Adam, this is most definitely not a joke. I'm a professional chef who is learning music theory as a hobbyist, and I will GLADLY trade music theory lessons for grilled cheese lessons. The best grilled cheese in the world is a fine goal, and it's doable, but here's the issue: restaurants that have the best ingredients aren't going to have grilled cheese. It will have to be at home, but I can get you to the top of the mountain. Let me know if you're interested. I've worked for a Michelin 3 star chef, and at a Forbes 5 star restaurant, and I am 100% sincere here.
This should be done, filmed, and published. As a cheese lover and all-round gourmand, I understand the importance of the concept of the best grilled cheese. You open that door, you invite overcomplicating it: too many cheeses, fancy bread - come on, the Platonic ideal here is melty cheese between two slices. Yes, you can do better than Kraft Singles and Wonder bread. But Stilton and Manchego on cinnamon raisin bread will deserve a kick in the shins. Start with flavor and texture. Gruyère on sourdough might be a nice starting point vis-à-vis ingredients. For any more, I must defer to the chef - both due to superior training, and I won't step on any toes with free advice. ;) A schmear of whole grain Dijon? Griddled or pressed? Nah, that's for the professional. I just try not to burn the damn thing.
0:17 How do you count 32nd notes? 2:01 How long does it take to pack your own gear after a gig (on average)? 2:20 How do I stand out at jams? 2:25 Where can I get the licc t-shirt? 2:29 How are you today Adam? 2:39 How long does it take you to do research for your vids? 2:42 Is there any difference in key of Eb and D#? my father always say Eb and i say D# 3:46 How much bass is too much bass? 3:50 Why you got hair now? Not the broke musician you once were? 3:55 What is a half diminished chord? 3:59 How important are college aural skills classes to a professional musician? 4:20 how are you 4:26 Why is American culture so identifiable 4:32 Is autotune immoral? 5:33 how do you get the !!!BASS!!! done even when ur extremely tired? 5:41 Why is Paul Jackson such a FINe bassist ? 6:01 Ever noticed your forehead is quite big? 6:06 Why do you lift your index finger on your fretting hand a lot? 6:28 What specific musical elements do people respond to in solos? 6:35 As someone who wants to get into berklee and study composition what do you suggest I study/do 6:55 Thoughts on Billy Eilish? 7:03 Favorite song from Janek Gwizdala? 7:11 Do you think there is truly bad music? Or can it be considered good even if one person likes it 7:33 What do you think of Adam Neely? 7:37 What chord do I use to set up an F#7/C7 to Fmaj7/#11 resolution? 7:44 What's ur favorite cheese 7:52 What's the base level amount of music theory I should learn for playing in a punk band? 8:12 Going back to study music at 29, am I mad? 8:23 Favorite interval? 8:28 Thoughts on charles mingus as a composer and bassist? 9:02 Best aoe2 civ 9:05 Best ways to naturally implement licks from solos into your own improvisations? 9:44 What do you do when you feel you're lacking inspiration? 9:52 We see the painting in your living room in almost every video, can you talk about it? 10:13 please explain how musicians improvise 10:36 How much bass a day is unhealthy? 10:40 Have you ever experienced sleep paralysis? 10:44 It would be awesome if you do a series of 'world instrument' notation series. Amazing work man 10:56 What is your ultimate goal in life? 11:05 What products do you use in your hair? 11:24 Sungazer songs are stunning. How did you learn electronic music production? 12:11 You look like my uncle 12:14 Favorite maj7#11 voicing? 12:21 Is hotdog a sandwich? 12:28 Doo doo doo doo dooo doo doo? 12:31 How are you so cool
why did he spend so little time on the half diminished chord? did he already cover it in another video? is it not important enough to explain further? help
Musician A: so you play the chord now. Musician B: when exactly? A: the... The and of... the e... Of... B: ??? A: (sigh) the thir- of 2. B: Sh*t dude, that was all you had to say
The licc is imprinted in my brain forever after just a few days of watching these vids. It’s super handy, though, because I always know where D is. It’s my new relative pitch audiation mental tuning fork. 😊👍🏻
Come to think of it though, how do you guys hear the lick? I just realized I am hearing it in G mixolydian, not D min. Interesting....how many tonal centers could we take this through? Also...I think if we went through every instance of the lick on these vids, he shifts the tonality, it just goes by so fast I don’t notice. Hmmmm.
I've listened to so much music in my life that if I had just always been told exactly what I was hearing like the intervals and chords and whatever I'm pretty sure I would be mich better at everything music related :D
What if Adam Neely creates a copy of the painting, and it lasts years into the future, where it is transported back in time, and into the very place that Adam initially found it? I really like the painting. I'm glad it was salvaged.
"How do you improvise a conversation extemporaneously?" I come up with great ideas and great delivery in my head, then I see someone looking at me, then I cough, then I make up words, then I start sweating profusely, then I say I have to go to the bathroom to walk out, then I look for a window to crawl outside from the bathroom, there isn't one, and the only way out is in front of the people I just left, I wait 20 minutes, then I walk out, I stand up against the wall and avoid eye contact, I walk sideways like the depiction of an Egyptian god, slowly, when I get 10 feet away from the door I make a dash for it, pushing and kicking anyone in my way. THAT is how I improvise a conversation extemporaneously.
He said that as an example of something NOT to say and you're deliberately taking that out of context for the sake of conveniently supporting something you already believe. Congratulations, you have the perfect skills to be a political journalist.
Taking questions from your instagram followers is a form of age discrimination. As an Old Guy, I'm incapable of instagramming. Look for a Western Union communique from me shortly.
