WorksheetsSamba Revision
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Who wrote Samba em Preludio?
Esperanza Spalding
Roberto Baden Powell Aquino
Vinicius de Moraes
No-one, it's a traditional Samba piece
This is a fusion piece. What are the fusions?
Cuban Son and American Jazz
West African 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, glissandi
Mordents, harmonics, trills
Turns, harmonics, glissandi
There are no ornaments
What is the opening texture?
Monophony
Homophony
Polyphony
Heterophony
What is the language of the lyrics?
Spanish
Brazilian
Portuguese
English
Which time signature is used by Samba Em Prelúdio?
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
Which of these is a melodic device?
Tonic pedal
Homophonic
Sequence
Sonority
Which of these words best describes the opening vocal melody?
Arpeggiated
Conjunct
non-diatonic
descending
What does N.C stand for?
Na Capo
No Chord
North Carolina
Non-common
Which of these words is about word setting AND present in Samba em Preludio?
Melismatic
Rubato
Syllabic
Cadenza
Which musical features comes from Samba?
Triplets
Syncopation
Extended chords
Flattened fifths
Which instrument has a solo in Samba em Preludio?
Acoustic guitar
Voice
Acoustic bass
Electric bass
Which bar has the 'standard' bossa nova rhythm in it?
9
23
99
74
How long is the opening vocal idea?
1 bar
2 bars
4 bars
8 bars
