What is the slowest music humanly possible?

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  • Опубликовано: 26 ноя 2024

Комментарии • 6 тыс.

  • @AdamNeely
    @AdamNeely  5 лет назад +5875

    if you are watching this now and are wondering why there is no audio from 14:22, it's because SONY has blocked Gustav Mahler's 9th Symphony. So I can't play it for you. Sorry! Go check out Mahler's 9th, it's amazing.

    • @mitchinatr7093
      @mitchinatr7093 5 лет назад +579

      Well ain’t that some bullshit.

    • @abagofkittens-z8w
      @abagofkittens-z8w 5 лет назад +143

      Thought you were trolling us that made it to the end of the video... cool video man keep it up

    • @sagetx
      @sagetx 5 лет назад +30

      Arrgh, ok. But what's the guy saying? Is that Carl Sagan?

    • @ianthc8486
      @ianthc8486 5 лет назад +32

      I love that piece but with Leonard narrating and what he is saying it just adds another level of emotion. :')

    • @noenken
      @noenken 5 лет назад +65

      Thanks Sony. Bunch of c.....
      @Adam Cool video, even for non musicians like me. :)

  • @Mysteri0usChannel
    @Mysteri0usChannel 5 лет назад +6405

    *1 beat per age of the universe*
    That's just... The Big Bang?

    • @AssistantCoreAQI
      @AssistantCoreAQI 5 лет назад +648

      The Big Beat.

    • @systemafunk
      @systemafunk 5 лет назад +273

      @@AssistantCoreAQI Played by the Big Band. Which makes it a jazz song. Damn that jazz....

    • @unblorbosyourshows9635
      @unblorbosyourshows9635 5 лет назад +25

      @@AssistantCoreAQI wait no-

    • @AssistantCoreAQI
      @AssistantCoreAQI 5 лет назад +92

      @@unblorbosyourshows9635
      Intergalactic Progressive Jazz.

    • @jusme2038
      @jusme2038 5 лет назад +11

      Lonnie Liston Smith and the Cosmic Echoes

  • @Catishcat
    @Catishcat 6 лет назад +13359

    The thumbnail was so anticlickbait that I actually clicked it.

    • @VeilStar
      @VeilStar 6 лет назад +1072

      I absolutely get what you're saying, but I have to say that in my eyes it was clickbait done right. It gives you the answer, but leaves you wondering why. And with that curiosity, you click on it.
      Kudos to that. The video was also very well organized, edited, and narrated.

    • @TyDie85
      @TyDie85 6 лет назад +85

      Clickbait? ........ok, sure.... because apparently everything is clickbait these days

    • @VeilStar
      @VeilStar 6 лет назад +256

      If you clicked because of the thumbnail, it functioned as bait. So yes, clickbait. Clickbait doesn't mean it has to be over-dramatized, inaccurate, false, a trap, or anything along those lines. Refer to the first sentence in my previous comment.
      I never said everything is clickbait. I simply said I believe it was clickbait, but not in the conventional usage of the word.

    • @pawebojarski7878
      @pawebojarski7878 6 лет назад +79

      Reverse psychology at work.

    • @Gollas4k
      @Gollas4k 6 лет назад +45

      whatever they did, they made me click

  • @TheRealXenosapien
    @TheRealXenosapien 5 лет назад +6562

    You never stop clapping. The intervals between claps just get longer.

  • @str1fe13
    @str1fe13 4 года назад +3225

    Adam: "The next note is scheduled to be played in 2020"
    2020: "lol nope"

    • @vileflesh8295
      @vileflesh8295 4 года назад +133

      It will be in September, so, we have a chance

    • @alyssagonzalez5834
      @alyssagonzalez5834 4 года назад +46

      It falls on my birthday

    • @arenomusic
      @arenomusic 4 года назад +15

      @@alyssagonzalez5834 and a week before mine!

    • @anthonyinholland294
      @anthonyinholland294 4 года назад +141

      it's still gonna be played either way, even if no one is there to experience it

    • @braedenmoore1722
      @braedenmoore1722 4 года назад +1

      Lmao

  • @eddieavakian
    @eddieavakian 5 лет назад +1896

    I clicked on this expecting a “non answer” to the question but you actually answered it, and in a couple different ways. Nice work Adam.

    • @lolkayleen2757
      @lolkayleen2757 4 года назад +15

      Eddie Avakian Like **cough** *vsauce* **cough**

    • @Mugen_YG
      @Mugen_YG 4 года назад +6

      The answer is in the thumbnail though lol

    • @eddieavakian
      @eddieavakian 4 года назад

      lol my thumb nail 7 months ago was not the same as yours. They change over time.

    • @Mugen_YG
      @Mugen_YG 4 года назад

      @@eddieavakian ah, I see.

    • @irock58
      @irock58 4 года назад

      @@lolkayleen2757 That was my thought as well. But he does it well. I like him.

  • @peaceoutman
    @peaceoutman 5 лет назад +2553

    600 years from now, when the piece finishes, how long will the audience applaud for?

    • @krispayy6076
      @krispayy6076 5 лет назад +211

      2 + 1 = 7

    • @awesomenokes
      @awesomenokes 5 лет назад +81

      Humans will be gone, so 0 seconds

    • @erinbaker5120
      @erinbaker5120 5 лет назад +15

      Forever in their hearts

    • @cerystalgaming84
      @cerystalgaming84 5 лет назад +54

      @@krispayy6076 A human can live for 122 years roughly. But remember, you never stop clapping, only that the time between them is longer.

    • @blue-tb2fd
      @blue-tb2fd 5 лет назад +16

      Cerystal Gaming - Jeanne Calment is an outlier. The current average is roughly 80 or so.
      Can a human live to be 122? Yes. Will they? Probably not.

  • @lmaolmao2544
    @lmaolmao2544 4 года назад +441

    6:43
    The real question is how that guy with the bassoon managed to blow into it for 45 minutes straight.
    Monster.

  • @chasetalks2much
    @chasetalks2much 5 лет назад +3528

    The slowest beat is 0 bpm just walk away and don’t play

    • @iKn-ft2bc
      @iKn-ft2bc 5 лет назад +62

      Rule 34 0bpm? Thats pause not a beat . OR IS IT NOT🧐

    • @chasetalks2much
      @chasetalks2much 5 лет назад +72

      iKn0wThingz Well that’s just a theory a game theory

    • @AbsoluteAbsurd
      @AbsoluteAbsurd 5 лет назад +3

      Sleepy Vibes xD are you alright

    • @joel8236
      @joel8236 5 лет назад +26

      -1 bpm

    • @mac6na6na26
      @mac6na6na26 5 лет назад +36

      What if it’s actually infinitely fast and finishes before you even try to start

  • @howardselden5157
    @howardselden5157 5 лет назад +1603

    This is Vsause, but music

    • @kristerrs
      @kristerrs 5 лет назад +62

      or is it?
      John Cage - ASLSP starts playing

    • @HimTortons
      @HimTortons 5 лет назад +19

      Hey Neely, Adam here!

