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[scottobear]

leitmotif \LYT-moh-teef\, noun:
1. In music drama, a marked melodic phrase or short passage which always accompanies the reappearance of a certain person, situation, abstract idea, or allusion in the course of the play; a sort of musical label.
2. A dominant and recurring theme.

If you've seen peter and the wolf, or watched any good warner brothers cartoons, you've seen a leitmotif in action.

What's your leitmotif? I imagine mine to be a soft-playing brass... french horn and baritone, lapsing from a soft rich set of tones to a goofy, almost circus-like fanfare. (how's that for a roundabout conceit?)

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Hahaha, this is a totaly Scottobear question - I love it!!

[misspriss.livejournal.com]

I'd have to say mine would be a jazzy piano . . . not clumsy but not swift, not laid back but not quite high strung.

Sometimes up a few octaves when I'm stressed or uptight, sometimes in minor key when I'm on the prowl . . . but always the same jazzy, swaggering tune ; )

I'm glad you like it!

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

Very Nice! I wasn't sure if I'd get many replies on this one. :)

Good question!!!

[razz.livejournal.com]

Peter and the Wolf was the first piece of orchestral music I ever fell in love with, back when I was a wee tot. All my true friends end up with a copy of it from as a gift.

My leitmotif: upright bass, cello strings, and piano; heavy bassline throughout in a nice, steady adagio tempo, deep and middle notes; mellow, cheery, thoughtful, bluesy, jazzy, quickly-changing slow-to-fast melody, ending evenly ... I think that would be me.

Re: Good question!!!

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

oooh. nice! a very rich toneset. :)

[kayhoe.livejournal.com]

Something sort of... dumb de dumb de dumbish. With a whole lot of banjo and stuff at the end. Love the word of the day!

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

Glad you do! dictionary.com has all sorts of great ones in archive, too.


Otis's theme in Superman the movie is like that... fun!!

[myth.livejournal.com]

Badly-recorded acoustic guitar.

[dorkgirl.livejournal.com]

Hrm....depends on if I'm in dork mode or not. Out of dork mode, it's a percussion ensemble...occasionally spirited, occasionally moody and introspective, always unusual and rhythmic. In dork mode...a badly played passage on a bassoon, or a low blat on a trombone. =)

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

ah! Blat! :) a great word, too.

[dorkgirl.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I couldn't think of another word that adequately described that particular low-brass sound. =)