All subjective. I personally like whatever Bill did there, and I actually just finished playing various Jazz standards on piano in ever changing ways and some improvised chords and line play :) so I dig Bill's idiosyncrasies and more creative approach than many :)
@@Elemy69 While I do agree that history of japan (59M views) was Bill Wurtz's first big hit, most of the people I talk to know history of the entire world I guess. It was the one I saw first, and it's got 97M views, so...
I love when editor charles catches stuff that video charles doesnt. Like when video charles accidentally hits a key and editor charles just zooms into the hand
@@randomstranger623 no he does. He's revealed that he is heavily trained in jazz music and composition, although I'd like to believe he isn't to pretend I can get to that level xD
@Probably a human maybe he's hit that stride where you can think the music as naturally as you feel it, like malcolm gladwell's thing except explained by a non-hack
If anyone’s looking for a name for that “locked chords” technique, it’s called planing, most famous classically as a favorite technique of Debussy. It also has two types, Diatonic Planing, where the chords move in roughly parallel motion, but stay within the notes of the tonic scale; and Chromatic Planing, where each chord is an exact transposition of the previous one.
Bill Wurtz: sneezes Charles: ok,sothethinghesdoingwiththesneezeisforeshadowingthatlaterinthevideohewillcoughnevergonnagiveryouupnevergonnaletyoudownnevergonnarunaroundanddesertyou
Whats interesting about "the entire history of Japan is that EVERYTHING is in 3/4 or 6/8 time. Which is an odd time signature for Japan because their transitional folk music like Soranbushi (sea shanty) for example, relies on a waltz 1,2,3 and tempo. Even that scale in the beginning is 3 sets of 6!
Charles laughing at Bill's random musical directions is equivalent to me laughing at a potato falling from the counter. I dont know why Im laughing, but Im laughing anyway. Not saying that Bill's a potato...He's a very talented potato.
It's killing me that Bill hasn't released anything in 515 days (and counting), but these breakdowns of just one part of what makes his work so great are helping tide me over until the day he comes back to us. Thanks for continuing to make them!
I'd love to see you go through one of Bill's full songs. "New Canaan" is definitely my favorite, but "Mount St. Helens is about to Blow Up " and "and the day goes on " are really great too. Whatever you're covering I always love Jazz Pianist Explains videos, thank you for making them.
Ik you're just joking around, and that's fine, but It's definitely not random. Bill's been masterig his way of voicing regular speech for years, and despite the fact he's said he doesn't really use music theory, he's still doing these things consciously.
@@sleepylad9829 Absolutely, but that only applies to his full songs. Because I'd be surprised if the words in the "history of" videos were random lol Also, that's still purpuseful. Like I said, Bill has expressed before that he doesn't like to use music theory when he writes his songs. Which to me implies that he, for the most part, just plays what sounds good to him. That doesn't make it any less purpuseful or impressive though. It requires an insane amount of practice to be able to intuitively make something that's both cohesive and interesting.
@@sleepylad9829 what he cares about is if it sounds right so that the music and lyrics work together as a cohesive piece of art. in no world does that render the music less meaningful, if anything it's more meaningful
5:50 In my many years, I feel like this is one of the simplest but also most descriptive ways of helping someone understand this concept in or outside of jazz. Thank you for this.
Let me just comment here to let the YT algorithm know that Charlie's content must appear on everybody's recommendations. And by the way: THE SUN IS A DEADLY LASER.
The chords (and even the simple filtered saw wave?) behind the "There was poetry, plays, sexy times, puppet shows" is gorgeous. Reminds me of 90's UK rave tracks for some reason
Apparently he’s been learning 3D animation and developing a way to make a lot of videos. I’m not sure what he means by that, he’s secretive and mysterious about it
Dude I absolutely love watching your videos and my Music Therapy Major daughter introduced me to Bill Wurtz’s videos yesterday and now I love his videos too.
