Bossa Nova Starter Pack

Learn Bossa Nova comping and chord melody in a beginner friendly way!

All lessons come with links to videos, PDF Tabs (including notation, tab and chord diagrams), Guitar Pro Tabs* and Backing Tracks.

• 5 Lessons (see list below) in an 70MB zip folder
• Bossa Nova rhythms and chord comping
• Learn 3 iconic Bossa Nova songs as solo arrangements (chord melody)
• Detailed video tutorials
• Tabs include Tab, notation and chord diagrams
• Backing Tracks

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Bossa Nova Starter Pack Lesson List:

1. Bossa Nova Patterns + O Barquinho Comping:
   You'll learn the Basic Bossa Pattern and how to split it correctly into 1 bar and half bars. We'll then apply it to the Bossa standard "O Barquinho" (My Little Boat).
   + PDF Tab, Guitar Pro Tab* and 8 Backing Tracks
   
   
2. Girl From Ipanema – Rhythm Comping:
   This song will teach you the jazz chords and rhythmic accompaniment. This will not only allow you to accompany the melody, but will also pave the way for the chord melody arrangement that follows.
   + PDF Tab, Guitar Pro Tab* and 2 Backing Tracks (with altered melody)
   
   
3. Girl From Ipanema – Chord Melody:
   Now you’re ready for the chord melody arrangement. 
   + PDF Tab, Guitar Pro Tab* and 2 Backing Tracks (drums and bass)
   
   
4. Black Orpheus – Chord Melody:
   Aka “manha De Carneval”. This is one of the most popular Bossa tunes, because of it’s catchy melody.
   + PDF Tab, Guitar Pro Tab* and 2 Backing Tracks (drums and bass)
   
   
5. Corcovado – Chord Melody:
   Aka “Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars”. This song has exactly the relaxed Brazil feeling mentioned before.
   + PDF Tab, Guitar Pro Tab* and 2 Backing Tracks (drums and bass)
   
   + Bonus: 
   Finally, you'll get the 10 Basic Jazz Chords PDF sheet as a free bonus. This will help you to have a systematic overview of the most important jazz chords.
   
   

Each Tab has Tab notation, standard music notation and chord boxes.

+ Link list to all Youtube video performances

Master Bossa Nova rhythms and chord melody!
Who doesn’t love the relaxed feeling of Bossa Nova? Imagine sitting in the evening sun, playing the most iconic Bossa standards. My Bossa Nova lesson bundle will teach you all you need to do just that, in a structured mini course.

I recommend starting with the Bossa Patterns. This will help you get the comping and also the chord melody tunes right. Chord melody can be challenging when a rhythm is supposed to fill the spaces between the melody. If you have the Bossa rhythm under your fingers it will come naturally and won't be that much of a struggle anymore.

The chosen selection includes the most popular Bossa Nova songs, arranged in a beginner friendly way by yours truly. 

Finally, you'll get the 10 Basic Jazz Chords sheet as a bonus. This will help you to have a systematic overview of the most important jazz chords.

* You need the Guitar Pro software to open the GP files. Guitar Pro is a software by Arobas Music that plays back written music notation / TABS. I don't sell this software, I just write TABS for it. Those files are a free bonus! If you don't own the Guitar Pro software, just use the PDF Tab instead. It's the SAME notation / TAB.