Thanks for listening! I've noticed that fans online trying to find connections between my songs has led them to learning more about music, which is really cool! To answer your question, this doesn't really have a name! You actually have a few different melodies, scales, and chord progressions here that on a theory level don't have much in common outside of including notes that are generally moving downward. Some of these are progressions or melodic bits I've used in multiple songs, but for instance what's happening in the example you used from I/Me/Myself is a totally different thing from what you used as an example in 6up 5oh. In IMM, it's just a major scale progression from a major (1 chord) to its relative minor (6 chord) with a leading tone between - that's also happening in Lysergide Daydream, alongside going from a 4th to a 5th beforehand! In 6up 5oh, it's a pretty popular riff following along a descending chromatic scale. In Laplace, it's a minor scale going from the fifth to the root. Some of these are the same progression, (like Half Decade Hangover's and It's Kind of a Lot's descending parts) some of them are similar, and some of them are completely different aside from them simply going in a downward direction. If you pay close attention, you'll start noticing the common phenomenon here all over the place regardless of genre, artist, location, or era! Thanks again for listening, glad you dig the tunes! Much love! :)
sorry william for turning your whole discography into nightcore aaaaa!! thanks for all the awesome work you and the topewarms have done, ya'll inspire me to keep doing art 💝
It's one of my favourite things he does in his music, it's unexpected and unique. Most music is made with a really similar set of notes and progressions, but this breaks that and is so freaking cool to listen to. I think its to do with the fact that he can't read music, so the music he makes is based more on improvisation and listening. He makes these complex and chaotic rhythms and progressions that you just don't hear anywhere else because there are unique to him. They have names and places in other music but they are not always used in the same context if that makes sense. I know little about music theory but I know music and pay attention to the predictability of songs. Some can be repeated if you know the general gist, but Will's songs can be such a surprise with where he takes the music.
kind of like the opposite of rick astley. hes always gonna give us up and always let us down but in the most beautifully and gentlest way possible through life
I think they were tryna point out how much he uses the chromatic walk down but they got a bit carried away and just did all descending melodies in his music
it's usually in a minor scale when he does it (with some exceptions) but it's literally just a descending chromatic scale from the one of the scale/chord. descending lines like this are very popular in latin music and are one of my personal favorite!
oh btw in bones and lysergide daydream it's a diatonic descent not a chromatic one but still the same idea. and in front street and the chorus of the song with five names it's a minor diatonic walkdown from the five to the one (but in the backing vocals at the end of tswfn it is that original line i mentioned) most of the other songs are a different thing too but my fingers are tired from typing so i'm just gonna watch the fuckin video.
Is it just me or does the last two dots look like a rat/mouse's face. With the whiskers? Like the last one is a nose and the second to last is an eyeball? Idk but it's very fitting.
everything is a lot 0:00 - 0:14 6up 5oh copout 0:15 - 0:26 skeleton appreciation day 0:27 - 0:38 front street 0:39 - 0:41 white knuckle jerk 0:42 - 0:48 a little bit mine 0:49 - 1:04 lysergide daydream self-ish 1:05 - 1:11 self- 1:12 - 1:26 mr capgras 1:27 - 1:45 song with 5 names 1:46 - 1:52 -ish the normal album 1:53 - 2:15 suburbia overture 2:16 - 2:30 laplace's angel 2:31 - 2:53 i/me/myself 2:54 - 2:57 outliars and hyppocrates 2:58 - 3:00 marsha, thankk you for the dialectics 3:01 - 3:12 love me, normally camp here & there 3:13 - 3:17 when somebody needs you in case i make it, 3:18 - 3:32 tomcat disposables 3:33 - 3:37 that's enough, let's get you home 3:38 - 3:52 um, its kind of a lot 3:53 - 4:03 half-decade hangover 4:04 - 4:16 vampire reference in a minor key 4:17 - 4:22 willard!
You could also make a video like this for all the times he plays a minor chord and then right after the major/dominant variant of that chord, he does that a ton as well lol
I may know what do you mean but I don't know music theory ;w; (I do music but don't know anything about theory) could you give me a example of a song? like, a second in a song where he does it?
