Jacob Collier Explains Music in 5 Levels of Difficulty ft. Herbie Hancock | WIRED
Why Hacker News recommends it
Recommended as a gentle explanation of harmony for beginners and cited as the model of the 'explain at five levels' format.
What it is
WIRED's 5 Levels format with Jacob Collier explaining harmony to a child, a teen, a college student, a professional and Herbie Hancock.
Recommended by 2 HN commenters across 2 different months, 2018 to 2023.
What Hacker News said
Recommends mushishi · 2018-01 · on “The brains of jazz and classical pianists work differently”
I liked this explanation of harmony using different levels of musical comprehension (by Jacob Collier, featuring Herbie Hancock) [this video]
Recommends petercooper · 2023-03 · on “Coltrane: A music theory library with a command-line interface”
Yes, Rick Beato. He covers all sorts of stuff to different extents. Like music theory in ten minutes: [LINK] .. but he has hundreds of videos on keys, modes, analyzing popular music, the works. If you really know nothing you might enjoy this attempt at explaining harmony at five different levels from a child to Herbie Hancock: [this video]
Cites redroot · 2020-06 · on “Linear Regression”
Great read! I really enjoy that the article explains the problem in three different mediums, and you walk away with some understanding even if you can only access the first part. Reminds me of the Wired videos where a concept would be explained at 5 different levels [this video]
Cites petercooper · 2021-07 · on “Some stuff I found interesting about number theory research”
You know those videos where an expert explains something complicated at five different levels from school kid up to fellow genius? (Example: [this video] ) I feel like many areas of math would benefit from that, because I barely have a clue what exists, let alone why and where there are advancements in the field.