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Almeida, Laurindo (1917-1995 Brazil-USA)
	Destino Nice arrangement of this famous tune. A little bit jazz in it.

Anonym / n.n
	Siete De Abril Traditional from the Argentinan Pampa .
	El Cuando An Agentinian traditional.
	El Noy De La Mare I found this version, which is a bit easier and most important - you don't have to retune the guitar.
	El Noy De La Mare Very nice and popular piece. It was often asked for so here it is. DropD
	Cuban Dance Also not hard to play but with nice rhythms and melody.
	Tango Easy to play tango. (?Tango)
	Valse Venezulienne Traditional theme from the land of the waltzes. Sounds good and is not very hard to learn. (?Valse)
	Modinha Beautiful Brasilian song. Not hard to play (?Modinha)
	Lullaby Short and simple Brasilian lullaby.
	La Cucaracha A Mexican theme. You should be firm in playing harmonics for this arrangement.
	Las Mañanitas (early in the morning). I was told this song is something like "Happy Birthday" in Europe.

Arcas, Julian Gavino Lacal (1832-1882 Spain)
	Bolero A rare occasion to get a bolero on guitar. Very nice. (?Bolero)
	Bolero 2 Yet another bolero, and I like it even better than the other one. Thanks Leon. (?Bolero)

Ayala, Hector (*1911 , Argentina)
	These are some easy pieces with very nice melodies:
	Preludio
	El Coyuyo
	Cascabel
	Celeste Y Blanco
	De Antaño
	El Sureno

Baden-Powell, Roberto (1937-2001 Brazil)
	Retrato Brasileiro Beautiful brasilian music.
	Valsa Sem Nome Calm and beautiful piece.

Barrious, Angel(1882-1964 Spain)?
	Mexican Aquarell (Mañanitas) Not to be confused with Barrios-Mangore, he wrote a very nice piece here. Mañanitas means morning (actually ³little morning², but it is a cute way of speaking). It is a kind of Birthday song, to sing with a mariachi from the street, under your girlfriend ´s window. (Thanks Santiago)

Barrios, Agustin (Mangore) (1885-1944 Paraguay)
	Villancico De Navidad This is of course the right piece for christmas time. Beautiful. DropD
	Una limosna por el amor de Dios (El Ultimo Tremolo) This one is on of the harder pieces you can work on. El ultimo tremolo, has to be translated THE LAST TREMOLO, not because it is the best ,but because he thought it was his last,and It seems he was right Not quite as beautiful as the one from Tarrega in my opinion. (Thanks Jenny)
	Cueca This one is tricky but shows what can be done with the Instrument (if you can) (?Cueca)
	Valse Op.8 No.3 DropD (?Valse)
	Valse Op.8 No.4 This one has a positive, optimistic melody. (?Valse)
	Maxixe Tap along with this kind of jumpy rythm and melodie! (?Maxixe)
	Prelude in c-minor You will need strong fingers to play this beautiful prelude. (?Prelude)
	Tu Y Yo Very peaceful melody and not as hard as some othet pieces of Barrios.

Bernardini, Attilio (Brazil)
	Cacique - Tango Brasileiro

Bonfa, Luiz (b.1922- Brazil)
	Of course everybody knows the famous "Manha De Carnaval" but this great guitarist wrote many other very good pieces. Here are a few:
	Ilha De Coral
	Manha De Carnaval
	Samba De Duas Notas
	Samba Negro
	Sambalamento

Bustamente, Fernando (Argentina)
	Misionera Very impressive piece. Dedicated to the Ladies of the province of Misiones it was originally writte for a whole ensemble. Jorge Morel arranged it for one guitar - you not miss a single note.

Calvo, Luis A. (Colombia)
	Bajo El Cielo Iamesis Another very nice colombian piece. Its title is someting like "Under the Iameses sky" (Thanks Roy). Its melody is very fluent, its rythm quite steady.

Caprissi, R.J
	Valse

Cardoso, Jorge
	Milonga (Uruguay) - No.24 from 24 Piezas Sudamericanas

Christancho, Francisco (Colombia)
	Bochica This is a colombian dance called "Bambuco". Listen to that rhythm! Thanks Carlos for pointng me to colombian music.

