The brazilian guitar of Heraldo do Monte

Author(s)

Eduardo de Lima Visconti

• Document type: Master's Dissertation
• Press: Campinas, SP.
• Institution: Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Artes
• Defense date: 2005-10-01

Examining board members

Antônio Rafael Carvalho dos Santos; José Roberto Zan; Martha Tupinambá de Ulhôa

• Advisor: Antônio Rafael Carvalho dos Santos

Abstract

From the transcription and analysis of the compositions and musical improvisations of Heraldo do Monte and being based on the concepts so far stablished for compositions and improvisations, it is investigated how the musician articulates with musical elements of the Brazilian urban popular music (choro, samba and frevo), the regional musical manifestations and the jazz, creating a peculiar and inovating style of composing and improvising in the eletric guitar. Through readings of the Imaginário Nacional Popular and how it has manifested in the popular music in the sixties, it is verified in articles and interviews with Heraldo do Monte to what extent these ideas may have influenced the musician in certain aesthetical choices which guided the fusion of the mentioned musical influences for the construction, in his point of view, of a Brazilian eletric guitar (AU)