I would love to see you do stuff like this on Twitch or RUclips as a livestream. Just breaking down different musical things and having the entire process recorded. You have a rare and wonderful skill set and I'd love to see more of it.
Wait I love how informative this is in regards to analyzing the history of Japan and showing a whole new light on the musical aspect... and how much fun you're having!
I would like to see a music breakdown of Long Long Journey. it's my favorite Bill Wurtz song but I'm worried that there might not be enough to talk about in the song :/
Hey charles, could you analyze the Star Wars Soundtrack? I know it's been done a bit before, but i'd like to hear your thoughts because John Williams writes such different music than other composers working on film scores. Thx :)
I'm so happy to see that you're making more Bill Wurtz videos. I hope you understand that I fully expect you to analyze every single one of his songs. Thanks in advance!
A lot of the style, as well as chords and voices Wurtz does remind me of 80's easy listening pop like Joe Jackson (like Steppin' Out) and Christopher Cross-type guys. Younger folks who haven't heard that kind of music probably wouldn't get that "kinda cheesy but oddly comforting" 80's vibe from it.
I love at 3:00 when Charles plays the F69/C he can't help but hear the chord from Bill Evans Peace Piece and plays the G down to C repeating figure from it.
What he does often is the chromatic locked chord movement but not only the melody does his own thing but also the bass. Bass is quintessential to understand Bill's musical endeavors.
I love these videos about the harmony behind Bill Wurtz' jingles/songs. But I would love to watch a video about all the sound design that's involved in these videos because it's so elaborate.
one of the great things about the last segment that you talked about was that, in contrast to the section before that, where there's all these different subjects being studied, now all of a sudden he's listing a bunch of subjects, that, because of the more cohesive nature of the chords being used, feel like they themselves are more cohesive, or culturally sophisticated, in a way. it's cool!!
Ya know, Bill Wurtz is an intentional accident by definition, so yes but an accidental note like that would probably still be amazing sounding and deserving of analysis for our benefit
I really wanna see you take a look on "Might Quit," the last song he posted (as of August 19th), and also my favorite song by him. I never quite figured out the harmony during the line "Do you remember the day we pretended to be every star in the sky?" But all in all it's a fantastic song, both harmonically and melodically (as always).
Charles, can you link Bill’s “history of japan” video in the description? I didn’t see it and I figure people should be able to access it from this video. Thanks, and great video as always!
Matt Watson You misunderstand my comment. It was a polite request to make sure Charles is covering all his bases by linking the original video he’s talking about.
Regardless of how illiterate I am in music, Charles always holds my hand mentally when it comes to music theory. I'm too stupid to be this smart... if that makes any sense. Edit: but I do know "The Lick"
You should check out “May I” by T-pain. It has a great instrumental section/solo in the middle, and the whole song is a really cool fusion of trap and jazz.
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Hello hi yes my hair is back under control this week hope you enjoy thanks
No sweat
hooray
Thanks for your videos man
Oh sick!
hi
Bill: *breathes*
Charles: *dies musically*
*dies in a tornado
Carlos Hernandez and then died in a tornado
Actually a typhoon
Hacher Unfriended no it’s a tornado. Nice job ruining the moment.
@@crumbybooch1851 at the time there was an annotation with the correction stating that it was a typhoon
How increasingly excited his is about Bill Wurst’s music, makes me excited about the music
(that's the idea!)
Bill Wurst
His name is not sausage :-)
His music is really the wurst
andybaldman mate be quiet
theres a musician, and theres laughing cause a scale didnt end the way it should
Haha
There's no "should" in art ;) :)
All subjective. I personally like whatever Bill did there, and I actually just finished playing various Jazz standards on piano in ever changing ways and some improvised chords and line play :) so I dig Bill's idiosyncrasies and more creative approach than many :)
@@evynstratman1414 r/IamSmart oOhoOhoHohohOh
Coming from a music school, this is a very common joke professors do to make students laugh
history of japan doesn't get as much credit as it should, as it's always overshadowed by history of the entire world i guess. They're both so good!
