L. Bernstein: 'Something's Coming' from West Side Story

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Music Quiz sobre L. Bernstein: 'Something's Coming' from West Side Story, criado por jacqui.davies em 19-04-2014.
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Resumo de Recurso

Questão 1

Questão
West Side Story was written in;
Responda
  • 1938
  • 1958
  • 1978
  • 1998

Questão 2

Questão
'West Side Story' is based on which Shakesperian play?
Responda
  • Hamlet
  • Midsummer Night's Dream
  • Much Ado About Nothing
  • Romeo and Juliet

Questão 3

Questão
Which styles of music are used in this song?
Responda
  • Serialism
  • Bebop jazz
  • Classical
  • Blues
  • Minimalism
  • Electronic
  • Rock and roll

Questão 4

Questão
The lyrics were written by Stephen Sondheim
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 5

Questão
Jazz based harmony is used in 'Something's Coming'. This means that;
Responda
  • Notes of the Blues scale have been added to the chord
  • Notes of the Blues scale and dissonances have been added to the chord
  • Dissonances have been added to the chord

Questão 6

Questão
Syncopated rhythms are not used.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 7

Questão
A 'Push rhythm' is;
Responda
  • The beat is anticipated - before the main beat.
  • The beat is on the main beat.
  • The beat is delayed - after the main beat

Questão 8

Questão
The motif is based on the interval of a Tritone
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 9

Questão
Long riffs (sections) are used throughout the piece.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 10

Questão
Cross rhythms are used in the section, 'Or whistling down the river.'
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 11

Questão
The piece uses;
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  • Snappy short phrases against long sustained notes.
  • Snappy short phrases against short notes.
  • Long phrases against long sustained notes.
  • Long phrases against short snappy notes.

Questão 12

Questão
The structure of the song is;
Responda
  • Intro, section A, section B, section B1, section A1, outro.
  • Intro, section A, section B, section B1, section A1, outro.
  • Intro, section A, section B1, section B, section A1, outro.

Questão 13

Questão
The key in the introduction is;
Responda
  • C major
  • G major
  • D major
  • A major

Questão 14

Questão
In the introduction there is a fast one in a bar tempo. This means that the time signature is;
Responda
  • 2/4
  • 3/4
  • 4/4
  • 6/8

Questão 15

Questão
How many notes are in the ostinato bass part in the introduction?
Responda
  • 6
  • 5
  • 4
  • 3

Questão 16

Questão
Tony's entry uses a syncopated push rhythm.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 17

Questão
In section A, word painting is used on the fast repeating notes of which words;
Responda
  • Or whistling down the river
  • Could be, who knows?
  • It's only just out of reach, Down the block, on a beach,
  • It may come cannonballing down through the sky,

Questão 18

Questão
Accents are used on 'sky', 'eye', 'due', and 'true'.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 19

Questão
The note that is sung at the end of the phrase, 'Coming to me-------' is the;
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  • Lowest note of the song so far.
  • Highest note of the song so far.

Questão 20

Questão
At the end of section A, the music modulates to;
Responda
  • C major
  • G major
  • D major
  • A major

Questão 21

Questão
At the end of section A, the bass part does not change to an um-pah style.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 22

Questão
In section B the time signature changes to 2/4
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 23

Questão
At the start of section B, a new four note riff is used in the middle of the texture. The beat value used is;
Responda
  • Quavers
  • Crotchets
  • Minims
  • Semibreves

Questão 24

Questão
In section B on beat crotchets add to the conviction that something is coming
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 25

Questão
Which type of beat is used on' whistling down the river' to free it from the accompaniment?
Responda
  • Quavers
  • Triplets
  • Crotchets

Questão 26

Questão
In section B, chromatic harmonies and parallel 4ths are used to create suspense and mystery.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 27

Questão
In the third vocal phrase in section B, which type of chord is used to temporarily take the music out of key?
Responda
  • Tritone
  • Blues
  • Neopolitian
  • Chromatic

Questão 28

Questão
In section A1, the time signature stays in 2/4.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 29

Questão
Which interval is used at the end on the words, 'maybe tonight' to create suspension and tension
Responda
  • Major 3rd
  • Perfect 5th
  • Tritone
  • Octave

Questão 30

Questão
Which interval is used at the end on the words, 'maybe tonight' to create suspension and tension
Responda
  • Major 3rd
  • Perfect 5th
  • Tritone
  • Octave

Questão 31

Questão
The outro consists of an 'ad lib fade'.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 32

Questão
The orchestra that Bernstein uses is;
Responda
  • Large. Most woodwind and brass parts are doubled.
  • Small. Most woodwind and brass parts are halved.
  • Usual size.

Questão 33

Questão
'Something's coming' is a solo song or aria.
Responda
  • True
  • False

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