Clarinet Blog: History, Technique, and Performance

"Ingenuo" is a piece that represents Pixinguinha’s maturity. It is a deeply inspired choro-canção, melancholy and tranquil in character, written in a 2/4 time signature. As a clarinetist, I have had the pleasure of performing 'Ingenuo' several times and in various contexts.

The choro song “Carinhoso” is the most famous work of Pixinguinha, with hundreds of recordings made all over the world,