6 Levels of Harmony: Kirby Edition

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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
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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.

Пікірлер: 44

  • @theshyguy9855
    @theshyguy98554 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

  • @niebl
    @niebl2 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.

  • @radiak488
    @radiak4882 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!

  • @mugen441
    @mugen4413 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

    @CadenceHira

    3 жыл бұрын

    leave suggestions and i might make a part 2!

  • @mugen441

    @mugen441

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @CadenceHira

    @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

  • @kmurrell1001
    @kmurrell10012 ай бұрын

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

  • @NickOleksiakMusic

    @NickOleksiakMusic

    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.

  • @nelle9244
    @nelle9244Ай бұрын

    i love grape garden

  • @jean-poljacques4284
    @jean-poljacques42842 жыл бұрын

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

  • @_Mojius_
    @_Mojius_10 ай 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

    @CadenceHira

    10 ай 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!!!

  • @flyingbacon1997
    @flyingbacon19973 жыл бұрын

    Cadence Hira face reveal at 30:42

  • @CadenceHira

    @CadenceHira

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @flyingbacon1997

    @flyingbacon1997

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@CadenceHira :(

  • @benvanderwell7700
    @benvanderwell77006 күн бұрын

    Amazing video, love your work

  • @BovineDesigns
    @BovineDesigns16 күн бұрын

    30:43 this has some Always Sunny energy.

  • @aislingoda6026
    @aislingoda60263 жыл бұрын

    Glad that KZread 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

    @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.

  • @yilan_gulsum856
    @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

    @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

    @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

  • @sanquine8396
    @sanquine83962 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

  • @buxix3315
    @buxix33152 ай бұрын

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

  • @bon_nk
    @bon_nk3 жыл бұрын

    kirby tunes pog lets go

  • @patrickerb-white1380
    @patrickerb-white13809 күн 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...👀

  • @windowbar
    @windowbar Жыл бұрын

    i love the metaphors ✨✨✨

  • @WhitePaintbrush
    @WhitePaintbrush4 ай бұрын

    Man i hope your channel blows up fr

  • @user-ec3tb9xe6p
    @user-ec3tb9xe6pАй бұрын

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

  • @leonl1559
    @leonl15592 жыл бұрын

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

  • @anthonymassarotto8985
    @anthonymassarotto89852 жыл бұрын

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

  • @grinne2975
    @grinne29758 ай бұрын

    Best music youtuber

  • @domdib55
    @domdib55 Жыл бұрын

    very nicely explained!

  • @DallasCrane
    @DallasCrane3 жыл бұрын

    Awesome video!!

  • @N.D.A.N.
    @N.D.A.N.14 күн бұрын

    10:19 🔥🔥🔥

  • @austintse5317
    @austintse53173 жыл бұрын

    21:17 WHAT IN THE HELL IS THIS

  • @musicmaker2645
    @musicmaker26453 жыл бұрын

    Can you do Rubik’s cube tutorial

  • @CadenceHira

    @CadenceHira

    3 жыл бұрын

    yes!

  • @jammieswitdanny4836
    @jammieswitdanny48363 жыл бұрын

    make more videos.. please

  • @SeanHarding-nv9li
    @SeanHarding-nv9liАй бұрын

    22:28 Ab (sus4?)

  • @JM-nx8yq
    @JM-nx8yq4 ай бұрын

    Every music is in the key of C if you aren't a nerd

  • @matthieusossou9418

    @matthieusossou9418

    3 сағат бұрын

    Doggo real for this one

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