Arche

αρχη

Song Information

αρχη's pop'n music banner.

Artist: Dormir
Composition/Arrangement: Tomosuke Funaki
Lyrics/Vocals/Chorus: crimm
Guitar: Asaki
BPM: 120
Length: 2:00
Movie: 真理藻
pop'n music Genre: GENSOU ONGAKU (幻想音樂)
pop'n music Character: Alicia [19-3P]
First Music Game Appearance: GuitarFreaks V3 & DrumMania V3
Other Music Game Appearances:

• DanceDanceRevolution Winx Club
• pop'n music 20 fantasia

Lyrics

Unknown.

Song Connections/Remixes

• Long version of αρχη can be found on Dormir's album Petit March.
  • pop'n music 20 fantasia uses a short edit of this version.
• DanceDanceRevolution Winx Club uses a shorter version of αρχη.

Trivia

• αρχη is GF/DM V3's Encore Stage at Extra Level 2. At Extra Level 3, the song moves down to Extra Stage. The song becomes playable in Standard mode at Extra Level 9, the game's final Extra Level, by playing the song as Extra Stage.
• On the console version of GF/DM V3, αρχη starts as the game's Premium Encore Stage at Extra Level 1, moving down to Encore Stage at Extra Level 2 and Extra Stage at Extra Level 3. At Extra Level 4, the song becomes available in Standard mode on all stages.
• Since the inception of the Extra Rush system in GF/DM V3, this is the only Extra/Encore Stage song Tomosuke has composed for GF/DM.
• αρχη was made available for play in GuitarFreaks XG & DrumMania XG as an unlock in Jukebox #3.
• Pronounced "arche", αρχη is the Greek word for "origin." It is also the name of a Muse in Greek Mythology as well as one of Jupiter's moons.

Music Comment

Untranslated.

Song Production Information

Untranslated.

Video Production Information

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Character Information

None.

Difficulty & Notecounts

GF/DM difficulty rated from 1 to 99.
GF/DM XG difficulty rated from 0.00 to 9.99.
pop'n music difficulty rated from 1 to 43. (Arcade ratings obtained from BemaniWIKI.)

GuitarFreaks & DrumMania

Original Series

Game	Drums			Guitar			Bass			Open
	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme
Notecounts	664	918	1092	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
GuitarFreaks & DrumMania V3	47	66	87	41	56	70	24	43	49	43	58	72
GuitarFreaks & DrumMania V4→Present	47	66	↑92	41	56	70	24	43	49	43	58	72

XG Series

Game	Drums				Guitar				Bass
	Novice	Regular	Expert	Master	Novice	Regular	Expert	Master	Novice	Regular	Expert	Master
Notecounts	?	?	?	-	?	?	?	-	?	?	?	-
GuitarFreaks & DrumMania XG→Present	5.10	6.30	7.53	-	3.40	5.00	6.65	-	3.20	4.45	6.70	-

pop'n music

Game	Standard				Battle
	5 Button	Normal	Hyper	EX	Normal	Hyper
Notecounts	410	423	801	1254	406	661
pop'n music 20 fantasia→Present	16	20	32	41	14	29