    • @eddbajrai4411
      @eddbajrai4411 5 лет назад +10

      *VSauce for Music*

    • @chaichai49
      @chaichai49 5 лет назад +8

      I had the exact same feeling

    • @Leonardo-G
      @Leonardo-G 4 года назад +2

      Renatus And doesn’t stop for a while

  • @james.randorff
    @james.randorff 6 лет назад +1599

    In the year 2640, it is revealed that the 639 year performance of ASLAP was recorded onto a digital cloud server. Adam's great-great-great-great-[etc]-granddaughter, Morticia Neely (named for the famed intellectual wizard Morty) takes the video, speeds it up 2^24 times (with a resultant tempo of 60,000bpm) and releases a musical fractal to RUclips (Google still exists and is the heart of our new AI overlords), discovering what we knew all along:
    ASLAP actually stands for "All Star, Long-Ass Playback."

  • @fritzfxx
    @fritzfxx 4 года назад +309

    "To be fair you have to actually have a pretty high IQ to get Rick and morty...."
    Caught me off guard. Many laughs

  • @AdamNeely
    @AdamNeely  6 лет назад +4896

    there is a piece called longplayer that in theory will last 1000 years. length is not the same thing as slowness, which is why i did not include it in this video.

    • @whycantiremainanonymous8091
      @whycantiremainanonymous8091 6 лет назад +6

      Right you are. Sorry.
      (And, after checking, it appears that the attribution is uncertain even to Mallory, but not because someone else said it, but because it's not clear whether or not he actually used the phrase in the interview it appeared in, but it definitely wasn't Hillary. Mea culpa).

    • @kommandre
      @kommandre 6 лет назад +40

      how about Bull of Heaven's ΩΣPx0(2^18×5^18)p*k*k*k, which lasts about 3.343 quindecillion years?

    • @Veepee92
      @Veepee92 6 лет назад +17

      In fact, there is a similar piece I saw live in the Finnish Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma last year. It's a gif file running for 1000 years, counting from 1 to 48 140 288 appr. once per 10 minutes. It is so close to the Cage piece, it even references ASLSP in its name (ASLAP). The artwork has websit at www.aslongaspossible.com/

    • @jamesstonehouse3448
      @jamesstonehouse3448 6 лет назад +23

      Some drone doom Sunn O))) etc has no discernable tempo (or even melody).
      The joke in doom circles is being 20 minutes late to a gig, and only missing the first riff.
      Tune low, play slow!

    • @HDChubbydude
      @HDChubbydude 6 лет назад

      Adam Neely lots of love from Hong Kong ❤️How do you think of these references (Like simpsons or memes) ? Do they like come off the top of your head or what?

  • @fgvcosmic6752
    @fgvcosmic6752 6 лет назад +2799

    _creates music at 32.9 bpm_
    *uses offbeat triplet as main beat*
    Im not sorry

    • @WardancerHB
      @WardancerHB 6 лет назад +89

      I would like to hear that. But since your channel has no content I'm calling you a liar.

    • @daleftuprightatsoldierfield
      @daleftuprightatsoldierfield 6 лет назад +166

      *Uses -7/12 time signature*

    • @kevinstephens9019
      @kevinstephens9019 6 лет назад +16

      @@daleftuprightatsoldierfield There's no such thing as a 12th note, ya dunce.

    • @daleftuprightatsoldierfield
      @daleftuprightatsoldierfield 6 лет назад +10

      Kevin Stephens ruclips.net/video/cQ9yI4dtuGQ/видео.html

    • @denialfalls2724
      @denialfalls2724 6 лет назад +7

      Can someone explain the joke to me please?

  • @masonwant
    @masonwant 5 лет назад +2365

    Slowest thing we have ever committed to would be Brexit

    • @valentin5336
      @valentin5336 5 лет назад +70

      No. The slowest thing ever is building the BER-airport in Berlin(Germany)

    • @guser436
      @guser436 5 лет назад +57

      Development of Half Life 3

    • @suit1337
      @suit1337 5 лет назад +24

      Brexit Metal, the pinncacle of brutally slow music

    • @alexanderdornier7245
      @alexanderdornier7245 5 лет назад +8

      And the sagrada familia xD

    • @licinigi9969
      @licinigi9969 5 лет назад +2

      What about the Heavy update for TF2?

  • @joshualepon5676
    @joshualepon5676 4 года назад +747

    "The next note is scheduled to be performed in the year 2020..."
    2020: *gives pandemic*

    • @K58-n5z
      @K58-n5z 4 года назад +25

      I guess it was a one of those depressing notes

    • @haalfnhaalf
      @haalfnhaalf 4 года назад +22

      positively cataclysmic

    • @alicecallahan1746
      @alicecallahan1746 4 года назад +1

      that was 2019

    • @danballe
      @danballe 3 года назад +3

      Certainly did NOT age well.

    • @niklas3686
      @niklas3686 3 года назад

      @@alicecallahan1746 but it hit Germany 2020

  • @poombie
    @poombie 6 лет назад +1455

    Im currently playing one measure of rest. I will finish my performance in 10,000 years.

  • @SgtMCButterball
    @SgtMCButterball 6 лет назад +784

    I love how a basic answer is in the thumbnail yet so many people still watched it

    • @jacoborozco4585
      @jacoborozco4585 6 лет назад +14

      BruteBall because with Adam Neely, it’s never simple

    • @ploopybear
      @ploopybear 5 лет назад +16

      It's like how you always finish a Vsauce video

    • @Hi-vf9wx
      @Hi-vf9wx 5 лет назад +6

      Bold of you to assume that I know how 33bpm sounds like

    • @ploopybear
      @ploopybear 5 лет назад +1

      @@Hi-vf9wx ha I do

    • @doctor_whoey3857
      @doctor_whoey3857 5 лет назад +1

      Clickbait done right

  • @prestonwilder4086
    @prestonwilder4086 5 лет назад +1216

    This man a legend, a 15 minute with no ads

    • @bibasik7
      @bibasik7 5 лет назад +111

      Or maybe he just got demonetized for saying “shitpost”.

    • @dsblocks
      @dsblocks 5 лет назад +79

      Or Frédéric Chopin filed a copyright strike.

