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Hold ‘Em Jail (1932)

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Instance
Theme name: The Prisoner's Song
Composer: Guy Massey; arranged
Start time: 0:00:15
End time: 0:00:46
Total duration: 0:00:31
Page #: NIS
Measure #: NIS
Scene: no score available
Key: F - G
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 80
Instrumentation: wind band
Description
On-screen: Title of film, starring list, cast list
Description: The film starts out with a comical slide trombone version of "The Prisoner's Song" (a tune popular in the 1920s); then the tempo picks up, sounding like a song that would be played by the pep band at a football game; the cast list is superimposed over the image of seats in a college stadium
Analysis: The main theme is harmonized with mostly diatonic harmonies, with a few passing chromatic chords
Tags

altered dominant | cast list | cheerful | common-tone diminished 7th | establish place | opening title sequence | starring list | title of film | transcribed by ear | upbeat

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