Choro Pro Zé (Choro for Zé) is a composition by Guinga, one of the greatest living composers of the Brazilian guitar. It explores the tonality of D minor, starting with a scale of whole tones. The piece is harmonically very rich, making use of modal borrowings and chromatic passages, and calls for a softer, velvety […]
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09
Feb
Feb
This is my arrangement of the choro waltz “Santa Morena”, a spanish influenced piecee by Brazilian composer Jacob do Bandolim, to which I attempted to bring a flamenco flavor using somee techniques and concepts of the flamenco “bulerías” style.
chacarera, Flamenco, World Music
Cartagena – Felipe Coelho Composition with Orquestra Filarmonica SC
12
May
May
This composition fuses the flamenco style with the latin rhythm of “chacarera”. The guitar makes use of the flamenco techniques and sonority but to embrace an universal language alongside the orchestra. The composition builds the theme up to a peak of fast picados in dramatic moment with the use of the whole tone scale.
12
May
May
Felipe Coelho performs “Adiós Nonino” by Piazzolla in his house.
07
May
May
I’ve decided to record the Latin American standard “Merceditas” to feature a guitar approach that I think of as “World Guitar”. A combination of Brazilian, Jazz, Flamenco, Latin, and Gypsy styles!
07
May
May
This performance is an interpretation of the famous choro Tico Tico, mixing the Brazilian guitar style with the Gypsy Jazz guitar approach!
07
May
May
Soling over the hardest tune I know – Moments Notice (John Coltrane)
12
Aug
Aug
The Surdo-Thumb technique provides a bass-percussion-like tone through the use of the flesh against more than one bass string at a time. The multiple bass strings vibrating resemble the depth of the skin of the “surdo”.
03
Aug
Aug
In this video I show a very important technique to separate the right hand fingers in two different percussion instruments
02
Aug
Aug
I’ve been wanting to record this tune for a few weeks and finally had the time. “Feira de Mangaio” is a baião by Sivuca, that when I play, reminds of going out to Brazil’s forró, to dance for hours. The swing is the most important part in order to bring the spirit of the music […]
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