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Playlists inspired by music theory!
So, while listening to Vienna Teng's song "Enough to Go By", I came up with the idea of stringing together a bunch of songs based on tonal associations. I thought...y'know, this song is in Bb major, so I could follow it up with a song in Eb major, like Owl City's "Fireflies". So I set out to try to make a playlist of twelve songs that goes through the entire circle of fifths.
This turned out to be a bit harder than I expected. This is because I'm constrained by a few things: the ends of songs have to go well with the beginnings of the following songs. That means that songs can't change tonality (such as through a truck driver's gear change). I've given myself the latitude to count songs with different verse/refrain keys to be in the refrain's key (this applies to one song so far). But the way this works also means I need an unambiguous harmony for the ending, which also means I can't have songs that fade out.
So far, I have this.
- Bb major - Vienna Teng - "Enough to go by" - [Waking Hour]
- Eb major - Enya - "Only If" - [Paint the Sky with Stars]; or: Enya - "Only Time" - [A Day Without Rain]
- Ab major - savage genius - "April" ("Shigatsu") - [Crystal of the Wind]
- C# major - 765Pro ALL STARS - "REST@RT Yourself" ("Jibun REST@RT") - [The iDOLM@STER ANIM@TION MASTER 05]
- F# major - Cascada - "Another You" - [Everytime We Touch]; or: Star Salzman - "Dreams Come True" - [Mega Man X / OC Remix]
- B major - Rie fu - "Life is like a Boat" - [Rie fu]
Various songs that didn't make the cut:
Owl City - "Fireflies" - [Ocean Eyes] - Eb major, but ends on a Bb chord
Hillary Duff - "Hey Now" / "What Dreams are Made Of" - [The Lizzie McGuire Movie (soundtrack)] - Eb major, but gear changes to E major
S Club 7 - "Bring It All Back" - [S Club] - E major, but gear changes to F# major
S Club 7 - "Never Had a Dream Come True" - [7] - F major, but gear changes to F# major
emiko - "Only your Friend" - [Uta∽Kata - Kamakura Joshi Gakuen SOUND MEMORY Manatsu SIDE] - verse A major, refrain F# major, but ends on a Dmaj7 chord
and more
I'd like to have each artist only represented once, and I'm looking for only songs that I'm familiar with, so far. Next up, E major. Or, for that matter, F major.
Actually, I have an idea for F major, but it's another savage genius song. So I need to find another F major song or replace the Ab major song.
Comments
Challenge mode: do it with rap songs.
Oh screw going in order. Here are some more ideas. Also screw no fadeouts.
Db (C#) major - COOLON - "Canvas" - [Eureka Seven]
E major - Ritsuko Okazaki - "Serenade" - [Fruits Basket]
E major - Éclair and Lumière - "Girls Power" - [Kiddy Grade Sound Pack 2]ehh never mindG major - Christopher Tin - "Baba Yetu" - [Civilization IV]
G major - Ritsuko Okazaki - "fay" - [for RITZ]
G major - Keiichi Suzuki, Hirokazu Tanaka, Akio Ohmori, Ritsuo Kamimura - "Smiles and Tears" - [Mother 2/Earthbound]
C major - Melocure - "ALL IN ALL" - [Melodic Hard Cure]=
C major - Ikuko - "Hoshizora no Yurikago" - [Kiddy Grade Sound Pack 1]
C major - Ritsuko Okazaki - "Hoshizora no Oinori" - [Love and Life ~private works 1999-2001~]
C major - Ritsuko Okazaki - "Sugao" - [Life is Lovely]
Bb major - Melocure - "1st Priority" - [Melodic Hard Cure]
F major - Ritsuko Okazaki - "Haru da Mono" - [Love Hina Okazaki Collection]
F major - doriko, ENE - "Letter Song"
F major - savage genius - "Anata no You Desu" - [Sora no Kotoba]
D major - Tracy Byrd - "I'm from the Country" - [I'm from the Country]
D major - Scatman John - "Scatman's World" - [Scatman's World]
Eb major - TLC - "Waterfalls" - [CrazySexyCool]
I'm missing A major.
Okay, how about this list?
I recommend listening to them in order, but these are actually a cycle, so you can start with whichever you want to and then just listen to all twelve in order. It's because the circle of fifths is a circle.
Let me know if you want a more convenient format.
@SuperLazuli: I wouldn't mind; they usually have a key to them anyway. But a lot of them are in minor keys.
I only said that because I'm often told that rap "isn't music" because it apparently doesn't follow a lot of music theory things or something.
Yeah I know nothing about music theory. I keep telling myself I'm going to like buy a book on it or something one of these days, but I keep uh, not doing it.
Take a listen to these tracks in order, and tell me what you think.
Let me know if any of the links break. I can't guarantee they'll work forever, but...hey, at least I can try.
I'll listen to them shortly.
I need music to browse Bkub comics by.
Suggestion:
Ayumi Hamasaki - "Wishing" (ayu-mi-x version/"Acoustic Orchestral Side")
NO NAME - "Kibou no Tsuite" (please excuse the weeaboo visuals and the little intro section)
First song is in G# minor/B major, and ends in G# minor. Second song starts in G# minor.
(You could say Ab minor instead, which is what I hear it as, but it is effectively the same as G# minor.)
Again, let me know if either link is dead.