Bossa Nova Piano Chords

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Bossa nova piano chords. Bossa nova plays around with jazz chord progressions mostly. It s not played on a nylon string but on my acoustic guitar. The chords played in bossa nova are jazz chords usually extended chords 9 11 13. Play the rhythm pattern to the cmaj9 chord.
Here s the guitar chord chart only 4 chords. The chords are coloured with 9th 11th and 13th tones which is common in bossa nova style. In terms of harmonic structure bossa nova has a lot common with jazz music as both share a sophisticated use of seventh and extended chords. Bossa nova is a relative hard style to learn mostly because of the rhythmic practice that make use of syncopated patterns.
Bossa nova open position left hand accompaniment on an f major 7 chord for jazz piano as you can see we are breaking up the chord now putting the root on beat 1 the bottom note of the chord on the and of 2 the top note on beat 3 and a pickup note on the and of beat 4. The two middle notes of the c6 9 are played with a little bar of the first finger. The first stage is to master a bossa nova rhythm. While you play the bass with your thumb switching between 5th and 6th string the chord tones are played with your index middle and ring finger on the 4th 3rd and the 2nd string.
A chord progression is an order in which you play the chords and that order is related to the scale. There one specific chord group you can use and combine with fitting rhythms to instantly make your guitar sound bossa nova. This is an introduction that mainly focuses on chords you can use to begin play in the bossa nova style. With a little study you will quickly be able to play a riff in bossa nova style.
Here s the mp3 for the bossa nova guitar pattern we re going to learn.