    • @luibredsted7342
      @luibredsted7342 5 лет назад +2

      preston wilder for Real ❤️❤️

    • @Sebbir
      @Sebbir 5 лет назад +14

      dsBlocks typical Chopin

    • @Kementeri
      @Kementeri 5 лет назад +16

      Actually classical music often gets copyrighted because it somehow recognizes it as specific orchestral recordings, I used some Debussy once and immediately had it claimed

  • @DesDownunder1
    @DesDownunder1 4 года назад +93

    Silence is "still" music

  • @DarkNytik
    @DarkNytik 6 лет назад +361

    Possibly the least clickbait thumbnail on youtube?

    • @faktorial2
      @faktorial2 6 лет назад +36

      Depends on your definition of clickbait. Giving people an answer in the thumbnail to the question in the title makes people think "Wait... why the hell is 33BPM the slowest?!", thus making them perhaps more interested in clicking on the video than if they had only seen the title.
      It's a kind of anti-clickbait, that still accomplishes the goal of making you interested in the video's contents. I feel like this technique hasn't been used all that much until more recently on RUclips.

    • @aboutmonkey5471
      @aboutmonkey5471 6 лет назад +2

      I really like this style

    • @xxXthekevXxx
      @xxXthekevXxx 6 лет назад +5

      Exactly. It gives an answer to the title’s question, making you wonder “why 33 bpm? That seems odd.”

    • @JohannesWiberg
      @JohannesWiberg 6 лет назад

      I love this comment.

  • @sikaydalapixia5924
    @sikaydalapixia5924 5 лет назад +730

    "demisemihemidemisemiquaver"
    You'll find that this knowledge very useful one day

    • @Tonatsi
      @Tonatsi 5 лет назад +18

      Sikayda Lapixia I like this reference

    • @weewooweewooweewoo
      @weewooweewooweewoo 4 года назад +2

      Yesssss

    • @noteworthy5911
      @noteworthy5911 4 года назад +5

      You want to know something ironic? I see two "demise"s in there...

    • @overmountain
      @overmountain 4 года назад +10

      There’s no form of irony in that. Only coincidence. Learn things.

    • @thegreendragon9628
      @thegreendragon9628 4 года назад +2

      I love this

  • @fullup91
    @fullup91 5 лет назад +867

    But is it slower than the plot of The Walking Dead?

    • @loserlucas1113
      @loserlucas1113 5 лет назад +24

      Rembrandt impossible

    • @busterpremiumproductions5840
      @busterpremiumproductions5840 4 года назад +45

      What plot

    • @MrMegaMetroid
      @MrMegaMetroid 4 года назад +9

      The walking deads plot is goddamn racing wtf. They put an entire seasons worth of events into literally their pilot episode. From then on its just a non stop chain of events. Have you watched breaking bad? THAT show is slow

    • @overmountain
      @overmountain 4 года назад +2

      Not slower than me lmao

    • @freindmaker4473
      @freindmaker4473 4 года назад +24

      @@MrMegaMetroid yeah but does any actual overarching plot ever happen. No. They always end up in the exact place where they started

  • @theproletkulttn
    @theproletkulttn 4 года назад +19

    I remember talking to one of my audio Engineering professors about slow music and one thing that he brought up was that when we have a beat that is too slow to truly feel, our brain finds things to fill in the gaps such as bringing to light specific changes in the tone of the instruments or weaker percussive elements, or even mild hallucinations to fill in the gaps. This also brings to light the point where our beat goes into a sort of rhythmic daze or confusion where we have lost the sense of beat when he was slowing down the tempo to make the point of our brains not being able to feel beats below roughly 33bpm.
    Also I love your use of Steve Roach's Structures from Silence during your mention of Ambient music. I love that album so much!

  • @ericburnett8163
    @ericburnett8163 6 лет назад +2122

    A+ with the editing and production on this one.

    • @syruphi
      @syruphi 6 лет назад +4

      Eric Burnett "Sprial Galaxy"

    • @theKOmorita
      @theKOmorita 6 лет назад +3

      Superb "article", if we can actually call this video an article...

    • @iqux7349
      @iqux7349 6 лет назад

      1 question who r you

  • @jessethane6910
    @jessethane6910 5 лет назад +599

    "What is the slowest thing we've ever committed to?"
    Bureaucracy.

    • @hcrrobloxstudios7023
      @hcrrobloxstudios7023 5 лет назад +3

      No it’s brexit

    • @ta33370
      @ta33370 5 лет назад +16

      @@hcrrobloxstudios7023 Brexit is an example of bureaucracy. So it's still bureaucracy.

    • @Marquploads
      @Marquploads 4 года назад

      yes

    • @irock58
      @irock58 4 года назад

      10/10

  • @andreasd1132
    @andreasd1132 6 лет назад +569

    Anti-clickbait thumbnail, nice!

    • @ExtraPizzaZ
      @ExtraPizzaZ 6 лет назад +4

      It gave me the answer but I still clicked to find out more… it's a trap

    • @fastertrackcreative
      @fastertrackcreative 6 лет назад +5

      It's like skipping to the end of a book (not something I do) then going back to learn how they worked it out.

    • @ImMora1
      @ImMora1 6 лет назад +1

      Literally the reason I clicked! Glad I did

    • @ellenorbjornsdottir1166
      @ellenorbjornsdottir1166 3 года назад

      Modern art of clickbait

  • @ahobimo732
    @ahobimo732 4 года назад +29

    That whole "perceptual present" thing really blew my mind. Like... intensely so.

  • @TheJuicyTangerine
    @TheJuicyTangerine 6 лет назад +576

    Hey Adam, a correction. The word "Grave" in the context of a "burial ground' is from a different etymology than the word "grave" in the meaning of heavy. "Zombies rise from the grave" comes from a germanic root, whereas the term "grave danger" comes from a latin root instead. "grave danger" and the musical notation grave comes from the word heavy, which is used in Latin both literally and figuratively (i.e. heavy stone, heavy heart). So although they are similar, they actually come from completely different roots!

    • @AdamNeely
      @AdamNeely  6 лет назад +126

      neat! didn't know that, thanks!

    • @xxXthekevXxx
      @xxXthekevXxx 6 лет назад +6

      I thought that sounded funny. I knew the Latin ”gravis” meant “heavy”, because of Delusions of Grandeur’s Gravis EP (which I highly recommend if you like progressive melodic deathcore/death metal). The album is, indeed, heavy.

