4/15/2023 0 Comments The pink pather songA teacher (good one) will be able to not only explain theory, but also be able to give immediate, straight, correct answers to your questions, something a lot of sites lack. Self teaching is o.k., but you'll have to rely on sites such as this (excellent!) and others (maybe not so!). The function of the chords is to produce tension and release, so using chords which are unusually together accomplish this quite well. The F9 is slightly out of place, but may be explained as borrowed from E Phrygian.Or, more likely, be a tts from the V of E - B In this, Em sounds like 'home', underlined by the perfect cadence of B>E. The key to a lot of pieces is the chord at the place where it feels at rest, or the end. Since Em could have E, F♯, G, A, B, C, C♯, D, D♯ in it, and chords containing these notes would all sound fine, thus acceptable, and explainable. It is in Em, but there is never a song in E 'natural' or E 'melodic' or E 'harmonic' minor. The natural F, in particular, seems very strange, and I can't make sense of it (other than the implied chromatic progression B -> Bb -> B -> C), as it seems like a borrowed chord (?), but I don't know how to tell where from. I guess "C" here means C dominant 7? (because of the Bb) Unfortunately, if E natural minor is indeed the key of the song, I'm unable to understand the function of the other chords (C, F). Or, if we consider the "grace" notes and exclude the Bb as an accidental, we have a natural minor (E, F#, G, A, B, C, D). If we ignore the C for a moment, that looks like a blues scale. Looking at melody, the initial D# and F sound like grace notes (?), so that leaves us with the notes E, G, A, B, C, D, and a very distinctive (and long) Bb (B flat). The sheet music I could find (in concert pitch) has one sharp, so that seems to confirm that (G major, Em being the relative minor?) My initial guess was that the key of the song is based in E, since that seems to be the most common chord, and other chords seem (sound) like resolving to E. Is there a database or resource out there with functional analyses of songs (so I can self-check my work without pestering you all? :) Or should I stop pretending to be an autodidact and get a teacher?).What functions do these chords have in the song?.How do I identify the key? Is it inherently subjective? Or are there "hard rules"?. I'm progressing on my own analysis (posted below), but have a few questions: These is the chord chart I got for the first part (from someone more musically competent than myself): I'm getting started on functional analysis and trying to understand the Pink Panther theme by Henry Mancini.
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