Bate-Boca (Antonio Carlos Jobim) - arr. Paulo Bellinati

[@reneverstraeten]

great!!

[@sambac2053]

Samba This is very well played, indeed. But I think it makes more sense to play in meter. Rubato at cadences makes sense for romantic era music,a different era. It's Jobim ,it should groove.

[@ukejams]

Jobim was said to be inspired by Debussy, who is late romantic era. Arguably one of Jobim's best songs ever is Luiza, beautifully played in rubato.

[@sambac2053]

He was also inspired by Garoto .This piece owes much more to Choro than to impressionism . It should groove .

[@sambac2053]

Debussey, btw is categorized as post - romantic. It is worth noting that he was greatly inspired by Indonesian Gamelan music, which has a very sophisticated mechanisms for changing tempo,this is significantly different than not playing in time. Sadly too many contemporary “classical” guitarists treat rubato and it ‘expressive’ meaning not really playing in time, and play everything that way, regardless of period or style.

[@ukejams]

@@sambac2053 Jobim would roll in his grave knowing he was pigeonholed into metered time. That may be what he is most famous for, but he composed much more...his mind/work is more brilliant than his most popular songs.

[@Halikaarn]

Here's a recording of Jobim playing through the piece at home. Should settle the question of rubato: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y2nMd6KVls-fjJofeature=shared