#and use of triplets

[mwezina]

Two decades late, but inspired by the movie of all things. So here's a brief analysis of Wicked Act I and the importance of key signatures.

First an overview of post-Wagner key signature conventions.

It is quite common post-Wagner to have the entirety of an act or even the whole opera to work towards the resolution of one chord. Composers sometimes are very careful to never play the final chord in order to trigger that feeling of catharsis and arrival. Wagner was known to underpin every song with the dominant, while also orchestrating it so it feels unstable, thus making the audience on edge. So once the final chord is played, there is a feel of "finally". He weaponised music theory to make the audience feel just as much longing as the character themselves. Schwartz is well-versed in music history, so I have no doubt the following key signature choices are intentional. This is especially true since many well-known composers also utilised this technique, such as Sondheim, Webber, and Zimmer. Schwartz also collaborated with Zimmer multiple times, and we can see their influence upon each other in later works.

Now, let's break down the keys of the major musical numbers we'll be looking at.

1) The Wizard and I - Ab+

2) What is this Feeling & Popular - C+

3) Dancing through Life - F+

4) I'm not that Girl - A+

5) Defying Gravity - Db+

It's clear based on orchestration and important moments that Schwartz had chosen to represent characters and their "true selves" using a key that represents them. Elphaba is Db+ because of its darkness and seriousness. Galinda's is C because of its purity and cleanness. Fiyero's is F for whatever the fuck. It's like the hardest key to sing in but go off.

Now, the relationship between "The Wizard and I" and "Defying Gravity" is meant to demonstrate that the "I want" song is the dominant to the resolution of Elphaba's character arc in "Defying Gravity". This is why "The Wizard and I" cycles through a bunch of keys while never touching Db, each time climbing higher and higher, closer and closer to Db, but stopping short at C.

Galinda being in C+ demonstrates how close she is to Elphaba, but the two actually being very different. Db and C are not pleasant notes to hear next to each other. But, C is the leading tone to Db, so in a way, Galinda is a very necessary part of Elphaba. She is the stepping stone to Elphaba becoming who she really is.

The most interesting part for me is the keys between "Dancing Through Life" and "I'm not that Girl".

Fiyero's key is F+, this the audience and Elphaba knows because we heard his song before Elphaba's final transformation. Elphaba likes him but doesn't think she's the right match for him. This realisation is expressed through "I'm not that Girl", which is in A+. A+ is the mediant of F+, expressing a desire to harmonise with him and be a pair with him. It is one of the rare songs that doesn't skip through a million keys, demonstrating her very earnest desire to be that girl, but recognising she is not.

However, with "Defying Gravity", it becomes clear that Elphaba's key is Db major, which means Fiyero is the mediant to her key. He is meant to harmonise with her. Elphaba is so desperate to spin around someone else's orbit, that she doesn't realise she's literally the sun and Fiyero spins around her.

We see a glimmer of her realising this is true in "I'm not that Girl" as well. In "I'm not that Girl", Schwartz uses compound time to represent fantasy, and simple time represents reality. When she's talking about "what could have been" in her 6/8 fantasy land, the chords are in Db major. But only for two fucking bars. Schwartz goes Ab -> Db (cadences) but it's Db add9, meaning it doesn't quite sound right. However, it is an early hint that Elphaba recognises this as "a love she assumed she lost" when in reality, she knows that she is the tonic to her own song.

Also, at the end of "Popular", Galinda modulates from C+ to F+, demonstrating that being popular ultimately is about being like Fiyero. It's also reflected in the lyrics of both "Dancing through Life" and "Popular", where the underlying ethos is "form over content". So at that moment, we truly feel like Galinda and Fiyero belong together due to their shared ethos and now shared key.

But Elphaba changes everything... Because with the last song, we recognise that as the true cadence. The entirety of the first act is in Db major, making Ab the dominant (the earnest desire), F the mediant (a pretty harmony), and A an unfortunate passing tone. Elphaba was never meant to be someone's girl. Fiyero was meant to be her guy.

