Samba de Uma Nota Só

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"Samba de Uma Nota Só" is a classic bossa nova song by Antônio Carlos Jobim, renowned for its clever melodic structure built largely around a single repeated note.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bossa nova song
song
associatedWithCity Rio de Janeiro NERFINISHED
associatedWithMovement bossa nova movement
composer Antônio Carlos Jobim NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Brazil
createdBy Antônio Carlos Jobim NERFINISHED
Newton Mendonça NERFINISHED
firstReleasedInDecade 1960s
genre bossa nova
hasCanonicalStatus classic of bossa nova
widely recorded standard
hasEnglishLyricsAdaptation One Note Samba NERFINISHED
hasEnglishTitle One Note Samba NERFINISHED
hasInfluenceOn international perception of bossa nova
later Brazilian popular music
hasMeter 4/4 time
hasMusicalFeature call-and-response between melody and harmony
jazz-influenced phrasing
use of syncopated guitar patterns
hasNotableRecording Antonio Carlos Jobim recording
Ella Fitzgerald recording
Frank Sinatra recording
João Gilberto recording
Oscar Peterson recording
Stan Getz recording
Sérgio Mendes recording
hasPortugueseTitle Samba de Uma Nota Só NERFINISHED
hasStructureFeature melody initially confined to a single pitch
melody later expands to more notes
hasTheme playful exploration of musical minimalism
romantic lyrics in original Portuguese
hasTitleTranslation Samba of One Note Only NERFINISHED
influencedGenre jazz
popular music
isStandardIn bossa nova repertoire
jazz repertoire
lyricist Newton Mendonça NERFINISHED
musicalForm samba
musicalStyle bossa nova
notableFor melodic structure built largely on a single repeated note
originalLanguage Portuguese
partOfRepertoire bossa nova standards
jazz standards
typicalKey B-flat major
typicalTempo medium
usesHarmony jazz-influenced chord progressions
usesRhythm syncopated bossa nova groove

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Antônio Carlos Jobim notableWork Samba de Uma Nota Só