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In The Bleak Midwinter - Jacob Collier
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Jacob Collier layers ten vocal parts to arrange and perform Harold Darke's carol "In the Bleak Midwinter", with inventive harmony and tuning.
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Recommended as a showcase of Collier's harmonic and microtonal skill.
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"In the bleak midwinter" is an amazing recording: [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]
Read original comment ↗Another grand master of microtonality is Jacob Collier: [LINK] [LINK] Probably the best example, especially the middle: [VIDEO]
Read original comment ↗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] , [VIDEO] [1] [LINK] [2] [LINK] [3] [LINK] [4] [LINK] [5] [LINK]
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