Harmonic Rhythm in Sonic the Hedgehog's Music 

*scruffy tricks GAMERS into learning music theory (i've never played a sonic game in my life)

@@stapleboy7462 ok but you really should

Joke's on you; Sonic music is the reason I got interested in music theory in the first place

@@rammym23 same.

Pretty much

did you know at the start?: "Montana!" was there chorded?

Knuckles step

@@blueberrytheblueninjakirby6377 Tails dance!

TODER HAVV Lodernut u c to

Ikr!?

It's so good it makes me have one!

you're not wrong

Hearing the music : panic Hearing a breath sound effect : calm Tails took the bubble and not you : *Extra Panic*

I think I can sort of explain. The sudden start of the song makes it feel out of nowhere. As it picks up speed it feels like it is urgent and very necessary and the sudden drop when it's done can startle a bit since it indicates that it is done so you are done/game over. I hope I explained it well enough for you to understand.

that's probably because it's a variation of the minor 2nd playing over and over again

IT IS a good plot, it's just that it was executed SO TERRIBLY.

@@justalpha9138 preach

@@hyperbeast4340 ÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆ

@@savetheevo amen brother

@@blursedcat ÆÆÆÆÆ

LRGonzales but isn’t that just videogames?

When you walkin'

Furret walking?

*sad furret noises*

@@okordenador That's not true! You can also, uhm.... Run!!

He does always sound so pleasant with that introduction of his. It's like hearing from an old friend you haven't seen in a good while, and you've both really missed being able to talk with each other.

@@pkg946 but then you hang out with him and all of his new friends he made while you were gone, and it feels like he's changed. You're no longer the one and only friend he has and his other friends have changed the way he interacts and thinks. You hang out and sort of have fun and go home disappointed because you thought it would be better. Once you make it home, you think about how you have also made new friends and how they have influenced you. Then you are hit with the hard truth. You aren't really friends anymore. You think of all the great times you had as the old friends you were, and cry, knowing you'll never get the same person back again. You'll never talk about your favorite games, or music because your taste and his tastes have changed. You cry more thinking how awkward you were in front of his new friends and how awkward you must have made him feel. And then you stop. You remember the new friends you made once more, and thank them for the growth they've put you through. How much fun you have with them now. How they've introduced you to new things. You'll never get back your childhood friend, but you have new ones. Sometimes better ones. Although you will never play the same games with them or feel the same, they're different and refreshing and that's okay. You say goodbye to the thought that you were just gonna magically become friends again and move on.

@@quave_ I like to speak the truth

@@isaacfoster8070 _Too much truth, please go back_

@@trupotato but the moral of the story was to go forward greater than ever, I refuse to go back.

True

they also caged sonic so he doesn't run off like last time

one of my main problems with sonic forces is how it actually DOES have a really interesting plot that could make for an awesome story, but doesn’t utilize the full potential of it at all, and causes the whole original plot to fall apart and lose all of its identity. this game has no idea what it WANTS to be, which makes it seem like some sort of mix between an edgy anime and an episode of spongebob

Mr. Waterson has entered the chat

🅱️enis

The tempo is the bun of the music, the percussion is the sausage of the music, and the melody is the mustard of the music.

D’oh!

mmm... out of context meat

Scruffy does a good job of boiling it down to something that's understandable to the layman imo!

Same but instead of not having knowledge of music theory I don't have knowledge of Sonic

@@HelenGPitts shill your pyramid scheme somewhere else

He has a nice voice tho

Same

Lol! Yeah, I noticed that, too.

And he used the crouch from Super Sonic in S2 and S3&K, cool reference

Who else feels bad for criticizing Sega's, sonic forces after watching this?

house kakes What?

@Esmeralda Martinez i finished sonic forces in one sitting in 4 hours and i didnt even have fun

lol,

LOL that is funny and I did laf at it!

that's what i call Perfect Timing.

Do your Chinese knock off AirPods say “please charging” instead? Cause mine did? 😂

@@NooNahha laugh*

*I’M OUTTA HERE!*

*Do the SLIIIIIIIDE*

more like 'whoops!'

I HAVE REACHED TOTAL ASCENSION, GOODBYE.

@@antiStrikerS *tonal ascension

Yeah, you’re right.

what makes the video so interesting are the visuals and editing, which you could not do in a class. Unless the class was literally these videos, which i would not be opposed to)

@@taggerung_ agreed

@@taggerung_ now thats probaly a good way to teach now with the virus

There's also the fact that he uses Music that everyone likes as an example rather than something like a Beethoven or an old movie soundtrack song.

also sonic nearly dies at 8:20

Ny'rese Jones no he doesn't he just goes off screen cuz he went so fast

thats probably cause the part he was displaying would usually be the singing, if there were a singer in the song in Windmill Isle and Green Hill Zone lol

What do you mean by that

There were only two characters on screen

@@smt4090 this pains me

Fist Bump is my favorite Sonic song!

