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In the Hall of the Mountain King

Grieg: one theme, rising registers, gathering speed

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% Grieg's march is ONE eight-note idea and three ways of turning
% the screw: higher, louder, faster. The theme creeps up the minor
% scale and swings back on the flattened fifth:
 
bpm 75
instrument plain
meter 4
unit 1/4
key b min
 
March ::= 1 _2 2 _2 3 _2 4 _2 5 _2 3 _2 5 _4 5b _2 3 _2 5b _4 4 _2 2 _2 4 _4
March
 
 
% Screw one, REGISTER: the theme answers itself an octave up,
% then two. '@12' is the whole orchestration:
 
March {March}@12 {March}@24
 
 
% Screw two, SPEED: tempo is a command, so the accelerando is
% three statements under three bpm lines:
 
March
bpm 105
March
bpm 138
March
 
 
% Screw three, PILE-UP: the theme against itself at the octave
% over a stamping open fifth. This is the final page in one block:
 
{March March, {March}@12 {March}@12, {..1 _4, ..5 _4}*16}
 
 
% THE WHOLE HALL: all 88 measures from the verified grammar,
% creep to blowout.
 
bpm 138
meter 4
unit 1/4
key b4 min
mode diatonic
 
% The cast, every motif and chord the lead line uses:
 
M120 ::= d6 -
M60 ::= '2 - M120 '4 -
M56 ::= M60 '5 -
M130 ::= - ..2 _2 - _2
M35 ::= f2 - c#2 M130@-8
M11 ::= M35 M35@-1
M78 ::= f#5 - g#5? d5 -
M23 ::= M78#2@-7 M78#2@-4 M78
M7 ::= M23@12 f#6
M119 ::= - b2 -
M109 ::= M56@~-29 M11@1 M35@-1 M7@-48 M119
M49 ::= a2 - f#2 - d2 - f#2 - a2 _7 -
M39 ::= a3 - f#3 - d3 - f#3 - {a3, a2} _7 -
M61 ::= .2 - ..7# - .2 _2 - _2
M129 ::= c#3 -
S4 ::= M129 bb2 M130 M78#2@-36
M32 ::= M78#2@-24 bb3 - b3 - S4[0:6]@12
M107 ::= M23@-36 ...5 _2 - _2 M11 M7@-48 M119
M85 ::= {.6, .1} - .7b
M31 ::= M78#2@-19 M85 -
M132 ::= f#4 -
M55 ::= {..1, ...1} _2
M108 ::= M55@~13 - _2
M125 ::= e4 - c4 -
S8 ::= .7 - .5 - M108 M125 M108@-1 M78#2@-19
M71 ::= - 1 -
M133 ::= b4 -
M134 ::= a4 _7 -
M92 ::= - 1 _4
M40 ::= M133 5 M92 M78
M51 ::= 7 - 5 M92 7b - 5b
M135 ::= a5 _7 -
M42 ::= 5 - 4b - 1Maj _4
S9 ::= M132 2 M92 M42 6 - 4b - 1Aug _4
M48 ::= M78#2 {'4b, '1} - '4
M105 ::= - '4b -
M38 ::= '5 M105 '1Maj _2 - _2
S10 ::= M38 '6 M105
M118 ::= 'f#Aug _2 - _2
M136 ::= bb5 -
M86 ::= {.7, .1} _2 - _2
M65 ::= {'3, '1} - = {'5, '1} - = {'2, '1} -
M58 ::= {'1, 1} _4
M91 ::= {d5, b4} _4
M115 ::= '1 _7 -
M53 ::= M115 M115
M22 ::= M135 {'7, '3, 7} _7 -
M8 ::= {c#7, f#6, c#6} _4
M41 ::= f#6 _7 - {f#6, c#6} _4 M8
M44 ::= {d7, f#6, d6} _2
M54 ::= ''3 - {''6, ''1, '6} _4 {''5, ''1, '5} _2 ''3 -
M15 ::= {g6, f#6} - {bb6, f#6} - {b6, f#6} - {c#7, f#6, c#6} _2 'f#Maj$5-1-3 - M8
M21 ::= ''dAug - {d7, f#6, d6} _4 {c#7, f#6, c#6} _7 -
M25 ::= '1 - M65#3 M65 {'4, '1} -
M29 ::= M65 M65#2 {''1, '1} -
M83 ::= b5 _44/7 - _12/7
M121 ::= bb6 _3/14 -/21
M18 ::= ''4 _3/14 -/42 ''5b _3/14 M121
M70 ::= - _23/7 M18 {''6, '7} _9/7 - _75/7
M43 ::= - _23/7 M18 {''6, '7} _2 - _10
M45 ::= M136 '3 - M136 '7b - M83
M95 ::= - b6 -
M46 ::= {''6, '7} _39/14
M103 ::= M18 M46 -/2 M18
M76 ::= M46 - _5/7
M116 ::= ''4 _3/14 ''5b _5/21
M50 ::= ''4 _3/14 M116@1 -/42
M117 ::= -*32
 
