esparanza spalding - samba em preludio

• melody:

  • mostly asscending arpeggios going up by a third
  • mostly conjunct
  • 8 bar ideas repeated (e.g. 4-12)
  • each phrase is 16 bars long
• rhythm, tempo & metre:

  • intro and ending are free tempo
  • opening verse is rubato
  • time signiture = 4/4
  • syncopation
  • semi-quavers in acoustic bass guitar part
• voice:

  • female with range of minor 10th
  • syllabic
  • triplets
• acoustic bass guitar:

  • plays difficult rhythms and a melody
  • double stopping (bar 5)
  • plays harmonics
• acoustic guitar:

  • comes in at bar 23
  • plays a solo
  • accompaniment: mostly plays chords
• texture:

  • monophonic at the start
  • counterpoint between parts