On May 1, 9:56=A0pm, remysun2...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> On May 1, 12:22=A0pm, Eagle <eaglenewsgr...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> > On Apr 30, 2:52=A0am, AndrewJ <ajmil...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > > And of course, he used the same first four notes in "Maria" and
"Cool.=
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> > Never realized the same (I think it's actually three) notes also
> > starts "Cool." =A0Good observation.
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> The real motif is the use of the tritone interval. It's the entire
> musical.
Now, what IS a little suspect is the ending music of "Wicked" (and of
course also the end of the opening number of "Wicked," which is the
same material) when compared to the ending music of "West Side Story."
Aside from 2 basic differences (the dynamics - the WSS ending is
quiet, the Wicked ending is loud; and the use of the "Somewhere"
suspension-resolution in the final chords in WSS, as opposed to
straight major chords in Wicked), they use the same idea - a high
chord, followed by a solo bass section note a tritone away from the
root of that chord, followed again by the chord and again by the bass
note, and finally by the chord one last time.
I actually laughed out loud when I heard that music in "Wicked" for
the first time. I still snicker at it, even though I do enjoy the
score.
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