Listening notes for "Milonga Para as Missões"

00:00 rubato introduction, gaita and guitar, melody centers around fifth degree of E minor (B), at the end; listen for the noise of the buttons on the repeated Bs

00:35 still out of tempo, the accordion ascends on scale degrees 3-4-5, sustains 5, then begins the melody in tempo at (this is where the transcription begins)

00:43 in tempo, in 2/4 at mm.=120, theme labeled A in the transcription; the melody centers around B, the fifth degree, with a lowered sixth degree neighbor tone in m. 3 of letter A

00:59 theme labeled B in transcription

01:12 accompaniment stops while accordion plays an active line that leads to the beginning of the form at A

00:19 section A; on the repeat, brass backgrounds enter

01:34 part B with brass backgrounds

01:48 the break again; brass takes over from accordion

01:58 new theme in brass, ending the second time with the theme

02:15 accordion on part B, brass backgrounds, just percussion, no bass or drums

02:29 brass break, accordion takes over on held note

02:41 accordion on theme A, brass backgrounds 2nd time

02:57 part B with brass backgrounds; short ending without solo break