The Republic of Cape Verde is six hundred miles from the coast of Senegal entfertnt. It is divided into two groups of islands to the windward Barlavento group in the north and in the lee Sotaventos located in the south. The Cape Verde islands consist of Antau S., S. Nicolau, S. Vicente, Sal, Boavista, Maio, Santiago, Fogo and Brava were up on 5 July 1975, the day of national independence, a Portuguese colony.
The islands were discovered in 1460 by the Portuguese and were not yet settled. The islands were used as strategic positions throughout the voyage. Free Europeans and slaves of the West African coast, merged into a nation with its own character and way of life. 80% of the population is mestizo, 17% black, 3% White. The spoken Dialiekt is Creole. The Kriolu-language shows from island to island, subtle differences: On the island of Brava is the most similar to the Portuguese, on São Tiago WHILE the Creole is very Africanized.
During the five hundred-year-old Beset by the Portuguese was ignored completely the development of the islands. Poverty and famine ensued. Many islanders emigrated. Only about one third of the island residents living on the islands. The rest live in the U.S. and Europe. Almost every family has a relative living abroad. The separation and the longing is the characteristic of Cape Verdean music and youthful culture.
Morna
The music is an integral part of Kapverdaner. Morna is a genre of Cabo Verde, which is located on the island of Boavista.
The Morna can be characterized as follows to:
· Moderate tempo in 4 / 4
· sung or played legato melody
· Syncopated rhythmic accompaniment of the "cavaquinho" (four-stringed guitar)
• The rhythm is similar to the Cuban Habanera
· melodic variations and rhythmic support by violin and guitar
• The bass line is the guitar played
• The pieces are mostly in a minor key
Until the advent of electric instruments Mornas were accompanied by ensembles of various sizes. Containing a guitar, often a violin, sometimes a bass or a piano, rarely, an accordion. The high sound that is a distinguishing feature of many Mornas comes from the Cavaquinho, a four-guitar, an instrument that Portugal and Brazil is widespread. Another instrument is the twelve-string tenor guitar, the "viola". It is slightly less than the guitar. In the contemporary Mornas the trumpet, saxophone, clarinet, electric guitar, piano, synthesizer and strings are used. Often, an instrumental interlude.
usually come from the following chord progressions: • In the
- IVM - In-V7 - In
• In the - V7 - Im - IVm - I - V7 - I • In the
- V7 - IVm VII7 - In-VI-V7 - In
The focus of Morna are the lyrics. Morna can prove to be a poetic Text satisfy themselves. The "maniha" Morna was the similar shape, which can be heard but rarely heutzutäge.
include the texts of Morna following topics:
• the isolation of the islanders
· Most serious and sad topics which are expressed very poetic
· "Sodade" which kriolische word "saudade," yearning and homesickness
· longing for the distant "cretcheu," the beloved
· about the beauty of the beloved
· over the pain of separation
· over the hardness of fate
The Morna has been in the 19 Century from the Portuguese "Fado" and from the Brazilian "Modinha" developed. The word Fado comes from the Latin word "fate", which means fate. The Fado includes Arab elements and is based mostly on the minor mode. Also in the Fado are particularly the pain and the "saudade" expressed. The Modinha is from the Italian opera arias of the 18th Jahrhundets. "Modinha" is a diminutive of "moda", the name of an old Portuguese songs. The classic
Mornas are in the 18 century were composed by the composer Eugenio Tavares. This species is still composed today, and composed. Eugenio Tavares was born in 1867 on the island of Brava. He Morna is the most popular composer and also a romanticized figure in the traditions. His fame rests mainly on the fact that he was one of the first who wrote the sophisticated poetry in Creole instead of Portuguese. Tavares Mornas deal with the suffering and spirituality of romantic love, as he describes in "Força de cretcheu" and "Vida Bo luz sem. "O mar eterno" is an autobiographical Morna of Tavares, which was inspieriert by an impossible love for an American. "Hora Tues Bai," The hour of departure is one of his most famous compositions, which was traditionally sung in the shipyards of Brava, when people an Bord der Schiffe nach Amerika Gingen. Als starba Tavares 1930, wurde er zu einer von seiner Ruhestätte riesigen Menschenschar begleitet. "Mornas and Manijas" ist eine Sammlung von englische von Osorio de Oliveira Tavares bekanntesten Warm-Texten.