[hotelstares]

[meerkatzthings]

a lot of the writers on here describe things very well it’s js sometimes my brain doesn’t work good 😞🙏🏽

[oopsiedaisydeer]

ɴᴏᴡ ɪɴᴛʀᴏᴅᴜᴄɪɴɢ… ᴏꜰꜰɪᴄᴇᴡᴏʀᴋᴇʀ!ᴍᴀᴛᴛ x ᴏꜰꜰɪᴄᴇᴄʀᴜꜱʜ!ʀᴇᴀᴅᴇʀ

𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦!𝘢𝘶 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘫𝘪𝘮 𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘢𝘮 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘴𝘭𝘺

officeworker!matt. rolled-up sleeves. sarcastic but never mean. leans against doorways. disappears when work gets busy. sticky note doodles. drinks too much black coffee. side-eyes meetings. deadpan humor. sales team. falls asleep at his desk. arms crossed, watching. effortlessly charming. pretends he doesn’t care. prankster. remembers little details. loves the office cat. takes the long way back from lunch. catches officecrush!reader's eyes from across the room. competitive when he wants to be.

officecrush!reader. artsy. receptionist. purple and pink. stuck. doesn't take care of her curls. stray cat lover. mixed berry yoghurt. awkward. people pleasing. printer whisperer. pink pen in her pocket. messy sketchbook in her bag. hates being late. doodles during meetings. awkward waves. daisies. too nice to say no. always on the party committee. keeps a diary. sentimental but quiet about it. trinket collector. wonders if this is it. lingers in doorways. overthinks emails. steals glances at officeworker!matt.

@bernardsbendystraws thank u for dividers!

a/n: new au! the trailer for tour was so office vibes i had to!! i tried to find if someone else has done this alr... but i couldnt find anything??? lmk if someone has done this before pls <3

no taglist yet! but im tagging some mutuals <3

pls comment if u would like to be added to a taglist!!

mutuals - @snoopychris @bernardsbendystraws @blushsturns @sturnslutz @sturns-mermaid @throatgoat4u @sturnshood @sturnsrecord @trevorsgodmother @cowboylikenat @jellychs @loverboysturn @sturnberries @applecidersturniolo @stxrsniolo @mattsstarlet

till next time!! and pls send me asks abt these two as well as my other aus !!

💌

[alinaa131]

manifesting this simpson prediction to happen VERY VERY soon 🙏🙏

[puppetmaster13u]

Prompt 257

Now Danny loves space. He loves everything about it, to the point his core quite literally is space. And he’s also a baby ghost, even if he could argue he’s not in human form. But see, being baby has an honestly great consequence once it’s noticed- despite the Observants’ best attempts at hiding it, the assholes. 

Of course he would be far more worried- and even a bit pissed- if his caretaker wasn’t who it was. Look, he’d never met Clockwork’s siblings before, but apparently everyone was really against Clockwork himself adopting. 

But Clockwork as his uncle is fine. Besides, his caretaker is Space! Space itself is holding him, cooing gentle words in the sounds of the very cosmos. And they’re huge, like parts of their body going through portals so they can fit outside Long-Now sized big- and apparently Clockwork can get just as big and they can get even bigger- 

Okay, he needs to take a breath- even if he doesn’t need to breathe- to stop his squealing because holy Realms this is so cool. 

Space is awesome! And he’s getting so much more rest than he did in Amity- and even if Space sort of shrugged at the idea of school at first, they did help him set up online schooling. So there’s that, and it’s just the start! 

He gets to learn so much about space and it’s honestly kind of… nice? To be taken care of? And he can do whatever he needs for his Core and Obsession with only a few interruptions to take care of his living needs. Erm, sort of living needs? 

But even that gets turned into a bit of play or even a lesson too! He’s honestly having such a good time right now! He’s learning so much about spaaace! And dimensions! And interdimensional portals and- oops! No one saw that. 

Ahem- But he’s learning so much about space and getting to explore other dimensions with Cosmos! And sure he no longer looks as human as he once did and all that, but he’s seen so many people who also don’t look human that does it really matter? 

Of course it doesn’t, and he matches his sort-of-dad! Even though the streaks of color in their hair are more of a brown-red like they’re literally bleeding out the cosmos around them instead of it fading to void and space like his own. But still! They match and it’s fun! 

And they’re going to go on another trip from the in-between to one of the dimension realities! He’s going to start a game of tag this time he thinks! But no cheating with portals or bending space! Tag! 

Look, the Justice League? Not paid enough for this. In fact, technically not paid at all due to being volunteers (not that it stopped them from finding money in their accounts) but still. 

