Zelão (Sergio Ricardo, arr. Paulinho Nogueira)

[2011MrsNorris]

Bravo!

[troubleclef]

@2011MrsNorris

thanks, lady

[24Tyson]

What happened to your arm Mr. Clef?

[troubleclef]

@24Tyson

nuthin. just a sock to keep the sweat away.

[EdsonYamamoto]

Excelente. 

[troubleclef]

@EdsonYamamoto

obrigado

[OneTimeSwing]

@troubleclef muy buena tu interpretacion !! te felicito..

[123allysom123]

Otimo meu amigo só falto o suingue do Paulinho Nogueira

[Dedeu70]

Perguntas: 1- Você tem formação erudita? 2- Em sua opinião, qual a maneira mais eficaz para se chegar ao seu nível de interpretação musical como a sua? 3- Qual a forma que você utiliza para a interpretação das músicas que vc posta? Fique com Deus!

[troubleclef]

@Dedeu70

1. Sim, estudei violao classico

2. Eh super-importante a desenvolver a orelha, em minha opiniao

3. Eu uso itunes e, as vezes, Audacity para mudar o tempo da musica (slow it down) ou (a chave? nao sei se vc diz "key" para musica tambem).

Obrigado.

[Dedeu70]

Há algum tempo venho acompanhando vários de seus vídeos e estou simplesmente maravilhado com seu extremo bom gosto musical. Sou apaixonado pelo violão, mas tenho ainda grandes dificuldades. Que Deus continue a te abençoar com esse enorme talento musical!

[Dicovaz]

Troubleclef

Many times you post music "learned by ear".

Have you already tried some from "João Bosco" repertoire? He's an amazing brazilian songwiter and guitar player whose songs are virtualy impossible to play the way he does. Maybe you can do it and share with ordinary "mortals".

Thank you.

[troubleclef]

@Dicovaz

I like JB and saw him once many years ago. I agree; he is inimitable. I've monkeyed around with "dois pra la", a song that truly amazes me, and it *could* make a very satisfying solo guitar arrangement, but I've not followed through with my own. thanks for checking this out.

[Spookimitsu]

Astoundingly Brilliance!

[melsamba]

Thanks for the passionate, honest and talented interpretation of this great song that I remember listening to many moons ago in Rio. It makes me proud to see (and listen to) a fellow Brazilian from up north doing what many of us down south would just dream about.

Just keep feeding our souls with such great playing... All the best, mate!! Cheers!!

Carlos Ferreira

Melbourne, Australia

[troubleclef]

@melsamba

I thank you, my Brazilian friend down under.

[pabzum]

Very good rendition! 5* You've got the samba down pat, which is very unusual for non-Brazilians.

[troubleclef]

@pabzum

thanks. i realized recently however that i did the rhythm wrong in the first "tremolo" section. i've fixed that and am still rehearsing it. One of those arrangements you can play your whole life and still find things.

[ClassicalGuitar1111]

Fantastic playing of a difficult piece.

I love Nogueira's arrangements.

You keep the rhythm driving

Bravo

[troubleclef]

thanks a lot

[Chord5]

Beautiful playing. I love the pulse you keep running throughout, the strummy/picking part around 2.20 through to about 2.40 and the outro, especially the last two chords. Really enjoyed listening to this. beautiful.

[brianedmunds]

@Chord5 Unbeliveable playing

[pinanjos]

Cara você é muito bom, não tenho mais palavras pra elogiar.

Parabéns!

[troubleclef]

muito obrigado, amigo

[malhado81]

Very good work! im portuguese i love this song!! do u have tabs for this???

[F78]

Magnífica interpretación!

[fenomenoyahoo]

brilliant! did u do a voodoo and received paulinho nogueira's spirit?...kidding...you are a star! There is an arrangement called "agora é cinzas"...beautiful, and I´m sure you´ll want to play it. best regards from Brazil.

[troubleclef]

thanks. I'll check out his version of "Agora eh cinzas". I love his interpretation of pieces and what he does musically and rhythmically etc. I'm working on his version of "Aruanda" now ..which is AMAZING!

[feral07]

Hi Tony.

Excellent as usual. You've been quiet? Cooking up another master piece for us I take it.

Anyway have a good weekend

Lynn From Scotland

[troubleclef]

thanks, Lynn. Hope your weekend was excellent.

