Jazz Pianist Explains Bill Wurtz Mount St. Helens 

YES

more wurtz! preferably and the day goes on

Music Theory on the soundtrack of the game Cuphead

history of japan 🙏

How about Faster and his music?

i literally sung that last part internally in his voice

Its been growin hair he gotta shave it

This made me laugh harder than it should have. Ha ha ha ha!

Hahaha omg. I love Bill's work so fucking much.

Bill: I was just killing time, I was just partying in the flowerrrr

you could make a religion out of this

Yes, do

*Yes do*

Chadivich no... actually yes

You could make a religion out of this.. No don't

I agree. I don't even know what he's talking about half the time and it's still great to watch someone love something as much as he does

You could make a religion out of this

@@AeonAxisProductions No, don’t

I have truly no idea what any of this means, but man it's fun to hear people get excited and compliment others!

@@dr.whippersnatch7200 So wholesome, I love it :)

I could see this stuff as intuituvely made ... But by someone who has conventional harmonies stuck in his mind very firmly

Bill is a very talented, trained musician who knows the rules so well he can break them.

There's a whole page on his website with jazz standard improv so he certainly knows what he's doing

@@RusNad :0

Yeah he’s a music theory expert but there are hundreds of thousands of those in the world. What makes him brilliant are the magnificent things he uses that theory to help him say.

He is a true artist ...and a legend like nikola tesla And Legends never need credit They just leave wonderful peice behind them...

@@sahilssk4244 it ok

@@Taizunx thanks

I had never realized just how good Bill is at writing music. I definitely noticed his writing was great and creative and flowed well, but holy cow. I had no clue.

Giving people credit based on what mindless masses do is like looking through the wrong end of a telescope.

Classical musicians: *scoffing*

Hate to burst your bubble but hasn't jazz been a dying genre for a while now?

@@jackaguirre8576 not really, it's just become more niche

Oh shit, by liking Bill wurtz did I accidentally start liking jazz?? Fuck!

@@jackaguirre8576 Quite the opposite. Jazz influences are popping up everywhere now, it just depends on the subgenre of Jazz.

musicians in his genre: "Stop no you can't do that one of the rules is that you have to stick with tried and tested progressions. bill wurtz: "How bout I do, anyway?"

Musicians: "This is the most common one and sounds nice." Bill Wurtz: *Writing it on his 'what NOT to do list'* "Oh, alright."

@@SmaMan i dont think musicians in his genre say that shit lol

the key of smile

The key of :D

Because yoymu see something peaceful and you be happpy

We can make a religion out of this

@@applicableapple3991 No, don’t.

@@faithful2025 how bout I do, anyway~

Lol, I read this comment just as he got to that part in the song!

Why not both?

they're both amazing, they'd probably be friends

@@finesse5820 Remember when Jacob Collier had a public Liked Videos lists and they include Bill Wurtz's videos?

@@PentameronSV his subscriptions are still public and he's subscribed to bill

Me, a musician who lives under a rock: wait, Charles, who are these Jacob Collier and Bill Wurtz's which you speak of? 🙆‍♂️.

I think you perfectly worded my feeling through this video lol. It does make the song more interesting to me

Understanding some music theory and hearing him go woah at the same time is similarly surreal

There are moments like this all over the world through many fields. I had the pleasure of experiencing it for myself when I started looking into visual astronomy. I went to an Observatory for a Valentine's Day evening and it wasn't like the Atacama observatory or Mauna Loa or anything fancy, a large scope and a few professional amateurs with their own super expensive hobby scopes. So I was looking into the eyepieces of several observations, galaxies, nebulae, etc. but it's all quite plain - not like a hubble picture or anything, which is what most people expect to see and are quite disappointed when they see otherwise. But I looked into one that was pointed at the Jewelbox Globular Cluster and I gasped audibly and the hobbyist went "Yesss!!! Hahah! That's it. That's what we like to hear!" And my enthusiasm was matched by hers. And I was saying "there's so many stars! Are they all actually close together or is that just how we see them from this perspective?" And my date at this point is quite miffed but I am just vibing at the amazing work this person has done. I was pointing out to other people like "hey come look at this one, you see how it looks like..." And the hobbyist and myself were just... Ahhh man

