Bernstein- Something's Coming
A brief overview
- Created by: Oliver Moodie
- Created on: 08-03-15 15:32
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- Something's Coming
- Tempo
- Very fast
- Anticipation, exitement
- Very fast
- Rhythm
- Syncopated
- On-beat bass off-beat chords
- Cross rhythms
- Dynamics
- Lots of dynamic changes including crescendos and dinimuendos
- Context
- Musical
- Composed in 1957
- From West Side Story
- Popular 20th Century music
- Metre
- Changes between 3/4 and 2/4
- Structure
- IntroABB1A1Outro
- Melody
- Almost entirely syllabic
- Word colouring
- Instrumentation
- Solo tenor
- Woodwind
- Strings
- Pizzicato
- Brass percussion
- Muted trumpets
- Texture
- Homophonic throughout
- Voice accompanied by the orchestra
- Harmony and Tonality
- D major A section
- C major B section
- Uses tritones
- Tonal and jazz influenced harmonies
- 7th chords
- Tempo
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