How to Turn C Major into Anime Harmony
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 มิ.ย. 2024
- Taking a run-of-the-mill diatonic C major melody and bringing it to life with anime harmony!
Thanks to Gavin Leeper for helping me out with the reharmonization!
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Check out Gavin's channel! [Sakamoto, Hisaishi, et. al.] - Common Japanese Chord Progressions th-cam.com/video/yKV58VVGV9k/w-d-xo.html
Why was the last chord in the line cliche a d7? Is there any specific reason?
The lick at the end in the english horn though 😂
That was all Gavin I swear
I just love music meme culture hahaha
Yeah that one’s my fault lol
Reminds me of the first time I heard Rite of Spring 😉.
I was like "did they just...? Oh yes, they did!" when I heard that end xD
so wonderful that Japan's culture never abandoned a more expanded harmonic palette - and love the final C6 with the shimmering strings at the video's end
You can't see it in the lead sheet but I intentionally stacked the upper part of the voicing in 4ths which I think really helps add to that sound
@@RyanLeach oh don't get me started ! - lol - the fourth is my most favorite interval !
The C6 chord sounds like Chrono Trigger
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At this point, the Lick is like the rickroll of jazz. We just got Lickrolled.
I love the term Lickrolled 🤣
i hate this
I will forever use this term now.
What would it be for classocal music
Lickrolled 😂
this is literally JRPG music standart, damn, you guys cracked the code with this one, awesome job
YOU DID NOT JUST HIT US WITH THE LICK AT THE END
This sounds like it could have been pulled straight out of a visual novel soundtrack.
You definitely nailed thew brief!
The final version sounds like it's taken straight out of a Nintendo game :D
Also nice implementation of the Lick.
No shot, it really does!
Like if Pokémon and Legend of Zelda had a baby
I actually had a project in which I had been requested 5 japanese style songs, and I had a big problem trying to make them sound "japanese". I used a bunch of japanese scales and stuck with those, but never really thought about using different chords and borrowing chords from other scales. Sounds incredible
I am by no means a music person, I'm studying engineering ffs. But god damn it, this is amazing. This type of transformation is what makes me awe about art. Turning the seemingly mundane into something to remember. That and I'm a sucker for music in the vein of Joe Hisaishi.
Great Explanation for someone who never learned music theory, but could explain how instruments produce music
This makes me happy, as through composing, I discovered on my own the things done in Japanese music because that was the music I grew up listening to!
Two years ago I was asked to write a piano piece in a JRPG style. I had no idea where to start as I never really consumed much Japanese content. So my intuitive subconscious didn’t drift that way when composing.
REALLY wish I had this video to boil down those concepts! This was a great watch 😌
Wow that final chord is just magical
This sure sounds like anime music! Especially that chromatic fall? (idk how you call it) from Am to F, then the last 4 bars sound a LOT like they would come from a certain videogame series about a blonde guy with pointy ears who goes on an adventure… someone must like those a lot
CESH or line cliché
That Wind Rises thumbnail won me, even though i know very little about music theory 🤣
Waiting for this since months. Thank you!
omg when the winds came in to perform the highest tension part of the song, it had such a cute sound. I really love your stuff, and what you do with textures and colors!
This is great! Simple and clear enough to follow but not afraid to dive into the harder concepts. Music is gorgeous too
The final result was beautiful combining your very gentle melody with some interesting harmonies!
Loving seeing collabs like this on YT! I found Gavin's "Common Japanese Chord Progressions" a long time ago and it was instrumental in me understanding what I was hearing in anime music, as there is a real dearth of info about this in the english speaking music theory community!
Happy we can help you!
Very nice! I especially like the Em9 with the Lydian color.
I also think Japanese harmony is instead of normal jazz, but more modal-music with jazz harmony and modal interchanges, plus, at the same moment they reduce the chord notes. So you will see very often it is just a F7(no3) G7(no3) Asus->A something like that. And you can easily find non-standard chord like nor 3 or sus, but the bass motion explains well what harmony function it is, and meanwhile that have some tensions. And you can explain them in modal harmony function(or modal interchange) than a tonal harmony function.
And I feel instead of Jazz-influence, it is maybe more Piazzolla's tango harmony influenced those Japanese composers. I always hear a lot of Piazzolla's chords progressions in their music instead of Duke Ellington's or John Coltrane's. It is just happened that people can also use jazz theory to explain Piazzolla's harmony. Piazzolla definitely influenced Japanese modern music a lot for some reasons. Just some thoughts to share. I might be wrong.
I love this topic of video. I am so happy someone is making video of the topic in youtube that I really interested. Thank you so much!!
This information is so priceless. Thank you very much Ryan, i'm in love with your channel!
this is honestly fantastic. i, who know nothing about music theory but have always been a long time lover of the japanese sound, am absolutely blown away by the breakdown. great videos
Nice collab and awesome arrangement, it's amazing to see how music theory helps understand and describe musical registers so accurately
That's a huge transformation grom the basic harmonization used at the beginning! Amazing!
This is an amazing video! I always love to see content related to this subject. Great stuff guys, keep it up!!