Sodade - Luis Morais / Cabral Amandio
Who shows' bo Ess
way away? Who
shows' bo Ess
way away?
Ess way
Pa Sao Tome
Sodade, Sodade
Sodade
Dess nha land Sa Nicoloau
Si bô 'screvé' me
> M ta 'screvé' be
Si bô 'screvé' me
> M ta 'Screven' be
Sodade Sodade, Dess nha terra
Sodade
Sat Nicoloau
Até dia Qui bô
volta
homesick
who accompanied
up on this long journey?
who accompanied
up on this long journey? Sodade
The trip to Sao Tome
Sodade,
Sodade
In my country São Nicolau
If you write me I'll write you forget me
major
If I forget you Serd
Sodade, Sodade
Sodade
In my country São Nicolau
Until the day you come home at the
Cesária Évora Morna made the world-famous. They came in 1941 in the city of Mindelo, Sao Vicente island in the world. It is the "Barefoot Diva" because it traditionally occurs without shoes. This is their sign of solidarity with those who stayed behind with the ragged children in the interior of the islands, ie, a trip to Praia, the capital of the small island of São Tiago remains a dream. In 1988 she was invited by the Frenchman José da Silva kapverdanischen roots to Paris, where they met 47 years ago was famous all over the world. Cesária Évora Morna compares with the blues, as she believes that both genres EXPRESSLY the pain of life.
Coladeira
stands in contrast to the Morna "Coladeira", a couple dance, which is lighter and is listed at a faster pace. The origins of Coladeira lie in the Caribbean music like Beguine, cumbia and calypso.
Other styles: Batuko, Finason, Funana and Tabanka
The genre, which go back to African origins, are "Batuko", "finaçon", "funana" and "Tabanka. These styles are characterized by the following features:
· rhythm more than melody highlighted
· Question and answer 'format
• Simple harmonic structure
· open, loud singing without vibrato technique
Batuko, Finaçon and Funana developed from denTabanka rites that were celebrated by the UAF Badius São Tiago.
Batuko
Batuko (reminiscent of the word "Batuque" of Brazil) will be presented in Santiago of women's groups. A woman heads the ensemble, the songs in question and answer contends. The group formed a circle and accompanied by either binary or ternary rhythm by a pillow between your knees clamped or bolts of cloth ("tchabeta) knock, by clapping of hands or by monitoring Friktonsinstrumenten like" ferrinhos. The superposition of different rhythms form themselves into a polyrhythmic pattern that is typical of the Batuko. While the group singing, dancing, at least one member in the middle of the circle. This dance, the "torno" is called, consists of rapid pelvic movements, which are underlined by a sash. In the past, was to accompany a one-stringed fiddle Batuko of West African origin, "cimboa" played.
Finaçon / Finason
Finaçon emphasizes a rhythmically spoken words and is closely connected to the Batuko. A Batuko session often begins a Finason me. The difference between Finason and Batuko is that not Finason is accompanied with dances. When Finason with one person before in a rhythmic way a longer story, while the ensemble knocks a fixed Rhyhtmus. Both in the Finason and the singers who have Batuko parables or allegories comments before about issues that are of interest to the community. At the same time they perform the function of historical informants who report details of events, people and families.
Funana
Funana is a musical based on the accordion and is distributed in Santiago. There are popular folk and electronic versions. Traditionally, Funana with a diatonic accordion with buttons, which are divided into two series, played. Usually, two musicians playing the accordion: during the united accompanied the singer, the other doubles the vocal melody. Funana is played at a fast pace in 4 / 4. The harmonic change usually takes place between two adjacent chords, like Am-G (A minor and G major). Funana is a partner dance, similar to the merengue of the Dominican Republic is danced, that is with strong pelvic movements. Funana was a national symbol of the Cape Verdeans understood as resistance to colonialism.
Tabanka
Tabanka has mutual aid through the religious communities in Santiago and their activities. Tabanka looks a little bit of the Carnival: On certain holidays, the people dressed up and slips into the roles that existed in colonial times: Queen, slave, master of the house, etc. The parade is accompanied by Batuko music.
New Development: The Funacola
Funacola is a fusion of Coladeira and Funana. This is a new development, of living in Praia and Paris Group Finaçon was made popular.
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