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Beautiful! The reverb is great, and the vocal-like background synth also works wonders. It feels like the drum is a bit low-passed to make it less snappy, right? Wonderful choice! I like the call-and-response of the middle section as well - those high piano/celesta/whatever-it-is sounds really fit the theme. And I loved that you tried some creative choices. Not only with the three different sections flowing nicely into each other, but also with the chords I feel like. There is this one chord, playing e.g. at 0:25 and 1:03 which is almost definitely a minor chord yet feels so bittersweet! I so badly want to know your chord progressions!

Since I definitely remember your name, I went back to my iTunes playlist to remember some songs you made, and remembered your awesome songs like 'Gloo the Dragon' from Enemy Encounter Jam 2 and 'So you've been turned into a bubble' from the OST Composing Jam 7. I can also see that same creativity back into this song. Great to hear from you again :). Awesome song, can't wait to hear what you make next week!

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thank you so much!

As soon as I get home I can look at the chord progression for you. I don’t remember it off the top of my head but I remember being quite happy with it.

You are right in that I had the drums with a low-pass filter to make them feel more spacey.

The instrument in the call and response section is just the vibes that play the chords but I think 2 octaves up (since I didn’t want to mix another instrument)

Thank you for enjoying my music! I’m excited to start creating more as soon as I get home!

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OK now that I'm home I looked at the chord progression and I believe this is what it is. (there may be some incorrect info but I think it's mostly accurate)

CM - E7 - FM7 - em7 - FM - em - FM - G7 - am7 - em - FM7 - fm6 - GM - Bdim - Back to CM

I did the chords on ample guitar before I switched to vibes and ample guitar stumming shows what chord is being played but not the order but I think a lot of them are in first inversion.

The chord played at 0:25 and 1:03 is an a minor 7 chord without the 5th. so an A natural, C natural, and G natural. Ill send a picture of the chords too but its a little squashed.

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Thank you so much for sharing your chord progression! I am always so intrigued by the songs I hear in these jams but never have a way of figuring out how they're made so I can learn from them. This progression is totally wild and I love it, I would never have figured this out myself. This really helps, thanks a lot! <3

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Wow, I just noticed! I took a deep dive into your chord progression and stumbled upon something that might have been intentional or not:
Your progression strongly resembles the 'Descending Thirds Sequence' or 'D3(-4/+2)'!

Your first chords (C-E7-F7-e7-F-e-F-G7) strongly resembles that of the D3 (C-G-a-e-F-C-d-G7).
Most chords either agree or almost agree. For example, "E7" is the same as "G", except for an added note 'E'; "F7" is the same as "a" except for an added note 'F', etc. I thought I heard the smooth progression in your song, but I couldn't figure it out until I dove into your progression.

The last chords are intriguing as well. The chords (G7-a7-e-F7-f6-G-Bdim-C) can be divided into two parts: The part (G-a-e-F) again fits straight into the D3 progression shown above, and is thus composed of a step up ("G-a" and "e-F") and a fourth down ("a-e"). Normally, when you end on a "G7", it leads back to the "CM", but you go into a little deceptive cadence by going to "a7" instead (which still contains the full "CM" chord because it's a seventh chord)!
The last part, (f6-G-Bdim-C) is actually a simple (ii-V-I) progression, the classical authentic cadence! Namely, a "f6" is simply a "d" chord, or the "ii" (second) chord of the scale. You add a little "vii˚" chord in there, the Bdim, for flavor, but it functions identically to the "G" chord before.

So, in essence, you sprinkle a ton of variations of the beautiful 'Descending Thirds Sequence' in your song, giving that lovely vibe, and finish off with an authentic cadence. No wonder the chords sounded so beautiful :). Really, nicely done! It was fun to dissect your chord progression, thanks again for sharing it :D

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I I hadn’t taken a music theory class last semester, I would have know. Like 30% of those words. But now I knew like 75% of them!

Awesome! I've also gotten a lot better at music theory the past years. If there's something you'd like me to explain, or you'd like to discuss some music theory, don't hesitate to reach out! :D