SO excited to launch my 12-part series of blog posts about the Hunchback of Notre Dame soundtrack!!. Here's the first post, about the very first sounds we hear in the movie. In the history of Disney music, this opening track is actually revolutionary.

Nice little "Circle of Fifths Progression" in Saludos Amigos!. #MusicTheory teachers, this is a great example for the classroom!. Ask your students: why are there G#s in the melody? What are they doing there? (Answer: fitting in with the chord tones of the circle of 5ths!)

Anyway, Y'ALL, this song from #ToyStory is sooo much fun. What a delight to work on it with my student this morning! ❤️.

4. And then that instrumental interlude at the end. lol. Poor baby! Thought he could fly. It's an arpeggiated F augmented chord (sci-fi!!!), but decorated with chromatic neighbor notes. Sooooo fun!

3. And what's UP with that harmonically wild 2nd half? OK, step up modulations (i.e. G to Ab) became common enough in the 90s, thanks to Alan Menken. But. Ab. Lydian? (dreams!) Going to Eb Major? Then going to the chromatic mediant Cb Major? (free like the birds!) Whaaaaat?

2. And check out that implied polyphony in the third system! It's obviously not polyphony (multiple voices at once) because it's a single melody. BUT, the polyphony is implied -- imagine the sopranos singing that downward scale, and the basses singing tonic - dominant - tonic.

1. See how the blue and yellow boxes are reversed in verses 1 and 2? I mean, yeah, it's to accommodate the different syllable counts in the lyrics, but. were the lyrics intentionally written this way to accommodate the music???

My GOODNESS, what a fantabulous song!!!!. Randomly decided to sight-sing this with one of my students, which, of course (since I'm the teacher) means trying to make sense of it all. WOW. Sooo good!. (thread). (I Will Go Flying No More, from #ToyStory)

Wait a tick. I knew this sounded familiar. #Galavant #Disney #Woah.

GORGEOUS example of the Lydian mode, in the Broadway version of Beauty and the Beast!!!. And. look at that Cm-G-Bbm6-F-Ab progression in the third system!. *chefs kiss*. #MusicTheory #BeautyAndTheBeast #Disney #Broadway #SoGood

So excited to be part of launching a new non-profit, the Female Composer Safety League, for the advancement, protection, and empowerment of female composers!. Please read/share this thread to learn about the inequalities faced by women composers and the work we're doing. ❤️.

So excited to be part of launching a new non-profit, the Female Composer Safety League, for the advancement, protection, and empowerment of female composers!. Please read/share this thread to learn more about the inequalities faced by women composers and the work we're doing. ❤️.

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Now taking commissions!. I'll write you a 30-second piano piece. you choose the mode, tempo, and musical style. 😀. (I posted sample compositions in the replies to this retweeted thread). #composer.

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Remembering that time I made my college music theory students transcribe the Harry Potter Mysterious Ticking Noise song.

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I avoid politics here. But since many of you, like me, are fans of JK Rowling's work, I want to share this thread I wrote on my personal account. I am a trans woman. I am not a cis man dressing as a woman to fool you (or murder you). Please read my thread before replying.

I'm experimenting with glass board animation. What do y'all think? Should I do more videos like this?. #Frozen2 #MusicTheory #smtchat