The coladeira ( ; , ) is a music genre from Cape Verde.
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The coladeira ( ; , ) is a music genre from Cape Verde.
It is characterized by a variable tempo, a 2-beat bar, and (in its most traditional form) a harmonic structure based in a cycle of fifths. The lyrics structure is organized in strophes that alternate with a refrain. The tone is generally joyful and themes often include social criticism. Instrumentation typically includes a guitar, a cavaquinho, and percussion, among others.
Discovered by embedding cosine similarity (sentence-transformers MiniLM, 384-dim).