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Se Quema la Chumbaba by La Familia Valera Miranda (Style/Period (Cuban…
Se Quema la Chumbaba
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
Son
Strophic with alternating verse and refrain broken by a cuatro solo.
Tonality
G minor
Harmony
Functional harmony with limited range of chords - I and V
Bass anticipates the harmony change by playing the root of the chord on the 4th beat of the previous bar.
Texture
Melody dominated homophony
Monophonic at start
Call & response
Coro
= homophonic
Melody
Balanced
Limited vocal range
Syllabic
Rhythm and metre
Brisk duple time
3-2 son clave rhythm
Syncopation and triplets