Nice video. Great inputs but at the same time maybe he should take a step back and let the students play, don't take over their instruments and don't show off. The focus is on letting the students grow, and gain confidence.
What does he mean when he says that E is a "bright" key because it has 4 sharps and F is a "dark" key because it has 1 flat? I would think that in equal temperament no note or key would have an intrinsic, objective feeling or property, and that brightness and flatness are relative terms. So how is E brighter than F?
Ethan Starr He makes the point later that we can only say that kind of thing in context. In this particular example, if you're starting at F, E is 5 steps up the circle of fifths. That said, I also think he must havr a tendency to hear C as being the neutral key to which other keys are compared, which I think must be a subconcious thing that's borne out of our tendency to treat C as the standard key in music education. But that's just speculation on my part.
How does he arrive at G half sharp? I know that a just interval of a major 3rd is 14 cents flatter than equal tempered. Not sure which key he began in, was he in F? Then he could use the major 3rd (A) but in just intonation (A minus 14 cents), and then keep the rest of the piece 14 cents flat until returning to equal tempered tuning? Quite clever however he arrived at it.
Now _that's_ how music theory and composition lessons should look like! (Or should I say, sound like? :q ) Shame on you, music schools! If you can't do what this dude does, you simply suck at teaching and you should be banned from doing so, for the sake of your students' mental health :P Because I learnt more about composition from this short video than for several years of traditional way of learning :P
Well, if you think you can do a better harmony lessons than this dude (and better still than my crappy music teachers), then go on, make your own video instead of throwing your crap at people who enjoy this video. Be civil. And do something useful for a change.
So great he is getting just intonation and microtones out there - you have musicians who don't know about this stuff which is crazy when you think of it.
His understanding of music is so intuitive and experiential and it resonates on a fundamental level for him like language. He speaks in music and is trying to show us how he speaks but I think the real gift he offers is we get to listen to him speak in music.
