The Regional Association of Arts Education intends to publish a book titled “10 New Compositions for Braguinha” by Paulo Esteireiro.
The Regional Association of Arts Education intends to publish a book titled “10 New Compositions for Braguinha” by Paulo Esteireiro. This edition aims to rejuvenate the existing musical repertoire for this Madeira traditional chordophone (variant of the cavaquinho). In this book you can find influences of various musical universes, among which three stand out: 1 ) Jazz; 2 ) Blues and Rock; 3 ) Classical Music All parts of the book are written in standard music notation and tablature, thus allowing the practice of these compositions even by those who have few musical skills in reading staff notation.
THE MUSICAL INSTRUMENT: BRAGUINHA
The Braguinha, traditional instrument of Madeira, had several names throughout history: braguinha, braga, machete, machete of Braga or cavaquinho. In practice, all of these names refers to the same device, although sometimes there may be slighty variations in terms of scale or even in tuning.
In the nineteenth century, this instrument, then called machete, has occupied a prominent place in Madeira social amusements and particularly in female musical education. Tourists who visited Madeira at the time even considered the braguinha an exceptional instrument. There are several testimonies of tourists in nineteenth century who emphasize the remarkable effect that the machete had in the hands of a good performer.
Currently, through the traditional music instruments, it is still possible to identify cultural bridges between Madeira and the places where the portuguese have been throughout the ages. So, part of the relevance that currently has braguinha is due to his relationship with the famous ukulele from Hawaii, an instrument which is spread by all continents.
Braguinha - Foto Rui Camacho
MUSICAL BRIDGES WITH CAPE VERDE AND BRAZIL
This book performs a musical bridge specially with cavaquinho of Cape Verde and Brazil. The musical compositions of this edition follows the traditional and most common tuning of Madeira, D -B - G - D (from the higher string to the lower), which is also the main tuning of Cavaquinho in Cape Verde and Brazil . So who play cavaquinho in these countries can also Play the pieces presented here.
Paulo Esteireiro
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Carísssimos!
O projeto livro+CD "10 Novas Composições para Braguinha" vai ser uma realidade! Atingiu neste momento 100% da verba necessária :) A todos o meu MUITO OBRIGADO! Quem quiser continuar a apoiar pode fazê-lo, porque assim irá permitir o aumento de tiragem desta edição.
Um abraço amigo
Paulo Esteireiro
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