Samba Em Preludio

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  • Created by: cshe
  • Created on: 11-01-18 08:27

Samba - Structure

  • Intro
  • Verse 1
  • Break
  • Verse 2
  • Guitar solo
  • Verse 3
  • Coda
  • Mostly split into 16-bar sections
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Samba - Tonality and harmony

  • B minor
  • Jazz harmony
  • Includes extended, altered and substitution chords
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Samba - Instrumentation and sonority

  • Female vocal
  • Acoustic bass guitar
  • Nylon-string acoustic guitar (with second guitar overdubbed for solo)
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Samba - Rhythm, metre and tempo

  • Starts in free tempo
  • In 4/4 metre
  • Based on Bossa Nova rhythm
  • Very syncopated
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Samba - Melody

  • Vocal melody opens by voicing broken chords
  • Syllabic throughout
  • Mostly stepwise movement
  • Melody notes are often the highest extension of extended chords - for example, the ninth of a ninth chord
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Samba - Texture

  • Monophonic at the very start
  • Counterpoint between parts
  • Very sparse in places, creating an intimate feel
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