I liked the video, but you didn't really explain why these intervals are pleasing to the human ear. All you did was state that they are particular ratios. It was interesting though :)
that was a great explaination of chords...but i'm still perplexed as to why certain progressions sound so appealing. like why does C-D-Db sound minor, and is associated with feelings of fear and distress. how do waves impose emotion on the human brain? I find it amazing that sound can do that.
Ah HA! (You gave me an ah HA! moment.) I'd be interested in seeing a video where you played perfect fifths vs combinations that are NOT pleasing to the ear. Is the wave form different?
Very nice. I'm glad you threw the part in about plainchant and why that was pleasing. Interestingly, those open sounds were considered sacred and other intervals (any type of major or minor second, third, sixth or seventh) were not acceptable to sing in church. Oh how far we've come! ^_^
Don't you have a Music Theory Channel on YouTube? Should this video go there as well? Shouldn't there be a LINK to that insightful channel be in your description or maybe even an ANNOTATED LINK? Good info. Rock on!
i just stumbled on your website and what you said in this video makes some music stuff that I do have so much more sense. you are cool and i liked what i learned from ya. keep making videos!
This brought back a bunch of stuff I learned in a music classe I took a few years ago that I had forgotten I knew, plus taught me some new information. Very nice video, sir.
Haha, just kidding. That's actually really freaking awesome. I usually dislike math and science, but when you put it with music it's very interesting.
This video makes me miss music theory...I should see if I can fit it into my schedule for next semester considering I found out yesterday I'm completely done with my second major woo!
@AnnabellaTS In the US students in grades 9-12,usually 11&12,can take a college/university level course in a variety of subjects & possibly get college credit for it.You do so by taking an AP exam at the end of the year.The grading system is based on 0-5.5 is the best you can do on an AP exam.Essentially a lot of students take AP courses to get into good schools & save money by not needing as many credits.There are also IB courses,which I hear are harder.Hope that was helpful!
@imnotuniqueimmonique IB courses are for primarily international students. I don't mean to promote stereotypes, but they are generally harder because most students that take IB tests are Asians. Therefore, the tests must be harder in order to maintain a normal curve for scores...
Man... I feel like a comment-whore.... 3 comments in 5 minutes
@MisterMrErik I know a lot of people who have taken IB courses/tests who are from the states.It seems to mainly be a choice of the school system to have either AP or IB, & IB tests are scored differently than AP tests,I believe they're scored on a 10 scale.I have never heard of it being primarily for international students, so I can't argue with that,but I will say that just because you say you don't mean to offend or promote something doesn't make it any more okay for you to do so.
@imnotuniqueimmonique It wasn't intended to offend anyone. That is the true reason why the tests are so hard. If the tests were easier then the scores would be strongly skewed with higher scores and it would be harder to curve the test and differentiate between intelligence. I don't want to debate, as that was not my initial intent and it reflects badly upon my character. Also, IB stands for International Baccalaureate
@imnotuniqueimmonique That's an aggressive comment though.... If you didn't want to debate then what was the point of making that comment?
It was not rude, and was called for as it explains why IB tests are generally harder.
I will explain again a THIRD time... Perhaps you will understand... The mean scores for most Asians would normally be very high, and very concentrated. Therefore IB tests are harder to notice the difference between very smart and extremely smart.
@MisterMrErik You are working off of assumptions,I would like you to point me in the direction of not only statistics,but an official website that states that "...they are generally harder because most students that take IB tests are Asian."I completely understand what you are saying.If you had simply stated to some degree or another that IB tests are mostly taken by international students,whose course work is more rigorous and therefore they tend to do better on them,I wouldn't be upset.
@AnnabellaTS A 5 on an AP means that you got a 5 on an Advanced Placement test. Advanced Placement tests allow you to test your knowledge/skill in certain subjects in order to receive college credit for that particular subject/class. 5 is the highest score
I for example took AP Calculus BC and scored a 5. This means that I can use this score to "test out" of my Calculus I and II classes at most universities. But all universities have different standards for what score allows you to "test out."
Mike Lombardo, I learn so much from you. Even when you talk about stuff that I already know. Seriously. Your explanations are so clear, they not only introduce new information, but they help lock in existing information.
I've been thinking about music and chords and stuff a bit today and then when I checked my subscriptions this is pretty much the first thing I saw ^_^.
