Chords for Bossa Nova Guitar Lesson 1 of 1

[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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[Bb] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Hi, this is Gustavo Oliveira and this lesson is about [N] Bossa Nova guitar style.
_ _ This lesson is aimed to someone who has already been playing for a few years and knows basic
chords and basic strumming technique _ and now want to try learning some Brazilian style guitar playing.
_ _ Bossa Nova is a famous Brazilian music style and it's usually played on acoustic guitars
like this one but with nylon strings.
It has similar roots as _ samba which is another Brazilian rhythm _ but uses some elements from
jazz, _ particularly _ more complex harmonic chord voicings and played at slow tempos, usually
between 60 to 80 beats per minute.
When I say complex chord voicings, complex chords, not just triads using interval 7,
7, _ 6, _ 13, etc.
In this lesson I'm going to show you this basic pattern so you can practice.
It goes like [Am] this. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Am] _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gb] _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] There are two main components to this rhythmic guitar style.
[F] _ First, the bass line.
[D] It follows a common Latin pattern called the 1-5, meaning playing the root _ [A] and the fifth.
_ [N] So it goes like [D] this.
_ [A] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ [D] _ _
_ But [Bb] bass players [Bbm] tend to invert the fifth, meaning playing it one octave below.
[G] So that [C] movement turns into [D] this.
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Db] _ [D] _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
And the second part is related to the higher notes.
_ There, you play the strong beat with the bass one time and do some syncopation thereafter.
So the _ _ basic movement will be like this, just the higher notes.
[C] _ _
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[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ [C] _ _ _ _ [N]
Now, if you combine the two elements, you get the basic pattern [Am] I showed you earlier. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ [N] _ So in the next section, I will do a close-up of both hands so that you can see the details.
_ _ _ Let's start with the right hand and the bass line.
You pluck the bass line with your thumb because you need to keep your other fingers free to
play the high notes.
So the [Em] bass line [D] goes. _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ For the high [Dbm] notes, here's the rhythm you use with your index, middle, and ring finger,
[Ab] plucking the [E] fourth, third, and second string.
So [Gb] it goes like this. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
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[Gb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
Now if you put both parts together. _
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[C] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [C] _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Moving to [E] the left hand.
_ [Gb] The first set of chords that I'm playing are called the D7-9 and the [G] D7-9 with the [Am] bass on A.
_ [B] The fretting position for the [D] D7-9 is 5 [Gb]-5, 4 [C]-4, 3-5, 2 [N]-5.
In the D7-9 with bass on [A] A, it's 6 [Gb]-5, 4 [C]-4, 3 [Em]-5, 2-5.
_ The second set is the same thing but with the root on [Ab] C.
_ Therefore you [C] have the C7 [Gm]-9 and the C7-9 with bass on G. _
So the fretting position for the C7-9 [C] is 5-3, [Bb] 4-2, 3-3, 2-3.
And the C7-9 with bass on [A] G, the fretting [Ab] position [Gm] is 6 [E]-3, 4 [Gm]-2, 3-3, 2-3.
When I say 6-3, it means 6th string, [Bb] 3rd fret, [E] 4-2, 4th string, [N] 2nd fret.
The 3-3 means [Bb] 3rd string, 3rd fret.
And 2-3 means 2nd string, _ 3rd fret.
So all [Am] together again. _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [N] So notice that I'm using my middle finger to do the bass movement.
_ _ This lesson covers a basic bossa nova pattern for you to start working on Brazilian style guitar playing.
There are many others and you can even come up with your own.
The important part is to keep the basic formula, which is the 1-5 bass line that I showed you.
Whenever possible, sometimes it's not possible.
And the higher notes with some sort of syncopation.
For instance, a different [Em] pattern.
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gb] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
[C] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ And one final note I wanted to tell before I end the lesson is that once you get used to [Abm] this pattern,
and if you can [Dbm] play it fast [Am] like this, _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _
[Bbm] then what you're getting here is more of a samba feel.
You see, like I said before, bossa nova and samba, they have similar roots and it's like jazz and bebop,
but one is played at much faster tempos.
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