Something's Coming
A VERY detailed analysis of Something's Coming by Bernstein covering all areas you will need to learn for the exam and more!
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- Created by: Rebecca Holland
- Created on: 17-04-13 09:04
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- Something's Coming
- Context
- Bernstein
- 1957
- Musical
- From 'West Side Story'
- Texture
- Homophonic
- Layered Independent Parts
- Compliments and doesn't overpower the vocals
- Melody
- Made up of riffs
- Opening Melody is synocpated
- Short and long sustained notes
- Syllabic
- Main melody is sang by the voals
- Rhythm and Metre
- 3/4
- Push Rhythms
- Cross Rhythms
- Lots of Syncopation
- Accents OFF beat
- Ostinatis
- Structure
- 6 main sections
- Intro - Bars 1-3
- Section A - Bars 4-39
- Section B - Bars 40-105
- Section C - Bars 106-140
- Section D - Bars 140-157
- Outro -Bars 158-Fade Out
- Instrumentation
- Male Tenor
- 5 Woodwind Players
- 2 Horns
- 3 Trumpets
- 2 Trombones
- 7 Violins
- 4 Cellos
- 2 Double Bass'
- Percussion
- Piano
- Guitars
- Sax
- Wordsetting
- Word Painting
- Harmony and Tonality
- Blues Notes
- Falsetto Vocals
- Melismatic Notes
- Use of tritone
- Augmented 4th
- D Major
- Context
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