Se quema la chumbamba
- Created by: E.H13
- Created on: 26-03-18 14:13
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- Se quema la chumbamba
- Melody
- Main 'riff' playing in the intro. This continues under the vocals
- 'riff' is called a guajeo
- Unprepared 7th in the second bar of the backing vocals
- Pregon/leader improvises verses
- The Cuatro solo uses a much wider range of notes and includes chromatisicm
- LINK begining of Cuatro solo sound like 'Tico Tico' by Villa Lobos
- Call and response during refrains between pregon and coro
- Shows West African influences
- LINK to Koko Yiri (call and response)
- Main 'riff' playing in the intro. This continues under the vocals
- Rhythm
- Heavy syncopation, including in the introduction
- Means first beat of the bar is sometimes 'hidden'
- Shows West African influences
- 3:2 clave rhythm played on the claves
- Shows fusion from 'son' - link to Afro Cuban music
- Heavy duple meter feel
- LINK to Conga del fuega by Marques, which has the same rhythm passed around the orchestra
- During trumpet solo, heard on the claves
- Shows fusion from 'son' - link to Afro Cuban music
- Heavy duple meter feel
- 'anticipation bass'
- Where the root is heard on the last quaver of the previous bar
- More adventurous in Cuatro solo, and includes cross rhythms and triplets
- Heavy syncopation, including in the introduction
- Tonality + Harmony
- Very limited chord choices
- Uses chords i V7 V7 i in that order throughout
- Shows Spanish/ European influences
- Wider during cuatro solo
- Uses C maj chord and chromatisicm
- G minor throughout. No modulations
- Very limited chord choices
- Structure
- Strophic form
- 4 bar cuatro intorduction, introducing guajeo
- Forces
- Afro Cuban influences
- Maracas
- Bongos
- Claves
- Spanish/ European influences
- Guitar
- Double bass
- Cuatro
- Syllabic
- Constant rhythm section- link to latin american music
- Afro Cuban influences
- Melody
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