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[narrator] And that special relationship

The first two notesare an octave. Intervals like this oneare crucial. Every culture...

Explained • S01E20 • 2018

[narrator] And that special relationship might explain why the opening of this song is so memorable. ♪ Somewhere over the rainbow... ♪ [narrator] The first two notes
are an octave. [Judy Garland] ♪ Somewhere... ♪ ♪ Somewhere... ♪ [narrator] Intervals like this one
are crucial. Every culture divides
the space between octaves into scales. Most of us remember melody
by the relative pitch, the space in between notes, like this melody starting on C. [Anderson .Paak] ♪ My new fire ♪ ♪ You ought to come to light me... ♪ [narrator] Starting on an F,
it still sounds like the same melody. [higher] ♪ My new fire ♪ ♪ You ought to come to light me... ♪ [narrator] It's just not like this
for birds. [Patel] You can train them to recognize
melody A from melody B. No problem

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[narrator] And that special relationship

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might explain why the opening of this song

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is so memorable.

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♪ Somewhere over the rainbow... ♪

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[narrator] The first two notes are an octave.

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[Judy Garland] ♪ Somewhere... ♪

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♪ Somewhere... ♪

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[narrator] Intervals like this one are crucial.

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Every culture divides the space between octaves into scales.

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Most of us remember melody by the relative pitch,

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the space in between notes,

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like this melody starting on C.

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[Anderson .Paak] ♪ My new fire ♪

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♪ You ought to come to light me... ♪

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[narrator] Starting on an F, it still sounds like the same melody.

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[higher] ♪ My new fire ♪

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♪ You ought to come to light me... ♪

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[narrator] It's just not like this for birds.

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[Patel] You can train them to recognize melody A from melody B. No problem.

Duration

49 seconds

Views

125

Timestamp in Movie

00:06:54

Uploaded

Jun 27, 2025

Season

1

Episode

20

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Production

Amicus Productions

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A documentary series that looks to explore the big questions of today.