How fast can a pro jazz musician learn this crazy Cowboy Bebop lick by ear?
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- Опубликовано: 18 дек 2023
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Producer / Artist @badsnacks puts Noah Kellman’s ears to the test, having him learn songs by ear under a timer. This time, it’s a song from Cowboy Bebop
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Hi guys!! The full video is over on my channel, it's called “How Fast Can a Pro Jazz Pianist Learn Songs By Ear?” where you can see the other 4 songs I challenged Noah to play on the spot :)
Link to full video here: ruclips.net/video/yP3HPAbzTIQ/видео.htmlsi=R6QncxKehGPCj9Uu
I think you can link the video on the short or something. Idk how but seen it on others. Only saying this coz I can’t click the link but wanna watch it! 😢
Oh! What does it look like when you’ve seen it? I know there’s a way if you cut the short directly from the long video through the RUclips app, but this was edited outside of the YT app.
It looks like a little arrow point to the right above the description and below the username:
@AuthorOfVideo
> The Title of the Main Video
This is the description of the short
Not sure how you get it, but it’s pretty slick when you can click right into the full length vid!
@@jef- amazing thanks! I’ll look into that for sure. Quick RUclips search for tutorials will hopefully do it, thanks RUclips
You are incredible💪🏽
Her: "That was only 3 min..."
Him: "Is that good?"
Story of my life.
This should be pinned
BRO
Big Boss
LMAOOO
He says it with the heavy breath too
3 minutes is an eternity to a jazz player.
This was like an expert level puzzle for him to solve!
@pedrondp2423 No useful comments? Lemme fix THAT - that comparison really puts this into perspective as it makes me think of something like a gamer attempting a custom challenge, or a snooker player pocketing every ball that's laid out in a particular pattern
No comment ? No useful comment ?? Hold my beer...
It's an eternity for any musician playing by ear.
That's not what she said.
She said (later that same minute maid): Hold on. Why did I just regret holding a beer for this muy muy sic 'Ian'-guy and/or what's-his-name [The] musician. Is he even cowboy? Bebe Op. erorreractions engage. Or should I say: boy be boppin' bye bee-ear, what year is it even, I can't I just cannot?! Play Bach or that bieber kid you mozzareztrella stickers. Regret is key. No overconsumption of turtle porn. Ok? But at least that hooked us both, am I wrong..? Let's just keep up this drank instead or listen, learn, deactivate, repostulate and submit your t.ask+Reggie/watts^up?!! That'll peac h ump ty d ump ty Cowboys! Seeya
This is how it feels to listen to a native speaker talk to you when you’re learning the language.
So true😂 although in most cases there is no repetition or maybe 1 more time 💀
Lol!! Exactly, but spend time with them and it will start to make sense,that's why children learn so quickly, they haven't been filled up with their own version of life yet ,
Haha, true !
💀💀😂
I used to have an afghan co worker and he didn't know much English. This comment reminds me of the time i was having a conversation with him, and i had finished making a comment, and he replied "what? Your english is so fast". I now understand what he experienced when i was talking to him 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀
When you understand that music is a language composed of phrases, and you've spent years hearing and playing complex phrases, you understand how this was accomplished.
Still, very impressive, not just "good".
Much respect for the years of dedication you put into mastering the language
🎶🎵🎶🎷❤
Thank you appreciate that 🙏 well said!
@@NoahKellmanWell done 👍👍👍bravo!
Dire que ce morceau, ces mouvements ont été écrits spécialement pour ce dessin animé...
Well salad.
@@nightbond9285the animators probably put in more work than the musicians so it balances out, Cowboy Bebop is a gorgeous show
This is a man that has had to deal with last minute set list changes for far too long.
I can only imagine how many raw hours of pure dedication it takes to get to this level…
@@haphapp7282No you can't, and you shouldn't. "The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago. The second best time is today."
@@haphapp7282 Anyone can do this...as long as you begin the process way before the cutoff age of.......six years old.
@@haphapp7282 Takes 6,574 hours of transcribing, my cousin did it in the Army
@@haphapp7282 Years..
That wasn't three minutes. That was a lifetime of hardwork manifesting as 3 minutes of pure MASTERY.
wish i had this much enthusiasm from my girlfriend
talk to her about it instead of being miserable@@lennondoherty2704
@@lennondoherty2704😂
Lifetime? He looks like he’s in his 20s.
He was just playing by ear stop overhyping it
"Is that good?" hits me in so many levels 😭
The way he played that first note was comedic gold
he was confirming the octave!
That initial key, man.... woooo 😅😮
😂
Dude this is so sick, like it would have taken me a week to do half as good.
