Se quema la chumbamba

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  • Created by: E.H13
  • Created on: 26-03-18 14:13
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  • Se quema la chumbamba
    • Melody
      • Main 'riff' playing in the intro. This continues under the vocals
        • 'riff' is called a guajeo
      • Unprepared 7th in the second bar of the backing vocals
      • Pregon/leader improvises verses
      • The Cuatro solo uses a much wider range of notes and includes chromatisicm
        • LINK begining of Cuatro solo sound like 'Tico Tico' by Villa Lobos
      • Call and response during refrains between pregon and coro
        • Shows West African influences
        • LINK to Koko Yiri (call and response)
    • Rhythm
      • Heavy syncopation, including in the introduction
        • Means first beat of the bar is sometimes 'hidden'
        • Shows West African influences
      • 3:2 clave rhythm played on the claves
        • Shows fusion from 'son' - link to Afro Cuban music
          • Heavy duple meter feel
        • LINK to Conga del fuega by Marques, which has the same rhythm passed around the orchestra
          • During trumpet solo, heard on the claves
      • Heavy duple meter feel
      • 'anticipation bass'
        • Where the root is heard on the last quaver of the previous bar
      • More adventurous in Cuatro solo, and includes cross rhythms and triplets
    • Tonality + Harmony
      • Very limited chord choices
        • Uses chords i V7 V7 i in that order throughout
        • Shows Spanish/ European influences
      • Wider during cuatro solo
        • Uses C maj chord and chromatisicm
      • G minor throughout. No modulations
    • Structure
      • Strophic form
      • 4 bar cuatro intorduction, introducing guajeo
    • Forces
      • Afro Cuban influences
        • Maracas
        • Bongos
        • Claves
      • Spanish/ European influences
        • Guitar
        • Double bass
        • Cuatro
      • Syllabic
      • Constant rhythm section- link to latin american music

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