I am a rapper and I still can relate to all of Adams content and I get more excited to see him release a video than ANY other youtuber. haha thank you Adam!!!
@@jonathankrieger9121 he definitely got it, that’s why he cut away between reading the question and answering and then cut away so fast again afterward. It probably took a few takes.
Toortog Pown however, he actually played an fmin6 chord... which is what a d half diminished chord actually is to Mr. Monk. I wonder if it was on purpose, or if he just wanted to use an inversion.
@@crono303 I just interpreted it as a first inversion dm7b5, but I was a tad confused for a split second till I realized it was an inversion. But there are multiple ways of seeing any chord anyways, so I digress.
I was lucky enough to recently be part of a Terry Riley masterclass and someone asked him, "What do you do when you're lacking inspiration/have writers block." He blinked for a second, then answered "Smoke dope." A priceless moment.
There's also rhythmic solfege that uses "ta" "te" "la" and "li". 16th notes are 1 ta te ta 2 ta te ta, etc., and triplets are 1 la li 2 la li. It's what I learned in middle school band. I think it's more commonly used for wind players to help practice articulation. It also sounds a little more archaic and refined than "1 e and a".
I also learned "1 la li 2 la li" for triplets (although I always imagined it as "1 lol ly 2 lol ly"). I learned to count 32nd notes as "1 ta e te and ta a te 2 ta e te and ta a te".
And South Indian Rhythmic Solfege, which Dr. Ben Levin has a very interesting vid on. Highly recommend. The syllables flow very nicely once you get comfortable with them.
Holy crap, Adam Neely knows AoE2? I was surprised he gave that question an actual answer and managed to produce a civ that is widely regarded a top tier, at least on open maps. Earned my thumbs up on this video.
Never seen your videos. Wanted to know about 32nd notes and found your video. I think you are knowledgeable and very funny. Enjoyed it. Loved the sarcasm.
The point of that solfege is to communicate specific rhythms with other musicians, and since there's not standard, that won't work in practice, even if it's good in theory. However, if you just use it yourself to remember stuff, you know your own system so that's probably good.
Triplet Eighths: 1 la li Sixteenths: 1 e + a After that we put ta between the syllables, so 32nd notes are 1 ta e ta + ta a ta. If it slow enough, you can use it, but you might as well just change the beat to the eighth note rather than quarter note or something similar.
One of the best EVER!!! Thank you! P.E.D.s in music, that has been going on since Charlie Parker. "How are you so cool?" "Well, these are heavily edited videos..."
Interesting. I know exactly what you're talking about when you reference the 16th notes, as my band instructor would actually reference them as the "e of the 2," etc. Didn't realize anyone else did this kind of thing, but turns out it's a lot more common than I thought. We also used to reference the triplets as "tri-po-let" so the "tri" would be the first, "pul" would be the second, and "let" would be the third. This worked really well when trying to understand rhythms. I just never really thought that anyone else did the _exact_ same thing.
I hope he never loses that snarky edge. He is obv aware that some people find him smug & pretentious (as he comments in this vid) but I don’t feel it that way. He’s just funny to me. This stuff could get *super* dry and boring without a nice jolt of humor now and then.
@@pearspeedruns he has done something similar in the past. Someone complained about the funny voice he used while reading negative comments. He stopped using the funny voice. I really miss that...
Christian Aliferis True, but I do get the sense that he wants to appeal to as large a segment of people as possible. He comes across in his videos as being genuinely excited about sharing the joy and discovery of music with as many people as he can, and to that end, he is probably a little bit conscious of how the public in general receives him. I don’t know, just my take on it. He’s like the opposite of a gatekeeper. He’s on track to 1M subscribers, so something is vibing with the people!
I'M SO HAPPY you mentioned flood and headhunters. Those albums have gotten me through MANY a day of retail work. Thanks for the inspiring music and information as always:D
I'd LOVE a video introducing the Turkish/Ottoman makam system. As a western musician learning to play the Turkish oud, I'm fascinated by the delicious complexity of this musical system... but also terribly lost. If there's someone in the world who can break it down for us, it's you Neely!
Thanks for the Herbie Hancock 'Flood' recommendation! It is amazing I never heard that - I own a load of Herbie's stuff between vinyl/CD/digital, including repeats of pretty much the entire Mwandishi through Thrust era ... yet never came across this. Perhaps it is because while I was buying the vinyl stuff in the early 80s it was still a Japan-only release (or certainly not available in my local stores).. Either way - THANK YOU! That Paul Jackson / Mike Clark section is TIGHT! Listening (again) to 'Hang Up Your Hang Ups' right now :)
This is way late, but Theodore Adorno!! I'm doing my doctorate in jazz studies currently and our research course focused on the history of musicology and that cat is out! So nice to hear you mention him.
As for question 45, I've heard some people ask this question about The Rolling Stones and others feel this way about Third Eye Blind. Either way, your answer was spot-on and thorough. Thanks for clearing that up I know a lot of us were wondering the same thing. Subscribed.
Neely Neely Neely Neely Neely! Yes!!! :) Way back in school (choir classes), we counted triplets as either 1-la-li 2-la-li... or just down la-li down-la-li (as compared to 1 2 3 4 and down up down up etc., respectively). Hope that makes sense... Also, we counted the 32nd note as 1-ta-e-ta-and-ta-a-ta, etc. Using Konokal, the triplet may be counted as ta-ki-ta (or something like that). Thanks for the vids! They either make me think of things I haven't thought of in years or they teach me stuff I have never thought of, but I enjoy each one! Going to start listening to Sungazers this week too :)
could be that the house throwing the painting out was the house of the artist?? might be worth going back and asking just in case. Has the look of a project that was abandoned half way (not in a bad way), this might also explain the lack of signature.
