How to Reharmonize Your Music Like Splatoon

[@doofisconfused]

i saw splatoon and music theory and clicked immediately

[@Bobert_here]

Yes.

[@Splatser1]

If I see this Kind of stuff i will forget everything and click play

[@leiforeal]

exactly. this video is exactly what i didn't know I needed right now.

[@strangeactuallylegume]

Same lmao

[@whirlpooltunes]

Same

[@Let-me-sleep]

CADENCE!!!! GIVE ME ANOTHER SPLATOON VIDEO AND MY LIFE IS YOURS 🗣️🔥🔥🔥

[@CadenceHira]

COMING SOON (like maybe early next year)

[@ogpandamonium]

I read this in spamton's voice

[@sirkitt]

@ogpandamonium i i i i i i i i i i i (you hearing this or Alex Rochon?)

[@ogpandamonium]

@@sirkitt im hearing stupendium mixed with jerma985

[@cetadel6597]

@@ogpandamonium Jerma is the brackets?

[@monocasualzari]

WAIT BUT THE BEGINNING OF THE DEEP CUT ONE BEING SO SIMILAR TO THE SQUID SISTERS ONE MAKES SENSE CUZ BIG MAN IS A SQUID SISTERS FAN

[@vanillaproductions8596]

OMG

[@hye0930]

'spooky big man breakdown' 'merry big man breakdown' HAD ME DEAD💀

[@goldenknight6112]

I love the inclusion of Frye's usage of maqam rast as I haven't seen anyone mention it before. It's also just nice to see Middle eastern/Indian inspired music that utilise the music theory in those regions

[@MoolaMixtape]

It made me SO SO happy to see and hear yumi takahashi's name at the end of the video especially since the official credits arent even out yet... thank you for being so diligent about crediting composers when so many music youtubers dont even bother!! they deserve to be known

[@Ax0_1t01]

Fr most composers under-credited like crazy

[@SawTxxth_w]

Wait aren't you on twitter?

[@Ax0_1t01]

I LOVE TALKING ABOUT SPLATUNES RAAAAAH

[@Juli-bm7yl]

SPLATUNES, YES

[@pixelatedsalt]

sploon is my favorite game.

[@lilpetz500]

Sammeeee

[@jo.estrella]

I LOVE SPLOON 🦑🐙

[@ben1ben]

🤝

[@МарянПестов]

I never played Splatoon , nor sploon , but I appreciate these games

[@pinkwyvern]

splatoon music theory is sooo yummy thank you for this.....i hope you make more splatoon music videos, its my favorite!! also, brief note, while some people consider this the same thing as traditional japanese music (it isn't, as japan colonised ryukyu - now known as okinawa prefecture - in the 1800s), but shiver's music takes some elements and style from amami & general ryukyuan folk music as well. this is an indigenous style that anna sato (shivers VA) specialises in. i'm no music theorist myself, but off the top of my head some elements are the whistles in the bg of anarchy rainbow and the very long, dancing (cant think of the official term) notes she sustains. i really suggest listening to anna's album with toshiyuki sasaki - beauty and the beat, which is a cool fusion of jazz and amami sound.

[@TransTaey]

I love to hear this stuff, it's very good to know

[@mingisfixon6452]

0:45 after Adam Neely pointed out "The lick" and kept referencing and meming it, I always get kinda spooked when I hear it out in the wild 😂

[@ChristophJakob]

Aww yeah, Splatoon music

[@Kay-ql2wl]

Can't ever not love it! or breakdowns of it 👀⁉️

[@sugar.coated.030]

I LOVE SPLABTON

[@TheLetterbomber]

I've been so excited for this video, but seeing that it's 37 minutes long? The damn cherry on top

[@brandonshenmusic]

this video is so peak. the sound design in splatoon is also amazing- would love for a video to talk about the production (as opposed to theory) of the music and other sfx

[@CadenceHira]

this is an interesting idea! I've been thinking about this a lot actually, maybe after I do some more research I'll add it to my video list

[@Azure1013]

Those reharms on the last one and some of the Off the Hooks ones make me realize that I should probably listen to more Future Bass music. Shit actually goes so hard. Love that crazy syncopated beat.