[chekere420]

Great Interpretation!! keep up the good work!! you're a great guitarist

[tomo542]

i love the bit at 1:29, its sounds great!

its amazing how you can just learn this from ear, you are some sort of wizard :)

[troubleclef]

nah, just patient.  thanks a lot.

[troubleclef]

yeah, 1:29 is the first little bachian touch he uses in this arrangement.

[amoskowitz0103]

Wow. This is very tasteful, clean and full. I could (and nearly have!) listen to this all night. Very nice.

[llanbradach]

Very good timing, that looked fiddly as hell but not for you obviously, I often visit your channel to see if I can steal one of your arrangements and this is one of them, great tune and well played. ;-)

[troubleclef]

thanks, lefty. just wait until i post Nogueira's version of "Aruanda" which i've been learning for months. masterpiece of over-the-top guitar techniques. MAYBE sometime I'll be able to play it! :D cheers.

[MisterEvolverMan]

I didn't realize what song this was until 35 seconds into it but I've only heard Vince Guaraldi's version of this song. That guitar player he had was awesome. I think it was Bola Sete. Another great song covered by Vince was "Days Of Wine And Roses". Guaraldi's arrangement of that song makes it my favorite version. You should make a split screen video doing both the guitar and piano parts (both on guitar of course). that would be so boss. haha!! peace

[troubleclef]

I didn't know Vince and Bola Sete did a version of this. Thanks. I'll check it out.

I like 'D of W&R' too. Henry Mancini tune, i think.

[esq127]

Hi my friend,

that´s some really amazing playing, I really love that tune! Great job!!! 5*****

All the best, esq

[troubleclef]

thanks esq

[carvetop01]

Back for another listen. Very good performance Tony.

cheers,

allen

[troubleclef]

Thanks, Allen. It's a great piece. cheers.

[BoeckmannLudwig]

Really fascinating piece of music, Tony - and a hard work I believe. I always love to hear you play - you're an insipration.

Stars over you,

Bernd

[troubleclef]

thanks, Bernd. Hopefully I'll get back to posting soon. mostly computer problems, nail problems (recent), and focusing on relearning old things has kept me away. but I'll be back.

[zeppelinstrat]

this is incredible. absolutely incredible, Everything you've posted is great!

[troubleclef]

thanks, buddy

[karlmahlmann]

An artist in his element. That's really beautiful.

[kingincrimson]

Alguém tem um link pra um video cantado dessa música?

Does anyone have a link to a video of this song with singing?

[carvetop01]

That looks like it might be a bitch to play. I like the volume balance between melody and harmony. Very clean playing. Super dynamics.

Bravo,

allen 5*****

[troubleclef]

thanks, Allen. it's pretty tough but not that bad. cheers

[terrierbw1]

You posted the wedding march, mentioned a pretty lady you were trying to get to sing for you, then droped off the radar. Have you been kidnapped by the beautiful lady?

[troubleclef]

naaaah.  was working on my set as opposed to working on new things. soon will post more. thanks

[xPureLukxDit]

What a lovely taylor !

[dljrp]

Just wondering. Did you have any formal music training (e.g., college), or are you "home-schooled"? Also, do you have a practice routine, or do you simply start working on a piece?

You have such a great feel for whatever you play. I don't think that can be taught.

Looking forward to your next piece.

[troubleclef]

thanks. i did study guitar in college and then privately for years. i have sort of a routine i guess but it involves pretty much just sitting done and working on pieces after a brief warmup.

[woshushe]

really a beautiful music choice!! have you ever thought about la romance de los pinos by torroba? i'm curious to see your rendition! or i'm forever blowing bubbles with alden's arrangement. anyway, fantastic touch!!

[vividmonkey]

Haha- same problem... excellent music to focus/work to, but then you miss the tricky hand work!

[pshisbey]

Only trouble with putting you on is that I don't get any work done. If I just listen to the music you miss half the performance. The eyes have as much a feast as the ears!

[yupthatsme27]

Amazing.

[seb713705]

Merci Monsieur,

Je ne connaissais du tout pas ce morceau.

50 fois j'ai écouté votre interprétation , 50 fois j'ai pris une claque.

C'est magnifique, merci pour l'énorme travail que vous avez fait.

[chicorivers]

If you want choose a music, I have a song book. I can scan a partiture and it send to you.

[shan102176]

I really love this... Great job sir!

[chicorivers]

Fantásticas interpretações. Parabéns! Acho que já ouvi umas 20. Você já pensou em gravar alguma do Egberto Gismonti, ou do Guinga? Saudações.

