Uploaded March 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Rosalina's Observatory is a beautiful piece of music with a whimsical, dreamy quality that sounds like it was pulled right out of an old Disney movie. In this video I explore how the piece borrows from old Disney Princess music, as well as the broader Romantic musical tradition, to create this effect.

0:00 - Intro
1:05 - Disney Princess Music
2:17 - Chromatic Approach Notes
4:54 - Tonic Diminished Chord Resolutions
6:14 - Appoggiaturas
7:52 - Combining Two Techniques
11:42 - I Advocate for Musical Theft
13:58 - Outro

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