[@lilpetz500]

Oh syncopation could probably hypnotise me, it is so good on the ears and especially paired with other sound theory concepts

[@ruskah0307]

bro that tidal rush sample's emotional af genuinely almost got me fucked up

[@CadenceHira]

i've been a mess for 6 years

[@KuroShiiiiro]

music theory videos ab splatoon music really tickles the tism perfectly. subbed

[@tormentakid]

16:00 not only is the instrumental borrowed from carnivla samba, the progression is pretty much the tombo in 7/4/samba de janeiro progression which is by the way such a simple but incredibly hype progression like it just feels like people partying lol

[@superleonbros]

Big betrayal is not just one of my favorite splatoon songs, it's just one of my favorite songs. The chorus melts my brain every time

[@elvifox1582]

pls do salmon run it is like actually so interesting bro it's crazy

[@lilpetz500]

Oh 100%. It's one of the most experimental sections of the soundtrack, if not Nintendo's whole mainstream backlog. Especially because I find it has the feeling of like, prolonged stress that you have to sit and manage (like an ethically dubious gig job!) The instruments sound like they're going to run away from each other, like they're discordant and erratic, like too many sounds at once sometimes (in a good way)

[@lakikakku]

I fucking died when I first heard blushing tide, it’s so good. I also absolutely adore the arrangements they made for the squid sisters for grandfest.

[@TerrorofMechagoji]

Music is fire, I should probably start playing Splatoon again

[@13_cmi]

Maybe do maybe don’t. Once the addiction starts it’s hard to stop. I’ve been addicted for over 6 YEARS. It’s a genuine problem do not let yourself get hooked on it.

[@qwertyqwertperson]

@@13_cmi dont get cooked stay off the hook ahh dilemma

[@iKnowaNoah]

​@@13_cmi ive been trapped for 10 years please help ive forgotten what the sun looks like

[@TheRidiculousR]

B like me: -Splatoon 1 music is awesome -Splatoon 2 music 2 is 2 awesome -Splatoon 3 music (versus battles specifically) is not quite the same degree of awesome -Make your own music to replace the ones you dislike by modding -Play the game for the sake of enjoying the custom music you made and be proud of it -... -... -be scared theres some detail or music theory you missed and that your music isnt as good as you think it is -be jalous of nintendo for all their fancy real life instruments recordings they can do, which you can never hope to match with your 0 budget scrap bin pc and only free vst's -never upload your proudest work because you think its not good enough -procrastinate some more -write this comment

[@ultimatesonic7]

27:02 "I'll probably do a video on that on some point..." Please, PLEASE DO!!! I even hit the bell so please 🥺 I think polyphony is SO cool and I would gladly listen to you talk for an hour or more on it!!! I'm not that versed in music theory but I love learning about it and hearing others' cool perspectives and yours is super fresh!!

[@ebibubblesart5843]

As someone who has always struggled with music theory and is now studying jazz for post secondary, THANK YOU! This is the first time in a long time that I’ve been engaged in music theory content. My learning’s in the “everything’s dull but I get why it’s necessary” phase, so it’s really neat to see someone who knows what they’re talking about (in the context of a game I love)!

[@windowbar]

i don’t play splatoon but the music is 🔥🔥🔥

[@souljynx]

learning that marina is canonically a music theory nerd explains everything

[@BrodySchoonMusic]

In-depth harmony analysis of splatoon music is EXACTLY what I've needed in my life

[@r3ddusk]

as someone learning music theory in school and then seeing this video so much clicked and it made me appreciate splatoons music like 10x more thank you

[@ringo_roro]

I know NOTHING about music theory but this video was so fun to watch

[@CelineOzalvo]

I NEEDED this to be this long of a video

[@gazeros69]

I don’t know if Seven Wishes has much in terms of analysis theory wise, but it was perfect and life has not been the same since the Grand Festival.