That does sound like something Bill Wurtz would write

Oscar Cervarich !!!^^^

THISSS

I completely agree

Bill hasn't posted since March of last year :(

YESSSS

*listen to

Luigi_125 *View with your ears

@@createnewhandle_ bruh

Look at those mounds

You could say it's *EVEN CRAAAZIER SPACE DUST*

as someone who's transcribed some of his chord progressions, this is correct

Yes. This is the comment that I needed to see.

It’s probably bc he writes his lyrics at the exact same time as he’s writing the music, which he said he does. They’re inextricable from each other

"When did all the windmills start to turn so slow?" is such a Bill Wurtz lyric, right on the verge of sounding deep but still sounds weird.

I can’t go home.

That one's my favorite, I'd really like that to be the next one!!!

Please do it!!

The part at the end where he goes "la dee-da da-dee dum dee-da diddly dway-ah diddy dum dwee-ay" always sticks with me

This comment deserves more upvotes

@@ariehchrem3067 Reddit much?

@@endershr000m3 shut up

Alexnader Hamiltoon lmao

He just dropped that D

Now that's where she's wrong

Disown her.

Why would she even say that? He's basically Steely Dan but funnier

Wow, I listened to Slipknot and Meshuggah to shock my parents...now it is Bill Wurtz. Interesting! What will be my kids shocking me with?

does she even know what the definition of music is?

Thanks for bringing me here

Just watched the St. Helens vid, glad that you found this

Hey it’s the drummer guy, cool

Didn't think I'd see you here

Ello

Oh boy you should check out his questions page on his website

Nice

Idk man, I probably dropped a cheese stick on the piano and thought it sounded okay enough

From the little I’ve looked up from him, he’s pretty intentional about his sound and theoretical approach to stuff. Hard to make complex harmonic structures sound like pop without the know how lol

@@MostLikelyMortal, indeed. Wurtz must be very aware of what he's doing. But the man got quite a character.

@@MostLikelyMortal he is but when he explains his own work, he downplays it immensely

And then giraffes

That is a perfect way to explain his songs.

@@cactiman6593 And then cacti

@@cactiman6593 and then kitties

To Bill Wurtz, they are the same

Can confirm. You can also try mushrooms + low dose dxm which is basically the same thing with good headphones xD

@@kylezo hmm yes i will encourage drug usage

TheGraveAccent i mean his name IS kyle stoner

@@kylezo his videos are what it’s like when I’m falling asleep

Not really like the picture of it, but the colors are very right! In "at the airport terminal" is a great example of the colors and the way they blend and mold together is perfect with the video imagery (I have synesthesia)

Yeah, thats what separates a teacher from like, a mentor. My favorite moment with my favorite teacher, my English Teacher, was a moment where he was vulnerable and comfortable enough with us to share some very personal and close to the heart poetry with us, and he cried because the emotions he put into them were that powerful, and that he was willing to share such passionate works with us made me feel like I was with someone who really cared about not only subject we were in but also us as people. He was just so happy and passionate when we did any kind of creative writing and he always shared his writing with us as well and he just felt so, human, and it made me want to do nothing more than learn more. I’ve never had that feeling with a teacher before that and never have since.

it might be a little too complex to teach to young children, probably a basic understanding of jazz harmony is necessary first.

@@caleb2050 I have no problem understanding this and I've never taken a lesson, they'll be fine. You just need to know basic chords and the idea of a key lol

Al the Alligator nah you also need to know how to build chords and chord functionality if you wanna understand what bill wurtz is doing. It’s a big jump from knowing scales to understanding chord movements.

