Chords for How To Play Blue Bossa on Bass Guitar | Easy Jazz Basslines
Tempo:
124.5 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
D
Ab
Eb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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In this song lesson we're going to take a look at a jazz standard.
It's a Latin tune called Blue Bossa.
And this is just sort of an introduction really to the bossa nova sort of sound and bass.
It's a very distinctive thing.
Basically you have the rhythm that's so constant is that dotted [G] [C] quarter, [G] eighth and quarter
[C] [C]
[G] [C] on the one and the five of the chord change.
So Blue Bossa.
This is in the key of C.
It's a minor.
[Eb]
And we start off on C minor.
[G] [C]
[G] And then we go [F] to an F minor.
[C]
[C] [D] And then a [Ab] D minor 7 [G] flat 5.
And [D] G7 and [G] then back to [C] C minor.
Let's take a look at this a little bit more carefully.
C minor.
[G] C and G.
Those are the only two notes you need to play.
The F minor.
[F] F and C.
[C] Then for the D [G] minor 7 flat 5.
[D] We have D [Ab] and an A flat.
[D] We're playing one and five.
In this case it's a flat 5.
[Ab] And [G] then the G dominant 7th.
[D] [G]
G [D] and D.
And here because it's the five chord [G] sometimes [B] we'll use the third degree.
[B] The B.
[C]
Even though this is in the key of C minor.
[G]
[C] Which has a B flat in it.
The G chord is a dominant 7th chord in this song.
[Gb] And contains the [G] natural B.
[C] [G] It's sort of, it's not like we've left the key because we're really just trying to make
a very dominant chord for [C] the minor key.
[G]
[C] And so this is a very common chord progression in minor jazz tunes.
[D] We have the 2 minor 7 flat 5.
[Ab]
[D] And to [G] the 5 chord.
[B] Dominant 7th.
[G] To one minor.
[C]
[G]
[C] [F] And F [C] minor.
[F] The 4 minor.
[Ab] D minor 7 flat 5.
G [D] and [G] back to C.
So that's the A section.
That happens, that goes through twice.
That repeats.
[G]
[C] And you can improvise.
[F] [C]
[F] [C] [Ab]
[G]
[C] Now when we go to the B section of the song.
It changes keys for a little bit.
[Eb]
And we start off on the E flat.
[Bb] To the [Db] A flat to a D flat major 7 chord.
[Gb] [Dbm] We're in essence in D flat.
The key of D flat for just a minute.
[Eb]
[Bb] [Eb] [Ab] [Ab]
[Db] [Ebm] So we got the, [Eb] we got our E flat minor 7.
[Bb] [Ab] To A flat [Eb] dominant 7.
[Dbm] To [Ab] D flat major 7.
[Eb] And if we take a look at those chords.
This is a 2 5 in D flat.
2 minor 7.
[Bbm]
[Eb] To 5 dominant 7.
[Ebm]
[Ab] To [E] one major 7.
[Db]
[Db] [Gb] So that's why we've changed keys.
Now our tonic center is on the D flat.
Let me play that again.
And then show you how we transition back [Eb] out.
And make the key change back into C.
So here we go in the B section.
[Bb]
[Ab] [Eb] [Dbm] D [Ab] flat.
[Db] [Ab] And then we [D] go right to a D minor 7 flat 5.
[G] To G [D] dominant 7.
[C] [G] C minor.
[C] [Gb] It's a little tricky bit of harmony there.
Or at least tricky to the ear.
We have [Db] D flat major 7.
[C] [F] [Ab]
And all we do is move up to the [D] D.
But the 5, this note, stays the same.
Sort of a pivot modulation.
Pivots on that [Db] note.
[Ab]
Key [D] change.
[G] [D]
[C] Back to C minor.
[D]
[G] So [C] the form of this song is A B.
Back and forth.
We just play that whole A section.
