One Continuous Musical Story | The Way Up – Pat Metheny Group

The Way Up isn’t a collection of songs — it’s a single, continuous musical journey.
Pat Metheny Group builds this piece around flow rather than moments, allowing themes, textures, and time itself to evolve naturally. Meters shift without drawing attention to themselves, harmonies create atmosphere instead of resolution, and the ensemble moves as one organism rather than a soloist with accompaniment.
In this video, we react to and analyze how form, orchestration, rhythm, and long-range structure shape the emotional experience of The Way Up. This is music that rewards patience, deep listening, and trust — and it changes how you experience time while you’re inside it.
This isn’t music that rushes you. It carries you.

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00:00 Intro
1:!5 Reaction
16:39 Thoughts and analysis
26:24 Outro

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