A video I made analysing Boards' favorite melodic fragment

egbdf · Post by **egbdf** » Wed Aug 21, 2013 6:28 pm

For those of you who are musicians you might enjoy this. Even if you aren't, hopefully you'll still hear what I'm pointing out.

eric_schafer · Post by **eric_schafer** » Wed Aug 21, 2013 6:47 pm

Thanks for the breakdown. To me, sus4 chords always have this unresolved, open sound; the sound of possibility.

northernlite · Post by **northernlite** » Wed Aug 21, 2013 6:52 pm

awesome video dude! very interesting analysis.

Stickyfingers72 · Post by **Stickyfingers72** » Wed Aug 21, 2013 7:07 pm

I really enjoyed watching and hearing that. Nice video. Question is... Is it intentional or is it something that they are unaware of that has crept into their music unintentionally and through past influences?

I'm not saying this is the case with BOC but I would guess a lot of artists that compose electronic music are not all classically trained musically and maybe totally oblivious to reoccurring musical parts?

Negamuse · Post by **Negamuse** » Wed Aug 21, 2013 7:51 pm

Another really obvious one in Triangles and Rhombuses. I've spotted this little thing before but at least half of the examples in that video I hadn't realised.

egbdf · Post by **egbdf** » Wed Aug 21, 2013 7:55 pm

MrMessiah wrote:Another really obvious one in Triangles and Rhombuses. I've spotted this little thing before but at least half of the examples in that video I hadn't realised.

Glad others have noticed. And I just remembered it's in Turquoise Hexagon Sun. In the melody that comes in half way through the tune and is also at the very end, played simultaneous with the beginning melody.

Distant Nebulus · Post by **Distant Nebulus** » Wed Aug 21, 2013 8:08 pm

Is that you, Steven Wright?

miklatov · Post by **miklatov** » Wed Aug 21, 2013 8:17 pm

Really interesting analysis! I know very little about music (Perhaps to be more accurate, I'm not good at articulating what I 'sense' in music) so for someone to explain it like this was great. Thanks very much - you got a thumbs up from me!

egbdf · Post by **egbdf** » Wed Aug 21, 2013 8:21 pm

Distant Nebulus wrote:Is that you, Steven Wright?

I get that a lot.

mc10101 · Post by **mc10101** » Wed Aug 21, 2013 8:25 pm

Distant Nebulus wrote:Is that you, Steven Wright?

Lol

he was an only child............eventually!
Great vid tho dude, I'm gonna be spotting that all over the show now

Betacord · Post by **Betacord** » Wed Aug 21, 2013 8:27 pm

Very interesting video; well illustrated!

True how it is well-suited to logos... Any excuse for examples, but... Highlighting Red Moss' use in the root of F has reminded me of a little over a decade ago when a couple of the ITV regions in the UK were using these IDs

Naal · Post by **Naal** » Wed Aug 21, 2013 9:18 pm

Good analysis. This bare 3 note motif is very boc-like for some reason and appears in a lot of their melodies.
I noticed this too a while ago when i realized I have been using this motif subconsciously
and deliberately in my own music as well.
Music is math apparently....

FernieCanto · Post by **FernieCanto** » Wed Aug 21, 2013 10:22 pm

That figure seems to appear in Nothing Is Real, too, and it's apparently the only time it appears on Tomorrow's Harvest. Also, it only appears once in Geogaddi as well, and it's pretty hidden: if you reverse I Saw Drones, it's made ENTIRELY of that three note figure.

I think that figure evokes the feeling of "safety" and "cosiness" that many corporate jingles and idents try to create. To me, it can very well be an intentional move by the brothers, at least in most instances. By using such "hooks" in their music, they're giving it a specific significance. I don't think they would do all that "unconsciously", or because of some compositional "twitch".

The Telepathic Kid · Post by **The Telepathic Kid** » Wed Aug 21, 2013 11:49 pm

I read the dictionary the other day, turns out the zebra did it.

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Sun Drugs · Post by **Sun Drugs** » Thu Aug 22, 2013 7:13 am

great stuff. do more!

Radiobuzz · Post by **Radiobuzz** » Thu Aug 22, 2013 8:02 pm

FernieCanto wrote:That figure seems to appear in Nothing Is Real, too, and it's apparently the only time it appears on Tomorrow's Harvest. Also, it only appears once in Geogaddi as well, and it's pretty hidden: if you reverse I Saw Drones, it's made ENTIRELY of that three note figure.

I think that figure evokes the feeling of "safety" and "cosiness" that many corporate jingles and idents try to create. To me, it can very well be an intentional move by the brothers, at least in most instances. By using such "hooks" in their music, they're giving it a specific significance. I don't think they would do all that "unconsciously", or because of some compositional "twitch".

I agree. Nothing is Real is the only track on TH that is able to transmit some sort of calm, similar to Turquoise Hexagon Sun. I think they definitely use it with a specific meaning.

Scories · Post by **Scories** » Fri Aug 23, 2013 1:42 pm

Thanks a lot for the wildlife analysis.

I will watch it a few more times. Btw, do you think that some of the chromatic scales are a result of a keyboard's sequencer key transpose (just like the one on the sh-101 f.e.)?

nick47 · Post by **nick47** » Sat Aug 24, 2013 12:27 pm

Your voice dude..... amazing

And I LOVE the "Uhhhh..." at 1:18. Made me laugh so hard for some reason