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Something's Coming Flashcards

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What type of work is West Side Story?

A

Musical

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4 features of jazz heard in Something’s Coming

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  • Cross rhythms
  • Push rhythms
  • Syncopated rhythms
  • Blue notes
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When was Something’s Coming composed?

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1957

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Which voice and character sings Something’s Coming?

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Voice is tenor sung by the character Tony

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5
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What is the band accompanying the solo tenor comprised of?

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Woodwind, Brass, Percussion and Strings

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What do the band do so as not to overpower the soloist?

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  • Play quiet dynamics
  • Play soft timbres
  • Homophonic texture
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What 2 techniques do the strings use to illustrate the words ‘The air is humming’?

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  • Harmonics

- Play tremulo

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The melody of Something’s Coming is almost entirely melodic or syllabic?

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Syllabic

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What are the 3 main themes in Something’s Coming?

structure

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  • Quiet, syncopated opening theme
  • Loud, strident theme in 2/4
  • Lyrical, slow-moving theme
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How does Bernstein vary the themes?

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He changes the words or metre

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What does the metre change between in Something’s Coming?

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3/4 and 2/4

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How is a feeling of excitement and anticipation created in Something’s Coming?

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  • Changes of metre
  • Fast tempo
  • Syncopated rhythms
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Tonality of Something’s Coming

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It’s in D major however there are 2 contrasting sections in C major

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What is a tritone?

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Sharpened fourth

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What 2 intervals are frequently used in Something’s Coming?

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Sharpened fourth and flattened seventh

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16
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How does Bernstein create a feeling of expectation and incompletion at the end of Something’s Coming?

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The last note sung by the tenor is a flattened seventh which is an unresolved note

17
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Harmony of Something’s Coming

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  • Tonal
  • Jazz influenced
  • Frequent 7th chords and other added note chords
18
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Texture of Something’s Coming

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Homophonic

19
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3 main ideas in accompaniment (texture)

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  • Repeated riff at beginning
  • Short, mainly syncopated chords
  • Fast um-cha accompaniment
20
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Which Shakespeare play is West Side Story based on?

A

Romeo and Juliet

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