There is some sort of figure… being… thing… zooming around the asteroid belt, about the size of Earth itself. Let them repeat themselves. A planet-sized creature (are those hands or paws? Tail or simply its body stretching? Hair or the Abyss-) is currently darting around the asteroid belt like a child running through grass. 

That is, without noticing or caring if something bug-sized might be crushed. And they are very much bug sized, as the governments are concerned about. Like really concerned about. Like talking about trying to nuke the entity if it wanders closer sort of concerned. 

Which they are all very concerned and very much like, against. Because it isn’t seeming to notice the asteroids it’s knocking into their area. It’s like… not a space whale or eel or anything like that but also is something like that. 

And they would also maybe like to see if they can attempt to talk it down first maybe and-

oh. 

Oh. 

That creature is the baby. And mama just arrived, stretching across the entire galaxy, from them to Pluto and beyond, like something took the cosmos and shaped it like clay into some sort of form. Like reality itself has wandered into their galaxy with what they are suddenly realizing must be a very young child. 

Shit, they really have to make sure no one tries to piss either of these things off-

[sturnioloho]

suckin on fingers, kiss noises and a moan. what else could u want

[mattsangelbaby]

is this stalker bitch in their house or something because why am i being edged.

[hotelstares]

[meerkatzthings]

everything 🤨🤨

matt i knew you were lurking on here, now hmu plz and ty 😛🤞🏽

[amaranthdahlia]

4 kids is crazy

[deloresdoll]

okay not being dramatic this fanbase Is actually insane and no I'm not talking about everyone, do you realize how absurd it is that some people go as far as STALKING these boys and making their home an unsafe space. I can't imagine how paranoid I'd be if I was in their position and fans knew my address and sent stuff to my house. i wouldn't get a good night's sleep.

It genuinely concerns me that grown women behave like this, women even older than me. it's disgusting and embarrassing.

it's making me think of how many other fans would do the same if they had the chance and it's making me so disturbed. parasocial relationships baffle me.

I hope the boys take legal action on these unemployed childish freaks, people underestimate how dangerous stalking is and how many celebrities have lost their lives to these sorts of love obsession stalkers. In no case is this acceptable.

[stariiiize]

imagine, one day, just looking at yourself in the mirror and feeling so happy.

you’re not the prettiest, you know that, but you’re happy.

you don’t have the curves or the hourglass body, but you’re happy.

you don’t have a flat stomach, but you’re happy.

you don’t have a thigh gap, but you’re happy.

and you slowly start to realize,

you don’t have a lot of friends, but you’re happy.

not everyone likes you, but you’re happy.

you’re not the smartest, but you’re happy.

you don’t talk a lot, but you’re happy.

you’re not socially active, but you’re happy.

you’re not perfect, but you’re happy.

that day might not be today but you’ll get there, i know you will.

there will be a day in your life where you’ll be happy with yourself.

happy with the way you look, happy with the way you act, just happy with your life.

that day might not be today but it’ll come.

[puppetmaster13u]

Prompt 322

Danny squints up at the slightly older realms being, even if technically he’s older in human-age. The Chaosling is practically vibrating in place, the massive realms feline peering out from over their shoulder. Huh. So this is his Clockwork-assigned babysitter-cousin? 

He didn’t know how to feel about the whole suit thing, but well, he won’t say no to a good prank. C’mon Cujo, they’re going to the daycare dimension-place!

[sturns-mermaid]

INTRODUCING... 𝐓𝐈𝐋 𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐇 𝐃𝐎 𝐔𝐒 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓

a mini series featuring:

master list | ask about them here

frankenstein reader 🔩

living dead girl, matt's best friend, clumsy, green complexion, lighting strikes, high heels, plaid skirts, frankie stein coded, naive, popsicles, grave yards, friendly, sleepy

mad scientist matt 🔬

secret laboratory in his basement, science nerd, lab coats, glasses, conducts experiments, lab data, messy hand writing, tries to bring reader back from the dead, shy, testing tubes

note: AHHH

credit to anyone who has done something like this before

dividers by: @bleedingspiral @thecutestgrotto @animatedglittergraphics-n-more

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[redz0nez9]

Matt Sturniolo pt 22. It's crazy that some ppl believe whatever is happening on Tiktok.