History Main / FallingBass

* Music/TheBeeGees' [[https://youtu.be/XpqqjU7u5Yc "How Deep Is Your Love"]], during the chorus: I, iii6/4, iii°6/4, VI7♭, VI, ii6/4, v6/3, I6/4.

* Music/TheBeeGees' [[https://youtu.be/XpqqjU7u5Yc "How Deep Is Your Love"]], during the chorus: I, iii6/4, iii°6/4, VI7, ii6/4, v6/3, I6/4.

* Music/TheBeeGees' "How Deep Is Your Love", during the chorus: I, iii6/4, iii°6/4, VI7, ii6/4, v6/3, I6/4.

* Music/TheBeeGees' "How Deep Is Your Love", during the chorus: I, iii6/4, iii°6/4, VI7, ii6/4, v6/3, I6/4, V.

* Music/TheBeeGees' "How Deep Is Your Love", during the chorus: I, V6/3, iii°6/4, VI7, ii6/4, v6/3, I6/4, V.

* Music/TheBeeGees' "How Deep Is Your Love", during the chorus: E♭, B♭m6/D♭, C7, B♭m, Fm/A♭, A♭m, E♭/G.

* [[https://youtu.be/6PPui3GfGCY?t=2m25s Over Drive]] from ''[[VideoGame/YsIIAncientYsVanishedTheFinalChapter Ys II]] Eternal/Chronicles'' has a bridge section with this progression. Ditto [[https://youtu.be/X98h0h9vg14 The Five Disciples]] (intro) and [[https://youtu.be/4HNEPXbNEK4?t=14s Battle 58]] (B-section) from ''[[VideoGame/YsIVMaskOfTheSun Mask of the Sun]]'', ''[[VideoGame/YsIVTheDawnOfYs The Dawn of Ys]]'', and ''[[VideoGame/YsMemoriesOfCelceta Memories of Celceta]]''; and [[https://youtu.be/rJ7hNc_BcHY?t=37s Armored Bane]] from ''VideoGame/YsVITheArkOfNapishtim''.

* The "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkjQnoYj95w Crucifixus]]" from the "Mass in B minor" by Music/JohannSebastianBach uses this as a four-bar ostinato bass-line pattern, in E minor. This was lifted from the cantata "Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen," which had it in F minor (as do Liszt's variations for piano and organ based on it).

* The bassline of the "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLMvAVyhm0c Alternia]]" theme (see ''{{Webcomic/Homestuck}}'') takes the five incremental half-steps down to ''so'' before taking a half-step up and a whole step up. The composer fully admits to the influence of ''VideoGame/{{Mother|1}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{EarthBound}}'', and this song is likely inspired by the "Mother Earth" theme (search above).

* The verses of Music/TheCure's "Lovesong" use Am, G, Fmaj7, Em7.

No, tonot [[IncrediblyLamePun an instrument dropped out a 10-story window]]. That would just be "[[NotTheFallThatKillsYou crashing bass]]".

* The chorus of Sally Shapiro's "Christmas Escape" has a relatively uncommon variation in D Mixolydian: I, ♭VII, [=IV4=], ♭[=III4=].

* "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'", written by Lee Hazlewood and recorded by Nancy Sinatra.

* Music/JeanMichelJarre's ''Music/{{Oxygene}} [[https://youtu.be/71DOHvfFDBY Part 1]]'' starts with a variation of the Andalusian cadence (i, vii, iv, V), then switches to a full diatonic minor scale.

* Music/MotleyCrue's "Home Sweet Home" uses a repeating cadence of I->iii4->I7/4/2->[=IV6=], while the refrain complimentarily has the ascending progression ♭VI->♭VII->I.

* The finale of Music/JessicaSimpson's "Where You Are" uses a harmonic minor variant of the Andalusian cadence: i, V7/6/5, VI, V.

* The finale of Music/JessicaSimpson's "Where You Are" uses an Andalusian cadence variant: i, V7/6/5, VI, V.

* Music/MotleyCrue's "Home Sweet Home" uses a repeating cadence of I->iii4->I7/2->[=IV6=], while the refrain complimentarily has the ascending progression ♭VI->♭VII->I.

* Music/MotleyCrue's "Home Sweet Home" uses a repeating cadence of I->iii4->iii°4->[=IV6=], while the refrain complimentarily has the ascending progression ♭VI->♭VII->I.

* Music/MotleyCrue's "Home Sweet Home" uses a repeating cadence of I->iii4->♭[=VIImaj7♭5=]->[=IV6=], while the refrain complimentarily has the ascending progression ♭VI->♭VII->I.

* Music/MotleyCrue's "Home Sweet Home" uses a repeating cadence of I->iii4-♭[=VIImaj7♭5=], [=IV6=], while the refrain complimentarily has the ascending progression ♭VI->♭VII->I.

* Music/MotleyCrue's "Home Sweet Home" uses a repeating cadence of I->iii4-♭[=VIImaj7♭5=],[=IV6=], while the refrain complimentarily has the ascending progression ♭VI->♭VII->I.

* Music/MotleyCrue's "Home Sweet Home" uses a repeating cadence of I->iii4-♭[=VIImaj7=],[=IV6=], while the refrain complimentarily has the ascending progression ♭VI->♭VII->I.

* Chromatic variant in "Mr. Businessman" by Music/RayStevens: E-EMaj7/D♯-E7/D-A/C♯-Am/C-B.

* The Music/{{Eagles}}' famous song "Hotel California" has an interesting subversion of this: The verse's chord progression is typical of the Falling Bass, but it keeps all the chords in root position. The result is this: [=Bm, F#, A, E7, G, D, Em, F#=].

* ''WesternAnimation/SchoolhouseRock'': "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jeq5a8bBh8c Figure Eight]]", the middle major-key section. (Also an example of an A-B-A form song.) This goes down to scale degree two ("re"), giving us [=C, G/B, C7/Bb, F/A, Fm/Ab, C/G, F#hdim7 (F#m7b5), Bdim7/F, C/E, D#dim7 Dmin7 G7 C=].

* RitsukoOkazaki's song "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZnA6e9Rwng fay]]", in the verse. This song is in G major, and the progression is [=G, D/F#, G7/F, C/E, Cm/Eb, G/D, D=].

* The in-game theme of ''VideoGame/TransformersConvoyNoNazo'' features a bass line descending from the tonic of C to B to B-flat to A to A-flat, but then going back up to C by way of B-flat.
* Chromatic variant in "Mr. Businessman" by Music/RayStevens. The first stanza of the song has a descending line of E-[=Emaj7=]/D♯-E7/D-A/C♯-Am/C-B7, played on a piano.