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Drum Loop

Musical

Example

Drum Loop

Secret

Score

Drum Loop

Animated

Score

Further Usage of the Diminished Scale

In the transition section starting in bar 11, we return to the less hectic drum loop first heard in bars 1-2. Here the violas and cellos offered a new diminished scale pattern. Now in bar 12, the trumpets join in with one of their own:

Notice that the repeated trumpet pattern fades in volume as it plays. This technique works well with the erratic, fleeting rhythms of the current drum loop.

In bars 7-10, the French horns enter with a blaring and dramatic line:

All of these notes are found in the C diminished scale. As a matter of fact, every note that the French horns play throughout the piece is derived from the C diminished scale.