Key Changes in Touhou Music

Key Changes in Touhou Music

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Key changes are often used in popular music and video game music when moving into new sections to contrast the material that came before, and to give a sense that the listener is being taken somewhere 'new'. Touhou music takes this to the extreme, with plenty of tunes in the Touhou library changing to a brand new key for every section of a piece, sometimes 4 or 5 times in one single piece of music. In this video, I take a look at a couple of Touhou tunes where a series of key changes are used to strengthen the musical flow and structure of the piece. Enjoy!

Big thanks to my buddy Dac and Pearl for providing background footage:    • Touhou 7 - Perfect Cherry Blossom - P...  

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