Lyrics and Composition by Sen-sing "🎵 When the Festival Music Plays (Version 2nd Key of Bb Edition) 【Nekomimi Village Festival】 Music Festival"
This is a continuation of my self-participation in this event.
I just released the same song in this article the other day,
but my arrangement at that time was in the Key of Eb. I suspect that Sen-sing, who composed the melody, intended for it to be in the Key of Bb. So, as I hinted in the article, I have re-arranged it in the Key of Bb, which I believe was Sen-sing's intention.
Here it is.
🎵 When the Festival Music Plays (Version 2nd Key of Bb Edition)
Lyrics & Composition: Sen-sing
Arrangement: Misty
Vocals: Yomine Saku
Anna Nui
Lady Lilith (Honoka Ellie)
(UTAU Voicebank)
(Lyrics)
"When the Festival Music Plays"
I can hear it in the distance
The sound of a nostalgic flute
Cicadas buzzing, the smell of grass
In a dream that has passed by
Sparkler, wearing a yukata
Stars twinkling, you were there
The melody is in the exact same key and scale. Only the chord progression is different.
Chord Progression
(Intro)
Bbmaj7 Cm7 Fm7/Bb Bbmaj7
(A-1)
Ebmaj7 Cm7 Fm7 Em7 Cm7 F7 Dm7 G7
(A-2)
Ebmaj7 Cm7 Fm7 Em7 Cm7 F7 Fm7/Bb Ab
(B-1)
Bbmaj7 Ebmaj9 Dm7 Bbmaj7 Ebmaj7 Gm7 Gm7/C Dm7 Cm7 F9
(B-2 to Ending)
Bbmaj7 Ebmaj9 Dm7 Gm7 Cm7 F7 F7sus4 Bbmaj9 Bb6
To make it easier to compare, I intentionally kept the chorus, piano, bass, and rhythm section phrasing the same. The YouTube image is also the same. (The lyrics are the same too, lol)
(You could say it's the exact same arrangement except for the key and chord progression.)
Does it sound like a different atmosphere? Or, can you not tell the difference at all? This is an experiment of sorts, including that aspect.
I uploaded the audio for Version 1 the other day, but I'll upload this one as well just in case.
Feel free to use this if you want to try singing it or writing different lyrics.
It might not look like much of a change, lol, but I think the impression is subtly different, especially in the second half.
The files are here.
(File with vocals.mp3)
▷▷▷ https://sus-t.sakura.ne.jp/Necomimi/Sen-sing/Sen-sing20240613-00.mp3
(Instrumental file without melody)
▷▷▷ https://sus-t.sakura.ne.jp/Necomimi/Sen-sing/Sen-sing20240613-Oche.mp3
Finally, I have also linked Version 1 for comparison.
I will leave it to the listeners to decide how they differ.
You might have a preference, but I cannot say for sure which one is better.
Anyway, I wrote this article to report that two takes have been completed.
Thank you, Sen-sing.
See you later.
May good things happen to you all.