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1. 新緑萌えて - “The Fresh Greenery is Blooming”
Sounds like a win, google translate. (n.n)b
Intro is Ebmaj7 and Abmaj7. Keyboard melody in Ebmaj is 7th (D) to 5th (Bb). Melody in Abmaj is 3rd (C) to root (Ab). These melody notes in the keys’ voicings make for a wavering sustained sound. The uncertain 7th to the open round 5th of the Eb major chord….followed by a wistful IV chord (Abmajor7) but the melody notes (C and Ab) not being sources of gravity in the context of Eb major. So we kind of get this double floating feeling.
Strings come in on sustained Bb, extra sustain coz it’s the 5th of the key! Then ascends, G, Ab, Bb.
Descending bubbly Ebmaj7 arpeggio.
Another beckoning string, Ab, to G, harmonized in 3rds, and stacked quite a bit.
B section:
|| F-7 | G-7 | F-7 | Eb maj7 |
| F-7 | G-7 | Abmaj7 Bb7 | Eb maj7 |
|Eb7 ||
Keyboard voicings emphasize Eb and C over the F-7. Then F to D over the G-7.
Next sections:
||Abmaj7 | G-7 | F-7 | Ebmaj7 |
| F-7 | G-7 | Abmaj7 | Bb7 |
|Bb7(b9b13) ||
||Ebmaj7 | F-7 |G-7 |Abmaj7 Bb7 |
|Ebmaj7 | F-9 |G-7 |Abmaj7 Bb7 |
|Ebmaj7 | Ebmaj7 || ends on trailing Ebmaj7 arpeggio
During the Eb section a string part is like, Bb….Ab, G, F, G, Eb..and basically wonders up and down stepwise, super smooth.
Fun stuff here!:
||Gbmaj7(#11) | Abmaj7(#11) |Gbmaj7(#11) | Abmaj7(#11) ||
The #11 of each chord is faintly heard fizzling out in the reverb as each chord fades out.
This bit repeats, keys playing dew drops of the leaves. Ending synth pad is Abmaj7(#11)…..then back to beginning of the song!
After the form repeat, song ends on Ebmaj7 arpeggio, plunking upwards and harmonized diatonically in 5ths or 4ths.
Tabbed out roughly like:
E 6 10 11 15
B 8 8 11 15
G 7 8 7 8
D 5 8 5 8
A 6 6 8
E 6
2. 永遠の森 – “Eternal Forest”
Chunky C major and D- chords for a while, voiced like 332xxx and 553xxx on guitar. Getting the 5th on the bottom.
Strings play E….C, D……A, G….., B, C…..B, G….E, F….G, E, F….
||C maj | D- | E-11 | Fmaj7 |
|E-11 | D-7 | G7 | Abmaj7 |
|Bbmaj7 | Cmaj ||
Boom, BAM! bVI to bVII to I chord…THEN
|| Db maj13 | Abmaj7/ C | Bb-7 ish | F-9/G ||
Strings here go C, Bb, C… Bb, Ab, Bb….Ab, G, Ab…G, F, G…. whole or half step fills.
Repeat this a bit, then:
|| Db maj13 | Bbmaj6/9 | Gbmaj | Ebmaj ||
Strings and synth at the end G up to Bb.
Okay, then repeat the first section of the song BUT everything is shifted up a half step. So instead of C major to D minor we have Db major to Eb minor. After a bit of this, repeat first section again in original key.
Song ends on the triumphant, majestic and slightly divine Abmaj7, Bbmaj7, Cmaj7. As if to emphasize the holiness of the ETERNAL FOREST.
3. 森林浴 – “Forest Bathing”
Whispers of the trees exhale and condensate throughout the forest in Db major. The melody is roughly Ab, Bb, down to F, up to Ab….Ab, Bb, down to F, Gb….Gb, Ab, down to Eb, Gb…Bb, C, down to F, Ab… There’s a few more phrases, but melody aligns with the following chord progression:
|| Dbmaj | Dbmaj | Eb- | Eb- |
| Eb- | Eb- | Ab7 | Dbmaj ||
Repeat this for a while, then:
|| Gbmaj | Gbmaj | Dbmaj | Dbmaj |
| Eb- | Eb- | Ab7 | Ab7 |
| Gbmaj | Gbmaj | Dbmaj | Dbmaj |
| Eb- | Eb- | Bbmaj7 | Ab7 |
|silence~~~~~ ||
4. 緑のメッセージ – “Green Message”
Intro synth is this sweet lick in like Ab-11 that descends with Emaj7 arpeggio. Then it shifts up minor 3rd to B-11 and Gmaj7, then shifts up again to C-11 and Bbmaj7. Tabbed out is roughly:
E 4 4
B 4 4 5 4
G 6 6 4
D 4 6 4 6 Repeat this then 6
A
E
This is, like, not quite it, but pretty close. That pattern moves up 3 frets…and again 3 frets after. This must be the forest speaking its Green Message. We haven’t seen anything quite this out there in the entire album. Almost like an undeciphered foreign language.
After all that an Emaj7(#11) bubbles around. Then a more solid E major to ground.
|| Emaj | Amaj | B7 | Emaj melody hits 4th |
| C#- | Amaj melody hits 7th | Bbdim7 | B7(b13) |
| Emaj | Amaj | B7 | Emaj |
| C#- | Amaj | B7 | Emaj 4th resolves to 3rd ||
Piano bass plays fun inversions here. For E maj: E, B, G# (root, 5th, 3rd)
For A maj: E, C#, A (5th, 3rd, root)
For B7 : D#, B, D# (3rd, root, 3rd)
Quick Fdim7, then:
|| F#-7 | G#-7 | F#-7 B7 | Emaj7 |
|F#-7 G#-7 | F#-7 G#-7 | Amaj F#- | B7 |
| Emaj7 ~~~~~||
Repeats, I IV V stuff, then the Green Message from the intro. A brief section amidst the repeats with Emaj7, Dmaj7, and Gmaj7, played rather floatingly.
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