1 Bossa Nova Harmony And Rhythm Guitar Pro

General Outline: Very influenced by jazz melodies and harmonies, the bossa nova is played like a "soft" samba, with a simplified rhythmic section, and more elaborated harmonies. From the south east of Brasil, more specifically Rio de Janeiro, the bossa nova reached its apogee in the late fifties and is more well known internationally than most forms of Brasilian music. Antonio Carlos Jobim (as composer) and Joao Gilberto (primarily as a singer and guitarist) are the most important artists in bossa nova. Their first important recording was "Chega de Saudade" (March 1959). Musical Characteristics: Certain harmonic progression have almoust became "cliches" since the advent of the bossa nova, such as the shifting of major and minor modes in a tonic-dominant relationship (e.g. Gm7 to Cmaj7) and harmonic substructions for the classic II - V - Im using minor 6 and diminished chords. Example 1 is a diatonic harmonisation. Examples 2 -- 5 is a "bossa nova" style reharmonizations. In the rhythmic section we will usually find small groups with soft percussion instruments (claves, match box, tambourine, ganza). Bossa Nova clave: The "clave" is a rhythmic "cell" that's the root of most rhytmic patterns. This "cell" is usually played all the way through a song by a percussion instrument knows as "claves" (two round polished sticks which are struck together), or any other instrument. On the drum set, it can be imitated by the rim shot. The "clave" can be played as shown on Example 6 or inverted (Example 7), but once the pattern begins, it doesn't revert. Nelson Faria "Brazilian Guitar Book"

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