    • @mishkamcivor409
      @mishkamcivor409 6 лет назад +1

      It seemed to me like he meant grave as in "grave danger" when I was watching the video but Etymology is pretty damn interesting to me anyway and I guess not everyone sees or hears the same meaning that I do when I watch something

    • @bearyboy9088
      @bearyboy9088 6 лет назад +18

      I speak german and learned latin for a long time and just as I was seeing an oppurtinity to use the useless stuff I learned, somebody else was already faster

    • @pepkin88
      @pepkin88 6 лет назад +1

      Doesn't it all come from Proto-Indo-European anyway?

  • @gangstar662
    @gangstar662 6 лет назад +996

    "Too slow to be useful" ... reminds me of my Honda

    • @pluto8404
      @pluto8404 6 лет назад +21

      I dont know about that........
      Hector is going to be running 3 Honda Civics with spoon engines. And on top of that, he just went into Harry's, and he ordered 3 T66 turbos, with NOS. And a Motec exhaust.

    • @UnstoppablePhoenix
      @UnstoppablePhoenix 6 лет назад +1

      roasted

    • @xbox360e9
      @xbox360e9 6 лет назад

      Stupid bitch ricers

    • @boostaddict_
      @boostaddict_ 6 лет назад +4

      Shane Smithler Civics can actually be extremely fast. They can make lots of power naturally aspirated with an agressive enough cam and a well tuned head. Add a turbo an 700hp is fairly easily possible.

    • @DatShepTho
      @DatShepTho 6 лет назад +4

      Shingo Shoji disapproves

  • @MalahkAngel
    @MalahkAngel 6 лет назад +170

    I'm starting to think Adam finds these interesting topics just to weave elaborate shitposts into them. I'm entertained either way.

    • @tuckersmith7991
      @tuckersmith7991 6 лет назад +1

      Chris B I’ve been thinking the same thing!

  • @dynoburger
    @dynoburger 4 года назад +112

    Ohhhh buddy you sure had no idea how “cataclysmic” 2020 was gonna be

    • @10thletter40
      @10thletter40 3 года назад +4

      Id say it isnt even top 8 in the worst years of the past 100 years though. 😅

    • @NikodAnimations
      @NikodAnimations 8 месяцев назад

      ​@@10thletter40
      What if you exclude WW2?

    • @10thletter40
      @10thletter40 8 месяцев назад

      @@NikodAnimations Then probably, due to the worldwide effect it had.

  • @LillianAredhel
    @LillianAredhel 6 лет назад +3404

    643 years, you mean the time when the next Tool album will be released?

    • @LillianAredhel
      @LillianAredhel 6 лет назад +84

      And yes, i do know they have a new album announced

    • @AnduNinicu
      @AnduNinicu 6 лет назад +6

      I know the pain !

    • @XiyuYang
      @XiyuYang 6 лет назад +29

      They've been talking about new studio album for YEARS so I don't think it's coming out in 2018

    • @richpiana7011
      @richpiana7011 6 лет назад +21

      What about Necrophagist's new album?

    • @PierreMiniggio
      @PierreMiniggio 6 лет назад +14

      Pretty sure by these 200 years there gonna be one guy who'd find a way to hack into the server and leak the whole thing though before the 200 year mark xD

  • @shayakoo1
    @shayakoo1 6 лет назад +87

    Damn! That last speech gave me some goosebumps.

    • @ajadrew
      @ajadrew 6 лет назад +3

      Me too!!

    • @hosemarino
      @hosemarino 6 лет назад +13

      Every time I watch that lecture (that is the fifth one on The Twentieth Century Crisis) I get goosebumps. The whole lecture cycle is indeed amazing and very thought provoking. Everyone here should watch them.

    • @y__h
      @y__h 6 лет назад

      hosemarino You make me curious, at least let me re-finish this video, mate!

    • @Floral_Green
      @Floral_Green 6 лет назад

      Gave me a vicious boner

  • @janreiafrica
    @janreiafrica 6 лет назад +3116

    *Vsauce looks weird*

    • @jonahyogman6282
      @jonahyogman6282 6 лет назад +40

      Hi there. Michael here.

    • @dirtyconsole2247
      @dirtyconsole2247 6 лет назад +15

      *W E I R D B E A R D*

    • @RJ-mk6ep
      @RJ-mk6ep 6 лет назад +31

      HEYYY VSAUCE MICHAEL HERE

    • @BookooZenny
      @BookooZenny 5 лет назад +11

      While the influence is obvious, he's clearly made his own thing

    • @sweetart256
      @sweetart256 5 лет назад

      Esther Yogman i

  • @SupahflyJazzguy
    @SupahflyJazzguy 3 года назад +28

    Adam Neely - "It's a multigenerational performance. No human being will see its beginning and its end."
    The Queen of England - "u wot m8?"

    • @atroposV
      @atroposV 9 месяцев назад +9

      this aged like the Queen of England

    • @oxmora1178
      @oxmora1178 6 месяцев назад +2

      I got bad news for you homie

    • @rhebucks_zh
      @rhebucks_zh 3 месяца назад

      r/agedlikemilk

  • @DeathRunningTerror
    @DeathRunningTerror 6 лет назад +139

    240bpm ''Too fast to be useful'' *Techdeath intensifies*

    • @Sean-Ax
      @Sean-Ax 6 лет назад +1

      *T E C H D E A T H*

    • @raulperez2308
      @raulperez2308 6 лет назад +2

      Santeri Salminen *S T A Y T E C H*

    • @JohnJillky
      @JohnJillky 6 лет назад +1

      Splittercore* yuh

  • @bebettoninja
    @bebettoninja 6 лет назад +318

    The effort you put into this is simply amazing!

  • @Michael.Helsel
    @Michael.Helsel 6 лет назад +876

    jeez... V Sauce looks younger here

    • @aaronaguirre6714
      @aaronaguirre6714 6 лет назад +5

      Lmao thinking same thing

    • @Timon-IrishFolk
      @Timon-IrishFolk 6 лет назад +2

      Michael Helsel
      I think Adam was nearly as old as Michael

    • @ghoulbuster1
      @ghoulbuster1 6 лет назад +1

      Vsauce♪

    • @DavidBadilloMusic
      @DavidBadilloMusic 6 лет назад +3

      Exactly what I was thinking! The Vsauce of Music!

    • @demixed
      @demixed 6 лет назад +4

      Michael Helsel You mean PsychedSubstance ?

  • @oouziii4679
    @oouziii4679 4 года назад +6

    I just discovered your channel, this feels like the vsause of music theory, im loving it

  • @Patrick_Engels
    @Patrick_Engels 5 лет назад +231

    Not quite my tempo.

  • @fatguy338
    @fatguy338 6 лет назад +507

    I love the anticlickbait thumbnail.

