Desafinado | Tom Jobim

Desafinado is one of Tom Jobim's most famous pieces. Joao Gilberto liked playing the piece in D major. Learn the chords of his live version!

Syncopation II : Off-Beat-Phrasing

Much of today's pop music, as well as Afro-American music such as jazz or bossa nova, make use of syncopation. Learn more about it!

João Pernambuco was one of the first musicians to define the Choro style on the guitar and Sons de Carrilhoes is his most famous piece.

"Georgia on my mind" is a jazz standard that helped songwriter Hoagy Carmichael break into the American music scene in 1930.