[THREAD] Everyone talks about chords, but music is also made of gestures. Just as hand gestures express ideas, so, too, do musical gestures. Here's a thread of examples from @Disney music!

#1: small, rising gestures often indicate confidence and excitement.#DisneyMusicTheory pic.twitter.com/1d7rKZaDIS

— Disney Music Theory (@DisneyMusTheory) November 28, 2018

#2: big, leaping gestures often express hopes and dreams. pic.twitter.com/avKyrAPYGA

— Disney Music Theory (@DisneyMusTheory) November 28, 2018

#3: falling gestures often communicate loss, fear, and hopelessness. These examples are downward scales, decorated a bit for emotional punch. But you can have shorter gestures, too, like the drops on "Savages, savages!" in #Pocahontas and "What is wrong with me?" in #Moana. pic.twitter.com/FDON8iER9S

— Disney Music Theory (@DisneyMusTheory) November 28, 2018

[4] Musical gestures don't just work in isolation, though. Later this week, I'll post another thread with examples of how musical gestures combine to tell stories and express emotional journeys in music from @Disney's #Frozen and #Tangled. Can't wait! This stuff is so cool! □

— Disney Music Theory (@DisneyMusTheory) November 28, 2018