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tonebase Guitar Course

Brazilian Rhythms

Taught by renowned guitarist 

Douglas Lora

Award-winning guitarist and composer Douglas Lora teaches Brazilian rhythms and forms on the guitar. This course introduces four quintessential genres of Brazilian music, the Samba, Maxixe, Choro, and Baião. Douglas includes rhythmic patterns for the right hand and chord sequences to apply for each genre.

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    Difficulty: 
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    Duration: 
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    1
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Course Syllabus

Intro to Brazilian Rhythms

Award-winning guitarist and composer Douglas Lora introduces his connection and admiration for Brazilian rhythms and forms.

Samba

The Samba is one of the best gateways into Brazilian rhythms. The independence between bass and accompaniment figures in Samba is present in most other styles of Brazilian music. Douglas Lora discusses the foundation of Samba's rhythmic patterns and demonstrates how to apply them on the guitar.

Maxixe

The Maxixe is considered by many as the first authentically Brazilian genre. Douglas Lora demonstrates how combining independent rhythmic cells in the bass and accompaniment can result in a variety of distinctive Maxixe rhythms.

Choro

The term Choro, initially referred to an interpretative character, bursting with lyricism, creativity, and virtuosity. The genre incorporates melodies and counter melodies in a bed of rhythmic complexity. Join Douglas Lora on another excellent lesson on one of the most characteristically Brazilian styles of music.

Baião

While other genres of Brazilian music, such as the Choro and Samba, were heavily developed in urban settings, the Baião was very much a genre rooted in rural regions of North-eastern Brazil. The Baião rhythms are a sort of amalgamation between African and indigenous rhythms giving its characteristic groove. Douglas Lora demonstrates the application of these rhythms to the guitar in his final lesson on Brazilian rhythms.

Conclusion

Douglas Lora closes out his lessons on Brasilian rhythms and makes some final suggestions for guitarists interested in further learning.

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Grammy nominee guitarist and composer Douglas Lora transits versatility through the universes of Classical and Popular Music and has established himself as one of the most prominent artists of his generation.

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