samba em preludio - esperanza spalding
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- Created on: 11-04-19 12:13
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- SAMBA EM PRELUDIO
- background information
- a type of fusion called a bossa nova
- combines elements of jazz and brazilian samba
- by Esperanza Spalding, released in 2008
- originally written in 1962
- melody
- two main melodies - v1 and v2, which are then combined after the guitar solo
- verse 1
- 8 bar idea which is then repeated with a different ending
- many phrases use a rising arpeggio
- melody mostly moves in leaps of a third or a seventh - unusual
- first or second note of each phrase descends downwards
- verse 2
- a 16 bar idea which is repeated but with a different ending
- use of sequencing
- unlike verse 1, it is almost completely conjunct
- like verse 1, there is a jazzy flattened fifth at the end of the first repeat
- lyrics are in Portuguese
- melody line goes very low for female vocal - goes down to a low E
- vocal line covers the range of a minor tenth
- verse 3 sings melody 1 and plays melody 2
- structure
- two main vocal sections (verse 1 and verse 2) plus solos
- full structure: verse 1, link, verse 2, guitar solo, verse 1 + 2 voice and bass duet, coda (outro)
- tonality
- in B minor
- many Bossa Novas are in minor keys
- doesn't modulate
- tempo
- start is in free time
- verse 1 has a slow tempo, verse 2 to end has a faster tempo
- v1 uses lots of rubato - freedom to slow down or speed up expressively
- instruments
- female voice, acoustic bass guitar and acoustic guitar
- acoustic guitar only joins in at verse 2
- acoustic bass uses double stopping and harmonics
- in v1 the bass sounds like its playing 2 parts, with bass notes and alternating chords
- harmony
- chords influenced by jazz
- many extended chords eg 7ths and 13ths
- main chords are mostly tonal and based around I, II, IV and V
- some diminished and flattened 5ths
- chord progressions sometimes create a desceding chromatic bass line
- occasional chromatic chords
- chords influenced by jazz
- rhythm and metre
- almost completely in 4/4
- lots of syncopated rhythms
- bass plays complex rhythms
- the vocal part is quite syncopated with lots of rests, triplets and longer note values started on an off-beat
- texture
- homophonic
- voice and bass duet verse is polyphonic
- intro is monophonic
- bass gives the piece a polyphonic feel
- background information
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