These should provide you with a good foundation in the style which you can use on other pieces. I have included 2 musical examples over common Bossa Nova chord sequences. The bass also plays in this way in samba music but at faster tempos.
Passing notes can be included to create movement. The role of the bass in Bossa Nova is a supporting one with the bass playing the root and fifth of each chord in a 2-feel style. Lyrically, the style is often romantic in nature. In coming lessons, we will look at some of these styles – funk, soul, blues and this month Bossa Nova.īossa Nova rose to popularity in the 1950’s and 60’s due to the release of classic albums by artists such as Antonio Carlos Jobim and Stan Getz.īossa Nova is a combination of samba rhythms and jazz harmony and it literally means ‘new trend’. This bass line might sound simple by itself but provides a solid foundation when mixed with the more syncopated comping patterns. Harmonically the notes tend to be a root descending to a fifth below, almost like a country bass line. However, jazz is a large and varied type of music which takes influence from many areas of the musical spectrum. Bossa Nova bass lines are quite simple and are usually just on beats one and three of the bar. that when she applies it to as familiar a bossa nova as The Girl From Ipanema. When we think of jazz bass playing, the first thing that comes to mind will often be the walking bass style which is so often associated with the genre. Magnes uses rumbling but unostentatious bass lines to create a rolling.
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