tell me you're a musical genius without telling me you're a musical genius
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- Download transcriptions at georgecollierm... and check out the Discord!: / discord
Original video: • JACOB COLLIER | Keysca...
Performed by: Jacob Collier
Spectrasonics: www.spectrason...
Transcribed by: Jason Fieler ( / jasonfieler )
faq:
Q: how old are you / A: i'm in high school!
Q: how are you related to jacob collier? / A: i'm not, we just have the same last name
Q: how do you transcribe? / A: i use musescore for notation and 'Transcribe!' for beat marking, slowing down etc
Q: do you have perfect pitch? / A: no
Q: where can i suggest videos? / A: / discord
Q: what music do you listen to? A: open.spotify.c...
Q: why are some videos not transcribed by you? / A: sometimes other people submit transcriptions, most are commissioned from others who can do a better job than i can. i want to make sure you see the best transcriptions possible!
Even though the transcription (commissioned from Jason Fieler) looks complex, lots of sections are pretty simple :) The opening is really beautiful so if you want to play it then head to georgecolliermusic.com
what piano model / make / sample is he playing here?
Easiest $4 I ever spent 🔥
Lol my head canon is that they’re brothers
Non
But his tech really improved.
There's a couple spots where the chord symbols are wrong, but the notes seem to be right on from I can tell. For example: second chord in bar 83 has a G#, making it dominant not minor. But while the chord may not be minor the error is.
My head canon is that George Collier is just Jacob Collier doing transcriptions for fun in his spare time
Probably Is, We've Never Seen Them Both In The Same Room...
Lol before your comment i thought it is Jacob's channel😅.
Hah! Spare time…
That would be funny. But then this video title would be uncharacteristically egotistical on Jacob's part.
No. Doesnt fit.
Honestly, I think "George" actually wrote something about this a while back, if I remember right. To paraphrase: "No relation. Just coincidence."
Are they related?
I love how he is able to switch between hymn, American songbook, soul, blues, and bebop style melodic voices so seamlessly
He make it easy !
It’s kinda disgusting how easy he makes it seem.
He is clearly very technically proficient and a skilled performer.
Those are the roots homie, of course he can.
But damn he makes it so sweet
musical personality
Man Jacob really inspires me to quit piano
🔥🔥🔥
😎😎😎
Keep enjoying playing something simple as often as you can, and keep challenging yourself with something new
HAHAHA BRO SAME
Never give up if you love to do something. That’s how you become great.
Certainly takes some genius to transcribe a genius' work- well done as always to the team here. good stuff
It’s just one guy in high school btw 🙀
@@goldennebula5013 he isn't always the one who transcribe it but with how often he uploads it's still crazy
@@maybebasssing3291 Not him there, but I looked for the name and the guy who transcribed is 17. This is crazy. But good crazy. It gives me so much hope to see so many young talented people.
@@euloizechamot7841 oh
@jason fieler
yeah imma steal that key change too, that made me feel a special kind of way
:OO hiii omicron!!
I keep forgetting that you watch this channel
Time?
@@brigidvandermoezel7814 3:49
thats fuckin deep bro
“undecided left hand” is my standard motif when I try to improvise 0:50
Fr 😭😭
I love how you can see each of his fingers hesitate on the keys, almost as if the fingers themselves are thinking about what’s going to sound right
Fun fact I learned yesterday on the youtubes, octopi have brain bits in their legs, and their legs make decisions about how they will move -individually-. I suspect Jacob is part-octopi. It's the only thing that makes logical sense.
@@Lucky9_9 THIS EXPLAINS EVERYTHING
ruclips.net/video/z9H7LkFCkSw/видео.html
@@Lucky9_9 oh my god it all makes sense
@@Lucky9_9 new "Shape of Water" fanfic idea
best i can do is tell you im barely a mediocre musician without actually being even mediocre
😂 Don't compare because comparing to JC we're all really mediocre musicians !!!!
Felt that
Hell I don't even know how to spell the word moosik if I'm being compared to Jacob
I like your use of spaces though. That's kind of the kind of compliment good musicians get from kind of kind colleagues.
@@rasmusn.e.m1064 im so glad you noticed! I thought that that double space was a good addition.
