| Description |
| Description: |
Mrs. Hammond's theme comes in quietly and mysteriously |
| On-screen: |
Howard and Leslie wait in the shop |
| Music annotations: |
[m. 13] pp / p; [m. 14] morendo / pp; [m. 16] a tempo / p / hold vibraph (as long as possible (no rolling) / pp; [m. 19] simile; [m. 20] rall |
| Orchestration annotations: |
[m. 13] harp + 1 piano (normal soft pedal) soli / vibraph / 2 bassoons / b clar only remain; [m. 15] 2nd piano + gong soli / 1 cello (sord) / 1 bass; [m. 16] 1st fl (delicato) / 2 clar subtone / harp only (harmonics) / hold vibraph (as long as possible (no rolling)); [m. 19] vibraph |
| Analysis: |
The melody is in D pentatonic over a pedal on C, then Bb |
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| Tags |
antagonist | Chinatown | Chinese | Chinese | exotic | lawyer | leading lady | mysterious | open fifth | parallel fifths | parallelism | pedal tone | pentatonic | shop | tense | transition | waiting
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