key b4 harm
key f#4 harm
key b4 harm
key f#4 harm
key b4 min
bpm 154
key b4 harm
key f#4 maj
key b4 min
key eb4 harm
bpm 138
key b4 min
% mm.1: free material.
F1a ::= | {.5, ..5} _14 - _2 |
F1a
 
% mm.1: free material.
F2a1 ::= M109 M49 M109@12 M39 M78#2@-36 ...7# - ..1 - M61@~-7 M35@9 S4 ...7# M119 S4[0:6]
F2a2 ::= | M35@9 ..2 _7 - |
  M32
  | M35@21 M61 |
F2a1 F2a2
 
key b4 harm
% mm.1: free material.
F16a ::= M32
  | M35@21 {.2, ..2} _7 - |
F16a
 
% mm.1: free material.
F18a1 ::= M107 M49
F18a1 M107@12
 
 
% Part 2, from m.1
 
key f#4 harm
% mm.1: free material.
F25a1 ::= M39 M31 M132 .6 - M108@1 S8 M85 M71 .6 M71 M133
F25a2 ::= 3 M71 {.6, .3} M71 M134 M40 1 _4 M51 M92 M40 '1 M71@17
F25a1 F25a2
 
% mm.1: free material.
F33a1 ::= '3 - '1 M92@~2 M135
F33a2 ::= S9 M42 S9 5 _7 - M48 - S10 M118 S10[0:6]
F33a3 ::= | M48 - M38 |
F33a1 F33a2 F33a3
 
key b4 harm
% mm.1: free material.
F41a ::= M120 M136 M118 '2 _7 -
F41a
 
key f#4 harm
% mm.1: free material.
F42a1 ::= M31 S8[0:10]@1 M86 M125 M86 M31 M132 .6 M65#2~@-19 - M133 3 M71 {.7b, .3} M71 M134
F42a2 ::= | M40 M58 |
  | M51 - {7b, 1} _4 |
  | M23 M91 |
F42a1 F42a2
 
key b4 min
% mm.1: free material.
F49a ::= | M78 M91 1 _7 - |
F49a
 
 
% Part 3, from m.1
 
bpm 154
% mm.1: free material.
F50a1 ::= M53 M53 M53 M22
F50a1*2 M41
 
key b4 harm
% mm.1: free material.
F59a ::= | M44 M54@~-3 M8 |
  | '5 - M15 |
  | M44 M21 |
F59a
 
key f#4 maj
% mm.1: free material.
F62a ::= M41
  | {''6, ''1, '6} _2 M54 M8 |
  | ''1 - M15 |
F62a
 
% mm.1: free material.
F65a ::= | M44 M21 |
F65a
 
 
% Part 4, from m.1
 
key b4 min
% mm.1: free material.
F66a1 ::= M53 M53 M115 '1 _2 '1 _5 - M22
F66a2 ::= | M25 {'5, '1} _2 M65 '1Dia _2 - _2 |
  | {'5b, '1} _2 M65#3 {'5b, '2, '1} _2 - _2 {'4, '1} _2 {'2b, '1} - {'4, '2b, '1} _2 - _2 |
  | M25 M65#2 M29 |
F66a1 F66a2
 
% mm.1: free material.
F73a ::= | M65#2 M29 M83 |
F73a
 
key eb4 harm
% mm.1: free material.
F74a1 ::= M70 M43
  | M7@-12 - '6 - |
  M45
F74a2 ::= M70 M43
  | M7 M95 |
F74a1 F74a2
 
% mm.1: free material.
F81a1 ::= M45@12
  | M70 |*2
  | - _23/7 M103 M46 -/2 M103 |
F81a2 ::= M76 M18 M76 M116 M121 M76 M50 {''6, '7} _59/21 - _4/7 M117 - _55/14 M50 {''6, '7} _7/2
F81a1 F81a2

