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The Letter (1940)


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Instance
Theme name: Mrs. Hammond
Start time: 0:51:49
End time: 0:52:07
Total duration: 0:00:18
Page #: 96
Measure #: 24
Scene: Reel 7 Part 1
Key: g# Aeolian
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 63
Instrumentation: special group



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Description
Description: Mrs. Hammond's oriental theme is heard; the characters do not say anything to each other, but they are thinking about going to Mrs. Hammond to get the letter
On-screen: Howard and Leslie alone
Music annotations: [m. 24] Should sound like Reel 3 Part 3 bars 28 etc. / pp
Orchestration annotations: [m. 24] add celeste harp + piano; [m. 26] gong
Analysis: Parallel open fifths in a pentatonic scale
Tags

advance plot | Chinese | home | lawyer | leading lady | mysterious | open fifth | pacing | parallel fifths | pentatonic | waiting

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