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Instrumentation

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

Instrumentation

Female voice.
Fretless acoustic bass guitar.
Acoustic guitar.

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 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

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

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.)

1Musical Elements

1.1Organisation of Pitch

1.1.1Melodic Pitch

1.1.2Melodic Devices

1.1.3Harmonic Pitch

1.1.4Harmonic Devices

1.1.5Harmonic Progressions

1.2Tonality

1.2.1Major & Minor Tonality

1.2.2End of Topic Test - Musical Elements

2Instrumental Music 1700–1820

2.1Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major

2.1.1Concerto No. 5 in D Major

2.1.2Structure & Melody

2.1.3Instrumentation & Texture

2.1.4Harmony

2.1.5Wider Listening

2.2Beethoven: Sonata ‘Pathétique’

2.2.1Piano Sonata No. 8

2.2.2Structure & Melody

2.2.3Other Features

2.2.4Wider Listening

2.2.5End of Topic Test - Instrumental Music 1700–1820

3Vocal Music

3.1Purcell: Music for a While

3.1.1Music for a While

3.1.2Other Features

3.1.3Wider Listening

3.2Queen: Killer Queen

3.2.1Killer Queen

3.2.2Other Features

3.2.3Wider Listening

3.2.4End of Topic Test - Vocal Music

4Music for Stage & Screen

4.1Schwartz: Defying Gravity

4.1.1Defying Gravity

4.1.2Other Features

4.1.3Wider Listening

4.2Williams: Star Wars Episode IV

4.2.1A New Hope

4.2.2Structure & Melody

4.2.3Other Features

4.2.4Wider Listening

4.2.5End of Topic Test - Music for Stage & Screen

5Fusions

5.1Afro Celt Sound System: Release

5.1.1Release

5.1.2Other Features

5.1.3Wider Listening

5.2Spalding: Samba Em Preludio

5.2.1Samba Em Preludio

5.2.2Structure & Melody

5.2.3Other Features

5.2.4Wider Listening

5.2.5End of Topic Test - Fusions

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