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  • 7:46 song starts here :) your welcome..

  • Baixaki?

  • wouldnt the pattern be this repeated over and over againnn

  • I thought it was sort of pretty. It lets your imagination fill in the gaps. :)

  • Here is a MP3 of the piece: 

  • Justin Bieber

  • It seems to me that there is plenty of repetition in this piece when you look at it from a composers perspective, taking into consideration ideas like harmonic and rhythmic augmentation and diminution, inversion, retrograde patterns etc. which are techniques composers have been using for ages. I bet close examination of the score would reveal many hidden patterns.

  • I can definitely play this one :-)

  • The math involved in this composition is truly interesting, but something bothers me: although this concept of "ugly music" is entertaining, it's not useful to the development of new forms of listening and composing. It's sad enough that modern composition is so out of reach for the "common" people, and then the video implies that Schönberg was trying to write "ugly music". I know it's a joke, but if you're using high math concepts, use high musical concepts too and everybody is happy.

  • Scott Rickard has degrees in Mathematics, Computer Science, and Electrical Engineering from M.I.T. and MA and PhD degrees in Applied and Computational Mathematics from Princeton University but can't do simple math or use a calculator.

    4:45 27 x 3 = 81 and 27 x 3 = 243.

    Wonder if the tax man will accept this type of mathematics when I try to insist I have paid all my tax.

  • @TaintedShirt Don't confuse maths and arithmetic it's insulting.

  • @DrGluteusMaximus Sheesh, I was wondering how to respond. I came up with a few options.

    1) If you thought I was being insulting I am sorry you felt this way.

    2) Arithmetic is a branch of maths. Check your definitions.

    3) I could have posted to failblog if indeed I was going to be insulting.

    4) I think you'd best not get upset so easily if you want to get by on the net.

    5) Ignore

    6) Troll

    Option 1 won. I apologise if I upset you because of your inability to use a dictionary.

  • @TaintedShirt 6 would have been closer to the truth, but in fairness the point i was making was that your argument is effectively like saying a minor typo makes you completely linguistically incompetent.

  • @DrGluteusMaximus First an incorrect accusation. Now a straw man! What next ?

    I pointed out that someone with a lot of qualifications in a particular field can make a mistake in that field. I also pondered whether the tax man would allow me to make a mistake.

    At no point did I call Prof Rickard incompetent. You may have inferred as much, but that doesn't mean I stated or implied it. I will admit I could have been nicer in how I pointed out his error.

  • Apparently, in thinking about repetition, they didn't take into consideration that the same tones in different octaves are a form of reiteration - albeit not 'pattern' repetition. The chromatic scale is not simply a set of discrete numbers, the chromatic scale on a piano is in fact itself a repetitive pattern. They should have mapped this onto 88 discrete frequencies that avoid these intervals.

  • @kstallm I agree. I also noticed that too.

  • I liked it....

  • I've heard uglier.

  • I felt like I was falling down a hill

  • I don't know. I think I prefer Gould's interpretation.

  • Sadly, this is not the worst piece of music I've ever heard. Go look up Gucci Mane, and you'll see what I mean LOL.

  • so this took second place to lady gaga right?

  • Not well-written, but if he was going for "ugliest," he failed.  Over a century ago, composers began seeking to do away with tonality and serializing pitches. This led to serialization of other elements of music. Aesthetically, this is no uglier than their efforts. Stockhausen himself said that music is not about the sound at the end, but the process of its creation. This man's ideas are not new, and in his case, they are also not well-executed. I've heard much uglier.

  • Still better than dubstep

  • Music for the long walks on the sands of Arrakis.

  • 8:53 in - there are the two intervals that start the Godfather theme. B-)

  • @PowerThirteen I thought I heard that too!

  • I liked it better than any of the rap music I've heard.

  • @browser51 you should stop listening to that shit and listen to some real rap.