    • @aHedgerowFrog
      @aHedgerowFrog 6 лет назад +12

      ? i came here to listen to slow music instead i got a high brow lecture

    • @fatguy338
      @fatguy338 6 лет назад +30

      It's anti-clickbait in that a lot of thumbnails ask a question that either never gets answered or is unsatisfying in some way. This vid states the answer in the thumbnail, and then goes into more depth about that answer in the rest of it.

    • @FrostDirt
      @FrostDirt 6 лет назад +3

      It's clickbait-- good video requires clickbait. People just abuse clickbait and thus creating a "misleading thumbnail" (which the word clickbait became somewhat related and often misunderstood).

    • @fatguy338
      @fatguy338 6 лет назад +2

      FrostDirt right, we just have different definitions of clickbait.

    • @QwertyuiopThePie
      @QwertyuiopThePie 6 лет назад +1

      If you came to a video with a question as a title expecting the subject of the question to not be explained, that's on you. An interesting explanation about *why* the question is answered the way it is ends up being a whole lot more interesting than just listening to really slow music.

  • @ChadMojito
    @ChadMojito 6 лет назад +303

    This might be your best video ever. I love it so much. Thanks, Adam! You're awesome!

    • @zygimantaspetrosius4971
      @zygimantaspetrosius4971 6 лет назад +2

      Is this loss?

    • @ChadMojito
      @ChadMojito 6 лет назад +4

      you kids beware or I'll turn Loss into a song

    • @ChadMojito
      @ChadMojito 6 лет назад +4

      Modal Polyrhythmic Harmonization in 26/4 (2/2; 4/2; 4/2; 3/2)

    • @pzooka
      @pzooka 6 лет назад +1

      Really exploding fish really

    • @ChadMojito
      @ChadMojito 6 лет назад +1

      Peter Virden Yes. I can and I probably will.

  • @88HEATHENWOLF
    @88HEATHENWOLF 4 года назад +70

    "the slowest music possible is about 33 Bpm"
    Sunn O)))) "hold my reverb Pedal"

    • @sinistreabscission
      @sinistreabscission 4 года назад +4

      every doom/drone metal band:

    • @drpibisback7680
      @drpibisback7680 3 года назад +1

      You can't headbang to Sunn O))), and I say that as a big fan of them. They routinely hold a single chord for upwards of a minute, that's miles below the threshold of 33 BPM for the perceptual present. The rhythm, if there is any, is only provided by the faint beating of the sustained chords. Like most drone acts, they care not for rhythm.

  • @benjaminadams9607
    @benjaminadams9607 6 лет назад +734

    "I only listen to real music."
    *plays John Cage*
    *dies*

  • @onceuponasynth
    @onceuponasynth 6 лет назад +721

    Incredibly well done. The breadth of knowledge shared, the editing, the questions posed.. it was like a philosophical poem. Time is a fascinating thing.

  • @koye4427
    @koye4427 4 года назад +334

    1:49 did this man really hit us with the lick

    • @allesundmehr
      @allesundmehr 4 года назад +20

      Kazoo you haven‘t watched many adam neely video, have you? :D

    • @thebananaman2003
      @thebananaman2003 4 года назад +4

      Thank god im not dreaming, i thought i was the only one who heard it😂

    • @cybergen49
      @cybergen49 4 года назад +3

      Lol same, shoots fear down my spine waiting for someone to knock on my door and ask what that was.

  • @ListenToJef
    @ListenToJef 4 года назад +31

    I’m watching this in 2020 and I’m so bored in quarantine I’m actually excited for “John Cage’s” next note in September.

  • @derrrtee
    @derrrtee 6 лет назад +500

    That's so trippy to think about.
    A song that would be played for more than 600 years and the fact that this song began its performance in my birth year.

    • @keedt
      @keedt 6 лет назад +58

      you found a way to make it about you eh?

    • @derrrtee
      @derrrtee 6 лет назад +24

      keedt why not? That coincidence is pretty cool and kind of creepy.

    • @lucasponsock
      @lucasponsock 6 лет назад +6

      I was born a month into the beginning, so you're not alone! 😂

    • @airship_elyta
      @airship_elyta 6 лет назад

      I was born 4 days late...

    • @aldenwilner3300
      @aldenwilner3300 6 лет назад

      Time to go read Anathem again.

  • @Taikamuna
    @Taikamuna 6 лет назад +1477

    Wow, this got deep

  • @danielsjohnson
    @danielsjohnson 6 лет назад +28

    I'm surprised to see a RUclipsr answer their own clickbait-y titlein their thumbnail. Thanks for that.

  • @MinecraftPlayer-nw5kq
    @MinecraftPlayer-nw5kq 4 года назад +61

    “The next note is in 2020”
    Coronavirus: Not anymore!

  • @DuelerIsKing
    @DuelerIsKing 5 лет назад +39

    No joke this is one of the best videos I've ever watched on RUclips.

  • @djmix4ya
    @djmix4ya 5 лет назад +571

    Adam: “33bpm is the slowest musical tempo.”
    DJ Screw: “Hold my lean!”

    • @letmesleepproductions4771
      @letmesleepproductions4771 4 года назад +4

      DC2_Tork WHY DIDNT THIS GET MORE LIKES

    • @orenthiadillard8993
      @orenthiadillard8993 4 года назад +9

      Hell yeah! I thought the same shit concerning DJ Screw. RIP to one of Houston's finest.

    • @gilbertlopez
      @gilbertlopez 4 года назад +3

      young infamous not enough Houston natives ig

    • @utopianstructures8434
      @utopianstructures8434 4 года назад +1

      Never expected to see him here damn

    • @clustercrash2995
      @clustercrash2995 4 года назад

      Man, this man's music very expertly makes my body produce very specific chemicals

  • @mynamesnotsteve
    @mynamesnotsteve 6 лет назад +55

    Hey just wanted to say thanks for the anti-clickbait thumbnail

  • @cinder.squire
    @cinder.squire 4 года назад +4

    "Anybody can have an idea, but do you have the technique, the time, and the energy to actually do it?"
    As an artist, this is thought provoking.
    I look at artist like Salvador Dali, Theodor Seuss (Dr. Seuss - see his midnight paintings), and Zdzisław Beksiński and marvel at how much they produced over a life time. Hundreds, if not thousands, of pieces completed. It makes me wonder if they created every idea they ever conceived instead of pausing to contemplate the useless question of, "Is it worthy of my technique, time, and energy?"
    Thanks for coming to my TED Talk.

