Transcriptions

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Note: all transcriptions are in standard notation, and fully edited, including fingering. Click on the song title to view the .pdf

Albums

Alta versatilidad (1957)

• Garoto (also ed. Mayer. available here)

Violão boêmio, vol. 1 (1957)

• Boulevard
• Eurídice
• Feitiço da vila

Ritmos continentais (1958)

• Vereda tropical
• Eclipse

O violão de Luiz Bonfá (1959)/ Solo in Rio 1959 (2005)

• Amor sem adeus
• Bonfabuloso (also ed. Mayer. available here)
• Brazilian in New York
• Chopin
• Fanfare
• Luzes do Rio
• Manhã de carnaval (tab for version from Orfeu Negro soundtrack, ed. Yasuoka, available here; also ed. Hodel, diff. version)
• Murder
• Na baixa do sapateiro
• Night and day
• Pernambuco
• Prelude to adventures in space (unfinished)
• Quebra mar
• Samba de Orfeu
• Sambolero (ed. Hodel, different version)
• Shearing
• Uma prece (ed. Yasuoka. tab version available here)
• Variations on guitar

The fabulous guitar of Luiz Bonfa (1959)

• Arabesque
• Bagpipes / Marcha Escosesa (also ed. Mayer, available here)
• Blue Madrid
• Carnival
• George back in town
• I’ll remember April
• Indian Dance
• Island of Trinidade
• Lonely Lament
• Marajo
• Nelly
• Preludio (ed. Yasuoka. tab for version from "Meu querido violão" available here)
• Velhos tempos
• Yesterdays

Luiz Bonfá sings and plays (1963)

• Amor que acabou
• Bossa nova chacha
• Ilha de coral (diff. version ed. Hodel)

Violão boêmio, vol. 2 (1964)

• Pescaria em paqueta (unfinished)
• Velha bossa nova (unfinished)

The Brazilian scene (1965)

• Her face

Introspection (1972)

• Adventure in space
• Concerto for guitar (ed. Mayer. available here)
• Enchanted mirror
• Leque (also ed. Mayer. available here)
• Missal (Estudo)
• Rain
• Reflections (aka Murder)
• Summertime love

Tv appearances, film soundtracks

• Tenderly (Perry Como show, 1963)
• Maretta e Gianni (from the film "Le ore del amore, 1963")
• Theme (from Le ore del amore, 1963) (unfinished)
• Ski song (Hollywood Palace show with Caterina Valente, 1965)
• Batucada (Mike Douglas show, 1966) (also ed. Hodel, slightly diff. version)
• Menina flor (Mike Douglas show, 1966)

Misc songs available elsewhere:

• Sambalamento, Ebony samba, Samba de duas notas, Silencio do amor, Engano (ed. Hodel)
• Passeio no rio, Na sambra da mangueiro, Love fascination, Xango (ed. Barbosa-Lima)
• Mar encantado (ed. Mayer)

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