Samba Em Preludio Flashcards
What are some key features of jazz?
Syncopation.
Free tempo.
Extended chords.
Improvisation (guitar solo- written).
chromatic progressions.
Swung quavers.
Dialogue between parts.
What are some key features of latin/Bossa?
Portugese lyrics
Syllabic setting
Bossa groove (in bass)
Chromatic harmonies/ progressions.
Nylon string acoustic guitar.
Acoustic bass guitar.
Countermelody in the acoustic guitar.
Dialogue.
Guitar solo- stylistically bossa.
What are some general key features of the piece?
Triplets.
Vocal + bass only at the start.
Broken chords accompaniment.
Monophonic at start.
Counterpoint between voice and bass guitar.
Polyphonic.
Is the piece homophonic ,monophonic or polyphonic?
Monophonic at the start but transitions to polyphonic.
How does the piece start?
The piece opens with an ad lib, virtuoso, bass solo that makes use of double stops, arpeggios, wide leaps, rapid semiquaver passages, a mordent and a harmonic.
What is the key signature and tempo of this piece?
It is in 4/4 time signature.
The first few bars are played in free time with no strong pulse.
Verse 1 has a slow tempo with much rubato.
The music then quickens to a bossa nova tempo (about 140
bpm) in verse 2 before returning to free tempo in the coda.
There are complicated rhythms in this piece.
What is the structure of this piece?
introduction - a complex bass guitar solo.
verse 1 - an 8-bar repeated melodic idea.
linking section - the bass solo increases in tempo
to move the song into
bossa nova style for the remaining sections.
verse 2 - 16-bars
guitar solo - features a
virtuosic improvisation and is played over the chords of the second verse.
Voice and bass duet - the bass guitar plays an augmented
version of the vocal part for verse 1 while the voice sings the melody of verse 2.
The bass part contains rhythm values that are twice as long as the vocal melody (e.g. the quaver triplet in the melody becomes a crotchet triplet in the bass.)
Coda - the guitar and bass play embellished riffs.
What are the dynamics of this piece?
There are no dynamics printed.
The piece is played at a comfortable mp throughout.
How long is verse 1 and how does it start?
8 bars long.
It starts at a contrapuntal- counterpoint.
What are key features of the vocal line ?
It contains many leaps- disjunct.
There are complex rhythms eg. triplets, semiquavers, rests.
It is syncopated.
Words are set syllabically.
What happens in bar 19?
It goes to bossa nova (in tempo)- tempo almost doubles.
Piece is in 4/4 quadruple time.
The bass sets the bossa nova.
The acoustic guitar joins in bar 24.
Bar 25- the guitar line imitates the vocal line- polyphonic.
What changes at bar 29 in the vocal line?
The vocal line is mostly in longer note values- more melodic.
The start of the notes tend to be offbeat.
There are fewer triplets.
What key is this piece in ?
The song is in B minor.
There are complex harmonies and many chord extensions, diminished intervals, flattened fifths and chromatic chords- lead to variation during the piece..
How does the guitar part make the piece more interesting?
Adds to the rhythmic interest.
Has syncopated and unsyncopated notes.
There is a mixture of plucked chords and small melodic passages.
When does verse 2 start and how long is it?
Bar 39- for 16 bars.
