'Samba Em Preludio' GCSE Music Set Work
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- Created on: 17-03-19 16:37
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- Samba Em Preludio - Esperanza Spalding
- Melody
- Syllabic
- Ascending Broken Chords in the Vocals
- Bar 4&5
- Vast majority is conjunct
- One octave jump in bar 95 but apart from that the biggest interval is a 3rd.
- Vocals uses sequences
- Imitation between voice and guitar
- Bar 23-25
- Rhythm
- Uses Bossa Nova rhythms
- Bar 19 in acoustic bass guitar part
- Free tempo at the beginning and in bar 113.
- Uses syncopation
- In acoustic bass guitar part
- Lots of triplets, and some quintuplets and sextuplets in the acoustic guitar solo.
- 4/4 - rubato feel
- Uses Bossa Nova rhythms
- Dynamics
- No dynamics marked on score
- However, the dynamics would change as the texture builds and dissipates
- No dynamics marked on score
- Harmony
- Extended chord - when notes are added to the original chord
- Bar 23 in acoustic guitar part
- Ends with a perfect cadence
- Bar 113-114 in acoustic bass guitar part
- Broken chord pattern in acoustic bass guitar
- Bar 2-3
- Rising arpeggio rhythms in acoustic bass guitar
- Broken chord patterns in acoustic bass guitar
- Bars 88-98
- Extended chord - when notes are added to the original chord
- Tonality
- B minor
- Extended chords can produce dissonance which is a jazz feature
- Genre
- It is in Portugese - the language of Brazil, where the style of song is from.
- Bossa Nova
- Mixed elements of Brazilian Samba and Jazz
- Texture
- The opening consists of only a bass guitar - monophonic
- When the vocals are added, the texture becomes contrapuntal as there is a counterpoint texture between the bass guitar and the voice.
- Bar 4
- It is polyphonic bar 25 onwards as the second guitar joins in.
- The guitar solo is monophonic.
- Bar 54-86
- Structure
- Intro- verse 1 - break - verse 2 -
guitar solo - verse 3 - coda
- Typical Jazz structure
- Opens with guitar solo that sounds improvised and ens with guitar flourish as vocals die away
- Intro- verse 1 - break - verse 2 -
guitar solo - verse 3 - coda
- Instruments
- Vocals - Alto
- Acoustiv Bass Guitar
- Acoustic Guitar/ Flamenco guitar
- Both guitar and bass have a solo which is common in jazz.
- Instrumentation stripped back to basics - like early Bossa Nova pieces
- Melody
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