G7

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Tonality	F Major
Length	0:30
BGM Data
Catalog Number	K-60
Composition	Shunsuke Kikuchi
Debut and Release
Debut Year	1986
First Appears	Dragon Ball Episode 5
Debut Release	Ongakushū (1986 vinyl) Daizenshuu (1994 CD)
BGM Suite	Strong Ambition

G7 is the official catalogue number of piece of background music (BGM) composed by Shunsuke Kikuchi for the Dragon Ball anime in 1986. The piece debuted in Dragon Ball Episode 5 which was broadcast on 26 March 1986.

Overview

The full composition is part a of the suite entitled "Strong Ambition", which is track #09 on both the Ongakushū record and disc #2 of the Daizenshuu.

G7 is given the title "Daydreaming" on The Suburbs of kenisu's Magicant, the most common source for fan titles of Kikuchi's compositions. The piece was assigned the Kanzenshuu catalogue number of K-60 based on its placement in the series.

Form and Analysis

G7's setting in F Major is chromatic, and the piece actually ends on E Major. The form is ABAB, where A centers on F Major, and B centers on E Major. The chord progressions are parallel rather than diatonic.

In A1, the bass pattern is F-F♯—G-F♯—F-F♯—G-F♯—F, while the melodic voices including flute spell the root and third of successive chromatic triads: F-A-F♯-A♯—G-B-A♯—F-A-F♯-A♯—G-B-A♯—A-G♯-G-F♯-F-F-F—C-F—C-F. This pattern takes four bars (assuming the melodic voices go to 16th notes in 4).

In B1, centering on E Major, the prominent voices spell out a succession of major triads. The most prominent voices play root-position chords on the beat with the root also in the top voices (including violin), and a glockenspiel arpeggiates each chord up an octave: E Major (E-G♯-B-E)—C Major (C-E-G-C)—E Major—F Major (F-A-C-F), E Major—C Major—E Major—F Major. This pattern takes two bars.

A2 begins immediately after the final F Major chord of B1 and centers on F Major again. A1 is repeated exactly.

B2 repeats B1 exactly, but after the final F Major chord, the pieces ends on an E Major chord with no glockenspiel arpeggiation.