During the last days I have looked for some interesting choro music, and I have discovered a project titled Beatles’n’Choro. 4 CDs with Beatlessongs played by Brazilian Choro musicians with clarinet, flute, cavaquinho, bandolim, violao and pandeiro. On the bandolim we can hear Hamilton de Holanda who plays a nice arrangement of Something on the [...]
I have found some more interesting things about the viola caipira. First, there is a homepage dedicated to the viola caipira with all important information about the instrument, its players, teachers, luthiers, some sheet music and much more: http://www.violacaipira.com.br/musicabrasileira/ Then I found another homepage with an interesting article about the history of the Viola Cabocla [...]
I have just discovered some videos from Brazil with a viola caipira or viola sertaneja, an instrument with five double metal courses and slightly smaller than a guitar. You can find more information about those instruments in the Atlas of Plucked Instruments. The viola caipira is built like a normal guitar, the viola sertanejya is [...]
David Grisman has just made a relounch of his Acoustic Disc website Acoustic Disc. He has added the Acoustic Oasis. The Acoustic Oasis is the new place where you can find a free download from the Acoustic Disc CDs in one of the rooms. If you make a download every day you can build up [...]
During the last days I have practiced Tico Tico no Fubá – I really want to be able to play this fantastic composition on my mandolin. So I searched for interesting videos of Tico Tico. My favorite video ist the following fantastic performance by the Edu Miranda Trio: TICO TICO NO FUBÁ – Edu Miranda [...]