Fado menor (traditional fado)

Fado menor is one of the three oldest traditional fados. These three fados—Fado menor, Fado da Mouraria and Fado corrido—have no known composer. Traditional fados are usually categorized by the poetic form they serve as accompaniment to, Fado menor accompanies lyrics in quatrains.

Note that traditional fados are musical compositions to accompany the fadista, who will sing the lyrics of their choice—they have no fixed lyrics. If your recording is sung, it is not a recording of this work. Please add a new work (with traditional as the composer and this work with a “based on” relationship).

It is common for recordings of traditional fados to attribute the music to the name of the fado composition and not to the composer in the credits. Please do not add Fado Menor as an artist, no such artist exists. Instead, do as mentioned above, add a new work with this work as a “based on” relationship.

Generally, recordings of Fado menor will have the title of the lyrics; occasionally the title may just be Fado menor, but, as long as there are lyrics, it is still a work based on this work, not a recording of it.