Cisneros, José R. (1915- Venezuela)
	Na Shi Suam Waltz with very nice rhythm and melody.
	Homenje Raul Borges Another venezuelan waltz with very nice rhythm and melody.
	Loriana And another waltz, just as nice as the ones above.

Cobo, Daniel
	Crépuscule sur la Pampa Like the title this one sounds a little odd but I like it none the less.

Dias, Jose Barrense
	A Casinha Pequenina A short piece, rather slow and with a somewhat sad melody.

El Salamouny, Ahmed
	Tarde na rede Very nice latin rhythms.

Feitosa, O.
	Valse Brasileira

Fernandez, Eraclio (1851-1886 Venezuela)
	El Diabolo Suelto This sound best played really fast (I can only let my midi do it)

Fleury, Abel (1903-1958 Argentina)
	Milongue Del Ayer Very beautiful! I might be mistaking with the author. It could be Maria Luisa Anido instead. Any clues? (?Milonga)
	Te Vas Milonga Another very fine Milonga. I like the rythmic details of it. They don´t really make it easier to play, but great to listen to. (?Milonga)

Fonseca, Carlos Alberto (b.1933- Brazil)
	Deslizando This is a good one to warm up or start your little concerts. A fast melody running over several string but still not too hard.

Gangi, Mario (b.1923- Italy)
	Guitar Choro This one was requested and Rolf was so kind to send it.
	Panoramica This one is more romantic, a little like a slow Bossa Nova.

Gardel, Carlos (1890 - 1935, Argentina)
	Adios Muchachos Well known an very nice piece from the "King of Tango" (?Tango)
	Sus Ojos Se Cerraron A short and not too hard tango. (?Tango)

Jobim, Antonio Carlos (1927-1994 Brazil)
	Don´t ever go away A great latin piece in an quite jazzy arrangement by Charlie Byrd!
	The Girl From Ipanema A fine arrangement of this world famous song!
	Esperanca Perdida I don´t know Spanish or Portugese but if the title says something like lost hope it tells you what the piece sounds like: it´s sooo sad. (Don´t play this with any sharp tools, pills or ropes within your reach.)
	Samba Do Aviao
	Solidao

Lauro, Antonio (1917-1986 Venezuela)
	Pasaje Aragueno
	Papelon From "Tree Venezuelan Pieces": Nice and simple melody but nor as easy to play as it sounds.
	Air de Joropo One of my favourites. Very lively, fun to play and to listen to.
	Angostura The title of this Waltz recals the ancient name of the birth town of Lauro (Ciudad Bolivar).
	El Marabino Another Venzuelan waltz, this time named after a region where Lauro lived for a while (also known as Maracucho).
	Natalia You have to get used to the fist two parts, but I love the third.
	Two Venezuelan waltzes:
	El Negrito Beautiful Venezuelan piece, not hard to learn.
	La Gatica This one goes together with El Negrito as a couple.
	Triptico:
	1. Armida A somewhat sad theme with nice changes between upper and lower voices.
	2. Madrugada A very calm and quiet piece.
	3. La Negra Also in moderate tempo and with a beautiful melody.
	From Four Venezuelan waltzes:
	Andreina Another beautiful piece by Antonio Lauro that is playable for me. Named after one of his nieces.
	Tatiana The third of the four waltzes is named after another niece of Lauro, the sister of Andreina. You should be able to easily reach high frets to play this one.

Lerice
	Valse no.3 Nice latin sounding waltz. (?Valse)

Lloveras, Guillermo Venega
	Amor de Mayo Waltz with simple popular melodie.

Machado, Celso (1953- Brazil)
	Baia O Zinho Easy to play very effective piece. Listen to it, it´s quite impressive. LHF

Maldonado, Raul
	Choro I like the Choro-pieces, for me they are something like a ´Latin Blues´. I am not sure about this author. Can anyone verify? (?Choro)

Manzanero, Armando (Mexico)
	No Se Tu

Merlin, José-Luis (1952- Argentina)
	Evocation Very beautiful piece. Rewarding to learn. One of my favorites. LHF
	Zamba The second piece from the Suite de la Recuerdo.

