Tonality Fluctuation & @RyuichiSakamotoArchive

I introduce a new framework for understanding certain strange and magical chords found in works by Sakamoto as well as other Japanese artists. If the past two years of research were thought of as a self-taught masters in music theory, I would call this video essay my masters thesis.

[0:00] - Intro
[1:48] - Kayanochino & 調の揺らぐ
[3:08] - Opus
[4:21] - Perfect & Plagal Fluctuations
[7:38] - Blu
[13:09] - Conclusion
[14:12] - Patreon, Lessons & Merch!

Cameraman - Tyler Isaacson
Dialogue Footage Editing - class_shift
Piano Performance & Score Preparation - Nyakkai
Step by Step lofi Flip BGM - Kendall Miles
Thumbnail- Adhika Sigit

Special thanks to:
Alex Villagrana
Roger Tran
Kiran Surdhar
PDFs of the examples will soon be available to my “-san” tier patrons. Also sold separately. Inquire for details.

Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/gavinleeper

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https://discord.gg/mWDYmYh

Teespring:
https://gavin-leeper-music-2.creator-spring.com/
For links to the songs covered, academic references, and bonus materials, please see my Works Cited doc:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1am3rQg59G8TNoetu3xiTwWERvI7c1peaeRhTEJdjqoY/edit?usp=sharing

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