Banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO: LEONARDO MENESES PEREIRA

Uma banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO de MESTRADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : LEONARDO MENESES PEREIRA
DATE: 05/12/2025
TIME: 09:00
LOCAL: Videoconferência
TITLE:

Textural Timbre Models: a study of sonic expansions in an interactive and recursive approach to the

percussive gesture on the classical guitar.

KEY WORDS:

Percussive classical guitar; interactivity; musical gesture.

PAGES: 43
BIG AREA: Lingüística, Letras e Artes
AREA: Artes
SUMMARY:

The present artistic research focuses on the analysis and application of diverse percussive techniques

on the classical guitar as exploratory procedures for investigating timbral possibilities with the

contexts of creation, composition, and performance. The study examines the sonic potentials generated

by striking different areas of the classical guitar’s body, relating these explorations to a systematic

mapping of the characteristics by the sounds resulting, grounded in the physical and geometric

specificities of both, the instrument and the performer. Within the proposed taxonomy, these sounds

are classified as Interpretive Percussive Gestures (IPG). Within this framework, the research

seeks—both as performer and composer—to broaden the dialogue with musical practice through the

incorporation of gestures and techniques drawn from a variety of percussion instruments. This

expansion enhances the guitar’s sonic repertoire and integrates these timbres into the compositional

process. The approach further reflects on traditional guitar training, repertoires informed by percussive

perspectives, intersections with other domains of instrumental practice, and the incorporation of

technology into performance. Such integration aims to foster new modes of perception, extending the

instrument’s sonic possibilities through the use of extended techniques and interactions between the

guitar and technological devices (interactive interfaces). This, in turn, offers new contributions to the

performer through the borrowing of musical gestures and techniques from percussion instruments,

supporting the proposed expansion of percussive sonorities on the guitar. The study adopts certain

assumptions regarding the conceptualization of the guitar; the identification of potential percussive

regions on both the instrument and the performer’s body; and the percussive resources embedded in

instrumental idiomatics, as well as the technical and postural considerations involved in what we refer

to as Classical Percussive Guitar. These elements form the methodological basis for achieving the

broader objective of the research, informed by the works of Campos (2012), Oliveira (2020),

Fernandes (2020), Josel and Tsao (2014), and Traldi (2007). Through the classification of IPG

according to specific rules and criteria, Textural Timbral Models (TTM) are constructed, grounding a

creative-compositional approach to percussive guitar performance in an interactive and recursive

manner.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Externo à Instituição - DANIEL BARREIRO
Externo à Instituição - CESAR TRALDI
Presidente - 1731258 - CLEBER DA SILVEIRA CAMPOS