Technically in bones it isn’t the minor chromatic walk down I’m pretty sure it starts on the major 1 but to be the chromatic he uses in his other songs it would have to start on the relative minor. And in lap laces angel it isn’t a chromatic walk down it just goes down the minor scale
It’s a descending chord progression. most of the time he takes the bottom note of a chord and repeatedly moves it down a half step to give it a really unique sound!
I'm a big fan of will woods work and I am confident in saying he connects the lyrics with the instruments perfectly so perfect you can't noticed him using the same things again unless if you actually look for it and I honestly think this man deserves a trophy for his amazing music
SO MANY icimi songs have the exact same Em Emmaj7 Em7 A7 and i eat it up every time. it sounds great and its easy to play on a baritone uke so im not complaining!
I feel like this is really common in swing-type jazz as well-- there was some point I realized that I could sing most songs and have them sound like swing using a similar-sounding chord progression on ukulele. I really dig it.
@@tunksaraylovesta oop just realised you already have it in the video loll. I was listening yesterday and I noticed it and I remembered this video and I was like OMG I FOUND ANOTHER without actually checking 😭😭 Anyways yes great video
the bit in vampire reference in a minor key itches my brain in the BEST way possible,, and the part in when somebody needs you always makes me tear up-
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Thanks for listening! I've noticed that fans online trying to find connections between my songs has led them to learning more about music, which is really cool! To answer your question, this doesn't really have a name! You actually have a few different melodies, scales, and chord progressions here that on a theory level don't have much in common outside of including notes that are generally moving downward. Some of these are progressions or melodic bits I've used in multiple songs, but for instance what's happening in the example you used from I/Me/Myself is a totally different thing from what you used as an example in 6up 5oh. In IMM, it's just a major scale progression from a major (1 chord) to its relative minor (6 chord) with a leading tone between - that's also happening in Lysergide Daydream, alongside going from a 4th to a 5th beforehand! In 6up 5oh, it's a pretty popular riff following along a descending chromatic scale. In Laplace, it's a minor scale going from the fifth to the root. Some of these are the same progression, (like Half Decade Hangover's and It's Kind of a Lot's descending parts) some of them are similar, and some of them are completely different aside from them simply going in a downward direction. If you pay close attention, you'll start noticing the common phenomenon here all over the place regardless of genre, artist, location, or era! Thanks again for listening, glad you dig the tunes! Much love! :)
sorry william for turning your whole discography into nightcore aaaaa!! thanks for all the awesome work you and the topewarms have done, ya'll inspire me to keep doing art 💝
I LOVE YOU
I LOVE YOUR MUSIC!!!!!!!!!!!
HOLY BALLS, IT'S WILLARD!!! IN THE PIXELS!!!!!!!
OH MY GOD ITS HIM???
as he should, descending notes in a melody scratches my little autism brain
HELL YEAH ME TOOO!!!!!
ME THRICE DAWGS ‼️‼️
WE THE FOUR LITTLE SHAVERS FR !! (Chuck E. Cheese reference)
yk what, PROBABLY THE SAME FOR ME!!!!
And my ADHD brain
That’s our mental health deteriorating
0:09 I’m not listening 🙉
Fr
True
real
I need hit the bottom
this is the first image I ever saw of the man, and I must say:
Will Wood looks exactly like what Will Wood would look like
Sometimes I wonder if he can shapeshift, if you look at other photos of him the difference with a simple haircut is insane
He’s definitely NOT two brothers impersonating one man
I first saw him in the Laplace's Angel vid and I was like "he kinda cute ngl" but now he is a shape shifter and nothing can convince me otherwise
@@Phantom_Moonlightnah he just gets a new meat suit every once in a while
Okay but like he doesn’t look like will wood but he looks like what will wood would look like
I swear I know how to words properly
i deadass listen to this like its a whole new will wood song
I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE LMAO
Were that desprate
FOR REAL
I downloade dit to my phone and unironically vibe to it lmao
That and oje of those "Listening to will wood be like"
I'm doing this rn
oh thats just him dragging us down to hell with him in the sexiest way possible
Fym the sexiest way possible dude ‘,:/
HELP MEEMMEEMMEMMEMEMMEMEEMMEMEMEMEMME
GAHAHAHHA
nvm you were right you WERE high
@@SmartInAUselessWaymusic is delightful.
