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    This song from the musical West Side Story has elements of jazz, Latin American, and classical styles. It modulates between keys and uses complex harmony including frequent tritones. The tempo is fast and the time signature changes between 3/4 and 2/4. The orchestra provides instrumentation with tremolo strings creating word painting. The structure does not follow a verse-chorus format, instead recurring through several musical sections. The melody uses both short snappy phrases and long sustained notes in a speech-like manner with blue notes. Rhythms include cross-rhythms, push rhythms, and swing rhythms, combining features of jazz and classical styles.

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    This song from the musical West Side Story has elements of jazz, Latin American, and classical styles. It modulates between keys and uses complex harmony including frequent tritones. The tempo is fast and the time signature changes between 3/4 and 2/4. The orchestra provides instrumentation with tremolo strings creating word painting. The structure does not follow a verse-chorus format, instead recurring through several musical sections. The melody uses both short snappy phrases and long sustained notes in a speech-like manner with blue notes. Rhythms include cross-rhythms, push rhythms, and swing rhythms, combining features of jazz and classical styles.

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    Bernstein Grid

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    This song from the musical West Side Story has elements of jazz, Latin American, and classical styles. It modulates between keys and uses complex harmony including frequent tritones. The tempo is fast and the time signature changes between 3/4 and 2/4. The orchestra provides instrumentation with tremolo strings creating word painting. The structure does not follow a verse-chorus format, instead recurring through several musical sections. The melody uses both short snappy phrases and long sustained notes in a speech-like manner with blue notes. Rhythms include cross-rhythms, push rhythms, and swing rhythms, combining features of jazz and classical styles.

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    Bernstein Somethings Coming from West

    Side Story
    REVISION GRID
    Style/Genre/Era
    Tonality
    Harmony
    Time signature and
    tempo

    Song from Musical


    Jazz, Latin-American, Classical
    D major
    Modulates to C major (unrelated key: VII)
    Jazz-based harmony: added notes
    Complex harmony
    Tritone (augmented fourth) used frequently in harmony (and melody)
    Fast tempo
    Changes in time signature: changes between 3/4 and 2/4

    Instrumentation

    Orchestra
    Tremolo strings used to create word painting (the air is humming)

    Structure

    Does not follow conventional verse-chorus structure.


    Several musical ideas/sections that recur (Intro A B B1 A1 Outro).

    Texture
    Melody

    Rhythm

    Features of

    Melody and accompaniment


    Mostly syllabic
    Combination of snappy short phrases and long sustained notes
    Sung in speech-like manner
    Blue notes
    Cross-rhythms
    Push rhythms
    Swing rhythms
    Features of jazz: swing rhythms, blue notes, jazz-based harmony
    Classical features: use of triton, cross-rhythms

    style/genre

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