GCSE Edexcel Music 9-1 - AoS4 Samba Em Preludio

Questions on Esparanza Spalding's 'Samba Em Preludio', from AoS 4 GCSE Edexcel Music 2018. (including background, dynamics, rhythm, texture, structure, melody, instruments, tonality and harmony.)

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Who recorded a cover of 'Samba Em Preludio', and when?
Esparanza Spalding in 2008 (a cover of a 1962 song)
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Who is Spalding?
an American jazz bassist (double bass & bass guitars) who draws on international influences eg: Cuban, Latin
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What is this piece a fusion of?
Jazz (*) and Samba (♪)
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What is the song about?
expressing sorrow and pining for a lost love and begging them to come back
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What are the lyrics written in? What else does Spalding sing in?
the lyrics are in Portuguese, but she can speak English and Spanish as well
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DYNAMICS
begins quietly & softly, fairly quiet throughout which is unusual for samba♪
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TEMPO
1-3 rubato*, free tempo in intro*, bossa nova♪ dance tempo (b.19)
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METRE
4/4 simple quadruple, but 5/3 in b.3 to express the free rhythm
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RHYTHM
triplets, syncopation*, cross rhythms*; dance section is steady, pulsing samba♪ rhythm
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TEXTURE
monophonic b.1-3, mainly MDH with polyphony* and some counterpoint♪ (V3), 2-part texture create intimacy with the vocal line
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STRUCTURE
INTRO, V1 (melody AA'), BREAK, V2 (melody BB'), GUITAR SOLO, V3 (melody AB and ds al coda b.104), CODA and flourish
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MELODY - melody A
4note rising figure based on 3rds & 7ths. the 1st/2nd note of each phrase falls creating a downward sequence
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MELODY - melody B
conjunct; b.23-26 (start of B) are transposed up a 4th for b.31-34; after that, there is a falling sequence (b.34-38)
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MELODY - general
syllabic; solo is based on scale&chord patterns; bass: broken chords*, mordents*, double stopping*, pattern from b.2 returns in b.7 then changed to a triplet rhythm in b.15
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INSTRUMENTS
female voice with low tessitura but wide range; acoustic bass (4 strings: EADG); acoustic guitar (from b.3 with chords, melodic fragments, virtuosic solo)
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INSTRUMENTS - techniques
bass - (broken chords, scales, double stopping, mordents, harmonics)*, both also use tremolo and glissando
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TONALITY
Bminor with no modulations, but many chromatic notes*
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HARMONY - chords
complex, chromatic chords: extended (Bm11 b.23), dim7ths (G#m7 b.35), flattened 5ths (F7♭5 b.44), chords of C&F which are chromatic in Bm
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HARMONY - features
perfect cadence (end of V2), falling chromatic progression in bass (30-38 V2), last chord Bm13 dies away shimmering - avoids finality
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What are the features of a jazz fusion in this piece?
ext. chords, improv, syncopation, rubato, bass guitar, solo, polyphonic, dissonance, 7th chords, cross rhythms
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What are the features of a samba fusion in this piece?
boss nova tempo, nylon-stringed guitar, tremolo picking fast arpeggios, contrapuntal, repetitive
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