Yeah about 5ths except that in baroque and renaissance harmony paralel 5ths weren't used because the sounds of 5ths an octaves merge slightly so that when a piece moves chord if you have 2 parts moving the same interval when they are 5ths it sounds like just one part (free flowing movement of parts is more important), soz, i am a geek and just jumped on the opportunity to talk about that
I'm very interested in the idea of simplexity (how simple things are actually complex, or vice versa) and I love that you call this a simplification. To somebody who has little experience with wave patterns etc. this would look very complex, but I guess it is simpler than trying to explain why mankind universally likes things :P
Are the intervals mentioned here enjoyed around the world in the same way, or are other intervals preferred in different, non-european based countries? I am thinking if how strange japanese, chinese, indian and african sounds seem to me.- do they have or use chords? How do theirs compare to ours?
@bubblemum Eastern music doesn't use the 12-tone system and so it is made up of different intervals. It is in fact fundamentally different than what we are used to, and I don't have a whole lot of training in Eastern music so I'll just suggest that you turn to the interwebs for info ;)
I usually enjoy your videos but I'm taking a class called Speech Science and it bores the pants off me, so I just can't enjoy talking about the waveforms you discussed (I was still excited that I understood what you were talking about because I'm a speech path nerd :] )
I'll come back and watch this on a day when I don't have speech science at 8:30 AM
Thanks for explaining! I knew the stuff about the ratios, but didn't understand how the waves interacted with each other. The meeting of math and music always intrigues me, especially when it starts getting into the Pythagorean comma and circle of fifths. It's just amazing how our ears can perceive minute differences in waves!
I don't think it's just mathematical - it's as you said - earlier traditions placing higher value (value might be a controversial word) on these intervals (which then you might argue is because of the maths.. but I'm not sure). But then that doesn't explain why especially chord I vi IV and V are most common in pop music.. since the remaining chords still have thirds and fifths in them. I'm not arguing - I think it's a really good video, I'm just interested.
@annath3awesome Since octaves, fourths, and fifths were traditionally used in religious music, they have come to be known as "perfect" intervals, vs the others which are major/minor. But the reason they were the first intervals used is because they are so acoustically pure. It is a (relatively) recent phenomenon that major thirds sound good to us.
oh! In my music class when we're tuning flutes and brass instruments, one person is pitched correctly, then another person plays the same note. And if that instrument is exactly on the same pitch without being sharp or flat, then you can kind of hear the note in waves...
And when this happens, you can hear a small buzzing, apparntly from the sound waves hitting our snare drum.
Is this why that happens? Becuase of the frequencies and stuff? :)
@cooliokats Great question! What you're hearing are called "beats" which when the ratios are VERY close to 1:1. Since the waveform is so close to being perfectly smooth, you can hear the places where the peaks and valleys are interfering with each other. Piano tuners listen to the beats and count them when they're tuning pianos.
The fact that this can be mathematically explained blows my mind. And yeah. You're awesome for knowing just how to explain it in a way that I can at least grasp the concept. :) Also, lolol @ "hi mom" moment.
Oh! So Mike, I was wondering what your story is as to how you got on to Buck Factor originally. Did you know Buck before he featured you (I remember that btw :))? I really want him, or anyone, to see some of the 'stuff' I do, and I thought you'd be the right person to ask for advice. :). Thanks so much!!
These are the Mike Lombardo videos I love. "Dumbing down" amazing theories and just pouring out musical knowledge and wisdom for those who are ignorant. :)
@PlethoraShae I don't like to say "dumbing down." I think of it as introducing my audience to the basic elements of a concept, so they can see if it's something they're interested in or not. If they are curious, then go look stuff up on their own, mission accomplished. There's no way I could ever completely cover a concept like this in a 5 minute video and not leave a bunch of people totally confused :)
@merpiper That's good to hear. I'm always worried that I'm moving too fast because I take for granted understanding those concepts. You should check out MusicTheoryChannel here on youtube.
My precalculus teacher was the one who originally got me into the math behind music. The Friday before Christmas break every year, he knows he won't be able to lecture, so he brings in a few of his guitars and a bass, then uses LoggerPro to show what the sound waves look like. It's amazing.
