Steve Reich - Music for Pieces of Wood - Visualization

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  • Опубліковано 22 гру 2024

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  • @ryanzarmbinski7446
    @ryanzarmbinski7446 7 років тому +582

    You know it's Steve Reich when that 3-2-1-2 rhythm starts

    • @diosatapatia
      @diosatapatia 6 років тому +3

      Ryan Zarmbinski true 😂

    • @thematssssss
      @thematssssss 6 років тому +16

      1st section is Steve Reich on steroids. 3 2 1 2 everywhere

    • @FlamingObsidian
      @FlamingObsidian 5 років тому +6

      In Ghanaian music it's called Atsiagbekor, or so I've heard

    • @Koettnylle
      @Koettnylle 5 років тому +11

      Actually, i figured it out from the title

    • @ondinehd6889
      @ondinehd6889 5 років тому +5

      Yes, as in Reich's piece "Clapping Music."

  • @standauphin1592
    @standauphin1592 6 років тому +105

    When the yellow blocks drop. damn.

  • @sylviaross5486
    @sylviaross5486 6 років тому +178

    As someone with ADHD (I'm 58 and have had it all my life), this music is strangely soothing. I'm actually in withdrawal now that the music's stopped.

    • @tizzukka
      @tizzukka 4 роки тому +7

      Interesting. I haven't been diagnosed with ADHD but I've noticed polyrythmic music kind of "fixes my brain." Makes me feel very focused and calm.

    • @espressivsymbols3220
      @espressivsymbols3220 3 роки тому +2

      That's the additive process for you

  • @aragusea
    @aragusea 7 років тому +164

    Awesome! The metric modulation at 1:16 slays me every time.

    • @HenleyTaylor12
      @HenleyTaylor12 5 років тому +2

      Adam Ragusea Wow! I can’t say I would have expected to see you here! Love your stuff! :)

    • @pidza_hub7532
      @pidza_hub7532 4 роки тому +1

      now what is this guy doing here?

    • @AnAverageItalian
      @AnAverageItalian 4 роки тому +2

      Lol even you like Reich? Wow I didn't expect that! Love your videos!

    • @unanaspig
      @unanaspig 3 роки тому +1

      WOAH It does feel unreal seeing you here, Adam. Cheers. Hope you will keep making wonderful content that you love.

    • @intheflesh9606
      @intheflesh9606 3 роки тому

      ADAM WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING HERE BROTHER LOL

  • @ethansearls1996
    @ethansearls1996 9 років тому +432

    That poor guy playing the red line...

    • @Hhayedi
      @Hhayedi 8 років тому +20

      +Ethan Searls I belive he is on caffeine or something.. (x

    • @gisilvv824
      @gisilvv824 7 років тому

      Ethan Searls lol

    • @pokesam1483
      @pokesam1483 7 років тому +17

      dude that was me last year omg...

    • @SissyFlower5
      @SissyFlower5 7 років тому +39

      God how do you _not_ accelerando, even a little bit?

    • @mikebliss3153
      @mikebliss3153 6 років тому +1

      Very carefully.

  • @gabrielbennett9376
    @gabrielbennett9376 5 років тому +49

    Minimalism really is a crazy thing... it can turn the most mundane things into something oddly soothing and compelling.

    • @Eorzat
      @Eorzat 4 роки тому +5

      Honestly, this is piece is the peak of minimalism in my opinion. When you start to add pitches and repetitive harmonies, it becomes pretty mundane very quickly. I think that's why both Glass and Reich moved away from this kind of process music later in their careers. It can be very restricting, in a similar way as twelve-tone rows, in expression.

  • @JustAnthon
    @JustAnthon 4 роки тому +119

    Everybody gangsta till Steve Reich diverges from his 3-2-1-2 rhythm

  • @NicleT
    @NicleT 4 роки тому +16

    Absolutely the best way to illustrate what’s happening in a Reich piece!!

  • @archdrum
    @archdrum 8 років тому +58

    As a drummer and architect, this is exciting! Building blocks brought to life!