Regarding triplet rhythmic solfège. Even though “1 trip let 2 trip let” etc. consists of single syllables I’ve always found the trip to be a mouthful at faster tempos. So, I’ve always counted “1 a let 2 a let” etc. I’m not sure if I’m the only one but it definitely rolls off the tongue easy.
If you're insisting on calling the key "D#"..... you're just being obtuse. It's just weird. "No screw that easy to understand key signature, I insist on using a key that contains all the same pitches but means we have to use double sharps" okay buddy...
In equal temperament it makes little sense, true. But I had a choir piece once where the key changed somewhere in the middle and the notation with double sharps made sense for intonation. But it completely messed with my reading skills and soon I wished the composer/transcriber would just have written how to intonate and use a sensible notation :(
To be fair, they're probably not writing music down if that was a serious question. It's entirely plausible that they just found the D# on their guitar, keyboard or whatever, built the major scale from there and then just played the music without ever working out what the individual note names were other than their root. That's a really common thing to do, especially now when anyone can have easy access to recording tools which makes writing music down to remember for later pointless unless you plan to re-learn it for performance again later.
@@zackclark I think he means if you're playing in the key of E flat/d sharp, you would always call it E flat, because otherwise you're making things unnecessarily difficult for everyone. In a key on the right hand side of the circle of fifths, yeah you'd definitely call that note d sharp
In 5th grade, my trumpet teacher taught me that the rhythmic solfege for triplets is 1 - a - la - 2 - a - la, which I find flows a LOT easier and better characterizes a smooth triplet flow than 1-and-a or trip-a-let.
I’ve started an inside joke with my high school jazz band where we play the LICC in our solos. My band director hates me now. I blame you for this Adam.
In marching percussion, specifically marching bass drums, “counting” thirty second notes is very essential. It is common to play a bass drum rudiment called a “hand-to-hand”, where two bass drummers play sixteenth notes at the same time but one of the drummers offsets his sixteenth notes by a single thirty-second note partial. Effectively playing the “2-4-6-8” partials of a beat of thirty-second notes.
As a drummer, about 6 years ago i was learning double tempo double stroke roles. I would cont them in groups. Basically as sustained quavers. Occasionally i would role my tongue or go "dutukutudu" like wind players may at higher speeds
Question for the next Q&A Hey Adam, throughout your videos, you emphasise on two things. Focusing on getting that TOAN, and keeping a straight wrist for bassists. The first question is, how exactly do I get that "tone"? Is there like a rule of thumb on when to increase or decrease levels? Make my instrument sound more wetter or muddier? Or is it more of a "feel it" approach? Second question is, what's the guitar equivalent of "keeping a straight wrist"? Thanks!
lol, your comments on the importance of ear training made me think of how poorly some tab and ‘FakeBooks’ have been slapped together. I’ve been laughing for forty some years! Great channel and glad I recently found it! The ‘subjectivity’ of music is unsurpassed by about anything... my garbage might be your gold! 😜
Would love to hear your talk about what works and what breaks when you try to apply 12-et analysis to 10-, 16-, and 19-edo music, such as Elaine Walkers Drum-n-Space stuff (ZIA).
It's hard to be concise about it. Even in that small batch of tunings, 19 maintains the functional harmony we know and love, but we lose the symmetries that make Coltrane changes or tritone substitutions, for example. 10 has tritone symmetry and a (maybe less than) perfect 5th, but even the pentatonic scale is beyond recognition. 16 keeps a lot of the familiar symmetries but we lose the 5th altogether. Any one of these comparisons is worth multiple videos on its own
I’ve met Tom Cosm a few times. He is a super rad dude and his shows are extraordinary even when playing for extremely small crowds. His tutorial stuff is the best too
LOL @7:43 "I will give you a hint but I won't show the entire chord because you need to think yourself about it, that is how you get good." Aged Gouda is good, I eat it regularly in the Netherlands. Here good advice: use it for a grilled cheese sandwhich. You will love it.
Question for your next Q&A: I’ve always felt like I don’t practice enough. No matter what I feel too busy to put in the time to practice everyday. I’m not one to make excuses but I feel all sorts of pressure to practice all the time. I was wondering what you had to say about students in high school who have a lot of commitments other than music, but still want to get better and practice. Thanks!
Yeah, you're a little smug and a little pretentious at times, but I think you've earned it. It suits you. That's a compliment. Self-awareness is very attractive.
For triplets, I prefer 1 la li 2 la li, because its easy to differentiate them. I was taught this by my band director so I know its pretty common. Its also good for counting the subdivisions within triplets, like 1 + la + li +
That annoyed me, the fourth flat he's counting is the fourth sequentially. I'd rather describe E flat as having 3 flats (like the key signature tells you), and say that he's counted two unique e flats instead of one general one.
Came here for the 32nd notes. The TMEA Timpani piece has very specific thirty-second notes this year, 2019-2020. Specifically, there are rhythms that are at very specific points of a 32nd note. One beat within this piece is in order of 32nd notes as: 1-3-7, which is a very specific point. What makes this an extremely hard piece for most is the tempo, which is quarter note = 44. My director just said to count it as 16th notes but divided into two, meaning one full best would be: 1 e and a TE e and a So while yours was great and all, I think I’ll stick with mine😂
"How to count 32nd notes"... More like, how to blow someone's mind for life Edit: I was super high when I wrote this. Thanks for somewhat thinking I wasn't talking shit
Press F to pay respects.
