The guitar in Brazil has been influenced largely by Brazilian popular music (the choro, samba, bossa nova etc.)

Here is a cool way to break away from regular patterns your fingers are used to. I'll call this the digital method. The pattern is developed by using any sequence of notes from any scale or mode.

Melodic development is the process of manipulating a melody into other related melodies. If you learned a tune and know the melody why not try making variations of the actual melody.

Accenting, crescendos and decrescendos can be compared to the speaking voice. When we talk, we emphasize certain words and phrases by raising and lowering our voices, and this is how we communicate effectively with our thoughts and feelings.