I was reading about how Django Reinhardt developed his guitar technique, and it made me think about my own development playing classical guitar in my country. As you probably can tell from the photos below (well, I kinda gave a hint already...), I play classical guitar, (also called "acoustic guitar"). As you probably can't tell, I'm from Brazil :) . So, in portuguese, the classical guitar is simply called "violão".

Here in Brazil, the classical guitar is the most popular musical instrument, probably because it's so versatile. Also, Brazil has its own brand of guitar style (actually, it has a couple of very distinctive and unique styles). A typical brazilian guitar player tends to go for a mixture of popular and erudite techniques. Such method has given born to a multitude of musical genres, like "Choro" (in english, it translates as "cry"), a very joyful rhythm besides its namesake.

Alongside Choro, there is the more worldly famous Bossa Nova genre, blending Samba and Jazz music, popularized by the genius of João Gilberto, a great innovator on the acoustic guitar. And I should add that both Choro and Bossa Nova came from Samba music, which all the world must've heard on the famous Brazilian Carnivals! Well, my point is, all of them have the guitar as the main instrument.

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My style is actually a blending of traditional american folk pickings, erudite articulations and popular brazilian music harmonies. I'm a kind of a sound hunter, I guess. The photos I'm posting here are from a videoclip I did, which I intend to upload some time soon on DLive. But first, I thought of sharing these thoughts with you on a subject I'm really passioned about - the classical guitar.

what the heck was that above?

The great Andres Segovia, one of the foremost violonists of the XX century, teached that there is a quality of spiritual technique to a guitar player that doesn't come from virtuosity; it comes from sheer practice. Hope you like this post, dear Steemians! Let me know below ;)