Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
Esperanza Spalding: 'Samba Em Preludio' (Context :world_map:…
Esperanza Spalding: 'Samba Em Preludio'
Context
:world_map:
Performer: Esperanza Spalding
Composer: Roberto Baden Powell Aquino
Lyricist: Vinicis de Moraes
Written in 1962
Bossa nova
Fusion of Brazilian Samba & Jazz
Portuguese lyrics
Performing Forces
:musical_keyboard:
Female vocals
Low range
Chest voice
Minor 10th range
Syllabic
Big leaps
Rubato
Acoustic guitar
Solo after V2
Acoustic bass guitar
Virtuosic bass solo
Mordents
Double stopping
Harmonic
Structure
:house_buildings:
Introduction
Verse 1 (A)
Link
Verse 2 (B)
Guitar solo
Voice & bass duet
Coda
Harmony & Tonality
:musical_score:
B minor (2 sharps)
No key changes
Complex harmony
Extended chords
Diminished 7th
Flattened 5th chords
Chromatic chords
Texture
:hand:
The introduction is
monophonic
Mostly
homophonic
Voice & bass duet is
polyphonic
Tempo, Metre & Rhythm
:racing_car:
Free tempo in introduction
V1 - slow tempo with
rubato
Tempo doubles in
link
Free tempo near the end
4/4
V1 - bass part is
syncopated
V2 -
longer
note values in vocal line
Melody
:musical_note:
Two main melodies
Verse 1 (A)
Eight-bar idea
Arpeggio
shape
Leaps of
3rds
or
7ths
Verse 2 (B)
Note values
doubled
16-bar idea
Stepwise
Flattened
5th
(blue note)
Descending
sequence