It's not a microscope, it's very simple stuff

Yess

huh maybe i might do that

Hey can I ask a sensitive question What is the official speed of kirb

But your Kirb, and kirb always speed. Speed is kirb. Kirb is life.

I clicked on this video as soon as I saw it.(now Fist Bump will forever be stuck in my head)

Brother

P O Y O

Tails is just happy to be involved

He’s so sweet.

i love Forces and it makes me sad to see people constantly trash it

i mean, as with most sonic these days, the music is basically the best part in forces

Forces may have been a disappointment in other areas, but the music is still good stuff with a unique style.

@@_-Lx-_ You're right about that.

because forces is really bad lol

I was about to climax and he totally blue balled me

Princess Grouchy There’s a reason why that’s the bit you start on for a Double Boost.

Wbat the heck muffinmonk

I was so dissapointed as well

I was too but I had no idea that was the whole point of the video.

I love how he also drew Sonic in a cell

@@DracRio he ain't going anywhere this time

ikr but nobody listens to it the genesis era had incredible music thanks to masato nakamura, a genius bassist.

Egg the genesis era was catchy but not something I would listen to on a daily basis. Unleashed on the other hand...

No

Lemon Lime a g r e e d

Wrong, sonic DOES have the best soundtracks of all time

El Be like in 12:00... the harmony is from windy hill(sonic aventure)

José Marcelo Actually, the song is from Sonic 3D Blast (Genesis version) and later it appears in Adventure 1 as a reference to this game. More specifically, it's Green Grove's song.

Mauro3756 Mega Drive.

If this is your first time viewing, give scruffy some love!

I agree. It's soo catchy.

I really forgot that Windmill is a sonic game, and thought it was a pokémon song, because, well, y know

Genius

No... He's right!

Its actually 120 BPM just about, so he would take 4 steps.

@@SingeStheos I didn't give Sonic steps because there wasn't any percussion, but I know where you are getting at.

@@donaldlarrimoreIII You're forgetting, Sonic steps with the "Percussive Pulse", not any notes like Tails. For example: 8:12. Using headphones, you can hear that theres sometimes no drums in favor of vocals and melodic rhythms. The druns take breaks lasting at most 0.5 seconds, yet sonic is counting up at 5/sec even during parts where you don't hear any drums.

IT MADE ME CRY

The sonic movie made me almost cry in a bad way

and what's that exactly?

I teared up because I was able to visibly see why music is so beautiful

@@kawaiikitten3135 if you made this comment at the time the old design existed, then everybody cried in a bad way.

suddenly stop

💜

1999 BIZARRE SUMMER

3rror200 well that’s completely unrelated, but... *MEGURU YUUKI DE IKIRU MACHIIIIII GREAT DAAAAAAAAAAYS!*

Looks at thumbnail: *(actually F major)*

**falls asleep as soon as music begin**

p a t r i c k

@@APerson-mv7td s a n s

Haha

And that key... is E maj/min. Once you realise, it's like playing the first level of Tetris Effect. (i.e. THE FEELS, MAN! THE FEELS!!)

and i oop

I don't get it. I love sonic, but I've only played the classics(mania included), sa2, and generations

*smirks*

@@xLuigi77x I think it’s that the word “key” refers to both the metaphorical key that the singer is describing, but also describes the musical key of the song.

YUH i was scrolling through the comments looking for someone else

I THOUGHT NO ONE ELSE NOTICED

ayyyeee we've all got good ears lol

You are my people. I'm subscribing just for that

I was just about to comment that I didn't see anybody mentioning it

Yessssssss

*Yes, absolutely!*

Definitely

Yes please

YES

@@rozzbourn *TOGETHER*

@@firstbits650 *WE*

@@rainy_day2889 *CAN SHOW THE WORLD*

@@firstbits650 *WHAT WE CAN DO*

@@Monotail_Razuin *YOU ARE NEXT TO ME*

Just ask tails but hahah

Tails is so cute and happy!

Same here

The they before this vid i was thinking on requesting a vid about the Sonic series.

Vulf fans: “that’s the code to my heart!”

Genuinely stopped me in my tracks to come and find this comment!

I think that's the Vulf typeface as well

Ikr

Bruh he continues later

You mean the water level

Not so subtle, if ir was louder I'm sure a lot more people would have recognized it

The drowning theme for sonic 1

How about 0:56?

0:22

Yessir, Also I'm pretty sure the green hill shown here does not have the exact same instrument sounds, so I'm pretty sure scruffy made them himself 😎

Ikr

YEAAHHH I LOVVEE THAT SONG TOO!

sonic colors ult is coming out too

If u spell with G, it turns out that is Jesus

YEP, 1612

i also noticed this lol

THAT'S THE CODE TO MY HEART

I GO- ONE! SIX! ONE! TWO! ... STAR!

Aquarian

**THAT** one lil spot