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Analyzing the magical world of Disney music! A blog by Dr. Samantha Zerin (@ShuliElisheva) Facebook: currently on pause **

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SO excited to launch my 12-part series of blog posts about the Hunchback of Notre Dame soundtrack!!

Here's the first post, about the very first sounds we hear in the movie. In the history of Disney music, this opening track is actually revolutionary...

https://t.co/ejiHOwDcAG

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Nice little "Circle of Fifths Progression" in Saludos Amigos!

#MusicTheory teachers, this is a great example for the classroom!

Ask your students: why are there G#s in the melody? What are they doing there? (Answer: fitting in with the chord tones of the circle of 5ths!)

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Anyway, Y'ALL, this song from #ToyStory is sooo much fun. What a delight to work on it with my student this morning! ❤️

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My GOODNESS, what a fantabulous song!!!!

Randomly decided to sight-sing this with one of my students, which, of course (since I'm the teacher) means trying to make sense of it all.

WOW. Sooo good!

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(I Will Go Flying No More, from #ToyStory)

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4. And then that instrumental interlude at the end... lol. Poor baby! Thought he could fly.... It's an arpeggiated F augmented chord (sci-fi!!!), but decorated with chromatic neighbor notes. Sooooo fun!

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Wait a tick.

I knew this sounded familiar.

https://t.co/TFBUOB1Dpq

#Galavant #Disney #Woah

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GORGEOUS example of the Lydian mode, in the Broadway version of Beauty and the Beast!!!

And... look at that Cm-G-Bbm6-F-Ab progression in the third system!

*chefs kiss*

#MusicTheory #BeautyAndTheBeast #Disney #Broadway #SoGood

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GORGEOUS example of the Lydian mode, in the Broadway version of Beauty and the Beast!!!

And... look at that Cm-G-Bbm6-F-Ab progression in the third system!

*chefs kiss*

#MusicTheory #BeautyAndTheBeast #Disney #Broadway #SoGood

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So excited to be part of launching a new non-profit, the Female Composer Safety League, for the advancement, protection, and empowerment of female composers!

Please read/share this thread to learn about the inequalities faced by women composers and the work we're doing. ❤️

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So excited to be part of launching a new non-profit, the Female Composer Safety League, for the advancement, protection, and empowerment of female composers!

Please read/share this thread to learn more about the inequalities faced by women composers and the work we're doing. ❤️

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@sethchalmer No, but that's cool! Thanks for sharing!

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Hey @DisneyMusTheory, have you ever noticed how much shared melody there is between “Honor to Us All”, which opens Mulan (1998) and Leonard Bernstein’s “Christopher Street”, which opens Wonderful Town (1953)?

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Now taking commissions!

I'll write you a 30-second piano piece... you choose the mode, tempo, and musical style. 😀

(I posted sample compositions in the replies to this retweeted thread)

https://t.co/iLSsqCG0Oq

#composer

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@DillosDiz @FrankMCardillo The actress who plays Anna is SO PERFECT.

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Remembering that time I made my college music theory students transcribe the Harry Potter Mysterious Ticking Noise song....