Samba Em Preludio- Esperanza Spalding

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  • Created on: 04-04-19 10:08
What style in the piece in
Bossa nova, which is a mix of jazz and samba music.
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What form is the piece in?
Binary, 4 verses
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What language is the song sung in?
Portugese?
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What are the lyrics about?
Pining for a lost love
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which instrument plays an improvised solo in the beginning?
The bass guitar.
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What does this solo consist of?
Chords, arpeggios and harmonics, tremolo picking and fast arpeggios
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What are harmonics (guitar technique)
A technique used to make the string vibrate to produce a high ringing note.
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What are the vocal dynamics and tempo in verses one and two?
Slow and quiet
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What vocal range does Esperanza sing in?
Low, most probably alto.
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What tempo does she sing the first verses in
Free Rhythm (blues influence)
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What key is the melody in?
B minor
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What kind of chords is the melody based on?
7ths
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Is the guitar part in verse one and two descending or ascending
Descending
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What enters in verse 3
a 2nd guitarist
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How does the tempo change in verse 3?
It has a steady tempo and syncopated rhythms
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list all the Jazz influences in this piece
free rhythm and syncopation, Bass guitar, solo sections with improvised feels. Polyphonic texture and contrapuntal texture. Dissonance and 7th chords
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List all the Samba influences in this piece
Steady pulsing samba rhythm in verses 3+4, Bass guitar + guitars in general. Guitar techniques such as tremolo picking and fast arpeggios
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Exam style Q's
: ) Good luck
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list 3 features that give it a jazz sound (3)
Free rhythm at start, clashing notes, bass guitar has improvised sections, blues scale, syncopated rhythms
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how is a longing to be reunited with a long lost love reflected in the lyrics (2)
Minor key, low vocal range, long, drawn out notes, sudden high notes (sounds like crying)
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