Deep Moticons the way schools curriculums are design are to be inclusive. Not all kids move at the same pace. You are overestimating how much music classes are able to cover especially for kids without backgrounds in music. This type of harmony composition isn’t something I would teach kids without first going over basic harmony and then basic jazz harmony, which might be a semester class if I wanted my students to get a firm grasp of the concepts. It is impressive composition and most high school students - unless self motivated and learning on their own time - are not ready for these concepts just from school curriculum music.

I started learning jazz at 12, 2 years later still learning

Lol same

Just purely from a musical perspective is how he is looking at it, not specifically in a piano frame of mind. He just happens to know piano and so uses it to demonstrate

Me, knowing stuff about piano and still lost: Interesting…

i dont think he consciously does all this crazy music theory stuff when he writes the music, i get the impression he just has an idea and is like "oh this would sound cool" and then does that

@Theanonymous memester wants to do it but not that bad

@@FirstnameLastname-nd9wx oh, he certainly knows what he's doing. He might not consciously use theory to create the music, just like highly original writers don't consciously think about how they construct their sentences. But they have a vast vocabulary to draw from, as well as a very well developed sense of how things work together. There's evidence that he is highly educated in music.

@@martinpaddle fax he definitely understands some intricacies he's doing

@@FirstnameLastname-nd9wx Kinda, he's definitely a master of theory but he bends it according to what he thinks sounds cool.

Oh yeah definitely he drops it he drops it

Yes yes he drops it and modulates A and he does the bridge, for sure, indubitably.

Bill Wurtz x Jacob Collier × Charles Cornell I would cryyyyy

i would die happy

I’m honestly not ready

That would be *EPIC!*

bill has openly stated he hates jacob collier and would never work with him

"That b flat minor 7 is functioning like a 2 in a 251" Um...

@@sheridan5175 I recognize all of these words, but not in this order

@@JeepnHeel I made it up I think

Both is good

I believe he studied Jazz at university

He is absolutely a genius. He knows exactly what he is doing theory wise.

He learned theory, mastered it, then proceeded to spam chords and figure out how to perfect it.

Why not both?

yoooo a fellow mumbo jumbo fan!

chuffed to bits with this

Ayyyy

I have a friend who loves Jumbo and music. Going to recommend this channel to him👍

Musical music yes

@@oliviergagnon8719 like showtunes

I got a RU-vid premium ad 😂😂

Same!!

That’s a bruh

Same dude, except it was this guy with long hair wanting to teach you guitar,,, you know him

It's like hes aaying listen to trump lol

what makes you think people don't appreciate his music properly?

Lowkey i wished i understood what was going on but music stuffs is so hard for me to understand

Pizza

Vshred add? 😂

Which do you think I'm eating for dinner tonight. I'll tell you one thing for sure, it's not this rabbit food. Why? Because this *points to salad* will just leave me craving this *points to pizza*

Salad or fries, the two most different foods in the universe.

Also, "inner voicings" played on the top of the chords... So not really inner at all.

You need to know how the rules work in order to break them in a good way. Otherwise it's just erratic.

You would as a music student or some who frequently listens to music- though you wouldn't have the language to describe what you're expecting, the way a music student would.

@@SakuraMoonflower I wanna be a music student but I have not found any way to learn to play my keyboard

Josh Turner did an amazing job. You also should go down that rabbit hole. Josh is my favorite

@@andrewscott95 ooh I'll be sure to check it out!

I'd also recommend June Lee and Leon Waves channels if you're interested in transcriptionist channels

I think Adam Neely could do a great job of it

it's a gem, truly

it's amazing!

Right?

Agreed

IKR

Ur still in quarantine?

How is this 3 hrs ago when it says this was uploaded 2 hrs ago 😳

Yes! He needs to do a jazz cover version of mt St. Helens

Piano version of Here comes the sun ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-V9XwNBw3-cw.html I dunno if there are also his others songs

YES!

mansplain but for good

Jeremy Meyers wait how?How do you have that with 200 subs?

