Something's Coming

• lyrics mostly syllabic ("it may come cannonballing down from the sky")
• some melisma ("could be, who knows")
• word painting (vibrato in strings on "the air is humming", "cannonballing" is fast and powerful)
• use of both long, held notes and short fast-moving notes
• fragmented
• short melodic riffs

• tritone used (interval of an augmented fourth)
• major key
• some chromaticism
• use of Neapolitan chords
• extended chords
• blues notes used
• begins in D maj, section A is bitonal (C maj/G maj), section B begins in C maj before returning to D maj
• no cadence at the end

• use of cross rhythms and push rhythms
• begins in 3/4, also use of 2/4
• syncopation used
• rubato
• rythmic ostinati

• homophonic (melody and accompaniment, melody dominated)
• backing consists of several independent layers
• large ensemble (30+ players)

• generally fast
• tempo varies

• begins fairly quiet
• crescendo in chorus
• follows word painting patterns (e.g. crescendo on "cannonballing")
• various crescendos and diminuendos

• song form

• intro, A, B, B1, A1, outro