Samba Em Preludio Flashcards
Features of opening solo?
Free rhythm Robato Monophonic Slide & glissando Rests
What mood is presented and how?
Dreamy or melancholy Minor key Quiet dynamic Slow tempo and rhythm Legato melody
What is a boss nova
New trend
Adding music styles together
Difference between bossa nova from samba
Jazz swings, samba sways
Another name for coda
Tail
Vocal range of song and instrument
1 octave 2 tone = female vocal
Acoustic bass guitar
Nylon-string acoustic guitar (second guitar overdubbed for solo)
ABG first to play
Fusion themes
Latin music (rhythm) Jazz music (Harmony)
Extended chords
C9 Bm11 & bm13
Ao4 - jazz harmonies use them
Structure ?
Strophic / head arrangement
Intro - verse 1 - break - verse 2 - guitar solo - verse 2 - guitar solo - verse - coda
Mostly split into 16 bar section
Tonality ?
B minor
Are there modulations?
No but chromatic notes e.g. bar 108
Describe texture?
Monophonic beginning for 3 bars
Homophonic in verse 1
Bass notes almost become melodic creating polyphonic texture = bar 9
Bar 88-104 is polyphonic; 2 separate melodies
Very sparse in places, creating an intimate feel
Rhythm, metre and tempo
Free tempo
Feels like 2/2 very syncopated
Mordents (triplets in verse 1) create rhythmic variation
Slow tempo and rubato
Verse 2 contains fewer triplets and has longer note values
—> bass plays a standard bossa nova rhythm (characteristic rhythm)
Guitar solo, syncopated passage
Harmonies ?
Tonal harmonies / jazz harmonies
•Complex bc bossa nova is based on rich harmonies vocab of cool jazz
•highest note played as a harmonic
•broken Diminished 7th chord in bar 36
Augmented version on vocal melody in bar 4-11. Note values are doubled in bar 88
Chord positioning?
“Playing away from the chord”
Root position chord are rare in this song. Even when they are played non-chord notes are mixed in
