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Heroic Epic & Overcoming

i - VI - III - VII• ~100 BPM

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Original

Tempo

100 BPM

Sound Style

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Natural · 1/2

Barre 1 · 1/3

III

Barre 1 · 1/3

VII

Natural · 1/3

Why does this trigger this feeling according to music theory?

A cinematic chord progression (i - VI - III - VII). Jumping from the dark minor root to the major ♭VI triggers an immediate feeling of courage, scale, and grandeur.

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“Heroic Epic & Overcoming”, a CifraLab proposal

Dm, Bb, F and C is the progression CifraLab proposes for a “Heroic Epic & Overcoming” feel.

“Heroic Epic & Overcoming” runs at 90 beats per minute, so each beat lasts 667 milliseconds. If each chord takes one bar of four beats, the full cycle lasts 10.7 seconds. Read in D minor, its degrees are i, VI, III and VII. It can also be read from F major. Dm holds D, F and A. In Bb you hear Bb, D and F. F holds F, A and C. In C you hear C, E and G.

Dm presses three positions and leaves string 4 open, leaving strings 6 and 5 unplayed. Bb takes a barre at fret 1, leaving string 6 unplayed. F needs a barre at fret 1. C rings with two strings open and three fretted positions, leaving string 6 unplayed.

Dm and Bb keep D and F in common. Also, two hand positions stay put. From Bb to F, F stays, and two hand positions stay put. F and C keep C in common. Also, two hand positions stay put. C and Dm have no notes in common.

Hear it in a CifraLab melody

“Despertar” is a CifraLab melody that plays in chapter 1 of the story. It is in another key. Where this page plays Dm, Bb, F and C, the melody plays Am, F, C and G, five semitones lower. It has 8 bars and runs at 66 beats per minute.