    • @salty_3k506
      @salty_3k506 Год назад

      you only know if it was worth it, if you have done it, so might as well do it. and you have to make bad ideas in order to find something good.

  • @ToraNagumanova
    @ToraNagumanova 6 лет назад +191

    I like how The Lick can be heard even in some club dubstep music

    • @Amozmusicmaker
      @Amozmusicmaker 6 лет назад

      examples?

    • @alvin_row
      @alvin_row 6 лет назад +20

      Amozmusicmaker 1:48

    • @daolchang
      @daolchang 6 лет назад +44

      obviously made by Adam Neely so the cheeky fucker can slip the lick right under our noses

  • @maxmaidment96
    @maxmaidment96 6 лет назад +32

    Videos like this really solidify you as the Vsauce of music

  • @benjaminenders8762
    @benjaminenders8762 6 лет назад +39

    thats actually pretty funny. The whole video I've been waiting for you to talk about the John Cage Organ. As I live in Germany, I've been there several times, and it is really a magical place. Even the silence part is a very interesting experience, when you think about it as purposefully placed silence.

  • @remirussin7240
    @remirussin7240 4 года назад +3

    Discovered this video in October of 2020 and devastated that I missed the note change.

  • @themennissvids
    @themennissvids 6 лет назад +476

    I was waiting for ASLSP. Wasn't disappointed, it just took a while.

  • @cheekybum1513
    @cheekybum1513 5 лет назад +13

    Can we appreciate that he put the answer on the thumbnail? A true hero of yt

  • @drjimnielson4425
    @drjimnielson4425 5 лет назад +98

    What a fabulous essay. Fascinating from beginning to end! Nerds are the new scholar-poets.

  • @maxaks2594
    @maxaks2594 4 года назад +18

    "Make sure to mark your calendars for the next note"
    yeahhhhhh 2020 doesnt agree with that one

  • @someonespecial1329
    @someonespecial1329 4 года назад +167

    10:51
    My oh my, what a time to be alive.

    • @tangocat670
      @tangocat670 4 года назад +1

      Livin in a picture blowing up my hotline

    • @shanerobertcooperramirez1726
      @shanerobertcooperramirez1726 4 года назад +1

      and boom no more note change

    • @nqrtzy8765
      @nqrtzy8765 4 года назад +4

      shane robert cooper ramirez It’s still gonna change even if no one hears it LOL

    • @sparklymop
      @sparklymop 4 года назад +3

      Oh yes. Definitely. With a global pandemic

    • @13_cmi
      @13_cmi 4 года назад +1

      And so many people dying.

  • @riczi.j
    @riczi.j 6 лет назад +252

    Am I hearing the lick at 1:49?

    • @joejohnson9659
      @joejohnson9659 6 лет назад +14

      of course you are, i would expect nothing less from Mr. Neely

    • @goonyougoodthing
      @goonyougoodthing 6 лет назад +3

      +Joe Johnson Of course

    • @L33M_0
      @L33M_0 6 лет назад +27

      T H E L I C C

    • @BosseCory
      @BosseCory 6 лет назад +14

      That's clearly Adam's new hit club banger "Get Lick'd"

    • @SgtZaqq
      @SgtZaqq 6 лет назад

      The what?

  • @tanutchankasem1291
    @tanutchankasem1291 6 лет назад +376

    this is vsauce of music

    • @ollelundin5567
      @ollelundin5567 6 лет назад +6

      Tanut Chanakasem was going to say the same

    • @qukoongames5830
      @qukoongames5830 6 лет назад +4

      Tanut Chanakasem "Hey vsauce! Adam here"

    • @rozasinromanin7007
      @rozasinromanin7007 6 лет назад +1

      *w h e r e a r e y o u r f i n g e r s*

    • @MateusAuri
      @MateusAuri 6 лет назад +1

      With a bonus clip of Carl Sagan of music at the end

    • @williw.5815
      @williw.5815 6 лет назад

      Indeed

  • @YurisNotHere
    @YurisNotHere 10 месяцев назад +5

    Hearing BIABs name in a normal context in 2024 is a fucking jumpscare

    • @oakenclient
      @oakenclient 8 месяцев назад

      'i was never taught what laws there are'

    • @averywow
      @averywow 8 месяцев назад

      yo nice pfp

  • @boomchacleKSP
    @boomchacleKSP 6 лет назад +225

    in around 600 years, the elderly man playing that last note on that 1000 year old organ will release the note, the crowd of ten thousand people will cheer loudly, and he will stand up, stretch, and say... "Wtf did I just do?"

    • @gabopalacios2028
      @gabopalacios2028 6 лет назад +68

      I guess it's pretty common everywhere but, from my personal experience... Here in Mexico, everytime a musician or a band end their show the audience tend to yell "¡Otra!, ¡Otra!, ¡Otra!" wich means "one more! one more! one more!"... It'd be hillarious if the audience asks for one more song! XD

    • @DirkGently04
      @DirkGently04 6 лет назад +8

      Reminds of Deep Thought and "the Day of the Answer"

    • @avd7288
      @avd7288 6 лет назад +16

      - "Sorry, I guess I got a little carried away there. And from year 250 onwards I improvised a little."

    • @TorreFernand
      @TorreFernand 6 лет назад +1

      It's usually translated as "encore"

    • @jonispatented
      @jonispatented 6 лет назад

      Fernando Torre sure but it means other or another. As in “La otra casa” which means “the other house”

  • @eisteelegendeyt7789
    @eisteelegendeyt7789 5 лет назад +265

    *watches video about slow notes*
    *slows down youtube video to 25%*

  • @diamondblackford5048
    @diamondblackford5048 5 лет назад +74

    14:22 RUclips seems cutting sound from here by the reason of copyrights.

    • @yogxoth1959
      @yogxoth1959 4 года назад +5

      Yeah it really ruined the end of the video. :(

    • @festerdam4548
      @festerdam4548 4 года назад +2

      Isn't it public domain?

    • @matthewparker9276
      @matthewparker9276 3 года назад +1

      @@festerdam4548 the composition is, but the recording is not.

  • @tcatking9761
    @tcatking9761 3 года назад +10

    8:08
    Plot twist: We are living the longest beat now. The big bang was the first beat...
    10:50
    Oh God we all knew what happened.
    The note was a c for Covid...

  • @juanmacattivelli8499
    @juanmacattivelli8499 6 лет назад +194

    1:49 it is always great to hear the L I C K

    • @pixelee3890
      @pixelee3890 5 лет назад

      Just did the 68th like on this comment so the next person has the satisfaction of of liking for the 69th like.

    • @masicbemester
      @masicbemester 5 лет назад

      WHO UNLIKED THE COMMENT? I WAS PROMISED THE 69TH LIKE?