  • Its like mystical ambient by piano. Ugliest can't say it would be... there's lot of people who have made Ugliest music ever and they get even paid for it

  • There is a pattern - the algorithm used to create it.

  • wow that sounded awful 0.0

  • Sounds more like horror music.

  • The sound of reality. Ups, downs, twists and turns and nothing ever repeats itself exactly.

  • That has got to be the hardest thing to play.

  • @4:44 27x3=81 AND 27x3=243. WRONG.  27x3= 243. Get it right!

  • This is just Webern without the form...

  • I think I'm gonna stick with the Tau song...

  • Wait 'til he uses this technique to generate dubstep...

  • i quite like it, I'd like to hear more

  • I would not call this the world's ugliest music. I would call it the world's "most lacking in beauty" music. Really ugly music, I would think, would have a whole different set of (ugly) patterns of it's own.

  • I enjoyed the weirdness of it. Am I the only one?

  • @gencshehu No, I liked it too

  • not bad. kinda liked it.

  • I actually really enjoyed this. I mean, really, how often do you hear pattern free music? Exactly.

  • I've heard worse... so called avant-garde music

  • @HatingFan this is supposed to sound worse, theoretically

  • This guy obviously never heard Nickelback.

  • I think ive heard a NIN track that started that way.

  • This is what grant money can do for ya.

  • inb4 dubstep remix

  • Really reminds me of Morton Feldman!

  • How would you know if he played a wrong note?

  • That's impressive that the pianist could play the piece. But then again, if he made any mistakes who would notice?

  • Someone get the cat off the piano.

  • What a horror!

  • "the fibonacci song": song with a melody made with the fibonacci sequence.

    check on youtube

  • metal is based off of classical music, it used a classical scale... FAIL

  • @ahlmx6 That may be true, but the vibrations are completely different; and it's the vibrations that determine the structure of molecules that come into contact with them. String theory supports this.

  • @Eowyn47 also true, maybe metal also has positive effects. i enjoy metal and classical. i honestly dont thing this theory has enough proof neways

  • @ahlmx6 Sure, metal has positive effects, it all depends on the individual song. All I know is that Emoto used a song that had vulgar lyrics and seeing water's reaction to just negative words and nothing else, the words probably did more damage than the music because words have a vibration too.

  • @Eowyn47 umm seriously? you think molecules knew they were "bad" words. you could say fudge, instead of fuck, with more bass and deeper vibrations. the shit prolly was caused because metal has double bass and deep vocals, if you took classical music and changed the notes to deeper notes it'd do the same thing. this study is completely invalid.

  • @ahlmx6 Yes, that's exactly what I'm saying, because repeatedly, time after time, positive words yielded strong hexagonal structures in the molecules, whereas negative words yielded no structure at all. The whole point of the study was to show that words, thoughts, and emotions affect us because they affect molecules, and we are made of molecules, including 70% water. This idea is not really that radical. If you do the research yourself, you will find similar findings worldwide.

  • @ahlmx6 Also, deeper vibrations do not necessarily make the molecular structure weaker, just like higher frequencies do not necessarily make the molecular structure stronger. It's much more complicated than that.  Google the 528Hz frequency and you will get more information about this phenomenon. It's an example of a 'healing' frequency because doctors actually use this frequency to repair DNA. I expect water would react positively to that frequency, for example.

  • I wonder how water molecules would react to this music. Anyone who's familiar with Masaru Emoto's water experiments knows what I'm talking about. Basically, the molecules had a stronger structure when classical music was played for it, and a weak structure when heavy metal was played. Both kinds of music have a pattern though, so I wonder how water molecules would react to something with no pattern. Would it be neutral, or have a weak structure like the heavy metal? Someone should try this.

  • @Eowyn47 His experiments were nowhere near scientific and have never been reproduced. What is a "stronger structure" and a "weak structure"? Besides, the appeal of a particular pattern of an ice crystal is quite a subjective matter. No one should waste time trying this.

