Eu tenho valor, eu tenho memória: o canto do cancioneiro popular tradicional na formação de gente

Abstract

This work presents a study about singing practice with traditional popular musical repertoire (such as pastoral songs, reisados, cocos, paus de fitas, among others), developed by the author in the classroom while teaching Art as a school subject and in other places that make part of the public school. Considering the knowledge of this repertoire very important for the appreciation of the Brazilian popular culture, due to the fact that it makes part of the construction of identities and, as well as, feelings of belonging to a musical repertoire, besides the musical education itself that already is effected through the singing classes practices. The steps taken in this research were divided into a bibliographic study, followed by the systematization of a data collection archive of photos, videos, lyrics and the musical scores of the songs used in this process. Audio recordings with the students’ opinions about their receptivity in relation to the activities experienced, contributing to the understanding of Musical Education practices in a public school context. The methodology adopted was a qualitative research with a semi-structured interview. The theoretical framework of this study was based on Dayrell (1996), National Curricular Parameters for the Teaching of Art (1997), Curriculum Guidelines for Elementary Education of the Municipal Public Education System of Fortaleza (2011), Cascudo (2012), Penna (2012) ), Silvino (2007), Souza (2014), Brazilian Folklore Letter (1995).