We actually watched history of Japan in my world history class! It was pretty great
really? I think history of Japan is the more popular video, since it's the one that kickstarted Bill's channel
@@Elemy69 While I do agree that history of japan (59M views) was Bill Wurtz's first big hit, most of the people I talk to know history of the entire world I guess. It was the one I saw first, and it's got 97M views, so...
if it isnt alexino bartino
i like the japan more than the world version.
Title : History of Japan
Category : Lv. 7 Contemporary Jazz Music
Patrick: Now, you must aquire a taste for; free form jazz
*free form jazz excessively plays*
Bill: * plays anything *
Charles: you could make a religion out of this
*Irony 100*
All people must see this
Wait no, dont
I love when editor charles catches stuff that video charles doesnt. Like when video charles accidentally hits a key and editor charles just zooms into the hand
I love when comment reader charles likes comments praising his other personalities.
I admire when people share what they admire through a RUclips comment and reply
Charles: "WOW!, this sounds really cool, Bill is so talented."
Bill: * haha piano go skrrrr
LOL
Maybe Bill didn't know the actual chords, as weird as that sounds. He still has a good ear for good sounds.
And for me, that's all that matters.
@@randomstranger623 no he does. He's revealed that he is heavily trained in jazz music and composition, although I'd like to believe he isn't to pretend I can get to that level xD
@Probably a human maybe he's hit that stride where you can think the music as naturally as you feel it, like malcolm gladwell's thing except explained by a non-hack
If anyone’s looking for a name for that “locked chords” technique, it’s called planing, most famous classically as a favorite technique of Debussy. It also has two types, Diatonic Planing, where the chords move in roughly parallel motion, but stay within the notes of the tonic scale; and Chromatic Planing, where each chord is an exact transposition of the previous one.
That’s funny that Debussy did that because he did the Clair de Lune bass at 3:00
Cheers Mate, thank you for spreading the knowledge :)
We call it "mixtura" in Hungarian. Real and tonal.
Ravel does it a lot as well. Thank you for the insightful comment, I didn't know the technical lingo despite my background in classical music!
How do you know such art
Bill Wurtz: sneezes
Charles: ok,sothethinghesdoingwiththesneezeisforeshadowingthatlaterinthevideohewillcoughnevergonnagiveryouupnevergonnaletyoudownnevergonnarunaroundanddesertyou
i got rick rolled
I hate this
That was sneaky
@Joesepticeye yes
Did I just get rick rolled...in a comment?
*genius*
Whats interesting about "the entire history of Japan is that EVERYTHING is in 3/4 or 6/8 time. Which is an odd time signature for Japan because their transitional folk music like Soranbushi (sea shanty) for example, relies on a waltz 1,2,3 and tempo.
Even that scale in the beginning is 3 sets of 6!
You know it's a non existent chord when a jazz musician doesn't know its name
yk its a jazz chord when a musician doesnt know it exists 🤣
*_The sun is a deadly lazer_*
Is that.. a reference..
@@ohwni no, it's a fact
Not anymore. There's a blanket.
*_🎶 It's the Cambrian Explosion~ 🎶_*
*w e c a n m a k e a r e l i g i o n o u t o f t h i s*
Can I just say the zoom in when you accidentally whacked the key at 6:04 is sincerely appreciated
In music, you're basically having a conversation:
🎶🎵There's a question,
🎵🎵There's an answer
🎵 Oo, bit of a dodgey question there
Hello Mr Zimmer
sex zimmer
hans zimmer
My thoughts exactly
Watching Charles break down Wursts chords is like watching a professional portrait painter breaking down Pollocks chaos.
I died when he bumped a note at 6:04. He even zoomed in on it🤣🤣
me: laughing at the commentary from bill wurtz's video
charles: laughing at the scales.
