Triste | Lessons #14 and #15 | Play and Sing + Solo parts
Learn how to play and sing Triste, by Tom Jobim. Chords, rhythm, pronunciation guide, and a small solo part. Bossa Nova guitar lesson.
Garota de Ipanema | Lesson #13 | Play and Sing + Solo parts
Learn how to play The girl from Ipanema, by Tom Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes. Chords, rhythm, pronunciation guide, and a small solo part.
O Barquinho | Lesson #9 | Play and Sing + Solo parts
Learn how to play and sing O barquinho, by Roberto Menescal and Ronaldo Bôscoli. Chords, rhythm, and a small solo part. Bossa Nova guitar.
Corcovado | Lesson #8 | Play and Sing with Solo parts
Learn to play and sing Corcovado, by Tom Jobim. Also, learn to play the intro and a little solo at the end of the song. Bossa Nova guitar lesson.
Manhã de Carnaval | Lesson #7 | Play and Sing with Solo parts
Learn to play and sing Manhã de carnaval, by Luiz Bonfá. Also, learn to play the intro and some solo parts along the song. Bossa Nova guitar lesson.
Brigas nunca mais | Lesson #6 | Play and Sing
Learn how to play Brigas nunca mais, by Tom Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes. Chords, rhythm, pronunciation guide, and some rhythmic variations.
Samba da benção/ Final details for Bossa Nova rhythm | Lesson #5
Learn the final details of the rhythm so you can play as Joao Gilberto plays. Also learn to play Samba da Benção, a song typical of Bossa Nova.
Rhythmic variations for Bossa Nova | Lesson #4
Learn some rhythmic variations for Bossa Nova and go beyond the basic. Varying the rhythm is the key to playing Bossa Nova as a pro.
How to play Bossa Nova rhythm step by step | Lesson #3
Learn to play a basic rhythm for Bossa Nova. You will also learn a small solo arrangement to start practicing solo guitar right away.
Brazilian Rhythms – Choro (FREE LESSON)
As I showed in the previous post about Bossa nova, the stress point is one of most important things to keep in mind relative to the rhythms. The Choro, for example, when is played incorrectly (putting accent on the beat) may sounds like European march. You can realize this in “Mozart’s Turkish March” (K331).
The Choro emerged on the middle of 19th Century. At first, it was more a way to play European music than an authentic Brazilian music style. See the rhythm notation in the following example:
Note that there are two types of accent marks. The first indicates that we have to play a […]
Brazilian Rhythms – Bossa Nova (FREE LESSON)
The first thing to know is that most traditional Brazilian songs are composed from two beats per measure. Most musical styles that arose from folk culture owe their form to several cultural expressions such as dance, singing, accent, and religious expressions; different people have different ways to express music. It is also important to know that most Brazilian rhythms have the stress on the off-beat, or nearly so. Despite correctly following the rhythmic subdivision, you could fail to reach a satisfactory result if you forget this detail.
The Bossa nova emerged around 1958 in Rio de Janeiro, and there is no doubt that it was the most famous Brazilian music style outside Brazil. Tom Jobim and […]