Press E# to pay condolences.
A.M. Chikara D###
Engage B# to transmit commiserations
Gbb to transmit regards
A.M. Chikara play the bottom note of an A double # diminished chord in 2nd inversion to dispatch sympathy
Press B# to D a N k
Adam, this is most definitely not a joke. I'm a professional chef who is learning music theory as a hobbyist, and I will GLADLY trade music theory lessons for grilled cheese lessons. The best grilled cheese in the world is a fine goal, and it's doable, but here's the issue: restaurants that have the best ingredients aren't going to have grilled cheese. It will have to be at home, but I can get you to the top of the mountain. Let me know if you're interested. I've worked for a Michelin 3 star chef, and at a Forbes 5 star restaurant, and I am 100% sincere here.
DO IT!!!! I wanna see this!!!
need to see this collab
I love you
I have the same desire and despair for a professional to teach me serious music theory, yet I'm stuck in medical school
This should be done, filmed, and published.
As a cheese lover and all-round gourmand, I understand the importance of the concept of the best grilled cheese. You open that door, you invite overcomplicating it: too many cheeses, fancy bread - come on, the Platonic ideal here is melty cheese between two slices. Yes, you can do better than Kraft Singles and Wonder bread. But Stilton and Manchego on cinnamon raisin bread will deserve a kick in the shins.
Start with flavor and texture. Gruyère on sourdough might be a nice starting point vis-à-vis ingredients.
For any more, I must defer to the chef - both due to superior training, and I won't step on any toes with free advice. ;) A schmear of whole grain Dijon? Griddled or pressed? Nah, that's for the professional. I just try not to burn the damn thing.
Count to 32, but fast
*solved*
I can only play smoke on the water so fast
Can you play Smoke on The Water on 32nd notes
i count it in binary
Wow bro, say that again, bro!
If you can play Smoke on the Water without being demonitized, then I'll be impressed.
How to count thirty second notes?
*THE QUESTION IS LITERALLY THE ANSWER*
Genius Right?
Why not "Quite a delicious aged Gouda"?
I love all the scenarios that could happen with this, like: "yeah that hit is on the 'cond' of three."
Every days music is not a competition. So why are there countless videos on guitarist A vs. Gutarist B?
That is amazing. PHD material in there.
I'm not playing the lick wrong, it's just avant-garde.
Scarlet Dawn or is it another lick???
@@willemkossen kind of a ship of Theseus thing.
*playing the lick out
you call it wrong I call it jazz
@@willemkossen It's the lycc
0:17 How do you count 32nd notes?
2:01 How long does it take to pack your own gear after a gig (on average)?
2:20 How do I stand out at jams?
2:25 Where can I get the licc t-shirt?
2:29 How are you today Adam?
2:39 How long does it take you to do research for your vids?
2:42 Is there any difference in key of Eb and D#? my father always say Eb and i say D#
3:46 How much bass is too much bass?
3:50 Why you got hair now? Not the broke musician you once were?
3:55 What is a half diminished chord?
3:59 How important are college aural skills classes to a professional musician?
4:20 how are you
4:26 Why is American culture so identifiable
4:32 Is autotune immoral?
5:33 how do you get the !!!BASS!!! done even when ur extremely tired?
5:41 Why is Paul Jackson such a FINe bassist ?
6:01 Ever noticed your forehead is quite big?
6:06 Why do you lift your index finger on your fretting hand a lot?
6:28 What specific musical elements do people respond to in solos?
6:35 As someone who wants to get into berklee and study composition what do you suggest I study/do
6:55 Thoughts on Billy Eilish?
7:03 Favorite song from Janek Gwizdala?
7:11 Do you think there is truly bad music? Or can it be considered good even if one person likes it
7:33 What do you think of Adam Neely?
7:37 What chord do I use to set up an F#7/C7 to Fmaj7/#11 resolution?
7:44 What's ur favorite cheese
7:52 What's the base level amount of music theory I should learn for playing in a punk band?
8:12 Going back to study music at 29, am I mad?
8:23 Favorite interval?
8:28 Thoughts on charles mingus as a composer and bassist?
9:02 Best aoe2 civ
9:05 Best ways to naturally implement licks from solos into your own improvisations?
9:44 What do you do when you feel you're lacking inspiration?
9:52 We see the painting in your living room in almost every video, can you talk about it?
10:13 please explain how musicians improvise
10:36 How much bass a day is unhealthy?
10:40 Have you ever experienced sleep paralysis?
10:44 It would be awesome if you do a series of 'world instrument' notation series. Amazing work man
10:56 What is your ultimate goal in life?
11:05 What products do you use in your hair?
11:24 Sungazer songs are stunning. How did you learn electronic music production?
12:11 You look like my uncle
12:14 Favorite maj7#11 voicing?
12:21 Is hotdog a sandwich?
12:28 Doo doo doo doo dooo doo doo?
12:31 How are you so cool
#hero
I feel like Adam must be at least slightly weirded out by the fact that people meticulously dictate the stuff in his vids.
Surely, 12:28 is the lick?
@@beatrixwickson8477 I'm thinking Adam knew that :-D
why did he spend so little time on the half diminished chord? did he already cover it in another video? is it not important enough to explain further? help
You should name your next album "Neely there"
Why did I laugh so hard at this?
I do think it's good.
Kill me.
Not bad but 'Here' is better.
@@alanchung6843 It's a paradox.
@@alanchung6843 and if you are nearly at my house then you are nearly here.
Musician A: so you play the chord now.
Musician B: when exactly?
A: the... The and of... the e... Of...
B: ???
