Samba Em Preludio

34 - Esperanza: Samba Em Prelúdio (0.00-1.15)

1. Name, fully, the instrument that first plays at the beginning of the extract. (2)

2. Describe the texture at the beginning. (1)

3. Name the ornament heard at the beginning of the extract. (1)

4. Which two of the following devices are heard in the extract? Put crosses in the two correct boxes. (2)

A Distortion

B Glissando

C Double stopping

D Flanger

E Pitch bend

5. Describe the use of rhythm and metre in the extract. (3)

6. Describe three melodic features of the opening instrumental. (3)

7. Name two rhythmic devices is heard in the extract. (2)

8. Give two musical ways to explain how Spalding has achieved a mood of ‘longing’ in this extract. You should refer to two of the following: rhythm, tempo, melody. (2)

9. Describe the use of melody in the vocal phrases that you hear in this extract. Describe two similarities and two differences. (4)

10. Describe the bass accompaniment to the voice in this extract (1)

35 - Esperanza: Samba Em Prelúdio (1.19-2.23)

1. Identify the time signature of the extract. (1)

2. Describe the texture at the beginning of the extract. (1)

3. This extract is in a bossa nova style. Mark two features of a bossa nova. (2)

A Syncopated rhythms

B Lyrical melodies

C Fast tempo

D Triplets

E Simple harmony

4. Describe the vocals in the extract. Make three points. (3)

5. The extract starts in the key of B minor. Name the key of the music at the end of the extract. (1)

6. What two genres are fused together to create a Bossa Nova style? (2)

36 - Esperanza: Samba Em Prelúdio (2.24-3.35)

1. Name, fully, the instrument that plays the solo part. (2)

2. Which two of the following are heard in the solo part at the beginning? (2)

A Wah wah

B Pull off

C Acciaccatura

D Pitch shift

E Portamento

3. Evaluate how effectively harmony and rhythm have been used in Samba Em Prelúdio to create a piece of fusion. (4)

4. Explain why it would be unlikely that a live performance of this piece would sound exactly the same as it sounds in this recording. (2)

37 - Esperanza: Samba Em Prelúdio (3.35-4.36)

1. The phrases ‘Ai, que sau-da-de’ and ‘Vol-ta que-ri-do’ are heard at the beginning of the extract. Identify one difference and two similarities between the melody, rhythm and text-setting of these two phrases. (3)

2. On which degree of the scale does the vocal line end? (1)

3. Name the type of cadence heard at the end of the extract. (1)

4. Describe the use of instruments in this extract. (2)