Thanks 🙏🙏 yeah this was a really tough one
@@NoahKellman! GD
@@NoahKellman DAWG, you literally did it 3 mins like you're absolutely amazing 💯
@@NothingNowhere69420 🙏🙏🙂
It would have taken me my entire life (including all that's left) multiplied by infinity. How do you do that? It's magic. Even in a week it's magic
3 mins or not, he has great memory pitch. You have my respect!
Thank you, Louis 🙏
3 mins is very good for this wdym
@@paper_banditwould take me 20 hours 😂😂 😢😢
I don’t know what’s more impressive, the fact that this guy has an amazing ear or that there is a woman out there that impressed by good jazz. Both are pretty rare.
@@TheOtherJCBroadcast🗿🙄🤦🏻♀️💀
I think... that as you get more fluent, the letters come together as words, and the words come together as sentences, and you can see larger pieces without thinking about it in all the smallest details
100% perfect analogy!
"That was only three minutes!"
That's what she said...
Ok
sadly you’re used to hearing this with a negative inflection tho
"Is that good?" ARE YOU FKING KIDDING ME? That's EXCELENT.
Thank you 🙏🙏
i would tell, not just, "good", this is awesome!!!!!!!@@NoahKellman .
3-5 mins is about what I'd expect for any serious student of jazz? As a jazz musician, transcription is like your whole deal. The multiple layers don't help obviously but as soon as you figure out the scale (which I'm sure this gentleman would recognize just from its color pretty quick) you're 80% there.
@@woutertronYeah, my jazz experience is only 2 years of middle school jazz guitar lol, but even I can stumble into a riff if I know the scale. I only know like 4 lol, whereas this guy probably can play a super duper locrian half diminished in his sleep
@@woutertronscale but also mode. Skelton keys to transcribing
that initial look on your face is so priceless.
Hahaha I know I was like… sh****t
Sometimes good musicians can surprise their own expectations
Skidooma dommadimma domma dimma doomee dimma etc.
I love how often Cowboy Bebop music comes up on channels like this. What a great anime.
It's so interesting how the Japanese made becoming jazz psychos part of their culture
He said "close enough for now" welcome to the music world
Yoko Kanno and Seatbelts did such an incredible job with that soundtrack. Every composition is flawless.
Yoko Kanno never misses.
Yep I'm just happy to see it getting some love out here
@@tuffy135ifybased
@@tuffy135ify I mean, she once said she's actually not that into Jazz, which is a huge L in my opinion. Even crazier how good of a job she did for Cowboy Bebop and Kids on the Slope. Maybe she's just a huge troll :D
@@DamnZodiak Not exactly what she said. She said she didn't believe in Watanabe's idea of making Bebop soundtrack jazz-oriented. She thought it wouldn't sell but did it anyway and is happy it worked out.
Chan
The difference between a musician and a good musician is self-hate
@@meinbherpieg4723 I have to disagree with that. I think any musicians would have some self-hate regardless whether they're good or regular.
@@meinbherpieg4723 Well I don't know what you're on I hate myself enough and am still mediocre lol
@@meinbherpieg4723@bryanmavis8771 said it better
he's not he's just being fake humble
"Alright, alright..."
*drinks vodka*
That "Is that good?" Sounded a lot like "Was I rushing, or was I dragging?"
Super , first he is searching the key , then incredable lick in seconds
Crazy right?
the *scale
@@juicedelemon tonal centre*
@@Masterufoss honestly couldn't tell. my instinct tells me that it's an octatonic scale (diminished scale) could be E minor
@juicedelemon that is not how WE jazz musicians improvise, we use chord tones instead of scales
“WHAT DO YOU MEAN?” kills me lmao
Yeah, makes her sound dumb AF
it's the new version of "What are you like??"
He has such good sound coordination that it’s so amazing how quick he knows the flow and rhythm of the song that was playing.
WELL DONE SIR! 👏
As a musician, honestly… Bro has insanely good ear for nuances. His take was almost too good for hearing that for the first time.
I love how he closes his eyes and lets his ears do the thing. That's dialed in.
"is that good"
😅😅
That'll do pig, that'll do
The way he says "for now" tells me hes gonna probably play it again later just for fun bc he liked it
Yup
Then he’s gonna use it at his New Years gig tomorrow in a different key. That’s jazz yall……😅
I always say for now when I know a song will take me longer to learn in full, usually suffices since playing a song by ear like that so fast already is pretty cool on its own, I imagine it's the same way for him
I find it crazy he wouldn't have already been aware of this masterpiece though.
