Yamandu Costa: Choro Loco, Alpargata, & La Catedral REACTION/ANALYSIS | The Daily Doug (Episode 474) 

Yamandu is a national treasure. I'm glad you found him :)

Obrigado por esse carinho com a cultura brasileira. Tenho muito orgulho de pisar no mesmo planeta que o Yamandu. Gênio!

Watching him playing guitar is like feeling together IN the music. I watched him in a theater for the first time when he was 20. Already a virtuose. Thank you. ❤️🇧🇷

Wow. Just wow. It's like a classically influenced freeform jazz session on guitar!

As a Brasilian guitar player, I love how Choro is our best contribution to global music

Raphael Rabello, another great Brazilian guitarist. One of Yamandu’s inspiration. I really enjoyed your input.

That 7-string guitar, when tuned in the manner Yamandu plays, allows him to dip down into the range of the baritone guitar. But the real sauce is his incredible virtuosity - what a fantastic musician!

I am completely blown away…this guy is his own class.

Thanks for sharing Brazilian music in your channel! Yamandu certainly deserves it!

Yamandú é uma demonstração perfeita e rara da fusão entre alma e instrumento. Orgulho do R.S.

Yamandu nasceu aqui no Rio Grande do Sul , Sul do Brasil...teve influência da música nativa da Pampa , música castelhana , do flamengo , do jazz , do choro , do samba... Yamandu é um cidadão do mundo

Yamandu is a force of nature!

Hey Doug! I'm Vivian from Rio de Janeiro / Brazil! And we love your show! YAMANDU is amazing! Glad you know him! Love from Brazil! ❤

Props to Yamundu Costa and his playing! I encourage anyone who enjoyed La Catedral to check out the solo version. It's made up of three parts: Preludio, Andante, and Allegro. There are wonderful recordings of the suite by David Russel or Ana Vidovic.

I had the pleasure (and honor) of having heard him years ago in a concert here in Salvador - Bahia - Brazil. He is a prodigius! Hearing him i(live) s a mystical experience, to never forget it!!

I thought that I could play some guitar until the first time I went to a Yamandu’s concert… 😂

"La Catedral" from Agustin Barrios Mangoré!!! One of the best guitarrist of whole story!

seeing a gringo like you dancing on the samba tempo is one the nicest things i've saw in youtube. Made my day haha!

Amazing stuff from Yamandu as always. No wonder the man got a standing ovation from Paco de Lucia himself.

This is just the third part of La Cathedral, the whole piece is worth listening, it's a masterpiece indeed.

what a happy and surprising coincidence Doug! I have listened Yamandú some years ago, without enough attention, and some days ago, I went back to his music and it really catch my ear. I recommend you his series of videos on history of guitar 'historias do violao'. Thank you very much!

Meu, os gringos tão demais! já é o segundo vídeo de um gringo mostrando música boa daqui do Brasil que eu vejo nos últimos dias! o outro vídeo foi de um baixista top que creio que a maioria aqui deva conhecer, ele veio para o Brasil ( aqui em SP) e gravou uma versão dhr de tico tico no fubá no baixo! Aqui o povo não valoriza a própria cultura (me refiro a verdadeira cultura!) .

Choro Loco is the perfect example to picture how a musician with rythm prowess can fit any note, anywhere.

Yamandu is a virtuosi... amazing.

Yamandu plays with all his body and soul. He's amazing! Yamandu toca com seu corpo e alma! Ele é incrível!!!

What a unique experience, you enjoying Yamandu, and still showing that you know what you're talking about, and can certainly give a great musical review, what a colossal musician.

Alpargata is a spanish word and it means, literally, sandals. In many parts of Brazil we have heavy influence of Spanish conquerors (like in mid north-east) and also latin influences from places where we have borders with latin countries (like the south, where Yamandu himself was born). Our culture has always been about taking all theses influences and mixing them. In this, Brazilians and Americans are similar. I feel really proud that you enjoy his music, I think he's at the peak of his skills as a performer, as he has been since his tour with one of our greatest music genius, it's worth checking out, I think: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-xZfKXFnb6IQ.html

I'm glad you brought him back to your channel! He's awesome!

Nosso tesouro do Brasil, Yamandu Costa

I've seen videos of Yamandu playing with a guy on electric mandolin. Craziest guitar performance I've seen online. Thanks for all your excellent videos 😉👍

Absolute Genious! Yamandu is one of the best acoustic guitarists alive in the planet. Brazil's pride!

Lovely, a nice change from the usual reaction Doug!

