E min 7 / A = <3
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I played Chopin's Sonata in B minor earlier today.
The first movement is just so beautiful. I'm a huge fan of the counterpoint and strongly melodic nature of the movement, but some of the harmonies are also really nice.
One of my favorite sections is at the end of the first theme, where you have sets of eight sixteenth notes flowing from the left hand to the right hand every half bar. Chopin skillfully embeds a melody within these waves of harmony.
One of my favorite harmonies among them is this: the chord starting the second phrase of that. It's an E minor seventh chord over an A in the bass. So, for those of you who don't know what I mean: A, E, G, B, D.
Now what does all this have to do with Kiddy Grade?
Well, this is the first time I've played the Sonata since I recently finished watching Kiddy Grade. I just noticed that this exact chord shows up in some very poignant moments in the piano arrangement of the ending theme, "Future".
Here is one of the ending videos for the series. (If you prefer a version without visuals, here you go.)
It's kinda hard to "feel" in these vocal versions, as the D in the melody is treated mainly as a passing note in an A maj harmony. But if you can find the Kiddy Grade soundtrack, check out the song "Promising Future" from the third disc. It's a very touching piano version of the song. (Also check out "Displaced Persons", a similarly touching piano version of the opening theme.) The Emin7/A chord shows up there much more prominently, and even more poignantly.
Yeah, I kinda associate Kiddy Grade with the key of B minor. Due to the ending theme. That was not only my first contact with it, but what convinced me to watch it. Yes, I credit the ending theme. (Okay, fine, Éclair helped.)
And this reminds me, I need to get around to transcribing by ear "Displaced Persons" and "Promising Future" into sheet music that I can actually go play on the piano myself and then put on YouTube. Because YouTube needs more Kiddy Grade love, haha.
I played Chopin's Sonata in B minor earlier today.
The first movement is just so beautiful. I'm a huge fan of the counterpoint and strongly melodic nature of the movement, but some of the harmonies are also really nice.
One of my favorite sections is at the end of the first theme, where you have sets of eight sixteenth notes flowing from the left hand to the right hand every half bar. Chopin skillfully embeds a melody within these waves of harmony.
One of my favorite harmonies among them is this: the chord starting the second phrase of that. It's an E minor seventh chord over an A in the bass. So, for those of you who don't know what I mean: A, E, G, B, D.
Now what does all this have to do with Kiddy Grade?
Well, this is the first time I've played the Sonata since I recently finished watching Kiddy Grade. I just noticed that this exact chord shows up in some very poignant moments in the piano arrangement of the ending theme, "Future".
Here is one of the ending videos for the series. (If you prefer a version without visuals, here you go.)
It's kinda hard to "feel" in these vocal versions, as the D in the melody is treated mainly as a passing note in an A maj harmony. But if you can find the Kiddy Grade soundtrack, check out the song "Promising Future" from the third disc. It's a very touching piano version of the song. (Also check out "Displaced Persons", a similarly touching piano version of the opening theme.) The Emin7/A chord shows up there much more prominently, and even more poignantly.
Yeah, I kinda associate Kiddy Grade with the key of B minor. Due to the ending theme. That was not only my first contact with it, but what convinced me to watch it. Yes, I credit the ending theme. (Okay, fine, Éclair helped.)
And this reminds me, I need to get around to transcribing by ear "Displaced Persons" and "Promising Future" into sheet music that I can actually go play on the piano myself and then put on YouTube. Because YouTube needs more Kiddy Grade love, haha.