Choro - Basic Concepts for Playing Brazilian Music (book/CD)

Publisher : Advance Music
Choro - Basic Concepts for Playing Brazilian Music
Language: English - Spain

The choro, like bossa nova or the samba, is among the most popular of Brazilian musical styles. 
This book guides you, step by step, towards your own interpretation of, and improvisation on traditional choro melodies. 
All pieces are notated for C, B flat, E flat and bass instruments.

Contents:
 • Foreword
 • Acknowledgments
 • Preface
 • Historical Background
 • From, Harmony and Melodix Concepts
 • Rhythm, Melody and Their Interpretation
 • Improvisation
 • Appendix: Repertoire and Recordings
 • Suggested Listening
 • Bibliography
 • About the Author 
 • About Faculdade de música Souza Lima

Sample Pages

• Classics of the Brazilian Choro vol. 2
• Choro Meets Ragtime
• 13 Easy Brazilian Choros for Solo Guitar
• Brazilian Music for Piano - Part 1: The Choro
• Choro - Basic Concepts for Playing Brazilian Music
• The Bass - In the Choro Jam Session