Brazilian Choro: A Complete Course With Tres Bai_as with Brian Rice, Nando Duarte, Almir Co_rtes at California Jazz Conservatory

The members of Tre_s Bai_as will take you through the basics of Brazilian choro music, rst on your individual instruments and then playing as a group. The three instrument groups are pandeiro (Brazilian tambourine) taught by Brian Rice; nylon string guitar (6 or 7 strings) taught by Nando Duarte; and melody instruments of any kind taught by mandolinist, Almir Co_rtes. Topics include: common conventions; ornamentation and approaches to playing choro melodies; guitar rhythm and counterpoint; pandeiro technique and rhythms. In the first half of the workshop, you will be working with your instrument group, percussion, guitar and melody instrument with one of the Tre_s Bai_as members...

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The members of Tre_s Bai_as will take you through the basics of Brazilian choro music, rst on your individual instruments and then playing as a group. The three instrument groups are pandeiro (Brazilian tambourine) taught by Brian Rice; nylon string guitar (6 or 7 strings) taught by Nando Duarte; and melody instruments of any kind taught by mandolinist, Almir Co_rtes. Topics include: common conventions; ornamentation and approaches to playing choro melodies; guitar rhythm and counterpoint; pandeiro technique and rhythms. In the first half of the workshop, you will be working with your instrument group, percussion, guitar and melody instrument with one of the Tre_s Bai_as members. In the second half of the workshop, we will bring everyone together to play as an ensemble (a choro mini-festival!) and put into practice what we learned from our individual group teachers. Prerequisites: Basic music reading skills recommended.Ê

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