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Crime School (1938)

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Instance
Gesture name: Alarm
Start time: 0:28:16
End time: 0:28:21
Total duration: 0:00:05
Page #: 27
Measure #: 10
Scene: Reel 3 (Part 5)
Key: unstable
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 140
Marking: Mysterioso
Instrumentation: woodwinds
Description
On-screen: Alarm sounds
Description: Flute trill as an alarm sounds
Music annotations: [m. 10x] to insert / sf-p; [m. 10] 8va / Whistle insert; [m. 10c] sf-p
Film annotations: [m. 10x] Alarm bell / Kids in bed; [m. 10c] Kids in bed
Orchestration annotations: [m. 10x] harp (roll) / str tremolo, vibraphone, gong (a la Jezebel) / harp, piano, celeste, xylophone / basses + gong roll; [m. 10] picc, W.W. / W.W. / gliss harp, cel, xylophone / basses, gong roll; [m. 10c] harp
Analysis: The alarm is a dissonant [0123468] sonority
Tags

alarm | blowing | escape | mickey-mousing | reformatory | sounding | tense | tone cluster | whistle

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