And you didn't mention that the compliment you gave me, usually comes not just from kind colleagues, but also from good musicians as well!
Wow this must be incredibly difficult to transcribe!
You did it well though! And I LOVE those juicy comments you left in the score...
i agree.
@@thmsrttg The comments are the best part!
How long did it take to transcribe this?
😊
The joy on this guy’s face whenever he’s playing music just really makes my day.
His shoulder too😂
Jacob Collier playing just piano is worlds better than his produced releases. He can’t overdo these, and they come out lovely for it.
I've been getting into Djesse Vol 3 lately. Time Alone With You, All I Need, and Sleeping On My Dreams are wonderful. Seeing him live and hearing him play these songs really took them to the next level for me.
Yeah, this is great the songs and singing leave me kind of cold.
I agree completely. If he released music with just him on piano w/ a bassist and a drummer to back him up I don't think I'd ever stop listening
as is, I just like a handful of his songs (the npr tiny desk version of feel is heavenly)
Well, you just have bad taste then. His "produced releases" are much better than this. This is nothing new and definitely not extremely exciting. Now compare it to "With the Love in my Heart", which is a monumental piece of insanely original music.
@@bazingacurta2567 I don't think anyone watching jacob collier piano videos in their free time can be said to have bad taste
I just love the little motifs and hints of other pieces in there.
Camille Saint-Saens- Symphony No. 3 and Bill Evans- Piece being my two favourites!
Can't forget the lick at 3:20!
Where exactly can you hear saint saens 3 in there?
@@panos7187 2:16 - 2:19 ish! Sounds to me like the classic "with Organ" section!
@@BeatTheMete I don't think there's much similarity there except for the classical "chorale" feel. Rather, the ending of the phrase at 2:19 sounds to me like the second phrase of the second movement of the Pathethique sonata by Beethoven. It's the exact same melody and functional harmony (although a bit spicier than beethoven and in a different key)
he also played some Little Drummer Boy and 12 days of christmas if you listen closely
Edit: little drummer boy at 1:03 and 12 days of christmas chords at 1:38
Musical geniuses: "imma steal this key change"
God among musicians, potentially risque to people who love left shoulders.
This is actually the first video of Jacob I had ever seen when my piano teacher was teaching me about arpeggios. To this day it still gives me nostalgia
Arpeggios are nothing when it comes to those chord voicings in the 3rd measure.
You can only feel nostalgia from the future anyway
man your brother's a pretty good pianist
Dont forget jason fieler transcribed this! It’s in the description😌awesome content as always
:)
The little performance notes for Jacob crack me up
"Needs more 2-5-1", "Needs more harmony" etc. Incredible
George Love the quips you put in.. Brilliant transcriptions.
If you showed this to the original classical musical theorists, they would either have their mind blown and be deeply inspired, OR be disgusted and think it sounds awful
I think they would think it sounds awful.
@@CalebePriester highly depends on who you would ask. Palestrina? Sure, he would probably not like it. Debussy though? He would probably like it and Shostakovich would most likely enjoy it.
@@footingball5566 I don't agree about Tchaikovsky, I don't think he would enjoy it, but he probably would want to fuck Jacob white ars lololol
I'm not familiar with Debussy work and history so I don't know much about him, I will take your word for it.
Show it to anybody who plays jazz even a little
@@SansTheSkeIeton they are talking about classical
That was comfortably unfamiliar.
That's a brilliant way of describing a lot of Jacob's music
This is one of the most beautiful solo piano things I've ever heard, super tasteful and laid back. Jacob hears super cool harmonies in his mind and this shows his genius on full display.
they sound pasted together.
I NEED this on a vinyl album filled with tracks and tracks of him playing jazz on the piano.
sooo much better a comment than the various ‘i NEED this on spotify’ pronunciations littering youtube from people who love bowing to a wage-pillaging corporate behemoth run by people who actually care about music zero percent, and who’ve all but wrecked the way it is treated on every level
@@DanielBoonelight...or just people that like the convenience of not having to download all songs seperately and having access to obscure licensed music.