If I see (hear) How Equal temperament perfect harmony and why you should care by ross duffin one more time my head will explode and green stuff will go flying everywhere. I can find that book Nowhere! and I can't order it off amazon cause I have haz stuff already being mailed in for other sites RAHHH!
@MikeLombardoMusic I did a very long while ago but it will take forever because they just got like 12 boxes "popular books" and my school library doesn't carry any books on music. So It'll be like...a year and a half.
Great explanation, one small thing though. Many of these intervals don't exist in musical systems outside Western Art music. For people born into areas of the world that use different musical systems, harmonic progressions would just sound "other" (just how if we were to sit and listen to gamelan, it would be difficult to make sense of the construction of the music). Some may find it unpleasant. Therefore, I think it's more accurate to say that these intervals sound pleasing to the Western ear.
@smashley008 As I said, it's a huge oversimplification. Even more important than making the Western distinction, I didn't even go into the overtone series, which has a HUGE effect on our perception of sound and is WHY Western music is the way it is. You are right to point that out, though.
@MikeLombardoMusic Very true. I'm in first year music at university and therefore don't really know many details about the physics side of music, so I'll definitely be looking out for any more videos you make on the topic (well, all the others too of course but this topic specifically). Especially because I'm being taught how to hear the differences between chords and I've found that having some understanding of the science to be helpful. Thanks for sharing your awesome with us :)
Yay! :) I learned about the noise canceling things last year. And then we were at this science thing with our class and there was a device with a microphone (I can't remember what it was called) but it took the noise you made and turned it into an image of soundwaves. So my self and some other people in my group that were in choir sang onr of our songs into the mic. The guy was like "you have very nice looking music." So it kind of made us laugh.
great video and You should look up "The Art of Sound" on Youtube if you havn't already its a study where there is sand on a metal slate and when a note is played the sand forms to the sound so you can actually see the sound and it changes as the notes change which i find very interesting. btw i found you through Andy Glover so idk what that suppose to mean except for he doesn't have as many subs as others nvm it doesn't matter.
So... I get why some chords are more pleasant than others but why certain chord progressions?
angelwings1086 8 months ago
I liked the video, but you didn't really explain why these intervals are pleasing to the human ear. All you did was state that they are particular ratios. It was interesting though :)
radpotterrelatedname 10 months ago
@radpotterrelatedname I said it's because their waveforms interfere to create a pleasing resultant waveform.
MikeLombardoMusic 10 months ago
I was distracted by the changes in your lava lamp...
xbookfreekx 10 months ago
that was a great explaination of chords...but i'm still perplexed as to why certain progressions sound so appealing. like why does C-D-Db sound minor, and is associated with feelings of fear and distress. how do waves impose emotion on the human brain? I find it amazing that sound can do that.
Windspirit21 10 months ago
It's physics all over again, only...awesomer. Consonance and dissonance...it's all coming back to me!
ForgottenLoveLetter 10 months ago
So cool! I love learning about hows brains work :)
dolphin64575 11 months ago
Ah HA! (You gave me an ah HA! moment.) I'd be interested in seeing a video where you played perfect fifths vs combinations that are NOT pleasing to the ear. Is the wave form different?
Deflin 11 months ago
Very nice. I'm glad you threw the part in about plainchant and why that was pleasing. Interestingly, those open sounds were considered sacred and other intervals (any type of major or minor second, third, sixth or seventh) were not acceptable to sing in church. Oh how far we've come! ^_^
sarahisavampire 11 months ago
Don't you have a Music Theory Channel on YouTube? Should this video go there as well? Shouldn't there be a LINK to that insightful channel be in your description or maybe even an ANNOTATED LINK? Good info. Rock on!
RockingJamboree 11 months ago
just 45 seconds in i got soooo confused in another video can you dumb it down
rweasley103 11 months ago
i just stumbled on your website and what you said in this video makes some music stuff that I do have so much more sense. you are cool and i liked what i learned from ya. keep making videos!
firstclasscotastrafy 11 months ago
Subscribed.
FredIsMyName22 11 months ago
@imnotuniqueimmonique Thank you! :) Yes, that was very helpful. It's such a different system from where I live.
AnnabellaTS 11 months ago
@MisterMrErik Thank you :) and well done for your 5 in Calculus!
AnnabellaTS 11 months ago
You look insanely like my AS level British History teacher. Only about 10 years younger. You're both awesome.
