Analysis Assignment: Putting Things Together

Brazilian Bossa Nova

In this , we are to look at Manha De Carnival by Sigman and Bonfa which is arguably one of the most popular Brazilian pieces in the repertoire . This musical piece can be said to contain jazzy features with the help of heavy rhythm and drums , the musical piece is able to create a base rhythm . Although , this piece does not entirely rely on the said instrument , but it also makes use of other instruments to make sure that the whole piece retains its harmony , instruments such as the banduria

, piano and saxophone . When listening to this musical piece we can 't help but think of two lovers dancing at a slow pace with moves that increases in pace at certain points in time as if doing a Venetian Waltz , if not , the song gives us great rhythm and tone which is perfect for Salsa

The form of this song is quite strange , but the melody in phrase may be viewed in different ways . There are three different sections which contain a Coda section , which is the part that brings the musical piece to an end contains a eight bar phrase and 1 four bar phrase . In regards to the typical form which is AABA which contains eight bars for each section and a 32 bars , the Manha De Carnival breaks this tradition . This certain musical piece contains a songs which breaks the typical rule

In this song (Manha De Carnival , there were 2 different musical ideas idea A and idea B . The structure throughout this song is AABAAB . The timings of different sections are idea A (0 :15 , 0 :46 , 3 :19 and 3 :47 ) and idea B (1 :01 and 4 :01 . It has a saxophone solo comes from 1 :20 to 2 :19 and then follows by a piano solo from 2 :20 to 3 :20 . There are repeating of the musical ideas fulfilled the concept of unity . It shown idea A repeated four times and idea B repeated two times

In the musical piece Manha de Carnival , the composer makes use of different dynamics due to the fact that the different sections of ideas repeated are in different dynamics . In fact , it can be noted the first half of the song is played louder than the second half of the piece . The background of this musical piece makes use of brass and drums which is played softly all throughout which helps maintain its unity . This piece also contains the capability of having a saxophone solo and a piano solo performance

The Variety of Music (timbre ) is very important for a listener to actually enjoy a musical piece , this is why it is better for an ensemble to perform it

This song is a piece of jazz music and it is in a Samba style . I think this piece is trying its best to tell people to enjoy their life . When I am listening to this song I feel very relaxed . When there are...