@@TheOutZZ golden comment
George's little comments throughout the transcription makes me enjoy this so much more
George can you come out from behind the vlogs and take us mere mortals through how you achieve these mini transcription masterpieces.
Actually the transcriptions are done by someone else- check in the description! 🙂
@@jihyoace Hi RT well there's a start. Just check the doo b Lee dooo. Ill do that. Ker Ching.
I would dearly love to see that as well.
the undecided left hand is something I mastered already. I am excited, when the rest will follow, too ;)
The trouble with listening to and watching Jacob play, after I've closed my mouth and reset my jaw, is the feeling of profound musical inadequacy. What a gift he has. And how much he seems to cherish and enjoy that gift.
This dude really likes showing off his collarbones
I love how there’s a drastic key change at the end for only 2 measures.
That sudden switch to Db at the end when we’re expecting D is such a beautiful moment. Goosebumps :)
yessssss I transcribed this a while back. great to have an answer key to check against :) couldn't get what you notated at 51 for the life of me
you just casually transcribed this 😅
@@GeorgeCollier Yeah! It was a good amount of work and then only just enough for me to muddle through it cuz it's so beautiful. Nowhere near as precise/clean as yours!
You transcribed this by ear? You are a bigger man than I, I applaud your obvious skill, sir.
How long did it take you to transcribe this?
@@leaveitorsinkit242 about a week? spent like an hour on it a day? I did it a couple years ago so I don't remember
There were SEVERAL certified Stank Face™ moments in this piece, to be sure.
Wtf this isn’t good. I just hear a bunch of awful melodies smashed together from a toddler whose clothes are too big for him
C R I N G e
So thankful that there are people in this world like Jacob - geniuses who love what they do and share it with us common folk to enjoy.
Does anyone actually enjoy this as a piece of music?
I presume you'd be hard pressed to find someone enjoying this behind closed doors.
An interesting phrase entered my head to describe my thoughts about this: "frequently beautiful". It's not just pleasant, but interesting for going to a number of musical places, hence the "frequently".
Dude is a musical genius, and seems like a wonderful human…but can’t seem to compose music that isn’t self-indulgent theory exercises.
completely agree
It sounds like a child, plays random things. But then it fits perfect and every tone has a reason in a music technique way.
Sounds awful to my ears. Man, Black Metal sounds more pleasant to my ears than this and I don't even like Black Metal lol
@@CalebePriester To each their own! For me this is incredible, but Collier certainly isn't everyone's cup of tea ;)
@@CalebePriester nah, this is just cool. I would never listen to it on my free time but i sometimes just like to hear it just because i think its impressive he can just do something like this. It sounds really free
@@_R_R_R Thank your for the comment.
It's genius that's he able to show that this is possible, but it isn't genius musically. It's barely even music.
not genius to me. just a mishmash of a bunch of unfinished ideas.
I'm so blown away and inspired by this man. It would be a dream to have this much raw talent and knowledge I can't imagine the hours he throws into music.
Calm down, it’s just a bunch of chords he’s playing
@@slapmyfunkybass says the person with the bass tag
@@calebsaylor5823 Play piano too
@@slapmyfunkybass So youre just gonna ignore all the runs and melody then
I've never heard a guy so in love with every single note on a piano that he refuses to pick only a few and play them, instead choosing to press just every possible key his fingers can reach at the same time, on every beat.
I am not a musician but I have ears. And I feel almost physical pain how dissonant at some points this for me.
It's just a matter of getting used to it.
@@luscao8444 I don't want to. Listening music is a pleasure for me and not a torment. But this my personal taste.
I dunno... just wasn't that great this time.
And it was this day i decided i want to become good at piano
Go for it! A random person on the internet believes in you ;)
@@kenny667make that two random people
@@horacegentleman3296 add a third!
It's 4 now
To sum up Jacob Collier’s style, he does music like he is trying to prove to all of us anything is possible
Ok so, I introduce myself, Frederick Chopin
I'm your Huckleberry...
Unpopular opinion: This is like F1. All the ingredients for thrilling- but actually pretty boring- and the very occasional interesting moment.