[G]
[C] [G] [F]
[C] [F] [C] [D]
[Ab] [D] [C]
[G] [C] [G] [Eb]
[Bb] [Ab] [Eb]
[Dbm] [Ab]
[D] [Ab] [D]
[C] [G] [G]
And then [Gb] it all starts over again.
So great to improvise over.
You've got two different key centers to play around with.
And it's not too complicated to get lost in.
It's sort of like two different key centers that you can work around.
Alright, so let's play through the change one more time.
This is Blue Bossa.
[C] You [G] [C] go [F] to the F.
[C] [F] [C]
[Ab] D minor 7 flat [D] 5 to G dominant [C] 7.
Back to C minor.
[C] [G] Here we go to the key [Eb] change.
E flat, A flat, 2 [Ab] 5, and D flat.
And then [D] we go to minor 7 flat 5 to [D] 5 of C [C] minor.
[G]
I've written out the bass line there in the chart.
Or at least a version of that bass line that I'm playing.
And also I've included beneath it the melody.
And you can study the melody of it and learn
how to play that whole song together.
It's a great song on bass.
Easy to learn.
And gets you
It's a Latin tune called Blue Bossa.
And this is just sort of an introduction really to the bossa nova sort of sound and bass.
It's a very distinctive thing.
Basically you have the rhythm that's so constant is that dotted [G] [C] quarter, [G] eighth and quarter
[C] [C]
[G] [C] on the one and the five of the chord change.
So Blue Bossa.
This is in the key of C.
It's a minor.
[Eb]
And we start off on C minor.
[G] [C]
[G] And then we go [F] to an F minor.
[C]
[C] [D] And then a [Ab] D minor 7 [G] flat 5.
And [D] G7 and [G] then back to [C] C minor.
Let's take a look at this a little bit more carefully.
C minor.
[G] C and G.
Those are the only two notes you need to play.
The F minor.
[F] F and C.
[C] Then for the D [G] minor 7 flat 5.
[D] We have D [Ab] and an A flat.
[D] We're playing one and five.
In this case it's a flat 5.
[Ab] And [G] then the G dominant 7th.
[D] [G]
G [D] and D.
And here because it's the five chord [G] sometimes [B] we'll use the third degree.
[B] The B.
[C]
Even though this is in the key of C minor.
[G]
[C] Which has a B flat in it.
The G chord is a dominant 7th chord in this song.
[Gb] And contains the [G] natural B.
[C] [G] It's sort of, it's not like we've left the key because we're really just trying to make
a very dominant chord for [C] the minor key.
[G]
[C] And so this is a very common chord progression in minor jazz tunes.
[D] We have the 2 minor 7 flat 5.
[Ab]
[D] And to [G] the 5 chord.
[B] Dominant 7th.
[G] To one minor.
[C]
[G]
[C] [F] And F [C] minor.
[F] The 4 minor.
[Ab] D minor 7 flat 5.
G [D] and [G] back to C.
So that's the A section.
That happens, that goes through twice.
That repeats.
[G]
[C] And you can improvise.
[F] [C]
[F] [C] [Ab]
[G]
[C] Now when we go to the B section of the song.
It changes keys for a little bit.
[Eb]
And we start off on the E flat.
[Bb] To the [Db] A flat to a D flat major 7 chord.
[Gb] [Dbm] We're in essence in D flat.
The key of D flat for just a minute.
[Eb]
[Bb] [Eb] [Ab] [Ab]
[Db] [Ebm] So we got the, [Eb] we got our E flat minor 7.
[Bb] [Ab] To A flat [Eb] dominant 7.
[Dbm] To [Ab] D flat major 7.
[Eb] And if we take a look at those chords.
This is a 2 5 in D flat.
2 minor 7.
[Bbm]
[Eb] To 5 dominant 7.
[Ebm]
[Ab] To [E] one major 7.
[Db]
[Db] [Gb] So that's why we've changed keys.
Now our tonic center is on the D flat.
Let me play that again.
And then show you how we transition back [Eb] out.
And make the key change back into C.
So here we go in the B section.
