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The song is played in the key of E major at a tempo of 118 beats per minute. The vocal range is E 4 –C# 5. [7] The chord progression, played by the piano in the introduction and continued throughout most of the song, is eight chords long, following a I–V–vi–IV–I–V–iii–IV progression.
The music and lyrics, as well as the singing, belong to Shelley. [11] The song uses the verse-chorus formal pattern and is in the key of E major. Both the verse and the chorus start with C♯ minor chords (sixth degree in E major, and relative minor key of E major), which "give [the song] a distinctly downbeat, edgy feel."
The following open-tunings use a minor third, and give a minor chord with open strings. To avoid the relatively cumbersome designation "open D minor", "open C minor", such tunings are sometimes called "cross-note tunings". The term also expresses the fact that, compared to Major chord open tunings, by fretting the lowered string at the first ...
Cash Box described "Still They Ride" as a "bluesy lament" with a "sad, almost mournful" vocal, "doleful acoustic piano work" and "crying guitar notes." [19] Billboard called "Still They Ride" a "soft, lyrical ballad" with similar "tone and style" to "Open Arms". [20] An Atari 2600 game based on the album, Journey Escape, was released in 1982.
Faithfully (song) " Faithfully " is a song by American rock band Journey, released in 1983 as the second single from their album Frontiers. The song was written by keyboardist Jonathan Cain. It peaked at number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100, giving the band their second consecutive top-twenty hit from Frontiers.
The Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52 is a ballade for solo piano by Frédéric Chopin, completed in 1842 in Paris. [1] It is commonly considered one of the masterpieces of 19th-century piano music. [2] Of the four ballades, it is considered by many pianists to be the most difficult, both technically and musically.
Majorand minormay also refer to scales and chords that contain a major thirdor a minor third, respectively. A major scaleis a scale in which the third scale degree(the mediant) is a major third above the tonicnote. In a minor scale, the third degree is a minor third above the tonic. Similarly, in a major triador major seventh chord, the third ...
It opens with a dark and ominous theme shared between the violin and cello, accompanied by widely spaced chords in the piano. The second subject presents a new lyrical contrasting theme. After a dramatic development section, the movement ends boldly with an unexpected plagal cadence in E minor.