    • @hanahouli3592
      @hanahouli3592 5 лет назад

      DOO DOO DO DOO DO DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

  • @woud3404
    @woud3404 6 лет назад +454

    So is the ASLSP being recorded, so future us, in 640 years, can listen to this song at ultra high quality compressed into a few minutes. It would be intresting to hear what that sounds like.

    • @aierie-dragonslayer
      @aierie-dragonslayer 6 лет назад +19

      W Hulshof
      Oh my gosh that would be amazing.

    • @leofisher1280
      @leofisher1280 6 лет назад +87

      You could literally play it on an organ now but fast

    • @simongregory9453
      @simongregory9453 6 лет назад +43

      @@leofisher1280 but maybe a 3 year long note squished into a couple of seconds would sound different to just a standard couple of seconds note

    • @ponytart4245
      @ponytart4245 6 лет назад +5

      I never wanted to be reborn, but...

    • @jigsaucemusic
      @jigsaucemusic 6 лет назад +5

      that would be a big ass file

  • @amogh2101
    @amogh2101 6 лет назад +616

    What if big bang is GOD trying out the slowest rhythm yet?

    • @Roonayy
      @Roonayy 6 лет назад +32

      Aj God Djent

    • @Charlie77779
      @Charlie77779 6 лет назад +6

      Damn...

    • @SolidGeordieMGS
      @SolidGeordieMGS 6 лет назад +18

      fuck that's deep

    • @MrMorelloJr
      @MrMorelloJr 6 лет назад +1

      Aj then from Saint Augustine to Hegel all metaphysics have been true: whatever is beautiful is measured against the eternal

    • @vedhil
      @vedhil 6 лет назад +8

      shit man

  • @lego5745
    @lego5745 4 года назад +14

    6:02 I was honestly quite surprised to see that someone else knew about Steve Roach. Not to say that I’m the only one out there to know about his work, but you know what I mean.
    I highly suggest for those interested in taking a look into his work to start off with his “Worlds” album, I think it’ll help you get a taste for the tunes that he would put out after that.

  • @daviddockery20
    @daviddockery20 6 лет назад +249

    This is a beautiful video

    • @lanedangg
      @lanedangg 6 лет назад

      David Dockery hey David

  • @hopelessdove
    @hopelessdove 6 лет назад +103

    The slowest music possible is the one I listen to through my shitty internet connection

    • @btat16
      @btat16 6 лет назад +2

      Carlos Méndez What if you listened to John Cage’s piece on the internet?

    • @eyondev
      @eyondev 6 лет назад +1

      1/bpw?
      (bit per week)

    • @hopelessdove
      @hopelessdove 6 лет назад

      Not Happy It would be all silence as well, but it would definitely take longer than 4:33 lol

  • @StRanGerManY
    @StRanGerManY 6 лет назад +479

    Is it just a coinciedence that average human heart beat is also around 60-80 bpm, as a typical music?
    And that slowest heart beat is around 30, same as with music as you mentioned?
    I'm sure there is no connection, just seemed cool

    • @AndyChamberlainMusic
      @AndyChamberlainMusic 5 лет назад +57

      @hypernova I'm finding that a few high level endurance athletes have resting heart rates as low as 40 bpm, but I'm not seeing 30 anywhere.

    • @Desertfox1843
      @Desertfox1843 5 лет назад +18

      Wait 60-80 is normal? I have a resting rate of 120

    • @AndyChamberlainMusic
      @AndyChamberlainMusic 5 лет назад +133

      @@Desertfox1843 dude you should see a doctor about that, seriously

    • @StRanGerManY
      @StRanGerManY 5 лет назад +25

      @hypernova yes, that's what I said, "slowest heart beat". Fastest possible hearbeat is not very healthy, too, you know.
      You dont need to be a doctor to follow the logic :)

    • @StRanGerManY
      @StRanGerManY 5 лет назад +8

      @@AndyChamberlainMusic "slowest" heart beat is not same as resting heart beat though, I dont know why you compare the two

  • @SinanAkkoyun
    @SinanAkkoyun 4 года назад +1

    Your thumbnails are so definitive, they attract the ones curious about your "savage" definitive awnsers on your thumbnails, thus creating kind of something opposite of clickbait, being so much stronger of an attraction force.
    If that is exactly what you knew would happen to all of us, filtering out the ones who get lost in clickbait and the ones who are really curious, then you are extremely smart.

  • @StanislovasRiska
    @StanislovasRiska 6 лет назад +35

    Can we just appreciate how much has Adam's editing improved? dear lawd

  • @samuel_piper23
    @samuel_piper23 6 лет назад +84

    Watch video at .25 x speed for full effect

    • @zwingler
      @zwingler 6 лет назад

      youtube doesnt even play sound at 0.25 speed

    • @dalkra9988
      @dalkra9988 6 лет назад

      Yeah it does lol

  • @Kapin05
    @Kapin05 5 лет назад +90

    Ugh, those musicians are talking about ASLSP again. If I complain, I'll never hear the end of it.

  • @evavonblon2151
    @evavonblon2151 4 года назад +61

    "High effort sh*tposting"
    Wait, that's illegal.

  • @YEAHKINDA
    @YEAHKINDA 5 лет назад +88

    1 BPD (Beat per decade)
    Pass the song onto the next generation, cutting off the parts you've played as it slowly goes through all the generations.

    • @cursedcliff7562
      @cursedcliff7562 4 года назад

      Somebody will make an arpeggio sweep 300 bpm blast bear version

  • @eekrats5981
    @eekrats5981 5 лет назад +176

    639 years? So when half life 3 is released?

  • @Helicard
    @Helicard 6 лет назад +275

    As SLow As Possible should be abbreviated as A SLAP

    • @JayandJay223344
      @JayandJay223344 6 лет назад +3

      Helicard omg why am I still laughing? XD

    • @henotic.essence
      @henotic.essence 6 лет назад +4

      Gives a whole new meaning to "hey man lets bump a slap" lmao

    • @blipster0074
      @blipster0074 6 лет назад

      Oh no wonder Cage changed the abbreviation lol

    • @mattea4322
      @mattea4322 6 лет назад +3

      I read this as ass slap and I don’t regret it 😂

    • @Videohead-eq5cy
      @Videohead-eq5cy 6 лет назад +1

      As fast as possible = AFAP

  • @dmanisthebest1
    @dmanisthebest1 4 года назад +2

    In Hindustani Classical music, we have a form known as Vilambit Khayal which can be presented as slow as 10 or 11bpm

  • @LewysC
    @LewysC 6 лет назад +136

    2:37 I genuinely burst out laughing, there is no more perfect paragraph you could have inserted there XD

    • @Cptrudolf
      @Cptrudolf 6 лет назад +2

      Ive never watched RIck & Morty, so forgive me if im completely off. But from that paragraph I understand the following:
      as R&M is a science fiction comedy, its main purpose is to make people laugh (as science fiction is a setting, not an objective).
      But most of the jokes rely on a person's pre-knowledge of theoretical physics, or people will not even realise its a joke. Doesn't that make pre-knowledge of physics a necessity to properly enjoy R&M, as most of the humor is based on that, rather than having a high IQ which is "only" requierd to understand some deepness and less important references?

