Esperanza Spalding: ‘Samba Em Prelúdio’ (from the album Esperanza)

Esperanza Spalding: ‘Samba Em Prelúdio’ (from the album Esperanza)

Your homework for this half term is as follows:

Week one: Create a glossary of the key terms of this piece in the BACK of your yellow exercise book. 

  Esperanza Spalding: Samba Em Preludio (from the album ‘Esperanza’)

    1.        Accoustic guitar

    2.        Cover

    3.        Frederic Chopin

    4.        Solo

    5.        Turnaround

    6.        Hi-hat

    7.        Ride

    8.        Kick drum

    9.        Clave

   10. Side stick

   11. Snare

   12. Tempo Rubato

   13. Syllabic

   14. Melismatic

   15. Broken chord

   16. Monophonic

   17. Counterpoint

   18. Contrapuntal

   19. Overdubbed

   20. Enharmonic equivalent

   21. Spelling

Week 2: Complete the following worksheet

Week 3: Listen to Samba Em Prelude and The girl from Ipanema and write out a list of similarities and differences between the two pieces.
Use the following topics to aid your writing:
Chords
Melody
Lyrics
Accompaniment
Improvisation
Structure
Texture

Week 4:  Study for your listening test on Samba Em Preludio. 

Here is the link that you need to get all the information directly from the exam website:

https://qualifications.pearson.com/content/dam/pdf/GCSE/Music/2016/teaching-and-learning-materials/Samba_Em_Preludio_set_work_support_guide.pdf

Here is a powerpoint with accompanying audio to help you with your revision:

https://www.scribd.com/presentation/376369806/Samba-Em-Preludio-Revision-Video


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