[@djangorainbow]

splatoon + music theory video i owe u my life

[@spaghoe]

GREAT GOOGLY MOOGLY THIS VIDEO ROCKS THANK YOU ‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️

[@insertusername56]

i would have never tought how complex splatoon music is

[@lilpetz500]

I've always kind of loved that fact. Like, it's garage band/jpop music, but with that very tangible Nintendo jazz complexity in every moment. Like, every song feels like it can't be just good and catchy, but have at least a few complex music theory details in there. Like, the Idol songs have all had a place in my playlists for being *very* well composed and theme infused jpop, but very hard to share with people because like. Idk if they'll take the cutesy Japanese phonic gibberish vocals seriously (which are also so fun and a genuinely cool music element in themselves)

[@poisonmushroom0]

I can definitely see what you mean when you said Blushing Tide is just cool for the sake of cool, but I actually think it's meant to be a capstone of the Squid Sisters' character development across the last 3 Splatoon games! Splatoon 3's Return of the Mammalians has been said to be the finale to the Squidbeak Splatoon saga, which is, most importantly, about Callie & Marie. After all their bickering in Splatoon 1, their falling out between 1 & 2, their battle in 2, and re-connection in 3, I think Blushing Tide is a representation of how far they have come as characters. It's meant to demonstrate how they have finally made amends with eachother despite going through so much and paints a positive outlook for their present & future.

[@seltsameseeds]

yes, 100%!! dang, reading it laid out like that actually makes me feel a lot better about past winning grand fest. they've been through a lot and I'm glad they finally were able to win a splatfest together

[@PauLtus_B]

I think the argument is more that it's not expressing something that interesting musically.

[@colour_fall14]

I love the way the sheet music is colour coded to correspond to who sings that portion of the melody, it's especially satisfying when two characters sing together like in Tidal Rush/Blushing Tide. I was wondering if you''d mention the similarity between Blushing Tide and the Smash Bros remix of Bomb Rush Blush, I headcannoned that Marie got a hold of that version and reharmonised/combined it with Tide Goes out to make Blushing Tide. Also Yes, KK Slider and Big Man would be great friends! (Isabelle and Marina would get on well too)

[@LyleLylefr]

Another great example of reharm is the like 15 different versions of the “Once Upon a Time” leitmotifs from Undertale. My favorite example is in ‘Hopes and Dreams’ after the key change. That melody right after is pretty much the baseline from ‘Once Upon a Time’. It’s so cool it sounds so good on that guitar.

[@candycoatedrox]

SPLATOON MUSIC THEORY VIDEO!!! SPLATOON MUSIC THEORY VIDEO ON ANARCHY RAINBOW VARIANTS!!! SPLATOON MUSIC THEORY VIDEO ON *TIDAL RUSH* MY BELOVED!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!! i'm personally SUPER invested in splattack (octo), i LOVE it when composers take a leitmotif/tune that's linked to a character and twist it around to make a corrupted version!!!

[@dannym2804]

This is an amazing video. The music in splatoon is so, so good and complex. Deep dives like this are cathartic

[@brain-WAV]

Never heard the original Bomb Rush Blush but i heard the remix in Smash and that was really good

[@tangsolaris9533]

Thank you for the amazing breakdown of Splatoon's reharmonizations! It's so good

[@ArgentuTA164-2]

This is going to sound insane but the word you're looking for at 21:31 is most likely "feline", which yes, to my knowledge, is the adjective for manta rays. And I'd love to hear you gush about _Rainbow Color Inkantation!_

