Do tempo medido ao tempo sentido: a rítmica de Gramani em uma perspectiva africanista.

This work presents a part of the analysis research about the rhythmic studies of José Eduardo Gramani contained in Rítmica (1988) and Rítmica Viva (1996). Our hypothesis is that the use of ostinatos in Gramani's Sambas is similar to the use of timelines in African music, exploring the principles of additive rhythm that generate asymmetric motives and dialogue with the polyrhythm patterns of the West Coast Africa. An approach of Gramani's studies within the perspectives opened by the African musicology allows unfolding linked to the performance and the musical creation, stimulating the dissociation of movements, perception and experimentation of the rhythmic phenomenon. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]