I wish Jacob would make a solo piano record I feel he is best when constrained to a single instrument rather than given a DAW to make every idea he has come true. His studio produced stuff it just too busy to be satisfying to me
I agree, he’s clearly a talent, but his produced stuff never sit well with me. Hopefully he does a solo piano or he gets a little tamed down in a group.
Every attempt to restrain talent is bound to fail. You may pick what you like...
@@achenarmyst2156
On the contrary. In restrictions, creativity flourishes.
Search jacob collier improvisation theres like 2 or 3 videos excluding this one of him just sat at a piano improvising for like 10 mins a vid
I’m so glad I’m not the only one who feels this way. He’s clearly just masterfully talented as a musician, but I wish he’d learn the “remove a string of pearls” mantra from Coco Chanel. Too many good ideas all at once ends up becoming muddy. I really didn’t like his cover of Moon River, for example, because it just tried to be everything all at once. Not every phrase requires a run or a trill or some ornament on it. Save those and use them strategically to build to something so the song has a dynamic range not just in volume or in key, but also in density.
JC is not a genuise...his tunes are massivley derivative of he genuises he admires
Yes he’s very good but ARROGANT af: doesn’t introduce his hand when he talks to the crowd but then says “and I’m Jacob” like a little princess. “Smug” is the word I’d use.
The issue for me, is that there is no theme, don’t get me wrong it’s amazing what he’s doing, but I think that’s where jazz fails in my opinion, it’s nice to be unrestricted and to flow where music takes you, but I’ll never remember the soul of this piece of music because it is generally just chords that sound nice next to each other. It is unbelievably harder to create something unforgettable. No hate just opinion.
Well, this is a demo tho ... Its best to be free
If you listen carefully you will find this to be a theme with variations in different musical styles.
Some people play video games to move through a sequence of events in a mostly linear fashion. A stable, curated experience.
Some others play video games like Skyrim, GTA, and Minecraft to explore, be spontaneous, and feel freedom within an expansive sandbox.
Both approaches to game design are right for the people that love them. Music can function similarly.
I think your point is valid, but the point of improvisation is not to craft an unforgettable melody. We have Beethoven for that 😆
Maybe the whole point here is the opposite: to show that beautiful things don't have to be planned, but can be found in spontaneity, like going for a stroll and discovering something new. In a sense, it's a thing of the moment. But recording gives us the illusion of permanence, which is more in line with how classical music has come to be perceived, and I think "permanence" is not the spirit of this music. Of course, the recording and transcription allow us to relive the experience.
I think a lot of inspiration for careful arrangements also comes from freedom and spontaneity, and this kind of improvisation is tapping freely into that inspiration without the interruption of having to stop and pin it down -- a bit like letting a swarm of butterflies pass, rather than trying to capture them all and stick them on your wall 🙂
Well there goes my headcanon that George Collier was Jacob Collier's dad in his free time.
it was all over the screen at 0:19
I can't find a list of piano teaching videos so I can play and compose music with my soul that makes me cry like this.
Oh, how I love these videos. Thanks for sharing, George.
Don’t think it’s fair to call him a mere genius
He also worked hard
All these people complaining about the lack of structure in his music when he's literally testing the sound of the midi sample.
If only he played that on a grand
Jacob makes me want to improve.
...
Jacob makes me want to quit.
I used to think u were jacobs dad or something because the name 😂
I actually have goosebumps, butterflies and feel like crying after hearing this beautiful improvisation! Jacob Collier you are a master and thank you!
He may be super talented, but this was not pleasing to the ears. It's not something I would ever feel an urge to revisit.
To be fair, the last couple of minutes were nice, but the first half was a mess.
You wouldn’t want to revisit this because it’s not a catchy four bar loop, There’s no anchor point, No lyrics or a melody to connect to, no destination I guess. It’s just a freestyle, just a flow of thoughts idk.
And it’s kinda subjective anyway. I find what he played here beautiful, but you need to play an instrument to really get this I think.
Idk I’m yapping
@@brucerain2106Nah u hit it on the money. Plus keyscape already targeting musicians so this more a demonstration of what their plugin can do than jacob colliers best. He just havin fun lol
Jacob needs to produce a solo piano album like Keith Jarret
I’ll stick w KJ
I don't even know what just happened
As a saxophonist, I have seen many new things I never knew existed until this video
Is this a finger speed race or music?
