The above is an original popular Korean song called “Stand By Me”. It is one of the theme songs in the popular Korean drama serial called “Boys Over Flower”.

The song is in C major and it opens with a 2-bar phrase, something I would call an “Introductory Phrase”. Bar 1 is outlined with a tonic C major chord. The harmony in bar 2 is very unique. It consists of an F major chord with an added G in the upper part, played over a C tonic octave pedal in the lower part. I analysed the overall chord in bar 2 to be that of IVc.

The next section of the song is the “Antecedent Phrase” which spans 4 bars, from bar 3 to 6. Bar 3 consists of an F major and G major chord, bringing the bar to end on a chord V. The harmony goes through the predominant harmonic structure, and goes through chords iii, vi and ii7, before arriving on the dominant G major chord in bar 6.

The section that follows after is the “Consequent Phrase” which spans another 4 bars, from bars 7 to 10. The first 2 bars of this phrase go through the exact same chord progression as the first 2 bars of the phrase before. Bar 9, the 3rd bar of this phrase, starts with a chord ii7, a seventh D minor chord in this case. The music of this bar then progresses to a very unique harmony – an F major chord in the upper part over a G major chord in the lower part. I analysed the overall chord to be an eleventh dominant chord. The phrase ends in bar 10 on a seventh tonic chord.