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Music Appreciation

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2. I think the coolest thing about "Jump"...

Reply to ProfessorGAC (Reply #1)

Sat Jun 20, 2026, 02:19 PM

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…is the radical key change going into the guitar solo—C major to Bb minor (!), and then back to C. (The chromatic meltdown during the keyboard solo is also pretty cool).

It’s a dramatic harmonic shift into a not-so-guitar-friendly key, while also being a bit of a musical pun—it occurs just as DLR yells “Jump!”.

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