Maria

★ Grade - Medium

❖ Genre - Pop/Broadway

✦ Key C

► Duration 2:30 minutes

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Composer: Leonard Bernstein

 

"Maria" is a song from the Broadway musical West Side Story.

The song is widely known for its use of the melodic interval of a tritone in the main theme. The song is an example of the use of Lydian mode, which is the same as the major scale but with a raised 4th, giving the tritone characteristic of this piece.

 

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