JodieRoxSox99 11 months ago
Wow, your eyes are really beautiful!
lhc9494 11 months ago
This brought back a bunch of stuff I learned in a music classe I took a few years ago that I had forgotten I knew, plus taught me some new information. Very nice video, sir.
ellengearhart 11 months ago
You have pretty eyes. <3
pinkyprincess06 11 months ago
The more you know : p
You should do more vlogs like this when you have the chance :)
z0mbri27 11 months ago
Whoa. You're talented, good looking and smart. Are you single?
lordsxman 11 months ago
This was actually really interesting. You'd make a great music teacher when you weren't playing awesome music of your own!
mattiejpwn 11 months ago
I have learned so much today... :D
emilymarguerite 11 months ago
i already knew most of this, but the waveform of modern music was cool, great video :)
kayJM39 11 months ago
i learned smth new (-: thanks mike
Annaconda1984 11 months ago
Cool story, bro.
Haha, just kidding. That's actually really freaking awesome. I usually dislike math and science, but when you put it with music it's very interesting.
sincerelywizard 11 months ago
Gosh, I love physics. (:
numbersandnotes 11 months ago
This video makes me miss music theory...I should see if I can fit it into my schedule for next semester considering I found out yesterday I'm completely done with my second major woo!
AllonsyArielle 11 months ago
I'm pretty sure I learn more from your videos than I learnt from three years studying music at university.
lucyedgehill 11 months ago
i just finished (like today) learning about how sound waves that are opposite cancel out :P
butters22x 11 months ago
Fascinating!
noorgansjustawesome 11 months ago
i think my favorite youtubers should be my teachers...i learn so much more from them and they're way more interesting.
SkittlesandHearts 11 months ago 2
i think my favorite youtubers should be my teachers...i lean so much more from them and they're way more interesting.
SkittlesandHearts 11 months ago
music theory = HAWT
GeeEmOh 11 months ago
Everything is better with graphs!
scratchingcat 11 months ago
Will someone explain what a 5 on the AP is?
:)
AnnabellaTS 11 months ago
@AnnabellaTS In the US students in grades 9-12,usually 11&12,can take a college/university level course in a variety of subjects & possibly get college credit for it.You do so by taking an AP exam at the end of the year.The grading system is based on 0-5.5 is the best you can do on an AP exam.Essentially a lot of students take AP courses to get into good schools & save money by not needing as many credits.There are also IB courses,which I hear are harder.Hope that was helpful!
imnotuniqueimmonique 11 months ago
@imnotuniqueimmonique IB courses are for primarily international students. I don't mean to promote stereotypes, but they are generally harder because most students that take IB tests are Asians. Therefore, the tests must be harder in order to maintain a normal curve for scores...
Man... I feel like a comment-whore.... 3 comments in 5 minutes
MisterMrErik 11 months ago
@MisterMrErik I know a lot of people who have taken IB courses/tests who are from the states.It seems to mainly be a choice of the school system to have either AP or IB, & IB tests are scored differently than AP tests,I believe they're scored on a 10 scale.I have never heard of it being primarily for international students, so I can't argue with that,but I will say that just because you say you don't mean to offend or promote something doesn't make it any more okay for you to do so.
imnotuniqueimmonique 11 months ago
@imnotuniqueimmonique It wasn't intended to offend anyone. That is the true reason why the tests are so hard. If the tests were easier then the scores would be strongly skewed with higher scores and it would be harder to curve the test and differentiate between intelligence. I don't want to debate, as that was not my initial intent and it reflects badly upon my character. Also, IB stands for International Baccalaureate
MisterMrErik 11 months ago
@MisterMrErik I was not intending to debate either, I just wanted to point out that what you said was rude and uncalled for.
imnotuniqueimmonique 11 months ago
@imnotuniqueimmonique That's an aggressive comment though.... If you didn't want to debate then what was the point of making that comment?
It was not rude, and was called for as it explains why IB tests are generally harder.
I will explain again a THIRD time... Perhaps you will understand... The mean scores for most Asians would normally be very high, and very concentrated. Therefore IB tests are harder to notice the difference between very smart and extremely smart.