My gf: "He's like a feral Lemon Demon"
lmao real
implying that lemon demon is a domesticated will wood
have you heard him? he absolutely a tamed will wood @@notinsideyourwalls
@@notinsideyourwalls yes?
Lemon demon if he had gone even more feral
It's one of my favourite things he does in his music, it's unexpected and unique. Most music is made with a really similar set of notes and progressions, but this breaks that and is so freaking cool to listen to. I think its to do with the fact that he can't read music, so the music he makes is based more on improvisation and listening. He makes these complex and chaotic rhythms and progressions that you just don't hear anywhere else because there are unique to him. They have names and places in other music but they are not always used in the same context if that makes sense. I know little about music theory but I know music and pay attention to the predictability of songs. Some can be repeated if you know the general gist, but Will's songs can be such a surprise with where he takes the music.
THIS IS A GODLIKE COMENT
ugh you just put it into words fr I love his music so much it's so fun and new all the time UGHHHH
Exactly!
yes and they are super repetitive and boring
@@JamietheEmperor just like you!
Don't forget he does the thing with his voice many times
which thing there is a few
@@madixjensen7070 the little vibrato thing he does on hand me my shovel, thermo lawyer and a couple more.
@@JAMasterpiece42 I love it ❤
that cool harmonic-minor sounding thing? cause yeah there's a compilation of that
Anybody know what the weird voice he uses in hand me my shovel and dui in the sky is?
so that's that "hitting the bottom" he always sings about
🤨
He had to get to the bottom of this 🫤
It's good enough, but not good enough for hiiiiimmmm✨✨✨
i think that’s called domestic abuse /j
kind of like the opposite of rick astley. hes always gonna give us up and always let us down but in the most beautifully and gentlest way possible through life
ignore me im like wizard high rn
@@FreakyCherubim must be a hell of a trip while listening to will wood lmaoaooa
this shits poetic
Excuse me what did you just say
This is Definitely the Most Comprehensive list of all of these, thank you for making this Comp, you've done your homework.
Thanks!♡♡♡
By Will Wood
THIS IS HALIROIS @@atlasiscooler4694
This is Definitely the Most Comprehensive List sounds like it could be a Will Wood album
As he should tbh
Real‼️
the descending notes in mr capgras and the song with five names make my soul ASCEND
FUCKING EXACTLY BRO!!!!
YES.
This guy cleeeeaaaaarly hasnt listened to misanthropologist yet
But yeah they go hard
I could fucking orgasm to all his songs tbh
one of the two directions a melody can move🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
I think they were tryna point out how much he uses the chromatic walk down but they got a bit carried away and just did all descending melodies in his music
Frfr
It makes the song 10000% better ofc he would ✋️😩
you are the most moment moment i have ever seen
Valid
He should do them even more
Real‼️🔥
REAL
makes me dance weirdly to the ground
Get up the floor is cold
@@stinkystinkypoopystinkypeepee how would you know
it's usually in a minor scale when he does it (with some exceptions) but it's literally just a descending chromatic scale from the one of the scale/chord. descending lines like this are very popular in latin music and are one of my personal favorite!
oh btw in bones and lysergide daydream it's a diatonic descent not a chromatic one but still the same idea. and in front street and the chorus of the song with five names it's a minor diatonic walkdown from the five to the one (but in the backing vocals at the end of tswfn it is that original line i mentioned) most of the other songs are a different thing too but my fingers are tired from typing so i'm just gonna watch the fuckin video.
Is it just me or does the last two dots look like a rat/mouse's face. With the whiskers? Like the last one is a nose and the second to last is an eyeball? Idk but it's very fitting.
The one that survived ICIMI!
