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Bernstein - Something's Coming
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- 1From the musical West Side Story, set in New York. Third song in the show. Solo number sung by lead character Tony. He is optimistic about a better, gang-free future. Plot based on Romeo and Juliet. Written in 1958.CONTEXT
- 2Builds up in layers of independent parts.TEXTURE
- 3Major throughout. Uses bitonality in places. Begins in D major - modulates to C major.HARMONY
- 4Accompaniment uses jazz based harmony. Blue notes and dissonances. Tritone - creates tension.HARMONY
- 5Short syncopated riffs. Blue notes and tritones used. Section B - lyrical legato phrases. 'Around the corner'. 8 bar phrasing. Cross rhythms. Ends on the blue note. Creating suspense. Unresolved. 'Something's coming' - always accented and on the beat to drive the message of the song.MELODY
- 6Solo singer - tenor voice. Medium sized orchestra - 5 woodwind players, 2 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, violins, cellos, double basses, drum kit, percussion, piano, guitar.INSTRUMENTS
- 7Syllabic throughout. Word painting - "it may came cannon-balling down through the sky"WORD-SETTING
- 8Fast, allegro. On in a bar feel. Stays the same throughout.TEMPO
- 9Syncopation. Cross rhythms and push rhythms. Changes between 3/4 and 2/4 time signatures.RHYTHM AND METRE
- 10Unconventional song structure. Intro - A - B - B1 - A1 - Outro.STRUCTURE
- 11Starts pianissimo. Forte at 'it may come cannon-balling.' Changes of dynamics create excitement and build tension.DYNAMICS
- 12Syncopated rhythm, short riff. Jazz based harmony. 'Um-pah' style accompaniment.
- 13Word painting. Off beat accents. Change of metre.
- 14Cross rhythms. Longer, legato phrase.
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- Music Flashcards on Bernstein - Something's Coming, created by lisaxoxo on 10/05/2013.
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