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Zelão (Sergio Ricardo, arr. Paulinho Nogueira)

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"Zelão"
Words and Music by Sergio Ricardo
Arrangement by Paulinho Nogueira.

Learned by ear from Nogueira's recording on "O Fino do Violão, volume 2" (i have an old score of the arrangement that I photo-copied somewhere years and years ago, but in point of fact I didn't use it much as it's easier for me to just listen and learn this kind of thing and the transcription has a number of errors and omissions...with all due respect to the transcriber (whoever you are.)

Nogueira's arrangement is a tour-de-force; a crash course in bossa nova and samba guitar; chock-full of right hand and left hand tricks and gadgets and gizmos that have taken me weeks to get even this close to figuring out. I would say it's among his very finest arrangements but the fact is he presented numerous such gems on every side of every guitar album he recorded, as far as I can tell. I'll be learning from him for years to come and presenting more of what I've learned on this channel in the future. (watch his own rendition (fast!) by looking at the related videos)

The song "Zelão" is one of Sergio Ricardo's masterpieces. A penetrating song about the tragedies of everyday life on the "morro". Here's the lyrics:

Todo morro entendeu quando o Zelão chorou
Ninguém riu, ninguém brincou, e era Carnaval (bis)
No fogo de um barracão
Só se cozinha ilusão
Restos que a feira deixou
E ainda é pouco só
Mas assim mesmo o Zelão
Dizia sempre a sorrir
Que um pobre ajuda outro pobre até melhorar

Choveu, choveu
A chuva jogou seu barraco no chão
Nem foi possível salvar violão
Que acompanhou morro abaixo a canção
Das coisas todas que a chuva levou
Pedaços tristes do seu coração.

Taylor NS54-ce; hybrid classical
Normal tension D'addario pro arte strings
Normal tuning
Recorded "au naturel" (no effects; no track offset; with squeaks and all)

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  • Bravo!

  • @2011MrsNorris

    thanks, lady

  • What happened to your arm Mr. Clef?

  • @24Tyson

    nuthin. just a sock to keep the sweat away.

  • Excelente.

  • @EdsonYamamoto

    obrigado

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

  • Otimo meu amigo só falto o suingue do Paulinho Nogueira

  • @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.

  • 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!

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