Reminds me a lot of the style Hiromi has when she plays - pure jazz vibes :)
1:27 the level he dominates harmony is just insane
Whats even more nuts is that this is completely improvised. If anyone is close to mastering musical harmony its this guy.
Craig Taborn would like a word
Where's the 10 hours version?
I really should be geting ready for work but I just can't bring myself to pause this masterpiece
tell me you're a pawn in a puerile reality where words are simply ornaments picked off an assembly line of philistine "hot takes" and music is simply a means to show off one's "clever" adaptability to self-aggrandizement.. yes. very genius! nice use of the word.
This makes me questioning my whole existence/pertinence as a musician
Like, you are trying to compose something that makes sense and then you see this guy playing random things, crazy stuff that causes jarring sounds, and people praising him, saying this is the best solo they have ever heard, right? lol
Who is Bach when compared to this masterpiece, right? This guy is beyond music, I can't understand what he's playing so it must be great, right?
@@CalebePriester I understood what he was playing and thought it was kind of masterful
@@futurfry Ok, he is masterful, that's a valid point, he sure has technical skills, but did it sound good to your ears? And be truthful. Does this composition sound good, sweet, to your ears? Would you prefer to listen to this over, let's say, Haydn?
That's what I don't get it. To me, it sounds awful and I don't undersatand how people say that this is good.
I understand when someone praises Bach, Vivaldi, Mozart, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Wagner, Strauss, Chopin, Shostakovich... however, I don't understand how someone can praise this compositon.
Unless, UNLESS, if it's for its theoretical value, maybe because Jacob is breaking all the norms and expectations.
But if that's the case then it makes the composition sound awful. I don't see nor hear any beauty in this work.
He can can be playing with a smile on his face and pouring all his heart and soul into it, but still sounds awful to my ears.
Like someone said, makes me question my whole existence as a music student lol
I feel like he is destroying music with this composition. This gives me a bad feeling to be honest.
@@CalebePriester I've got to say that I disagree with you here. I've been an amateur musician for about 20 years, but have never been very well versed in the western baroque music theory (I've never, for example, bothered to learn how to read sheet music). However, to me this piece sounds wonderfully soulful, playful, and full of feeling. I can't explain why exactly.
I get that this in many ways is an orgy of technical ability, but, for me, the piece exudes a joy for music and improvisation. I've played many of the western (well, german/austrian) classical composers, and I love some of those works as well, but those compositions work for me in a different way. They provoke a strong emotion, albeit often in a predictable way, which is amazing in its own right.
But this, and much of what Jacob Collier does, gives me feeling. It gives me the musical equivalent of the feeling of falling in love as a teenager. And I absolutely adore it.
To each his own, though. Have a good week, my guy!
@@jakobnilsson679 Thank you for the comment and good week to you as well.
The modulation at the end is magical 🤩
THAT LAST CHORD WHAT
Can someone please help me understand what Jacob Collier was thinking in this? 🥲
I doubt there was only a couple of "ideas" he was thinking, but rather a long sequence of ideas that he explored one-by-one and organically as he discovered them, without much planning. I think that's how long open-ended improvisations often work, unlike the solos you often hear in group performances where everybody has limited time to make their solo count, so they unconsciously build a solo around some kind of structure.
Here, you'd have to identify and dissect each short passage's vocabulary. I think it's do-able but a lot of work, because there is no overall logic to summarise. You could imagine it's like the chapters of a book where each chapter is about a different character, and their story somehow leads on to the next, but they are otherwise independent.
There is obviously tremendous technical and theoretical mastery on display here, but it is in service of so much emotion and feeling. There are moments of surprise, of joy, of pathos, of returning home. This is what music should be.
This is how I want to play one day.
That exposed shoulder has be going brrr, aaaaaaa lmao.
You two Colliers are just AMAZING ! ! ! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Thank you ! 🙏🙏🙏
I'm one of the better "Undecided left hand" players in the world.
This song is really genius and so many beautiful harmony on it. Thanks for the transcription.
