Taiguara ft. Hermeto Pascoal & Wagner Tiso “Samba das Cinco”
F major, final chord: D-flat major
Bebel Gilberto “Samba da Benção” (backing track: Amon Tobin “Nova”)
D-flat major
Esperanza Spalding “Ponte de Areia”
D-flat major
Aline Morales “Como Pólen”
F-sharp minor
Airto Moreira “The Happy People”
F major, transition on G minor
Banda Black Rio “Mr. Funky Samba”
G minor
Djavan “Nereci” ft. Marianzinha
A minor, transition on E open fifth
Carlos Dafé “De Alegria Raiou O Dia”
E minor
Antonio Adolfo & A Brazuca “Transamazônica” (excerpt)
E minor, transition on G minor/C
Gilberto Gil “Maracatu Atomico”
G minor
Robson Jorge & Lincoln Olivetti “Aleluia”
G major in key of C, transition on F minor riff
Flora Purim “From the Lonely Afternoon”
F minor
Tim Maia “O Caminho Do Bem”
D minor
Paulinho da Costa “Déjà vu” ft. Philip Bailey
D minor, D-sharp minor
Sergio Mendes & The New Brasil ’77 “The Real Thing”
D-sharp minor
Burnier & Cartier “Mirandolina”
F minor, A-flat major
Jazzanova “Gafiera” ft. Pedro Martins & Azymuth
F minor
Elis Regina “Tereza Sabe Sambar”
B minor
Arthur Verocai “Na Boca Do Sol”
B minor
Toninho Horta w/Orquestra Fantasma “Aquelas Coisas Todas (Sanguessuga)”
B minor, E major/minor
A L L T H E S E T H I N G S
At the invitation of São Paulo-based DJ Petri Glad on the occasion of World Cup 2014, here are a few well-loved songs composed and/or performed by Brazilians (and one Brazilian Canadian).
Also on request, I’ve provided simplified key information for each song to better illustrate where harmonic mixing (key matching or transitioning) has sometimes been employed.
I B R Λ H I M ΞL M Λ H B O O B
July 2014
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