Samba Recap 1

Who wrote Samba em Preludio?

• Esperanza Spalding

• Roberto Baden Powell Aquino

• Vinicius de Moraes

• No-one, it's a traditional Samba piece

What does Bossa Nova mean?

• New trend

• New Samba

• New jazz

• New dance

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

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?

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The introduction has an improvisatory feel about it. Which term is used to describe this?

• Arhythmic

• Free time

• Bossa Nova tempo

• Polyrhythmic