New Horizons in Music: Polyrhythms | Loop

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patmorgan23 · 2023-09 · Strong recommendation

Yeah, it even goes down to the physics of harmonics. There's this absolutely wild video by Adam nealy about how polyrhythms are actually cords. (It's very approachable if you know just a smidgeon of music theory). Highly recommend Adam's channel if you're interested in music/music theory. [VIDEO]

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graup · 2019-10 · Recommendation

There's a great talk by Adam Neely going into some interesting relations between sound and color: [VIDEO] (timestamp where he starts talking about color, but the whole talk is interesting.)

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exabrial · 2018-09 · Recommendation

We're able to recognize simple ratios instantly. The fact is without number the actual digits, we know they instantly simplify into a handful of fractions. That is mind blowing. What's even more mind blowing is Adam Neely's explanation of pitch ratios and how they're related to tempo. The short incorrect explanation is if you layer beats 4:4, 5:4, 6:4 ratios (which is the ratio of pitches against the root in a major chord), then speed it up to a ridiculous frequency, our ears hear a major chord. It would seem that Tempo and Pitch are very much intertwined and our brains decipher that very quickly without evening consciously dividing the frequencies. Major chord demo: [VIDEO]

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