On the dynamism of Amerindian musical objects: notes from yãmĩy chants among the Brazilian maxakali (tikmũ’ũn)
The yãmĩy chants, constantly actualized by maxakali speaking indigenous groups, correspond to a myriad of extraordinary beings, which are related to a mythic sphere. Fixed, perennial, and showing little space for improvisation, the yãmĩy chants are marked by both a disposition to dissolution and a c...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2015 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) |
| Repositorio: | Per Musi |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:periodicos.ufmg.br:article/38411 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/permusi/article/view/38411 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Amerindian music Yãmĩy maxakali/tikmũ'ũn chants Dynamism of musical objects Música ameríndia Cantos yãmĩy maxakali/tikmũ'ũn Dinamismo dos objetos musicais Música amerindia Dinamismo de objetos musicales |
| Sumario: | The yãmĩy chants, constantly actualized by maxakali speaking indigenous groups, correspond to a myriad of extraordinary beings, which are related to a mythic sphere. Fixed, perennial, and showing little space for improvisation, the yãmĩy chants are marked by both a disposition to dissolution and a constant revision of form as the analytical angle expands. The flux that follows a densely quotational tapestry, with local and constantly re-signified polarizations, transforms the sequences of diachronic objects into true pulse zones, designed over a continuous background, in the mode of “internal differences” or “intensive superpositions of heterogeneous states” (VIVEIROS DE CASTRO, 2006). |
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