Listening In | Jacob Collier: Moon River - Harmonic Analysis @ListeningIn | Uploaded July 2019 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
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* In this episode of 'Listening in', I analyse Jacob Collier's astonishing arrangement of 'Moon River'. I focus on how he moves between the 8 different keys*, or pitch centres, in the arrangement, as well as using transcriptions to highlight certain chords and progressions. This is one of the most complex a cappella arrangements he's ever made, and all done without using a piano.

*In the video, I state that Jacob moves to A4 = 432 from A4 = 440 from the second to the third verse. In actually fact, this is a shift to A4 = 427.47 - down a quarter tone. This was confirmed by an Instagram post by Jacob on 16 June (instagram.com/p/Byxwxy3gaoK/?igshid=zuzlbpkc85ba) - he says he shifted the music up a semitone and a half whilst recording the video, making this verse in the original D half sharp major.

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FURTHER WATCHING
Jacob Collier - Moon River: youtube.com/watch?v=VPLCk-FTVvw
Flintstones - Jacob Collier: youtube.com/watch?v=zua831utwMM
Georgia On My Mind – Jacob Collier: youtube.com/watch?v=GNG7zLUr7Pg
You And I (Audio) - Jacob Collier: youtube.com/watch?v=muwxq701Lj4

MUSIC
Jacob Collier - Ancona (Maida Vale session): youtube.com/watch?v=mRpeMYqq3YU

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