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Apanhei-te Cavaquinho

Ernesto Nazareth

Style
Choro
Tradition
Brazilian choro
Form
Polka
Key
G
Level
6
Played on
Keyboard

In the public domain. Source

Music

80bpm

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History

The title means "Caught you, cavaquinho!" and nobody is sure why. One explanation is that it was a common phrase for catching someone in an awkward moment; another hears the right hand of the piano as a flute and the left as a cavaquinho. Nazareth wrote it around 1914, during his years at the Cine Odeon, and Casa Mozart published it right away. It was a big success, Nazareth recorded it himself in 1930, and it has since been recorded more than 200 times.