Marilynn is in Rio, playing music and enjoying her semester break. This picture was taken January 9th @ the roda @ Praca Sao Salvador. If you want to keep in touch, visit Celebrating a Year for daily photos and updates, and you’ll find more roda listings in the calendar (RH column).… Read More »
Outdoor roda in Sao Salvador square, near metro Lago do Machado. Weather dependent, may be moved to a nearby bar or canceled by rain.… Read More »
Q: As a form of motivation for doing scales, I purchased your and Mr. Sa’s choro book. When looking through it, I saw no indications for downstrokes and upstrokes over any of the notes. I understand the general rule of placing downstrokes on more accented notes (on beats, etc.) but with the syncopation of choro I was wondering if this rule still applies. Is there any general rule dictating where downstrokes and upstrokes should be in syncopated music like … Read More »
Q: I’ve been a student of your method since late this summer, and I’m enjoying the progress I’ve made under the guidance of your book. Melodic possibilities are opening up to me now, and I’m starting to get a bit more gratification from my playing. Thank you!
First, I have a question about tremolo. Forgive me for being yet another novice confused about the specifics of tremolo, but I was wondering if it’s acceptable to (with the right hand) lightly … Read More »
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Q: Marilynn,
I love your method book. I am currently finishing up a different book that is for beginners and plan to work with yours next. Just by reading through it, it has already helped me greatly with my tone. My biggest concern right now is: How do I organize my practice time. I am mostly self-taught. What is the best way to warm up? How much time should I spend on each of the four sections of your book? … Read More »
Blogger par excellence Jamie Dedes has written a very interesting article on Marilynn’s music and writing in her SATURDAY REVIEW column. Not too many people put these two sides of Marilynn together, but Jamie has done an excellent job, including links to music, articles, and a couple of videos. Whatever you know, you’ll find out something new about Marilynn here in Jamie’s article.
For other interviews and articles on Marilynn click this link.… Read More »
Marilynn & Paulo’s new Choro book was published by Mel Bay in November. You can order it here: Brazilian Choro – A Method for Mandolin or read more about it here. The book takes key concepts from the unwritten performance practice of Choro and creates a series of original exercises to teach the style, not simply the tunes. Music is placed in the context of its history, with pictures of Choro groups and rodas, and the book is bilingual, … Read More »