[troubleclef]

there's a couple Guinga things I'll try eventually. His stuff is really hard to pick out by ear though (let alone play it cleanly!) obrigado, senhor

[ash46b]

u look exactly like my stepfather!!!!!!!!!1

[RickenbackerGalore]

I really like how this song is set up. Also the cadence leaving you in such an unresolved place is awesome. This is the first thing I have seen of yours, sign me up.

[troubleclef]

thanks. hope you will return and watch more.

[ernestodistanti]

Muito bom!!! Excelente!

Uma belíssima interpretação do genial Sergio Ricardo!

Bravo!

[FellunB]

Hey Tony,

I really appreciate your playing and posting your videos. I just started learning guitar (at age 40), and your videos are serving as an inspiration to me. I'm plugging away with my books (Frederick Noad and others) hoping that time and patience will get me somewhere. Any quick beginner tips?

[troubleclef]

thanks FellunB. quick beginner tips? that's a hard one. I guess I'd stress the importance of ear training. if you can whistle or hum a melody you can find it on the guitar. if you can do that you can find the interior harmonies that make up chords, arpeggios and multi-part things. so train that ear!

[jwkish]

Good luck to you friend, I started at the age of 29 (now I am 30) and from time to time find myself desperate that I will never learn to play the way I want. Do you have a teacher or you sutdy by yourself? (I am trying by myself but am thinking to get a teacher or classess - what do you think?)

(needless to say I adore this video and the song probably more than others so far :-) I like the rhythm)

[FellunB]

jwkish--I'm studying on my own. Not because I don't believe in teachers, I just don't have consistent time available for lessons right now.

I perhaps should have mentioned that I'm a life long musician. I sing, play French Horn and piano, and I am also a piano tuner, so I'm pretty familiar w ear training.

There are definite advantages to starting an instrument a little older. That "sense of music" is much developed at 30 than at, say, 8.

[jwkish]

thanks - sounds encouraging :-) all the best, jwk

[wantasnack]

how many time take you to learn a song like this one? ur the best :)

[terrierbw1]

Nothing since May 29 th. I would like to request a song. Just any song. You always pick great ones.

Let's see how many thumbs-up this gets. :) John

[thescarletsilence]

hey can you explain the picking hand portion of this?

i can barely play the first part of this.....

[bryanaspey]

Great job! This is one of my favorite arrangements and recordings by Nogueira too, and is in the top 5 of my current "to transcribe" list. Thanks for posting!

[troubleclef]

thanks, Bryan

[Tonecaster]

Very nice!

[seb713705]

Bonjour from France,

Merci pour ce magnifique morceau , quel travail !

Vous nous manquez beaucoup.

We miss you , almost 2 months without a new tune of our Troubleclef ...

[OhMymy]

How can you be so good...Im jealous :)

[JordyJay5000]

utterly amazing. you are awesome

[glaoud]

Hello Tony . Always very good playing . I like many . Cheers. ***** J.C.

[DhDo74]

How can I say this? amazing

[SanJosedeFlores]

Hermosa interpretacion. Excelente obra para guitarra. Interesante los efectos. Obra musical con excelente desarrollo. Felicitaciones.

Juan Aragón Luna

[chudnovsky]

Awesome  :))))

Cheers,

Alex

[troubleclef]

thanks, Alex!

[thescarletsilence]

i would kill to learn this song...

i know how to play bossa

and stuff like that

but not on this advanced level!

[troubleclef]

i appreciate it. you should post some videos.

[thescarletsilence]

i would.....

i cant

my camera is broken...

and so is my microphone....

can you tab this?

and send me the chords?

[tremoloheart]

thanks for sharing. you never cease to amaze me.

[toleranterrante]

amazing men, you should make a record.

[JohnM007jm]

Too Cool,Thank you

[iMARTIEN]

What an excellent guitar player you are... Fascinating and fun to hear and watch !!!

Thank you, thank you, thank you !

[carvetop01]

Outstanding delivery. I love the tone you coax from that guitar. The tremolo at 1:30 is spot on. I have been trying to teach myself to do that. Great line at 2:08. You must have an excellent ear for complex harmonies. Learning this by ear must have been a bitch.

Very well done.

allen

[plattix]

Great vibe man.

[GSMac]

Ficou excelente!

Great job!

