Bernstine: Somethings Coming Flashcards
In the melody of ‘somethings coming’ what is they a combination of?
Short snappy phrases and long sustained lines
When dose the opening melody come in, in ‘somethings coming’?
On the syncopated ‘push’ 3rd beat with the sustained ‘could be’ line and ‘who knows’ from the tonic D to the dominant A
What is the highest not song by Tony in ‘somethings coming’?
Long sustained E
In the sustained section from bar 72 with 4 and 8 bar phrase what is they use of that makes it sound more speech like in ‘somethings coming’?
Triplets (also melody is higher)
Dose ‘somethings coming’ follow the conventional structure verse/chorus?
No
What is the structure of ‘somethings coming’?
Introduction/section A/section B/section B1 (shortened)/section A1 (shortened)/outro
What sections in ‘somethings coming’ are shortened?
Section B1 and A1
What tonality is ‘somethings coming’?
D major
What to notes dose the tonality change to in ‘somethings coming’?
C major then returns back to D major
Is ‘somethings coming’ jazz influenced and what type of chords are they in the harmony?
Yes
Extended chords with added 7ths 9ths etc
Are they use of repeated riffs in ‘somethings coming’?
Yes
Is they use of blues notes and repeated 7ths in ‘somethings coming’?
Yes
What is the tritons a diminish of in ‘somethings coming’?
5th
What is they use of in the rhythm of ‘somethings coming’?
Syncopation
What beat is the push rhythm on in ‘somethings coming’?
What dose it give a feel of?
3rd beat
Anticipation and excitement
