John Williams always uses a a pattern rupture on the beat number 4 for his melodies' patterns. This way he creates a pattern that is resembled in all the movies' themes. Of course: he adds other elements to each theme. But it is the breaking point on beat number 4 that gives cohesion and unity to all his compositions in all musical melodies he creates. For the "Main Theme" he uses a quarter note tuplet and repeats it again in each 4th beat. For "Tales of a jedi Knight" he uses a pair of 16th notes at the fourth beat and on the next 4th beat he uses the characteristic quarter note tuplet. For the "Imperial March" he uses a Eb - Bb cell for the pattern rupture on the melody being previously written in the G note. The same happens with these two following musical themes composed by John Williams:
Imperial March
Piece that uses only 4 harmonic links. The two first belong to the key of G minor: First: G minor. (i - Im) Second: Eb major (bVI - bVI Major) The third scapes the key by one note: Eb minor (b vi - bVIMinor) Eb - (Gb) - Bb The fourth is a way beyond the tonal-functional system: C#m (#iv - #IVminor) Composition of a theme in two parts (A and B). Harmony For part A: Uses two harmonic links at most. A main and a secondary. Main: Gm Secondary: Eb The main harmonic link can be in major or minor tonality. Use a third harmonic link may vary in quality, being major or minor, regardless the tonality of the first two. Third Harmonic Link: Ebm This way we exit tonal-functional harmony. It should be emphasized that no more than three harmonic links are to be used for the first part or the musical synthesis will be lost in composition. For part B: Use one or two notes from the harmonic link and add a fourth harmonic link to achieve variety outside the piece's tonality. Fourth harmonic link: C#m Melody to be constructed for the theme: For part A: Make half of less of the melody with notes proper of the first two harmonic link's chord or scale. Then, complete the melody with notes belonging the third harmonic link. For part B: Continue to construct the melody using the chord notes or scale of the fourth harmonic link. |
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