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Accenting Temperament. Andrew Vaccarezza ... temperament. Much of musical
narration is accenting temperament by using symbolism. Now ...
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Andrew Vaccarezza
Dr. Keith Bohm
Music 129, section 2
28 June 2007
Accenting Temperament
During a dark rainy night, a young man is driving down a busy street trying to stay focused and alert. As he approaches an intersection, a car darts out in front of him. Trying to avoid his imminent death, he rips the steering wheel to the right to avoid the car. This is a very tense situation which could use some musical accents. Imagine the same situation starting with a soft upbeat melody of a piano, the light strings of a violin, and the soft beat of a drum. When the car darts out in front the young man, the pitch and amplitude of all three instruments increase dramatically. As one can see, musical lines of narration are more effective than words. If one were watching the situation unfold during a film without music, they would most likely not be startled by the young man almost dieing, but rather slightly surprised.
Over time music has been incorporated into films at an increasing rate. Most main stream productions only have between fifteen and twenty five percent of their entire film missing musical narration. Musical narration adds emotions such as: excitement, sadness, tension, stress, and happiness. Without musical narration, most films would be dry and boring, especially thrillers. Watching scary movies without musical narration is similar to telling a story without raising and lowering the pitch and amplitude of your voice; it is simply boring.
One thriller uses musical narration to its entire extent. This movie is The Amityville Horror staring Ryan Reynolds. During the one hour and twenty nine minutes of film there was only approximately seventeen minutes without musical narration. That is only nineteen percent of the film where some kind of musical narration is not taking place. Everything from driving in the car, to having a ghost trying to drown a character had perfect musical...
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