A: (sigh) the thir- of 2.
B: Sh*t dude, that was all you had to say
the “doo doo doo doo dooo doo doo” submission is the lick and as he was saying it it was coming in my head LOL
Nith1534 I’m confident Adam intentionally ignored it.
This is why you shouldn't use tab.
@@dimitriid touché ^
The licc is imprinted in my brain forever after just a few days of watching these vids.
It’s super handy, though, because I always know where D is. It’s my new relative pitch audiation mental tuning fork. 😊👍🏻
Come to think of it though, how do you guys hear the lick? I just realized I am hearing it in G mixolydian, not D min. Interesting....how many tonal centers could we take this through? Also...I think if we went through every instance of the lick on these vids, he shifts the tonality, it just goes by so fast I don’t notice. Hmmmm.
12'04" "the point of the training is to give labels to the things you are experiencing" YES! been saying this for years!
:、
I've listened to so much music in my life that if I had just always been told exactly what I was hearing like the intervals and chords and whatever I'm pretty sure I would be mich better at everything music related :D
12:04
Theory: that painting was painted by Adam. In the future.
@@sam08g16 That really isn't something I ever needed to see lol
@@sam08g16 Roswell that ends well.
@@charlesmayberry2825 I see you are an enlightened man.
What if Adam Neely creates a copy of the painting, and it lasts years into the future, where it is transported back in time, and into the very place that Adam initially found it? I really like the painting. I'm glad it was salvaged.
@@lifeontheledgerlines8394 That's literally the plot to an episode of Futurama.
Favorite interval: dim 2nd, E and Fb. That's hilarious.
First Last holy shit
I just got this
I don get it
ha
Mine is the augmented unison
8:52 To be honest, I think it'd be better if you called your debut album "Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus"
Or Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus
@@lukec1471 or Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus
HeavyMetalGamer or: Mingus Mingus Min-gu-gus
D#ingus E#ingus F##ingus G#ingus A#ingus B#ingus C##ingus D#ingus
@@AlKnoxOfficial brilliant!
What you said about blues being "3 chords and the truth" really hit home for me
It’s almost as if your story about the painting is a metaphor for “bad” music. Somebody threw it to the garbage but now dozens of people enjoy it.
"How do you improvise a conversation extemporaneously?"
I come up with great ideas and great delivery in my head, then I see someone looking at me, then I cough, then I make up words, then I start sweating profusely, then I say I have to go to the bathroom to walk out, then I look for a window to crawl outside from the bathroom, there isn't one, and the only way out is in front of the people I just left, I wait 20 minutes, then I walk out, I stand up against the wall and avoid eye contact, I walk sideways like the depiction of an Egyptian god, slowly, when I get 10 feet away from the door I make a dash for it, pushing and kicking anyone in my way. THAT is how I improvise a conversation extemporaneously.
you forgot to barf a little in your mouth as you say you have to go
lmao
"listening to math rock is objectively a good thing"
- Adam Neely, 2019
THANK YOU
Another converted.
Meh, if you listen to it long enough it all sounds the same.
@@mattf9076 a lot of it is repetitive and derivative but much of it is very fresh.
@@mattf9076 like we taking math course at school years long..
He said that as an example of something NOT to say and you're deliberately taking that out of context for the sake of conveniently supporting something you already believe. Congratulations, you have the perfect skills to be a political journalist.
Thanks Neely, for giving me all the music tips to make my playing better. 😊
How to count thirty second notes... GENIUS
How-to-count-thir-ty-sec-ond-notes. That gives it a ring of 3+2+3.
Finding it really hard to enunciate at anything faster than 70bpm though
Since thirty seconds are just half a minute, it's easy to simplify this if you keep time.
The rhythm at 1:13 would be "1 to thir sec notes 2 count ty cond notes"
@Jonathon Olaiz Hi Dad, I'm... oh, wait.
This is one of the better videos I’ve watched as of lately. Your content is amazing. It feels so... you. Just stay true to yourself. LOVE THE VIDS!
the musical aesthetic on the intro/outro insanely good
low fi hip hop beats to chill and play the licc to
Sounds like FlyLo
I love the intro/outro song on these super fast instagram q&a's
Taking questions from your instagram followers is a form of age discrimination. As an Old Guy, I'm incapable of instagramming. Look for a Western Union communique from me shortly.
get capable of instagram
The future is now, old man.
Then learn how to use instagram
I agree with the comment. I would prefer to fax my question ;)
How about using a bicycle messenger service to submit questions? They still do that, right?
Please don't stop putting the number of the Q and A in the title, I like to binge them from time to time! :)
It so satisfying when "EQ" appeared on the speaker at 4:58. Bravo to your video editing, sir.
I am a rapper and I still can relate to all of Adams content and I get more excited to see him release a video than ANY other youtuber. haha thank you Adam!!!
alternate title: *i slowly get caffeinated while answering questions"
"I've never seen the need for language to talk about the 6th 32nd note"
*Laughs in djent*
please let me study, stop posting such great videos
12:28
It's the lick. Doo doo doo doo dooo, doo doo.
YES
I can't believe he didn't get it
@@jonathankrieger9121 he probably did but wanted to fool us
@@jonathankrieger9121 he definitely got it, that’s why he cut away between reading the question and answering and then cut away so fast again afterward. It probably took a few takes.
Its nardwuar's catch phrase, my dude
I love when you answer questions in the Thelonious Monk style, such as the "what is a min7b5 and you just play the answer.
Toortog Pown however, he actually played an fmin6 chord... which is what a d half diminished chord actually is to Mr. Monk. I wonder if it was on purpose, or if he just wanted to use an inversion.