  • @Amangiechsin
    @Amangiechsin 5 років тому +275

    when u making ur first beat in FL studio with the drum sequencer

    • @workpine9195
      @workpine9195 4 роки тому +3

      *I d e n t i f i e d* in any daw

    • @sylviaxx3574
      @sylviaxx3574 4 роки тому +15

      steve reich already had drum pads before it was a thing

    • @seumemel
      @seumemel 4 роки тому +1

      AAAA EXACTLY what I thought kkkkkk

    • @stevereich9687
      @stevereich9687 4 роки тому +2

      @@seumemel I did, indeed, own the first drum pad. It was harder to play than a bass drum with a very long stick (which is my preferred practice drum)

    • @sweatyham6691
      @sweatyham6691 2 роки тому +1

      Yes so relatable

  • @chopperbrosadvance9760
    @chopperbrosadvance9760 3 роки тому +11

    I take back everything i said, I'm going around listening to the strangest music I can find and this is easily the second best, experimental and unique, and still functions as a tune one could listen to on a regular basis

  • @m1ke1981
    @m1ke1981 9 років тому +221

    Halfway into the piece, i suddenly felt the need to play Tetris!

    • @AdamBaranec750
      @AdamBaranec750 7 років тому

      Michael Björk These squares are like from Tetris.

    • @minachoi2012
      @minachoi2012 7 років тому +1

      Michael Björk my friend needs to be good at Tetris for her pencil case...

  • @timschulz9563
    @timschulz9563 5 років тому +27

    At first it seems very chaotic. But the longer you listen to it and the more you focus on some parts, everything gets in order.

  • @gosalubxyoutubex1320
    @gosalubxyoutubex1320 3 роки тому +5

    Best video ever. Heard this piece a hundred times. Never appreciated so much before.

  • @deepdeers1392
    @deepdeers1392 7 років тому +31

    this is everyday life with Ableton midi clips

  • @RubyTuesdayDONO
    @RubyTuesdayDONO 10 років тому +113

    i hear the same African bell patterns from Clapping Music!

    • @ByeX360
      @ByeX360 8 років тому +2

      Reuben Garrett Yes! the Yoruba bell is an amazing rhythm pattern!

    • @frankalfar
      @frankalfar 6 років тому +1

      Also his drumming piece.....

  • @iseetheendisnear2416
    @iseetheendisnear2416 3 роки тому +33

    It’s very eye-opening when you realize that cycles don’t have a definitive “end” or “beginning” and you can hear any downbeat as an upbeat (and vice versa) with enough practice. Wake up sheeple, measures are a lie

  • @Purpose_Tortoise
    @Purpose_Tortoise 7 років тому +50

    basically clapping music gone nuts.. wow...

  • @skytheterrible5087
    @skytheterrible5087 6 років тому +24

    The more I look at this the more I realize how complicated it really is. I even tried to tap my fingers to some of the parts and couldn’t keep track.

  • @dbbubba01
    @dbbubba01 7 років тому +5

    Every day I get in the queue (too much, Magic Bus)
    To get on the bus that takes me to you (too much, Magic Bus)
    I'm so nervous, I just sit and smile (too much, Magic Bus)
    Your house is only another mile (too much, Magic Bus)…

  • @wgaule
    @wgaule 8 років тому +28

    There's something about this piece that makes me think ... And now here is The News read by ...

  • @jurjenbos228
    @jurjenbos228 6 років тому +6

    Good job, this makes this music so more interesting! (At 3:08 and 5:16, there is one fleeting measure where there are more dots on screen than instruments.)

  • @FernieCanto
    @FernieCanto 4 роки тому +2

    Music for Pieces of Wood... hitting directly against my brain.

  • @keoganalex6189
    @keoganalex6189 6 років тому +3

    Your visuals are an amazing compliment to an amazing piece. Really good job.

  • @leonardofernandez6488
    @leonardofernandez6488 6 років тому +37

    Tetsuo! Kaneda! Tetsuo! Kaneda! Tetsuo!

  • @lambda494
    @lambda494 6 років тому +4

    I feel like I'm being hypnotized.

  • @Lesbean_Burrito
    @Lesbean_Burrito 7 років тому +11

    You know a piece is good when AMC uses it for the Walking Dead Season 8 trailer!

    • @diosatapatia
      @diosatapatia 7 років тому

      PureRatchet REALLY!?

    • @null8295
      @null8295 5 років тому +2

      @@diosatapatia yes at 0:40 /watch?v=5Ow-nxswazg

  • @lorddorogoth
    @lorddorogoth 5 років тому +5

    This is the only version that I like the sound quality of the instruments. They are all the same tempo, and have a vibrant, not muted sound.

    • @sebastianzaczek
      @sebastianzaczek 4 роки тому +1

      That might be because they're synth sounds

  • @MrDizaya
    @MrDizaya 7 років тому +2

    Mermonte french rockestral band got so inspired by this !!!

  • @azurite6452
    @azurite6452 8 років тому +7

    Thank you so much for posting this! Wonderful and really helpful! :-)

  • @florentinopantaleon1818
    @florentinopantaleon1818 7 років тому +2

    Hey! This was my Song of the Day at my school!

