How to transform a theme (fragmentation and scalar mapping demo)

By mapping musical ideas from one scale to another, I use fragments of the Happy Birthday song and transform it in the style of the main theme to Game of Thrones (Ramin Djawadi)

This demonstration is part of a series on transforming and developing musical ideas.

Watch the longform explanation videos about scalar mapping here:
   • How to make a musical theme fit any c...  
   • How to practice transforming themes, ...  

Worksheets on scalar mapping are available in the Patreon shop:
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SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE USED
Graphic design/animation: Adobe Photoshop, Final Cut Pro
Music notation: Dorico
Audio examples: Cubase with Native Instruments Noire and Orchestral Tools Berlin Series
Microphone: Shure MV7 https://amzn.to/3WoVPlm

RECOMMENDED/RELATED READING
Dmitri Tymoczko, "A Geometry of Music" (a fabulous book, but abstract and mathematical, see especially Chapter 4, "scales") https://amzn.to/3UkNXi0

CHAPTERS
0:00 Explanation
2:19 Transformed theme

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