Pós-Doutoramento
Felipe Alvares
- Integrated Doctor | Post-Doctoral Researcher
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Departamento de Comunicação e Arte | Universidade de Aveiro
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Campus Universitário de Santiago
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3810-193 Aveiro
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Portugal
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Biography
Ph.D. in Education from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), a Master's degree in Education, and a Bachelor's degree in Music Education from the Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM). Felipe is a Music professor at the Federal Institute RS - Campus Sertão and is conducting a Postdoctoral internship at the University of Aveiro (Portugal). He has previously worked in the field of music education, music and technology; audio and sound production for audiovisual and radio products in various educational/non-educational settings, including: Faculty of Arts and Communication at the University of Passo Fundo (FAC-UPF); Department of Social Communication at the University of Santa Cruz do Sul (UNISC); CUICA social music education project (Santa Maria-RS); Music Education Program at the Federal University of Pelotas (UFPEL); Full-time Double Bass Professor at FUNDARTE (Montenegro-RS); Music Teacher at Fóton Vestibulares (Santa Maria - RS). He works as a double bass player, composer, music producer, and arranger for live shows and music recordings since 1996. He also works as a producer of soundtracks for audiovisual projects and advertising music. As a composer, he focuses on Gaúcho Instrumental Music and the Electric Bass as a solo instrument. He has received awards such as Best Instrumentalist at the "Prêmio Açorianos de Música" and Best Soundtrack at the "Santa Maria Vídeo e Cinema" festival. He is a research member of the DEC Research Group - Difference, Education, and Culture (PPGE/UFSM).Post-doctoral project
Title
"O Baixo Elétrico como instrumento solista na Música Instrumental Gaúcha"Since its emergence in 1951, the electric bass has been predominantly used in the accompanying role. To a lesser extent, there are original instrumental works by bassists who take on a leading role; however, works where the instrument is the protagonist are rarer, and in Gaúcho Instrumental Music (MIG), the focus of this work, this is still nonexistent. I perceived, in this context, room for the development of new practices capable of expanding the possibilities of the electric bass towards a soloist condition. It is from the desire to address this challenge that I propose the development of an approach that I refer to as an idiomatic approximation, which involves the exploration and adaptation of technical and expressive resources from the acoustic guitar and the electric guitar (instruments socially recognized as soloists in MIG) to the electric bass. This approach was constructed based on three aspects: 1- adaptations of an organological nature; 2- melody with accompaniment; 3- adaptation of technical and mechanical procedures of the right and left hands. This approach was explored in the development of a set of compositions and arrangements that integrate elements of jazz, Brazilian Popular Music (MPB), tango, and rhythms used in Gaúcho music (chamamé, milonga, chacarera etc.). The experimental work undertaken culminated in a set of arrangements and compositions that make up the album 'Um Lugar Seguro'.Keywords: Solo Electric Bass; Gaúcho Instrumental Music; Idiomatic Approximation; Artistic Research, Cultural Hybrids
Research Group: Creation, Performance and Artistic Research Creation
