Chords for Two Minute Jazz Guitar #8: Playing Bossa Nova Rhythms
Tempo:
77.2 bpm
Chords used:
F#m
A
E
F#
Gm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Hi folks, this is Peter Sprague.
This is two-minute jazz guitar
Exploring into bossa nova rhythms one of my favorite styles of music Brazilian music
sounds like this
[E] [Bm] [F#]
[Gm] [F#m] [Am] [F#m]
[A] So there's a [G] really unique thing that happens and [E] basically what's happening with the right hand
Left hand is kind of cool.
Just let's in fact today focus on D major 9 [B] as our chord
But in the [F#] right hand you have the thumb which is hitting the root and the fifth right on the beats
One two [D] three four one two three [E] four and then the fingers they're playing sort of a separate part
That's where all the syncopation comes in.
They're playing a two bar pattern.
The pattern goes like this one two ready [N] go
[F] Every two bars every two bars that repeats the same pattern slow
Bah bah [D] bah bah duh duh duh duh duh duh you can tell on the second part of the pattern
It's all on the off beats first part of patterns on the on beats, so we get it going together
thumb
[A] [F#m] pattern
[A]
What tends to happen is you tend to want to make the bass note the thumb?
Anticipate when the other chord anticipates, but that's where you have to get
separation between your thumb and your other fingers, but once you have it
[F#m] It's a great sound that when you shift chords
[G#] [Em]
[Gm] [F#]
[A] [F#m] Okay, [C#] hope that helps
This is two-minute jazz guitar
Exploring into bossa nova rhythms one of my favorite styles of music Brazilian music
sounds like this
[E] [Bm] [F#]
[Gm] [F#m] [Am] [F#m]
[A] So there's a [G] really unique thing that happens and [E] basically what's happening with the right hand
Left hand is kind of cool.
Just let's in fact today focus on D major 9 [B] as our chord
But in the [F#] right hand you have the thumb which is hitting the root and the fifth right on the beats
One two [D] three four one two three [E] four and then the fingers they're playing sort of a separate part
That's where all the syncopation comes in.
They're playing a two bar pattern.
The pattern goes like this one two ready [N] go
[F] Every two bars every two bars that repeats the same pattern slow
Bah bah [D] bah bah duh duh duh duh duh duh you can tell on the second part of the pattern
It's all on the off beats first part of patterns on the on beats, so we get it going together
thumb
[A] [F#m] pattern
[A]
What tends to happen is you tend to want to make the bass note the thumb?
Anticipate when the other chord anticipates, but that's where you have to get
separation between your thumb and your other fingers, but once you have it
[F#m] It's a great sound that when you shift chords
[G#] [Em]
[Gm] [F#]
[A] [F#m] Okay, [C#] hope that helps
Key:
F#m
A
E
F#
Gm
F#m
A
E
Hi folks, this is Peter Sprague.
This is two-minute jazz guitar
Exploring into bossa nova rhythms one of my favorite styles of music Brazilian music
sounds like this _
_ _ [E] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [F#] _
_ [Gm] _ _ [F#m] _ [Am] _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ [A] So there's a [G] really unique thing that happens and [E] basically what's happening with the right hand
Left hand is kind of cool.
Just let's in fact today focus on D major 9 [B] as our chord
But in the [F#] right hand you have the thumb which is hitting the root and the fifth right on the beats
One two [D] three four one two three [E] four and then the fingers they're playing sort of a separate part
That's where all the syncopation comes in.
They're playing a two bar pattern.
The pattern goes like this one two ready [N] go _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] Every two bars every two bars that repeats the same pattern slow
Bah bah [D] bah bah duh duh duh duh duh duh you can tell on the second part of the pattern
It's all on the off beats first part of patterns on the on beats, so we get it going together
thumb
[A] [F#m] pattern _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
What tends to happen is you tend to want to make the bass note the thumb?
Anticipate when the other chord anticipates, but that's where you have to get
separation between your thumb and your other fingers, but once you have it
[F#m] _ _ It's a great sound that when you shift chords
_ _ [G#] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ [F#] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [F#m] _ _ Okay, [C#] hope that helps
This is two-minute jazz guitar
Exploring into bossa nova rhythms one of my favorite styles of music Brazilian music
sounds like this _
_ _ [E] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [F#] _
_ [Gm] _ _ [F#m] _ [Am] _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ [A] So there's a [G] really unique thing that happens and [E] basically what's happening with the right hand
Left hand is kind of cool.
Just let's in fact today focus on D major 9 [B] as our chord
But in the [F#] right hand you have the thumb which is hitting the root and the fifth right on the beats
One two [D] three four one two three [E] four and then the fingers they're playing sort of a separate part
That's where all the syncopation comes in.
They're playing a two bar pattern.
The pattern goes like this one two ready [N] go _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] Every two bars every two bars that repeats the same pattern slow
Bah bah [D] bah bah duh duh duh duh duh duh you can tell on the second part of the pattern
It's all on the off beats first part of patterns on the on beats, so we get it going together
thumb
[A] [F#m] pattern _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
What tends to happen is you tend to want to make the bass note the thumb?
Anticipate when the other chord anticipates, but that's where you have to get
separation between your thumb and your other fingers, but once you have it
[F#m] _ _ It's a great sound that when you shift chords
_ _ [G#] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ [F#] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [F#m] _ _ Okay, [C#] hope that helps