Chords for Bossa Nova Beats - FreeDrumLessons.com

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_ In this video lesson I'd like to show you one of the greatest Latin grooves
out there.
It's the Brazilian bossa nova.
Now this is a groove you're definitely
going to have to play at some point in your life if you're a working musician. _
Now this beat can be very challenging if you're not shown what I'm about to show
you because I'm breaking it down bit by bit.
The beat is all eighth note based.
Let's look at number one in the sheet music provided. _
If you notice we're just
playing straight eighth notes _ on the hi-hat cymbal.
That's all that is.
It's just straight eighth notes.
_ With the cross stick we're actually going to play
a 3-2 pattern but it's not the rumba clave pattern or the son clave pattern.
It's actually a 3-2 Brazilian pattern which has been nicknamed the Brazilian
clave. _
_ The pattern that's being played on the left hand or on the
cross stick sound is going to go 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and.
Notice that the beat is no longer on beat 3 of the second bar.
It's pushed to
the end of the second bar.
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_ Exercise number two is the bossa nova complete between the hi-hat, the cross
stick sound [C] and the bass drum.
So what we're going to do is we're going to do exactly
the same that we did in exercise number one is play all the eighth notes on the
hi-hat.
The left hand is going to play the 3-2 bossa nova clave pattern.
The
bass drum added is going to be 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and.
Something like this. _
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number three is a four-way coordination bossa nova.
This time we're
going to take all the eighth notes and play them on the ride cymbal.
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hand is still going to play the 3-2 bossa nova clave pattern.
The bass drum is still going to play 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and.
This time we're going to add our left foot on 2 and 4.
Now what you can practice as well is a
little ostinato which is a repeated rhythmical section and your feet end up
playing boom boom boom boom boom _ _ while you're adding the hands.
Something like this.
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_ _ Exercise number four is another four-way coordination bossa nova but this time
we're going to play the 2-3 bossa clave on the left hand.
So exactly the same we did in
number three, eighth notes on the ride, 2 and 4 on the hi-hat with the left foot, bass drum playing boom boom boom boom boom. _
_ This time we play the cross stick 2-3 bossa nova clave.
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[D] _ This concludes the section on the Brazilian bossa nova.
Now run off to your drum set and start practicing this right away.
Now one thing to keep in mind with the bossa is it's not a very fast beat.
It's meant to be played slow to a
medium tempo.
_ You'll notice that if you can play the bossa nova you're going to get _ hotel type of gigs, casuals, cruise ship gigs, auditions for college, you name it.
It's just going to open up a whole new world for you if you can play the bossa nova.
So run to the drums, have fun. _
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