Talk:This Day Aria, Part 1/@comment-4919288-20120425033107/@comment-4914628-20120425153111

Hey zeecount. I have not doe a full analysis of the song yet. However, what I can tell you is that the song is definitely not distinctly d flat minor. The voicing in this song is actually very complex. It starts out in d flat major (like most mlp songs), but modulates into b minor after only the brief piano intro and two bars of vocals. This is already really strange because b minor is not a related key of d flat major. Then, to make matters even more strange, the cadence pont is from a minor to d flat minor. D flat minor is the immidiate minor of d flat major (the first key), which gives this cadence sound extremely inturrupted and evil.

When Princess Cadance sings, a similar chord progression is used (with the same key modulation), but it does not end on the immediate minor, but instead the tonic (or the root chord) making it sound a LOT less evil.

I am going to finish my analysis of the song. The only thing I can tell you for sure right now is that this song is awesome! I'm also working on transcribing the score (which is a lot harder than any other mlp song I've ever done). As I can see we both share a common interest in the song, I think it might be a good idea to bounce some ideas off of each other =] I'll post my analysis her when I'm finished with it, as well as the score.