SAMBA EM PRELUDIO
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- Created on: 18-11-17 15:32
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- SAMBA EM PRELUDIO
- TEXTURE
- Mainly homophony
- Intro monophony- solo bass
- Voice and Bass duet is polyphonic and combines melodies
- TONALITY AND HARMONY
- B minor - typical Bossa Nova
- Complex tonal harmonies show influence of jazz
- Chord extensions - 7ths, 9ths, 11ths and 13ths added to triads
- Dimished 7th and flattend 5th chord
- Chromatic chords C and F major
- Ends of sections are either chord v or V-I perfect cadence
- Chord sometimes create descending chromatic movement in the bass line
- RHYTHM, METRE AND TEMPO
- 4/4 simple quadruple time
- Tempo almost doubles and feels like 2/2 in Bossa Nova dotted crotchet and quaver pairs
- Varied by syncopation and ties
- Extensive use of rubato, hard to distinguish pulse
- Syncopation - especially at start of phrases
- STRUCTURE
- MELODY, ACCOMPANY AND THEMES
- Low vocal melody spans a minor 10th using chest register
- Melody A
- Disjunct, first heard in vocals and later in bass
- Syllabic word setting
- Melody B
- Conjunct, heard in verse 2 vocals and vocals in duet
- Acoustic bass guitar accompanies with strummed chords and picked melodies
- TEXTURE
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