[rafa080888]

Parabens !!! vi vários vídeos seus e em "Zelao" vc adota uma postura mais agressiva sem deixar de lado a técnica.. e isso eh apreciálvel meu caro.. parabens!! adoraria ve-lo tocar Chico Buarque.. o violao brasileiro agradece.

[troubleclef]

obrigado. ja tocquei "ole ola" de CB. check it out.  tambem gosto da versao de "quem ti viu" que Paulinho arranjou. Quero aprenda-la. disculpe o portugues.

[Merely]

Amazing! Much love from Brockton. <3

[victorolden]

great

[Wfornos1]

Muito bom !!!!

Parecia que estava na Bahia.

Nota 11

[Morfeusm]

great! relaxing.

[realhxq]

another masterpiece

[ovidiov]

fantástico, você está cada vez mais brasileiro...

abraços

[MrEdwardKarl]

This video and Django's Improvisation #2 are my two favorites of yours! Keep up the good work!

[nomusician]

:)

love especially that berimbao drone bridge.

nice!

[slidenote]

Superb! If I didn't see your playing on video, I would think you had more than 10 fingers!

[Fathyanne]

Puta q pariu!

[335Masterplucker]

Great as usual!

[RonG40]

Not much to say...Simply wow. The tempo allows a clean and nuanced reading of this tune, Multifaceted in it's ideas, this tune warrants repeated listening/viewing. Bravo!

[narancor]

sempre tudo ben.

[mapaste]

bravo...!!

[zinger52]

Hey that was beautiful, I have something atm like the flu but not the 'flu' somehow you made the nose less runny run less and even got me up and movin to the beat thank you

[llanbradach]

I love this one, I like the different tones and the beat, I am going to learn this off this video, thank you for putting it on.

[troubleclef]

check Paulinho playing it too of course. thanks

[dohertykaki]

You have a great ear !!!!!! Sounds beautiful :-)

[acousticland]

it's a very inspiring music universe...these brasilian artistic tunes.

bravo.

[troubleclef]

i agree

[sparky42]

thanks Tony , great again.!!!!!!!!!!

[toryst478]

I can't even imagine the amount of practice it would take to play this song like you did! Well done!!!!!!!!!

[phuckthefcc]

2 hours a day

[toryst478]

That is relative. I have practiced multitudes of hours for a single resonance and then take 2 hours and learn an entire song.

[ramarante23]

Great, as always... Please, play "Carinhoso" from Pixinguinha......

[Javier78521]

There's no need to browse YouTube looking for great guitarists once you've been heard. We're all hooked! Thank you thank you thank you.

[troubleclef]

thanks, but oh there's a whole bunch of other guitarists not to be missed here on the tube

[metallic219]

amazing job!

[feral07]

Again excellent stuff, I can see the concentration in your face while you were playing that. Do you stick with one piece of music till you've mastered it or have one or two piece's on the go at once?

Lynn From A Sunny Scotland (Yipeee summers here and I'm on holiday)

[troubleclef]

thanks Lynn. i've usually got 3 or 4 things i'm working on seriously at any given time and about 20 to 30 that i worked on for a while and let drop..or forgot about.

enjoy that holiday

[TrandallB]

TC you are a "bad man" on that guitar :)- and I mean that in a good way! TRB

[RAATIMMEH]

All the way from Dover in England i take my hat off to you. You are amazing and please keep it up im very inspired!

[Vreci]

Like red wine:

Tony gets better and better!!!

5 *s from Austria!

best regards,

wolfgang

[ramtha9]

Spicy and satisfying! It's like the enchilada that is too hot to eat, but you keep eating it anyway! TroubleClef, you keep open the doors of inspiration! Glad to be a part of your Universe! Roc k on, friend! D

[juanelobird75]

hey broth, what do you think about this song, is one of the most popular song in my town, "Maria Elena", please, can you play this song? thanks

[troubleclef]

i don't know it.  i'll check it out.

[tiagobele]

Paulinho Nogueira is great

Try listening to the cd "Primeiras composições" where he plays Chico Buarque songs. I'm sure you will like

Congratulations for the song, it's great... I wish I could play like that...

[troubleclef]

thanks. yes, i do have that recording. unfortunately the recording i got off of Itunes has got some wavering in it causing things to sound a little out of tune at times. Still, it's more Paulinho in all his brilliance.

[brasilacustico]

GREAT! Congratulations!

[tw28st]

you looked like you enjoyed playing that!

of all your clips...what's your favourite?

