Anarrative piece of art . tells a story or series of events.
b. serves as a remembrance of an event or person.
c. displays the likeness of a person, in order to document their existence.
d. relates the lives of important individuals.

1. eadweard muybridge creates series photography - 1877

2. the kinetograph - 1889

3. philo farnsworth - 1929

4. kodak introduces kodachrome - 1935

5.   once upon a time in mexico was the first film to be shot digitally - 2003

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i'm not sure i completely understand your question, but i will do my best.

i think the answer you are looking for is sequence. (see below)

a repeated melodic fragment would be best defined as repetition, while repeated chords (different or the same) could be a chord progression. however, you then mentioned the chord and melodic fragment beginning on higher or lower pitches, in that case, the answer could be best defined as a sequence. the definition of a sequence is as follows: "the restatement of a motif or longer melodic (or harmonic) passage at a higher or lower pitch in the same voice."

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