The Brazilian Masters: The Music of Jobim, Bonfa and More for Solo Guitar (Guitar Solo) Review

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(More customer reviews)I have a great love for Brazilian music, both as a classical guitarist as well as from a jazz player's viewpoint. As a jazz guitarist I like my own solo arrangements of Jobim and Bonfa better than those in the book. As a classical guitarist, Baden Powell is one of my favorites and you can find arrangements/transcriptions of his music from a great many sources.

If you are a classical guitarist and want to get your feet wet with Brazilian music, playing from this book will no doubt be worth your while. But if you are a free spirit with an interest in the jazz approach(by that I mean understanding the harmonic structure and interpreting the music as though it is your own), you would be better served by a good book about constructing jazz chord melodies/chord solos.

Jobim, Bonfa, and Powell were all heavily influenced by jazz. Bonfa and Powell(both wonderful guitarists) were always dreaming up new improv arrangements of their own music at just about every performance. If you just memorize one mans interpretation of these tunes and then always play them that way, you will have missed the point entirely.

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16 sambas and bossa novas by the genre's greatest composers. Songs appear in order of difficulty, allowing the player to improve their technique, musical expression, and understanding of this wonderful music. Songs include: Desafinado * Ebony Samba * Samba Triste * Little Boat * Sambalamento * So Nice * Solidao * and more. Also includes playing tips.

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