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

In classical music theory, syncopation means a shift in the rhythmic emphasis from a heavy to a light beat. Learn more about basic syncopation!

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!

After becoming familiar with the scales in the first position, the next goal is to extend this knowledge to the entire fretboard of the guitar.

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.