[Bb]
[Ab] [Eb] [Dbm] D [Ab] flat.
[Db] [Ab] And then we [D] go right to a D minor 7 flat 5.
[G] To G [D] dominant 7.
[C] [G] C minor.
[C] [Gb] It's a little tricky bit of harmony there.
Or at least tricky to the ear.
We have [Db] D flat major 7.
[C] [F] [Ab]
And all we do is move up to the [D] D.
But the 5, this note, stays the same.
Sort of a pivot modulation.
Pivots on that [Db] note.
[Ab]
Key [D] change.
[G] [D]
[C] Back to C minor.
[D]
[G] So [C] the form of this song is A B.
Back and forth.
We just play that whole A section.
[G]
[C] [G] [F]
[C] [F] [C] [D]
[Ab] [D] [C]
[G] [C] [G] [Eb]
[Bb] [Ab] [Eb]
[Dbm] [Ab]
[D] [Ab] [D]
[C] [G] [G]
And then [Gb] it all starts over again.
So great to improvise over.
You've got two different key centers to play around with.
And it's not too complicated to get lost in.
It's sort of like two different key centers that you can work around.
Alright, so let's play through the change one more time.
This is Blue Bossa.
[C] You [G] [C] go [F] to the F.
[C] [F] [C]
[Ab] D minor 7 flat [D] 5 to G dominant [C] 7.
Back to C minor.
[C] [G] Here we go to the key [Eb] change.
E flat, A flat, 2 [Ab] 5, and D flat.
And then [D] we go to minor 7 flat 5 to [D] 5 of C [C] minor.
[G]
I've written out the bass line there in the chart.
Or at least a version of that bass line that I'm playing.
And also I've included beneath it the melody.
And you can study the melody of it and learn
how to play that whole song together.
It's a great song on bass.
Easy to learn.
And gets you
Key:
C
G
D
Ab
Eb
C
G
D
_ _ In this song lesson we're going to take a look at a jazz standard.
It's a Latin tune called Blue Bossa.
And this is just sort of an introduction really to the bossa nova sort of sound and bass.
_ It's a very distinctive thing. _
_ Basically you have the rhythm _ that's so constant is that dotted [G] _ _ [C] quarter, [G] eighth and quarter
[C] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ [C] on the one and the five of the chord change.
_ _ So Blue Bossa.
This is in the key of C.
_ It's a minor.
_ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ And we start off on C minor.
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
[G] And then we go [F] to an F minor.
[C] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [D] And then a [Ab] D minor 7 [G] flat 5.
And [D] G7 and [G] then back to [C] C minor.
Let's take a look at this a little bit more carefully.
C minor. _ _
_ [G] C and G.
Those are the only two notes you need to play.
The F minor.
[F] _ _ F and C. _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ Then for the D [G] minor 7 flat 5.
[D] _ _ We have D [Ab] _ and an A flat. _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] We're playing one and five.
In this case it's a flat 5.
_ [Ab] _ _ And [G] then the G dominant _ 7th.
[D] _ _ [G] _
G [D] and D.
And here because it's the five chord [G] sometimes _ [B] we'll use the third degree. _
_ [B] _ The B.
_ _ [C]
Even though this is in the key of C minor.
[G] _ _
[C] _ Which has a B flat in it.
The G chord is a dominant 7th chord in this song. _
[Gb] _ _ And contains the [G] natural B. _
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] It's sort of, it's not like we've left the key because we're really just trying to make
a very dominant chord for [C] the _ minor key.
_ [G] _
_ [C] _ And so this is a very common chord progression in minor _ jazz tunes.
[D] We have the 2 minor 7 flat 5.
_ [Ab] _ _
[D] And to [G] the 5 chord. _ _
_ [B] _ Dominant 7th.
[G] To one minor.
[C] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] And F [C] minor.
[F] The 4 minor.
_ _ [Ab] D minor 7 flat 5.
G [D] _ _ and [G] back to C.