Nazareth, Ernesto (1863-1934 Brazil)
	Golden Drops
	Apanhei Te Cavaquinho Now let´s see how fast you can get this one - and get the rhythm of the bass in the first part right! Fun!

Neves
	Choro Very beautiful choro! (?Choro)

Oliva, Julio Cesar (Mexico)
	Una flor en la laguna Beautiful and gentle melody.

Pernambuco, Joao
	Sons de Carrilhoes Truly one of the most beautiful South American pieces! DropD

Piazzolla, Astor (1921-1992Argentina
	Chiquilin De Bachin Beautiful and slow piece. Bachin was a restaurant in Buenos Aires were lots of artists (including Piazzolla) attended. Chiquilin means little kind. The song is about a poor little kid that sold roses at the tables in the restaurant. (Thanks Oscar)
	Milonga del Angel

Ponce, Manuel Maria (1882-1948 Mexico)
	Prelude in E major
	Giga from suite in a minor Sounds quite baroque and I had it in my classical section under Silvius Leopold Weiss before I was corrected. (?Gigue)
	Estrelita Beautiful melody!
	Mexican Scerino Beautiful melody DropD

Prat, Domingo
	Charcarera

Ramirez, Ariel (b.1921- Argentina)
	Alfonsina And The Sea Very beautiful and melancholic piece from a film.

Reis, Dilermando (1916-1977 Brazil)
	Uma Valsa E Dois Amores
	Promessa
	Divigando A Choro. (?Choro)
	Sinhazina A beautiful and emotive waltz. Sinhazinha was how the slaves used to call the daughters of the big farmers in brazilian colonial period. (Thanks Ivo) (?Waltz)
	Noite De Lune Another very beautiful waltz. May be some difficulties furher up the neck - but it´s worth mastering them. (?Waltz)

Riera, Rodrigo (1926-1999 Venezuela)
	Cancion Carorena Slow and very melodic piece. Some odd fingerings (for me) - may take some time.
	Cancion from Little Suite For Guitar Also slow, very melodic and quite beautiful.

Rodrigas
	Cumparsita His arrangement of THE tango! Great!

Sagreras, Julio Salvador (1879-1942 Spain-Argentina)
	Maria Luisa
	Sonatina Very medlodic, very beautiful!
	El Colibri This one is for all of you who like it F A S T !!
	Spanish Waltz Sounds more south american than spanish to me. Not hard to learn (?Waltz)

Salinas, Francisco (Mexico)
	Tremolo Sobre La Cuarta In the rythm of a waltz with the tremolo in the lower voice.

Savio, Isaias (1902-1977 Uruguay-Brazil)
	Cajita De Musica Piece around a simple melody, like a musicbox.

Semenzato, Domingos
	Divigando A beautiful Choro. Nice Rhythm and bass lines. (?Choro)

Villa-Lobos, Heitor (1887-1959 Brazil)
	Etude No.2 (?Etude)
	Etude No.1 (?Etude)
	Choros No.1 Of all the guitar music of Villa-Lobis this one is my favorite. (?Choro)
	Prelude No.1 Starts easy, gets tricky and sounds great. (?Prelude)
	Samba LeLe Very regonizable melody, sound somewhat ringing. DropD
	Suite Populaire Brasilienne: Four very nice choros-like pieces, finally complete. (?Choro)
	1. Mazurka Choros
	2. Scotish Choros
	3. Valsa Choros
	4. Gavotta Choros
	5. Chorinho

Violla, Salvador
	Nostalgia A slow and melancholic waltz.

de Vittorio, Roberto (Argentina)
	Variationes sobre Marcelono Pan y Vino Some variations over a simple theme. Fun to play.

Zenamon, Jaime Mirtenbaum (*1953, Bolivia)
	Carta De Amor Short, not hard and very romantic - beautiful!

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