Sheet music made by Superior Donut for 4 parts: Accordion, Acoustic Guitar, Acoustic Bass, Violin
A transcription of peach gardens from Mario Kart DS
Wanted to see what made it so bouncy, and give it such a “light” feel. From what I can tell it heavily stems from the movement of the bass line, the upbeat tempo, the heavy use of syncopated rhythms, and the use of an accordion as its leading instrument.
In the first section, a Imaj7, -, ii7, V7 progression leads the melody predominantly. In the second section however, the composer surprises the listener first with a key change from G major to F major, and again when instead of following his previous progression of Imaj7, -, ii7, V7, he adds interest by changing to a I, II7, vi7 IV, ii, progression.
Again, he alters expectations by changing the key to D major for a phrase (following an Imaj7, IVmaj7, I, - progression) brightening the tone before transitioning to an C minor 13 chord for 2 measures and ending on a suspended A diminished 7 chord to A7 chord (without the third).
The transitional sections are also quite interesting, as the composer uses a bVII, V, I, to diminished iii progression, and a bVII, iii, diminished i, to IV7 progression during the first and second ending respectively. The use of a flat seven chord is quite interesting to me, and I don’t know too much about it. The flat seven chord seems to just be acting as a v7 chord the first time, while the second time it seems to act as a transitional device into the F major key the second time.
The diminished i chord in the 30th measure seems weird, but it’s acting as a tritone substitution of the IV Bb chord in F major, after a natural iv b minor chord, giving a chromatically descending passage that’s hidden behind a substitution. I believe that the composer does this to spice up the transition, because he could’ve used a bVII, - , i, IV7 to the same effect as before. Instead he replaced the middle 2 measures with the iii and diminished i to add flavor, which gives the song a jazzier feel.
Author’s Note: the analysis of this piece works just as well in 3/4 time, I just chose 6/8 time because it was easier to transcribe that way.
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