  • @batsali99 If you are familiar with his experiments, you should already know what constitutes a strong structure and a weak one. The strength of the structure is what is objective about his experiments. A strong structure is one that has a stable, hexagonal structure (like a complete snowflake). A weak structure is one that is disjointed or abnormal. You can easily tell the difference. And there are many other scientific experiments that support Emoto's results, ones not done by him.

  • @Eowyn47 Describe to me in detail the mechanism by which a bunch of water molecules, inanimate matter, can appreciate complex musical structure, understand any human language and choose to respond to what is said. From what I read, you have a mediocre grasp of science and common sense, at best! Try to explain how this bogus scientific experiment makes sense in your magical world. Thanks.

  • @batsali99 Scientists used to think that molecules were inanimate matter, but quantum physics has changed this. Matter is not dumb, matter is intelligent energy and that energy is constantly changing. If you are genuinely interested in the science behind it, I recommend you do some quantum physics research and read Dr. Emoto's book, 'The Hidden Messages in Water', which will give you more thorough answers than I can give in a YouTube comment with a character limit. Good luck!

  • That's definitely not the ugliest music, but I guess it's all a matter of one's opinion. My opinion is that I simply appreciate the fact that the music doesn't have a pattern or structure, although at some places, it kind of felt like it DID have a structure. I don't find it ugly or beautiful. It kind of just IS.

  • that is definitely not the world's ugliest music. even just on piano you could easily do worse.

  • 4:35 27x3 is not 243, dammit...

  • He hit a wrong note at 9:07

  • @Zhyppers Lol guess we'll never know!

  • At least its not Friday

  • I'm 17 and what is this.

  • I've heard worse pieces of music, so to call it ugly is way overdone...

  • OMG, I actually enjoyed the music. Full of surprises.

  • i'd still rather listen to this than anything by ke$herp >_>

  • Still not as ugly as Crazy Bus.

  • @BloobFace

    crazy bus, crazyy bus, riidding on the crazy buss

  • I can play this song too! *Smashing.my.fingers.randomly.­around.on.the.keyboard*

    Damnit, I can't even play it that bad as that guy ^^

  • just out of curiosity... how is this different if you used Pi (3.14...)to determine the notes and Phi (the golden section 1.61...) as the timing? im pretty sure that pi and phi will go one with out making any patterns.

  • @wakojako49 I think that is because Pi has reptition in it's number. For example the number '1' occurs twice in the first four digits. He seems to be interested in repetition free score, not just pattern-less

  • @ChrisCummins mmm.... that's interesting. yeah i guess you're right. anyways its some thought i just thought about cause you know pi and phi are called irrational numbers because there is no repetition of patterns. :P

  • 27x3=243? At 5:15 on the presentation :)

  • @mmbosschaert It's just a typo that should read 81 x 3 = 243

  • @mmbosschaert Lol its a pattern but they got it wrogn its

    1 1*3 3 3*3 9 9*3 27 27*3 81 81*3 243

  • @mmbosschaert nice catch! It should have been 81 x 3 = 243

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  • @mmbosschaert it was a typo he meant 81

  • @mmbosschaert Well if you follow the pattern, it looks like it was meant to be 81x3 which does come out to 243.

  • So Venetian Snares walked into a bar and

  • I played that when i was a kid!

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  • Sounds like King Crimson.

  • better than nickelback

  • the intro is kinda cool LOL

  • @josecalderari thats the thing, we expect that first bass to be repeated then when its not it sounds awfull lol

  • i thougt the worlds ugliest music was metal

  • fukk this bad... but still better then justin bieber

  • Wow. The pianist made a huge mistake at 8:31

  • @benedelstein93 i noticed it too, yeah, the pianist sux :(

  • とても美しいと思うんですが。。。。

    

  • I do have to agree that they have failed to make world's ugliest music. There's much worse crap on radio, MTV, and whatnot every day.

  • No wonder sharks and orcas are so violent- who could listen to that underwater all day long???

