Banda de Banda de PífanosPífanos

Cantoria de ViolaCantoria de Viola

Banda de Banda de PífanosPífanos

Cantoria de ViolaCantoria de Viola

Banda de PífanosBanda de PífanosBanda de PífanosBanda de Pífanos

Other NamesOther NamesBanda CabaçalBanda CabaçalTerno de ZabumbaTerno de ZabumbaEsquenta MulherEsquenta Mulher

Other NamesOther NamesBanda CabaçalBanda CabaçalTerno de ZabumbaTerno de ZabumbaEsquenta MulherEsquenta Mulher

OriginsOriginsOriginsOrigins

Bombos (fife & drum groups from Portugal )

Charamelas and Zabumbas

West African flute ensembles

Brazilian Amerindian flute traditions

LegendsLegendsLegendsLegends

Pífano: a blessed instrument for the novena procession

From the breath of the “savage” Indians to the caboclo

InstrumentsInstrumentsInstrumentsInstruments

2 Pífanos (flutes)

Tarol (snare drum)

Triangle

Surdo (tenor drum)

Pratos (Cymbals)

Zabumba (bass drum)

(left to right)

Making Making PífanosPífanosMaking Making PífanosPífanos

Pífano TuningPífano TuningPífano TuningPífano Tuning major/minor ambiguity neutral 3rds and 7ths

Performance ContextsPerformance ContextsPerformance ContextsPerformance Contexts

Novena de Casa

Forró parties

Tourist presentations

Chegada

Vênia do Santo

Procissão

Rosary (Terço)

Novena de CasaNovena de CasaNovena de CasaNovena de Casa

Musical RepertoireMusical RepertoireMusical RepertoireMusical Repertoire

Música do Santo (hinos, benditos, dobrados, marches, waltzes)

Forró (baião, xote, forró, côco)

Festa (forró)

Cantoria de ViolaCantoria de ViolaCantoria de ViolaCantoria de Viola Sung-poetrySung-poetry Viola accompanimentViola accompaniment Desafio song duelsDesafio song duels

Sung-poetrySung-poetry Viola accompanimentViola accompaniment Desafio song duelsDesafio song duels

DesafioDesafio

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Poetic Rules of Cantoria

Poetic Rules of Cantoria

Sextilhas: six line versesSextilhas: six line verses Deixa: obligatory rhymeDeixa: obligatory rhyme Mote: two-line topicsMote: two-line topics

Sextilhas: six line versesSextilhas: six line verses Deixa: obligatory rhymeDeixa: obligatory rhyme Mote: two-line topicsMote: two-line topics

Viola DinâmicaViola Dinâmica

Viola TuningViola Tuning

Open TuningOpen Tuning Seven stringsSeven strings