  • @lukasdonald1639
    @lukasdonald1639 7 років тому +47

    He should have called this "Dance of the Crickets"

  • @brandonnelsonmusic
    @brandonnelsonmusic 7 років тому +15

    The piece itself is a model of additive process minimalism. The visualization applied is aesthetically appealing taken on its face, but I feel as if this could also be impetus to creating (and perhaps communicating) rhythmically-driven composition, even adding dimensions for pitch, dynamics, and articulation. Feldman had experimented along these lines in his graph scores, though I submit to you the possibility of expansion upon that. Something to ponder for a Monday morning :)

    • @devjock
      @devjock 7 років тому +2

      lots of words ending in *ion.

    • @thisistraightgarbage
      @thisistraightgarbage 6 років тому +2

      It also is basically just replicating the interface of an old drum machine or step sequencer (e.g., an 808), lest you think there's not prior art, here.

  • @brightsausage4851
    @brightsausage4851 5 років тому +8

    Gary on the red beat

  • @violet_broregarde
    @violet_broregarde 7 років тому +3

    I like drumming along with it

  • @Rocodrilo85
    @Rocodrilo85 3 роки тому

    It should be a thumps up with 1k likes option! :) Awesome

  • @sylviaross5486
    @sylviaross5486 6 років тому +1

    This reminds me of the back beat of The Who's "Magic Bus". Wonder if they were inspired by Reich.

  • @markkirschenmann3925
    @markkirschenmann3925 3 роки тому

    GREAT post, thanks. We watched it in my music class at UMich! And we played along with it!

  • @simonfmdf4737
    @simonfmdf4737 6 років тому

    Lorsqu'un son est saturé est qu'un nouveau son apparaît notre oreille à tendance à ce concentré sur ce nouveau son... c'est ouf !

  • @albionisland929
    @albionisland929 6 років тому +6

    That yellow line likes to mess with the meter.

  • @bloodlustrous
    @bloodlustrous 3 роки тому

    That pale blue piece of wood
    i tap beats on my skull/desk when i’m agitated.
    the pale blue one calms me
    which i guess is also the beat in clapping music

  • @origamigek
    @origamigek 8 років тому +25

    I can proudly say, but not prove, that I did correctly predict at least over 65% of the new block placements.

    • @minachoi2012
      @minachoi2012 7 років тому

      ᴠᴧᴨᴛᴧᴃᴌᴧcᴋ Are u sure 65%?

    • @origamigek
      @origamigek 7 років тому +6

      no

    • @diosatapatia
      @diosatapatia 6 років тому

      ᴠᴧᴨᴛᴧᴃᴌᴧcᴋ

  • @BagsOfYo
    @BagsOfYo 8 років тому +6

    Can someone please post the midi for this up here!

  • @chrischibnall593
    @chrischibnall593 4 роки тому +1

    I seem to remember this being "double-featured" some years ago in a Proms concert together with a Scriabin symphony. I suppose it was appropriate, given that both composers were innovators....

    • @charlytaylor1748
      @charlytaylor1748 3 роки тому +2

      Scriabin said he had synaesthesia & saw notes as colours.

  • @gapont2
    @gapont2 7 років тому +19

    Anybody who has reached the 6:57 needs a reward.

    • @longlifetometal1995
      @longlifetometal1995 4 роки тому +3

      that version is the light one, each pattern is normally repeated from 5-9 times for the first pattern to 16 times for the last one.

  • @UtauReni
    @UtauReni 8 років тому +20

    I've played this! :D

    • @minachoi2012
      @minachoi2012 7 років тому

      Lauren REALLY?!???!!!

    • @UtauReni
      @UtauReni 7 років тому +3

      Yeah! With a small percussion ensemble, using different sized claves :D We ended up memorizing it so we could play it without sheet music as well. It's just evolving/layering/devolving patterns, so it ends up looking & sounding harder than it is xD

    • @foldingpapers5574
      @foldingpapers5574 6 років тому

      Oh, this sounds interesting! And seeing it live would be lovely!

    • @TheLuckySpades
      @TheLuckySpades 4 роки тому

      I played this as well, we had sheets so it matched up with the animation in length (teacher thought it would be cool to have this in background)
      I was playing the red line, not technically challengimg, but the pressure is astonishing

  • @UlissesBourdon
    @UlissesBourdon 6 років тому +1

    esses brinquedinhos sonoros visuais são mto legaizinhos

  • @CookieMonsterVids12
    @CookieMonsterVids12 6 років тому +1

    1:22 sounds like the drums leading into the halo theme's main melody

  • @GiacomoManfredi
    @GiacomoManfredi 10 років тому +14

    where I can find the midi file of this composition?

