The Brazilian Guitar Book
Samba, Bossa Nova and other Brazilian Styles
by Nelson Faria
A complete guide to playing guitar accompaniment and chord melodies in various Brazilian styles ? Samba, Bossa Nova, Frevo
Comes with a CD download of Nelson demonstrating each exercise, plus a tune in each style.
Many variations of basic comping patterns written out, each with complete chord voicings.
Also includes short transcriptions of guitar parts as recorded by Toninho Horta, Joao Bosco, Joao Gilberto
Endorsements
When I think about Brasil, I think about ?Violao? (that's what we call the nylon string guitar in our country). The art of playing ?Violao? looks simple, but it isn't and this book shows how to assimilate and how to understand this art. This makes me feel happy. With talent and clear information, Nelson will help guitar players all around the world to enjoy all the pleasures of this wonderful instrument. Make good use of this excellent musical book!?
? Leny Andrade
Nelson Faria was the right person to write this book, which contains examples and transcriptions of Brazil's greatest guitarists. This talented musician and dedicated music professor has a deep knowledge of Brazilian music and its rhythmic, melodic and harmonic subtleties.?
? Toninho Horta
Nelson Faria's book is a welcome addition to the guitar literature. I'm sure those who work with this volume will benefit greatly.?
? Joe Diorio / Partitions jazz

Ablution
Adam's Apple
Affirmation
Air Mail Special
Alfie's Theme
All Alone (Left Alone)
(All Of A Sudden) My Heart Sings
Alto Itis
Another Star
April Skies
Are You Havin' Any Fun?
Ask Me Now
At The Mambo Inn
Avalon
Azure
Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are (Bolivar Blues)
Baby, It's Cold Outside
Bags And Trane
Bags' Groove
Bali Ha'i
A Ballad
Baltimore Oriole
Barbados
Barbara
Basin Street Blues
Be-Bop
Better Leave It Alone
Beyond The Sea
Big P
Bill's Hit Tune
Billie's Blues (I Love My Man)
Billie's Bounce (Bill's Bounce)
Bird Feathers
Birdland
Birk's Works
The Birth Of The Blues
Black And Tan Fantasy
Blame It On My Youth
Bloomdido
Blow Mr. Dexter
Blue 'N Boogie
Blue Serge
Blue Seven
Blue Silver
Blue Skies
Blues By Five
Blues For Wood
Blues In The Closet
Blues March
Bohemia After Dark
Booker's Waltz
Bouncing With Bud
Brian's Song
Bright Boy
Brilliant Corners
Budo
Bunko
Buster Rides Again
Bye Bye Blackbird
C-Jam Blues
Candy
Cantelope Island
Caravan
Cast Your Fate To The Wind
Chameleon
The Champ
Chasin' The Trane
Cheesecake
Circle
Close Your Eyes
Cold Duck Time
Come Rain Or Come Shine
Comin' Home Baby
The Cooker
Cool Blues
The Core
Cousin Mary
Crazeology
Crepuscule
Criss Cross
Crosscurrent
Dance Of The Infidels
Dat Dere
Day By Day
Dewey Square
Dexter Rides Again
Didn't We
Dinah
Dindi
Do I Love You Because You're Beautiful?
Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans
Don't Explain
Down For Double
Doxy
The Drive
Duff
Early Autumn
Eclypso
Einbahnstrasse
Elora
Emancipation Blues
Epilogue
Estate
Everything I Have Is Yours
Eye Of The Hurricane
Ezz-thetic
Farmer's Trust
Feels So Good
Fever
52nd Street Theme
Filthy McNasty
First Trip
Five Brothers
Five Spot After Dark
A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing
Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words)
Flying Home
The Folks Who Live On The Hill
Four Brothers
Fox Hunt
Freight Trane
Frenesí
The Frim Fram Sauce
Funky
Georgia On My Mind
Get Me To The Church On Time
Get Out Of Town
Gettin' It Togetha
The Gift! (Recado Bossa Nova)
Girl Talk
Gravy Waltz
Gregory Is Here
Grooveyard
Hackensack
Hallucinations
Happy Little Sunbeam
Havona
Head And Shoulders
Hi Beck
Hi-Fly
Ho-Ba-La-La
Hocus-Pocus
Holy Land
Honeysuckle Rose
Horace Scope
The Hucklebuck
Hummin'
Humpty Dumpty
I Believe In You
I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You
I Get Along Without You Very Well (Except Sometimes)
I Have Dreamed
I Hear A Rhapsody
I Remember Bird
I Remember You
I Thought About You
I Will Wait For You
I Wish I Didn't Love You So
I'll Know
I'm A Fool To Want You
I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)
I'm Just A Lucky So And So
I'm Putting All My Eggs In One Basket
I've Found A New Baby (I Found A New Baby)
I've Told Ev'ry Little Star
Ice Cream Konitz
Idol Gossip
If I Loved You
If I Should Lose You
If I Were A Bell
Imagination
In Case You Haven't Heard
In Pursuit Of The 27th Man
In The Still Of The Night
In Walked Bud
Indiana (Back Home Again In Indiana)
Infant Eyes
Island Birdie
It Could Happen To You
It Might As Well Be Spring
It Will Have To Do Until The Real Thing Comes Along (Until The Real Thing Comes Along)
It's A Blue World
It's All Right With Me
It's Only A Paper Moon
It's So Peaceful In The Country
Jackie
Jeannine
Jingles
Jitterbug Waltz
The Jody Grind
Joyce's Samba
Jump, Jive An' Wail
Jumpin' With Symphony Sid
June Is Bustin' Out All Over
Just A Few
Just A Settin' And A Rockin'
Just In Time
Just The Way You Are
Kary's Trance
Katrina Ballerina
The Kicker
Kids Are Pretty People
Killer Joe
Lady Day
Lakes
Last Night When We Were Young
The Last Time I Saw Paris
Leila
Lennie's Pennies
Let's Cool One
Let's Fall In Love
Let's Get Lost
Like Sonny (Simple Like)
Like Young
Limbo
Little Chicago Fire
Little Rootie Tootie
Little Sunflower
Locomotion
Lone Jack
Lonely Dreams
Look For The Silver Lining
Lotus Blossom
Love Is Just Around The Corner
Love, Look Away
Love Vibrations
A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening
Lover
Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)
Make Someone Happy
Manteca
Memories Of You
Menina Flor
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
Miles Ahead
Minor Mishap
Minor Mood
Theme From Mr. Broadway
Mr. Magic
Moanin'
Monk's Mood
Monk's Shop
Moon Rays
Moon River
Moonglow
Moose The Mooche
More Than You Know
Morning Dance
Moten Swing
Move
My Attorney Bernie
My Little Suede Shoes
My Old Flame
Nature Boy
The Nearness Of You
Night Song
No Moe
No Splice
North Atlantic Run
Now See How You Are
Now's The Time
Nutville
Off Minor
Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin'
Old Devil Moon
On The Sunny Side Of The Street
One By One
One Foot In The Gutter
One Morning In May
Our Language Of Love
Out Back Of The Barn
Oye Como Va
Pannonica
Parisian Thoroughfare
Peel Me A Grape
Pennies From Heaven
People Will Say We're In Love
Perdido
Petite Fleur
Petits Machins
Phase Dance
Picadillo (a la Puente)
Pick Yourself Up
Polka Dots And Moonbeams
Portrait of Jennie
Prisoner Of Love
Pursuance
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