[dudehorner]

incredible!!!

[AndanteLargo]

Óla Tony, what a performance! So difficult and yet you pulled it of with honor! For that all my respect. And on top of that: a great piece!

Thanks!

[Mineiro426]

Simply wondeful. Fabulous playing as always.

By the way, I'm in real trouble with my tendinites. If you could send me the stretches you mentioned in a earlier post I'd be very thankful.

[troubleclef]

sorry to hear it. i have some stretches that i use but they're not for tendinitis (as such). they might also be hard to describe without showing them. maybe i'll make a private video sometime. anyhow, you should talk to a physical therapist about ANY exercise that someone shows you before doing it. Best wishes and good luck.

[van1976]

"Sweet"! Especially the last 2 chords.

--Van

[tekaellis31]

Um Violao bem tocado, ahh Faz um bem!!!!!

[spiralarch]

Great way to start my YouTube day!

Thanks for introducing us to another face of music that might have been otherwise ignored.

[marqueskdu]

"Zelão" Words and Music by Sergio Ricardo Arrangement by Paulinho Nogueira. Learned by ear from Nogueira's recording on "O Fino do Violão" Are you sure ??? Change it to...learned by using the heart.

Are you sure you are not brazilian?

Certainly yor heart were born in Rio de Janeiro!!!

Thanks again.

[FlyingHorseKnuckles]

Such a dynamic and quirky piece! I wish I had your ear. I can hear most chords and/or Intervals, but you take the cake (which you probably baked from scratch with ingredients from your own garden!).

[NewTubeBoy]

Magisterial!

[ClassenGuitars]

wow, this is amazing sir.

you truly are a master of the guitar ear.

this is such a cool song ,i would learn it if i had the music for it. :(

[LukeSky0]

5 stars!

awesome to the max!

[JohnGilmour]

Another smile on my face. Thanks again.

[CaliKid74]

that's sweet. great execution! you're awesome  Mr. Tony!

[fadguru]

Another Mensa performance. Keep em' coming. Never stop or you'll be responsible for thousands going through Tony guitar withdawals!

[stevolution666]

you bloody clever innit, such a range of styles, i love it

[tecoomexicano]

2:38 - WOW

What really amazes me are the pieces that you choose to play, not to mention the execution of them, wich is beyond category.

PS: Mind if I ask what happened to your right arm?

[psynema]

He's had that for a while - I'm pretty sure it's just padding since it's up against the guitar

[tecoomexicano]

Maybe... I was asking because I've seen it on his last 3 videos or so.

[troubleclef]

sweat band only.  thanks.

[kdkmo]

Awsome! What else can I say?

[hyperboreal]

This is a tricky one for sure with lots of artful maneuvers. And it's a pleasure watching you hammering-on with your left hand. Great tune, got to check more of this brazilian music, but just after I recover from your latest Lô Borges arrangement!

[streamlinedman]

Wow, spectacular. You look far more intense than usual, like you were absolutely determined to conquer this piece.

[z454]

Very very nice!!!

5*****

Michael

[inOxVidZ]

oh, this is a hard one. congratulations if you learned it by ear.

[Jazzguts]

Fantastic Tony,great composition,I love the syncopation of the Brazilian Samba and Bossa Nova, this has many tricks and licks,beautiful dissonances in one word you're making ART on your instrument on a high level not many can say that, well they can say it but doing it is another question,LOL,greets Vic.

[flyhead2]

Fine music.

[jjsstt1989]

You are a genius on guitar....I assume you play professionally?

[chris21125150]

Sounds great, Tony!

[DC180]

Love your playing... just fantastic!

[Brookfield62]

fuckin brilliant

[Danibossini]

thats the way

[HermannCordes5]

You must have a good ear to hear all those "strange chords" with seventh, flatted fith etc. I never could do that.

You are great. By te way: No more playing on youre Martin guitar? It sounds great, doesn´t it?

[ahmed341]

u sound like the whole orchestra not just a guitar!!

[Razor106T]

u sir rock playing guitar u should be famous or something

[drawnacrol]

Incredible playing,very fluent

[lordflanderwell]

very nice,as always!

[pepenomedestormento]

Bravo, fantastico.

[sirnubenegra]

never cease to amaze me man. awesome man!

[ThirdWallofBob]

An awesome close to my night. Thanks for such a great recording.

[troubleclef]

thanks. what songs does the milton medley include?