4

      But…it can’t. The person is playing 3 notes, but only one is coming from the trombone. The other two are humming and throat singing. No less amazing, just not 3 notes on a trombone.

    • @sanny8716
      @sanny8716 3 роки тому +13

      @@dgiff07 if they're not coming from the trombone how the hell does the microphone positioned at the end of the trombone picks them up

    • @sokritlun1624
      @sokritlun1624 3 роки тому +5

      サニャSanny must be magic

    • @otesunki
      @otesunki 3 роки тому +2

      @@dgiff07 wrong

  • @BigTalem
    @BigTalem 3 роки тому

    I can't stop coming back to this video...

  • @frederickjohnston-horstman5910
    @frederickjohnston-horstman5910 3 роки тому +12

    no one gonna mention how p h a t that bass bone looks

  • @deepwokensmosh
    @deepwokensmosh 3 роки тому +477

    Pianists when they discover they can play 5 notes at the same time
    : reality can be whatever i want it to be

    • @EnderElohim
      @EnderElohim 3 роки тому +34

      well pianist can play more than 10 note same time XD in fact you cant play like 88 note same time with the power of a pedal but normally 10 note without any pedal should be enough

    • @notvalen9127
      @notvalen9127 3 роки тому +17

      @@EnderElohim did it fly over your head?

    • @EnderElohim
      @EnderElohim 3 роки тому +7

      @@notvalen9127 the fuck off it is not your business to answer. Did your parent not teach you enter a conversation like that.

    • @doppelpunktdrei7650
      @doppelpunktdrei7650 3 роки тому +44

      @@EnderElohim Chill out lmao

    • @EnderElohim
      @EnderElohim 3 роки тому +2

      @@doppelpunktdrei7650 chill the fuck out lmbo

  • @sirmoonlight8624
    @sirmoonlight8624 3 роки тому +2

    I watches this 10 times on different occaisions now, and i enjoied it every time :)

  • @cannonfodder-xh7ew
    @cannonfodder-xh7ew 3 роки тому

    He looks so happy!! I'm proud of him!!

  • @nicholasarndt1542
    @nicholasarndt1542 4 роки тому +108

    When your mate's gone for Solo Ensemble:

  • @davidmilivojevic2728
    @davidmilivojevic2728 3 роки тому +38

    This has a really strong "you cant just shoot a hole through the surface of Mars" vibe

  • @Shinysstar
    @Shinysstar 3 роки тому +1

    Wow that sounded so good!

  • @roseszalay2869
    @roseszalay2869 3 роки тому

    I LOVE AND ADORE YOU SIR!!!

  • @bena2.014
    @bena2.014 3 роки тому +2055

    I have no idea if anyone posted this here, but here we go:
    1st note is the basic buzz, just the usual brass stuff.
    2nd note is poliphonics or watever it's called in english. It happens when you sing along the usual buzz on the instrument.
    3rd note is caused by the vibration of each lip on a different frequency. You usually see this done unintentionally by new brass players, when they sound like a duck quacking. It takes a reeeeaaal great bit of skill to do it intentionally, like mr. Morrisson is doing here.
    If you are a brass player and wanna learn this, you can do it by going in between two "fixed" notes on the harmonics of you instrument, independent of the tunning. It's like "surfing" the ghost note (or, again, whatever it's called in english) untill you get two distinct and clear notes.
    If anybody is interested, or if there is any request on the replies I can try to learn the technique and post a video about it...

    • @christiannicholas
      @christiannicholas 3 роки тому +58

      It's called "multiphonics" close enough.

    • @kellygarcia6588
      @kellygarcia6588 3 роки тому +15

      I'd be interested in seeing that video, great info!

    • @godfatherplayz5294
      @godfatherplayz5294 3 роки тому +50

      @@christiannicholas To be fair "poli" or poly means "multiple"

    • @ZERO-ky8vm
      @ZERO-ky8vm 3 роки тому +22

      I figured out how to do the third note, buzz with your tongue all at the same time and you get the three pitches. Its super hard , like F@#! hard. Buzz with you tongue like you are trying to imitate a car sound and the humming. The fact he has all that range while doing it still blows my mind though

    • @ZERO-ky8vm
      @ZERO-ky8vm 3 роки тому

      its not some fake gunk

  • @yitivitzen5239
    @yitivitzen5239 3 роки тому +63

    If a music teacher ever tells me you can only play one note, I’m coming right here and showing them this video!

