Paulinho Nogueira (

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, 8 October 1929 –

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, 2 August 2003) was a Brazilian guitarist, composer and singer. Gildo e Paulinho

Biography

He was an eclectic composer, his influences ranging from bossa nova to

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. Paulinho Nogueira designed the craviola, a guitar with a sloping bout and offset body shape. He was the teacher of Toquinho.Gildo De Stefano, "Il popolo del samba", Roma 2005

Craviola

The Craviola is an acoustic guitar designed by Paulinho Nogueira and built by manufacturer Giannini. Craviolas have a distinct asymmetric body shape that deviates from the upper and lower bouts of classical guitars. Its timbre is said to resemble a combination of sounds from a

harpsichord A harpsichord is a musical instrument played by means of a musical keyboard, keyboard. Depressing a key raises its back end within the instrument, which in turn raises a mechanism with a small plectrum made from quill or plastic that plucks one ...

and a

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, hence the portmanteau (''Cravo'' is the Portuguese word for harpsichord). Craviolas can be six-string or twelve-string (either nylon or steel) and are produced solely by Giannini.

Discography

* ''A voz do violão'' (1959) Columbia * ''Brasil, violão e sambalanço'' (1960) RGE * ''Menino desce daí/Tema do boneco de palha'' (1961) RGE 78 * ''Sambas de ontem e de hoje'' (1961) RGE * ''Outros sambas de ontem e de hoje'' (1962) RGE * ''Mais sambas de ontem e de hoje'' (1963) RGE * ''A nova bossa é violão'' (1964) RGE * ''O fino do violão'' (1965) RGE * ''Sambas e marchas da nova geração'' (1966) RGE * ''Paulinho Nogueira'' (1967) RGE * ''Um festival de violão'' (1968) RGE * ''Isto É Sambalanço'' (1969) SBA * ''Paulinho Nogueira canta suas composições'' (1970) RGE * ''Dez bilhões de neurônios'' (1972) Continental * ''Paulinho Nogueira, violão e samba'' (1973) Continental 10.108 * ''Simplesmente'' (1974) Continental * ''Moda de craviola'' (1975) Continental * ''Antologia do violão'' (1976) Phonogram * ''Nas asas do moinho'' (1979) Alequim * ''O fino do violão volume 2'' (1980) Bandeirantes/WEA * ''Tom Jobim – Retrospectiva'' (1981) Cristal/WEA * ''Água branca'' (1983) Eldorado * ''Tons e semitons'' (1986) Independente * ''Late night guitar – The Brazilian sound of Paulinho Nogueira'' (1992) * ''Coração violão'' (1995) Movieplay * ''Brasil musical – Série música viva – Paulinho Nogueira e Alemã'' (1996) Tom Brasil * ''Sempre amigos'' (1999) Movieplay * ''Reflexões'' (1999) Malandro Records * ''Toquinho Paulinho Nogueira'' (1998), with Toquinho * ''Chico Buarque – Primeiras composições'' (2002) Trama

Bibliography

* Gildo De Stefano, ''Il popolo del

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'', Prefazione di Chico Buarque, RAI Editions, Rome 2005 * Gildo De Stefano, ''Saudade Bossa Nova: musiche, contaminazioni e ritmi del Brasile'', Prefazione di Chico Buarque, Introduzione di Gianni Minà, Logisma Editore,

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2017,

References

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