Keith Jarrett vibes, so good
this has seriously become my favorite channel. thanks for the work :)
Obviously, he is a professional. However, don't be intimidated by his skill. Practice and play if you enjoy playing the piano. Skill will come naturally and with time.
😂
Love Jacob. So talented! Please do an album of just piano music.
Hi George! It would be soooo awesome to have a transcription of this here: Yohan Kim / Roland GO:KEYS LOOP MIX Improvisation
Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin
i can hear tom wait's voice over this
It's weird that you can tell a story with images by just a piano. To me, it starts with a gracious, peaceful feeling, like a lovely sweet memories of a small boy on a simple town. The songs his parents play in the background "pa pa ra pam.. pam pam pa ra pam pam..."", it's a song they play every year around holiday season, that makes the boy feel warm all the time even though the snow outside is getting quite cold already. To him, these time is the most joyous combination of great feelings for him, he loves the hot cocoa that happens quite frequently, the food, the frequent appearance of his parents, even though they're still quite busy with what to do for the time, the boy is even happy that he sees his parents working together on something. That's not even half of the reason yet, He's also kinda happy that he doesn't have to see 95% of the school (which he doesn't really like), and pretty eager for the holiday travel that the family is gonna have together, the presents... All of it... And then he grows. The boy leave town to the big city with a throbbing, excited heart. His childhood is his wonderful foundation, his goodness through all the evil and hardship of life, but the boy has loooong been craving to jump on and amazing adventure, where he (probably an artist) is gonna learn about how to live alone, how the city life is, how to let his passion lead his life to the highest note to the lowest feeling, to be freeeeeee. And then he gets a grab of it, of that life, he's in control, he's doing what he loves, what he wants.... Or is he? Oh gosh not 100%, there's also his ego, and his greed, and his anxiety sometimes or most of the time that makes him realizes he's also not being in control and getting huddled and push around and "hurried up" and trying to finish these to achieve this goal. That's not good. That's wild. That's not totally free isn't it? He needs a stronger foundation of his life... Maybe a family? Well let's not be so hasty ! - So he starts with seeing a great girl. An interesting girl. A girl that he kinda think he's lucky to be with, that's a lil bit over his league (just a lilll bit). But they're great together, she has a way to get him out of his comfort zone without stepping over it, and strangely, the warm feeling this girl give him somehow, sometimes when it's just 2 of them together, reminds him of his happy childhood time. So fuck it. They get married. They have a child that's jumping around and break things and also kinda try hard to have his parents's attention all the time. But it's all that lil boy from a simple town ever wanted. Or rather, the way it makes him happy and peaceful. He'd love that they grow old together through another 55 seasons, over and over again, creating memories and enjoy these joyous simple moments like the greatest sitcom anyone ever created. And they he'll close his eyes at the end and ascending into the white light. Or was it a flash that makes us realizes half of the story was the happiest imagination of that 30 years old guy at 3:00 mins of the song, but it doesn't matter, cuz that's how he's gonna live his life. Happily ever after ...
This is beautiful
@@eethanhuntington thank you!!
wow
Jacob: “undecided left hand”
You: “trying to remember the next chord”
When the aliens come and say"take me to your leader,"I'm taking them to Jacob Collier
If The Rocket League Pro JustN could play piano...it would sound like that
Unexpected Rocket League reference wich I aplaud
Can we all appreciate that George Collier is still in high school and has already done more incredible creative work than most do in an entire lifetime?
Is he really?!
How do you know that is even his name?
I don't think he's that creative. his songs are lifeless to me
a childish part of me wants to believe George is Jacob's brother, but an even more childish part of me wants to believe George is just Jacob doing these in his spare time
HAHA the “I wish I knew how it feels to be free” note made my day, I LOVE that song and I love Jacob collier and your transcriptions!!
I’ll be humming that little ditty all day tomorrow ……said by nobody ever. 🧐
the ascending line from 2:00 to 2:10 was really ear catching, everything else kind of sailed over my head.
You should try to transcend simple scales 😆
@@achenarmyst2156 what?
MIDI comms, real audio.
MIDI is used to trigger the hundreds of samples taken of a piano, instead of being synthesised like on cheap keyboards. It's not perfect, but it makes world-class instruments placed in historic spaces accessible to everyone.