    • @Arch-Tau
      @Arch-Tau 6 лет назад +4

      No, it's a copypasta meme is why it's funny.

    • @famatu
      @famatu 6 лет назад

      Would you be able to show us the original it refers to?

    • @Arch-Tau
      @Arch-Tau 6 лет назад +2

      It is the original.

    • @snowman486cold
      @snowman486cold 3 года назад +1

      do you know what's the song?

  • @PanzerMan332
    @PanzerMan332 6 лет назад +211

    Not related to music at all, but another interesting event is the Time Pyramid, which also happens to be in Germany. It's a pyramid that will be made out of 120 concrete blocks when it is completed. A concrete block is added every 10 years, and so far there is only 3. At this rate, it will be completed in 3183. What is it with Germans and not wanting to ever see the completion of something?

    • @MrHidan30
      @MrHidan30 6 лет назад +69

      I don't know, but I sure am glad that there are some things they never completed.

    • @AlcorSalvador
      @AlcorSalvador 6 лет назад +71

      Gongasoso Just cause we all thought of the answer, doesnt mean you need to voice it. The punchline was left...
      Incomplete, on purpose, and for a reason.
      And you ruined it, Congratulations.

    • @Gongasoso
      @Gongasoso 6 лет назад +9

      Alcor Salvador I also completed it on purpose, for a reason.
      Now go away, you seem to be unbearably whiny. I bet you start to cry when Momma doesn't cut the crust off the sandwich.

    • @benq994
      @benq994 6 лет назад +2

      @Gongasoso Greetings from Poland, glad to see a honest man who knows the history and is not afraid to tell the truth.

    • @Gongasoso
      @Gongasoso 6 лет назад +4

      ragonoid lastname Well... Because not delivering the punchline has the inverse effect of not resolving to a stable chord.
      As in it's not fucking amusing at all.
      This isn't a stand-up show where you need to build tension in the audience so that you get a proper laugh later. This is a comment section. Finish your statements.
      BTW, my comment was directed at OP, that was wondering why they never complete anything, to which my comment who be an ironic reply. "Why won't they... Because Holocaust. Let them keep leaving things half-way, just in case."
      Not to First Comment that kept beating around the bush, and certainly not to Snowflake McGee that says I ruined it, whatever "it" may be.
      If you don't deliver the punchline, there isn't anything to ruin. Unless one can't bear the Event-That-Must-Not-Be-Named by the Dark Lord Herr Pencil 'Stache...

  • @oaooaoipip2238
    @oaooaoipip2238 6 лет назад +294

    Future generations will be like "wtf kind of noice is this organ doing? Let's unplug it."

    • @Kinkyminky
      @Kinkyminky 6 лет назад +6

      An organ is not a computer you can program, it needs a person to operate it.

    • @DjSunexx
      @DjSunexx 6 лет назад +12

      dude it's palying the same note for years..
      just put a wrench or some paper weight on the key and leave...

    • @simalestr4162
      @simalestr4162 6 лет назад +18

      Olov Hammarström you know that lots of organs are connected to electricity to power the air pump which keeps air flowing through the pipes. Otherwise there would need to be people jumping on giant bellows

    • @Kinkyminky
      @Kinkyminky 6 лет назад +1

      oh... I should have figured.

    • @kissthefish2188
      @kissthefish2188 5 лет назад

      @@DjSunexx They play a note and then "rest" for years.

  • @alexanderhough9175
    @alexanderhough9175 3 года назад +5

    1:03
    Then: Funeral March
    Now: Coffin Dance

  • @gorraiya
    @gorraiya 6 лет назад +13

    Clicked on this video wondering how youd make it so long and ended up absolutely intrigued so thanks for that, great video man

  • @chedleicester535
    @chedleicester535 6 лет назад +41

    You are the vsauce of the music world.

    • @SCM
      @SCM 6 лет назад

      veritasium rather...

    • @ErebosGR
      @ErebosGR 6 лет назад

      +SubConsciousMindd
      Adam should start asking random people on the street about music theory and harmony.

  • @watamidoing8131
    @watamidoing8131 6 лет назад +208

    Plays 1/256 note at 1bpm

    • @LiamLimeLarm
      @LiamLimeLarm 5 лет назад +10

      Still about 0.3 seconds as a note

  • @brianfox340
    @brianfox340 4 года назад +1

    I'm always impressed by how thoroughly and completely you answer these kinds of questions.

  • @jdraper12
    @jdraper12 6 лет назад +388

    8:41 Hey, Vsauce, Michael here

  • @Banschmitz
    @Banschmitz 6 лет назад +142

    "Hey Vsauce, Adam here..."

    • @Roescoe
      @Roescoe 6 лет назад +1

      Yep my exact thought. He certainly has an overlap.

    • @dlee645
      @dlee645 6 лет назад +1

      Kuba I was thinking the same thing. LOL!

    • @velocitylk
      @velocitylk 6 лет назад +1

      He really need to collab or something and be Vsauce4!

    • @Roescoe
      @Roescoe 6 лет назад

      heh that would be cool

  • @viczach5147
    @viczach5147 6 лет назад +153

    I want to listen to "ASLSP" as fast as a human could play it

    • @TorreFernand
      @TorreFernand 6 лет назад +4

      But but... that's not what the composer intended!

    • @LilGamingYes
      @LilGamingYes 6 лет назад +9

      ruclips.net/video/h5-Yo328Rp4/видео.html
      You're welcome...

    • @Luka1180
      @Luka1180 6 лет назад

      Should be ASLAP* instead :/

    • @xCorvus7x
      @xCorvus7x 6 лет назад

      @@LilGamingYes
      Thanks.

    • @Anon-tr2lq
      @Anon-tr2lq 6 лет назад

      Nono, it should be *ASS-SLAP

  • @fattynorman
    @fattynorman 4 года назад +1

    you get a view and a like just for the non-clickbait thumbnail. we need more heroes like you in the world