Esperanza Spalding Samba em Preludio

Question 1

When and genre

Answer 1

1962, bossa nova

Question 2

What does bossa nova mean?

Answer 2

.’New tend’

.Mix of samba and Jazz

Question 3

Who was it written by?

Answer 3

Roberto Baden Powell de Aquino

Question 4

What does Samba em Preludio mean?

Answer 4

Samba in the style of a prelude

Question 5

What language are the lyrics?

Answer 5

Portuguese, the language of Brazil

Question 6

Who wrote the lyrics?

Answer 6

Vinicius de Moraes

Question 7

When did Esperanza Spalding release her version?

Answer 7

2008

Question 8

What does Spalding do on this track?

Answer 8

Sing the vocal line and play the acoustic bass guitar

Question 9

Describe the voice

Answer 9

Female voice with a low tessitura

Question 10

Describe 3 features of the acoustic bass guitars playing

Answer 10

Broken chords
Scale patterns
Double stopping

Question 11

State 3 ornaments in the acoustic bass guitars part

Answer 11

Mordents
Harmonics
Glissando

Question 12

2 purposes of the acoustic guitar

Answer 12

.plays chords and melodic fragments between vocal phrases

.Has a virtuosic solo

Question 13

What does D.S al Coda mean?

Answer 13

From the sign to the Coda

Question 14

State the structure

Answer 14

Intro
A A1 (Verse 1)
B B1 (Verse 2)
Guitar Solo
Repeats
Coda

Question 15

What happens with both of the main melodies (A and B)

Answer 15

They are immediately repeated in a varied form (A1 and B1)

Question 16

Describe the intro

Answer 16

Solo in free tempo for acoustic bass guitar
Improvisatory
Based on broken chords and scale-based figures

Question 17

When does the acoustic bass guitar join in?

Answer 17

B B1 (Verse 2)

Question 18

What is the acoustic guitar solo based on?

Answer 18

The chords of section B

Question 19

Describe the repeat section

Answer 19

.Bass plays an augmented version of vocal melody A
.At same time the vocal line sings a simplified of vocal melody B
.Acoustic guitar is silent

Question 20

Describe the coda section

Answer 20

Based on the melody of bars 50-53, sung twice more

Question 21

Intro texture

Answer 21

Monophonic

Question 22

Overall texture

Answer 22

Homophonic (melody and accompaniment)

Question 23

Texture of repeats

Answer 23

Contrapuntal

Question 24

Describe Tonality of the piece

Answer 24

B minor
No modulations
Many chromatic notes

Question 25

What type of chords are used and why?

Answer 25

.Chords are complex because Bossa Nova is based on Jazz | .Simple triads are rare

Question 26

Give examples of types of chords used

Answer 26

``` .7ths .9ths .11ths .13ths .Diminished 7ths .C and F (chromatic in the key of B minor) ```

Question 27

What is usually used to end a Jazz performance

Answer 27

An extended chord

Question 28

What is the final chord of this piece

Answer 28

Bm13 (actually Bm#13 because the 13th is G#)

Question 29

Describe the vocal melody of A

Answer 29

.4 note rising figure .Each phrase spans a 7th (apart from the first which spans a 6th) .The first or second note of each phrase falls by step

Question 30

How is a melancholy mood created with vocal melody A?

Answer 30

Falling sequence, low tessitura, and minor key

Question 31

How does the melody in section A move mainly?

Answer 31

Leaps of a 3rd and a 7th

Question 32

Describe the vocal melody of B

Answer 32

.Conjuct .Repeats (but transposed) .Descending sequence at one point

Question 33

What is the word setting?

Answer 33

Syllabic

Question 34

Describe the acoustic guitar solo

Answer 34

.Based on scale and chord patterns .Shows range .Shows versatility in upper register .Use of fingered tremolo

Question 35

Metre

Answer 35

simple quadruple time

Question 36

The first 3 bars are rubato, what is rubato?

Answer 36

tiny fluctuations in tempo for expressive effect

Question 37

What is the tempo marking at the start

Answer 37

'Free tempo'

Question 38

Why do the rhythms look so complex?

Answer 38

It was improvised and transcribe

Question 39

What is there frequent use of in the rhythm?

Answer 39

Triplets and syncopation

Question 40

What is cross-rhythm?

Answer 40

When two rhythmic patterns that conflict occur simultaneously

Question 41

When does the dance section start?

Answer 41

Bar 19, direction 'Bossa Nova (in tempo)'

Question 42

Characteristics of bossa nova

Answer 42

Gently syncopated and dotted rhythms