Suspension Chords in Musical Theater with Christie Baugher (Ep. 137)

Shoshana is joined by Christie Baugher back on Scene to Song to discuss melodic and harmonic suspensions as a musical-theater storytelling device. Christie Baugher is a Los Angeles-based writer/performer. Her musicals include The Fitzgeralds of St. Paul and Leni Riefenstahl Is Going To Tell You The Truth. A suspension is a held note that clashes with a new chord and resolves, and we explore how it is used throughout musical theater to create tension and further storytelling. Or as Shoshana says,  “it's dissonance, but one that is tied to what came before” Music Featured: ”Oh What a Beautiful Morning” from Oklahoma! “People Will Say We’re in Love” from Oklahoma! “Somewhere” from West Side Story "Gethsemane (I Only Want to Say)" from Jesus Christ Superstar “Pinball Wizard” from The Who’s Tommy “Almost Forgotten” from The Fitzgeralds of St. Paul “Yours, Yours, Yours” from 1776 You can write to [email protected] with a comment or question or to be a guest. Follow on Instagram @‌ScenetoSong and on Facebook at "Scene to Song with Shoshana Greenberg Podcast." Sign up for the monthly e-newsletter at scenetosong.substack.com and consider supporting on Patreon. Theme music by Julia Meinwald.