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TICO TICO NO FUBÁ – What Happens When Brazilian Meets Gypsy Guitar

admin — Fri, 07 May 2021 22:34:36 +0000

This performance is an interpretation of the famous choro Tico Tico, mixing the Brazilian guitar style with the Gypsy Jazz guitar approach!

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7 String Brazilian Guitar – Baião – FEIRA DE MANGAIO – Sivuca

admin — Sun, 02 Aug 2020 01:59:01 +0000

I’ve been wanting to record this tune for a few weeks and finally had the time. “Feira de Mangaio” is a baião by Sivuca, that when I play, reminds of going out to Brazil’s forró, to dance for hours. The swing is the most important part in order to bring the spirit of the music out.

This arrangement was done mostly using two note harmony, either playing the interval of a third or a sixth. The groove is that of baião, which mean it’s a 2/4 cycle where the bass plays on the first and fourth sixteenth note of beat 1, while the high part basically accents in staccato, all sixteenth notes.
The tune is called “Feira de Mangaio”, by Sivuca, who was an accordion player. And that is exactly the idea of the arrangement, was to try to make the guitar sound like an accordion.

Hope you all enjoy it, and please send me ideas of what I can record next!

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Brazilian Choro – Espinha de Bacalhau

admin — Fri, 31 Jul 2020 02:15:25 +0000

Felipe Coelho performs his own arrangement of Severino Araújo’s “Espinha de Bacalhau”, a choro know for it’s difficulty specially on the B and C sections where the melody doubles the subdivision.
The arrangement is done so that the three different times the A section appears, it is played differently. Firstly rubatto on the low register, then secondly as it is traditionally played, and the third time, the melody is rearranged so as to adopt the same sixteenth note subdivisions as in sections B and C.
The traditional Choros are normally played may two or more instruments, where one plays harmony and bass and the other the melody. This is where this project brings something new, enabling these intricate pieces to be played on the guitar alone.

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Choro Noites Cariocas – Jacob do Bandolim

admin — Fri, 31 Jul 2020 02:12:59 +0000

On this video I’m playing arrangement to 7 strings guitar of Noites Cariocas by Jacob do Bandolim

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