Talk:This Day Aria, Part 1/@comment-70.65.168.251-20120620062255

Prepare to have your mind blown.

The song "This Day Aria" was sung in the key D♭minor. That means the root key was a D♭ major chord. Usually, an A♭major chord would lead into a D♭major at the end of the song. This is called a V-I chord progression and is musically termed as an...

'Authentic Cadence'

However, the song resolves on B♭minor, the relative minor of D♭, to give it a sadder tone at the end. When a chord progression seems to be heading to a root chord but instead ends on the relative minor, that in music terminology is called a...

'Deceptive Cadence'

HAS YOUR MIND BEEN BLOWN?!