[@seltsameseeds]

this was so cool!!!! ive been looking for more splat music theory and this is exactly what i wanted to see, insta subscribe and may these cephalopods continue to bring joy and bangers and dorkery for why they did a reharm of bomb rush/tide goes out, i think there's a strong in universe explanation for why the squid sisters would want to do another version of their solo songs mashup - it's part of them mending their relationship (cause blushing tides released several years after tidal rush right). and the way they've now made a more cohesive song where the solo songs borrow from each other and support each other more evenly works to show us they're on good terms again and have a stronger bond now

[@Drydoctor-qo5wt]

C0ld St0rage has some really good chords, by the way. The breakcore brainworms are influencing that opinion heavily but it’s still good

[@Syonico]

found you from the dti video, i am now immediately hooked on this video format

[@souljynx]

I love splatoon’s use of the obscure minor Squidian scale™️

[@cack1e]

i might be shouting into the void here but my favourite splatoon song is endolphin surge. i love the introductory melody & the guitars. a lot of the wet floor music is interesting to me because of the mixtures of styles and the tension based on the in-game guitarists liking different types of music & not always getting along. theres also some influences from squid squad despite one guitarist being a self proclaimed rival of the squid squad guitarist/vocalist, because the other guitarist is a punk fan and likes squid squad. i think some wet floor songs can sound a bit repetitive or feel like theyre lacking something, but i haven't really heard anything else like them in game that meets their highs

[@TheRidiculousR]

As an amateur 0 budget music artist who can barely read sheet music and doesnt actually know music terminology and learns exclusively from trial and error, Trying to make music to fit in the world of splatoon is such a deep and fascinating experience. The bar in splatoon is so incredibly high that i cant hope to match it but im very proud of what ive made and the things ive learned from even just trying it. Then still, i feel like im never quite finished and always have improvements to make, which ends up in me never uploading my stuff because it doesnt feel "done "... Theres no feeling worse than being proud of something, uploading it, learning something that makes you feel really dumb, and hating the version you uploaded, but still feeling like the new version is too simmilar to upload it again

[@ry6184]

Big man and kk slider would DEFINITELY be friends imo

[@EricGonzalo]

Awwww, yisss. Delicious learning for my brain and ears, as another fellow cephalopod enjoyer and supporter of the ceo of funky fresh beats

[@CadenceHira]

ARE YOU SQUIDDING ME thank you for the super thanks fellow cephalopod enjoyer!!

[@Splatser1]

9:00 can literally be me in the middle of someones heart break story

[@jdAlcantara]

THIS VIDEO IS INCREDIBLE i feel like i learned a lot and will definitely be stealing like all of these harmonic ideas 😭

[@novantric]

Great video, even for someone like me who doesn't do music theory. I just enjoy hearing all the effort they put in these songs :)

[@arcococoa]

literally cheered when I realised you were gonna mention tidal rush

[@emolis8381]

blushing tide is just unimaginable levels of PEAK

[@waxsuyaaa]

TRUE

[@ShepNowahWooloo]

Splatoon Music is always so amazing, Its ashamed splatoon 3 semi ended now. But it still lives on!

[@krill_CO]

this is why i love splatoon. its like an assimilation of our culture, its so interesting. lorewise its creatures that came after us looking at what we did and going "hey this is kinda cool! lets try and make this!" but they didnt make what we made, they are basically trying to play an instrument after hearing a song once. and its amazing. its like looking at our culture from the outside, and its not just music its a lot of splatoon. fashion and weapons too etc! deep cut exemplifies this! since their music is three cultures in one band. not only do you get that "outside understanding" of each but also we see how they blend together. they dont have the literal cultural limitations of "why would you mix these they are totally different??" its like a kid putting three types of candy in their mouth at once cause they love all three, why wouldnt the mix make you even happier? oh and tidal rush. i love tidal rush! its like what i said about deep cut, but much more dramatic and theatrical. which i eat up and love to analyze in greater detail. how the two personalities clash, but also how they work together because of the fact they are a team. despite the differences they mesh wonderfully. and you already talked about how callie is the much stronger melody, not only is she the story focus but as you said marie is being selfless and trying to save her cousin. (also since callie is hypnotized and by octavio you get more octarian music notes like those big dramatic maybe strings at 27:02 are coolio) i could talk about this forever but im just gonna finish enjoying the video lol, great work please keep posting :33

