Resumo

Neste trabalho, pretendemos analisar de que maneira os sons aparentemente “sem sentido semântico” de onomatopeias e improvisos vocais no âmbito da canção popular brasileira estão ligados a questões como memória coletiva (BITHELL, SHELEMAY) e iconicidade (MORRIS). Através de exemplos encontrados em Jorge Ben e João Bosco, buscamos compreender como se deram as ressignificações de sonoridades negras num contexto urbano através das sílabas de seus improvisos.

Echoes, memory and music: signification in vocal improvisation

In this paper, our goal is to analyze in which ways sounds with apparently “no sense”, as found in onomatopoeia and vocal improvisation in regard to Brazilian popular song, are connected to issues such as collective memory (BITHELL, SHELEMAY) and iconic sounds (MORRIS). By the examples found in Jorge Ben and João Bosco, we sought to understand how black sonorities were re-signified in urban context through the syllables of their improvisations.