Jacob Collier Explains Music in 5 Levels of Difficulty ft. Herbie Hancock | WIRED

23-year-old musician, composer and multi-instrumentalist Jacob Collier explains the concept of harmony to 5 different people; a child, a teen, a college student, a professional, and jazz legend Herbie Hancock.


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[WaseemYusuf]

The 5 stages of human life: child, teen, college student, professional, Herbie Hancock

[purpleknight]

*Musician Explains One Concept in 4 Levels of Difficulty and Then Hangs Out with Herbie Hancock*

[gustavobuquera]

It's amazing that all the talks were about technique and theory, then he met someone who understands as much as he does and the talk became feeling and philosophy. It's like learning grammar and then using it to make poems.

[mrcult]

Level 1 = Easy and fun
Level 2 = Simple understanding
Level 3 = Learning Experience
Level 4 = Adding Depth
Level 5 = Yeah.... yeahhh

[mi-]

"yeah 🎹 you know🎹🎹. “
" Right, we got🎹🎹🎹."
"Yeah🎹"
"Mhm🎹🎹🎹 right🎹🎹!"
"oh yeah🎹"
"🎹🎹right🎹"

[Dina]

This should be called “Musician explains harmony 5 times and each time I understand less and less”

[bellaxo]

CAME BACK TO THIS AFTER TAKING MUSICIANSHIP III AT MY COLLEGE AND UNDERSTOOD EVERYTHING I LOVE MY LIFE

[Malapropify]

Seriously - sometimes when I watch him, I have a feeling that he already lived 1 life as a musician and now in this run he's speedrunning it.

[_knighted]

everybody gangsta until the musicians start talking in 🎹

[sprb]

Imagine Herbie Hancock shows up and Jacob says “so... have you heard of harmony?”

[arsenkay]

To my music illiterate ears 6:52 and beyond sounded like a rally car navigator giving directions to the driver on a curvy road at 180 Mph

[Robisquick]

How someone who isn’t musically inclined can know Jacob Collier is a musical savant: See how utterly mindblown the professional musician whose been playing longer than Jacob reacts to what Jacob is showing him.

[spakerman]

"this time, let's visit the B flat and see how it feels." It's so nice that he checks in on the notes to make sure they are okay.

[zack]

The college student legit passed the vibe check

[greysonvoutsas]

I love Alpin Hong's expressions as he's listening to Jacob.

[sergio_jose]

When i first watched this video, i was vibing with the whole thing up until herbie and jacob started playing. I thought to myself, "That's not what amazing grace sounds like at all! It's too far out!"

Now a few years later, i realize it wasn't two musicians improvising over a piece; it was two scientists conducting an experiment with fruitful results.

[seyeruoynepotsuj]

There's a point where the English language ran out and they just started talking in music.

[A_Hironaka]

*Looks a professional pianist straight in the eyes*
6:45 "So, this is the note, F."

[youngfrijoles]

I like how Herbie says “so we say…” but then plays a note. Very cute and interesting how they each interject or finish each other’s sentences with chords instead of words

[toadonwheels]

That last note brought a tear to my eye that only the most powerful of songs normally do... and they weren't even playing a song, they were just having a conversation that tasted like amazing grace.