_ So that's the A section.
That happens, that goes through twice.
That repeats.
_ [G] _ _
[C] And you can improvise.
[F] _ _ [C] _ _
[F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ Now when we go to the B section of the song.
It changes keys for a little bit.
_ _ [Eb]
And we start off on the E flat. _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ To the [Db] A flat to a D flat major 7 chord.
_ _ [Gb] _ [Dbm] We're in essence in D flat.
The key of D flat for just a minute.
[Eb] _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Db] _ _ _ _ _ [Ebm] So we got the, _ [Eb] _ _ _ we got our E flat minor 7.
_ [Bb] _ _ [Ab] To A flat [Eb] dominant 7.
_ [Dbm] To [Ab] D flat major 7.
[Eb] And if we take a look at those chords.
This is a 2 5 in D flat.
_ 2 minor 7.
[Bbm] _
_ [Eb] _ To 5 dominant 7.
[Ebm] _ _
_ [Ab] To [E] one major 7.
[Db] _ _ _
[Db] _ _ [Gb] So that's why we've changed keys.
Now our tonic center is on the D flat. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Let me play that again.
And then show you how we transition back [Eb] out.
And make the key change back into C. _
_ So here we go in the B section.
_ [Bb] _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Dbm] D [Ab] flat.
_ [Db] _ _ _ [Ab] And then we [D] go right to a _ D minor 7 flat 5.
_ [G] To G [D] dominant 7.
_ [C] _ [G] C minor.
[C] _ [Gb] It's a little tricky bit of harmony there.
Or at least tricky to the ear.
We have [Db] _ D flat major 7.
_ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Ab] _
And all we do is move up to the [D] D.
But the 5, this note, _ stays the same. _
_ _ Sort of a pivot modulation.
Pivots on that [Db] note.
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
Key [D] change.
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _
_ [C] Back to C minor.
[D] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ So _ [C] the form of this song is A B.
Back and forth.
We just play that whole A section.
[G] _
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [F] _ _
[C] _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [Eb] _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Dbm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
[D] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [G]
And then [Gb] it all starts over again.
So _ great to improvise over.
You've got two different _ key centers to play around with.
_ _ And it's not too complicated to get lost in.
It's sort of like two different key centers that you can work around.
_ _ _ _ Alright, so let's play through the change one more time.
This is Blue Bossa.
[C] You [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ go [F] to the F.
[C] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _
[Ab] D minor 7 flat [D] 5 to G dominant [C] 7.
Back to C minor.
[C] _ [G] Here we go to the key [Eb] change.
E flat, _ A flat, 2 [Ab] 5, and D flat. _ _
_ And then [D] we go to minor 7 flat 5 to [D] 5 of C [C] minor.
_ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I've written out the bass line there in the chart.
Or at least a version of that bass line that I'm playing.
_ And also I've included beneath it the melody.
_ And you can study the melody of it and learn
how to play that whole song together.
It's a great song on bass.
_ Easy to learn.
And gets you _
It's a Latin tune called Blue Bossa.
And this is just sort of an introduction really to the bossa nova sort of sound and bass.
_ It's a very distinctive thing. _
_ Basically you have the rhythm _ that's so constant is that dotted [G] _ _ [C] quarter, [G] eighth and quarter
[C] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ [C] on the one and the five of the chord change.
_ _ So Blue Bossa.
This is in the key of C.
_ It's a minor.
_ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ And we start off on C minor.
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
[G] And then we go [F] to an F minor.
[C] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [D] And then a [Ab] D minor 7 [G] flat 5.
And [D] G7 and [G] then back to [C] C minor.
Let's take a look at this a little bit more carefully.
C minor. _ _
_ [G] C and G.
Those are the only two notes you need to play.
The F minor.
[F] _ _ F and C. _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ Then for the D [G] minor 7 flat 5.
[D] _ _ We have D [Ab] _ and an A flat. _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] We're playing one and five.
In this case it's a flat 5.
