The Most UNDERATTED Song off The Nier: Automata OST

I want you all to listen to these eight bars of the near automata soundtrack and see if you can spot anything interesting happening feel [Music] like I'll play it one more time if you guys didn't see it the interesting part lies in Bar Seven where the EF flat major is present this E flat minor chord is special because it is not present in P flat minor which is the key the song is in however this E flat is is present in the parallel major key which is the parallel major of B flat minor the key the song is in so yes guys today I'll be talking about my favorite song of the near automat soundtrack and it's this song right here City ruins and I like this song because it has first of all it has a madeup language and second of all it has some interesting harmonic movements so today I'll be doing a short video on why I enjoy this song so much and why it's my favorite but first what even is the parallel major well when we look up the Google definition of the parallel major it says when a m major and minor scale both begin with the same note they are called parallel thus we can say the parallel major key of C minor is C major however each scale will have different chords and different chord qualities different to its parallel key so if we look at City ruins key which is B flat minor we have the notes B flat c d flat E flat F G flat and a flat this is the key of B flat minor now if we are to change this key into its parallel major it will be B flat c d natural E flat F G natural a natural in the minor key the one chord is minor the two chord is diminished the three chord is Major the four chord is minor the five chord is minor the six and seven chord are both major this will be the opposite for its parallel major key now that we have a basic understanding of the parallel major keys and the parallel minor Keys we can now apply this to City ruins the way kich OAB is using the parallel major key is he's using it as a form of modulation this will be the difference between the a section which is the first verse and the B section which is kind of like the chorus as we can hear in this [Music] example call this so as you can hear the E flat is acting as kind of like a turning point leading us to the four cord so I hope you guys enjoyed this little analysis of City ruins of the near automat soundtrack it's always been one of my favorite songs uh it always stuck out to me so if you enjoyed this analysis please leave a like and please subscribe to the channel and it helps a lot

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Keywords: Nier Automata, 2b, city ruins nier, nier soundtrack

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Length: 3min 42sec (222 seconds)

Published: Wed Feb 21 2024