Listening In | How Jacob Collier Uses Microtonality and Temperament @ListeningIn | Uploaded June 2019 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
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* In this episode of 'Listening in', I look at how Jacob Collier uses microtonality, pitch and temperament to add colour to his music. I do this by defining these terms, and then by looking at how he uses them in three different songs. This includes use of just intonation to tune notes differently in his arrangement of 'Fascinating Rhythm', using two different pitches (A = 432 vs A = 440) in 'Hideaway' to give the feeling of the song opening up as well as his use of a microtonal key (G quarter sharp major) in 'In the Bleak Midwinter'.
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I’m hugely indebted to June Lee, in particular, for this essay, whose videos about Jacob Collier were an enormous help – I couldn’t have created this without them. If you liked it, then do take a look at my channel, as well as looking at June Lee’s astonishing transcriptions of Jacob Collier’s songs, some of which I’ve linked below.
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FURTHER WATCHING
Jacob Collier - Fascinating Rhythm (Full Transcription - June Lee): youtube.com/watch?v=0Vuk1VJLMgo
Jacob Collier - In the Bleak Midwinter (Transcription - June Lee): youtube.com/watch?v=7-nRv0uQvH0
FURTHER RESEARCH
Interview: Jacob Collier (Part 1): youtube.com/watch?v=DnBr070vcNE&t=4s
Interview: Jacob Collier (Part 2): youtube.com/watch?v=b78NoobJNEo&t=935s
Interview: Jacob Collier (Part 3): youtube.com/watch?v=QujkcQMQFhg&t=848s
MUSIC
Hideaway – Jacob Collier: youtube.com/watch?v=4v3zyPEy-Po
Overture - Jacob Collier w/ Metropole Orkest: youtube.com/watch?v=3LMn8PsktW0
Benjamin Britten Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell: youtube.com/watch?v=PHCBg9UuSyI
Pre-order my new book! UK: https://shorturl.at/enn27 US: https://shorturl.at/4LIAP More info: barnabymartin.com/the-quiet
* In this episode of 'Listening in', I look at how Jacob Collier uses microtonality, pitch and temperament to add colour to his music. I do this by defining these terms, and then by looking at how he uses them in three different songs. This includes use of just intonation to tune notes differently in his arrangement of 'Fascinating Rhythm', using two different pitches (A = 432 vs A = 440) in 'Hideaway' to give the feeling of the song opening up as well as his use of a microtonal key (G quarter sharp major) in 'In the Bleak Midwinter'.
Subscribe: bit.ly/2PlVaMS
I’m hugely indebted to June Lee, in particular, for this essay, whose videos about Jacob Collier were an enormous help – I couldn’t have created this without them. If you liked it, then do take a look at my channel, as well as looking at June Lee’s astonishing transcriptions of Jacob Collier’s songs, some of which I’ve linked below.
Website: barnabymartin.com
Twitter: twitter.com/BarnabyMartin
Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/barnaby-martin
FURTHER WATCHING
Jacob Collier - Fascinating Rhythm (Full Transcription - June Lee): youtube.com/watch?v=0Vuk1VJLMgo
Jacob Collier - In the Bleak Midwinter (Transcription - June Lee): youtube.com/watch?v=7-nRv0uQvH0
FURTHER RESEARCH
Interview: Jacob Collier (Part 1): youtube.com/watch?v=DnBr070vcNE&t=4s
Interview: Jacob Collier (Part 2): youtube.com/watch?v=b78NoobJNEo&t=935s
Interview: Jacob Collier (Part 3): youtube.com/watch?v=QujkcQMQFhg&t=848s
MUSIC
Hideaway – Jacob Collier: youtube.com/watch?v=4v3zyPEy-Po
Overture - Jacob Collier w/ Metropole Orkest: youtube.com/watch?v=3LMn8PsktW0
Benjamin Britten Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell: youtube.com/watch?v=PHCBg9UuSyI
