{ "id": "maracatu", "name": "Maracatu", "family": "global", "lineage": "Pernambuco (Recife-and-Olinda) Afro-Brazilian cortejo-procession carnival tradition of the nação-de-baque-virado coronation-pageant lineage 1700s-onward, where rei-and-rainha Black-royal-couple-and-court led by maracatu-baque-virado heavy-mid-tempo percussion processions enact symbolic Afro-Catholic-Yoruba-Bantu syncretic-king-coronation ceremony. The baque-virado rhythm features alfaia barrel-drums (two-headed rope-tensioned), caixa snare-with-bottom-strings, gonguê single-cowbell, and ganzá shaker, with calunga doll-and-staff iconography carried by the procession. The baque-solto rural-zonal variant adds woodwind-and-trumpet melodic-elements and faster-tempo agitation. The genre seeded 1990s mangue-beat fusion-rock and remains central to Recife carnival.", "recipe": "classic Southern American mid-1700s maracatu, groove Percussion, Brazilian branch, Afro-diasporic ritual devotional bomba punta. thick, breath veiled tone, slow rate, interlocked note trading. wood rope tensioned maracatu tradition alfaia, caxixi, agogo, a cappella small 3 to 8 one per part call response single leader group response sub saharan call response ostinato polyrhythmic global traditional polyphonic choir ensemble, afoxe. estudio rozenblit recife. large-diaphragm condenser, Neve 1073 inductor pre, SSL inline console, dbx 160 VCA, SSL surgical EQ. Studer 30ips tape plate reverb digital delay.", "recipe_chars": 608, "score": 218.02, "config": { "traditions": [ "maracatu", "bomba_puertorican", "punta_garifuna" ], "instruments": [ { "id": "voice", "slots": { "voice_register": "chest_voice", "voice_quality": "aspirated_voice", "voice_vocal_tract": "tract_neutral", "voice_effort": "effort_moderate", "voice_vibrato": "slow_vibrato", "voice_articulation": "hocket_voice", "voice_microtone": "maqam_inflected", "voice_tradition": "yoruba_tonal_vocal_tradition", "voice_mechanism_compound": "voice_mechanism_M0_pulse_borrowed", "voice_estill_quality": "voice_estill_nasal_twang", "voice_speech_song": "voice_sprechgesang_notated", "voice_ensemble_config": "voice_ensemble_four_plus_polyphony", "voice_ornament_system": "voice_ornament_quranic_tajwid", "voice_pitch_organization": "voice_pitch_tonal_language_constrained", "voice_processing_chain": "voice_processing_melodyne_microtuned", "voice_multitrack_stack": "voice_multitrack_2000s_elastic_pitch_edited" }, "scores": { "voice_register": 5.130000000000002, "voice_quality": 17.029999999999994, "voice_vocal_tract": 0, "voice_effort": 0, "voice_vibrato": 1.2349999999999999, "voice_articulation": 21.06, "voice_microtone": 21.904999999999998, "voice_tradition": 20.345, "voice_mechanism_compound": 5.329999999999999, "voice_estill_quality": 5.525, "voice_speech_song": 23.009999999999998, "voice_ensemble_config": 22.425, "voice_ornament_system": 6.200000000000001, "voice_pitch_organization": 4.800000000000001, "voice_processing_chain": 3.25, "voice_multitrack_stack": 2.34 } }, { "id": "alfaia", "slots": { "alfaia_shell": "alfaia_wood_rope", "alfaia_skin": "alfaia_cowhide", "alfaia_technique": "alfaia_two_sticks" }, "scores": { "alfaia_shell": 2.815, "alfaia_skin": 0.15, "alfaia_technique": 7.93 } }, { "id": "caxixi", "slots": { "caxixi_size": "caxixi_paired", "caxixi_filling": "caxixi_beads" }, "scores": { "caxixi_size": 2.4495, "caxixi_filling": 0.65 } }, { "id": "agogo", "slots": { "agogo_bell": "agogo_double", "agogo_context": "agogo_candomble" }, "scores": { "agogo_bell": 1.885, "agogo_context": 8.06 } }, { "id": "choir_ensemble", "slots": { "choir_size": "a_cappella_small_ensemble_3_8", "choir_polyphonic_configuration": "choir_polyphony_call_response_leader_group", "choir_regional_canonical_configuration": "choir_regional_sub_saharan_call_response_ostinato", "choir_ensemble_repertoire": "choir_ensemble_global_traditional" }, "scores": { "choir_size": 4.484999999999999, "choir_polyphonic_configuration": 6.5, "choir_regional_canonical_configuration": 5.135, "choir_ensemble_repertoire": 3.25 } }, { "id": "afoxe", "slots": { "afoxe_body": "afoxe_gourd_beads" }, "scores": { "afoxe_body": 0.15 } } ], "room": "estudio_rozenblit_recife", "archetype": "arch_80s_late_analog_majorrock", "inline_chain": { "mic": "dynamic_mic", "pre": "pre_console_inline_strip", "console": "colored", "comp": "comp_la2a_optical", "eq": "eq_passive_program_pultec", "amp": null, "medium": "tape_30ips" }, "tuning": "maracatu_nacao_4_4", "aesthetic": null, "arrangement": null, "fx_extras": [] }, "source": { "tuning": "maracatu_nacao_4_4", "room": "estudio_rozenblit_recife", "parts": { "voice_register": "chest_voice", "voice_quality": "praise_voice", "voice_speech_song": "voice_syllabic_singing", "voice_tradition": "yoruba_tonal_vocal_tradition", "voice_pitch_organization": "voice_pitch_equal_tempered_12", "voice_processing_chain": "voice_processing_unprocessed", "voice_ensemble_config": "voice_ensemble_solo_accompanied", "voice_multitrack_stack": "voice_multitrack_late_1980s_reverb_saturated_bus", "voice_microtone": "tempered_voice", "voice_ornament_system": "voice_ornament_sub_saharan_polyphonic", "voice_estill_quality": "voice_estill_speech", "voice_vibrato": "slow_vibrato", "voice_mechanism_compound": "voice_mechanism_single_source", "choir_size": "chamber_choir", "choir_ensemble_repertoire": "choir_ensemble_global_traditional", "agogo_bell": "agogo_double", "agogo_context": "agogo_bateria", "caxixi_size": "caxixi_small", "caxixi_filling": "caxixi_seeds", "alfaia_shell": "alfaia_wood_rope", "alfaia_skin": "alfaia_cowhide", "alfaia_technique": "alfaia_two_sticks", "afoxe_body": "afoxe_gourd_beads" }, "chain_mic": "dynamic_mic", "chain_pre": "pre_console_inline_strip", "chain_comp": "comp_la2a_optical", "chain_eq": "eq_passive_program_pultec", "chain_medium": "tape_30ips", "chain_console": "colored" } }