Coladeira

Coladeira

The coladeira (Portuguese pronunciation: [kulɐˈdejɾɐ]; Cape Verdean Creole: koladera, [kolɐˈdeɾɐ]) is a music genre from Cape Verde.

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As a music genre

As a music genre the coladeira is characterized by having a variable tempo, from allegro to andante, a 2-beat bar[1], and in its most traditional form by having an harmonic structure based in a cycle of fifths, while the lyrics structure is organized in strophes that alternate with a refrain. The coladeira is almost always monotonic[2], i.e. composed in just one tonality. Compositions that use more than a tonality are rare and generally they are cases of passing from a minor to major tonality or vice-versa.

Harmonic structure

As it was said before, in its most traditional form the coladeira follows a cycle of fifths. This characteristic is a direct heritage from the morna (check main articlemorna). Even so, many composers (especially more recent ones) do not always use this structure.

Melodic structure

Also in the melodic line one can find characteristics similar to the morna (check main articlemorna), for example the alternation between the main strophes and the refrain, the sweeping melodic line, the syncopation, etc., although lately, the influence of the zouk has changed it a little.

Themes

Generally, the subjects that the coladeira talks about are satires, social criticism, jokes and playful and happy themes. According to C. Gonçalves[3], the original themes of the Boa Vista morna were precisely these ones. But after the thematic change in the passage from the Boa Vista morna to the Brava morna, the emerging genre coladeira would have taken over the initial thematic of the Boa Vista morna. These themes remind the mediaeval escárnio e maldizer songs from Portugal.

Instrumentation

The composition of a group for playing the coladeira is not rigid. A medium-sized band may include besides a guitar (popularly calledviolãoin Cape Verde) a cavaquinho (that plays the chords rhythmically), a solo instrument besides the singers voice and some percussion. A bigger band may include another guitar, an acoustic bass guitar, more than one solo instrument (a violinpopularly calledrabecain Cape Verde —, a clarinet, a trumpet, etc.) and several percussion instruments (a shaker, a güiro, a cowbell, congas, etc.).

The specific way of strumming the strings in a guitar is popularly calledmãozadain Cape Verde. The strumming of the coladeira articulates a bass (played with the thumb, marking the beats) with chords (played with the other fingers, rhythmically).

From the 60s it starts to happen the electrification of the coladeira, in which the percussion instruments are replaced by a drum kit and the bass / accompaniment play performed in the guitar is replaced by a bass guitar and an electric guitar. From the 80s there is a big scale usage of electronic instruments (synthesizers, drum machines), being that usage much appreciated by some and criticized by others. In the late 90s there is a come back to the roots where unplugged (acoustic) performances are sought after again.

In its most traditional form, the song starts by an introduction played in the soloist instrument (having this intro generally the same melody as the refrain), and then the song develops in an alternation between the main strophes and the refrain. Approximately after the middle of the song, instead of the sung refrain, the soloist instrument performs an improvisation. Recent composers, however, do not always use this sequence.

As a dance

As a dance, the coladeira is a ballroom dance, danced in pairs. The performers dance with an arm embracing the partner, while with the other arm they hold hands. The dancing is made through two body swings and shoulder undulations to one side, marking the rhythms beats of the bar, while in the next bar the swinging is made to the other side.

History

1st period

The word koladera meant initially the act of going out and singing the colá. Accordingly to the oral tradition[4], a new musical genre would have appeared in the 30s when the composer AntonTchitchwould have intentionally speeded up the tempo of a morna. Someone in the crowd would have shout Bocê v-’l num coladêra” (you have transformed it in a coladeira), i.e., a morna performed with the tempo and as lively as a koladera. Technically, the coladeira appeared as a division of the notes length of the morna to half, through the acceleration of the tempo.

Little by little, this new musical genre gained consolidation, absorbing several musical influences, mostly from Brazilian music. From S. Vicente this musical genre passed to the other islands, appearing then two schools[3], each one with its own style: one in Barlavento, centered in Mindelo, and another in Sotavento, centered in Praia.

2nd period

From the 50s some innovations start to appear in the coladeira, similar to the ones that appeared with the morna. It is in this period that electric instruments began to be used, and the coladeira begins to get known internationally, either by performances abroad, either by records production. The coladeira kept on receiving influences from abroad, for example from Brazilian music but also from Anglo-Saxon music. In the 70s, with the appearance of movements against the colonialism and relations with socialist countries, other influences came along, for example Latin-American music (rumba, salsa, cumbia) and African music (specially from Angola and Guinea-Bissau).

In terms of musical structure, the coladeira goes on slowly losing the traits that use to identify it with the morna. It is also in this period that the dichotomy morna \ coladeira establishes itself.

3rd period

From the 80s one can notice the strong influence of zouk from the French Antilles in the Cape Verdean music. Although some purists do not see with good eyes the influence of zouk in cape Verdean music, it has undoubtly become a commercial success. It is mostly on the younger generation and in Cape Verdean musicians abroad that one can find who appreciates and practice this variant of the coladeira. It is also in this period that the zouk-influenced coladeira is excessively commercialized and banalized.[5]

Variants of the coladeira

In spite of being a relatively recent musical genre, the coladeira has already some variants.

Rhythmic model of the coladeira, 106~120 bpm.

The coladeira truly said

Being a derivative of the morna, it is natural that the coladeira shares some characteristics with the former, as the harmonic sequence, the verse structure and a varied and syncopated melodic line. According to J. Monteiro[4], the true coladeira is the one that results from a morna. So, if the morna is normally played with a 60 bpm tempo, the coladeira should have a 120 bpm tempo. However, this is not always the case.