3:14 "And it happens that these chords are pretty" - BEAUU-TI-FUUUUL
Can you analyze “and the day goes on”? it has a couple chords and lines that I think are so cool and I’d love to see you help explain them!
No analysis but SheetMusicBoss does a great video on it!
Surprised to not see any comments about the L I C C at 7:12
Disregard: looked farther into the pit and found the blessed L I C C comments.
Was scrolling to seek such comments myself and decide whether to make one, but luckily I found yours lol. Love stanning kings stanning kings
@@ItsAsparageese same lol
Emerald such an honor to be amidst such gods among men. Lmao
Also 7:50
thicc licc
Do you like SkillShare? Well then you'll love SkillShare Live.
19 people should clear their internet history
I'm not mad, I'm just disappointed
is it what i’m thinking it is
John Taylor incognito my dude
@@johntaylor9798 what sort of psycho doesn't use incognito
The L I C C
7:12
*Awaits Adam Neely's response in his next video*
He might even comment on this video!
Found it. Found the comment. I can go home happy.
Kerbslice I was looking for it too lol
My thoughts exactly!
69th like
Charles laughing at Bill's random musical directions is equivalent to me laughing at a potato falling from the counter. I dont know why Im laughing, but Im laughing anyway.
Not saying that Bill's a potato...He's a very talented potato.
2017s + humor.
This is completely hilarious! Im like crying right now.
@Andrew Kristensen ..to you
next thing you know bill posts a video titled "i'm a potato"
Wurtz: 🎵🎶🎶
charles: 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Charles is such an exuberant person, watching him laugh and have a good time fills me with so much joy/good energy.
7:12 the lick has appeared
I was just thinking about rewatching the history of the entire world video before this popped up, so thanks.
I just rewatched the other day, so crazy from a musical and historical perspective!
Bill needs like 3 channels of knowledgeable artists that are dedicated to breaking his work down.
It's killing me that Bill hasn't released anything in 515 days (and counting), but these breakdowns of just one part of what makes his work so great are helping tide me over until the day he comes back to us. Thanks for continuing to make them!
We all thought he was gone indefinitely...
But he was just away learning Blender
Charles, im eyeing that alto sax behind you, and I’m wondering when you’re gonna make a video of you playing it👀
I’m absolutely loving these.
I'd love to see you go through one of Bill's full songs. "New Canaan" is definitely my favorite, but "Mount St. Helens is about to Blow Up
" and "and the day goes on
" are really great too. Whatever you're covering I always love Jazz Pianist Explains videos, thank you for making them.
Bill Wurtz: I'll just mash in some random notes in there.
Music Experts: HIGH SKILL
Ik you're just joking around, and that's fine, but It's definitely not random.
Bill's been masterig his way of voicing regular speech for years, and despite the fact he's said he doesn't really use music theory, he's still doing these things consciously.
@@RobinNashVideos except the lyrics. He just said for most of them that it *sounded cool* which to me is funny.
@@sleepylad9829 Absolutely, but that only applies to his full songs.
Because I'd be surprised if the words in the "history of" videos were random lol
Also, that's still purpuseful. Like I said, Bill has expressed before that he doesn't like to use music theory when he writes his songs. Which to me implies that he, for the most part, just plays what sounds good to him. That doesn't make it any less purpuseful or impressive though. It requires an insane amount of practice to be able to intuitively make something that's both cohesive and interesting.
@@sleepylad9829 what he cares about is if it sounds right so that the music and lyrics work together as a cohesive piece of art. in no world does that render the music less meaningful, if anything it's more meaningful
5:50 In my many years, I feel like this is one of the simplest but also most descriptive ways of helping someone understand this concept in or outside of jazz. Thank you for this.
Let me just comment here to let the YT algorithm know that Charlie's content must appear on everybody's recommendations. And by the way: THE SUN IS A DEADLY LASER.
engagement!
