"Daydreamer" by AURORA || Melody & Harmony analysis

Simple song with some intense layers of joy!

Harmony:
AURORA uses regular tonal centres, mostly without key changes, and uses the most common modes/keys (major/ionian and minor/aeolian), but also uses dorian and mixolydian modes commonly; subtle modal interchanges are pretty common.
The most common chords are I, IV, V and vi in major, with ii coming along occasionally, and their minor equivalents (III, VI, VII, i, iv). There are often extensions to the chords, with major 9 chords being present (especially on the IV chord in major) in a few different songs. Mostly the chord extensions are on the more "lush" side of complexity, so there aren't many active chords like Dominant 7ths.
As the harmony mostly stays in one key centre and doesn't have large modal changes, there are very rarely strong dissonances in the chords.
AURORA uses triadic vocal harmonies very often, and they don't always match the chord, more commonly oscillating between just two chords, for instance i & VII in minor or I & IV in major.

Melody:
The melodies stick to the modes of the harmonies. The use of out-of-key notes is very rare, and reserved for either a rare out-of-key chord or more often a short melismatic auxiliary note. However, when the harmony is more chromatic (when using modal interchange or more unusual things) the melody stays away from the notes that are most colourful and sticks to the less contentious ones.
While the melody sticks to the mode, it doesn't always stick to the chord that it sits on top of. A common way AURORA manages this is to have long anticipation-note passages that eventually resolve in the next bar (by which time the melody has moved on).
Most sections in songs are syllabic, but most songs will have a melismatic section as well.

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