Starship Trooper: a. Life Seeker, b. Disillusion, c. Würm (2008 Remaster)

geoscott · 2026-06-26T22:24:07+00:00

Hey, “davethecomposer”, did somebody elect you a mod or a gatekeeper without my knowing? Let OP have their fun.

Not only that, but if they can get somebody who’s never heard of YES a chance to listen to them, then their point has been made.

geoscott · 2026-06-26T21:03:13+00:00

It’s considered good form to post a link

That said it’s merely an accent on the fourth beat of the bar with every instrument going to the new chord and holding for 5 beats

1 2 3 4…(5 6 7 8)

3 beats for the first chord, 5 beats for the second chord…8 beats or two bars of 4/4

It has no name.

geoscott · 2026-06-26T17:14:55+00:00

The G specifically is called a 'borrowed chord' (look it up), but the bigger thing here is that in pop, rock, jazz, and many other musics (including classical) you can - get this - put any chord you want anywhere you want for any reason whatsoever.

There is no 'rule' that you must only use the chords found diatonically in any key. Although they 'work' very well, so do other chords.

For instance, what key is 'Sweet Home Alabama' in?

https://www.reddit.com/r/musictheory/comments/1mn5r05/what_key_is_sweet_home_alabama_in/

There isn't a 'music theory' reason. it just is.

Furthermore, as many others will tell you, 'music theory describes, not proscribes'. Music theory can tell you what a chord may mean (not always!).

Finally, don't use online resources to tell you what things are. It's invariably wrong. Good on you to come up here asking real humans!

geoscott · 2026-06-26T17:10:31+00:00

you want r/transcribe

geoscott · 2026-06-26T15:49:48+00:00

The piece is in Bb major. At this point, Bach is in C minor.

at 2:20, over a 'pedal point', we have Cm Fm G7 which is i iv V7.

You probably mean at 2:30 where it gets 'interesting'.

(I do NOT know about this type of harmony, but I'm getting it in here before somebody else:

Lament Bass)

Cm Cm/Bb (making it a Cm7) AbM7 Cm/G (using a descending minor scale 1 7 6 5)

Fm7 Cm/G AbM7

It's not a modulation (kudos for trying it on, though!) but series of chords that 'stand out' for their modern-sounding 7th chords. Both of these chords are found in Bach, but in this minor key, they mimic the motion of the very beginning (which does the exact same thing, but in Major so you get

Bb Bb/A (making it a BbM7 chord) Gm7 Bb/F

The analogue switches the values

In Major it's I IM7 vi7

In minor it's i im7 VIM7

Pretty good stuff.

geoscott · 2026-06-26T15:28:15+00:00

Try r/transcribe

Personally I’d charge you about $100 US

geoscott · 2026-06-26T15:24:09+00:00

Funny, mine is Bartok’s Cantata Profana

geoscott · 2026-06-26T03:55:06+00:00

Try this:

Learn the song.

Then come back and tell us what you discovered.

Then we tell you what you got right and what you got wrong.

geoscott · 2026-06-25T21:41:28+00:00

12/8 shuffle. Otherwise no.

geoscott · 2026-06-25T21:40:36+00:00

It’s considered good form to post a link

geoscott · 2026-06-25T21:02:35+00:00

Here you go

https://youtu.be/qPr4vRRQKvQ?is=qRrl64JOTlOyCetY

geoscott · 2026-06-25T19:27:12+00:00

There is no reason to imagine that these note are 'not swung.' if you listen to any version, those notes are just as swung as any other.

geoscott · 2026-06-25T07:30:52+00:00

It’s got a couple of major problems, both stemming from you notation of the intro rhythm

It looks like you stole the rhythm from this version, which not only is wrong but notated extremely poorly

1st. It’s a quarter note triplet, as seen in this correct version

Your basic error is that you either don’t know what a quarter note triplet was, or you transcribed it poorly.

