"Cirrus Minor"
Song by Pink Floyd
from the album Music from the Film More
Released	July 27, 1969
Recorded	March 1969
Genre	Progressive Rock
Length	5:18
Label	Harvest Records
Writer(s)	Roger Waters
Producer(s)	Norman Smith
Music from the Film More track listing
	"Cirrus Minor" (1)	The Nile Song (2)

Cirrus Minor is a song written and performed by the progressive rock band Pink Floyd. It is the first track on their 1969 soundtrack album, Music From the Film More. It is approximately 5 minutes 18 seconds long. It was written by Roger Waters and sung by David Gilmour. The song has a hallucinogenic, pastoral quality, with prominent keyboards and bird sound effects, like those that would later feature on the Ummagumma track Grantchester Meadows. It was also included on Pink Floyd's compilation album, Relics. The song features no drums, which creates a rather unusual feeling. The keyboard sequence at the end of the song is similar to that found on the "celestial voices" section of A Saucerful Of Secrets. "Cirrus Minor" has an unusual chord sequence: E minor, E flat major augmented, G major, C# minor 7, C major 7, C minor 7 and B 7. The chords are built around the chromatically descending bass line. The B 7 chord is the only one who fits into the functional context of the E minor key. This chord sequence gives the song a very surreal atmosphere. Image File history File links MoreCover. ... A song is a relatively short musical composition for the human voice (commonly accompanied by other musical instruments), which features words (lyrics). ... Pink Floyd are an English rock band that earned recognition for their psychedelic rock music, and as they evolved, became widely known as pioneers of progressive rock music. ... Music from the Film More (often referred to simply as More) is Pink Floyds first full-length film soundtrack. ... July 27 is the 208th day (209th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 157 days remaining. ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Progressive rock (sometimes shortened to prog, prog rock, or progrock) is a subgenre of rock music which arose in the late 1960s, reached the peak of its popularity in the 1970s, and has continued as a form of popular music to this day. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Harvest Records was a record label, formed by EMI in 1969 to promote progressive rock music and to compete with Philips Vertigo label and Deccas Deram labels. ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... George Roger Waters (born September 6, 1943) is an English rock musician; singer, guitarist, bassist, songwriter, and composer. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the performers, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes . ... Norman Smith is a musician and record producer. ... Music from the Film More (often referred to simply as More) is Pink Floyds first full-length film soundtrack. ... Music from the Film More (often referred to simply as More) is Pink Floyds first full-length film soundtrack. ... Pink Floyd are an English rock band that earned recognition for their psychedelic rock music, and as they evolved, became widely known as pioneers of progressive rock music. ... Music from the Film More (often referred to simply as More) is Pink Floyds first full-length film soundtrack. ... George Roger Waters (born September 6, 1943) is an English rock musician; singer, guitarist, bassist, songwriter, and composer. ... David Jon Gilmour CBE (born March 6, 1946) is a guitarist, singer, and songwriter best known as a member of the band Pink Floyd. ... Ummagumma is a progressive and psychedelic double album by Pink Floyd released in 1969. ... Grantchester Meadows is a song from the second half of the experimental Pink Floyd album Ummagumma. ... Relics is a compilation album by Pink Floyd released in 1971 (see 1971 in music). ... A Saucerful of Secrets is the second album by rock band Pink Floyd, and arguably one of the first progressive rock albums. ...

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Lyrics [1]