6 Levels of Harmony: Kirby Edition

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6 Levels of Harmony: Kirby Edition

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Күн бұрын

Let's talk about modulations, tonicizations, wacky tonality bending, and the like. MUSIC THEORY.
Tunes used:
Green Greens - Kirby Super Star
Grape Garden - Kirby Nightmare in Dreamland
City Trial - Kirby Air Ride
Rainbow Resort - Kirby's Adventure
The Cave in the Sky - Kirby Triple Deluxe
Marx's Theme - Kirby Super Star Ultra
Special thanks to Alvin "KiAme" Yang for making the thumbnail lmao
Bandcamp: cadencehira.ba...
Soundcloud: / cadence-hira
Fun fact I edited the entire video in one day over the course of 14 hours please be kind if I accidentally messed smt up lol.

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@niebl 2 жыл бұрын

Also, Grape Garden is the cloud level after bubbly clouds in Kirby's Dream Land, since it first appeared in Kirby's Adventure for NES. The beginning is supposed to sound off because it references the intro of bubbly clouds, only to shift into an entirely different key and be it's own theme. It's also a great way for Hirokazu Ando to show that he's different from Jun Ishikawa and really has his own way of doing what ultimately sounds very Kirby-like. Of course, it's also a symbol of respect. This personally reminds me a lot of the intro of Aqualiss/Grape Garden/Orange Ocean in Kirby Super Star, since it references Float Islands.

@mugen441 3 жыл бұрын

hell yeah!!, superb work ! great choice of themes, kirby music is one of my favorites,, jun isihikawa and hirokazu ando are masters and more people should know about them! this time i was waiting for marx theme the whole time and wasnt dissapointed!! /unlike crystal teardrops that never came , lol, saludos desde Ecuador

@CadenceHira 3 жыл бұрын

leave suggestions and i might make a part 2!

@mugen441 3 жыл бұрын

@@CadenceHira first 2 , from kirby superstar ¨batllship halberd¨ is cool and metaknights revenge ending is dope af

@CadenceHira 3 жыл бұрын

@@mugen441 ooh, i'll check out the meta knight's revenge ending. battleship halberd/meta knight's revenge was actually in the original draft of the vid but it got cut, some absolutely wacky modulations though

@radiak488 3 жыл бұрын

you analyzed the cave in the sky. you are now my favorite youtuber. this video is amazing, i love your editing style and your humor, not to mention that you're analyzing kirby music which so often gets overlooked when talking about VGM in an academic sense. i'm really looking forward to more!

@theshyguy9855 7 ай бұрын

people have told me before, that playing an instrument would help when it comes to understanding music theory, but i've been playing the trumpet for over a decade now and all I am thinking throughout this video is: "I like your funny words, magic woman." i don't understand anything that this video is talking about. might also be that i wasn't taught music theory in English. still a good video, will probably understand its message at some point in the future

@nelle9244 4 ай бұрын

i love grape garden

@jean-poljacques4284 3 жыл бұрын

Never played Kirby. Again, I don't know why i'm watching this, but I'm enjoying my time.

@BovineDesigns 3 ай бұрын

30:43 this has some Always Sunny energy.

@benvanderwell7700 2 ай бұрын

Amazing video, love your work

@_Mojius_ Жыл бұрын

Where's the next video?? 😭 This was so great! I'm on a kick and learning all about music theory thru game music analysis, and you're right on par with the great Mr. 8 Bit Music Theory!

@CadenceHira Жыл бұрын

Those are very kind words, I love 8 bit music theory! I'm going to start making new videos hopefully next month, I'm finishing up a very large gig around that time and should probably free up. Stay tuned!!!

@aislingoda6026 3 жыл бұрын

Glad that KZfaq recommended me this after listening to your remix. I used it as a research track for one of my school assignments, and so I listened to it a few times, and here we are a week later and you upload this great content. Happy to finally subscribe and look forward to more Just want to add that I was a little confused at first looking at the Grape Garden transcription during the explanation because of the enharmonic swap to notes in C# minor, took me a while to realise why the 6 5 and 2 chords were actually 7 6 and 3 chords. Looking forward to the next video!

