Music - World - Portugal Music Styles In Portugal ( Styles for Portuguese Songs ) ( MusicWorld )

I've decided to write this Hub to show some of the Portuguese Musical Styles.

Has we know each old country has it's own styles, and oldest the country, more it will be the experience and music development.

We can say also that doing to the world empires civilizations, musical styles suffer many influences, also the aquisition of the new instruments.

I will show you how it is today and not because i prefer one or another, lets be Partial in this, shall we!

I let you analyze and decide for your self at the measure you listen each one of the Portuguese Musical Styles.

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Today, Fado is associate with Portugal music style, the same way Samba is related to Brazil and Flamenco with Spain.

What is Fado

Fado is in it's majority, sad songs were the artist inspires in the sadness, events and life's experience.

Who sings Fado

Singers are normally from old and coastal or semi coastal Portuguese cities like Lisbon, Porto and Coimbra.

Fado's instruments

There is the Portuguese Guitar with an sound unique, also called Fado's guitar.

The artists

• Amália Rodrigues was the most popular fado's singer.
• Carlos Paredes is considered the best fado's guitarist in world
• After Amália died, there are a young woman that sings the fado is a modern way, Dulce Pontes and is well known everywhere in the world

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I think that this kind of music it been a sleep for several years, even if Portugal has contemporary, erudite, medieval rich traditions.

A new band was born

Madredeus with the amazing voice of Teresa Salgado, did help a bit in the 20-21 century showing that this it's still the really beauty off the Erudite Portuguese music, if you listen and you have some classic musical culture, you will understand what i mean.

Articles

I've write an Madredeus article here, wehe you can listen their songs and music style

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Rancho

Rancho is Folkloric style. it remains since the era of kings.

In Portugal, each region has it's Rancho's Folkloric Group that represents them.

Today's interests in this kind

Today, Young and 20's century people from cities don't give much value to this kind of music (true that I'm one of them), but this makes part of the Portuguese of each region, since the North mountain, passing the coast, interior, and sea shores from south.

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Keep Portuguese Contemporary alive

If there is some Musicians that still maintain the Portuguese contemporary style, there are also those that due the life inside of big cities obtain a certain maturity knowing and spearing time with lots of different people, and acquiring a different type of Contemporary music, the urban contemporary style.

Musicians

Sérgio Godinho is such a case, He was Acclaimed as Portugal's Greatest Contemporary Songwriter and Lyricist,he study psychology in past, and maybe this is a reason for the unbelievable and unique type of his songs, hes a poet, songs writer, composer and musician.

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The Traditional Portuguese Music is kept by each Portuguese region trough the years as a visit card for tourists and visitors.

Alentejo's Region

In the South-Center-Interior of the country there is a vast Region called Alentejo, we normally call these people of "Singing People", their voice is rare, unique and we need to understand this ancient music style that connect them to theirs land, there are many vast empty spaces that we sometimes call deserts were the sun is very hot (40+ degrees summer) and there are some parts with civilization, these people like to sing in the big fields while they work, but there's nothing better than a good glass of wine and to sleep a bit during the middle of the day, the main instrument of these people is their voice.

Alentejo is a old Region formed by Five (5) Districts

• District of Santarém
• District of Portalegre
• District of Setubal (only the south of this district)
• District of Evora
• District of Beja
  

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Minho's Region

North-Coast-West, Fantastic region with several mountains, many green zones, some protected, were people can shout in high voice trough the mountains, i think is the reason these people likes to make lots of noise with their amazing and beautiful music, Gaita de Foles(Bagpipe), Pandeiro(Hand Frame Drum), Tambores(Drums)..etc

Minho is a old region or Province (1937 - 1976) consisting on two actual Districts

• District of Braga
• District of Viana do Castelo
  

Minho has many Celtic influences (part of ancient Roman province of Gallaecia)

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