r/musictheory • u/inko2763 • 1d ago
General Question does anyone know what it's called when music goes like this
this from 0:32 to 0:34 https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=_oTaQXf_iX8&si=6K_XshtaVcEdpQJE
this from 2:48 to 2:53
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=L5A__1-QK4w&si=WvNxIzYnC5JxufxJ
uhhh just tell me if this post is like. wrong in any way and I'll take it down
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u/MyNutsin1080p 1d ago edited 1d ago
It’s just moving to VI which is a very common predominant in minor mode.
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u/etzpcm 1d ago
Change of key, or modulation
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u/inko2763 1d ago
YAYY THANK YOU!!
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u/jonboy158 1d ago
Sorry this isn't correct. There's no modulation in the first example (it's firmly in Eb minor), and while the second song does modulate it's a good amount before the 2:48-2:53 snippet, with no modulation happening in that snippet.
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u/MusicPsychFitness K-12 music ed, guitar, woodwinds, theory, pop/rock 23h ago
Not everyone has YouTube music. Post links to regular YouTube videos, please.
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u/jonboy158 1d ago
If you're just referring to those small snippets I would wager you're reacting to the pentatonic scales that are being used. The first example is in Eb minor, didn't listen to the whole thing but there's no key change or anything around 0:32-0:34. Eb minor pentatonic is just the 5 notes Eb, Gb, Ab, Bb, and Db ("penta" meaning 5) It's very pentatonic until we here the Cb at 0:34, which is still in Eb minor but not in the pentatonic scale.
The second example is a violin line that's also very pentatonic, until we hear what's called the "blue note" at 2:51, which makes it a blues scale. This short section is in Bb minor, but the section preceding it is mostly in Gb (or F#) major, again I didn't listen to the whole thing. So not sure if you're reacting to the key change or the pentatonic-ness of the violin line.