Very happy to see Yamandu here again! Another gorgeous guitar player from Brazil is Guinga. He is one of the references of Yamandu's younger generation. Brazil has a huge tradition of acoustic guitar players. Hope you hear it one day with us, Doug! Thanks for you channel!

What a scene... Reacting to our Choro while on the background I see 3 of my favorite Floyd and Yes albums lol

One thing that everybody should know about brazilian "compositional music structure" is that, generally speaking, we compose STORIES with the melodies and AMBIENCE with chords. So, in comparisson to north american popular music, which tend to be structurally more "set up" to a fixed form, like the "12 bar blues", or "16 bar A section and 16 bar B section", for example, with a prevalence of certain "harmonic clichés" (IIm7 - V7 - Imaj7, for example), in brazilian music the melodies are always leading the way (the bass melody, the leading melody and all the voices in between), in order to create a scene that moves on, much like in classical and baroque music. It's not just a feature but a main characteristic.

Love this so much! My mother used to play a record of Spanish guitar music to put me to sleep as a child (mid 1960s), and I've always loved it's intricacies. This has its roots firmly in that pool. Thank you for introducing us to Yamandu. He's wonderful! When I saw the thumbnail, I couldn't watch this fast enough!

Pra mim um dos artistas mais brilhantes do nosso Brasil , salve Yamandu

O Brasil tem tradição no violão de 7 cordas: procure ouvir Baden Powell. Peça a seu amigo Marcos para localizar. CHORO means cry in current language

You must see Yamandu playing alive, it´s absurd, crasy, genial.

Thank you Doug for the spotlight for this great Brazilian treasure

Yamandu Costa, our exceptionally talented guitarist. Thank you for honoring our culture.

Saudações do Brasil, Yamandu é o nosso orgulho brasileiro 🇧🇷

Greetings from Brazil. Love to see your reacts. Such authentic love for music.

Always outstanding Yamandu, please to listen to but also to watch

Agustín Barrios. Gênio. Linda e criativa releitura do último movimento da Catedral. Pra quem não conhece a obra completa, vale MUITO a pena! ❤

Great stuff, very nice reaction! Yamandu is awesome!

Yamandu monstro

Muito boa a reação desse cara. Além de entender , o cara gosta de música . Parabéns. Congratulations from south Brazil.

Que legal, e que foi coincidência tava vendo recentemente uns vídeos do paco de luccia e alguns do Yamandu... vi também uns react desse canal do Rush. agora vi esse react do Yamandu costa! obrigado por divulgar esse artista fora de série! ele é um patrimônio nacional, pena que a maioria do povo brasileiro nem sabe da grandiosidade desse artista, é mais valorizado lá fora do que aqui no Brasil infelizmente!!

I saw Yamandu live in 2002 on an intimate gig. He was 2 meters away from me, sitting on a simple chair, which gradually ended up becoming a throne for the king. It was quite an experience! My guitar was lying around for a while after that, but it was worth it!

Hey Doug! Please react to "Luiza" played by Raphael Rabelo, the brazilian godfather of the seven string guitar.

Olá Doug, gosto muito do seu canal, me divirto muito com você. Já que você gostou tanto do Yamandú, recomendo ouvir Hamilton de Holanda, que embora tenha esse nome, ele é brasileiro e um grande musico do Bandolim.

Yamandu: absolute.

Wonderful song e amazing technique!

You should do a video with the music of Hamilton de Holanda, spectacular 10-strings mandolin player and one of Brazil's greatest soloists!

Yamandu is a brazillian treasure, but he travels A LOT playing his music, you should try to see him live sometime... I guarantee it's gonna be an epic axperience to see his magic in person!

You should really check out some Chorinhos. It's a really sophisticated style. Listen to Carinhoso, Brasileirinho or Sonoroso. Amazing songs

The Barrios - is the 3rd movement of La Catedral. The entire piece is lovely of course 😉 Doug, also check out Choro da Saudade, Vals III & IV, and the tremelo masterpieces Un Sueno en la Floresta & Una Limosna Por el Amor de Dios. John Williams does a fine job among others.

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So lovely to see Yamandu on your channel! Just a comment about the seven-string guitar, as you seemed very interested in it: this instrument is quite common here in Brazil and is mainly used by musicians that play choro. The unique thing is that there are usually two guitar players in a group, one playing a regular six-string guitar and another playing a seven-string. They have different functions in the music - the first one playing chords and melodies, and the second one, chords and the bass line. In popular music, they are almost considered different instruments. What Yamandu does is different: he uses the seven-string guitar as a six-string with a lower extension (this is something he usually comments about in interviews). Those very low runs that he does in this first song is a reference to what seven-string guitar players usually do when playing choro.