% Grieg's march is ONE eight-note idea and three ways of turning
% the screw: higher, louder, faster. The theme creeps up the minor
% scale and swings back on the flattened fifth:

bpm 75
instrument plain
meter 4
unit 1/4
key b min

March ::= 1 _2 2 _2 3 _2 4 _2 5 _2 3 _2 5 _4 5b _2 3 _2 5b _4 4 _2 2 _2 4 _4
March

% Screw one, REGISTER: the theme answers itself an octave up,
% then two. '@12' is the whole orchestration:

March {March}@12 {March}@24

% Screw two, SPEED: tempo is a command, so the accelerando is
% three statements under three bpm lines:

March
bpm 105
March
bpm 138
March

% Screw three, PILE-UP: the theme against itself at the octave
% over a stamping open fifth. This is the final page in one block:

{March March, {March}@12 {March}@12, {..1 _4, ..5 _4}*16}

% THE WHOLE HALL: all 88 measures from the verified grammar,
% creep to blowout.

bpm 138
meter 4
unit 1/4
key b4 min
mode diatonic

% The cast, every motif and chord the lead line uses:

M120 ::= d6 -
M60 ::= '2 - M120 '4 -
M56 ::= M60 '5 -
M130 ::= - ..2 _2 - _2
M35 ::= f2 - c#2 M130@-8
M11 ::= M35 M35@-1
M78 ::= f#5 - g#5? d5 -
M23 ::= M78#2@-7 M78#2@-4 M78
M7 ::= M23@12 f#6
M119 ::= - b2 -
M109 ::= M56@~-29 M11@1 M35@-1 M7@-48 M119
M49 ::= a2 - f#2 - d2 - f#2 - a2 _7 -
M39 ::= a3 - f#3 - d3 - f#3 - {a3, a2} _7 -
M61 ::= .2 - ..7# - .2 _2 - _2
M129 ::= c#3 -
S4 ::= M129 bb2 M130 M78#2@-36
M32 ::= M78#2@-24 bb3 - b3 - S4[0:6]@12
M107 ::= M23@-36 ...5 _2 - _2 M11 M7@-48 M119
M85 ::= {.6, .1} - .7b
M31 ::= M78#2@-19 M85 -
M132 ::= f#4 -
M55 ::= {..1, ...1} _2
M108 ::= M55@~13 - _2
M125 ::= e4 - c4 -
S8 ::= .7 - .5 - M108 M125 M108@-1 M78#2@-19
M71 ::= - 1 -
M133 ::= b4 -
M134 ::= a4 _7 -
M92 ::= - 1 _4
M40 ::= M133 5 M92 M78
M51 ::= 7 - 5 M92 7b - 5b
M135 ::= a5 _7 -
M42 ::= 5 - 4b - 1Maj _4
S9 ::= M132 2 M92 M42 6 - 4b - 1Aug _4
M48 ::= M78#2 {'4b, '1} - '4
M105 ::= - '4b -
M38 ::= '5 M105 '1Maj _2 - _2
S10 ::= M38 '6 M105
M118 ::= 'f#Aug _2 - _2
M136 ::= bb5 -
M86 ::= {.7, .1} _2 - _2
M65 ::= {'3, '1} - = {'5, '1} - = {'2, '1} -
M58 ::= {'1, 1} _4
M91 ::= {d5, b4} _4
M115 ::= '1 _7 -
M53 ::= M115 M115
M22 ::= M135 {'7, '3, 7} _7 -
M8 ::= {c#7, f#6, c#6} _4
M41 ::= f#6 _7 - {f#6, c#6} _4 M8
M44 ::= {d7, f#6, d6} _2
M54 ::= ''3 - {''6, ''1, '6} _4 {''5, ''1, '5} _2 ''3 -
M15 ::= {g6, f#6} - {bb6, f#6} - {b6, f#6} - {c#7, f#6, c#6} _2 'f#Maj$5-1-3 - M8
M21 ::= ''dAug - {d7, f#6, d6} _4 {c#7, f#6, c#6} _7 -
M25 ::= '1 - M65#3 M65 {'4, '1} -
M29 ::= M65 M65#2 {''1, '1} -
M83 ::= b5 _44/7 - _12/7
M121 ::= bb6 _3/14 -/21
M18 ::= ''4 _3/14 -/42 ''5b _3/14 M121
M70 ::= - _23/7 M18 {''6, '7} _9/7 - _75/7
M43 ::= - _23/7 M18 {''6, '7} _2 - _10
M45 ::= M136 '3 - M136 '7b - M83
M95 ::= - b6 -
M46 ::= {''6, '7} _39/14
M103 ::= M18 M46 -/2 M18
M76 ::= M46 - _5/7
M116 ::= ''4 _3/14 ''5b _5/21
M50 ::= ''4 _3/14 M116@1 -/42
M117 ::= -*32

