Somethings Coming Notes
HARMONY- use of the tritone - augmented 4th, creates tension and something bad is about to happen despite love story
Gives edgy unpredictable feeling
Jazz harmony, ordinary chords have added blue notes
DYNAMICS-
-tony starts singing PP, breathless and excited, impatient
-crescendos to f during 2nd theme
-theme 3 is softer and quieter
TEXTURE- lots of different layers makes music exciting
TONALITY-
D major, happy key to reflect mood of song
INSTRUMENTS-
-solo tenor voice
-accompanied by large orchestra consisiting of woodwind, brass, percussion, strings.
Also drum-kit, piano, electric and acoustic guitars, saxophones, muted trumpets
-instruments often imitate each other, usually at different octaves.
MELODY-
-starts in D major, modulates to C major, back to D Major
- use of tritone which is an interval of 3 whole tones
- often association with evil and sometimes known as the devils interval ^^
- last note of entire piece is a flattened 7th which remainds unsolved and creates a feeling of incompletion
STRUCTURE-
-the piece is almost entirely syllabic
-based on following themes:
1) quiet tentative, syncopated opening theme
2) a loud, confident, in the metre 2/4 that stars bar 21
3) legato phrases, slow moving theme, with an optomistic mood. stars bar 73
-themes repeated but varied each time
-bernstein changes meter or words each time a theme is heard.
RHYTHM (METRE/TEMPO) -
-metre/time signature changes between 2/4 and 3/4
-fast tempo, use of syncopation creates feeling of excitement and anticipation
-lots of syncopation
-lots of rhythmic ostinato especially in the orchestre
-cross-rhythms
-accompaniment is a bass line, plays a 'push rhythm;, accented off beat chords
-mostly syllabic (one work to a syllable)
-several examples of triplets
- Quiet dynamics, soft timbres, the use of mutes, pizzicato and a clear homophonic texture are used to make sure that instruments don't overpower the voice.
- The music
Gives edgy unpredictable feeling
Jazz harmony, ordinary chords have added blue notes
DYNAMICS-
-tony starts singing PP, breathless and excited, impatient
-crescendos to f during 2nd theme
-theme 3 is softer and quieter
TEXTURE- lots of different layers makes music exciting
TONALITY-
D major, happy key to reflect mood of song
INSTRUMENTS-
-solo tenor voice
-accompanied by large orchestra consisiting of woodwind, brass, percussion, strings.
Also drum-kit, piano, electric and acoustic guitars, saxophones, muted trumpets
-instruments often imitate each other, usually at different octaves.
MELODY-
-starts in D major, modulates to C major, back to D Major
- use of tritone which is an interval of 3 whole tones
- often association with evil and sometimes known as the devils interval ^^
- last note of entire piece is a flattened 7th which remainds unsolved and creates a feeling of incompletion
STRUCTURE-
-the piece is almost entirely syllabic
-based on following themes:
1) quiet tentative, syncopated opening theme
2) a loud, confident, in the metre 2/4 that stars bar 21
3) legato phrases, slow moving theme, with an optomistic mood. stars bar 73
-themes repeated but varied each time
-bernstein changes meter or words each time a theme is heard.
RHYTHM (METRE/TEMPO) -
-metre/time signature changes between 2/4 and 3/4
-fast tempo, use of syncopation creates feeling of excitement and anticipation
-lots of syncopation
-lots of rhythmic ostinato especially in the orchestre
-cross-rhythms
-accompaniment is a bass line, plays a 'push rhythm;, accented off beat chords
-mostly syllabic (one work to a syllable)
-several examples of triplets
- Quiet dynamics, soft timbres, the use of mutes, pizzicato and a clear homophonic texture are used to make sure that instruments don't overpower the voice.
- The music