12tone

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Something something music theory. they/them

The line Isaac posted, with the left-hand notes marked "play this one with your left hand", "this one too", "also this one", and "you guessed it!"
The "They hated Jesus because he told them the truth" meme but with the name Robert instead and he's saying "I'd kick the racoon".
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Copyright claim form showing a claim for "How To Disappear Completely". It clearly shows the text "Counter notification awaiting review".
Notice from youtube: Hi 12tone, We received a copyright removal request for your video. Based on applicable copyright law, we removed your video from YouTube: Video title: How Radiohead Writes A Song Video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHA-VnHLQOI Content used: HOW TO DISAPPEAR COMPLETELY Removal request issued by: Warner Chappell Contact info: travis.halachis@warnerchappell.com This means that your video can no longer be viewed on YouTube. You received a copyright strike You now have 1 copyright strike. If you get multiple copyright strikes, we’ll have to terminate your channel. To prevent that from happening, please don’t upload videos containing copyrighted content that you aren’t allowed to use.
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Email from youtube: Hi 12tone, Copyrighted content has been detected in your video "The Worst Genre Of Music". The visibility of your video is not impacted, but you can no longer monetize it. The copyright owner is now either monetizing it, or receiving analytics about it. This is not a copyright strike and does not affect your channel. Content used BULLS ON PARADE Updated April 21, 2026 Content owners: LatinAutor, Forward Music Publishing Co., Ltd., UNIAO BRASILEIRA DE EDITORAS DE MUSICA - UBEM, LatinAutor - PeerMusic, Wixen Music Publishing Inc., AMRA, Kobalt Music Publishing, LatinAutorPerf Content type: Melody or lyrics Impact on video: Not monetizing
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"[band name redacted] Collab Content x 12tone"
Excerpt from the Prologus Antiphonarii Sui, published circa 1025, which begins "In our times, of all men, singers are the most foolish."
A screenshot of the "your ai slop bores me" interface, with the question "where is E on the treble clef?" and a hand-drawn response that correctly identifies both answers.
Tweet from InternetHippo: "New right wing thing is describing crimes as generically as possible to pretend like they're not crimes. Someone gets convicted of conspiracy and they start yelling "Wow so it's illegal to make plans with friends now"
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Subject: Music Theory Course Text: Howdy Cory, Ad costs for music creators are only going up in 2026… But… We've been running 5 and 6-figure auctions and pulling out 100 ready-to-buy-now leads in under 24 hours…with no ad spend. My partner bumbled his way thru a short Loom on how we're doing it… want to see? -Evan DeVries PS You can't buy anything. But because you're already running ads and crushing it on YouTube, I think you'd clean up running an auction for your Music Theory Course. It's a blast watching everyone placing bigger and bigger bids in the comments. It goes CRAAAAZZZY. I know your offer is hot!
Youtube thumbnail for a video called "STUCK ON YOU | LIONEL RICHIE | COVER AI". The thumbnail says "Stuck On You, Lionel Richie" and features a conventionally attractive (although likely AI-generated) white woman holding a microphone.
During the drafting of this paper, GPT-5 and Claude Sonnet 4.5 were used to help edit and shorten a longer draft written by the authors. The authors then further edited and refined the text by hand. Such use and this acknowledgement adhere to proposed ethical guidelines for generative AI use and acknowledgement in academic research.
At that point, the Society will have no choice but to discontinue JAMS, and that after several more years of ever-higher deficits sustained in service of an ever-diminishing audience.
A 5-against-3 polyrhythm notated in 7/8 at 70 BPM using 16th-note triplets and quintuplets.
Two-panel comic. First panel has a guy with his arms crossed looking very uncomfortable. Second panel has him throwing up his arms and angrily declaring "I GUESS".
Gavin Newsom and his then-wife Kimberly Guilfoyle posing while lying on a very fancy rug in a very fancy room with a balcony overlooking a large body of water that I believe is the San Francisco Bay. It's all cloyingly elegant and weirdly sexual.
Opening screen for Final Fantasy X, with a view of the Zanarkand ruins in the background. The foreground is a collection of weapons sticking out of the ground, including Tidus's Brotherhood sword, Yuna's staff, and Wakka's blitzball.
Chick Tract image with a silhouetted figure facing a crowd. Captions read "Most people rejected His message. They hated Jesus because He told them the truth." A member of the crowd is shouting "Shut up!"
Hi 12tone, After reviewing your appeal, Tangible Medium Recordings has confirmed that your video contains copyrighted material that hasn't been approved for use in your video. Video title: Why Don't Songs Have Sequels? Copyrighted content: The Unforgiven II Claimed by: Tangible Medium Recordings Tangible Medium Recordings wants to give you an opportunity to cancel your appeal within the next 7 days. Canceling your appeal will return your video to the state it was in before you began this dispute. View options If no action is taken, your video will be taken down from YouTube on Jun 20, 2025, and a copyright strike will be applied to your account. If you still believe you have the rights to use this material, you can file a counter-notification after that date.
"and were delighted when Cory Arnold, the creator of the popular YouTube series, 12tone, agreed to join the group."
Joaquin Phoenix from Joker with the subtitle "I'm going to become Dan Ketter".
