song: Samba em Prelúdio
artist: Paulinho Nogueira
writers: Music Baden Powell / Lyrics by Vinícius de Moraes (1962)

acoustic guitar / violão: Paulinho Nogueira

This is a detailed transcription of Paulinho Nogueira’s performance of Baden Powell’s Samba standard “Samba em Prelúdio”, which became known in a YouTube clip that recently passed 1M views. This clip is cut from an instructional video of his, “Violão em Harmonia”. The simple-seeming guitar arrangement reveals itself as surprisingly intricate, the more you study its polyphony and wonderful harmonization. Enjoy!