Not only to Monk but most the old Beboppers said there was no such thing as a mi7b5 that it was a min 6 with the 6 in the bass
@@crono303 I just interpreted it as a first inversion dm7b5, but I was a tad confused for a split second till I realized it was an inversion. But there are multiple ways of seeing any chord anyways, so I digress.
Damn right!!! You can never have too much bass! 👊🏽 Adam, you're a cool dude. 🤙🏽
"What's a half diminished chord?" This.
*Dm7b5, the christmas chord, intensifies*
Pro Tip: make sure your 32nd notes and lick memes are in the SAME TEMPO
You seem happier than usual in this video! Related: this is my favourite Q&A video of yours that I've seen so far.
p.s. Have you considered making a grilled cheese sandwich with quite a delicious aged gouda?
Plot Twist: Jim McNeely is really his dad Jim Mick Neely
You: note
Me, an intellectual: diminished 2nd
Jrdn Nlsn you aren’t an intellectual it is a minor 2nd not diminished
The joke is that a diminished 2nd is enharmonically equivalent to a unison, or a single note.
Hydrogen Studios the minor second isn’t a thing, the 2nd in both major in minor is one whole step above the root
@@an_annoying_cat actually a minor 2nd is a half step
Double flat 2nd makes more sense
Hey Adam!
I like what you do, thanks for your effort, i've learned quite a bit now!
9:53 the story behind that painting is the great art mystery of our generation
“Is auto tune immoral”? Are frets on guitars immoral?
I never realised guitars were immoral thank you Gob for opening my eyes PrimalCircus
Your face is immoral.
Yes.
Only fretless instruments.
All instrument besides non fretted strings, trombone and theremin are cheating.
Frets? Oh you mean cheat lines?
I was lucky enough to recently be part of a Terry Riley masterclass and someone asked him, "What do you do when you're lacking inspiration/have writers block." He blinked for a second, then answered "Smoke dope." A priceless moment.
There's also rhythmic solfege that uses "ta" "te" "la" and "li". 16th notes are 1 ta te ta 2 ta te ta, etc., and triplets are 1 la li 2 la li.
It's what I learned in middle school band. I think it's more commonly used for wind players to help practice articulation. It also sounds a little more archaic and refined than "1 e and a".
I also learned "1 la li 2 la li" for triplets (although I always imagined it as "1 lol ly 2 lol ly"). I learned to count 32nd notes as "1 ta e te and ta a te 2 ta e te and ta a te".
And South Indian Rhythmic Solfege, which Dr. Ben Levin has a very interesting vid on. Highly recommend. The syllables flow very nicely once you get comfortable with them.
man I like the information in this channel so much that it's easy to forget how funny adam neely is until I see videos like this
Holy crap, Adam Neely knows AoE2? I was surprised he gave that question an actual answer and managed to produce a civ that is widely regarded a top tier, at least on open maps. Earned my thumbs up on this video.
Never seen your videos. Wanted to know about 32nd notes and found your video. I think you are knowledgeable and very funny. Enjoyed it. Loved the sarcasm.
I saw for :
32nd : 1-e-and-a AND-e-and-a
16th Triplets : 1-ti-let AND-ti-let
Otherwise it's feeling the 16th and triplets "Faster"
The point of that solfege is to communicate specific rhythms with other musicians, and since there's not standard, that won't work in practice, even if it's good in theory. However, if you just use it yourself to remember stuff, you know your own system so that's probably good.
Triplet Eighths: 1 la li
Sixteenths: 1 e + a
After that we put ta between the syllables, so 32nd notes are 1 ta e ta + ta a ta. If it slow enough, you can use it, but you might as well just change the beat to the eighth note rather than quarter note or something similar.
One drum teacher of mine once told me the same for 32nds. But he never had me practice and I never used it. Lol.
One of the best EVER!!! Thank you!
P.E.D.s in music, that has been going on since Charlie Parker.
"How are you so cool?"
"Well, these are heavily edited videos..."
How long does it take you to research your videos?
Adam: None.
Interesting. I know exactly what you're talking about when you reference the 16th notes, as my band instructor would actually reference them as the "e of the 2," etc. Didn't realize anyone else did this kind of thing, but turns out it's a lot more common than I thought. We also used to reference the triplets as "tri-po-let" so the "tri" would be the first, "pul" would be the second, and "let" would be the third. This worked really well when trying to understand rhythms. I just never really thought that anyone else did the _exact_ same thing.
The irony... don't lose that, please; even if somebody complains about it. Let them get offended... just a a little.
I hope he never loses that snarky edge. He is obv aware that some people find him smug & pretentious (as he comments in this vid) but I don’t feel it that way. He’s just funny to me. This stuff could get *super* dry and boring without a nice jolt of humor now and then.
The thing is that people could just not watch his videos if they didn't want to, so it's not like he needs to try and behave a certain way.
@@pearspeedruns he has done something similar in the past. Someone complained about the funny voice he used while reading negative comments. He stopped using the funny voice. I really miss that...
Rene Bon Ćirić I remember that! and that is indeed a shame. Those were fine times back then.
Christian Aliferis True, but I do get the sense that he wants to appeal to as large a segment of people as possible. He comes across in his videos as being genuinely excited about sharing the joy and discovery of music with as many people as he can, and to that end, he is probably a little bit conscious of how the public in general receives him. I don’t know, just my take on it. He’s like the opposite of a gatekeeper.
He’s on track to 1M subscribers, so something is vibing with the people!
