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Transgression (1931)

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Instance
Theme name: Main Title
Start time: 0:00:15
End time: 0:01:36
Total duration: 0:01:21
Page #: no score available
Measure #: no score available
Scene: no score available
Key: F - a - d - F
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 76
Instrumentation: strings
Description
On-screen: Title of film, starring list, cast list
Description: The main title music is gentle and lyrical, with a rising legato string line and offbeat harp strumming
Analysis: Underlaid by a harmonic sequence (down 4 - up 2, or the "Pachelbel" sequence), creating a stepwise descending bass line; the tune is in a simple AABA structure; mode mixture and a plagal cadence in the coda create a serious aura
Tags

AABA structure | altered dominant | cast list | gentle | happy | harmonic sequence | leading lady | mode mixture | opening title sequence | plagal cadence | pleasant | running | starring list | title of film | transcribed by ear

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