12tone is a YouTuber who makes videos about music theory.
Personal life[]
12tone is agender,[1] and uses they/them pronouns.[2] They were diagnosed with autism as a child, and informed of this at fifteen.[3]
12tone enjoys rock climbing.[4]
Education and academia[]
In college, 12tone was a vocalist.[5] They have a Bachelor's degree in vocal performance.[6]
In 2020, they contributed to the Oxford Handbook on Public Music Theory, which includes a chapter on Music Theory YouTube.[7]
YouTube[]
In the early year of 12tone's channel, most of their videos were about things they already knew about.[8] For a time, they were their music theory class's unofficial tutor, and found they "really enjoyed teaching it,… [and] wanted an outlet for that."[9]
In August 2021, 12tone switched from a weekly[10] to an every-other-week upload schedule,[11] as they worried about running out of topics.[12]
12tone is influenced by minutephysics and Vihart.[13] The elephant in 12tone's videos comes from "Elephants Grow Big, Dangly Faces", a mnemonic for the lines of the treble clef.[14]
The channel's logo, of a treble and bass clef, was created by its original animator, Emmanuel.[16]
Podcast[]
They co-host the podcast Ghost Notes with Polyphonic.[17]
References[]
- ↑ It took me a really long time to realize not everyone feels this way about their own genders, so from one agender to another, I'm glad you figured out the thing that feels right for you.. 12tone – Twitter (January 18, 2022).
- ↑ 12tone. Twitter.
- ↑ The Neuroscience of Autism ft. 12tone. Neuro Transmissions – YouTube (December 1, 2017).
- ↑ Probably rock climbing. I've been getting back into it over the last few months since getting vaccinated, and it's been hard but very rewarding.. 12tone – Twitter (November 11, 2021).
- ↑ Oh whoops, I didn't even do that on purpose. I was a vocalist in college, I have literally dropped more physical microphones than I can count.. 12tone – Twitter (June 13, 2022).
- ↑ I have a bachelors in vocal performance. Now I draw cartoon elephants and pretend to know how songs work.. 12tone – Twitter (June 29, 2022).
- ↑ In happier news, as of today I am officially a published academic author! About a year and a half ago I was invited to contribute to the Oxford Handbook on Public Music Theory, and as of today our chapter on Music Theory YouTube is officially live!. 12tone – Twitter (January 14, 2022).
- ↑ For the first couple years, most of the videos I made were about things I already knew, so I had plenty of time to do extra reading in the background to prepare for the occasional topic I didn't understand.. 12tone – Twitter (August 22, 2021).
- ↑ The latter, mostly. I was my theory class's unofficial tutor for a long time and I found I really enjoyed teaching it, so I wanted an outlet for that but didn't feel like dealing with grad school.. 12tone – Twitter (November 13, 2020).
- ↑ This has been a long time coming. When we launched, I committed to a weekly publishing schedule, and for a long time I tried to stick to that for as long as possible.. 12tone – Twitter (August 22, 2021).
- ↑ Hey, folks! I just wanted to update you all on something: Starting this month, 12tone is switching to an every-other-week publishing schedule. This means slightly fewer videos, but hopefully it also means that the videos I *do* make will be better and more interesting.. 12tone – Twitter (August 22, 2021).
- ↑ But what I can run out of, and what I feel I'm dangerously close *to* running out of is video topics that I can wrap my head around quickly. That's the dwindling resource.. 12tone – Twitter (August 22, 2021).
- ↑ I saw MinutePhysics and ViHart and thought "Hey, I could do a worse version of that!". 12tone – Twitter (February 14, 2021).
- ↑ It's from a mnemonic we invented for the lines of the treble clef: Elephants Grow Big, Dangly Faces.. 12tone – Twitter (November 11, 2021).
- ↑ Very excited to have discovered a new, useful hotkey in Premiere. Prepare yourselves for slightly more fine-tuned audio cuts, 'cause they're easier to do now.. 12tone – Twitter (September 24, 2021).
- ↑ Where Does Music Appreciation Come From? Q&A #2. 12tone – YouTube (September 29, 2017).
- ↑ Ghost Notes. Twitter.