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Phil Bonello

 

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Illinois, USA
Post  Posted 10 Aug 2006 11:23 am    
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any lines on jobim tunes/tabs for a C6 tuning?
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Andy Volk


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Boston, MA
Post  Posted 10 Aug 2006 12:35 pm    
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Jobim's music works very well on C6th. Haven't seen any steel tab for his tunes. I play my own "ear" arrangments of One Note Samba, Once I loved, and How Insensitive on 6th string C6th. It's like any other chord melody arranging ... you generally look for melody notes on the highest strings and fill in the chord voicings below. Bossa sounds particularly nice on Weissenborn w/o fingerpicks, I think. Getting the Bossa Rhythm down so you really feel them is the real key. Besides listening to Joao and other great players, Nelson Faria's wonderful Brazilian Guitar book comes with a CD that demos many great Bossa and samba grooves .

Link to book on Amazon.com.

[This message was edited by Brad Bechtel on 10 August 2006 at 02:25 PM.]

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Bob Stone


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Gainesville, FL, USA
Post  Posted 10 Aug 2006 12:36 pm    
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Hi,

I'm interested in this genre too. I don't have any tabs, but Girl from Ipenema in F was pretty easy to figure out from sheet music. Mahna de Carnival by Luis Bonfa in Gm was pretty straightforward too. That's about as far as I have gotten.

I would be interested in hearing from others who have figured out Brazilian music on C6th.
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Ray Shakeshaft

 

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Kidderminster, Worcs, UK.
Post  Posted 11 Aug 2006 10:02 am    
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I agree about the excellence of the Nelson Faria book but I think that one can learn much more by listening and analysing. The 'Amoroso/Brasil' CD by Joao Gilberto (Two of his best LPs on one CD) is a lesson in itself.

Ray
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Tracy Sheehan

 

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Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Post  Posted 12 Aug 2006 5:57 am    
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For the ones who like to play Bossa Nova here is a great addition if by chance your drummer can play the Brazil 66 beat.It is the Bassa Nova played with a double bass drum beat.Not two drums.
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basilh


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United Kingdom
Post  Posted 13 Aug 2006 2:32 am    
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BIAB is kinda OK for Bossa. Ipenema

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Ron Brennan

 

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Orlando, Florida, USA; Formerly, Edison, NJ
Post  Posted 15 Aug 2006 10:20 am    
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Baz....

Is it pedal or non-pedal? Or is it Memorex?

C6th?

Anyway you hear it, it's really .......TX

Rgds,

Ron
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basilh


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United Kingdom
Post  Posted 15 Aug 2006 10:26 am    
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Thanks Ron the steel is a Fender 1000 and the set-up is the A7 one listed here, MINUS the last two strings. http://www.waikiki-islanders.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/tunings.html

Baz
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