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Tokyo City Pop & 80s Groove
A velvety major and minor seventh downward step with a Tokyo City Pop and Shibuya-kei air (IVmaj7 - iiim7 - iim7 - Imaj7). It paints midnight highway drives, shimmering neon skylines, and a sophisticated 1980s Japanese groove.
“Tokyo City Pop & 80s Groove”, a CifraLab proposal
Fmaj7, Em7, Dm7 and Cmaj7 is the progression CifraLab proposes for a “Tokyo City Pop & 80s Groove” feel.
“Tokyo City Pop & 80s Groove” runs at 114 beats per minute, so each beat lasts 526 milliseconds. If each chord takes one bar of four beats, the full cycle lasts 8.4 seconds. Read in C major, its degrees are IVmaj7, iiim7, iim7 and Imaj7. In Fmaj7 you hear F, A, C and E. Em7 holds E, G, B and D. In Dm7 you hear D, F, A and C. Cmaj7 holds C, E, G and B.
Fmaj7 rings with string 1 open and three fretted positions, leaving strings 6 and 5 unplayed. Em7 presses one position and leaves five strings open. Dm7 rings with string 4 open and three fretted positions, leaving strings 6 and 5 unplayed. Cmaj7 presses two positions and leaves three strings open, leaving string 6 unplayed.
From Fmaj7 to Em7, E stays, but no fretted position repeats. Em7 and Dm7 share D, though the hand changes shape. From Dm7 to Cmaj7, C stays, but no fretted position repeats. Cmaj7 and Fmaj7 share C and E, though the hand changes shape.