    • @cihankenar1
      @cihankenar1 9 років тому +4

      +Giacomo Manfredi In your mind.

    • @GiacomoManfredi
      @GiacomoManfredi 9 років тому +8

      +Cihan Kenar seems I have to search better..

    • @towermoss
      @towermoss 4 роки тому +1

      You can make your own. The sheet music is in the video.

  • @barscanavc8611
    @barscanavc8611 5 років тому +3

    is there a really basic software or app for experimenting that has a preface like this

  •  4 роки тому

    Thank you for the upload!

  • @diegogonzalezsoto7314
    @diegogonzalezsoto7314 4 роки тому +1

    5:00 Groovy enough

  • @stefan1024
    @stefan1024 6 років тому

    Love it! Like a step sequencer :)

  • @darylcumming7119
    @darylcumming7119 4 роки тому

    Thank you.

  • @JohnMurrayMusic
    @JohnMurrayMusic 4 роки тому

    Great,really interesting !

  • @schtickkicker
    @schtickkicker 7 років тому +3

    ♥︎ frogs in concert ♥︎

  • @misterbuckethead
    @misterbuckethead 7 років тому

    beautiful

  • @piattiukiki7064
    @piattiukiki7064 7 років тому

    gee! perfect! amaiging!!!

  • @TH_BP
    @TH_BP 8 років тому +34

    I feel like I'm going insane? Is that normal?

    • @stilldimitri
      @stilldimitri 8 років тому +8

      yes

    • @TH_BP
      @TH_BP 8 років тому +10

      Thank you. Have a nice fish.

    • @cravingattention2771
      @cravingattention2771 7 років тому

      same here

    • @sylviaross5486
      @sylviaross5486 6 років тому +1

      StarkWay No, it's not normal, but it's nothing a little Thorazine couldn't fix. ;

    • @delibirdempire4792
      @delibirdempire4792 6 років тому

      Sylvia Ross I've seen this live and trust me the sensation you get is crazy

  • @RussellKeatsRivas
    @RussellKeatsRivas 7 років тому

    This is awesome.

  • @dauwpuntje
    @dauwpuntje 8 років тому +20

    lit

    • @izhaanahmed3038
      @izhaanahmed3038 7 років тому +2

      you wood be stump-ed if i told you that that is a swear word to woodkind.

  • @paniproduce
    @paniproduce 4 роки тому

    Love this.

  • @ondinehd6889
    @ondinehd6889 5 років тому +1

    This is very fast, and difficult!

  • @Exkalibur-75
    @Exkalibur-75 5 років тому

    Amazing ...

  • @teacake_94
    @teacake_94 7 років тому

    Great tune!

  • @Transcriptor
    @Transcriptor 4 роки тому

    Garageband challenge thrown down 😂

  • @Musiclover8825
    @Musiclover8825 6 років тому +2

    sounds like something that plays in Baraka

  • @puzzlepuddles6712
    @puzzlepuddles6712 4 роки тому +4

    8 year old me on a music making site:

  • @sitcu5330
    @sitcu5330 7 років тому

    A Great mental pattern maker.

  • @williamcurran9290
    @williamcurran9290 7 років тому +1

    Is there software to create this sort of visualization from original midi file input?

  • @minachoi2012
    @minachoi2012 7 років тому +1

    Is it me, or does this have note subtraction?

  • @diosatapatia
    @diosatapatia 5 років тому +21

    6/4
    4/4
    3/4

  • @RikBridle
    @RikBridle 2 роки тому

    You know I was thinking "when does the bass drop in" but it just does not need to. Just fine as it is.

  • @NikolaOric
    @NikolaOric 9 років тому +23

    Is that transversed from a 7/6 to a 5/4 signature? It's barely recognizable without the visualisation - amazing!

    • @m1ke1981
      @m1ke1981 8 років тому

      +Nikola Oric Pretty cool. I love it :)

    • @goncalooliveira3487
      @goncalooliveira3487 7 років тому +16

      7/6 is an actual time signature, but it is really complicated. Look up "irrational meters" 😋

    • @billmint8122
      @billmint8122 6 років тому +1

      Unless you’ve invented a “6th note”, no, 7/6 is not a real time signature.