Thanks I live in Southern Africa and you just reminded me to stay inside forever
Not anymore there's a blanket
Bill Wurtz is such a gem on RUclips. He does not post often (hell, the last vid he did was a year ago), but when he posts its a masterwork.
Charles: *explains how bill uses chromatic chords movements and complex music theory*
Me: *laughs cuz F69/C*
nice
nice
Nice
nice
nice
The chords (and even the simple filtered saw wave?) behind the "There was poetry, plays, sexy times, puppet shows" is gorgeous. Reminds me of 90's UK rave tracks for some reason
This is when we realize Bill needs to actually return and upload more
Apparently he’s been learning 3D animation and developing a way to make a lot of videos. I’m not sure what he means by that, he’s secretive and mysterious about it
he's learning blender,, idk when he'll be back but he will eventually
I'm glad he keeps the notes page on his site active, because his last RUclips video was "I Think I Might Quit".
LidellFrasier we all go worried when we saw the title, but the song was about not understanding school, so idk
You are everywhere, I am now subscribed to you Volaire.
If only public school was this complex in their teaching. Make it much more memorable.
you should turn this into a short form "teaching music theory with bill wurtz" series
When I get back from school and a new Cornell video comes out it’s the best feeling
Me: sees this video
My piano: what the heck you looking at
God i love how you took the time to explain Bill's art in utilizing music! Thank you for all of the time you spent doing this.
wheres "what about sunrise land?" ? =(
Dude I absolutely love watching your videos and my Music Therapy Major daughter introduced me to Bill Wurtz’s videos yesterday and now I love his videos too.
This is the type of music channel I’ve been waiting for since RUclips started
Same
I would love to see you do stuff like this on Twitch or RUclips as a livestream.
Just breaking down different musical things and having the entire process recorded.
You have a rare and wonderful skill set and I'd love to see more of it.
I have no idea what you're saying in 90% of this but your enthusiasm really carries it 10/10
I love how much you love music
That felt like 5 minutes, can’t believe it’s already over :(
Oh my I am so glad I found this video! Bill's music absolutely bamboozles me hahaha so cool to watch it be broken down into its components!
“Charles says ‘Hey, how are you’ 1 million times”
Someone make it happen.
I love appreciating something and then getting to appreciate it on another level, especially as a musician.
just imagine a collaboration between Bill Wurtz and Jacob Collier 🤩
Wait I love how informative this is in regards to analyzing the history of Japan and showing a whole new light on the musical aspect... and how much fun you're having!
I would like to see a music breakdown of Long Long Journey. it's my favorite Bill Wurtz song but I'm worried that there might not be enough to talk about in the song :/
That's one of my favorites, but my all time favorite is Just Did A Bad Thing
You are truly one of my most favourite thinkers/musicians. Love ya Charles!
This godly display of ear training makes me feel bad for not being able to identify a perfect fifth without Twinkle Twinkle-ing
I love seeing you take apart the chords so much, PLEASE make more bill wurtz analyses!
When you've watched enough Adam Neely to laugh at 'The Lick' being played...
Súper Fast instagram Q&A
And catch Charles' masterful "he think he slick"ness about it
El André doo doo doo
Hahaha, I'm crying at 6:04. Oh you do tickle me Charles. Keep up the amazing work!
Hey charles, could you analyze the Star Wars Soundtrack? I know it's been done a bit before, but i'd like to hear your thoughts because John Williams writes such different music than other composers working on film scores. Thx :)
Pfp checks out
He did a video talking a little bit about how he feels when he talked about the newest Star Wars soundtrack.
@@sarahhiland2680 yep
I'm so happy to see that you're making more Bill Wurtz videos. I hope you understand that I fully expect you to analyze every single one of his songs. Thanks in advance!
A lot of the style, as well as chords and voices Wurtz does remind me of 80's easy listening pop like Joe Jackson (like Steppin' Out) and Christopher Cross-type guys. Younger folks who haven't heard that kind of music probably wouldn't get that "kinda cheesy but oddly comforting" 80's vibe from it.
