H1

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H1
Namu thinks of his village at the 21st Tenka'ichi Budōkai.
Ｈ１ H1
Tonality	F Major
Length	0:37
BGM Data
Catalog Number	K-1
Composition	Shunsuke Kikuchi
Debut and Release
Debut Year	1986
First Appears	Dragon Ball Episode 1
Last Appears	Dragon Ball Episode 22
Debut Release	Ongakushū (1986 vinyl) Daizenshuu (1994 CD)
BGM Suite	A Great Wilderness

H1 is the official catalogue number of a piece of background music (BGM) composed by Shunsuke Kikuchi for the Dragon Ball anime in 1986. The full composition is only known from soundtrack releases, beginning with the Dragon Ball Ongakushū record released on 21 April 1986. The catalogue number is found in the liner notes of the Dragon Ball & Dragon Ball Z Daizenshuu compact disc release.

Usage and Variations

The arpeggiated harp that opens H1 is the first BGM in Dragon Ball, heard at the very beginning of episode 1, but the violin studio track is removed. Instead, the harp arpeggio overlaps with the dissonant strings and piano at the beginning of H4 (K-2), and that is the end of H1 in episode 1.

The most substantial usage of H1 in Dragon Ball is the second and the last, in Dragon Ball Episode 22 as Namu thinks of his village while Goku and Giran eat. The track is cut short after the antecedent phrase of the flute melody.

The full composition is part b of the suite entitled "A Great Wilderness", which is track #2 on both the Ongakushū record and disc #2 of the Daizenshuu.

Compositional Analysis

H1 is 8 bars in length. In the first bar, the harp arpeggiates an F Major chord in the first inversion while the violin sustains the third (A). The bassoon comes in on an internal root (F) at the second half of the bar. All of this accompaniment is sustained throughout the second bar, where the flute melody enters, accompanied by a short glockenspiel arpeggio.

The flute melody consists of a two-bar antecedent phrase and a two-bar consequent phrase followed by a two-bar transitional phrase leading to the climax and resolution at the final bar. The antecedent phrase is a one-bar motive over F Major tonality which is repeated over A minor in the second bar of the phrase. The consequent phrase is a developmental melody over D minor, resolving to B-flat Major. The transitional phrase moves from B-flat Major to the dominant (A Major); on the dominant, the harp articulates 1-2-3-5 (A-B-C♯-E) while the glockenspiel articulates 1-3-5-7 (A-C♯-E-G), and then the piece ends on a root-position tonic (F Major) chord, with the harp again articulating 1-2-3-5 (F-G-A-C) in an extended arpeggio.

Identification

H1 is given the title "Morning" on kenisu's Magicant, the most common source for fan titles of Kikuchi's compositions. The piece was assigned the Kanzenshuu catalogue number of K-1 based on its placement in the series.