Duplicate of GCSE EDEXCEL Music Something's Coming Bernstein Revision

Question 1

What key does the piece start in?

Accepted Answer

D Major

Question 2

What does syncopated mean?

Accepted Answer

Rhythms that fall off the beat

Question 3

What style of music has influenced the harmony?

Accepted Answer

Jazz

Question 4

What key does the piece modulate to?

Accepted Answer

C major

Question 5

What musical term is used to describe two conflicting rhythms heard at the same time?

Accepted Answer

Cross Rhythms

Question 6

What interval is used throughout the extract?

Accepted Answer

Tritone

Question 7

What is a riff?

Accepted Answer

A repeated pattern

Question 8

What Shakespeare story is West Side Story based on?

Accepted Answer

Romeo and Juliet

Question 9

What is the texture of the piece?

Accepted Answer

Homophonic

Question 10

What is the tempo of this extract?

Accepted Answer

Fast

Question 11

What ensemble is this piece composed for?

Accepted Answer

Pit Orchestra & Male Tenor solo

Question 12

How is the piece structured?

Accepted Answer

Intro ABB1A1 Outro

Question 13

What type of song is Something's Coming?

Accepted Answer

Solo

Question 14

From what type of work is the extract taken?

Accepted Answer

A Musical

Question 15

What time signatures are used in the piece?

Accepted Answer

3/4 and 2/4

Question 16

How would you describe the tonality of the extract?

Accepted Answer

Major

Question 17

What year was the piece composed?

Accepted Answer

1957

Question 18

What period of music was this extract composed in?

Accepted Answer

20th Century

Question 19

What is word painting?

Accepted Answer

Making the music sound like the words used.

Question 20

Which of the rhythms below are featured in the piece?

Accepted Answer

B

Question 21

What two instrumental techniques are use to illustrate the words 'the air is humming'?

Accepted Answer

Harmonics and Tremolo

Questions 21