I love at 3:00 when Charles plays the F69/C he can't help but hear the chord from Bill Evans Peace Piece and plays the G down to C repeating figure from it.
7:12
"Hello, welcome to Question and Answer time"
Well done
What he does often is the chromatic locked chord movement but not only the melody does his own thing but also the bass. Bass is quintessential to understand Bill's musical endeavors.
It would be so cool if you could work on a project with bill wurtz
I love these videos about the harmony behind Bill Wurtz' jingles/songs. But I would love to watch a video about all the sound design that's involved in these videos because it's so elaborate.
Charles: "good old RUclips algorithm".
Me: *insane laughter*
Yesss! Another bill wurtz analysis love these vids
*Having ADHD be like:*
“How are you?”
“Well the last time I saw Jeffery Epstein...”
In the previous comments, I asked for an analysis of the "Hire a Samurai" motif, and now we got it- thanks so much. These analyses are great fun.
6:03 I LAUGHED SO MUCH!
PLEASE LET THIS BE A SERIESSSSS
Bill Wurtz: *does absolutely nothing*
Charles: *dies of stroke*
trill is awesome and listening to you talk about just how awesome is incredibly fascinating
“Last time I saw Jeffrey Epstein” 😭😭
Last time I saw Jeffrey Epstein...
He didn't kill himself
one of the great things about the last segment that you talked about was that, in contrast to the section before that, where there's all these different subjects being studied, now all of a sudden he's listing a bunch of subjects, that, because of the more cohesive nature of the chords being used, feel like they themselves are more cohesive, or culturally sophisticated, in a way. it's cool!!
and then of course, "dutch studies" comes out of left field, and so does the chord beneath it
6:05 if bill did that charles would have a whole ass explanation for it
Ya know, Bill Wurtz is an intentional accident by definition, so yes but an accidental note like that would probably still be amazing sounding and deserving of analysis for our benefit
I really wanna see you take a look on "Might Quit," the last song he posted (as of August 19th), and also my favorite song by him. I never quite figured out the harmony during the line "Do you remember the day we pretended to be every star in the sky?" But all in all it's a fantastic song, both harmonically and melodically (as always).
Charles, can you link Bill’s “history of japan” video in the description? I didn’t see it and I figure people should be able to access it from this video. Thanks, and great video as always!
ruclips.net/video/Mh5LY4Mz15o/видео.html
Matt Watson You misunderstand my comment. It was a polite request to make sure Charles is covering all his bases by linking the original video he’s talking about.
NOICE work!
Definitely increased my appreciation for Bill Wurtz.
*clap clap*
"Jazz Review"
Please do Bill Wurtz "Slow Down" next!! Love your analyses of his tunes
That's a very popular video
Dude you're everywhere
if i had a dollar for every time i watched a video that ray mak hasn’t commented on
i would not have a lot of money
PLEASE do some more "history of the entire world, I guess" harmony breakdowns. One of my favourites is, "not anymore there's a blanket"
Anyone else laugh when he hit the piano while he talking
Editing Charles noticed.
2:05 Helvetica sections in Nichijou.
Review the Cuphead music/soundtrack by Kristofer Maddigan.
I love how you nerd out to music, you've help me listen to music differently.
Regardless of how illiterate I am in music, Charles always holds my hand mentally when it comes to music theory. I'm too stupid to be this smart... if that makes any sense.
Edit: but I do know "The Lick"
This is EXACTLY the type of content I needed right now.
His laughter makes me laugh way too much hahaha
Wow, I haven't even thought about all this underlying complexity while watching that video first time. Cool stuff, thank you
Prediction: The start, he laughs HARD.
You should check out “May I” by T-pain. It has a great instrumental section/solo in the middle, and the whole song is a really cool fusion of trap and jazz.