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They Made Me a Criminal (1939)

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Instance
Theme name: Date picking
Start time: 0:25:21
End time: 0:25:42
Total duration: 0:00:21
Page #: 19
Measure #: 15
Scene: Reel 3 Part 2
Key: C - Db - D - F
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 100
Instrumentation: orchestra
Description
On-screen: Boys picking dates
Description: Pizzicato accompaniment for lighter music as the boys work picking dates
Music annotations: [m. 15] poco con moto / p; [m. 18] gliss Db Major (watch picture); [m. 19] legato; [m. 22] rall
Film annotations: [m. 15] Hey! Pipe the dud!; [m. 18] He throws date; [m. 20] Hey, whats the idea!; [m. 21] A dame?
Orchestration annotations: [m. 15] harp + violas; [m. 19] W.W.
Analysis: The opening gesture is transposed up by half steps from C to Db to D, ending with a V9 in the key of F major
Tags

9th chord | establish character | light | ranch | sequence | step modulation | teenager | working

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