@CadenceHira 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words! I'm glad you were able to use my tune for a school assignment lmao. In terms of the enharmonic stuff, I've kind of always been on the fence with things that get nondiatonic and are in weird keys, and ultimately i almost always go, if it can be helped 1) no double sharps or flats, 2) B and E instead of Cb and Fb for the most part, and 3) enharmonic notation diatonic to the chord rather than the key signature. Probably technically incorrect notation but I find it easier to discuss measure by measure analysis if notes are diatonic to the measure.

@user-tk1yx8iu4r 2 ай бұрын

Honestly idk much about chord thing but I love Kirby music and enjoyed your explanations on them! Great work 👏👏

@buxix3315 5 ай бұрын

I'm gonna be honest, I didn't understand most of this video, but it's great.

@flyingbacon1997 3 жыл бұрын

Cadence Hira face reveal at 30:42

@CadenceHira 3 жыл бұрын

i revealed my face in secret anime chord video fake fan unsubscribed

@flyingbacon1997 3 жыл бұрын

@@CadenceHira :(

@windowbar Жыл бұрын

i love the metaphors ✨✨✨

@bon_nk 3 жыл бұрын

kirby tunes pog lets go

@sanquine8396 3 жыл бұрын

Yesss i love the way you look at the relative axis thing with the key centers based off the Idim. i love messing with that kind of stuff, something cool ive found is that you can justify a 2-5 in any key going to any of the 3 diminished key centers (from C going to A, Eb, or Gb/F#) because D-7 G7 in A is a back door 2-5, in Gb/F# D-7 G7 is a tritone subbed 2-5 and in Eb its a tritone subbed-back door 2-5 :p

@N.D.A.N. 3 ай бұрын

10:19 🔥🔥🔥

@leonl1559 2 жыл бұрын

Very nice Video! Grape Garden and City Trial are Excellent choices

@WhitePaintbrush 7 ай бұрын

Man i hope your channel blows up fr

@grinne2975 10 ай бұрын

Best music youtuber

@anthonymassarotto8985 3 жыл бұрын

Just discovered you at 4:45 am binging hard. Love your content:)

@yilan_gulsum856 Жыл бұрын

Level 3 has big phrygian energy at the beginning where you said tonality is A minor. It is doing an E phrygian resolution there. Usually it goes A G F E because "aNdAlUcİaN cAdEnCe" but clearly the composer has too many neurons to be that simple. It is so cute to picture Kirby taking on challenges with such a theme of heroism in the back. The whole thing goes relative phrygian rather than minor. There, specifially. Thank you for listening to my ted talk!

@CadenceHira Жыл бұрын

How do you figure E phrygian vs A minor though? Given the context in the following measures (ie A minor on strong beats and E7 on weak beats) it feels very strongly in A minor, and it never resolves to E minor. Everything in the first few measures is justifiable in A minor but the Esus->E can't be justified in E phrygian.

@yilan_gulsum856 Жыл бұрын

@@CadenceHira I should have said phrygian dominant actually sorry about that. Bars 11 to 14 play with that typical phrygian dominant idea (IV - III - II - I or swap places of II - III) and resolve it into E7. It's a nice sprinkle there in those bars and this is used a lot in flamenco to dance in between minor and its relative phrygian a lot. That's what I tried to mean by "phrygian energy" actually. In this case however it just dips a little, that 11 - 14 area gives a nice kick by using chords from phrygian dominant in such a typical manner. Leaving at E7 is also convenient because it makes it possible to treat it like the dominant of A minor, should they decide to go back which is often done in flamenco too. I'm sorry if I sound too dumb, I don't have even as much as a grain of knowledge you have and I am mad admiring your style. Thank you so much for responding though, I'm literally chaining my inner fanboy to the wall over here UwU

@domdib55 Жыл бұрын

very nicely explained!

@kmurrell1001 5 ай бұрын

Kirby superstar's music primed me for enjoying Pat Metheny Group later in life

@NickOleksiakMusic 4 ай бұрын

For me it was vice versa. My parents played Pat for me basically since birth, then I fell in love with the Kirby soundtracks in junior high.

@DallasCrane 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome video!!

@user-ec3tb9xe6p 3 ай бұрын

Brillianr work! Ever heard Cardiacs (the band)? Chord theory abounds!

@Oceantaikutsuu 6 ай бұрын

What a based channel

@patrickerb-white1380 3 ай бұрын

Oh is that how you're supposed to write the time signatures for Marx's theme? I've just been giving each phrase its own time signature like 7/4, 6/4, 9/4...👀

@creampuff4610 26 күн бұрын

To be honest I'm not sure