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The Caipira viola or Caipira guitar [1] (in Portuguese: Viola caipira), is a Brazilian ten-string guitar with five courses of strings arranged in pairs. [2] It is a variation of the Portuguese viola that developed in the state of São Paulo during the colonial period, [3] serving as a basis for Paulista music, especially for subgenres of Caipira folklore, such as moda de viola, caipira pagode ...
Caipira pagode (in Portuguese: pagode caipira; also known as pagode de viola and pagode sertanejo), is a variant of Caipira music originating in the state of Paraná. [ 1 ] See also
Helena Meirelles (August 13, 1924 – September 28, 2005) was a Brazilian guitar player, singer, and composer recognized around the world for her talent as a player of the viola caipira. She is one of the most important composers of the folk musical style of the region of Mato Grosso do Sul.
These include: the cururu, the catira/cateretê and the xote, which are originally danced forms, with singing often improvised; the toada and moda de viola, only vocal genres, and the caipira pagode, initially a type of solo instrumental music, of great virtuosity, performed on the viola caipira, and which started to be presented also in the ...
In 1991, he founded the Orquestra de Viola Caipira de São José dos Campos in order to publicize and popularize the viola caipira and also to organize viola players. [1] He is conductor of that orchestra. [4] In 1999, he developed works for the dissemination and popularization of the viola with the Orchestra Viola de Coité.
Sertanejo differs from the Caipira culture, specifically originating in the area that comprises the states of São Paulo, Minas Gerais, Goias, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul and Paraná. "Música caipira" or "música sertaneja" refers to the music that is composed and performed in rural areas, like the old 'moda de viola'.
Ivan Vilela (born August 28, 1962 in Itajubá, Minas Gerais) is a Brazilian composer, arranger, researcher, teacher and viola caipira player.Ivan Vilela is currently a professor at the ECA - School of Communication and Arts of the University of São Paulo. [1]
Viola amarantina, viola de arame, viola caipira, viola beiroa, viola braguesa, viola campanica, viola da terra, viola sertaneja, viola toeira The viola da Terceira (also viola Terceirense ) is a stringed musical instrument of the guitar family, from the Portuguese islands of the archipelago of the Azores , associated with the island of Terceira .