Familia Valera Miranda - Se Queme La Chumbambá Flashcards
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What is the name of traditional Cuban music which is sung to dancing?
‘Son’
What cultures does Cuban mix?
African and Spanish
What type of “son” is this song? And where did it originate from
“Son montuno” originating from the African farmer call and response
What is pregon?
Street cry
What is Coro?
The other workers
What is the instrumentation?
Cuatro (Spanish guitar), Double Bass (European/Spanish Influence), Pregón (African street cry), Coro (choir), Maracas, Bongos, Claves - African influence
What is the form?
Based around 4 bar chordal ostinato. Vocal sections begin and end the piece with a cuatro solo in between
What is the African influence on the texture?
Antiphony between Pregón and Coro
What other texture is used?
Melody dominated homophony
What is the tonality?
Gm throughout (European influence)
What are the chords used?
Gm-D7-D7-Gm
What kind of harmony is it?
Functional and very diatonic (European)
Where is there use of anticipation bass?
Bars 7, 9 and 11
What is anticipation bass?
Where the note belonging to next bar’s harmony is sounded early leaving nothing on first beat of the bar
How big is the vocal range?
Narrow
How are the Pregón melodies!
Improvised. Becoming more complicated
How is the word setting?
Totally syllabic
Tell me about the rhythm
Use of syncopation.
What rhythm does the Claves play
3:2
What gives rhythmic interest?
Silence on downbeat of alternate beats except for Claves
Which solos become more complex as the piece progresses?
Cuatro and bongo
What is the rhythm like of the maracas?
Simple and on beat
How is the rhythm of the bass?
Rhythmic offbeat bass
How is the metre?
Constant throughout