I'M SO HAPPY you mentioned flood and headhunters. Those albums have gotten me through MANY a day of retail work. Thanks for the inspiring music and information as always:D
Joeydbass : how do you count 32nd notes?
Adem neely : no
I'm watching this while half awake, so when he said "I've already had this conversation with you Joey", I was so shook
Adam's clearly still keeping up with Contrapoints. We caught that Adorno joke, Neely.
Hey, what's the video you're referring to?
I'd LOVE a video introducing the Turkish/Ottoman makam system. As a western musician learning to play the Turkish oud, I'm fascinated by the delicious complexity of this musical system... but also terribly lost. If there's someone in the world who can break it down for us, it's you Neely!
What do you do when you are lacking creativity and inspiration?
C A F F E I N E
Caffeination legitimizes.
Caffeination legitimizes.
Caffeination legitimizes.
@@Haights First and last time I had coffee, I nearly got run over by a car. That inspired me to never have coffee again.
Thanks for the Herbie Hancock 'Flood' recommendation! It is amazing I never heard that - I own a load of Herbie's stuff between vinyl/CD/digital, including repeats of pretty much the entire Mwandishi through Thrust era ... yet never came across this. Perhaps it is because while I was buying the vinyl stuff in the early 80s it was still a Japan-only release (or certainly not available in my local stores).. Either way - THANK YOU! That Paul Jackson / Mike Clark section is TIGHT! Listening (again) to 'Hang Up Your Hang Ups' right now :)
My friend had sleep paralysis, and he thought he was a fixed frequency oscillator in Ableton's "Operator" 😂😂
JJ TECH 😂😂😂 that’s amazing
This is way late, but Theodore Adorno!! I'm doing my doctorate in jazz studies currently and our research course focused on the history of musicology and that cat is out! So nice to hear you mention him.
"If it sounds good, it is good!"
I've used this quote 3 times in the last 48 hours.
As for question 45, I've heard some people ask this question about The Rolling Stones and others feel this way about Third Eye Blind. Either way, your answer was spot-on and thorough. Thanks for clearing that up I know a lot of us were wondering the same thing. Subscribed.
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Neely Neely Neely Neely Neely! Yes!!! :) Way back in school (choir classes), we counted triplets as either 1-la-li 2-la-li... or just down la-li down-la-li (as compared to 1 2 3 4 and down up down up etc., respectively). Hope that makes sense... Also, we counted the 32nd note as 1-ta-e-ta-and-ta-a-ta, etc. Using Konokal, the triplet may be counted as ta-ki-ta (or something like that).
Thanks for the vids! They either make me think of things I haven't thought of in years or they teach me stuff I have never thought of, but I enjoy each one! Going to start listening to Sungazers this week too :)
"Remember what these classes aural about"
Nice.
could be that the house throwing the painting out was the house of the artist?? might be worth going back and asking just in case. Has the look of a project that was abandoned half way (not in a bad way), this might also explain the lack of signature.
11:05 Lmaooo he fixed up his hair for the Garnier Fructis bit love you Adam 😭
PLEASE make a T-shirt with your favourite interval on it. The diminished 2nd. Love it
Regarding triplet rhythmic solfège. Even though “1 trip let 2 trip let” etc. consists of single syllables I’ve always found the trip to be a mouthful at faster tempos. So, I’ve always counted “1 a let 2 a let” etc. I’m not sure if I’m the only one but it definitely rolls off the tongue easy.
me too but i use o isntead of a
My college professor says that and teaches us that
This is objectively the best Q+A.
If you're insisting on calling the key "D#"..... you're just being obtuse. It's just weird.
"No screw that easy to understand key signature, I insist on using a key that contains all the same pitches but means we have to use double sharps" okay buddy...
In equal temperament it makes little sense, true. But I had a choir piece once where the key changed somewhere in the middle and the notation with double sharps made sense for intonation. But it completely messed with my reading skills and soon I wished the composer/transcriber would just have written how to intonate and use a sensible notation :(
To be fair, they're probably not writing music down if that was a serious question. It's entirely plausible that they just found the D# on their guitar, keyboard or whatever, built the major scale from there and then just played the music without ever working out what the individual note names were other than their root. That's a really common thing to do, especially now when anyone can have easy access to recording tools which makes writing music down to remember for later pointless unless you plan to re-learn it for performance again later.
Unless you're in the key of E or B...
@@aknopf8173 Um, I've done that.
@@zackclark I think he means if you're playing in the key of E flat/d sharp, you would always call it E flat, because otherwise you're making things unnecessarily difficult for everyone. In a key on the right hand side of the circle of fifths, yeah you'd definitely call that note d sharp
In 5th grade, my trumpet teacher taught me that the rhythmic solfege for triplets is 1 - a - la - 2 - a - la, which I find flows a LOT easier and better characterizes a smooth triplet flow than 1-and-a or trip-a-let.
I’ve started an inside joke with my high school jazz band where we play the LICC in our solos. My band director hates me now. I blame you for this Adam.
Your band director obviously sucks. He should be proud of what you've accomplished and how far you've gotten with your knowledge of jazz.
In marching percussion, specifically marching bass drums, “counting” thirty second notes is very essential. It is common to play a bass drum rudiment called a “hand-to-hand”, where two bass drummers play sixteenth notes at the same time but one of the drummers offsets his sixteenth notes by a single thirty-second note partial. Effectively playing the “2-4-6-8” partials of a beat of thirty-second notes.
I would double the tempo and just go with the 16th note system. Could be missing something obvious though?
