Bossa Nova rhythm lesson - expression examples

Andy Volk · Post by **Andy Volk** » 25 Apr 2018 2:35 am

https://learningbrazilianguitar.com/201 ... n-rhythms/

This is very subtle. Had to listen a few times to really hear it.

Charlie McDonald · Post by **Charlie McDonald** » 25 Apr 2018 12:42 pm

I did too. I gather he means not to stress the downbeat too much, as may be the tendency in domestic bossa nova, perhaps.

Andy Volk · Post by **Andy Volk** » 26 Apr 2018 5:46 am

A little bit confusing and doesn't exactly sound like Bossa comping the way my favs do it. Evan though Bossa is technically a 2/4 groove my brain likes it in 4/4.

Joachim Kettner · Post by **Joachim Kettner** » 26 Apr 2018 6:14 am

Bossa Nova is a very complex music. May I tell a funny story?
I was entering a bakery and I saw a 100 Euro bill laying on the floor. I picked it up and I bought what I had in mind. When I was leaving I had a very bad conscience and thought maybe someone poor had lost it. What should I do?
A friend of mine has a music store a few feet away, he gave me the advice to leave my phone number at the bakery, so the person who lost it could give me a call.
I went back to the music store and in gratidude for the advice I bought this book:

I lived with it for a couple of days but I gave up.

Andy Volk · Post by **Andy Volk** » 26 Apr 2018 6:56 am

I adore Bossa and have played it for years. I tend to comp Bossa rhythms based on my ear as opposed to trying to read rhythms. I have the book as well and it's very well done but somehow it didn't make a difference in anything I do. Guess I'm just lazy!

Charlie McDonald · Post by **Charlie McDonald** » 26 Apr 2018 7:23 am

The exercise made me try to recall how I played it as a lad, thinking I'd learned it properly by listening to Gilberto on guitar.
When he switches to piano, who could annotate just how far in front of the beat he plays? Very subtle
It must be a subtle difference, maybe attended by a few, all of them Brazilians.

I did go back and listen again, the right way first. The wrong way has emphasis on the downbeat.
The classical bass line is on the downbeats, so I think he doesn't want that overemphasized (westernized).
Who knew bossa nova was that hard? (To me, it's an aural tradition anyway. Or we're lazy as you say. But really, is there a lazier musician than Gilberto?)