Cana Quema (Familia Valera Miranda) -Aos5: Fusions Flashcards
What is son form?
describe the rhythm, harmony and structure
It is a form of Cuban musical piece. They are usually in duple metre, based on simple harmonics patterns (i.e. I-V or I-V-IV)
What is Cuban music a fusion of?
African influences and european (spanish) influences.
What is one piece of instrumentation in Sa Quema La chumbamba that seems derivative from African influence?
The Percussion
The instruments in the percussion of Sa Quema La chumbamba come from African origin (i.e. Claves, Bongos and Congos)
Name one instrument that shares it’s name with a rhythm?
Clave.
What is one piece of instrumentation in Sa Quema La chumbamba that seems derivative from Spanish influence?
The string instruments
The strings used are common in spanish music (guitar, quatro and double bass)
How is the rhythm in Sa Quema La chumbamba seemingly derivative from African influence?
The rhythm is highly syncopated, uses call and response nd often features clave rhythm
How is the harmony in Sa Quema La chumbamba seemingly derivative from Spanish influence?
It uses simple harmonic chord progressions, focusing on chords I, V ad IV
Describe the structure of Sa Quema La chumbamba?
Sa Quema La chumbamba uses a “coro-pegon” structure, a call and response structure between the lead singer and the chorus.
What key is Sa Quema La chumbamba in?
G minor
What is the time signature of Sa Quema La chumbamba?
2/2 (duple metre)
Name one rhythmic device in the score of Sa Quema La chumbamba?
The use of polyrhythms between the claves and the bongos.
What is one vocal technique that the lead vocals use in Sa Quema La chumbamba?
Improvisation (ad lib)
What is one vocal technique that the chorus vocals use in Sa Quema La chumbamba?
Close, homophonic harmonies
What instruments plays the virtuosic solos section and in which bar?
What little phrase helps you remember this?
The cuatro, in bar 77.
remember 77, Elvis and quantro in heaven
What about the Cuatro solo seems different to the rest of Sa Quema La chumbamba?
The solo sounds similar to that of a guitar solo, with a jazz style and feel (it involves many chromatic dissonances that could be interpreted as blue notes) and uses conjunct riffs that make it seem similar to a USA influence jazz solo on guitar.
Name two accentations are used in Sa Quema La chumbamba during the Cuatro solo from bar 77.
Accents and acciaccaturas
What two chords are repeatedly alternated underneath the entire Cuatro solo in Sa Quema La chumbamba?
D7 and G minor (the tonic and dominant).
How is the rhythm varied in the cuatro solo in Sa Quema La chumbamba?
On top of the percussion (that already involves syncopation and clave rhythms), the quatro uses triplets to instate a polyrhythm.
when do the lead vocals return after the Cuatro solo in Sa Quema La chumbamba?
How do the other instruments build up to this return in bar 176?
bar 177
The cuatro plays an extended Bbmaj chord (Bbmaj11), and crescendos from piano to forte.
What is the harmony of Alla Va Candela?
The piece is in E major and does not modulate.
Describe the chordal harmony of Alla Va Candela
Though the focus of the piece is on the tonic and dominant (similarly to Sa Quema La chumbamba) , the bolero section shows some variation, by the use of A and F#7 (The subdominant and the secondary dominant).
How is the chordal harmony in Alla Va Candela similar to Sa Quema La chumbamba?
They both, during the son section (or the virtuosic cuatro solo) repeatedly alternate the tonic and dominant chords.
How does Alla Va Candela show elements of son form and deviate from son form?
At the start of the piece, the metre is in 4/4 (though it still sounds like duple metre) but in the son section it is obviously in duple metre.
Name one way rhythm is used in Alla Va Candela to emulate african music?
Both 2:3 and 3:2 claves are used to create polyrhythms with the main rhythm and the “square rhythm in the bassline”
Name four rhythmic features used in the Cuatro solo in Alla Va Candela?
Hemiola, rapid repeating quaver, triplets and syncopation
How is the structure of Alla Va Candela similar to that of Sa Quema La chumbamba?
They both have a virtuosic cuatro solo.
