{"id":30,"date":"2015-02-04T01:31:19","date_gmt":"2015-02-04T01:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artlevine.com\/?page_id=30"},"modified":"2025-03-28T20:06:05","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T20:06:05","slug":"brazilian-music","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.artlevine.com\/?page_id=30","title":{"rendered":"Brazilian music with Ukulele Cheering Section"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was involved in the Brazilian music scene in Toronto for a number of years, mainly playing surdo in Alan Hetherington\u2019s Escola de Samba<\/a>. It was great fun, and loud, and I had a good time. Like most people in these parts though, my first exposure to this music was through bossa nova, which shares a lot of dna with its more extroverted parading cousin, but is quieter, often with great melodies and chords, and gorgeous lyrics.<\/p>\n

When I got my job as a prof, I dropped out of the Escola – no time, plus – even with earplugs – music by percussion battery (e.g. the Caribana parade) is not eardrum-friendly, you could say.<\/p>\n

In the past while though, mainly inspired by my ukulele and the five-volume Bossa Nova Songbook edited by Almir Chediak (Lumiar Editora, S\u00e3o Paulo), I\u2019ve started making my way back into some of these great tunes. Maybe I should get back into the guitar?<\/p>\n