Cirrus Minor

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"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.