Arthur Maia

[dreamer69]

Hi, I have got a video lesson of brasilian bassist Arthur Maia, anybody knows the name of this bass method??

[Human Bass]

I only know that he is a fretless master.

i will try to gather more information to you since i am brazilian

[Human Bass]

you can see some cool videos of him on action here http://www.arthurmaia.com.br/index2.htm

[neto]

hi everybody, this is my first post here and I hope to contribute so much!

arthur maia is a brazilian master who played many many times with MPB giants in brazil and other countries,
person like :

george benson,
Ernie Watts, Sheila E., Pat Metheny, Carlos Santana, and
Plácido Domingo.
Kenwood Dennard, John Patitucci
Djavan, Gilberto Gil ,
Luizão Maia [Brazilian samba bass master of all time!!!! amazing!!!],
Milton Nascimento, Paquito D'Rivera,
Ivan Lins
Jorge Benjor, Gal Costa, Lulu Santos, Caetano Veloso, Roberto Carlos, Martinho da Vila, Marisa Monte,
Mike Stern, among many many others !

his oficial site:[with audio/video samples]
http://www.arthurmaia.com.br/

but try youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/results?searc...&search=Search


by the way, he transcripted many things,

1)Arthur Maia Transcriptions
2) “como tocar contrabaixo” (how to play the bass)

Im sorry not to have them in pdf... or something...
but in his website there are some samples and
trancriptions ...