Hi 12tone, After reviewing your appeal, Tangible Medium Publishing has confirmed that your video contains copyrighted material that hasn't been approved for use in your video. Video title: Understanding Enter Sandman Copyrighted content: ENTER SANDMAN Claimed by: Tangible Medium Publishing Tangible Medium Publishing wants to give you an opportunity to cancel your appeal within the next 7 days. Canceling your appeal will return your video to the state it was in before you began this dispute. View options If no action is taken, your video will be taken down from YouTube on Apr 14, 2025, and a copyright strike will be applied to your account. If you still believe you have the rights to use this material, you can file a counter-notification after that date. Why this can happen The copyright owner disagrees with your dispute, but is giving you a chance to keep your video on YouTube. The reason you gave for disputing the claim may have been insufficient or invalid. Thanks, The YouTube team
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Hi 12tone, After reviewing your dispute, Global Music Rights LLC has decided that their copyright claim is still valid. Video title: Understanding Enter Sandman Copyrighted content: The melody found in Enter Sandman Claimed by: Global Music Rights LLC View options Why this can happen The copyright owner might disagree with your dispute. The reason you gave for disputing the claim may have been insufficient or invalid. Thanks, The YouTube team
Report-post screen. Under "Why should this post be reviewed", the response "Misleading Post: Impersonation, misinformation, or false claims" is highlighted.
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"I don't mean to call you no ho I just heard about the things that you do, my love And you're just like me, if it's true, my love, ayy"
YouTube thumbnail featuring the Rolling Stones logo, a pair of lips sticking out its tongue. Highlighted text reads "Satan And The Rolling Stones".
YouTube thumbnail featuring a recreation of Angus Young's face from the Highway To Hell cover, sneering at the camera with devil horns coming out of his hat. Highlighted text reads "AC/DC's Blaze of Glory".
A bowl of Dippin Dots, the freeze-dried ice cream ball things you get at sports games.
YouTube thumbnail featuring an extremely bored-looking elephant. Highlighted text reads "Why Is Wonderwall?"
A bottle of the pepper blend Smoke Show from Flatiron Pepper Co, featuring chipotle, smoked ghost pepper, and carolina reaper.
YouTube thumbnail featuring a cartoon bell adorned with leafs. Highlighted text reads "It's Not About Christmas".
I understand that 12tone's politics are different than my own and I'm mostly happy with that. His creativity and work are important. Recent political expressions in his work seems anti-humanity, so I've decided that I can't support him any longer.
She said the digital format also enables the textbook to be updated during the quarter if needed — for example, if students request more context about a specific topic, new text, video or images could be uploaded in time for the following class session.
The e-book can also be printed, if needed, and it can be used with audio readers, making content readily accessible for students with disabilities.
“Normally, I would spend lectures contextualizing the material and using visuals to demonstrate the content. But now all of that is in the textbook we generated, and I can actually work with students to read the primary sources and walk them through what it means to analyze and think critically.”
YouTube thumbnail featuring a recreation of the cover of American Idiot, with a hand holding a grenade shaped like a heart. Highlighted text reads "Fight The President".
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This was a nonstop train delivering fear and panic on a schedule so routine that Mussolini could have taken notes, and as a result the people who voted for “getting tired of winning” were so perpetually afraid and panicked that it cooked their brains. In a really messed up way, I could kind of understand if this had all been for some kind of national Faustian bargain where it was my happiness traded for theirs, but the fact is that they were miserable the whole time. No one actually got any more happiness out of the deal.
YouTube thumbnail featuring a cartoon drawing of a cat's face. Highlighted text reads "Every Father's Nightmare".
YouTube thumbnail featuring a cartoon scroll with indecipherable writing on it. Highlighted text reads "Write Words Better".
YouTube thumbnail featuring a realistic hand-drawn snake with its mouth open and fangs bared. Highlighted text reads "Love, Lies, & Depeche Mode".
YouTube thumbnail featuring Radiohead's logo, an stylized cartoon bear with large eyes. Highlighted text reads "Becoming Radiohead".
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Relation Definition: Let X and Y be two pcsets. We say X and Y are Pm,n-related (written X Pm,n Y) if there exists a set {xk }m+n-' and a bijec- tion t: X -4 Y such that X\Y (the set of pcs in X that are not in Y) = {xk) o ~-1, T(x) = X if X XX n Y, and =(xk+ l1(modl2) if 0O k < m - 1 (xk) xk -+ 2(mod12) if m ? k < m + n - 1.
Voice-leading distance is also superior to Tonnetz distance because it provides more intuitively satisfactory results, in those cases where their results disagree. Tymoczko (2009c, 2010) notes that modally matched fifths such as C major → F major are closer on the Tonnetz than are nebenverwandt relations, such as C major → f minor, even though the latter progression involves less voice-leading work.
A twitter thread from December, 2022. First tweet, by Dr. Leigh VanHandel: "Anyone interested in proposing an entire session focusing on Stacy's Mom for SMT next year?" Second tweet, by 12tone: "SMT stands for Stacy's Mom Theories now. Sorry, I don't make the rules." Third tweet, by Alyssa Barna: "Plenary on Stacy’s Mom"
Tweet by @o_cel1kay reading "Music theory nerds are really math geeks in disguise trying to be cool."
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