Uploaded September 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Pour yourself a caipirinha and grab your thumb picks because the awesome César Garabini is taking us on a trip to Rio for an introduction to the beautiful and grooving sounds of Choro guitar. Choro is a uniquely Brazilian form of jazz which developed over the same time period as Ragtime and Dixieland in the States. Its driving force is the seven-string nylon guitar, whose expanded range makes possible an almost pianistic playing style incorporating bass, harmony, and lead voices in a single performance. For complete transcriptions of everything César plays including the awesome duet with Olli Soikkeli, check out the full interview at Cracking the Code: troygrady.com/cesar

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0:00 Song: "Um A Zero" by Pixinguinha, feat. Olli Soikkeli
4:10 Song: "A Felicidade" by Antônio Carlos Jobim
6:00 Discovering Choro
10:19 The Seven String Guitar
13:00 Choro Technique
18:20 Excellent Dad Joke
18:27 Song: "A Felicidade" by Antônio Carlos Jobim