Paulinho Nogueira (Campinas, 8 October 1929 – São Paulo, 2 August 2003)[1] was a Brazilian guitarist, composer and singer.
Paulinho Nogueira, rear right, with Gildo De Stefano, rear left, at the Guitar's International Festival
He was an eclectic composer, his influences ranging from bossa nova to Bach. Paulinho Nogueira designed the craviola, a guitar with a sloping bout and offset body shape. He was the teacher of Toquinho.[2]
The Craviola is an acoustic guitar designed by Paulinho Nogueira and built by manufacturer Giannini.
Craviolas have a distinct asymmetric body shape that deviates from the upper and lower bouts of classical guitars. Its timbre is said to resemble a combination of sounds from a harpsichord and a viola caipira, hence the portmanteau (Cravo is the Portuguese word for harpsichord).
Craviolas can be six-string or twelve-string (either nylon or steel) and are produced solely by Giannini.
A voz do violão (1959) Columbia
Brasil, violão e sambalanço (1960) RGE
Menino desce daí/Tema do boneco de palha (1961) RGE 78
Sambas de ontem e de hoje (1961) RGE
Outros sambas de ontem e de hoje (1962) RGE
Mais sambas de ontem e de hoje (1963) RGE
A nova bossa é violão (1964) RGE
O fino do violão (1965) RGE
Sambas e marchas da nova geração (1966) RGE
Paulinho Nogueira (1967) RGE
Um festival de violão (1968) RGE
Isto É Sambalanço (1969) SBA
Paulinho Nogueira canta suas composições (1970) RGE
Dez bilhões de neurônios (1972) Continental
Paulinho Nogueira, violão e samba (1973) Continental 10.108
Simplesmente (1974) Continental
Moda de craviola (1975) Continental
Antologia do violão (1976) Phonogram
Nas asas do moinho (1979) Alequim
O fino do violão volume 2 (1980) Bandeirantes/WEA
Tom Jobim – Retrospectiva (1981) Cristal/WEA
Água branca (1983) Eldorado
Tons e semitons (1986) Independente
Late night guitar – The Brazilian sound of Paulinho Nogueira (1992)
Coração violão (1995) Movieplay
Brasil musical – Série música viva – Paulinho Nogueira e Alemã (1996) Tom Brasil
