Biography
Currently in the second year of the PhD in Musical Sciences, specializing in Ethnomusicology, at Universidade Nova de Lisboa (NOVA-FCSH). Filipe Morais holds an undergraduate degree in Music Education from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (2013) and a Master degree in Music Performance, specializing in Ethnomusicology, from the University of Aveiro (2016). Currently, he is a music instructor for electric bass, at the School of Music at the State University of Rio Grande do Norte (UERN/DART-FALA). He was the principal double bassist of the Jazz Orchestra of DECA - Department of Communication and Arts at the University of Aveiro, Portugal (2014-2015). He was a double bassist for the Symphony Orchestra of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (OSUFRN) (2009-2013). He holds a technical degree in electric bass (2007-2009) and a technical degree in classical double bass (2010-2013), both from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN). He has experience in the field of Arts, with an emphasis on Jazz Studies, mainly working on the following topics: social projects, instrument teaching, performance, electric bass/double bass, and music education.
Doctoral Project
Title
The Electric Bass and the Double Bass as “Masks” for Musical Performance: Sound Representation through Live Performance
Advisors
Abstract
In this project, I intend to support the hypothesis that, despite different types of double bass performing the same function in music, the performance, execution, language, and technical approach to these instruments need to be distinct. In this sense, the versatile bassist has at their disposal instruments considered distinct, which in various musical situations, requires them to switch between types of basses in search of a sound and/or aesthetic that best suits the musical situation at hand, considering the sound possibilities each type of bass provides. These propositions, as well as the research questions, were outlined based on my own artistic practice and also as a teacher of double bass and electric bass, taking into account my experience and the research developed so far. This research, within the framework of ethnomusicology and jazz studies, proposes an ethnographic analysis from the perspective of individual ethnomusicology, including the practice of autoethnography with participant observation, where musical analysis is also used as an analytical tool.
Keywords: Ethnomusicology; Jazz Musicians; Jazz Studies; Double Bass; Electric Bass.
