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Miranda: 'Alla Va Candela' & 'Se Quema La Chumbamba…
Miranda: 'Alla Va Candela' & 'Se Quema La Chumbamba
Context
Eastern Cuba - Santiago de Cuba
Lives & experiences of subsistence farmers
Andalusian immigrants (with slave roots)
Cuban son = West Africa & Spanish (European)
Juan de Marcos González - 'Buena Vista Social Club'
Arsenio Rodríguez
'Se Quema la Chumbamba' - son montuno
'Alla va Candela' - Cuban bolero
Performing Forces
Lead vocals (pregon)
Celia Cruz - 'Sugar Sugar'
Chorus vocals (coro)
Guitar
Cuatro
Used in album 'Tormato' by Yes
Latin America - Venezuelen, Puerto Rico, Cuba
Maracas, bongos, claves
African drumming
'Drums of Passion' album by Babatune Olatunji
Claves feature in 'And I Love Her' by The Beatles
Melody
Syllabic
Guajeo
Arsenio Rodrídguez
Wide range in cuatro solo ('Se Quema la Chumbamba')
Chromatic C# used
Greater use of F & G
Triadic shapes
Stepwise
'Alla va Candela'
Vocal idea A similar shape to cuatro melody
Vocal idea B is low & moves in step
Vocal idea C covers wider range
Rhythm, Tempo & Metre
3:2 and 2:3 Clave rhythm
'Clave Mambo' - Joe Cuba (3:2)
Derived from African rhythms
Used in Latin American styles
'Se Quema la Chumbamba'
Two in a bar
3:2 clave rhythm
'Anticipation' bass
'Alla Va Candela'
Opening bolero in 2/2
Transcribed in 4/4
'Son' moves into 2 in a bar
2:3 clave rhythm
Vocal lines syncopated
Cuatro solo
Syncopation
Triplets
Hemiola
'And the Glory of the Lord'
Found in African music
Rapid quavers
Structure
'Se Quema la Chumbamba'
Eight-bar pregon 'verses'
Eight-bar (mostly) unvaried coro 'refrains'
Cuatro solo
Coda
'Alla va Candela'
Bolero
Pepe Sánchez - 'Tristezas'
Son
Vocal ideas A, B and C
Cuatro solo
Tonality/Harmony
'Se Quema La Chumbamba'
G minor
Limited chords - I V7 V7 I
'Alla va Candela'
E major
Wider range of chords
Extended chords