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Alla va Candela by La Familia Valera Miranda (Rhythm and metre (Moderate…
Alla va Candela
by La Familia Valera Miranda
Style/Period
Cuban music
Intended for dance and based on improvisation.
Cuban son - fusion of music from Spain
Spanish influence
- guitars, cuatro, double bass and functional harmony.
African influence
- syncopation, layered rhythms, call & response and percussion.
Instrumentation
Structure
Less regular - intro & bolero followed by alternation of chorus sections, with cuatro solo in the middle and finishing the vocal improvisation,
Tonality
E major
Harmony
Functional harmony with limited range of chords - I and II
More adventurous in cuatro solo with parallel 4ths.
Texture
Melody dominated homophony.
Monophonic at start - cuatro
Call and response
Melody
Balanced
Wider range - 12th
Falling 5ths are the end of phrases
Rapid repeated notes
Syllabic
Rhythm and metre
Moderate duple time
Accelerando into son
2-3 son clave rhythm
Dotted rhythms
Syncopation
Cross rhythms
Hemiola