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The Great Myth of the Medieval Tritone Ban (Patreon)

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2021-08-02 19:03:28

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Beefy video essay today! This video took even longer to make than normal, because I had to do a lot of research in a field that up until this point I was clueless in - European medieval music! I had a lot of fun making it, hope y'all enjoy it.

Adam

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The Great Myth of the Medieval Tritone Ban

Debunking the Myth! Get CuriosityStream AND Nebula for less than $1.25 per month https://curiositystream.com/adamneely Exploring the Daseian scale, 4-part organum, the ars nova and why this myth is so damn persistent! Sources: https://bit.ly/2WMlcRe 0:00 Intro 1:44 Part 1 - Tritones, Baby 4:54 Part 2 - The Carolingian Super-Ultra-Hyper-Mega-Meta Dorian 9:38 Part 3 - The Old Days 12:24 (lo-fi Pérotin interlude) 16:37 Part 4 - The Fascination of Evil Thoughts 20:31 Part 5 - Diabolus in Musica 26:09 Part 6 - Xerox of a Xerox Solmization and the Guidonian hand in the 16th century https://youtu.be/IRDDT1uSrd0 Yes, I do realize that I’ve already done this video! https://youtu.be/eR5yzCH5CsM JOSH BAILEY ON THE DRUMS IN THAT INTERLUDE! https://www.joshbaileydrums.com/ (⌐■_■) ⦿ Adam Neely T-shirts! ⦿ https://teespring.com/stores/adam-neely-merchandise ⦿ SUPPORT ME ON PATREON ⦿ http://www.patreon.com/adamneely ⦿ FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS ⦿ http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely ⦿ Check out some of my music ⦿ http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam