Carlos Carrillo5th December 2008The First!!!! bossa nova harmony!!! Really cool mate!!
Nazgul5th December 2008I think the video is a bit slower than the tone.
But of course great playing. 
Kuba Szafran5th December 2008Sounds great Vasilije, beautiful chord progression!
kaznie_NL5th December 2008Thanks, sounds nice!!
Bogdan Radovic5th December 2008Very useful lesson Vasilije!
Ivan Milenkovic5th December 2008sounds great mate, very smooth and cool! Great job!
Emir Hot5th December 2008bravo Vasilije. Very nice
Vasilije Vukmirovic5th December 2008Thanks guys! Glad you like it!
Hisham Al-Sanea5th December 2008nice bossa Vasilije .I like this rhythm
Dejan Farkas5th December 2008Very nice
Gerardo Siere6th December 2008Nice lesson, beautiful bossa.
Toni Suominen6th December 2008Nice one Vasilije!
Piotr Kaczor6th December 2008Cool lesson mate!
Marcus Siepen9th December 2008cool lesson
Sinisa Cekic10th December 2008Nice melody & chords Vasilije,bravo !
- tradin-war-stories12th December 2008
thanks for the lesson, nice chords progression
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Hi GMC-ers! Here is an example of bossa nova harmony, arranged in a typical way, although I added some extra notes in each chord to create a little melodic movement. The song is in the key of D minor, and instead of Dmin I play dmin9 in the first bar, a popular bossa nova chord. The next chord is A#dim which I play instead of A7, A# in the bass creates a little tension and makes the harmony more interesting though it’s very typical.
The next group of chords are 2-5-1 harmonic movement, with a little melody in it and a bass progression beneath it. Same 2-5-1 harmony repeats but the first two chords are repeated in different positions so you can’t really feel that it's basically the same thing. Rhythm shape for the right hand is a little expanded compared to the traditional way of playing.
And just to remind you, let the notes last, don’t syncopate, articulate or whatever (many players do so), if it’s eighths don’t make it sixteenths because it’s not samba, and in the next lesson I will add melody so the whole thing will make perfect sense.
Keep on playing!
Vasilije
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