Rick Beato: the videos Hacker News recommends
Not the channel's most viewed videos: the ones HN commenters kept linking with real commentary. The top pick, "Why Adults Can't Develop Perfect Pitch", hN points to it as the standard explanation of why perfect pitch is a childhood window, in threads about absolute pitch training.
- 4 HN recommenders 3 months 2017–2025explainerHN points to it as the standard explanation of why perfect pitch is a childhood window, in threads about absolute pitch training.
- 3 HN recommenders 2 months 2020–2022explainerHN points to it as an explanation of how Max Martin builds hit songs.
- 2 HN recommenders 2 months 2019–2025commentaryPointed to in threads on training absolute pitch in children as a practitioner's account.
- cited 3× 0 months 2022–2023explainerCited in discussions of chord complexity and key changes in pop music.
- cited 5× 0 months 2016–2026demoUsed as the canonical example of striking absolute pitch in children in discussions on how perfect pitch is acquired.
Questions
Which Rick Beato video does Hacker News recommend most?
Why Adults Can't Develop Perfect Pitch: recommended in 3 different months by 4 HN users between 2017 and 2025.
Is this every Rick Beato video?
No. Only videos that at least three different HN users linked, in at least three different months, with at least a sentence of their own commentary. That filter is what makes the list useful.
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