Gustavo Assis-Brasil is a Brazilian-American guitarist. He is considered a pioneer in the study and development of the hybrid picking technique for guitar. In 2005, he released the book ''Hybrid Picking for Guitar''.

Career

In 1999 he received a scholarship to get his Master's degree at

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and

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. His teachers included David Fiuczynski, Mick Goodrick, and

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. He studied improvisation and composition with

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and Prasanna. He took master classes and lessons with Frank Gambale, David Liebman,

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, Mike Stern, and John Scofield. From 2001 until 2006, Assis-Brasil played and toured with the Dig Trio. In 2005, Assis-Brasil released the book ''Hybrid Picking for Guitar'' about combining the pick and fingers to play the guitar. In 2008, he released the follow-up book, ''Hybrid Picking Exercises: Single Note Permutations'', with more than 1,400 different exercises based entirely on math permutations. Also in 2008, Assis-Brasil released a live DVD/CD combo called ''In Concert'', which features his original compositions. In the same year, he was invited by ESC Records in Germany to write and record an arrangement of

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's "Aja" as part of the tribute album ''Maestros of Cool''. In 2009, Assis-Brasil was invited to participate in the album ''Mahavishnu Re-Defined – A Tribute to John McLaughlin and the Mahavishnu Orchestra''. In 2010 he composed music for the soundtrack to the Brazilian movie ''Manhã Transfigurada''. In 2011, Assis-Brasil released his third book, ''Hybrid Picking Lines and Licks''. British guitarist

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wrote the foreword. In 2017, his song "Gee," from his album ''Chromatic Dialogues'', won the Instrumental category for the 2016 International Songwriting Competition (ISC). In 2019, Gustavo released his fourth book, “Advanced Hybrid Picking Etudes Vol.1”. This book has received praise by musicians like Plini, Per Nilsson ( Meshuggah), Vardan Ovsepian, among others. He has performed and recorded with

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, Mozik, Tim Ries, Esperanza Spalding,

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, and

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. He is the director of the jazz and Contemporary Music Ensembles of

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, and he teaches at Berklee College of Music during the guitar sessions.
faculty listing Assis-Brasil taught clinics at the

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in Los Angeles, California; University of Southern California; Berklee College of Music, Boston, Massachusetts;

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, Brazil; Federal University of Santa Maria, Brazil; University of Passo Fundo, Brazil, and Uppsala Guitar Festival, Sweden.

Discography

* ''Bichofolha'' with Guilherme Barros (1996) * ''In Concert'' (2008) * ''Manha Transfigurada'' (2010) * ''Chromatic Dialogues'' (2016) With Dig Trio * ''Dig Trio'' (2003) With Mozik * ''Mozik'' (2011)

Bibliography

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References

External links

Official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Assis-Brasil, Gustavo Living people Berklee College of Music alumni Boston Conservatory at Berklee People from Rio Grande do Sul Brazilian jazz guitarists Year of birth missing (living people)