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Instrumentation

Samba Em Preludio features the female voice, the acoustic bass guitar and the acoustic guitar.

Instrumentation

Instrumentation

  • Female voice.
  • Fretless acoustic bass guitar.
  • Acoustic guitar.
The guitars

The guitars

  • As in jazz music the acoustic guitar and the acoustic bass both have solo parts.
  • The instruments all use portamento which is where you slide from one note to the next.
  • The guitar part is influenced by the flamenco.
The acoustic bass

The acoustic bass

  • The acoustic bass uses:
    • Pizzicato (plucking).
    • Harmonics.
    • Pull offs.
    • Glissando (slides).

Texture and Harmony

The start of the piece is monophonic. Jazz harmonies are used which include extended and altered chords such as 13ths and 9ths.

Texture

Texture

  • The start of the piece is monophonic (one sound).
  • Once all the instruments have entered there is a contrapuntal texture created.
    • This is where two melodies overlap and interweave with each other.
  • The bass moves between playing its own melody line and chords (group of notes).
Harmony

Harmony

  • The piece is in B minor.
  • Jazz harmonies are used which include extended and altered chords such as 13ths and 9ths.
  • These chords create dissonance (clashing sounds.)
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1.1

Organisation of Pitch

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Tonality

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Structure & Melody

Wider Listening