It is extremely fitting ❤
thats socrates
this is such a will wood listener thing to say
And the third dots hump makes an ear
everything is a lot
0:00 - 0:14 6up 5oh copout
0:15 - 0:26 skeleton appreciation day
0:27 - 0:38 front street
0:39 - 0:41 white knuckle jerk
0:42 - 0:48 a little bit mine
0:49 - 1:04 lysergide daydream
self-ish
1:05 - 1:11 self-
1:12 - 1:26 mr capgras
1:27 - 1:45 song with 5 names
1:46 - 1:52 -ish
the normal album
1:53 - 2:15 suburbia overture
2:16 - 2:30 laplace's angel
2:31 - 2:53 i/me/myself
2:54 - 2:57 outliars and hyppocrates
2:58 - 3:00 marsha, thankk you for the dialectics
3:01 - 3:12 love me, normally
camp here & there
3:13 - 3:17 when somebody needs you
in case i make it,
3:18 - 3:32 tomcat disposables
3:33 - 3:37 that's enough, let's get you home
3:38 - 3:52 um, its kind of a lot
3:53 - 4:03 half-decade hangover
4:04 - 4:16 vampire reference in a minor key
4:17 - 4:22 willard!
DEDICATION RRAAAAAAHHHHHHHH
That ain’t red moon my man
@@WEEPINGDORIIwait fuck yeah its the instrumental bit in white knuckle jerk i was sleepy when i wrote this
@@saey8659MORE LIKE ADDICTION RRAHHHH
Thank you for your service, I was looking for this comment!
It’s “IM GOIN DOWN AND IM TAKING U WITH MEEE!”
it’s called a Line Cliché… or you can just call it a walk down (more specifically a chromatic walk down) if you want :p
this is literally one of my favorite videos on the whole internet, I’ve rewatched this at least 10ish times
OMGGGGGGGGGGGG REALLY!?!?!?
please watch my other videos, maybe you will find another stuff u would like ;w;
@@tunksaraylovesta OKOK I WILL 🙏🙏
thanks TwT
ME TOO ITS SO SATISFYING FOR SOME REASON GREAT VIDEO
Love how "and that's GLLOUGHHLESSLORRHHHOOHME" was included. Thank you.
It sounds like he's gargling something "ggHLUGgGEuosoUyg"
so that's why his songs make me feel like i'm falling. neat.
like you're falling up?
thinking about the amount of songs that needed to be downloaded to make this video is frightening
I download every single will wood song (I have like half of my laptop full with music hehe)
2:01 that was smooth
You could also make a video like this for all the times he plays a minor chord and then right after the major/dominant variant of that chord, he does that a ton as well lol
I may know what do you mean but I don't know music theory ;w; (I do music but don't know anything about theory)
could you give me a example of a song? like, a second in a song where he does it?
btw GYROOOOOOOOOO
@@tunksaraylovesta he does this (Am > A) in The Main Character, specifically on 0:52, 2:14 and 3:17
Technically in bones it isn’t the minor chromatic walk down I’m pretty sure it starts on the major 1 but to be the chromatic he uses in his other songs it would have to start on the relative minor.
And in lap laces angel it isn’t a chromatic walk down it just goes down the minor scale
actually if you play bones in the C,C7, F, Fm the chords do have a little chromaticism going on (G, B, C, G#)
I think this is just counting how many times his songs go
d⁰
do
Do
DO
i’m pretty sure it’s the minor scale in front street too
you fool, that's his light motif
I literally saw the image on the thumbnail and immediately knew what this video was gonna be about
That’s him telling us he’s a Disney villain without telling us
literally bone chilling
0:28 that was really smooth what
In music theory I believe it's called a walkdown.
Honestly love it when he does that. I don't think he does it enough.
It’s a really good, strong musical motif- helps to build a strong, consistent musical identity
i thought this was gonna be his use of the word “bell curve”
0:28 “losing my mIIIIIIMES ON FRONT STREET”
6up 5oh copout is one of my favorite songs of his for pretty much this exact reason lmaoo
IIRC, this is called a “walk-down” in music.
If it ain't broke don't fix it
and it hits EVERY TIME
That why i keep humming like that for no reason. I guess i never noticed bc im so use to the sound of his music
3:38-3:53 Why the fuck is this cut so well that it's basically a remix.
