GCSE Music: somethings coming

musicals are meant to be entertaining and easy to listen too.

-the tunes are easy to sing- as the audience finds this more entertaining to sing along to.

- the harmonys are diatonic- it will be either major or minoe

- the stucture will be simple often with alternating verses and chorus and maybe a middle 8 ( has new chords and new lyrics and a change of mood to keep it interesting)

- the chorus will have a hook- a catchy bit of lyric for the audience to hold onto.

threre are 4 basic types of musical songs:

• solo charachter song- singing about how they are feeling
• duet
• action song- tell you whats going on in the plot
• chorus number- the whole cast sing together

• he wrote it tin 1957
• it is set in new york in the 1950
• it is based upon the story of romeo and juliet
• there are two rival gangs- the jets and the sharks
• it is quite different to other musicals at the time, as it had a sad ending.
• it is written for a big orchestra.
• instruments include: saxaphones, piano, electric guitar, mandolin, and celeste. as well as brass, wind, and strings. also percusion, timpani and glocenspeil.
• tony is sung by a tenor
• uses jazz elements: blues notes and syncopation

metre and rythm:

• 176 bmp
• 4-12 there are syncopated rythms

harmony and tonality:

• there is jazz inspired harmonys throughout
• tritone on final note "maybe tonight" G#-D as long held final note
• key starts in D major modulates to G major.

• peice starts with pizzicato on the double bass
• orchestra plays one bar riff in bar 141

texture:

• bar 332 addsd new layer to the texture- four bar minim riff
• bar 32- homphonic

• tritones: an interval of two notes that re 3 whole tones apart. these are often used in scary music, by using these in the music, it shows that the meeting of tony and maria is not all good.
• it is a fast song which enphasised his exitment
• cross rythms add exitment and agitate the music
• major key shows happy emotions
• accents off the beat show his exitment and anticipation

musicals are meant to be entertaining and easy to listen too.

-the tunes are easy to sing- as the audience finds this more entertaining to sing along to.

- the harmonys are diatonic- it will be either major or minoe

- the stucture will be simple often with alternating verses and chorus and maybe a middle 8 ( has new chords and new lyrics and a change of mood to keep it interesting)

- the chorus will have a hook- a catchy bit of lyric for the audience to hold onto.

threre are 4 basic types of musical songs:

• solo charachter song- singing about how they are feeling
• duet
• action song- tell you whats going on in the plot
• chorus number- the whole cast sing together

• he wrote it tin 1957
• it is set in new york in the 1950
• it is based upon the story of romeo and juliet
• there are two rival gangs- the jets and the sharks
• it is quite different to other musicals at the time, as it had a sad ending.
• it is written for a big orchestra.
• instruments include: saxaphones, piano, electric guitar, mandolin, and celeste. as well as brass, wind, and strings. also percusion, timpani and glocenspeil.
• tony is sung by a tenor
• uses jazz elements: blues notes and syncopation

metre and rythm:

• 176 bmp
• 4-12 there are syncopated rythms

harmony and tonality:

• there is jazz inspired harmonys throughout
• tritone on final note "maybe tonight" G#-D as long held final note
• key starts in D major modulates to G major.

• peice starts with pizzicato on the double bass
• orchestra plays one bar riff in bar 141

texture:

• bar 332 addsd new layer to the texture- four bar minim riff
• bar 32- homphonic

• tritones: an interval of two notes that re 3 whole tones apart. these are often used in scary music, by using these in the music, it shows that the meeting of tony and maria is not all good.
• it is a fast song which enphasised his exitment
• cross rythms add exitment and agitate the music
• major key shows happy emotions
• accents off the beat show his exitment and anticipation