Touhou Music Theory

[Ken Hisuag]

I don't know if this will become a larger thread, but I wanted to share this video and didn't think it would fit elsewhere.

8-bit Music Theory - "Key Changes in Touhou Music"

 

[Mizuiro]

The piano arpeggios on Shinmyoumaru's theme is G O O D

 

[buskerdog]

Some videos which I've known about for ages, actually. Ran back into them and remembered that this thread would be a good place for them.


Spoiler

 

[Ken Hisuag]

Just remembered that this video exists.

Wanwan - "How to make Fast Piano like Touhou"

 

[Ken Hisuag]

In a similar vain, but with focus on individual parts (and in a far more condensed presentation):

MiragEden - "Touhou Style Tutorial"


I appreciate having a breakdown; I often try to differentiate the layers from each other by ear, but it can be difficult to discern the finer parts.

 

[Nekoko]

I find it kinda funny that Septette for the Dead Princess sounds (kinda) the same as Virus by Beethoven, it's as if being a vampire in Gensokoyo is caused by a virus, maybe? 

 

[Gou the frog]

Septette for the Dead Princess sounds (kinda) the same as Virus by Beethoven

Indeed, it does sound like Virus but I have my own guess that it's based on Sonata No. 8 Pathetique, the third movement. 


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Perfect Memento in Strick Sense Page 75-76 

 

[buskerdog]

Idk how applicable this is to ZUN's music, but I'm sure it must be relevant to many doujin circle songs. I dug this up recently to show it to a friend, and realised that I never posted it here.

 

[Ken Hisuag]

The day will eventually come where I say something more original on this thread rather than just posting the analysis of someone else; but today is not that day.

What especially engaged me with this video wasn't just hearing a professional musician say things I've been thinking for years, but also the variety of comments referencing the contrast between the older styles and the newer styles.

Davi Vasc - "Is TOUHOU Music Actually TOO REPETITIVE?"

 

[Ken Hisuag]

Again, not technically a progression of the topic, but a potentially helpful resource in its consideration: This video denotes the instrumentation in play, helping the viewer appreciate the layering that goes into a Touhou composition, as well as identifying where each sound really comes from.

Oboro Zuki - The Hide-and-Seek Lifestyle at the Shrine