[@hum4np3rs0n3]

It feels so weird listening to this through my headphones, since I love listening to the basslines. I usually can't hear them on my monitor (Especially not when trying to win >:3) and the songs feel ENTIRELY different. It feels so NEW, even though I've played all three splatoon games to their entirety! This video was a good chance to revisit parts I couldn't listen to normally! :D (Oh, and that funny part between recording you and editing you was a good intro to your channel XD)

[@plaaaant]

the jack o lantern 👿 MUAHAHAHAHA 😈

[@Somerandomjingleberry]

Love it!!!!!! A bit tangential, but I always wondered about the singing in these tunes. Is it all nonsense syllables? Is there a full inkling conlang? Or is it all just Japanese through a filter? What would human languages sound like spoken by these sea critter people anyway?

[@CadenceHira]

thank you!! it's mostly gibberish, but rendered in katakana for octarian and hiragana for inkling. it's not really a conlang because word consistency doesn't transfer between songs usually lol

[@Dimasterim]

Yes more Splatoon videos please 🙏🏻

[@Lazy_Bonesss]

I absolutely adore the splatoon music and this video was amazing. I never learned music theory past reading notes on paper, but this was still so fun to watch. I would love to see more videos disecting some more splatoon music. It's so much more interesting than i ever knew until now

[@zerozerosevendotcom]

17:04 caught me off guard 😭my new fav vid on youtube

[@soar_on]

i did some experimenting inspired by Otomo Yoshihide but took it a step further. my idea was to take a standard/extemely well known song and make it as strange as possible whilst still heavily implying the original. things like Ode to Joy became these weird 7 bars of 5/4 in a completely undefinable key, but it's so familiar it is still pretty listenable. fun lil things like this that will probably never see the light of day are still very worth it, i'm extemely comfortable with my music theory knowledge, butbthat dont mean i wont try to take it futher

[@sic.thing.y]

banger video about banger reharms

[@timeimp]

YOU DID BLUSHING TIDES!! Liked and Subbed! Thank you Cadence!

[@hamnerheads6770]

kinetosis by diss pair has always stuck out to me with its insane bass

[@cmyk8964]

21:15 - Or unless you’re Andrew Huang (composer of “You Make Winter Warm” for Klick Health), it’s II-V-I cadence, bell sounds, and live jazz instrumentation, because most Christmas songs were made in or around the 50s. xkcd has a comic/graph about that too.

[@BryanLu0]

8:53 For space concerns, we have omitted the lengthy music discussion... Lol

[@NoBrainForAGoodName]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO SPLOOOON

[@ExzaktVid]

20:12 “Hallelujah amid sombrero! Sold your mama to air at now!

[@Kay-ql2wl]

Fun that you can tell what the song is simply from some interpreted gibberish

[@montageofchips]

These videos are always so good!

[@darealpoopy3580]

Heya! Loved the vid sm, first I've seen from you and subbed immediately! Music theory and splatoon are an amazing combination for an OG player from the Sploon 1 days... Calamari Inkanation has seen numerous changes over the franchise, and so has Ebb and Flow (Base game and splatfest variants) / Fly Octo Fly (Octo Expansion) / Spectrum Obligato / Small Order (Side order)! They've both also changed in similar but different ways, and would love to see more on them! (Edit, also Splattack, that's been going throughout the entire series and seen so many variants which I think we'd all find interesting!) This comment is probably going to get buried so like if you agree or something idk~

[@CadenceHira]

thanks for subbing! in one version of the script i really really wanted to talk about the nintendo live 2022 version of calamari inkantation with deep cut because the reharm was CRAZY. maybe in a future video

[@joshbraithwaite3647]

INKlination 1:36

[@nortographer]

Did I understand anything? Not really. Was this a banger video to see someone else simp over the Splatoon music? Yuh :)

[@ember9132]

i love this niche side of the splatoon community that's obsessed with music theory

[@ArminEshkoob]

FINALLY SPLATOON

[@pixelmage132]

Amazing video with some really cool explanations - being a music student who also plays a lot of Splatoon, this was very fun to watch. But I couldn't help but notice the stick controls in the background...