key b4 harm
key f#4 harm
key b4 harm
key f#4 harm
key b4 min
bpm 154
key b4 harm
key f#4 maj
key b4 min
key eb4 harm
bpm 138
key b4 min
% mm.1: free material.
F1a ::= | {.5, ..5} _14 - _2 |
F1a

% mm.1: free material.
F2a1 ::= M109 M49 M109@12 M39 M78#2@-36 ...7# - ..1 - M61@~-7 M35@9 S4 ...7# M119 S4[0:6]
F2a2 ::= | M35@9 ..2 _7 - |
  M32
  | M35@21 M61 |
F2a1 F2a2

key b4 harm
% mm.1: free material.
F16a ::= M32
  | M35@21 {.2, ..2} _7 - |
F16a

% mm.1: free material.
F18a1 ::= M107 M49
F18a1 M107@12

% Part 2, from m.1

key f#4 harm
% mm.1: free material.
F25a1 ::= M39 M31 M132 .6 - M108@1 S8 M85 M71 .6 M71 M133
F25a2 ::= 3 M71 {.6, .3} M71 M134 M40 1 _4 M51 M92 M40 '1 M71@17
F25a1 F25a2

% mm.1: free material.
F33a1 ::= '3 - '1 M92@~2 M135
F33a2 ::= S9 M42 S9 5 _7 - M48 - S10 M118 S10[0:6]
F33a3 ::= | M48 - M38 |
F33a1 F33a2 F33a3

key b4 harm
% mm.1: free material.
F41a ::= M120 M136 M118 '2 _7 -
F41a

key f#4 harm
% mm.1: free material.
F42a1 ::= M31 S8[0:10]@1 M86 M125 M86 M31 M132 .6 M65#2~@-19 - M133 3 M71 {.7b, .3} M71 M134
F42a2 ::= | M40 M58 |
  | M51 - {7b, 1} _4 |
  | M23 M91 |
F42a1 F42a2

key b4 min
% mm.1: free material.
F49a ::= | M78 M91 1 _7 - |
F49a

% Part 3, from m.1

bpm 154
% mm.1: free material.
F50a1 ::= M53 M53 M53 M22
F50a1*2 M41

key b4 harm
% mm.1: free material.
F59a ::= | M44 M54@~-3 M8 |
  | '5 - M15 |
  | M44 M21 |
F59a

key f#4 maj
% mm.1: free material.
F62a ::= M41
  | {''6, ''1, '6} _2 M54 M8 |
  | ''1 - M15 |
F62a

% mm.1: free material.
F65a ::= | M44 M21 |
F65a

% Part 4, from m.1

key b4 min
% mm.1: free material.
F66a1 ::= M53 M53 M115 '1 _2 '1 _5 - M22
F66a2 ::= | M25 {'5, '1} _2 M65 '1Dia _2 - _2 |
  | {'5b, '1} _2 M65#3 {'5b, '2, '1} _2 - _2 {'4, '1} _2 {'2b, '1} - {'4, '2b, '1} _2 - _2 |
  | M25 M65#2 M29 |
F66a1 F66a2

% mm.1: free material.
F73a ::= | M65#2 M29 M83 |
F73a

key eb4 harm
% mm.1: free material.
F74a1 ::= M70 M43
  | M7@-12 - '6 - |
  M45
F74a2 ::= M70 M43
  | M7 M95 |
F74a1 F74a2

% mm.1: free material.
F81a1 ::= M45@12
  | M70 |*2
  | - _23/7 M103 M46 -/2 M103 |
F81a2 ::= M76 M18 M76 M116 M121 M76 M50 {''6, '7} _59/21 - _4/7 M117 - _55/14 M50 {''6, '7} _7/2
F81a1 F81a2

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