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Trying to develop an analogy between music and narrative building blocks If you had to identify 7 “notes” that The Lord of the Rings is composed out of, what would they be? As concrete as possible please. For example the ring might be a note.
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1- Result (starting point) 2-Goal Statement 3-complication/Conflict 4-Outcome 5- Reaction 6-Reflection 7-Decision Minimum scene unit. This scales up to form chords, sequences, acts and stories. Ring = motif = unit that contains 1+ and is recognizable through repetition
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What you’re describing as notes seem motifs to me. A motif is a short succession of notes producing a single impression out of which longer passages are developed. A note is a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound. I converted pitch to unit of action
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