MisterMrErik 11 months ago
@MisterMrErik You are working off of assumptions,I would like you to point me in the direction of not only statistics,but an official website that states that "...they are generally harder because most students that take IB tests are Asian."I completely understand what you are saying.If you had simply stated to some degree or another that IB tests are mostly taken by international students,whose course work is more rigorous and therefore they tend to do better on them,I wouldn't be upset.
imnotuniqueimmonique 11 months ago
@MisterMrErik It just really bothers me when people negate others who may not fall into what is typical.
imnotuniqueimmonique 11 months ago
@AnnabellaTS A 5 on an AP means that you got a 5 on an Advanced Placement test. Advanced Placement tests allow you to test your knowledge/skill in certain subjects in order to receive college credit for that particular subject/class. 5 is the highest score
I for example took AP Calculus BC and scored a 5. This means that I can use this score to "test out" of my Calculus I and II classes at most universities. But all universities have different standards for what score allows you to "test out."
MisterMrErik 11 months ago
music nerdiness = awesome. this video just made my day!
RosaleeBananafish 11 months ago
stop being so adorable please
MegTao 11 months ago
Look how fancy you are with your numbers.
hayleyghoover 11 months ago 3
Mike Lombardo, I learn so much from you. Even when you talk about stuff that I already know. Seriously. Your explanations are so clear, they not only introduce new information, but they help lock in existing information.
mickeleh 11 months ago 25
@mickeleh thank you sir
MikeLombardoMusic 11 months ago 3
Great video :).
I've been thinking about music and chords and stuff a bit today and then when I checked my subscriptions this is pretty much the first thing I saw ^_^.
Learning stuff in a fun way is awesome :).
Evanna11LilyLuna 11 months ago
I am so tired while watching this... I cant understand a thing... : (
iaMyla 11 months ago
I like Milo videos. And learning. I liked this video.
Chocohall 11 months ago
Yeah about 5ths except that in baroque and renaissance harmony paralel 5ths weren't used because the sounds of 5ths an octaves merge slightly so that when a piece moves chord if you have 2 parts moving the same interval when they are 5ths it sounds like just one part (free flowing movement of parts is more important), soz, i am a geek and just jumped on the opportunity to talk about that
Shellewell 11 months ago
I love it when you explain music like this. Where does all your knowledge come from?
I mean seriously, I wanna learn!! =D
OrgasmandTea 11 months ago
you are too smart for my head.
tonjesml 11 months ago 13
@tonjesml you are too cool for your mom
MikeLombardoMusic 11 months ago 7
awesome upload i enjoyed learning about the noise canceling head phones
kazooga1234 11 months ago
This kind of stuff about waves is a level physics, can you do my exam for me? :P
SuperFrazerS 11 months ago 8
@SuperFrazerS I got a 5 on the AP.
MikeLombardoMusic 11 months ago 29
@MikeLombardoMusic Argh you serious?!?!? A 5!?!?!?! My exam's in English Literature and World History...do you think you can do it for me?? (A)
nashwa1nosha1smokey 11 months ago
@MikeLombardoMusic Congrats on the 5.
Which Physics test? Physics B?
And did you happen to take any other tests?
Much respect for your musical talent and knowledge of wave interference.
MisterMrErik 11 months ago
@MikeLombardoMusic holy shit, thats absurd. whats your IQ?
lmssfsc 10 months ago
Ugh, your absolutely adorable.
kristnknowswhatsup 11 months ago
I'm very interested in the idea of simplexity (how simple things are actually complex, or vice versa) and I love that you call this a simplification. To somebody who has little experience with wave patterns etc. this would look very complex, but I guess it is simpler than trying to explain why mankind universally likes things :P
OMGTHERERNONAMESAAGH 11 months ago
As a college trained musician, I am extremely excited that that you actually know all this stuff and show it!
bandnerd29316 11 months ago
WHY COULDN'T YOU HAVE MADE THIS VIDEO LAST WEEK WHEN I HAD A TEST ON IT!?!?!
teganbowiefreak 11 months ago
Gawddd I love nerds, so much.
SpellboundSama 11 months ago
Firstly, Mike, AWESOME SCIENCE!
Secondly, thanks for using my intro. =D
You're brilliant and inspiring and I look forward to all your videos. Keep it up.
WikiRiffs 11 months ago 5
Intelligent and attractive? Preposterous!
BeautifulAbsurdities 11 months ago 51
@BeautifulAbsurdities Inconceivable!
