Mestre Camarão e o ensino do acordeon.

Abstract

The present research aims to reveal Mestre Camarão’s musical trajectory as an active instrumentalist in the northeastern musical scene and as a teacher, investigating his trajectory of decades dedicated to the teaching of accordion. For that, a qualitative research was developed, using the methodology of case study that made possible a research and an analysis of materials from the most diversified sources: journalistic material - printed and audiovisual, and interviews recorded in mp3 format. It was made an interview with Mestre Camarão and with four of his students, who today act as professional musicians and also as accordion teachers. The results show a way of teaching that is well functional, little systematized but directed to the learners’ interests, with repertoire and subjects that contributed to the students’ professional qualification. Thus, the work was elaborated in three chapters that deal with a review of the authors who discuss the history, the genre and the teaching-learning of the accordion in Brazil; the life trajectory of Mestre Camarão as a musician and a teacher; and, form and a methodological stance of the Master through memories of his learners. And more, a brief reflection about the relevance and contribution, which “Camarão” and his non-formal methodology can bring to future researches and to those who pursue methodological and didactic ways to teach accordion.