Uma análise semiótica de quatro canções do álbum "Canções de apartamento" de Cícero

Abstract

Studies on the analysis of popular Brazilian song are recent. Seeking to deepen the knowledge into this topic, songs by Cícero, a prestigious artist in the national scene but with a lack of academic research related to his work, were chosen to accomplish a semiotic musical analysis. The following study has the purpose of identifying harmonic templates in his music that dialogue with his lyrics in the album "Canções de Apartamento". The analysis of the songs "Tempo de pipa", "Açúcar ou adoçante?", "Ensaio sobre ela" and "Pelo interfone" has been done to establish a relation between harmony, melody, and the lyrics poetry, aside from identifying semiotics demonstrations and regular musical patterns in his compositions. The method used for this research consists of performing a sampling of songs according to their popularity, making a harmonic and lyrics analysis, connecting them with the reading of articles and books about musical semiotics to, eventually, corelate the theoretical background with the discussion part of the study in order to obtain results. It was possible to recognize musical patterns as the preference for plagal cadences, besides the fullness of minor tonalities in the compositions of the chosen artist. This research could collaborate for the extension of academic works in the area of popular Brazilian songs analysis, aside from increasing comprehension of the use of certain musical conventions for specific niches. [resumo fornecido pelo autor]