gerardcarey
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FADO - An Introduction
In attempting to find an appropriate introduction to Fado I found it necessary to wade through a plethora of opinion in Utube videos and online articles.
The difficulty came in attempting to sort through the various positions held by musicians, singers (Fado is not a strictly female voice preserve), historians, and others claiming a particular slice of the historical or current action.
I finally decided to use a source looking into Portugal from the outside, an independent exterior source, for whom we outsiders were the intended, indeed the target audience.
Enough blather then Gerard, except to say I hope you find this video entertaining as well as being informative. That is my only intention.
COMPASS goes to Portugal to discover FADO.
Further to the above I came across a video critique of Fado singing by the American vocal coach Beth Roars, which I felt was worthy of sharing.
The technique critiqued is that of the renowned vocalist Marisa dos Reis Nunes, known professionally as Mariza. More on Mariza in a future post.
Beth Roars reacts to Mariza singing – Gente Da Minha Twerra (People of My Land)
This song does appear to be a Portuguese favourite - Note the reaction of the audience as Mariza sings. Western audiences are not accustomed to displaying such emotion during a performance, preferring to save acclamation for the end. Or is it that the audience here can simply not restrain themselves?
Regards
Gerard
In attempting to find an appropriate introduction to Fado I found it necessary to wade through a plethora of opinion in Utube videos and online articles.
The difficulty came in attempting to sort through the various positions held by musicians, singers (Fado is not a strictly female voice preserve), historians, and others claiming a particular slice of the historical or current action.
I finally decided to use a source looking into Portugal from the outside, an independent exterior source, for whom we outsiders were the intended, indeed the target audience.
Enough blather then Gerard, except to say I hope you find this video entertaining as well as being informative. That is my only intention.
COMPASS goes to Portugal to discover FADO.
Further to the above I came across a video critique of Fado singing by the American vocal coach Beth Roars, which I felt was worthy of sharing.
The technique critiqued is that of the renowned vocalist Marisa dos Reis Nunes, known professionally as Mariza. More on Mariza in a future post.
Beth Roars reacts to Mariza singing – Gente Da Minha Twerra (People of My Land)
This song does appear to be a Portuguese favourite - Note the reaction of the audience as Mariza sings. Western audiences are not accustomed to displaying such emotion during a performance, preferring to save acclamation for the end. Or is it that the audience here can simply not restrain themselves?
Regards
Gerard
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