7:26 I just realized that the LH line here is a small reference to Sakamoto's "Bibo no Aozora"! At least it has a similar contour.
Hi gavin
Man, I love this collaborative effort!!
Definitely felt like I was in a final fantasy game. I hardly know anything about music theory but this video and your other videos on Japanese music theory helped me to understand why I enjoy listening to it so much. Thank you!
having found you right when my composing homework became harder is like a blessing lol, now my music sounds at least somewhat presentable
Very cool and interesting! I think I already use some of these techniques when I play piano. It’s so impressive when anime music drops some ‘off diatonic’ chords in the chord progression. It makes the music much more alive and fascinating.
Thank you for your clear explanation! I just joined your community & I like the way you teach new music theory stuff.
Greetings from Germany 😊
Really awesome video! Very well explained and it made a lot of sense too. It's amazing how much better it sounds with a few chord extensions and using chords from other keys. The arrangement really sounded like something from Studio Ghibli at the end!
Thankyou for this! Really helpful 🤍
I like how you added 'the lick' to the end.
These are very helpful videos. It'd be really neat to see one explaining Hindemith's approach to counterpoint.
Wonderful video, Ryan
I recently came across both of these channels separately so it’s cool to see this crossover so soon!!
Brilliant video I learn so much watching your content thanks!
So nice. Definitely enjoying these videos!
That last piece was beautiful.
This is the first time I’ve ever heard the b7 chord be referred to as the “4 of 4”. I kinda dig it.
Loved this… and the lick comin in hot at the end did it for me 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
THE DECEPTIVE CADENCE I NEEDED THAT THX
This is sooo good!! Thank you
This is insane, I love it. The end result sounds so damn good.
This channel is amazing. This channel has given me alot of inspiration. The tip about not introducing your most colorful chords is awesome. I tend to do that and thats why I can't make a long piece that continues matching the beginning. It's because I don't know enough interesting chords to keep the piece moving. I tend to stay on these chords with minor variations. :D I have a problem with making intros from a motifs. I think that it will really help new writers like me to know how to slowly increase the complexity from a single motif. I have a 5 note motif that I have been experimenting with and I could keep it going because I start off on a bm9 then lead to a A6/9 then into a dmaj11/G finishing with E7(#9) leading to Aadd9. It is very hard to keep the momentum of so many different color tones. I now have the idea to lead into these. Thank you very much. I'm writing something for the April competition and it will be my first complete piece of composition. Tips from anyone welcome.
amazing video bro!
Very cool video Ryan! The final version sounds amazing. It would be very interesting to see how you approached the orchestration of this piece. Greetings from Germany :D
Thanks! Yea it would've probably been a good idea to record myself doing that..
Bruh I literally just watched his channel the other day, this is great!
This is effing brilliant!!
Great content as always! thanks!
The result Is very nice! 😊👏
Very interesting. And well explained. Many thanks.
I have a request, in songs by the cure, don’t change by inxs, heroes by David Bowie, and 1979 by smashing pumpkins, they all have this melancholy kinda sound to them and I can’t crack it
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Awesome video, love the minor key merged with major key
I love these videos. Just found you today. Subscribed right away.
Thank you! Very useful!
Wow, that's beautiful!
Thank you very much!
Awesome video concept, excellent execution 👌
Thanks!
Amazing lesson. Thank you :)
Wow, that was beautiful-
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Wow! Thank you, really interesting 😍
Absolutely helpfull video, amazing!
Very nice phrasing btw. Enjoyable piece.
Well this was cool, heading to Gavin's channel now!
Wonderful! This will help me!
You should show the whole arrangement though so the viewers can have a better comprehension of what’s happening. Love this video though, I’ve always told people you want anime music? It’s essentially just Jazz.
Thanks to the English subtitles, Google Translate is more accurate and I can understand the video content. Thanks for a great channel!
WOW very fan of the orchestration
Love the liccc at the end!
you guys have a gift
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Super smooth
I appreciate the licc at the end
I learn and enjoyed this video so much! Would love to see your take on Anime melodies
THIS IS AMAZING
Love your videos! If you were to make a video on how to effectively use diminished chords with an orchestra, that'd be awesome!
That b6 b7 thing in the last crescendo there, WOW hectic FF7 vibe
damn that was such a nice video and experiment, great content
Very cool. iv- would be another great chord to go to for the sound you're looking for, as would ii-7b5; utilizing the b6 of the key.
This video is so impressive, because it starts with the most _boring_ melody imaginable on the most _boring_ harmonization, but it becomes something really special in the end.
The final version, especially the second half, reminded me a lot of Dragon Quest music.
That felt so awesome thank you so much . Much Zelda
the lick haha, great video!
Great Job... That's what I call colorful
Really nice video!
The lick thoo, so smooth haha
thats really cool
My Boy Gavin! Nice surprise!
Literally sounds like its from studio ghibli thats so cool
Awesome video
Very nice explanation! It has some Clannad vibes... and the Lick. I love it!
Imperfect cadence Andy
superb!
-If the Nationwide jingle was in a studio Ghibli film.
All in all, great vid and cute melody
Great content! Good luck with googling anything like ... anime harmony, if you don't know it exists. Great starting point!