The Wii Shop Theme can teach you Jazz Songwriting (Patreon)

The Wii Shop Theme can teach you Jazz Songwriting

The Wii Shop Theme is, surprisingly, a perfect example of the fundamentals of jazz harmony. It's also just a total banger. 0:00 - "Elevator Music" / the Bossa Nova style 3:28 - Wii Shop Theme 4:01 - Beautiful Upper Extensions / the 7-6 move 5:19 - ii V I voice leading 8:20 - 3+7 voice leading in the Wii Shop Theme 12:38 - How Jazz Melodies Work 14:44 - The Rootless ii V I 16:18 - Outro PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/8bitmusictheory Check out my album: https://8bitmt.bandcamp.com/album/lets-play DISCORD: https://discord.gg/8bmt TWITTER: https://twitter.com/8bitMusicTheory #wii #gamemusic #8bitMusicTheory