http://hdl.handle.net/10174/14318 2026-11-11T17:21:09Z http://hdl.handle.net/10174/42666 Title: Aspects influencing the tuning balance in saxophone performance practice Authors: MARQUES, Mário; Matos, Micaela Abstract: Tuning is a crucial factor in any musical performance on saxophone. It is a skill related to auditory perception and can be taught and developed trought the flexibility of the embouchure and air column or using auxiliary fingerings on the instrument to compensate and adjust the tuning. This paper aims to understand the concept of temperament in tuning, as well as the various factors that can affect its stability in saxophone performance. Identifying and being aware of the theoretical functioning of the key opening and closing mechanism and how it affects the rise and fall of frequencies is essential for using correction strategies for these frequencies and, thus, the use of alternative fingerings as a fundamental resource for the saxophonist to improve their tuning. Finally, some study books have been compiled that provide various fingering charts that can be used for tuning correction on the saxophone. 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10174/42245 Title: O diálogo entre canto e piano: uma análise textural de canções de Camargo Guarnieri Authors: Hoccheim, Polyane; Telles, Ana Editors: Poletto, Fabio Guilherme; Ribeiro, Felipe de Almeida Abstract: Este artigo apresenta uma análise textural de cinco canções para canto e piano de Camargo Guarnieri (1907-1993), intituladas Olhe-me tão somente, Cantiga, Não adianta dizer nada…, Canção ingênua e Onde andará…, compostas entre os anos de 1951 e 1959, com o intuito de discutir e apontar características contrapontísticas da escrita pianística e da sua relação com a linha vocal. A fim de esmiuçar e delinear a análise textural, este estudo se baseia nos conceitos de Wallace Berry (1987) no que concerne à categorização dos níveis de independência e de interdependência dos componentes texturais. A aplicação desta ferramenta analítica permite quantificar o grau de independência e de interdependência, por consequência, aprofunda o estudo da linguagem composicional das canções sob a perspectiva da relação entre canto e piano. Desse modo, procuramos contribuir para o estudo do gênero canção de câmara, bem como colaborar para a difusão e valorização deste repertório. 2026-03-24T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10174/42237 Title: Art Music in Portugal in the Turn of the 21st Century Authors: Telles, Ana Editors: Bunnskog, Magnus Abstract: Portuguese art music historiography counts several titles which allow the reader to understand its development in Portugal during the 20th century (Azevedo, 1998; Brito & Cymbron, 1992; Carvalho M. V., 1999; Castelo Branco, Salwa, 2010; Castro, 1991, 2015; Ferreira M. P., 2005). Yet, for lack of historical distance, most of those publications (generally dated from 1991 to 2015) focus on the period before and during the rise of the vanguardist paradigm, which started in the 1970’s. The contributions of composers born in between 1930’s and the 1950’s (like Clotilde Rosa, Cândido Lima, Álvaro Salazar, Jorge Peixinho, Emmanuel Nunes) are scrutinized in quite some detail, while composers of the next generations are only briefly mentioned. Yet, passed the first quarter of the 21st century, the history of art music in Portugal in the last decades of the 20th deserves renovated attention, as at least one generation has already flourished after composers born between 1959 and 1979 reached full maturity. This essay strives to bridge that gap, by putting in perspective the activity, aesthetics and musical languages developed by the latter in the turn of the 21st century. 2026-06-18T23:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10174/41872 Title: A Survey of Comments Regarding Movement and Posture as Found in Selected Methods for Marimba Commonly Used in Brazil Authors: Misina, Guilherme; Lopes, Eduardo; Froleyks, Stephan Editors: Mattingly, Rick Abstract: This article is an excerpt of an ongoing PhD project that deals with movements and posture related to marimba performance. It describes current methods as well as the possible development of exercises and methods related to these topics for both practice and performance. Though movement and posture are generally less discussed than other technical and musical aspects of marimba performance, the methods examined in this study, all written by highly skilled and respected musicians, each contain significant information on the topic and should serve as a basis of study for all students. Hopefully, the completed study will deliver comprehensive, complete, and coherent materials that will assist students of all levels in their approaches to the practice and performance of the marimba. 2026-03-31T23:00:00Z