@@thehearingaidmight be he isn't a huge anime fan? Bebop fans aren't loud outside the community
The "is that good?" is how every music major responds to something they were musically tested on? 😅😂
It had to be like 5 saxophones at the same time
😂 😂 😂
"Rush" is one of my favourite songs of the Cowboy Bebop's music. Awesome track
Really gives me Buddy Rich Nuttville vibes if you know what I mean
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That's insane, bro. Anything beyond a minute is impressive.
You are jazz musician?
"That's f***ed up" EXACTLY my words lool
Her: That was 3 minutes
Him: is that good?
We had the same conversation last night
He got such fast fingers. Three minutes is enough, trust me.
Dude... that was pretty killin'
lmao i can relate to this too much - the moment you miss the first note twice, you know you know that transcribing even one out of how many sax parts would still take a while
Hahaha for sure- I got a little lost for a second about which part was on top
The rest are just constant intervals below the highest or am I mistaken
All the music from cowboy bebop is amazing.
This is the friend every musician wants
sounds like mathcore with horns lol
Would’ve taken me 15-20 min at LEAST. This is insanee!!!! I wanna be this good one day
Just work on it a little each day and you’ll get there!
@@NoahKellman thx man! :D
I love how he's involving music theory to get a map of that crazy lick, you can hear it the first time he plays a lick
Me after spending 1 entire day on 2 bars: YES DUDE THATS GOOD
And that kids, is how I met your mother
Practice. Patterns. Experience. Understanding.
Mai Yamane is one hell of an aritist.
"Is that good?" Alright buddy 😂
her "What do you mean??" gets me every time
Rush! I have loved this song since highschool! So cool to see someone transpose the sectional that fast!
He lasted 3 mins only 😂
Her "that was only 3 minutes"
"That's what she said" 😢
Song is called Rush by seatbelts, crazy good!
TY!
NY Rush*
@@Archronos1 ??
@@Archronos1 this is not NY Rush, NY Rush is a similar track but the intro is completely different and the track is a lot calmer
After plying music for so long, I am starting to gain this ability. Great job. That was quick as hell and with such a hard lick!
That’s a hot fuckin line, Ornette Coleman would approve
this is how all of us guitarists wished we played lol
Dude has a great 👂
I don't think people fully understand how impressive this was. This man is in a tier of his own.
Who? Which people? Everyone in these comments is impressed
Agreed. I'm a pianist myself and I will say that not many people could do this. What he's doing is difficult.
The massive majority of humanity would be impressed by what just happened here!
I also play piano and I guess I don't really understand why it was that impressive. It's just a single melody line, I imagine the best jazz professionals could do this after a single listen.
@@gorgolyt yep, this was nothing compared to Giant Steps for example, try to figure that out in 3 minutes hahaha
We said the "What do you mean?" at the same time lol.
"That was only 3 minutes!"
That's what she said.
So what I'm hearing is that if I learn to transcribe this quickly I can impress girls
First you need to find a girl that understands how difficult this is. 😅
😂😂😂
@@Wistbacka I’ll take bad snacks please, I’ll wait for her text❤️
Bad snacks high-key bad 🥵
@@jhakardballoch2986 when she said “what do you mean?” I think my soul left my body
The cool thing about jazz is that a lot of it is formulas, not pitch recognition.
It's like when you see someone solve a Rubiks cube; it's not genius, it's algorithm
Fair point! I think this is true to some extent with all genres. There are repeatable building blocks/formulas and once you learn to recognize them it makes hearing that genre (and others) much easier.
not exclusively jazz though
True. I also feel it’s still genius to be able to process that data in a fast way all in the brain, even if there are a handful of humans that can do it. Memorization can only get you so far imo vs actually knowing and processing the information
being able to recognize patterns and formulas on the fly and employ them IS genius, you dolt.
uh it kinda is pitch recognition but more importantly sound recognition
whenever you transcribe something you are trying to understand the sound that you are listening to
he's not thinking mathematically about it, he's thinking more LINGUISTICALLY about it because music is essentially a language.
that's why whenever you see keith jarret improvise he vocalizes what he is playing because he is very in tune with the sound of his inner ear
Bro literally played everything perfectly and said… “that seems close enough” truly HUMBLE
Bruh, I took 2 days for that 'Happy Birthday' song 💀
This one’s hilarious, nice job man. That was fast!
bro don’t even have perfect pitch and he cooked 😭😭😭
People who don't know shit about music don't mention perfect pitch for five seconds challenge (impossible)
@@yea4253well, I don’t think they’re wrong that he doesn’t have perfect pitch… if he did he would’ve instantly known that the first note was G
@@user-zc4co2re8w his point is that you don't need perfect pitch to have good relative pitch and transcription ability, but people who don't know anything about music and see all the tik tok and shorts content about the best musicians having perfect pitch and stuff are convinced that stuff like this is enabled by perfect pitch rather than relative pitch
@@Lyuze Ah that makes sense. Thanks for the explanation.
