Paulinho Nogueira

Paulinho Nogueira (Campinas, 8 October 1929 – São Paulo, 2 August 2003) was a Brazilian guitarist, composer and singer.

Biography
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.

Craviola
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.

Discography

 * 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
 * Sempre amigos (1999) Movieplay
 * Reflexões (1999) Malandro Records
 * Toquinho Paulinho Nogueira (1998), with Toquinho
 * Chico Buarque – Primeiras composições (2002) Trama