2M views · Dec 14, 2016 · 6:11 · 2 HN recommenders · 3 mentions · discussed 2019–2022
Jacob Collier layers ten vocal parts to arrange and perform Harold Darke's carol "In the Bleak Midwinter", with inventive harmony and tuning.
Why Hacker News points people here: Recommended as a showcase of Collier's harmonic and microtonal skill.
“Probably the best example, especially the middle”HN comment, 2022
“In the bleak midwinter" is an amazing recording”
Amazing Jacob Collier recording of In the Bleak Midwinter.
"In the bleak midwinter" is an amazing recording: this video But the people who say it doesn't strike a chord with them do have a point. Here's Myrone doing something similar, with 1/10th the complexity but 10x the feeling: link
“Probably the best example, especially the middle”
Collier microtonality at its best.
Another grand master of microtonality is Jacob Collier: link link Probably the best example, especially the middle: this video
Voice example of flexible tuning.
Except for voice [0], any fretless stringed instrument [1], any fretted string instrument with separate frets for sharps and flats [2], keyboard instruments that allow expression [3], keyboard instruments with split flat/sharp keys [4], and electronic instruments that allow unorthodox tunings without huge hassle [5]... I'm sure I'm missing some, but other than that you're totally right ;) [0] link , this video [1] link [2] link [3] link [4] link [5] link
