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One Minute Economics
Adam Smith's* Invisible Hand Explained in One Minute: Definition, Theory & Controversies
There's quite a bit of controversy surrounding Adam Smith's invisible hand. In fact, it's even highly debated just what kind of a role Adam Smith had when it comes to the invisible hand concept, since the term "invisible hand" has only...
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Absolute vs. Comparative Advantage in One Minute: Definitions, Explanation, Examples and Comparison
Let's take a minute (heh) to talk about Adam Smith's absolute advantage as well as David Ricardo's comparative advantage. Both the absolute and comparative advantage represent concepts one could consider pro-market or in favor of free...
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Understanding The Safety Dance
Why do I do this to myself? Support 12tone on Patreon to help us keep making cool videos!='https://www.patreon.com/12tonevideos' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>videos! What is it that moves a person to dance? For Ivan Doroschuk, lead...
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How To Write A Hardcore Punk Riff
It's more than just power chords. Support 12tone on Patreon to help us keep making cool videos!='https://www.patreon.com/12tonevideos' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>videos! Punk is an interesting genre for music theorists, because...
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AAVE - African American Vernacular English
This video is all about African American Vernacular English, the dialects of English historically spoken by Black Americans in the United States. Special thanks to Lawrence Pittman who recorded the audio samples for this video. Check out...
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Swedish Slang & Idioms
This video is all about Swedish slang and idioms. Learners of Swedish, check out Swedishpod10 ( ) *Summer sale: up to 35% off. Ends August 21st* For 33 other...
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How Different Are European Portuguese & Brazilian Portuguese?!
In this video I examine the two major varieties of Portuguese and see how they are different. * Learners of Portuguese, check out PortuguesePod101/langfocus.comlanguagessepod' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>PortuguesePod101 For 33...
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Langfocus Cafe #1: Naming Disputes
Start time: @1:25 In this first episode of Langfocus Cafe I talk about some geographic naming disputes around the world. Why do people disagree on the names of places like Kyiv/Kiev or Bombay/Mumbai? These Langfocus Cafe livestreams will...
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Comparing Danish & Norwegian (Bokmål)
In this video I compare two closely related languages: Danish and Norwegian (Bokmål). * Check out NorwegianClass101 ( ) and
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The Danish Language
This video is all about the Danish language! * Learners of Danish, check out DanishClass101 ( ). *EPIC SALE: Get 30% off. Ends September 25th* For 33 other
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The Swedish Language
This video is all about the Swedish language! * Learners of Swedish, check out Swedishpod10 ( ) *Summer sale: up to 35% off. Ends August 21st* For 33 other
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Jamaican Patois (NOT English!)
This video is all about Jamaican Patois, aka Jamaican Creole, the English-based creole language of Jamaica. Special thanks to Irina Bruce and Derrick Ricketts for their feedback and help with the Patois samples in this video! Video...
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Understanding Under The Bridge
It's easy, in retrospect, to underestimate the importance of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, but despite all the jokes about their fixation with California, the truth is their music is actually really good and nuanced, and they were one of...
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What's The Point Of A Prechorus?
It's a musical ramp. Support 12tone on Patreon to help us keep making cool videos!='https://www.patreon.com/12tonevideos' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>videos! The prechorus is a relatively recent invention in Western popular music,...
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Understanding Zombie
Not an easy story, but an important one. Support 12tone on Patreon to help us keep making cool videos!='https://www.patreon.com/12tonevideos' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>videos! Written as a response to the violence of The...
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This Rhythm Is Impossible
Not hard, just impossible. Support 12tone on Patreon to help us keep making cool videos!='https://www.patreon.com/12tonevideos' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>videos! The word "impossible" gets thrown around a lot in music, but...
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Understanding Get Lucky
I'm up all night to analyze music. Support 12tone on Patreon to help us keep making cool videos!='https://www.patreon.com/12tonevideos' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>videos! Get Lucky was a cultural phenomenon, and it revitalized...
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The Book That Changed Jazz Forever
Taking on music theory's biggest idea. Support 12tone on Patreon to help us keep making cool videos!='https://www.patreon.com/12tonevideos' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>videos! In music circles, the Lydian Chromatic Concept by...
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Understanding Free Fallin'
I thought this one would be easy, but... yeah. Support 12tone on Patreon to help us keep making cool videos!='https://www.patreon.com/12tonevideos' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>videos! I've lived in Los Angeles for over a decade...
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What *Is* Butt Rock?
For reasons I'm not sure I could explain if I tried, I've recently found myself thinking a lot about the concept of butt rock, so in order to get it out of my head, I decided to do a deep dive on the history and practice of this...
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Understanding "The Middle"
There's some songs that you never really outgrow, and for me, The Middle is one of those. The relentless optimism of the track feels like a weird match for the dark cynicism of teenagehood in the early 2000s, but the earnest insistence...
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Why Is It So Hard To Talk About Sound?
The tools we have to precisely discuss sound kinda... suck. Ok, maybe that's a bit much, but as a music theorist, it's hard not to notice how underdeveloped our vocabulary is when it comes to what is arguably the single most important...
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Understanding Landslide
Landslide is one of those songs where it's hard to imagine that anyone actually wrote it. It just feels like it's always existed, being molded by artists to tell beautiful stories for generations. And yet it was written, by Stevie Nicks,...