Bernstein: Somethings Coming from West Side Story

VOCABULARY LIST
Bitonality when two keys can be heard at the same time.
Blue note a flattened third, fifth or seventh.
Crescendo a gradual increase in dynamics.
Cross-rhythms rhythms that go against the usual pattern of beats (like triplets).
Diminuendo a gradual decrease in dynamics.
Dissonance clashing notes.
Dynamics volume.
Extended chord a chord with an added note (other than the seventh).
Harmony chords.
Homophonic a musical texture made up of chords, or melody and accompaniment.
Interval a gap between two notes.
Jazz-based harmony extended chords with added blue notes.
Modulate to change key.
Push rhythm a syncopated rhythm that comes in just before the beat.
Rif a short musical idea that is repeated.
Syncopation off-beat rhythms; notes accented off the beat.
Tremolo rapidly repeating a note (usually on a violin).
Tritone a dissonant interval of three whole tones (e.g. C to F#).
Word painting when the music reflects the meaning of the words.