Rabo de Lagartixa
Encyclopedia
Rabo de Lagartixa is a Brazilian
instrumental
Choro
ensemble
founded in the 90s by Daniela Spielman on Saxophone
(soprano and alto), Alessandro Valente and Jayme Vignoli on cavaquinho
, Marcello Gonçalves on Seven-string guitar
, Alexandre Brasil on Double Bass
(acoustic and electric) and Beto Cazes on Percussions.
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
instrumental
Instrumental
An instrumental is a musical composition or recording without lyrics or singing, although it might include some non-articulate vocal input; the music is primarily or exclusively produced by musical instruments....
Choro
Choro
Choro , traditionally called chorinho , is a Brazilian popular music instrumental style. Its origins are in 19th century Rio de Janeiro. In spite of the name, the style often has a fast and happy rhythm, characterized by virtuosity, improvisation, subtile modulations and full of syncopation and...
ensemble
Musical ensemble
A musical ensemble is a group of people who perform instrumental or vocal music. In classical music, trios or quartets either blend the sounds of musical instrument families or group together instruments from the same instrument family, such as string ensembles or wind ensembles...
founded in the 90s by Daniela Spielman on Saxophone
Saxophone
The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
(soprano and alto), Alessandro Valente and Jayme Vignoli on cavaquinho
Cavaquinho
The cavaquinho is a small string instrument of the European guitar family with four wire or gut strings. It is also called machimbo, machim, machete , manchete or marchete, braguinha or braguinho, or cavaco.The most common tuning is D-G-B-D ; other tunings include D-A-B-E...
, Marcello Gonçalves on Seven-string guitar
Seven-string guitar
A seven-string guitar is a guitar with seven strings instead of the usual six. Some types of seven-string guitars are specific to certain cultures . The standard 7-string guitar tuning is BEADGbe...
, Alexandre Brasil on Double Bass
Double bass
The double bass, also called the string bass, upright bass, standup bass or contrabass, is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra, with strings usually tuned to E1, A1, D2 and G2...
(acoustic and electric) and Beto Cazes on Percussions.
Discography
- Quebro-queix (1998) Malandro RecordsMalandro RecordsMalandro Records was an American record label based in Cincinnati, Ohio which released albums by Brazilian musicians. Founded by Rick Warm, the label released about 20 albums before it ceased operation....
CD - 1º Compasso. Samba e Choro (Vários) (2001) Selo Biscoito Fino CD
- 2º Compasso. Samba e Choro (Vários) (2001) Selo Biscoito Fino CD