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  • 01) Introduction
  • 02) A Day In The Life Of A Fool (Lead Sheet)
  • 03) A Day In The Life Of A Fool (Solo) Performed by Arr. Mike Christiansen
  • 04) A Day In The Life Of A Fool (Rhythm) Performed by Arr. Mike Christiansen
  • 05) Chega De Saudade (Lead Sheet)
  • 06) Chega De Saudade (Solo) Performed by Arr. Mike Christiansen
  • 07) Chega De Saudade (Rhythm) Performed by Arr. Mike Christiansen
  • 08) Desafinado (Lead Sheet)
  • 09) Desafinado (Solo) Performed by Arr. John Zaradin
  • 10) Desafinado (Rhythm) Performed by Arr. John Zaradin
  • 11) A Felicidade (Lead Sheet)
  • 12) A Felicidade (Solo) Performed by Arr. John Zaradin
  • 13) A Felicidade (Rhythm) Performed by Arr. John Zaradin
  • 15) Gentle Rain (Solo) Performed by Arr. John Zaradin
  • 14) Gentle Rain (Lead Sheet)
  • 16) Gentle Rain (Rhythm) Performed by Arr. John Zaradin
  • 17) The Girl From Ipanema (Lead Sheet)
  • 18) The Girl From Ipanema (Solo) Performed by Arr. Mike Christiansen
  • 19) The Girl From Ipanema (Rhythm) Performed by Arr. Mike Christiansen
  • 20) How Insensitive (Lead Sheet)
  • 21) How Insensitive (Solo) Performed by Arr. Mike Christiansen
  • 22) How Insensitive (Rhythm) Performed by Arr. Mike Christiansen
  • 23) Meditation (Lead Sheet)
  • 24) Meditation (Solo) Performed by Arr. Mike Christiansen
  • 25) Meditation (Rhythm) Performed by Arr. Mike Christiansen
  • 26) One Note Samba (Lead Sheet)
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  • 27) One Note Samba (Solo) Performed by Arr. Mike Christiansen
  • 28) One Note Samba (Rhythm) Performed by Arr. Mike Christiansen
  • 29) Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars (Lead Sheet)
  • 30) Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars (Solo) Performed by Arr. Mike Christiansen
  • 31) Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars (Rhythm) Performed by Arr. Mike Christiansen
  • 32) Sabia (Lead Sheet)
  • 33) Sabia (Solo) Performed by Arr. John Zaradin
  • 34) Sabia (Rhythm) Performed by Arr. John Zaradin
  • 35) So Nice (Lead Sheet)
  • 36) So Nice (Solo) Performed by Arr. John Zaradin
  • 37) So Nice (Rhythm) Performed by Arr. John Zaradin
  • 38) The Island (Lead Sheet)
  • 39) The Island (Solo) Performed by Arr. John Zaradin
  • 40) The Island (Rhythm) Performed by Arr. John Zaradin
  • 41) About The Authors

Brazilian Jazz Guitar arranged by Mike Christiansen & John Zaradin. For Guitar (Fingerpicking). Solos. Warner Bros.. Brazilian. Intermediate-Advanced. Book/CD Set. 136 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc (MB.WMB010BCD).

ISBN 9780786670239. Brazilian. 8.75" x 11.75" inches.

Number ten in the Mel Bay/Warner collaboration contains a collection of beginning to intermediate arrangements for Brazilian Guitar. All tunes included in standard notation and tablature are: "One Note Samba", "Meditation", "Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars", "Chega de Saudade", "How Insensitive", "The Girl from Ipanema", "A Day in the Life of a Fool", "The Island", "So Nice", "Desafinado", "A Felicidade", "Sabia" and "Gentle Rain". Tunes arranged by John Zaradin and Mike Christiansen. All tunes included on companion CD in solo and rhythm styles.

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5 star rating

Location: from Austin, TX

Difficulty Level:
Early intermediate

April 19, 2009

Great tablature

Really good fingerings and good for a relatively intermediate player. My first trys took a few days but it paid off

22 of 49 people found this review helpful.

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5 star rating

Location: from Memphis

Difficulty Level:
Intermediate

March 27, 2009

Brazilian Jazz Guitar a "must have"

A must have book if you are in to Bossa Nova. Very few books have verse, solo and rhythm examples.

25 of 48 people found this review helpful.

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5 star rating

Location: from Portland , Oregon

Difficulty Level:
Early intermediate

May 15, 2007

all my favorite songs made simple & beautiful

for anyone that enjoys brazilian melodies and tempos. this book makes your dreams of playing the guitar fully attainable . this is the only guitar instruictional I have learned cover to cover! BRILLIANT!!

23 of 48 people found this review helpful.

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4 star rating

Location: from Paris France

Difficulty Level:
Intermediate

February 23, 2007

Brazilian, Magic

All those wonderful melodies in one book, easy to follow and easy on the ear,although, I would not consider the arrangements by no way jazzy! but thats perhaps up to the guitarist. the guitar playing on the CD was useful.. but, lamentable. As someone else put it,memorize these peices and...

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24 of 51 people found this review helpful.

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4 star rating

Location: from Boston

Difficulty Level:
Intermediate

February 21, 2007

welcome to Brazil

An enjoyable way to learn about the beautiful and pleasing sound of Bossa Nova which means (new thing)Bosa is the hump on the back of a bull which sways back and forth like the easy beat of the samba or bosa nova.

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