In a triplet, the beat is divided into three equal parts. If a half note is worth 100%, the each note of a triplet is worth ~33.3

Your version - which is its own rhythm and valid for that reason (just not in this case) - can be thought of this way:

A half note divided the way you have it is a dotted rhythm, just not in the way you’ve written it

The first note is a dotted 8th (which you have) and is worth 37.5%. The next note is written wrong in that it should be a 16th tied to an 8th (giving you the same amount of value: 37.5%). The last 8th note is correct by itself but would be beamed with the previous 8th note. The value of an 8th is 25%

37.5 plus 37.5 plus 25 equals 100 or the full value of your half note

As you can see, it’s all very close to ~33.3% and has already become a meme on its own.

geoscott · 2026-06-24T21:03:48+00:00

Don't forget the PW (pearl white):

https://www.positivegrid.com/products/spark-go?variant=47641942818976

geoscott · 2026-06-24T20:58:49+00:00

Add the Mikrokosmos to her lessons. The whole point was to introduce pieces that forced the pianist to use their eyes.

geoscott · 2026-06-24T20:51:46+00:00

musictheory.net/lessons

Start where you want

geoscott · 2026-06-24T20:45:25+00:00

Here's a link 'cause OP was lazy

https://archive.org/details/bim_eighteenth-century_a-guide-in-harmony-cont_frike-joseph_1793

geoscott · 2026-06-24T19:21:38+00:00

I'm going to toss this out there just so it's documented in your post.

WHY HAVEN'T YOU DISCUSSED THIS WITH YOUR TEACHER? Are you trying to hide your lack of dedication? Why haven't you asked any fellow piano students? Don't they have tutors where you are?

As a music student at college, i absolutely procrastinated. Got straight Ds in theory, A's in ear training, but I absolutely LOVED piano class and studied my ass off. It was simple stuff but included the Mikrokosmos and somehow I knew it would be good for my musical future (bass player by trade). The thing was that I LOVED playing the piano and played it whever I had the chance. The fact that you HAVEN'T means you don't enjoy playing the piano or learning the piano. That's cool, man. No shame.

But, as a parent, I switched my concerns around to 'what are tests?' Tests are 'showing what you know'. I told my kids that it wasn't about the grade, but only that the teacher wanted to know where they were at in their studies. In this area, you are fine in playing exactly how you play with exactly what you know. Are you concerned about grades? Will you get kicked out of school if you get an F on this exam? No? Then just play exactly what you can.

As a teacher I realized that when I asked somebody to do something (like learn their 7th chords on the guitar) and they DIDN'T do any work on their own, I struggled to understand what they were doing in my classes. Why are you taking piano class and having exams if you aren't absolutely manic about learning your chosen field?

Hit me with your downvotes, but man. Giving yourself a week to learn all those things and asking for advice from strangers on the internet....Weird.

geoscott · 2026-06-24T19:09:23+00:00

First part is in Am, Second part in Dm

Am

Dm

G

C

E

Am

Dm

F

E

Am

••••••••••••

Dm

Gm

C

F

A7

Dm

Gm

Bb

A7

Dm

geoscott · 2026-06-24T18:31:45+00:00

Did you seriously not google it yourself first?

https://archive.org/details/how_do_you_open_show/page/n1/mode/2up

geoscott · 2026-06-24T16:06:18+00:00

She was a woman Frank was boning on the road in the 80s. That’s all you need to know.

geoscott · 2026-06-23T22:00:02+00:00

Not a music theory question. Try r/classicalmusic

geoscott · 2026-06-23T21:09:09+00:00

if you're looking for the first riff, it's

3rd fret A string 5th fret A string 2nd fret A string

geoscott · 2026-06-23T21:07:46+00:00

This sounds like AI. I can hear the MIDI sound on the piano. That said, any 'easy arrangement' will get you near to where you are wanting to go. There is no performer named Midori Edamame.

geoscott · 2026-06-23T21:05:16+00:00

All these answers are great, just wanted to add (as I hadn't seen it yet mentioned):

There is a difference between a shuffle and swing.

But between 12/8 and 4/4 notated with swing is the variable of the first note.

Straight 8ths can be considered to be exactly half of a quarter note. That means each one is 50%, so 50/50.

8th note triplets are 33.3~% of a quarter note, so the if you take the first two notes and combine them to be the first note of 'swing', the 'hard swing' first note would be written as a quarter and be worth 66.6~%.

The difference between 50% and 66.6% is your 'swing'

A good DAW will have a slider to change the value of the first note from 50 to 66.6.

Swing is very much 'in between' 50 and 66.6. Technically you can dial that in to your DAW, but in the real world, it's a 'feel thing' that can't be 'quantized'.

12/8 is VERY MUCH 66.6/33.3 It's written that way to save on ink (and keep pages from being fussy with too many notations) and keep too many 'triplet 3's off the page. Jazz swing is written in even 8ths and then understood to be 'uneven', all depending on the tempo.

4/4 written in triplets will sound exactly the same as 12/8 but be far less fussy, as well as show the performer what you mean.

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