About this episode
Kirk breaks down the two most fundamental aspects of music: rhythm and harmony. There's the Y-axis, harmony, which tells us which frequencies we're hearing in which combinations. And there's the X-axis, rhythm, which tells us how those frequencies are playing out over time. Much like most music, it's a mix of math and magic that takes many moons to master. REFERENCED/DISCUSSED: "I Will Always Love You" by Dolly Parton, performed by Whitney Houston "Stairway to Heaven" by Led Zeppelin from Led Zeppelin IV , 1971 The Pentatonix cover of "Havana" from Top Pop, Vol. 1 "Stayin' Alive" by the Bee Gees from the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack, 1977 "Countdown" by John Coltrane from Giant Steps , 1960 "The Waltz of the Flowers" by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky from The Nutcracker , 1892 "You Really Got Me" by The Kinks from The Kinks , 1964 "Use It" by the New Pornographers from Twin Cinema , 2005 "Take Five" by Paul Desmond and "Blue Rondo a la Turk" by Dave Brubeck from Time Out , 1959 "Cory Wong teaches audience to count 25/8" posted by Arlington Hayne to YouTube "Weni" by Timnit Welday via YouTube "Janie Runaway" by Steely Day from Two Against Nature , 2000 -------------------- January 2020 Whole-Note Patrons AccessViolation - Andrew Walters - Caleb Rotach - Chad Barnard - Dan Apczynski - Dave Florey - Glenn Jared Norris - Mark Schechter - Merlin Mann - Ryan Torvik January 2020 Half-Note Patrons Adam Georgandis - Alex Singer - Alexander Polson - Amanda Furlotti - Andre Bremer - Andrew Baker - Andrew Lee - Arjun Sharma - Bill Thornton - Brett Douville - Brian Amoebas - Brooke Wilford - Chas Lednicky - Chris Brown - Cyrus N. White - David Stroud - Earl Lozada - Eero Wahlstedt - Elliot Jay O’Neill - Emily Williams - Fishbones - Forrest Chang - Gavin Doig - Jacob Dye - Jaehoon Jeong - James Johnson - Jasmine Fellows - Jeffrey Olson - Jennifer Bush - Jeremy Dawson - John and Sharon Stenglein - Jon O’Keefe - Joujou - Juan Carlos Montemayor Elosua - Jules Bailey - Justin Liew - Justin McElroy - Kate Albury - Kevin Morrell - Kevin Pennyfeather - Mark Steen - Matt Gaskell - Max Schechter - Melanie Stivers - Michael Blackwell - Miriam Juskowicz - Mueller - Nate from Kalamazoo - Nicholas Schechter - Richard Toller - Robbie Ferrero - Samuel Gardner - Shane DeLeon - Shaun Wiese - SP - Tanner Morton - Tom Clewer - Tom Lauer ----LINKS----- 💰 SUPPORT STRONG SONGS! Patreon | One-Time Donation 🏠 HOMEPAGE 👚 MERCH 💬 DISCORD SERVER 📬 KIRK'S NEWSLETTER 🎸 KIRK'S GEAR & INSTRUMENTS 🎶 KIRK'S MUSIC 📷 KIRK’S SOCIAL MEDIA: Instagram | Bluesky 🎧 EVERY STRONG SONG: Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube Music 🎨 SHOW ART: Tom Deja, Bossman Graphics