@@lolom8772 why does it matter

Jeremy Meyers just wondering, also kinda weird how all of your top videos have 10s of thousands of views yet can barely get 20 comments.

Chava Lampert is this a joke?

Hope they're enjoying their vacation!

@@seblat1086 "And the people who work in my office went on vacation, 'Cause they say I haven't been paying them very much anymore." It's in the bridge, after the pony bit.

Oh totally, if there was another PnF-universe series coming out, and Bill composed for it, I would have 0 complaints.

“Woke up in the morning traveling straight into the sun”

@@Caleb-jq5mj This is my alarm every morning

I don't think it would be that complex. For the most part it sounds pretty functional to me

@@Oberkobold Most of it seems really quite simple to me. But, I know very little about music theory tbh

@@isaacthecorncob OK?

cringy sans fangirl.

A guy fanboying maybe dhhdhd

I also noticed that!

thanks, chord man

I can hear an 11 in there, but good ear, dude. It makes sense, too, because the chord before it and the chord after it are both 4ths away. A->D->G

Sus what

Fitting name

typical western music uses 12 notes total, and most scales have 7 notes, spaced in different ways to create the scale's identity. you can use the notes of the scale as guidance to creating chords. certain chords, called 'triads', take one of the scales notes, another note two scale-notes higher, and a third thats another two scale-notes higher. the triad is named based on the beginning note you used in relation to the scale's starting note, scaling from 1-7, often displayed in Roman numerals (I, II, III, IV, V, VI, and VII). the chord progression at 7:58 cycles through the second, fifth, and first chords ( ii, V, I ) of the E-flat major scale. this type of progression is very common in all kinds of music, more in western and classical. the resolution from a fifth chord to a first chord has a feeling of resonance and wholeness, and a strong sense of tension, into release. its called a 'perfect cadence'.

Seconding this, please consider doing a video in this style on The Road! It is super extra when it comes to the kind of stuff you discussed in this video, lol. Here's the song: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YZ7xgZXta8M.html

hey thanks for checking in, i’m

@@ofexistence267 still a piece of ✨garbage✨🤪

What about the first part he-llo, I’m ✨ *a piece of garbage* ✨

This is something I've noticed about theory channels: The human ear has an incredible capacity to understand what they hear in spite of your knowledge. Kinda like how it is easier to run than to play QWOP, it is easier for your ear to understand the music than it is for your brain to understand it.

Peter Fitzsimmons If by “understand” you mean “enjoy”, then yeah your ear can understand faster than your brain can. But if you by “understand” you mean “able to identify and comprehend the intricacies”, then you need your brain for that.

@@SoniCraft98 nah i understand it even through ive never learned about music

I also don't know shit, but having listened to music since forever and him making analogies like "home base" and such make it easy to follow along with his enthusiasm.

Yea uh I have no clue wtf he's talking about but I love Bill Wurtz. He's saying it's a G buts it's a 4? Then he says the next is a Emj or something but also a 6? I'm lost but I don't care

hey look it's chops let me thing of an interesting thing to say... um... "yeah I agree with you, total youtube stranger"

🎶is loving bill wurtz legal yet🎶

you are my hero what the heck how didnt i notice this

Wow why i never thought of this

You should try!! the more music in the world the better :))

That's the thing, he makes them not sudden

And seeing him get so excited is amazing

What? Did he quit?

@@reubenshiflet1952 Nah, he just hasn't uploaded in a while. A long, long while

@@franciscobaltazarlabranago6248 he said in an h3h3 interview that he's planning on planning a concert tour

is it bad I know what this references?

It’s already too jazzy

@@frozennbutter6425 it'd be nice to see a Cornell version tho! Jazz varies it's really a reflection of the composer

You should check out Josh Turner's cover of that one, he's the only one I've seen nail Bill's chords in a cover

No... V/V means the A should be dominant 7th chord instead of major 7th chord...

basically the whole video

We have the major ones but what about the minor ones?

Dartrevas or the diminished add4 flat 11

So everything?