Pagode União
"Nós fazemos Pagode toda terça "
The Song Page!
Click here to download MP3s of the songs
included in Pagode União Volume 1 (See Word Doc Below).
Note: These songs are provided for educational
purposes only, so that individuals may learn the
songs meant to be played live at pagodes. Please
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Remember, Music IS Healing,
but you can't eat it!"Pagode União" performing at CRE União Brasileira
in San Jose, CA on July 31, 2004.Pagode União on YouTube: Clip 1 "Kid Cavaquinho" (4/2008)
Clip 2 "O Arnesto" (4/2008)
Clip 3 "Agua do Mar" (12/2009)
Clip 4 "Minha do Condominiom" (12/2009)The weekly Pagode, every Tuesday night, 9-11pm at
Britania Arms 1087 S. De Anza Blvd. Cupertino, CA
(between 85 and Bollinger)
Most Current "Collections"
"The Pagode Bible"
(Updated October 2010)
Printable PDF
MSWord Version
Forros.doc (204K Word Doc) -Posted
1/20/2009
AxeMusic.doc (140K Word Doc)
-Posted
1/20/2009
Older Versions of the "Collections"
Pagode Defined
Ok, Ok, I have been working on a "definition" of the word pagode
for a few years now. Basically, it is a jam session where folks
sit around
playing their favorite Samba tunes. It could be done with no
instruments,
just singing and hand clapping, but can also be done by fully amplified
bands including cavaquinho, guitar, bass, keyboards, and drums in
addition
to all the percussion.
In general, it is done with cavaquinho, pandeiro, and tan tan.
Part of the
definition refers to instrumentation, because it generally is not done
with the
traditional batucada or samba reggae drums (no caixas, repeniques,
and surdo
only when it gets big). Some people might define pagode as a
musical "form",
but really any of the Samba "forms" can be played in a pagode
setting.
In
Bahia, it refers to their own brand of pop music in which the audience
learns
specific choreography for each song, which becomes popular through
videos
and live performances. My favorite definition comes from Rio
where a person
that is not enjoying the music says something like, "That ain't Samba,
that's
pagode! That's what they play in Sao Paolo!", which of course
may seem
derogatory, if you are not a Carioca!
Subsets (Songs included in the
"Bible" but
grouped separately as noted below.)
Pagode União Volume 1 (Starter
Kit with corresponding MP3's on "The Song
Page")
Fundo De Quintal - "Ao Vivo Convida"
(Songs
from this live CD)