  • Haha Rebecca Black's friday is on related videos :D

  • How is this ugly?

  • @TheJellyPope "How is this ugly?" It sounds like jazz.

  • Looks like a cat walking in the piano keys

  • @TheShadowflarer A man playing a piano looks like a cat?

  • @AfroDeezeeYak ¬¬, You can only be kidding me, I mean you've never seen a cat walking across the keys of a piano? Playing random notes?

  • @TheShadowflarer I have....I still fail to make the VISUAL connection between a cat and a man, however. 0_0

  • @AfroDeezeeYak Is because this guy, its looks like he is a noob in a piano so he play random note, like a cat walking in the piano keys...

  • @TheShadowflarer A 'noob' physically located inside a piano looks like a cat walking across piano keys?

    Interesting.

  • @AfroDeezeeYak Ok, you are impossible, i tried so hard to make you understand but you never go understand OMFG !!

  • @TheShadowflarer You guys are hilarious

  • @AfroDeezeeYak eyes, nose, and mouth are in the same basic position. Plus one has an anatomical equivalent of everything the other has, and vice versa.

  • the ugliest? It's a great soundtrack for some triller movie!

  • beautiful music!

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  • complete bulshit! try make money otherwise.....

  • It isn't patternless.

  • @Piglet0123456789 I agree. My thought was that there were elements of style producing a pattern. While the specific key press may be random, by translating the calculation to the piano utter randomness is lost.

  • slightly anticlimactic.

  • they should use a music software to play this in a sped up version

  • @billyboy8888 watch?v=h0tpq395-yA

  • WTF it sounds like somebody who has never played a piano. There was probably no need for the piano player.

  • The piano player looked so frustrated with every note he hit....lol

  • that is actually some really good 'ambient', I'd say...

  • look alike nirvana

  • 7:50 for the music

  • fail

  • oooouuuuuhhhhh shhhhhhhit ))

  • lmaooooooooooo

  • 81*3=243

    =)

  • 7:45 Song "The Perfect Ping"

    Scott Pickard co-founded a free educational science website for elementary age children called "ScienceWithMe" d.o.t. com

  • Show! very good for "creative meditation"...please, don't let me feel alone...I feel like I'm different, as I loved that piece...not bad, really good excerpt!

    The only bad thig is the idiot presenter... that's a piece of shit.

  • It's still better than Justin Bieber!

  • i love the ending.

  • it's funny how Linkin Park is in the 'related videos' list

  • WHAT THE FUCK?!

  • How can this music is ugly? I'm not seeing it, I'm hearing it.

  • ЗАНУДСТВО, НЕ ВИЖУ НИЧЕГО ПРОТИВНОГО!!!!!!!

  • мда

    

  • only shit

  • Strange how YouTube recommended me 30 Seconds to Mars after watching the video of the worst music ever.

  • Still better than Bieber.

  • 7:47 - Free skip bullshit button (for god sake, why no one did it before ?? >:| I have to watch a lot of bs)

  • needs a techno remix

  • Much better than Bieber.

  • I don't hear "ugliness" I hear "troubled-ness." As if this were the theme song for someone who bad things are always happening to.

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  • бред старого ....

  • There's no Music without a Harmony.

    This "melody" could be music if has some phrases or motifs...

    So...Great discovery.

  • I think this is the music Vogons play.

  • I'm amazed, people actually clapped at the end.

  • There is a repeated high and low tone?

  • People should stop skipping the lecture.

  • o cara ta tocando ate com vergonha kkkkk

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  • i want to hear this sped up

  • Quem concorda que é melhor que Restart e Justin Biba da um joinha plz !

  • better than Justin Bieber

  • putz! da proxima vez tenta com o albabeto, pq pela a matematica... ti dou nota o,1

  • Faltou so a harmonia , a melodia e otima kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

  • Essa peça foi exibida para deficientes auditivos. O cara levantou pra dizer que tinha acabado :0

  • melhor do que qualquer funk