Strings are muted throughout Psycho except for murder scenes, 'Hitchcock chord' - minor chord with added major 7th, 2nd inversion, Disturbing, syncopated downbow chords (learn this rhythm to quote it), 'Steiner' motif of relentless rising semitone - could be said to represent Norman Bates' split personality, Layering up tense ostinati: motivic rather than melodic, All unmuted, Cluster chord built up from top to bottom, All downbows on the beat, for maximum accent, Sync point with shower curtain being pulled back, First 8 bars repeated, now with 'screaming' glissando, Psycho prelude, The Murder, Chord built of interlocking tritones, Alternating pizzicato and arco chords in upper strings, Atonal , Double basses off the beat create rhythmic instability.

Leaderboard

Visual style

Mga Option

I-switch ang template

I-restore ang gi-autosave: ?