The Real Way to Play Bossa Nova - Peter Martin | 2 Minute Jazz
Video Overview & Insights
Peter breaks down the real way to play a bossa nova groove.
beautiful as usual Peter. Can you go deeper into that little snippet of "Girl.." where you did double duty in your RHand for a convincing solo texture? From there, how do you pull off the "Once I Loved" triplets like that? Love the channel.
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such a relief to find lessons tailored to my attention span
What's going on everybody? Peter Martin here for Two Minute Jazz Piano.
I want to talk to you about bossanova jazz piano styles today and a little secret to tighten up your playing and get it a little bit more authentic in that authentic Brazilian Bossanova style.
Yes !
So that's the foundation of the groove. Now you'll notice that I'm not playing: all that with the bassline. You may have learned it that way, you may have seen it written in music that way, you may have played it in your stage band when you were in middle and high school, but that's not authentic and it really doesn't lend itself well to the actual forward momentum and movement of that Bossanova groove, which is really more based around the guitar and the piano in that tenor range providing the movement.
Two, three, four. So even without that bassline, I'm just imagining the bass player, that great Brazilian bass player playing that bassline, but all that rhythm is there, I'm just imagining the drums.
What chords is he playing?
So when you put in the bassline and you're maybe playing, you know, like: All you need in the bassline is: Just play half notes, relax. Maybe even some whole notes. You don't need that,
all that movement's here in the piano or the guitar.
That's it?????
Half notes. And the syncopation is not in the bass, it's in the right hand. Okay, so just add that one little element to your Bossanova playing which is really about taking out an element and I think you'll start to slide into that great Brazilian Bossanova groove a
little bit easier, alright? Happy practicing.
This sounds like desafinado.
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One detail. Bossa nova is not jazz. Bossanova was a mix CLASSICAL X SAMBA.
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wonderful, thanks. though i kinda like that base line
More User Perspectives
At last! Thanks.
@lesharris9560This is actually the first Bossa Nova piano tutorial that didn't make me shake my head, cry and say "I'm never gonna get this." Thank you!
@cariboux2I am from Brazil, and I play the piano. It is a very good video! Well done! 🇧🇷🇧🇷👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
@alexmarqsFinally a gringo on YouTube who can play bossa properly. All the other music youtubers seem to just follow the Real Book and not listen to the Brazilian albums at all (nothing past Getz-Gilberto). Congratulations and thanks for this video!! 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷
@detectordegados5292that does not sound authentic tho
@messiklauf928Just what I needed!
@rebanelson607on point!
@kensukei.4984Less is more....
@paulrodger8692Mindblowing. I learned more in this 2 minute video than I have watching hours of other YT videos. Also, I adore Boss Nova.
@faraway_lights3691Great teaching!
@alwayzbluesThis is not it bro.
This sounds 1000% American.
Excellent lesson, Peter! Would love to see your take on the Samba. 🎹🇧🇷
@LennyPricethat was great thankyou
@jakjan1I don't agree with the bass part you said
@livingpianoAnother great video to check out is Emily Remler advanced jazz and Latin improvisation. It's for guitar but all the things she talks about are just as legit for piano.
@jackwilloughby239This was 2:18 of my life WELL SPENT!! THANK YOU!!
@hamiltonhayes8341This might be a little uncharacteristic, but it's got a piano in it anyway...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FI1b9RK10JI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbYq-9rdO6s
@andyquinn11250:36 on a side note, that particular bass line is being used in "Song for my father" by Horace Silver. Happens to be in the exact same key as well!
Thank you for a very good video tutorial!
After struggling for weeks with my left hand, finally found your technique makes it sound more like the real thing.
Really valuable advice. Thank you so much.
You taught me something good in 2 minutes. Practical and clearly presentedm thanks!
@pc9467I was blind but now I see!
@hongkongtennisThank you so much for telling me one more time that less is more :-)
@heidigurtler5000Muito bom..👏👏
@pedronetto_oficialHey, I’m a brazilian musician, firstly, awesome video! If u allow me to add just some piece of information, in practice, that’s not played quite like that. Rhythmically, we usually add a lot of ghost notes between the second an first hands, and the bass is a very common misconception that is broadly spread and is actually really far from true (nobody at all plays the bass like that). The bass is actually pretty melodical, establishing a lota counterpoints with the melody or simply singing for itself very often, and most of the times moving through half or hole steps to the next chords, that 1-5 bass is just a pattern that is SOMETIMES used, repeating it like that makes thins very repetitive and monotonous. When playing that, try always to add a lot of rhythmical variation and a very active bass (well accompanied by hundreds of seventh’s and some minor sixth’s chords)! For further study I highly recommend the 2 minutes video: “o verdadeiro baixo da bossa nova” - Nelson Faria. I guess it is not subtitled, u can get the musical meaning from there though (firstly the pianist plays the wrong bass, and then an example of a good one). Thanks for ur attention! =)
@thigadao5086Cool.
@jacquesvandermeer6668Please do more videos on Bossa Nova, this was so helpful!
@elliotsullivancan anyone break it down the right hand please?
@travisdtCool, but the real way starts out being 2/4 and not 4/4. The bass line simulates a deaf samba school, being more staccato in the first half and accentuated in the second and alternating between the tonic and the fourth descendant. I hope I collaborated
@renatocatharino3940Can someone please tell me the chords he's playing! Thank you In advance
@lofirhyme6324unauthentic is a heavy word coming from a north american guy dictating a rule on brazilian music isn't it? You can hear the unauthentic bassline in a lot of jobim's solo performances on piano, such as in his posthumous live recording/album in minas gerais. The fact is they didn't use a single unique rhythm, and you can see that change from song to song. It'd also be helpful to explain the origins of the rhythm, which is the surdo and tamborim interaction from samba.
@omomo20My man looks like Ian from Alvin and the Chipmunks
@maru5259Hi Peter. That 2:18 video was very helpful to me beginning jazz piano. The simple bass that you demonstrate results in that lovely understated bossa nova style. Thanks and regards. Kevin Collins, Sligo, Ireland
@kcollins3451Excellent !!
@maracuja55I'm brazilian musician, that's it! Relax, just think the papa... Papapa..papa.papa...papapa
@tomal7077thank you
@edbergquist4745Maybe even whole notes.. just relax! Thank you for that advice.. I like to bounce around! Gotta turn my left hand dowwwnnnn
@justinmartin6796Missed the Gb7 though ;)
@jorge-keysThank you...
@edbergquist4745💋💋
@musickitchenwleyla9352Thank you so much !
Very good tip !!!
An American who plays better than most of Brazilians and thaught me (an Italian) the real way to play bossa.....After 5 years of various lesson on you tube, this guy opened my mind only telling to play with the right hand the syncophated notes.....In fact, if i play with the bass the syncophated notes, i can' t bear that "jumping" rhytm...On the contrary, the music seems more "fluid"..Thank you very much!!! Would you mind recording the whole song in a midi file so that I can slow it down and learn it easier?.....I'll buy it immediatly !!
@paolomaggi8188