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Bernstein 'Something's Coming' - West Side Story (RHYTHM,…
Bernstein
'Something's Coming' - West Side Story
INSTRUMENTATION
song for
solo tenor
accompanied by a band of
woodwind/brass/percussion/strings
band uses
quiet dynamics
&
soft timbres
eg.
muted trumpets
&
pizzicato strings
on the words
the air is humming
the
strings
use
harmonics
&
tremolo
(quick repeated notes)
STRUCTURE & MELODY
syllabic
based on
3 main themes
quiet, syncopated opening
theme
loud, strident
theme in
2/4
(first heard bar 21)
lyrical, slow-moving
theme
(first heard bar 73)
RHYTHM, METRE & TEMPO
changes between
3/4
+
2/4
fast
tempo
frequent syncopation
(builds excitement & anticipation)
accompaniment
is made up of
cross rhythms
(on beat bass/off beat chords)
HARMONY & TONALITY
Db major
w/
two contrasting sections
in
C major
frequent
use of the
sharpened fourth
(tritone)
&
flattened seventh
to create
dissonance
creates a
feeling
of
incompletion
&
expectation
-
causing tension
tonal
jazz influenced
TEXTURE
homophonic
three
main ideas
repeated riff
that
opens
the song
short
mainly
syncopated chords
(bars 21-26)
fast um-cha accompaniment
(bar 32 on 'me')