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Music Road Trip: Music That Tells a Story
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“The Escapee” music road trip. The protagonist moves through various dynamic tonal fields, hiding, disguising itself, trying to escape re-capture.
Will the fugitive, Dr. Richard Cymbal, get caught somewhere along the road and hauled back to Tonal Headquarters to face the music? Will everything somehow resolve in a Hollywood ending of dramatic climax, car chases, explosions, truth, and justice?
Yes, of course. End of story and tune.
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The “Lord of the Tunes” music road trip. The protagonist is the sovereign, the queen or king (could it be Elvis?), the holder of authority over the tune.
The plot concerns itself with the loss and regaining of rightful authority. The sovereign’s source of authority, the Tonic Note, somehow passes into the possession of other notes. The story is still a road trip—a tune would not be a tune if it didn’t move continuously and, to a degree, restlessly. The identity of the holder of sovereignty gets called into question.
Will the rightful sovereign get back sovereignty? Yes, usually. End of story and tune.
Every tune’s a music road trip. If the tune’s really short, the story’s over in seconds (for example, numerous nursery tunes). If the tune takes a lot of twists and turns, the story might go on for 20 minutes before the tune finally finds its way back home (a symphonic movement).