Electric guitar in the Brazilian choro

an analysis of Odeon by Ernesto Nazareth as recorded by Olmir Stocker (Alemão)

Authors

  • Eduardo de Lima Visconti Universidade Estadual de Campinas - UNICAMP - Campinas / SP

Keywords:

Arrangement by Olmir Stocker (Alemão), Odeon by Ernesto Nazaret, Electric guitar in Brazil and choro

Abstract

This article intends to investigate how Olmir Stocker (Alemão) adapts the choro language to the electric guitar. We transcribe and analyze the counterpoint present on the track Odeon, recorded on his album De A a Z in 1995. Based on the definition of the musical genre put forth by Franco FABBRI (1982), we verify the degree to which the musician pushes for innovations that do not cause the choro to lose its distinctive character, thus contributing to the development of a Brazilian language for the electric guitar based on a genre recognized as a symbol of Brazilianness.

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Author Biography

Eduardo de Lima Visconti , Universidade Estadual de Campinas - UNICAMP - Campinas / SP

Eduardo de Lima Visconti holds a B.A. in Popular Music from the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), M.A. and Ph. He develops research on the following themes: ethnomusicology, popular music, musicology, ideology, cultural identity, musical analysis, arrangement, improvisation, harmony, guitar and guitar. He was a temporary professor of Electric Guitar (I-VIII) and Ensemble Practice (I-VIII) in the undergraduate program in popular music at UNICAMP from 2007 to 2012. He participated, in July 2012, as a teacher of guitar/guitar and improvisation in popular music in the IX Music Festival in Ibiapaba in Ceará. Currently, he is developing post-doctoral research at the Institute of Brazilian Studies (IEB -USP) on arrangement and sonority in the samba of the 1970s, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Walter Garcia. He has performed regularly with his trio and quartet in Brazil and abroad.

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Published

2014-11-20

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Visconti , Eduardo de Lima. 2014. “Electric Guitar in the Brazilian Choro: An Analysis of Odeon by Ernesto Nazareth As Recorded by Olmir Stocker (Alemão)”. Per Musi, no. 30 (November):1-7. https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/permusi/article/view/38915.

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No. 30 (2014): General Topics

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Articles in Portuguese/Spanish

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