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 Bibliography Gildo De Stefano, Il popolo del samba: la vicenda e i protagonisti della Música popular brasileira, Prefazione di Chico Buarque, RAI Editions, Rome 2005 Gildo De Stefano, Saudade Bossa Nova: musiche, contaminazioni e ritmi del Brasile, Prefazione di Chico Buarque, Introduzione di Gianni Minà, Logisma Editore, Firenze 2017, References 1929 births 2003 deaths Bossa nova guitarists Columbia Records artists Malandro Records artists 20th-century guitarists