[introduction]
Nowadays, Japanese commercial pop songs are musically sluggish. Maybe, from around 2005. Really long time.
Recent(from around 2005 to now, 2016) Japanese pop songs have similar structure. You use this structure, then, it will be Japanese pop( or Anime) song(。◔‿◔。)
[main part]
■How to make Japanese nowadays pop song
well, please listen typical Japanese pop song, and read below Japanese most typical format.
AKB48
Hoshino Gen
1, use ABC format
In Japan, when express form of song, we use "A melo, B melo, Sabi(C)" words. It means, maybe "verse, bridge, chorus, what(?)". Almost all of recent Japanese pop song use below format.
[ABC format]
1st [Intro] - [verse] - [bridge] - [chorus]
2nd [interlude] - [verse] - [bridge] - [chorus]
3rd [interlude] - （bridge） -[small chorus] - [big chorus] - [end]
2, in verse, start with "I" chord,
"I" is musical term. "I" is, in key of C, "C" chord. In key of G, "G" chord is "I".Almost all of recent Japanese pop song start with I chord at the top of verse.
3, in bridge, start with sub dominant chord, and end with long melody to "jump to chorus" melody with dominant chord.
"start with sub dominant chord" is easy, and easy to write. long melody to "jump to chorus" melody is... somehow difficult to express...
For example, like below!
G~~~~~~~~~, CDEG!(and go to chorus) or
D~~~~~~~~~, GABCE(and go to chorus)
Sorry, please tell! 1st "long", 2nd "stop", 3rd "machine gun"!(chord is V chord)
This is called "Jump ramp to chorus" in Japan. A Japanese famous musician Seiji Kameda(basist of "Tokyo Jihen(東京事変)") begun to use.
(only "long melody" (less "jump to chorus melody") is also ok. both are ok. both are frequent)
4, in Chorus, use 4536 , and end with "I" melody.
4536 is IV-V-IIIm-VIm chord progression( or IV - IV/V - I - VIm). This progression is f**king popular in Japan and everybody use like machine-gun.VI instead of VIm is also well used. well well used.
At the last, please use I at melody, and chord.
5, Totally, use classical polite chord progression.
Japanese commercial pop song is musically simple. very simple, and classical. Like old American 50s-early 60s pop songs.
above was how to make (nowadays) Japanese pop song.If you use above format, then, it's almost Japanese song. It's true.
[wrap up]
I wonder how long this style will last(。◔‿◔。)
Kyary pamyu pamyu also seems to use ↑ format frequently. But PIKOTARO is not. PIKOTARO likes club music, so he uses world club music style. His musical style is very rare in Japanese music market. He is being popular by grace of Justin Biever. He is rewarded.
Nowadays, Japanese commercial pop songs are musically sluggish. Maybe, from around 2005. Really long time.
Recent(from around 2005 to now, 2016) Japanese pop songs have similar structure. You use this structure, then, it will be Japanese pop( or Anime) song(。◔‿◔。)
[main part]
■How to make Japanese nowadays pop song
well, please listen typical Japanese pop song, and read below Japanese most typical format.
AKB48
1, use ABC format
In Japan, when express form of song, we use "A melo, B melo, Sabi(C)" words. It means, maybe "verse, bridge, chorus, what(?)". Almost all of recent Japanese pop song use below format.
[ABC format]
1st [Intro] - [verse] - [bridge] - [chorus]
2nd [interlude] - [verse] - [bridge] - [chorus]
3rd [interlude] - （bridge） -[small chorus] - [big chorus] - [end]
2, in verse, start with "I" chord,
"I" is musical term. "I" is, in key of C, "C" chord. In key of G, "G" chord is "I".Almost all of recent Japanese pop song start with I chord at the top of verse.
3, in bridge, start with sub dominant chord, and end with long melody to "jump to chorus" melody with dominant chord.
"start with sub dominant chord" is easy, and easy to write. long melody to "jump to chorus" melody is... somehow difficult to express...
For example, like below!
G~~~~~~~~~, CDEG!(and go to chorus) or
D~~~~~~~~~, GABCE(and go to chorus)
Sorry, please tell! 1st "long", 2nd "stop", 3rd "machine gun"!(chord is V chord)
This is called "Jump ramp to chorus" in Japan. A Japanese famous musician Seiji Kameda(basist of "Tokyo Jihen(東京事変)") begun to use.
(only "long melody" (less "jump to chorus melody") is also ok. both are ok. both are frequent)
4, in Chorus, use 4536 , and end with "I" melody.
4536 is IV-V-IIIm-VIm chord progression( or IV - IV/V - I - VIm). This progression is f**king popular in Japan and everybody use like machine-gun.VI instead of VIm is also well used. well well used.
At the last, please use I at melody, and chord.
5, Totally, use classical polite chord progression.
Japanese commercial pop song is musically simple. very simple, and classical. Like old American 50s-early 60s pop songs.
above was how to make (nowadays) Japanese pop song.If you use above format, then, it's almost Japanese song. It's true.
[wrap up]
I wonder how long this style will last(。◔‿◔。)
Kyary pamyu pamyu also seems to use ↑ format frequently. But PIKOTARO is not. PIKOTARO likes club music, so he uses world club music style. His musical style is very rare in Japanese music market. He is being popular by grace of Justin Biever. He is rewarded.
