Apanhei-te cavaquinho ?

**minnedolin** · Apr-16-2008, 2:35pm

I've been on a kick lately to learn some non-fiddle tunes.
Besides the Jitterbug Waltz, I've been wanting (ive posted this before I believe) to learn Ernesto Nazareth's lovely tune "Apanhei-te cavaquinho" I first heard it on a cd by CA mandolinist Kenny Blackwell and guitarist Dorian Michael. Also beautifully done by Mike Marshall and Hamilton de Holanda. #Does anyone know where I can find the music for this? Any direction? Thank ya kindly

**Jim MacDaniel** · Apr-16-2008, 3:02pm

Maybe this will do the trick.

**Michael Wolf** · Apr-16-2008, 3:27pm

Send me a PM and I can send you the music for this piece, if you like.

**jzings** · Apr-16-2008, 3:30pm

ChoroMusic.com has it. Classics of the Brazilian Choro. Both the sheet music and a CD included.

**Brad Weiss** · Apr-17-2008, 6:55am

It's a tad complicated, but if you want to be adventurous and try your hand at a little Portuguese you can find EVERYTHING at Agenda do Choro & Samba. #Look under "partituras" (charts) and you need the free version of "Encore" to read files- once you do that, there's no end of choro here.

**Paul Hostetter** · Apr-28-2008, 10:13pm

Nazareth was a pianist, so his compositions are not for the faint of heart! Go Adam!

**Doug Hoople** · May-02-2008, 7:52pm

Mike Marshall's choro book has "Apanhei-te Cavaquinho" in it, and is a must-buy for North American mandolinists making their way down the choro path.

The choro jam that I recently started attending plays "Apanhei-te Cavaquinho" a lot, and it's finally starting to fall under my fingers (after a LOT of work). It's a blast once that starts happening. The B section, in particular, is really hard. The C section, on the other hand, looks like a total bear but it falls in really quickly and rolls off the fingerboard like a freight train.

Have fun!

**mandoisland** · May-05-2008, 10:55am

I can recommend the Songbook Choro published in Brazil which does contain 97 of the most important choros including this one. I have started to work through all 97 choros and will collect some links with recordings and videos on my homepage on a special page.

I am currently playing Apanhei-te Cavaquinho very often, its really a very nice melody and a nice chord progression too.

**Doug Hoople** · May-05-2008, 11:18am

Originally Posted by (mandoisland @ May 05 2008, 08:55)

I can recommend the Songbook Choro published in Brazil which does contain 97 of the most important choros including this one.

I second this recommendation. It's a great resource (with a niggling complaint that the repeat signs are almost invisible). It's published by Lumiar, was just released last December, and became an instant classic. One of the best things about it is that it lays out a lot of the baixa parts (those really cool bass lines that the 7-string players play).

It's designated as Volume I, so there are high hopes that there's a Volume II in the works.