  • @jesshellaaa
    @jesshellaaa 3 роки тому

    even single tone is holly beautiful

  • @arussiandoggo4230
    @arussiandoggo4230 3 роки тому +10

    “You cant play 2 notes at once”
    Guitar, bass, and piano players: i dont have such weakness

    • @_haha__
      @_haha__ 3 роки тому

      violins too

    • @foxfoster1
      @foxfoster1 3 роки тому

      And Violin, Viola, Cello, Marimba, Xylophone, Vibraphone, Timpani

  • @haylesking5986
    @haylesking5986 4 роки тому +408

    Also trombonist, In simple terms, you have single played notes, sung multi-phonics (singing while playing,) and split tone multi-phonics (embouchure technique using a double buzz to produce multiple notes.)
    Depending on what interval you play or sing, you can create other pitches, for example: if you play a "c" and sing an "E" at the same time, perfectly tuned to that C, you will hear a pedal fundamental note created with the two notes you are also producing vocally and with your embouchure. Brass instruments are wild fun.

    • @RaulSlaps
      @RaulSlaps 4 роки тому

      Basically the over tone series if the intervals are in tune?

    • @thegrim418
      @thegrim418 4 роки тому +10

      Can we instead call Trombone Players Tromboners?

    • @tk337h
      @tk337h 4 роки тому +4

      @@thegrim418 go ahead, we already call ourselves that

    • @engineerisdead1303
      @engineerisdead1303 4 роки тому +4

      Its also possible (but not probable) that hes growl singing while playing. Im a tuba player so its a little easier but ive done it a few times, sing at one pitch, growl at another pitch, and play at another pitch

    • @TonyInAgony
      @TonyInAgony 4 роки тому

      @@tk337h May I call you Boners?😅

  • @DodderingOldMan
    @DodderingOldMan 3 роки тому +136

    I once played trumpet on stage with James Morrison. He did a performance with a bunch of students from local high school bands, I was lucky enough to be selected. It was great, but I was so nervous I'm honestly not sure any sound actually made it out of my trumpet. Which might have been for the best.
    Anyway, that's my biggest claim to fame.

    • @hennie5307
      @hennie5307 2 роки тому

      Nice, in high school I had a chance to play under the baton of Benjamin Zander in an orchestra. Great experience.

    • @hephsmith3738
      @hephsmith3738 2 роки тому

      What a small world! My sister's biggest claim to fame is that she got to sing at Carnegie Hall in New York.

  • @nitrix6538
    @nitrix6538 3 роки тому

    It's been a while since I saw this and I still can't forget how good it is

  • @jimmyhabershae
    @jimmyhabershae 3 роки тому

    Had the pleasure of watching this man live, James Morrison is a gem

  • @saintlikegrimm
    @saintlikegrimm 3 роки тому +21

    Ayo everyone mentions how cool it is he can do 2-3 notes at the same time but can we mention how hard this slaps ?

  • @VyxtheBat
    @VyxtheBat 4 роки тому +29

    It is technically possible to play 4 notes at a time: two buzzes from the lips, while singing and throat singing...
    *oh boy*

    • @captbiptoe
      @captbiptoe 3 роки тому +2

      That would be impressive since they all have to be in tune to work.

    • @ConnorR.mp3
      @ConnorR.mp3 3 роки тому

      i can hum and whistle at the same time, now to learn the trombone and throat singing

  • @coycen
    @coycen 2 роки тому +1

    this is the kind of video i want to play in an overcrowded elevator

  • @daisies-all-day
    @daisies-all-day Місяць тому

    Ya know... I thought I was really cool for inventing humming a different note into my flute and then I realized that this guy can do it in in tune

  • @dogmachine2406
    @dogmachine2406 3 роки тому +23

    The theme in my head when I'm sneaking to the fridge at 2am for a snack.

  • @metalvideos1961
    @metalvideos1961 4 роки тому +223

    The things you watch during quarantine.

  • @brickmansworld7083
    @brickmansworld7083 3 роки тому

    That transition back to normal playing was really smooth too.

  • @maccapakka3799
    @maccapakka3799 3 роки тому +1

    James morrison is a living legend

  • @L00PdeL00P
    @L00PdeL00P 4 роки тому +114

    His cranial cavity enlarged as he exhales more heavily.

  • @eddievelez4723
    @eddievelez4723 4 роки тому +188

    James Morrison also does this in Autumn leaves, his multi-phonics are the best I’ve heard

    • @grieselaszlo
      @grieselaszlo 4 роки тому +2

      You know albert mangelsdorff ?

    • @grieselaszlo
      @grieselaszlo 4 роки тому

      Or nils wogram?

    • @eddievelez4723
      @eddievelez4723 4 роки тому +1

      Lallo Grieß actually no I’ll be sure to check him out

    • @eddievelez4723
      @eddievelez4723 4 роки тому +2

      Lallo Grieß yet again I have not but thank you for introducing me to these incredible musicians, I hadn’t heard of theses musicians (I play trumpet) so I’m very grateful for these recommendations.

    • @seabasszamarripa8252
      @seabasszamarripa8252 4 роки тому

      Bill Watrous had killer multiphonic chops as well