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...ical theatre and dance. He started his career as a pianist right after the Portuguese Musical Youth awarded him a First Prize in 1950. ...tee, Director of the Paços de Brandão Music Academy, Vice-President of the Portuguese Authors Society, member of the Artistic Council at the Cooperative "Sinfoni

...etter A, the note C# to the letter B and so on, the word Brasil (Brazil in Portuguese) produces the pitch set: C#, F, C, F#, G#, B, which forms the chord of C# s ...g a tradition from ancient Greece and the Iberic Peninsula, from where the Portuguese departed to discover Brazil in the year 1500.

...o used in many other regions across the [[Iberian Peninsula]], and similar instruments are also found in [[Northern Africa]]. Normally used for Christian religio [[Category: Percussion Instruments]]

...s. Also, the metal jingles (called ''platinelas'' in [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]]) are cupped, creating a crisper, drier and less sustained tone on the pan [[Category: Percussion Instruments]]

...entury to commemorate Vasco da Gama, which in 1910 was declared officially Portuguese national monument and in 1986 UNESCO World Heritage Site. Belem is written for a music school or skilled amateurs, and a few of the instruments can be played by more musicians, among these the castanet with the characte

...ar, but is known to have been in existence there before the arrival of the Portuguese around the fourteenth century. Missionaries of the time have written accou [[Category:Percussion Instruments]]

...dding metal disks, or jingles, to the outer edge of the frame drum. These instruments usually had four or more sets of jingles that were in groups of two pairs. [[Adufe]] - ''Portuguese'' <br>

A tamborim is a small, round Brazilian frame drum of Portuguese and African origin.<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamborim</ref> [[Category:Percussion Instruments]]

...idea of fireflies. She told me, coincidentally, that her favorite word in Portuguese is "vagalume," which means firefly, and literally translated is, "vagabond <!-- Don't forget to add categories, literature, instruments, history, pedagogy, sticks, etc. Also delete the Template category. To see

...rts, will be recorded in the fall of 2007 by the internationally acclaimed Portuguese marimbist, Pedro Carneiro, with Gerard Schwarz conducting the Seattle Symph <!-- Don't forget to add categories, literature, instruments, history, pedagogy, sticks, etc. Also delete the Template category. To see