MUSIC 139 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Tamborim, Cavaquinho, Friction Drum
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Background about brazil: 5th largest country in the world, only lusophone (portuguese-speaking) country in the america, long history of slavery from colonization. Most slaves coming to the new world from. Unlike in the us, slaves were kept together in their cultural/family groups. Emergence of samba: term samba began to appear in early 1910s, by 1920s samba coalesced into a distinct musical genre in rio de janeiro among the. Afro-brazilian urban community: its rise overlapped with monumental political changes. Change from monarchy to republic in 1889, and then to the vargas. Massive migration to rio (population ballooned from 275,000 in 1872 to dictatorship by 1930. more than 1 million in 1920) Samba today: umbrella term, designates a range of different styles, vocal and dance music, can be defined by: Musical characteristics of samba: 2/4 meter, accent on 2nd beat, syncopated rhythm, polyrhythmic structure, symmetric melodic lines that avoid the downbeat. Period between sunday and tuesday immediately preceding ash wednesday.