[@getrecct5228]

PLEASE JUST COVER OCTO EXPANSION IN ITS ENTIRETY 🙏🙏 (the first idea that comes to mind for me is just the instrumentation but i’m sure there’s so much more)

[@Disxict]

YOU WERENT LYING YES FINALLY SOME SPLATOON RECOGNIZATION 😭😭😭

[@Scomy_]

listening to this while drawing exceptionally pleasant vibes :)

[@vvolfaadala7634]

sorry to be the erm actually but i had to mention mistaking the agents at 29:16, splatoon 2's agent is number 4, agent 3 is from the first game :')

[@CadenceHira]

oop lol

[@vvolfaadala7634]

@@CadenceHira it happens! most people get them mixed up lol

[@Jyuratodus_Enjoyer]

The running gag of your friends in discord was funny :)

[@Corsa9]

I don't know how I tried to understand music theory in 40 minutes but I will watch this video again

[@LunaBoBuna_]

BABE WAKE UP CADENCE HIRA SPLATOON VIDEO JUST DROPPED

[@GL887]

Omgg this vid made revived my splatoon passion.......

[@thebob3000]

havent seen the video yet but im commenting cause i already know its a classic

[@kookasaurtoons7550]

THIS IS AMAZING RAAAAAAAHGG I’d love to see an analysis on click bait and bait n’ click

[@hirobye8329]

Hey Cadence, really like the videos! A while ago I saw you did a Hades video and you always do wacky time sig videos, but you didn't do a video on Titan of Time in Hades 2!!! All the tracks in the new game are bangers, but I think you could probably do a video just on this one cause of how crazy it gets. I understand if you're still getting through the first game, but definitely have a listen to this one specifically, I think you'll get a hit out of it.

[@CadenceHira]

i beat hades a while ago, but i'm waiting until hades 2 is out of beta before i play it i'll probably end up listening to the ost though lol

[@hirobye8329]

@@CadenceHira Can't wait for the eventual video on Titan of Time then 🙏You'll definitely love the ost - lots of the pieces are just Hades 1 remixes in some way or another (like into tartarus is literally out of tartarus but at higher stakes).

[@Emma-Maze]

You mentioned idol anime so now I really want that video 🥺👉🏼👈🏼

[@jonathanparecki]

Wonderful video. Maybe I gotta get around to playing Splatoon someday

[@TAKOkidd]

OH LORD OF CALAMARI I EAT THIS SHIT UP! Thank you so much for one of the best meals I've ever had

[@onediamondtwosides]

The sticks gameplay physically hurt me, but the music and theory healed every broken bone!

[@guguifc]

I LOVE SPLATOON, I LOVE MUSIC AND I LOVE SPLATOON MUSIC! MAKE MORE PLEASE!!!

[@reshiee69]

thabk you big man splatoon for being goated

[@stephenweigel]

AMAZING VIDEO

[@faroshscale]

I would LOVE to see you talk about Smeared Canvas by Deep Cut. such a unique song.

[@TheRidiculousR]

That bit where you stream music in the discord call is too relatable...

[@Yoke84]

this video was so amazing!!

[@Tozito911]

good video. i would suggest that you should talk about the Grand Festival music.

[@chetwalker7419]

19:24 how it makes the tune sound more chill… yeah.

[@octotina]

I got hero mode flash backs