Presentation by: Sean Conrad
Country: Brazil
Population : 6.3 Million
Life Expectancy: 73
6% unemployed, 88.6% literate
Religion: Roman Catholic (nominal) 73.6%,
Protestant 15.4%, Spiritualist 1.3%,
Bantu/voodoo 0.3%, other 1.8%, unspecified
0.2%, none 7.4%
 Languages: : Portuguese; less common languages
include Spanish (border areas and schools),
German, Italian, Japanese, English, and a large
number of minor Amerindian languages
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The city of Rio de Janeiro proper was founded by
the Portuguese on March 1, 1565 and was
named São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
 In 1819, a large influx of African slaves arrived
Rio de Janeiro, totaling 220,000 by 1840
 Rio continued as the capital of Brazil after 1889,
when the monarchy was replaced by a republic
 Between 1960 and 1975 Rio was a city-state
under the name State of Guanabara
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People of Portuguese ancestry predominate in most of the
state
Rio brings together the main production centers of
Brazilian television
The National Library of Brazil ranks as the eighth largest
library in the world. It is also the largest library in all of
Latin America
Music and dancing are obviously popular in Brazil
Choro’s origins are in 19th century Rio de Janeiro
The Choro genre resulted in the creation of samba, bossa
nova and many other musical genres.
Rio has become a tourist hot spot, During Carnaval, which
begins the Friday before Ash Wednesday, it is a huge party
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Rio was popularized by the hit song "Garota de
Ipanema
The music of Brazil encompasses various
regional music styles influenced by African, European
Brazilian music developed some unique and original
styles such as samba, choro, bossa nova, funk carioca,
RAP, tropicalia, axé, brega, and others
Instrumental music is also largely practiced in Brazil,
with styles ranging from classical to popular and jazz
influenced forms
The Portuguese language is the official and national
language, and thus the primary language taught in
schools.
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Originally choro was played by a trio
of flute, guitar and cavaquinho
Other instruments commonly played in choro
are the mandolin, clarinet, saxophone,
trumpet, and trombone.
rhythm section consists of guitar, 7-string
guitar(playing bass lines) and light percussion,
such as a pandeiro.
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Recorded on The album entitled “Choro
Democratico ”
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the Choro style often has a fast and happy
rhythm, characterized by virtuosity,
improvisation, subtile modulations and full
of syncopation and counterpoint
Notice the Harmonies between the flute and
the guitar
The drums are simple and repetitive
The melody is repetitive
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r54Gqaxe3n
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Armando Anthony "Chick" Corea (born June 12, 1941) is
an American jazz pianist, keyboardist, and composer.
Corea was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts.
He is of Sicilian and Spanish descent
His father, a jazz trumpet player who had led a
Dixieland band in the Boston area in the 1930s and 1940s,
introduced him to the piano at the age of four
A notable influence was concert pianist Salvatore Sullo
from whom Corea started taking lessons at age eight and
who introduced him to classical music, helping spark his
interest in musical composition
a member of Miles Davis' band in the 1960s
participated in the birth of the electric jazz fusion
movement
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Corea started his professional career in the 1960s playing with
trumpeter Blue Mitchell and Latin greats such as Herbie
Mann, Willie Bobo and Mongo Santamaría
From 1968 to 1971 Corea had associations with avant garde players
and his solo style revealed a dissonant, avant garde orientation. His
avant garde playing can be heard on his solo works of the period,
his solos in live recordings under the leadership of Miles Davis
In the early 1970s Corea took a profound stylistic turn from avant
garde playing to a crossover jazz fusion style that incorporated
Latin jazz elements.
He founded Return to Forever in 1971. This band had a fusion
sound and even though it relied on electronic instrumentation it
drew more on Brazilian and Spanish-American musical styles than
on rock music
Corea's composition "Spain" first appeared on the 1972 Return to
Forever album Light as a Feather. This was his most popular piece.
Growing up surrounded by jazz music, he was
influenced at an early age by bebop and stars
such as Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Bud
Powell, Horace Silver, and Lester Young.
 At eight Corea also took up drums, which would
later influence his use of the piano as a
percussion instrument.
 concert pianist Salvatore Sullo
 spent several years as a performer and soloist for
the Knights of St. Rose, a drum and bugle
corps based in Chelsea.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOFs40ek
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1:35-1:43
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Chord Progression: |GM7| |F#7| |Em7| |A7|
|DM7| |GM7| |C#7| |F#7| |Bm| |B7|
In the Key of D Major; 2 Sharps
Tempo: 144
Time Signature: Cut Time
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsBsq0Qee
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0:00-1:21; there is a long slow drawn out piano
intro, contrasts the fast paced accented rhythms
ahead
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Both selections of music contain:
repetitive rhythms
syncopation
Harmonies
Allegro tempos
Happy Rhythms
Latin Roots
Choro music has a simple drum beat with limited
percussion
 Chick Corea has an extensive rhythm section
 Spain contains vocals as well as piano solos
 Solos throughout “Spain”
 In “Tico Tico No Fuba ” the soloist sticks more to
the main melody, but makes changes in the solo
rhythmic division and even introduces ornaments,
such as trills, mordents, glissandos and fluttertonguings
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While the music of Chick Corea and Rio De
Janeiro come from different backgrounds and
utilize different instruments, both embrace
their cultures and provide new music which
led to different avenues of music making.
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