Doug, if you like Yamandu , you also should check out Hamilton De Holanda! Another Brazilian musical genius! You won't regret it!

Thanks Doug to show our treasures even more to the world. As a Brazilian, I'm very proud of how far we went as music influencers aorund the world.

You have to know and react to Guinga! You will love him. He is a genius of harmony and the best brazilian composer currently. Yamandu recorded one of his songs, "Desacompanhado".

I saw a short doc of him working with the string maker Zavares to bring to the market the 7 string set. He explained how hard it was to find a good string to use as a 7 back in the day.

I just cant wait for Doug hein exposed to Guinga, one of our most amazing composers here in Brasil

Meu Deus ...o jeito do samba trasparece alegria brilhando aos raios do sol...

I'm so glad to see you not only discovered him but appreciate him as he deserves!

Incredible music and great reaction! It makes me happy to see how much you enjoy Yamandu's playing! I mean, who would not enjoy it, right? But seeing a person with your knowledge and background makes it even better! Greetings from a Brazilian living abroad, who always enjoys listening to Brazilian music like this to feel the connection with the homeland again! :)

Doug, you just cant imagine the joy for all of us brazillians that it's to see some appreciation of brazillian art. And it's even greater joy for me, 'cause I was born in the same state from Yamandu (Rio Grande do Sul). I love your videos and content! hugs from BR

Very glad that you continued to listen to Yamandu. Every new recording of his, one discovers something new about his playing.

The seventh string guitar came from russia and it was adopted by the choro players in Brazil to play bass lines e contrapontos to mandolins, flutes etc.

I've seen you react to a few Brazilians and some prog bands. I'd love to see you reacting to some Brazilian prog, like Quaterna Requiem, Bacamarte, O Terço, A Barca do Sol and Violeta de Outono.

La catedral's autor is paraguayan Agustín Barrios (Mangoré), one of the world's greatest and finest. What a beautiful improvisation and execution by Yamandu and Elodie!

Oh, no. He will be in Brussels, at Bozar Museum (On 20 November). l live in Antwerp but l will be at that time traveling abroad. It's a pity l will miss his performance.

Yamandu Costa é um gênio!

Yamandu! Yeahhh

I If you have the opportunity to go to one of his shows, I've already had this privilege, it's speechless.

He seems to be playing a piano, as so fast it plays the notes.

You dance the milonga like you dance the tango. It’s just faster and more jumpy, but they’re basically the same type of dance. Cheers from Argentina.

Absolutely brilliant!!

Always awesome analysis Doug! Congrats for your show, certainly a pleasure to watch!

Yamandu Costa é o Paco de Lucia brasileiro :)

Choro, in its highest form!!! Choro is the junction of polka with lundu, always performed in improvisation from a base score. It's the first genuinely Brazilian music where samba has its origins. Choro is a combination of polka and lundu, always performed in improvisation from a base score. It is the first genuinely Brazilian song where samba has its origins. I play the flute and playing choro with all the royalty it deserves is always a challenge for me. I really need to study more... 😰

I'm glad he came down to my level with La Cathedral. I know that song. I can't play it like that. I'm inspired.... to give up he's that good I'm not worthy of any ones time by comparison my futile efforts distain for lacking technique, temperament and talent. sad lesson for me...

Vida longa Yamandu !!! Vai Brasil!!!

Yamansu costa emozione musicale unica. Grazie maestro..

Yamandu consegue se expressar de maneira profunda e densa, genial!

Yamandu!! Lenda! Sempre muito emocionante ouvir.

O yAmandu e um violonista gaúcho dá muito orgulho ao nosso estado

Thanks for listening and dissaminate some of the great brazilian music

Flat 2! I love hearing your classical music perspective on all this. Excellent reactions. In jazz, we would call that the flat 9 :)

As it’s my birthday and this is the song you featured - I’ll put it on my playlist hopefully you’ll some Rodrigo y Gabriela

Now you have to listen more pieces of Agustín Barrios "Mangorè" . Im sure you'll ove it

Loved this. Have you had a look at John Zorn's work? I know it is very diverse in it's range of genres. I love his Bar Kokhba work and his Masada work but on the other hand he also does movie work.

DOUGÃO não guentou, parou de falar de teoria e só admirou o monstro yamandu

Yamandu é o Pagannini brasileiro, endiabrado. Versátil nas cordas. Orgulho nacional. kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

Awesome musician, you too doug ))

É...Yamandu está aprendendo...🤣🤣🤣🤣

blown away

This guy is superb!A brazilian gem,simply😉👏