Master Class with Jacob Collier [FULL VIDEO] at Berklee College of Music Learning Center
Master Class with Jacob Collier Berklee College of Music Learning Center TIME STAMPS 00:00 - Introduction to the Masterclass 02:00 - Arranging songs and Jacob's workflow (Fascinating Rhythm as an example) 07:40 - What's the lowest note Jacob can sing? 08:38 - Fascinating Rhythm segment from the bass up to the melody 10:17 - "Equal Temperament is a scam" and "properly tuning chords" 14:16 - Fourths and Fifths in voicings 16:07 - "Super Lydian" and "Super-Ultra-Hyper-Mega-Meta-Lydian" 17:17 - Tonality, key centers, cadences and resolutions 27:13 - Last couple of chords from Fascinating Rhythm 30:00 - Working triads over bass notes (major triads) 33:10 - Figuring out harmony using piano 34:36 - More about Lydian and the harmonic series 37:25 - Personality of the notes of the scale 40:29 - Chord tensions and voice timbre 42:33 - Semitones at the top of voicings 45:48 - Changing voice texture depending on chord tensions 46:55 - Panning voices 47:37 - Fascinating Rhythm easter egg 52:19 - Last chords of Fascinating Rhythm (again) 52:55 - How often does Jacob "properly" tune chords? 54:27 - Microtones ("Don't you worry 'bout a thing" example) 57:56 - Dorian cluster and working triads over bass notes (minor triads) 1:02:10 - "Fascinating Rhythm" groove 1:04:12 - Grooves in general 1:04:22 - "Fascinating Rhythm" bridge groove and unquantized grooves 1:07:45 - One of Jacob's groove experiments (+1,5 semitones solo modulation) 1:10:35 - Back to "Fascinating Rhythm" bridge groove 1:14:24 - Unquantized grooves (again) 1:16:49 - Microtones (again) 1:17:10 - Back to unquantized grooves 1:17:36 - "Close to you" groove 1:21:05 - Speech and grooves 1:24:32 - Other influences other than African and Western music

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