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“Choro Pro Zé” – Amazingly Beautiful Brazilian Guitar Composition

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 […]