#kris_roomba

[fooling-mantis]

Meme I made for Kris_roomba’s chapter Nubert, check out the video of the announcement on his channel for more info, leaf with a face is my submission

[guyghoul]

My takeaways from this video:

An important part of leitmotifs is contours, intervals, and rhythm. Even if you change the key and instrumentation of a leitmotif, the contours, intervals, and rhythm keep the leitmotif recognisable.

A leitmotif that has sufficiently distinct contours, intervals, and rhythm will still sound rather recognisable even if you deviate one of these traits. Such a leitmotif is dynamic and can therefore be used in many contexts.

Toby's use of leitmotifs tends to be variations of the leitmotif chained together. However, these variations all relate to the original leitmotif: a variation may actually end with the beginning of the original leitmotif. His aim is elaborati on the ideas of his leitmotif.

Even when he introduces a new, monotony-breaking musical idea, he still relates the idea to a previous idea through the song. These relations can get recursive from other relations up to the beginning.

Sometimes, Toby makes a smoother transition between elaborations or ideas by varying the notes leading up to the transition.

In fact, there are times when the leitmotif changes in a way that fits with the context of a current section.