Bernstein- Something's Coming

Question 1

Bernstein:

Tempo, Rhythm and Metre (4 points)

Answer 1

🎭Syncopated rhythm➡️Push rhythm anticipates the beat.

🎭Cross rhythms (bar 81).

🎭Fast tempo- 176 crotchets per minute.

🎭Time signature switches between 3/4 and 2/4.

Question 2

Bernstein:

Tonality (2 points)

Answer 2

🎭In D major.

🎭Modulates to C major at bar 31.

Question 3

Bernstein:

Harmony (1 point)

Answer 3

🎭Jazz harmony= use of ‘blue’ notes to chords e.g: “If I can wait” bar 48.

Question 4

Bernstein:

Structure (1 point)

Answer 4

🎭Intro➡️Section A➡️Section B➡️Section B➡️Section A➡️Outro.

Question 5

Bernstein:

Instrumentation (1 point)

Answer 5

🎭Written for ‘Tony’- a tenor voice with orchestra.

Question 6

Bernstein:

Texture (1 point)

Answer 6

🎭Homophonic.

Question 7

Bernstein:

Word setting (1 point)

Answer 7

🎭Almost all syllabic.

Question 8

Bernstein:

Melody (7 points)

Answer 8

🎭Tri-tone motif, augmented 4^th.

🎭Short riffs.

🎭Combination of short phrases and long sustained notes.

🎭3-note bass ostinato.

🎭”Could be?” uses tonic and dominant notes of scale.

🎭Word painting.

🎭Finishes on C natural, so sounds incomplete.