That is due to the presence of two opposite styles[3] in the 50s of this variant of the coladeira, that correspond to the preference of certain composers: theTi Goy style[3] has a slower tempo (moderato), a simpler melodic line, the traditional 3 chords series, the use of rhymes and a more sarcastic thematic; theTony Marques style[3] has a quicker tempo (allegro), a melody well adapted to the rhythmics, a richer chord progression with passing chords, and a more varied thematic.

Later, these two styles influenced each other, and the compositions from the 60s are a blend of the two preceding styles.

In this variant of the coladeira the bass line marks the beats of the bar.

Rhythmic model of the slow coladeira, ± 96 bpm.

The slow coladeira

The lundum[disambiguation needed ] is a musical genre that was once in vogue in Cape Verde. Nowadays this genre is not known anymore. In Boa Vista it subsists[6], not as a musical genre but as a specific song played in weddings.

However, the lundum has not disappeared completely. Besides the transformation of the lundum to the morna (check the main articlemorna), the lundum went on absorbing external elements, for instance, from the Brazilians bossa nova and samba-canção, and later from the emerging genre coladeira. Today, this variant is more known as slow coladeira, and it has also been known as toada or contratempo. Due to some analogies with the bossa nova it occasionally called cola-samba or sambedcoladeira. It is a variant of the coladeira with a slower tempo (andante), simpler structure than the morna, the rhythmic accentuation of the melody is on the first beat and the last half-beat of the bar. Perhaps the most internationally known example of this variant of coladeira is the songsodadeperformed by Cesária Évora.

In this variant of coladeira the bass line marks the first and the last quarter-beats of the bar.

Rhythmic model of the cola-zouk, 90~120 bpm.

The cola-zouk

As it was said before, from the 80s there is a strong influence from the zouk. In some cases there has been a fusion of the zouk with the coladeira, to what several names have been given as cola-dance, cola-zouk, cabo-swing, cabo-love, etc.

But in other cases the performance is practically a zouk copy. In this variant, the rhythm has the same accentuation as the zouk, the instrumentation is also copied from the zouk, the accentuation of the melody line is different, the syncopation is made in other contexts and the melody line is less continuous than the traditional coladeira, with breaks. The harmonic sequences are diversified, rarely showing the structure based on the cycle of fifths. The whole composition structure is also different from the traditional alternation between the main strophes and the refrain that is found in the coladeira and the morna, and the organization of the verses is not so rigid as in the coladeira and the morna.

Examples of coladeiras

  • Coladeira
    • Saud’”, traditional
      performed by Nancy Vieira in the albumSegred” (ed. HM Música, Lisboa2004)
    • Tchapeu di padja”, from Jorge Barbosa
      performed by Simentera in the albumCabo Verde em serenata” (ed. Mélodie, Paris2000)
    • Carnaval dintentaçõfrom Tony Marques
      performed by Mité Costa and Djosinha in the albumCabo Verde canta CPLP” (reed. A. R. Machado, Lisboa, Ref: CD-005/0719??)
    • Teresinhafrom Ti Goi
      performed by Bana in the album ? (ed. Discos Monte Cara19??)
    • C catchorr’” from Manuel de Novas
      performed by Manecas Matos in the album ? (ed. ?, ? — 19??)
    • Bêju cu jêtufrom Réné Cabral
      performed by Cabral & Cabo Verde Show in the albumBêju cu jêtu” (ed. Syllart, ?, Ref: CD 38778-219??)
    • Paródia familiarfrom Alcides Spencer Brito
      performed by Ildo Lobo in the albumIncondicional” (ed. Lusáfrica, Paris2004)
  • Slow coladeira
    • Curral ca tem capód’”, traditional
      performed by Djalunga in the albumAmor fingido” (ed. Lusárica, Paris2000)
    • Sodadefrom Armando Zeferino Soares
      performed by Cesária Évora in the albumMiss Perfumado” (ed. Lusáfrica, Paris1992)
    • Cabo Verde, poema tropicalfrom Miquinha
      performed by Paulino Vieira in the albumCabo Verde, Poema tropicalfrom Quirino do Canto (ed. ?, ? — 1985)
    • Nha Codê”, from Pedro Cardoso
      performed by Simentera in the albumRaiz” (ed. Mélodie, Paris1995)
    • Apocalipsefrom Manuel de Novas
      performed by Dudú Araújo in the albumNha visão” (ed. Sons dÁfrica199?)
  • Cola-zouk
    • Rosinhafrom Jorge Neto
      performed by Livity in the albumHarmonia” (ed. ?, ? — 19??)
    • Si msabebafrom Beto Dias
      performed by Beto Dias in the album ? (ed. ?, ? — 19??)
    • Bye-bye, my lovefrom Gil Semedo
      performed by Gil & The Perfects in the albumSeparadu” (ed. GIVA, ? — 1993)
    • Tudu ta ficafrom Djoy Delgado
      performed by Unimusicabo in the albumHelp Fogo” (ed. MESA Pro, ? — 1995)
    • Tudu pa from Suzanna Lubrano
      performed by Suzanna Lubrano in the albumTudu pa ” (ed. ?, ? — 2003)

References

  1. ^ Brito, M., Breves Apontamentos sobre as Formas Musicais existentes em Cabo Verde1998
  2. ^ Sousa, P.e J. M. de, Hora di BaiCapeverdean American Federation, Boston, 1973
  3. ^ a b c d e Gonçalves, C. F., Kab Verd Band2006
  4. ^ a b Monteiro, J., Mornas e Contra-Tempos (Coladeiras de Cabo Verde)Ed. do Autor, Mindelo, 1987
  5. ^ l'histoire de la culture haïtienne et le monde- By Pierre Jerou-1978
  6. ^ Lima, A. G., A dança do landu (Dos antigos reinos do Kongo e de Ngola à Boa Vista)

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