MikeLombardoMusic 11 months ago 49
@MikeLombardoMusic Glad to know guys like that exist. ;)
BeautifulAbsurdities 11 months ago
@BeautifulAbsurdities And also a great musician! HE'S A WIZARD.
saveoursandwich 11 months ago
I feel smarter because of this video
thelizardqueenrules 11 months ago
Are the intervals mentioned here enjoyed around the world in the same way, or are other intervals preferred in different, non-european based countries? I am thinking if how strange japanese, chinese, indian and african sounds seem to me.- do they have or use chords? How do theirs compare to ours?
bubblemum 11 months ago
@bubblemum Eastern music doesn't use the 12-tone system and so it is made up of different intervals. It is in fact fundamentally different than what we are used to, and I don't have a whole lot of training in Eastern music so I'll just suggest that you turn to the interwebs for info ;)
MikeLombardoMusic 11 months ago
Oh, yes. Two things I love combined: science and music. This makes me happy. :) Thank you, Mike Lombardo. :)
Inhalingslowly 11 months ago
hi mom. :)
katherineohmy 11 months ago
such. dreamy. eyes. MIKE LOMBARDO!!!
mybeautifulrescue21 11 months ago
I watched this after returning from my AP Music Theory review session.
shaylaluna 11 months ago
I liked this when I saw the 'Hi mom' annotation.
battykari 11 months ago
I usually enjoy your videos but I'm taking a class called Speech Science and it bores the pants off me, so I just can't enjoy talking about the waveforms you discussed (I was still excited that I understood what you were talking about because I'm a speech path nerd :] )
I'll come back and watch this on a day when I don't have speech science at 8:30 AM
Semzi10 11 months ago
I might pay more attention if my computer wasn't skipping
evolvingboard 11 months ago
Pretty cool, thank you :)
andrineslife 11 months ago
will you teach at my school... please?
AbbyNicoleMusic 11 months ago
"Hi Mom" LOL
el3aleyle 11 months ago
Thanks for explaining! I knew the stuff about the ratios, but didn't understand how the waves interacted with each other. The meeting of math and music always intrigues me, especially when it starts getting into the Pythagorean comma and circle of fifths. It's just amazing how our ears can perceive minute differences in waves!
AbigailR84 11 months ago
omg. stop being so cool
HPnerdfighter 11 months ago 8
@HPnerdfighter no wai
MikeLombardoMusic 11 months ago 5
Haha, *this* is a vast oversimplification. Wow.
KellyRaps 11 months ago
and this is why music without emotion is math.
fecklessman 11 months ago
this is about to get a ton of views...
DrPicklesify 11 months ago
Hi Mom
thebigcheese6411 11 months ago 2
I was actually wondering how Noise Cancelling worked.
Nerdylation 11 months ago 6
@Nerdylation Not to be confused with Noise Isolation, which basically just blocks out external sound by squeezing the shit out of your head.
MikeLombardoMusic 11 months ago 7
hi mom.
kevjumbaluver 11 months ago
Why do I hate the ice cream changes?
colourfulwithaU 11 months ago
@colourfulwithaU are you lactose intolerant?
Nerdylation 11 months ago
@Nerdylation
Old joke. Heard it already. And no. But I am a music major. -_-
colourfulwithaU 11 months ago
I don't think it's just mathematical - it's as you said - earlier traditions placing higher value (value might be a controversial word) on these intervals (which then you might argue is because of the maths.. but I'm not sure). But then that doesn't explain why especially chord I vi IV and V are most common in pop music.. since the remaining chords still have thirds and fifths in them. I'm not arguing - I think it's a really good video, I'm just interested.
annath3awesome 11 months ago
@annath3awesome Since octaves, fourths, and fifths were traditionally used in religious music, they have come to be known as "perfect" intervals, vs the others which are major/minor. But the reason they were the first intervals used is because they are so acoustically pure. It is a (relatively) recent phenomenon that major thirds sound good to us.
MikeLombardoMusic 11 months ago
Hi Mom.
KiddsockTV 11 months ago
EPIC
pogobat 11 months ago 5
@pogobat Gotta use my music degree for SOMETHIN, dude.
