{"id":2163,"date":"2011-04-04T08:00:53","date_gmt":"2011-04-04T08:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/?p=2163"},"modified":"2011-04-03T22:11:30","modified_gmt":"2011-04-03T22:11:30","slug":"what-is-pagode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/what-is-pagode\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s Pagode?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following up on Rachel&#8217;s post on <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/exaltasamba\/\">ExaltaSamba<\/a>, I thought I&#8217;d talk a little bit about what <em>pagode<\/em> (pronounce <em>pah-gaw-gee) <\/em>actually IS.<\/p>\n<p>There are a lot of different interpretations of the word <em>pagode, <\/em>and you will often hear a lot of Brazilians downplaying this sub-genre of samba. \u00a0I myself, will oftentimes hear, &#8220;<em>Eu gosto de samba, s\u00f3 n\u00e3o gosto de pagode.<\/em>&#8221; These people are usually referring to mainstream <em>pagode<\/em> groups that are also known as <em>pagode rom\u00e2ntico, <\/em>and <em>neopagode, <\/em>popularized in the 1990&#8217;s. \u00a0These bands follow a series of clich\u00e9s in <em>pagode<\/em>, from having numerous components, wearing certain types of clothing, and overall creating a &#8220;standard,&#8221; for the style of music.\u00a0One of these bands is <em>Revela\u00e7\u00e3o &#8211; <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Revela\u00e7\u00e3o canta &quot;Car\u00eancia de quem ama&quot; no Est\u00fadio Showlivre 2011\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aCbyaV_2Xf8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>What is a good definition or description of\u00a0<em>pagode, <\/em>though? It&#8217;s a sub-genre of <em>samba, <\/em>originated in Rio de Janeiro in the 1980&#8217;s,\u00a0and it incorporates 3 additional instruments &#8211; the banjo, tan-tan, and the <em>repique de m\u00e3o. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>The banjo is a little bigger and has more sound than the <em>cavaquinho<\/em>, allowing for it to stand out more in samba <em>rodas<\/em> amongst the percussion instruments. \u00a0The <em>tan-tan<\/em> is a small hand drum that imitates the sounds of the larger <em>surdos<\/em>, used in samba <em>baterias, <\/em>or percussion ensembles. \u00a0The <em>repique de m\u00e3o<\/em>, is another percussion instrument, which imitates the sounds of drums. All of these were introduced by one of the components of the traditional <em>pagode<\/em> band, <em>Grupo\u00a0Fundo de Quintal.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ALCIONE E FUNDO DE QUINTAL\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZTq6sMjtSX0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>(notice any differences from the first video?)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Lyrics-wise, <em>pagode<\/em> is also different in that the singers use a lot of slang, reflecting how people actually speak on a day-to-day basis. \u00a0Culturally, this popularized <em>pagode<\/em> in that it reached all different social classes, making it especially popular in the lower socio-economic classes and outskirts of bigger cities.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll leave you with one <em>pagode <\/em>singer that epitomizes this last part of our &#8220;definition&#8221; of <em>pagode, Zeca Pagodinho. <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZR3SJgQhKfs\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZR3SJgQhKfs<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><em>E a\u00ed, vamos para o pagode? <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following up on Rachel&#8217;s post on ExaltaSamba, I thought I&#8217;d talk a little bit about what pagode (pronounce pah-gaw-gee) actually IS. There are a lot of different interpretations of the word pagode, and you will often hear a lot of Brazilians downplaying this sub-genre of samba. \u00a0I myself, will oftentimes hear, &#8220;Eu gosto de samba&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/what-is-pagode\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[379349,379359],"class_list":["post-2163","post","type-post","status-publish","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-culture","tag-music"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2163"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2163\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2173,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2163\/revisions\/2173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}