So, this videos a little different to what I normally do, but it's something I've been wanting to do for a while as I'm seriously inteigued by music theory, and harmony in particular has always really interested me.

So, basically the premise of this video is that all the songs in the video share the same chord progression: IV, V, iii, vi. This chord progression is incredibly common in all kinds of japanese music, not just anime and video games (sorry for the title I had no choice but to clickbait). I threw in a few T- Square examples coz I fucking loving them way too much and hopefully some of you will give them a listen if you haven't.

The IV, V, iii, vi chord progression is very versatile imo and really fits any style of music. I think its most commonly found in Rock/Pop/Metal like anime openings and endings, but it works really way in loads of genres.

One thing I've always been interested in is the subtle variation of the progression that's found in the T-Square examples and Motostoke City. This involves substituting the V chord for a V/IV chord. This is a very unique sound and imo very 80's sounding as I find slash chords are very rare in modern music. What I find interesting is the link between this substituions use in both T-Square and Go Ichinose's compositions. I think it's fairly well known that T-Square and Casiopea have influenced VGM massively, but to think that it's still occuring in the present day, and with such fine focus is really awesome. At some point I'd really like to make a video essay analysing the link between VGM and T-Square because I truly think their impact is exceptional especially on some of my favourite osts like Pokemon DPPt.

Also, there's one more example of a substitution for this progression which sadly I didn't include any examples of, but you can find one here: [ Ссылка ]. This involves replacing the V chord with a iv, in particular a minor, major seventh chord (I.e. C, Eb, G, B) This is extremely juicy and can really help spice up the melody if it follows the harmony, which it likely would. Sadly, it's something I've only really heard in anime openings, and I can't think of any VGM examples, so didn't include any :(

Let me know if you enjoyed the video and if you think I could change anything to improve it. I might try this again with other chord progressions (future progressions will eventually become more adventurous I promise) so tips would be appreciated! also yes I did have to play baka mitai in full coz its too good lmao.

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