Mel Bay Publications
Level : Intermediate

As one can easily imagine, it would be very hard for a guitar student to start reading the scores of the traditional choro repertoire, most of them with large number of technical difficulties. It would be much better if they could start with some easier pieces – of intermediate level. That is the main goal of this book. It has 13 studies (in the 13 more commonly used keys for the choro guitar) written in a reduced form and in the principal stylistic choro variants: besides real choros, there are polkas, maxixes, Brazilian tangos and xotis.
Also aiming at the simplification of execution, all studies were composed with only two voices (melody and bass) and with no chords (although harmonies are quite evident due to the choro melodic particularities).

Choros:

• Choro in B minor
• Choro in A
• Choro in A minor
• Choro in B flat
• Choro in C
• Choro in C minor
• Choro in D
• Choro in D minor
• Choro in E
• Choro in E minor
• Choro in F
• Choro in G
• Choro in G minor