Chords for How To Play Blue Bossa on Bass Guitar | Easy Jazz Basslines

_ _ 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 _