As a drummer, about 6 years ago i was learning double tempo double stroke roles. I would cont them in groups. Basically as sustained quavers. Occasionally i would role my tongue or go "dutukutudu" like wind players may at higher speeds
*grabs cut time*
Question for the next Q&A
Hey Adam,
throughout your videos, you emphasise on two things. Focusing on getting that TOAN, and keeping a straight wrist for bassists.
The first question is, how exactly do I get that "tone"? Is there like a rule of thumb on when to increase or decrease levels? Make my instrument sound more wetter or muddier? Or is it more of a "feel it" approach?
Second question is, what's the guitar equivalent of "keeping a straight wrist"?
Thanks!
Contender for best album name: "Sing-along songs for the damned and delirious" - Diablo Swing Orchestra
Perfectly matches the music, too!
The Maj7#11 voicing you played was very Zappa. Nice. Big extra credit points for that.
listening to math rock IS a good thing tbh
lol, your comments on the importance of ear training made me think of how poorly some tab and ‘FakeBooks’ have been slapped together. I’ve been laughing for forty some years! Great channel and glad I recently found it! The ‘subjectivity’ of music is unsurpassed by about anything... my garbage might be your gold! 😜
Would love to hear your talk about what works and what breaks when you try to apply 12-et analysis to 10-, 16-, and 19-edo music, such as Elaine Walkers Drum-n-Space stuff (ZIA).
why did u randomly put my name at the end of ur comment
@@ziazaidi3 It's the name of Elaine Walker's band: www.ziaspace.com/ZIA/mp3s/
It's hard to be concise about it. Even in that small batch of tunings, 19 maintains the functional harmony we know and love, but we lose the symmetries that make Coltrane changes or tritone substitutions, for example.
10 has tritone symmetry and a (maybe less than) perfect 5th, but even the pentatonic scale is beyond recognition. 16 keeps a lot of the familiar symmetries but we lose the 5th altogether. Any one of these comparisons is worth multiple videos on its own
I’ve met Tom Cosm a few times. He is a super rad dude and his shows are extraordinary even when playing for extremely small crowds.
His tutorial stuff is the best too
Thoughts on the Cowboy Bebop soundtrack??! I’ve been rewatching it and I’d love to hear your thoughts on it (and the show overall!).
I just finished the last episode it's so good
Lucas Hardy isn’t it??? Like literally it’s a gateway anime! It’s one of the best television shows period.
It's definitely music that plays on Cowboy Bebop, that's for sure.
LOL @7:43
"I will give you a hint but I won't show the entire chord because you need to think yourself about it, that is how you get good."
Aged Gouda is good, I eat it regularly in the Netherlands. Here good advice: use it for a grilled cheese sandwhich. You will love it.
12:27
Well, you know what that is, don't you?
Adam Neely is a meme without even trying
Don't act like I can't see that Real Book on your shelf, Adam. :P
I think he actually has a video on it somewhere
@@henryrichard7619 I know. That's the joke :P
@@justingilbertsound Ah, sorry! I didn't know.
Coffee stains. It's a fully caffeinated Real Book! :-)
Question for your next Q&A:
I’ve always felt like I don’t practice enough. No matter what I feel too busy to put in the time to practice everyday. I’m not one to make excuses but I feel all sorts of pressure to practice all the time. I was wondering what you had to say about students in high school who have a lot of commitments other than music, but still want to get better and practice. Thanks!
Aztecs eh? You like a bit of Wololo in your life?
Nah he's all about that 5 militia drush
Nah man Turks are the way to go, gotta get that gunpowder going. But Adam seems like the type of guy to tower rush
Zach Isley
unless someone makes archers😯 then it’s a no go
3 CHORDS AND THE TRUTH is the best thing I have heard
1:55
I bet that Adam Neely gets into rowdy bar fights over music terminology.
I second that "flood" is an amazing album, I used to listen to it all the time.
Yeah, you're a little smug and a little pretentious at times, but I think you've earned it. It suits you. That's a compliment.
Self-awareness is very attractive.
For triplets, I prefer 1 la li 2 la li, because its easy to differentiate them. I was taught this by my band director so I know its pretty common. Its also good for counting the subdivisions within triplets, like 1 + la + li +
Yes, world music! Shakuhachi was great!
CRACKED A COPY of ableton? BRO ARE YOU ME IN ANOTHER REALITY? thanks for being honest. may the knowledge win. :D
Wait are you really counting Eb as having four flats? The Eb on top counts too? What the bass?
I really hope someone got fired for that blunder
How did I miss that one?!
I hope no one gets fired over that one because I would like to keep watching Adam Neely
It's called an octave, not a septave
That annoyed me, the fourth flat he's counting is the fourth sequentially. I'd rather describe E flat as having 3 flats (like the key signature tells you), and say that he's counted two unique e flats instead of one general one.
@@toomdog Well Adam is self-employed, so he can only be fired if he voluntarily quits, so no need to worry.
Came here for the 32nd notes.
The TMEA Timpani piece has very specific thirty-second notes this year, 2019-2020. Specifically, there are rhythms that are at very specific points of a 32nd note. One beat within this piece is in order of 32nd notes as: 1-3-7, which is a very specific point. What makes this an extremely hard piece for most is the tempo, which is quarter note = 44.
My director just said to count it as 16th notes but divided into two, meaning one full best would be:
1 e and a TE e and a
So while yours was great and all, I think I’ll stick with mine😂
I've also heard "I can count thirty-second notes" used
I thank the gods that all the music you reference are available on Spotify. I should start an "Adam Neely Recommends" playlist.
"How to count 32nd notes"...
More like, how to blow someone's mind for life
Edit: I was super high when I wrote this. Thanks for somewhat thinking I wasn't talking shit