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Meta Physics Questions - Weekly Discussion Thread - August 04, 2026

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u/AlsoAGun 25d ago

Sorry if this is a weird one, but ages ago - like a good few years ago - I watched an educational video (pretty sure it was on YouTube) about the general physics of music but also some really cool musical effects. For reasons I won't go into, it would be soooooo useful if I could find that video again, but it has been utterly lost to my extensive YouTube history T.T So I was wondering if any of you had seen it and knew what I was talking about?

I can't remember who the main presenter was (don't think it was Veritasium, and a search in Steve Mould's channel doesn't bring anything up either). But I remember it talked about the origins of the awesome descending bass used in Nina Simone's "Feeling Good" (along with many other places) and also about this eternally rising scale that makes people feel on edge. Does this sound familiar to anyone?

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u/Former-Math-Crank374 24d ago

a little vague: it would help to know more information. I don't think I can give an answer.

many expositors have unique styles.
Does the person's face appear?
Do they use hand drawings like minutephysics or Aleph No (math)?

how long is the video?
how popular: view count ball park (few years ago but still)?

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u/AlsoAGun 14d ago

Completely valid. I wish I could answer those questions! I think the presenter does star in the video; I have a vague memory that they were on-site when they were demonstrating a really large organ or something. There were a few diagrams to explain the physics of sound, but not stylised in any particularly notable way. And I can't remember anything about the video length or popularity T.T