MikeLombardoMusic 11 months ago 7
oh! In my music class when we're tuning flutes and brass instruments, one person is pitched correctly, then another person plays the same note. And if that instrument is exactly on the same pitch without being sharp or flat, then you can kind of hear the note in waves...
And when this happens, you can hear a small buzzing, apparntly from the sound waves hitting our snare drum.
Is this why that happens? Becuase of the frequencies and stuff? :)
cooliokats 11 months ago
@cooliokats Great question! What you're hearing are called "beats" which when the ratios are VERY close to 1:1. Since the waveform is so close to being perfectly smooth, you can hear the places where the peaks and valleys are interfering with each other. Piano tuners listen to the beats and count them when they're tuning pianos.
MikeLombardoMusic 11 months ago
huh, now it makes much more sense. I like understanding things. :)
ninjoy17 11 months ago
so i guess thelonious monk's sound waves are pretty crazy huh?
henry12350 11 months ago
Too cool. Starting at Smith next semester to become a math teacher...everyone asks me why I love math...THIS is why I love it.
Angie1994isold 11 months ago
I learn more in a 2 minute video of you explaining stuff than I do in a year long music class at school.
SingingAngel32 11 months ago
The fact that this can be mathematically explained blows my mind. And yeah. You're awesome for knowing just how to explain it in a way that I can at least grasp the concept. :) Also, lolol @ "hi mom" moment.
holyhippogriff 11 months ago
You're smart, and stuff.
kiao1208 11 months ago
Oh! So Mike, I was wondering what your story is as to how you got on to Buck Factor originally. Did you know Buck before he featured you (I remember that btw :))? I really want him, or anyone, to see some of the 'stuff' I do, and I thought you'd be the right person to ask for advice. :). Thanks so much!!
redhairedgirl35 11 months ago
@redhairedgirl35 send him a tweet!
MikeLombardoMusic 11 months ago
@MikeLombardoMusic
:)
Will do.
I'll even send one to shutupbuck (shhh!!!)
redhairedgirl35 11 months ago
books?
The word book makes me want to watch Hard Days Night. I love when Paul's grandfather, that clean fellow says books :P
shalolalee 11 months ago
WE'RE MAKING A MUSIC VIDEO??? I wanna help!! Why have I not heard of this???!
redhairedgirl35 11 months ago
@redhairedgirl35 Because I haven't announced it yet! That's going to be my next video. Oh and there's prizes.
MikeLombardoMusic 11 months ago
@MikeLombardoMusic
Oh yeah. Excitement.
redhairedgirl35 11 months ago
These are the Mike Lombardo videos I love. "Dumbing down" amazing theories and just pouring out musical knowledge and wisdom for those who are ignorant. :)
PlethoraShae 11 months ago 3
@PlethoraShae I don't like to say "dumbing down." I think of it as introducing my audience to the basic elements of a concept, so they can see if it's something they're interested in or not. If they are curious, then go look stuff up on their own, mission accomplished. There's no way I could ever completely cover a concept like this in a 5 minute video and not leave a bunch of people totally confused :)
MikeLombardoMusic 11 months ago 3
Another physics video! YAY!
hedgehogchronicles 11 months ago
music and math?!! Great video. Very accessible even to non-math people like me. :D
merpiper 11 months ago
@merpiper That's good to hear. I'm always worried that I'm moving too fast because I take for granted understanding those concepts. You should check out MusicTheoryChannel here on youtube.
MikeLombardoMusic 11 months ago 2
I have my soundwave test in Physics on Monday. This was EXCELLENT timing [=
PompTheMoose 11 months ago
My precalculus teacher was the one who originally got me into the math behind music. The Friday before Christmas break every year, he knows he won't be able to lecture, so he brings in a few of his guitars and a bass, then uses LoggerPro to show what the sound waves look like. It's amazing.
skywriter11 11 months ago
This is actually really interesting. I wish I was taught this in school.
jocelynallday 11 months ago
If I see (hear) How Equal temperament perfect harmony and why you should care by ross duffin one more time my head will explode and green stuff will go flying everywhere. I can find that book Nowhere! and I can't order it off amazon cause I have haz stuff already being mailed in for other sites RAHHH!
ThatsKindaGraphic 11 months ago
@ThatsKindaGraphic Tell your library you want to read it. They should order it for you.
MikeLombardoMusic 11 months ago
@MikeLombardoMusic I did a very long while ago but it will take forever because they just got like 12 boxes "popular books" and my school library doesn't carry any books on music. So It'll be like...a year and a half.
ThatsKindaGraphic 11 months ago
This is super-cool.
eragonlover1 11 months ago
This was absolutely fascinating. I will check out those links tomorrow (or... today. Damn you 3AM!!)
RogueBlueJay 11 months ago
When I first heard Hank say that my first thought was "I bet Mike Lombardo could explain why" :P
BeBopALula1 11 months ago 2
@BeBopALula1 damn skippy
MikeLombardoMusic 11 months ago
Great explanation, one small thing though. Many of these intervals don't exist in musical systems outside Western Art music. For people born into areas of the world that use different musical systems, harmonic progressions would just sound "other" (just how if we were to sit and listen to gamelan, it would be difficult to make sense of the construction of the music). Some may find it unpleasant. Therefore, I think it's more accurate to say that these intervals sound pleasing to the Western ear.
smashley008 11 months ago
@smashley008 As I said, it's a huge oversimplification. Even more important than making the Western distinction, I didn't even go into the overtone series, which has a HUGE effect on our perception of sound and is WHY Western music is the way it is. You are right to point that out, though.
MikeLombardoMusic 11 months ago
@MikeLombardoMusic Very true. I'm in first year music at university and therefore don't really know many details about the physics side of music, so I'll definitely be looking out for any more videos you make on the topic (well, all the others too of course but this topic specifically). Especially because I'm being taught how to hear the differences between chords and I've found that having some understanding of the science to be helpful. Thanks for sharing your awesome with us :)
smashley008 11 months ago
Math and physics making ice cream delicious.
Hoo-ha!
g2theIrishPianist 11 months ago
Hi mom.
fantasticmrmatthew 11 months ago
Also, my choir did a Gregorian chant last year, I think it was.
otakubabe555 11 months ago
Yay! :) I learned about the noise canceling things last year. And then we were at this science thing with our class and there was a device with a microphone (I can't remember what it was called) but it took the noise you made and turned it into an image of soundwaves. So my self and some other people in my group that were in choir sang onr of our songs into the mic. The guy was like "you have very nice looking music." So it kind of made us laugh.
otakubabe555 11 months ago
@otakubabe555 "oscilloscope"
MikeLombardoMusic 11 months ago
@MikeLombardoMusic Yes, that was the one. :P Also, I hope you had a good birthday. :)
otakubabe555 11 months ago
Thanks for putting this up, Mike!
As an inspiring musician, it was pretty interesting.
Nowearenttwins 11 months ago
great video and You should look up "The Art of Sound" on Youtube if you havn't already its a study where there is sand on a metal slate and when a note is played the sand forms to the sound so you can actually see the sound and it changes as the notes change which i find very interesting. btw i found you through Andy Glover so idk what that suppose to mean except for he doesn't have as many subs as others nvm it doesn't matter.
TJ4kicks 11 months ago
"Hi Mom" lol
DressageGurl101 11 months ago
More more you know~
This was actually really cool.
I've learned.
8Tails 11 months ago
ur eyes look AMAZING
Bellerzz 11 months ago 28
Ahh, Mike. Funny jokes are funny.
Your geeky-ness is AWESOME. Also, your freaking lamp is covering my painting. AGAIN.
starrrry311 11 months ago
@starrrry311 It's awesome! I look at it every day.
MikeLombardoMusic 11 months ago
Thanks, learned a lot
bookrazy 11 months ago
I knew a little about the before, but hearing it this way makes so much more sense.
animeotaku 11 months ago
Dammit Mike, why couldn't you do this video when I was writing a Physics paper on THIS VERY SUBJECT.
Rude.
But still, excellent. I learned.
outsidergirl 11 months ago
I felt smart that I actually knew the answer to this before I saw this video. :)
thesilverbadgers 11 months ago
I love this. Music nerds are the best. And this is fascinating :)
CitizenOfNeverland 11 months ago
Good Joke :P
TurnDownTheAC 11 months ago
FIRST!
lolz, thanks, this is a great video! though a new song wouldnt hurt ;)
McCreathBen 11 months ago
Today's pre-processing comment joke:
Yo momma's so fat, she has obesity-related health issues.
MikeLombardoMusic 11 months ago 64