Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

three-tone motif

Japanese translation:

3音からなる[の]モチーフ

Added to glossary by jsl (X)
May 24, 2006 02:52
17 yrs ago
English term

three-tone motif

English to Japanese Other Music
The famous mail van announces its presence with a sound that dates back to 1924. The choice was made for a three-tone motif from Rossini’s Wilhelm Tell overture.

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3音からなる[の]モチーフ

3音からなるモチーフ or 3音のモチーフ
Considering the context, I presume that the three-note motive is the trumpet fanfare played in the last three minutes of the overture. It is widely known as the opening theme of "オレたちひょうきん族" (Ore-tachi hyookin-zoku) that was aired in the 1980's.
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agree Can Altinbay : Hi ho Silver?
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "ありがとうございました。"
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3和音のモチーフ

just a guess

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Note added at 20 mins (2006-05-24 03:12:40 GMT)
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Sibelius repeats the various phrases of the scherzo. A rising three-tone motif (now G flat - A flat - B flat) builds a highly effective bridge to connect the scherzo with the finale.
http://www.sibelius.fi/english/musiikki/ork_sinf_02.htm
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disagree Can Altinbay : No, because that would be a 3-chord motif.
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19 hrs

See website

All but the prelude has often been used in commercials and animated cartoons: Storm for ships at sea and other tumultuous scenes; Ranz des vaches for any sunrise or waking-up scene, especially on a farm; and the finale for any scene involving galloping, examples being the Warner Brothers cartoons Wabbit Twouble and Yankee Doodle Daffy.


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Note added at 22 hrs (2006-05-25 01:37:38 GMT)
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<<Portions of the finale were used for many years as a TV and radio jingle by Pizza Hut in Sydney and Brisbane, Australia.>>
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