Introducing the Altamira Sete Cordas (7 String) Guitar | Doug de Vries lesson / tutorial

Brazilian guitar master Doug de Vries introduces the Altamira Sete Cordas (7 string) guitar.

Here Doug talks about the origins of this popular Brazilian instrument, the standard tuning and expanded range of the instrument, and demonstrates how to begin navigating all seven strings with a Samba in C.

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0:00 - Introduction
1:05 - The expanded bass range of the instrument
2:17 - Samba in C
3:03 - The Samba pattern (Right hand and accents)
4:19 - How to Feel Samba
5:34 - Improvised Bass Lines
6:27 - Alternate Low B tuning
7:46 - Outro (excerpt of Doug playing his composition 'Belladonna') - full video here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Myeq8v5CufQ

Doug de Vries is one of Australia's foremost guitarists and a significant composer for the guitar, excelling in many musical genres, from jazz to choro, tango and bossa nova. He is considered Australia's leading exponent of Brazilian guitar repertoire and has played alongside iconic Brazilian guitarists such as Yamandu Costa, Mauricio Carrillo etc

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