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The easiest example I could think of is right at "the greatest spell you'll know" in the last song of MLP, the music "shifts" 3 times, what is that called?
I know I've heard it in other music before, the multiple "shifts" but I haven't been able to find what that is called, I can find a single shift(or a few different terms for that), but the multiple shifts seem to be something different. I assume it has it's own term anyway.
Thank you.
I'll look into it. I first need to listen to the song once more, but I think I know what you're talking about. As for the song itself, it was clearly based on Sunset Shimmer's "So You Have Magic", does that song also have the the same thing you are wondering about?
I'm on my cellphone right now, but once I get my PC, I can actually analyse the songs. Your status updates are off in your profile so I'm calling you out globally from my profile. I will not respond to your thread for post count reasons. I sound paranoid because I am
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I think what @TheGleaner is refering is more about song structure and phrases than chord progressions.
You see, phrases are these bits that shift several parts of a given song through (most often mainly) a chord progression change and sometimes throwing a down beat or a tempo raise. They usually serve to give more motion to a song and they are somewhat autoconclusive. Phrases could work as very short songs on themselves, and in a song they give a lot of variety.
About song structures and the example you wanted to analyze, that there is more about the general song structure.
Songs are divided into several parts and pop music repeats a patern. Songs have intros, verses, chorus, bridges and outros (and at time phrases). Pop music goes most often intro-verse-chorus-verse-chorus-bridge-chorus-outro. Usually, verses differ in lyrics and a bit in melody, but they share the same general structure as for chord progressions between themselves. Choruses are pretty much the same bit repeated in different parts of a song. Not much to say about them. Intros and outros are self explanatory. Bridges usually portray the most variety in the whole structure. Sometimes they go totally instrumental, some other times they feature solos, downbeats and what not. Sometimes they play with a leit motif to link a song with another song. All in all, bridges are alike to phrases in how they give motion to a piece by changing elements.
Hope my mumbo-jumbo helped.
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@Jesse Terrence...I think so?
The original question was brought on when a song that had a similar "shifts" matched up when I shifted in our farm semi(truck, manual transmission)...the higher pitch/ volume(end of a gear, high rpm), to the lower pitch/volume(neutral dropping rpm), to the higher pitch/volume(beginning in the next gear, either dropping or gaining rpm).
I mean I don't mind learning more than I wanted to...it reminds me of when I enjoyed being in "band" class in high school and later in an orchestra in college, both were taught by someone who had a doctorate in music(I forget what exactly, but he knew just about everything you could ask him, but I kept forgetting to ask about this and then he retired and I was told by the new conductor to change instruments or get out, so that was the end there). I'll probably have to reread it when it's not 3 AM my time, but it is interesting and informative, so thank you.
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