    • @seansimmons652
      @seansimmons652 6 років тому +5

      William Jeffrey The 6 represents the quarter note triplet. Think of it this way: the bottom 4 in 4/4 is a division of the whole note (meaning the quarter note gets the beat); likewise, the 8 in 6/8 is also a division of the whole note into 8 equal parts (eighth note gets the beat). If you follow that same logic, a 6 in the denominator gives the quarter note triplet the beat. This allows you to do only 2, 4, 5, 7, etc. partials of the triplet before likely switching back to a “normal” time signature. It definitely creates an interesting effect with the rhythm if done correctly! Hope this is informative to you. :)

  • @smuggymcsmugface2142
    @smuggymcsmugface2142 4 роки тому

    The color scheme reminds me of that jumpscare maze game

  • @lizs004
    @lizs004 6 років тому +1

    This would be nice to play on a Tenori-on, actually.

  • @chopperbrosadvance9760
    @chopperbrosadvance9760 3 роки тому

    "What the fuck is a hi hat" I say to myself as I add the drums to my song last because I forgot to earlier

  • @udomatthiasdrums5322
    @udomatthiasdrums5322 6 років тому

    Love it!!

  • @ultraparadoxical7610
    @ultraparadoxical7610 Рік тому

    Where do you find the midi for this?

  • @TheSmegPod
    @TheSmegPod Рік тому +1

    NEWS BULLETIN JUST IN

  • @telemachus53
    @telemachus53 4 роки тому

    Can't wait to read the comments.

  • @urfavoritehumanbean879
    @urfavoritehumanbean879 6 років тому +1

    Proto Caveman Techno

  • @cecilebaivier8850
    @cecilebaivier8850 6 років тому

    super

  • @espressivsymbols3220
    @espressivsymbols3220 3 роки тому +1

    This is same base rhythm as clapping music. Riech really putting the minimal in minimalism 🤣🤣🤣

  • @HansGurke44
    @HansGurke44 3 роки тому +1

    On 1.75x speed you have a diesel cold start

  • @johelgoni9438
    @johelgoni9438 7 років тому +2

    have you tabs for this?

  • @macwilliancaetano3682
    @macwilliancaetano3682 8 років тому

    Wow !!

  • @tompw3141
    @tompw3141 8 місяців тому

    That is not where i eas expecting the final yellow block to go!

  • @adrianabonifaciodelgado
    @adrianabonifaciodelgado 2 роки тому

    essentially this is a syncopated marimba song

  • @nutellalover1457
    @nutellalover1457 Рік тому

    Me: doing my homework for music

  • @Despicablehobbit
    @Despicablehobbit 10 років тому +65

    If you ever needed a demonstration if polyrhythms...

    • @Abby66691
      @Abby66691 9 років тому +43

      Not sure this is an example of polyrhythms. All of the instruments play in the same time signature (6/4, 4/4, and finally 3/4) but certain instruments are playing the offbeat, giving it a different sound.
      An example of a polyrhythm would be playing a 3/4 over a 4/4, or a 7/8 over a 4/4 or something, none of which is present here.
      In polyrhythms, the beat only comes together ever few measures or so (12 beats on a 3/4-4/4 polyrhythm, 20 beats on a 5/4-4/4) but this has everything repeating after each bar, with new notes added in once in a while to change the pattern up, but it still sticks to the same signature.

    • @Tsunande4
      @Tsunande4 9 років тому +7

      +Andrew Davies Polymeters*

    • @dragmio
      @dragmio 6 років тому +1

      Exactly. These are NOT polyrythms.

    • @cesarbragapiano
      @cesarbragapiano 4 роки тому

      Phase shift

  • @Quim1441
    @Quim1441 7 років тому +1

    0:29 The graph is wrong there.

  • @Asheuuh
    @Asheuuh 4 роки тому

    Trailer season 8 The Walking Dead ?!

  • @darylcumming4817
    @darylcumming4817 5 років тому

    Wow.

  • @bigfootpegrande
    @bigfootpegrande 3 роки тому

    I bet Tool's Eulogy drawns from this...

  • @gensoumusic2145
    @gensoumusic2145 6 років тому

    Music for pieces of wood... soo.. like anything for a string orchestra???

    • @robertf6409
      @robertf6409 6 років тому

      HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAAHHAHAHHAHHHAHAHAHA

  • @nikakoxreidze1
    @nikakoxreidze1 4 роки тому

    3:01

  • @la.vibracion
    @la.vibracion Рік тому

    i am a piece of wood

  • @fra1235
    @fra1235 7 років тому

  • @AdamMaykov
    @AdamMaykov 6 років тому

    africano pollyrhitmia i hear the melodie