What song is tht one?
@@R3xi1iii um, it’s kind of a lot
@@AgothicSleepyhead Yeah, but what's it called?
@@toomany_bones"Um, it's kind of a lot"
😂
i love this thing
It’s a descending chord progression. most of the time he takes the bottom note of a chord and repeatedly moves it down a half step to give it a really unique sound!
he is so right for this
When I sent it to my friend, he immidietly asked where he can listen to Will Wood
i want your friend
We want your friend
I'm a big fan of will woods work and I am confident in saying he connects the lyrics with the instruments perfectly so perfect you can't noticed him using the same things again unless if you actually look for it and I honestly think this man deserves a trophy for his amazing music
At this point I consider it his leitmotif
The 6up 5ph copout
one scratched my brain
nice!
btw good pfp
@@tunksaraylovesta Thannks
by god does he abuse the hell out of this specific scale
SO MANY icimi songs have the exact same Em Emmaj7 Em7 A7 and i eat it up every time. it sounds great and its easy to play on a baritone uke so im not complaining!
I'm too not smart to understand this comment
@@Mr.SoggyShoes all songs the same when play instrument
I adore walkdowns in songs
It's his producer tag
It's the sound of my downward spiral
banger tbh
god i could listen to this go on forever
It tickles my brain so nice
you've just shattered my reality in relation to his music lol
Just wanted to say, that first part with all of the 6up parts one after the others sounds almost as good as the song itself
I can listen this like a new music...... 🥰
WILL WOOD ISNT LEAVING MU RECOMMENDED HELP ME
I like this little thing, I really love it man
Because it's COOL 🎉
it's his emotional support chromatic walkdown, let him be
God I love this thank you for putting them in the same place
This video is making me go insane ,,,, I LOVE IT WHEN HE DOES THIS RAAAHHHHH !!!!!!!!!
it almost sounds like a song on its own
I’m never gonna be able to unhear this
They're called decrescendo or diminuendos (kinda)
he makes it work
Yeah cause it's really cool
and its better every damn time
In fairness, it's sounds absolutely heavenly and I love that little tune
That's the sound of our collective sanity sinking ever deeper with every crashing wave
I feel like this is really common in swing-type jazz as well-- there was some point I realized that I could sing most songs and have them sound like swing using a similar-sounding chord progression on ukulele. I really dig it.
one of the reasons i love him, here and there is cool but its such a signature of his music its beautiful imo
i love descending chord progressions :)
i love the visual represenation youve created for it lol
I love that thing so much
Every other artist doesn't oesnt do it enough, he needs to make up for it
This happens again in the background of Um, It’s Kind of a Lot. Listen to “to make me sound deep and smart”
YEAH IT DOES!!!!!
@@tunksaraylovesta oop just realised you already have it in the video loll. I was listening yesterday and I noticed it and I remembered this video and I was like OMG I FOUND ANOTHER without actually checking 😭😭
Anyways yes great video
A Fun Fact About Apples sounds like a stalling car and I'm kinda really into it??
and i eat that shit up every time. chromatic descending scales my beloved
Did not realise till today
YEEESS this sounds so great
Wait this is great cause its the best parts of each song
the first part with 6up 5oh was euphoric
and i love it every time
these hit SO HARD it makes me wanna dance so badly and makes me feel emotions that i am physically unable to fucking comprehend and i love it
Ok but like I can’t be the only one who actually loves it
AND I EAT IT UP EVERY TIME!!!
meanwhile 222 doing the opposite lmao
0:16 SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME WHAT WILL WOOD SONG THIS IS IT SOUND SO GOOD
I think it’s skeleton appreciation day
@@emsterhope9166 okay thank you lol
skeleton
Wdym, it's Bones (aka. Skeleton appreciation day)
Día de apreciación del esqueleto tío
the bit in vampire reference in a minor key itches my brain in the BEST way possible,, and the part in when somebody needs you always makes me tear up-
And I love it EVERY time
rapidly decreasing sanity