How Melody Expresses Harmony in Cave Story

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Cave Story
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Cave Story (2004)
Duration: 12:44
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Something I've been thinking about recently is the way that melodies imply harmony, even when there are no chords being played underneath. In this video I take a look at different ways that this can happen using music from Cave Story.

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