A little Bossa with a lot of diminished chord played three times using single line, octaves and chord melody. Suitable for beginners.

In this lesson we are going to take a look at some Bossa Nova rhythm patterns, from "basic" patterns to more syncopated ones.

Brazilian kind of rhythm that is used in Bossa Nova and some styles from that country.

Funky/fusion melody with shred licks and an interesting harmony.

Lesson based on my Guitar Idol 2010 entry.

We'll develop some rhythm ideas using all 5 positions of the G minor pentatonic scale.

I took one the themes from "Pachabel Canon", turned it to minor mode and made it a bossa, so here it is.

This Brazillian music is a fusion of cool jazz elements with various rhythms, particularly the samba. I'm using a lot of maj7 & 7 chords such as Gmaj7 Cmaj7 B7 D7, and also dim chords.

Let's look at the solo part of the bossa nova lesson. As you see, it's pretty slow, nevertheless it covers all parts of the harmony.