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WorksheetsSamba em Preludio
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 5mins
Who wrote Samba em Preludio?
Esperanza Spalding
Roberto Baden Powell Aquino
A scout leader called Robert Baden Powell
No-one, it's a traditional Samba piece
What does bossa nova mean?
New trend
Being extra bossy
New jazz
New dance
This is a fusion piece. What are the fusions?
Cuban Son and American Jazz
African Highlife and American Jazz
Pop and American Jazz
Brazilian Samba and American Jazz
What are the performing forces?
Voice, guitars
Voice, acoustic guitar, acoustic bass
Voice, electric guitar, electric bass
Voice, acoustic bass
What ornaments are played by the acoustic bass?
Mordents, harmonics, slides, HO, PO
Mordents, harmonics, trills
Turns, harmonics, slides
There are no ornaments
How many main melodies are there?
One
Two
Three
Four
What is the opening texture?
Monophony
Homophony
Polyphony
Heterophony
What is the language of the lyrics?
Spanish
Brazilian
Portuguese
English
The falling melodies, low tessitura, sad lyrics and minor key create what sort of atmosphere?
Happy
Optimistic
Wistful
Sad
The acoustic guitar solo can be described as ...
Straightforward
Very similar to the melodies
Improvised
Mostly strummed
The original song was composed in 1962. In which year did Esperanza Spalding record her cover version?
1977
1999
2003
2008
Which time signature is used by Samba Em Prelúdio?
The introduction has an improvisatory feel about it. Which term is used to describe this?
Arhythmic
Free time
Any time
Polyrhythmic
What is the typical tonality of a Bossa Nova?
Major
Minor
Modal
Atonal
What word describes music which requires a high amount of skill?
Rubato
Virtuosic
Coda
Verse