Just confirming that I do not have perfect pitch. I actually got tripped up on which part was the top line, which is why I struggled to find the initial note. Perfect pitch is dope and I wish I had it, but by itself it doesn’t do a whole lot- I know people who don’t have it and have incredible ears, and peeps who do have it and can barely play an instrument or transcribe a line like this, but the people with the combo of highly trained ears, with perfect pitch + relative pitch combo are lucky and I’m jealous. Nonetheless, you can do just about all the same things with relative pitch as long as you have a single note to check against!
He Finished so fast 😂😂
She's like "What those fingers do tho". Lowkey tryouts
Cowboy Bebop's soundtrack is phenomenal. And this guy is similarly impressive for nailing this so quickly.
Facts
You got her impressed that's a W
“I’m gonna need a drink first….”
Other songs: melodies This song: The whole freaking scale
Once he "felt" that lick he could play it. Insane skills, it would've taken me at least a whole day
if you can do this without pulling it into a program, slowing it down to like 0.25 speed and figuring each note out that way you're a wizard to me
"is that good?"
Lol it would have been almost 3 hours for most of us
That would have been 3 days to 3 months for most people
“What do you mean?” Such an airhead thing to say
dude learned a lick in 3 minutes and said "is that good". dude i wouldnt get that in 3 years working daily.
Ha😂 … a good ear training. First part is a diminished scale (A7) but after the chromatic not sure (notes from A7 alt ) … so I think: Gb - G - Bb - Db - Eb - Gb - A
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@@playonkorg I like this comment.
First ever recorded video of a girl being happy that the dude only lasted 3 minutes
bruh
"Acting noob in front of my team mates then popping off"
Holy crap. What a badass!
Full video is called: “How Fast Can a Pro Jazz Pianist Learn Songs By Ear?”-Check out the full video here: ruclips.net/video/yP3HPAbzTIQ/видео.htmlsi=R6QncxKehGPCj9Uu
Well done ! wow ! so hard
@@nicolasperezluthier thanks Nicolas!
RUclips needs to get links working in shorts already ffs
What model of casio piano is that?
@@RolandTheJabberwocky yeah, actually tho if the user posts it using any words in a different language, then itll suggest you click translate, it'll become a usable link and work
Non-musicians super impressed that a professional musician knows how to music
well yes but its not anyone that can transcribe a lick like that in a short amount of time, its a way of showing how experienced a musician is, there are many musicians who cant even learn stuff by ear and have to rely on sheet or tablature
@rodrigolopes6769 Sure, bud. That's why I specifically said "professional musician". As in, someone who does this kind of thing for a living.
I'm absolutely not being toxic, or criticising him or his abilities, or gatekeeping. He's clearly a good musician. Just an observation. The line is not that complex to a jazz player, it's just fast. Licks are jazz vocabulary; they're a shared language that every player learns to pull apart, reproduce, and combine into their playing. So it's like being super impressed that a native French speaker can understand French spoken quickly, and then repeat it back. Not everyone could do that, except every other French speaker.
Attained skill is all relative to perspective, I suppose. If he were to do something that would be really impressive to another jazz musician, the video would have 4 views 😂
I bet people loved talking to you at parties, if you're ever invited 😂
@@gabrielvalderama367 Weirdly aggressive and insulting response to a normal conversation, but OK. 👍 Have a good one
Not really. Just my observation 😏
3 minutes? Bro had entire flashback arc back on his mind.
Sounds like an orchestrated gamecube startup melody lol
Just started using piano to work on my vocals. When you start working on intervals inside the scales, it's crazy the things you start noticing that you never thought in your life you would be able to pick up on.
"Is that good?"
You for real?
band who wrote this is a famous jazz fusion act.
My heart keeps throobing and keepin me awake ✋😭
Don't worry babe he's just a friend
he said you sucks without saying you sucks
He's a master and the song choice is fire, give a raise to the person who picked it.
"2 minutes in heaven is better than 1 minute in heaven"
-Flight of The Conchords
Bros literally cracked out of his mind for this.....
What an incredible musician
I'm pretty sure it was the diminished scale with a bunch of arpeggios
"Is that good?"
"Ummmm not quite my tempo"
There's a lesson here:
Be excellent and you'll be "excellent".
Be excellent AND humble and you're instantly a FUCKING LEGEND.
“Is that good?”
(Points to the door)
A jazz pianist is a master of the instrument.
“That’s f*ked up” was putting it lightly.
It takes me that long just to sit down.
His first note 😂😂😂
Trust me bro, I can play 😂😂