_ [Ab] _ _ And [G] then the G dominant _ 7th.
[D] _ _ [G] _
G [D] and D.
And here because it's the five chord [G] sometimes _ [B] we'll use the third degree. _
_ [B] _ The B.
_ _ [C]
Even though this is in the key of C minor.
[G] _ _
[C] _ Which has a B flat in it.
The G chord is a dominant 7th chord in this song. _
[Gb] _ _ And contains the [G] natural B. _
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] It's sort of, it's not like we've left the key because we're really just trying to make
a very dominant chord for [C] the _ minor key.
_ [G] _
_ [C] _ And so this is a very common chord progression in minor _ jazz tunes.
[D] We have the 2 minor 7 flat 5.
_ [Ab] _ _
[D] And to [G] the 5 chord. _ _
_ [B] _ Dominant 7th.
[G] To one minor.
[C] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] And F [C] minor.
[F] The 4 minor.
_ _ [Ab] D minor 7 flat 5.
G [D] _ _ and [G] back to C.
_ So that's the A section.
That happens, that goes through twice.
That repeats.
_ [G] _ _
[C] And you can improvise.
[F] _ _ [C] _ _
[F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ Now when we go to the B section of the song.
It changes keys for a little bit.
_ _ [Eb]
And we start off on the E flat. _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ To the [Db] A flat to a D flat major 7 chord.
_ _ [Gb] _ [Dbm] We're in essence in D flat.
The key of D flat for just a minute.
[Eb] _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Db] _ _ _ _ _ [Ebm] So we got the, _ [Eb] _ _ _ we got our E flat minor 7.
_ [Bb] _ _ [Ab] To A flat [Eb] dominant 7.
_ [Dbm] To [Ab] D flat major 7.
[Eb] And if we take a look at those chords.
This is a 2 5 in D flat.
_ 2 minor 7.
[Bbm] _
_ [Eb] _ To 5 dominant 7.
[Ebm] _ _
_ [Ab] To [E] one major 7.
[Db] _ _ _
[Db] _ _ [Gb] So that's why we've changed keys.
Now our tonic center is on the D flat. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Let me play that again.
And then show you how we transition back [Eb] out.
And make the key change back into C. _
_ So here we go in the B section.
_ [Bb] _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Dbm] D [Ab] flat.
_ [Db] _ _ _ [Ab] And then we [D] go right to a _ D minor 7 flat 5.
_ [G] To G [D] dominant 7.
_ [C] _ [G] C minor.
[C] _ [Gb] It's a little tricky bit of harmony there.
Or at least tricky to the ear.
We have [Db] _ D flat major 7.
_ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Ab] _
And all we do is move up to the [D] D.
But the 5, this note, _ stays the same. _
_ _ Sort of a pivot modulation.
Pivots on that [Db] note.
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
Key [D] change.
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _
_ [C] Back to C minor.
[D] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ So _ [C] the form of this song is A B.
Back and forth.
We just play that whole A section.
[G] _
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [F] _ _
[C] _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [Eb] _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Dbm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
[D] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [G]
And then [Gb] it all starts over again.
So _ great to improvise over.
You've got two different _ key centers to play around with.
_ _ And it's not too complicated to get lost in.
It's sort of like two different key centers that you can work around.
_ _ _ _ Alright, so let's play through the change one more time.
This is Blue Bossa.
[C] You [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ go [F] to the F.
[C] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _
[Ab] D minor 7 flat [D] 5 to G dominant [C] 7.
Back to C minor.
[C] _ [G] Here we go to the key [Eb] change.
E flat, _ A flat, 2 [Ab] 5, and D flat. _ _
_ And then [D] we go to minor 7 flat 5 to [D] 5 of C [C] minor.
_ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I've written out the bass line there in the chart.
Or at least a version of that bass line that I'm playing.
_ And also I've included beneath it the melody.
_ And you can study the melody of it and learn
how to play that whole song together.
It's a great song on bass.
_ Easy to learn.
And gets you _