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Bossa Nova Bass Ostinato. The bass ostinato is played with your left hand using the rhythms shown below. You want to hit the root note of the chord on beat 1 and the 5th of beat 3 of each bar. The little eighth notes before beats 1 & 3 can: Repeat the previous note; Anticipate the next note; Jump octaves; or.
A basic bossa nova guitar rhythm for a C major chord. Note the syncopation in the chord's rhythm and the sixth and ninth added to the C major for a richer sound. Drums and percussion. As in samba, the surdo plays an ostinato figure on the downbeat of beat one, the "ah" of beat one, the downbeat of beat two and the "ah" of beat two.
- Late 1950s, South Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- In Pattern 1, the bass notes will be played on beats 1 and 3 as noted above, and the “chords” (the 3 higher notes) will be plucked on 1, 2 and on the “and” of 3.
- Pattern 2 is a subtle variation of Pattern 1. The only difference is a chord strike on the “and” of 4 in the 1st bar, right before the bass comes down on the 1 of the 2nd bar.
- Pattern 3 is used in faster bossa nova songs and sambas. Note that the first bar is identical to the first bar of Pattern 2. The difference is in the second bar where the chords are played on the “and” of beat 1 and on beats 3 and 4.
- In pattern 4 we start to alternate the bass line between the 5th and 6th strings. We’ll also be alternating between patterns 2 and 3.
Nov 2, 2021 · That song is a flagship in a particular Brazilian genre called bossa nova. When it comes to Brazilian music, the first song that might come to mind is "The Girl From Ipanema" penned by songwriter Antônio Carlos Jobim and performed by singer Astrud Gilberto, guitarist João Gilberto, and saxophonist Stan Getz.
