Hello, hello - this is Romero Lubambo, Open Studio, to talk a little bit about
the beginning of the studies for the Bossa Nova music. Everything we do
everything I do in a guitar in terms of rhythms I always think about the
percussion players. In case of the Bossa Nova, like I said in the first lesson, the
Bossa Nova came from the Samba patterns as if you can call that from this
"escola de samba" from the samba school, and what we try to do on the guitar, to make
it really authentic, is to try to emulate, to imitate those instruments in "escola de samba"
"escola de samba" is the big
percussion ensemble that we have and in those parades for Carnaval. They're
incredible musicians and they play together like sometimes 500-600
musicians play really in sync. It's incredible, it's unbelievable - so what
we have to do is to try to bring that knowledge, that rhythm for the
guitar. Of course it is hard if you think just like that but there is a way and
that's why we are here to tell you how. First of all, the Bossa Nova would be
very basically speaking like
so this bass - we are trying to imitate the bass drum in the
percussion ensemble we call 'surdo". Surdo is that big drum that you can see
the "escola de samba" they provide the basic rhythm, the pace, the tempo for
the whole ensemble. And this is going to be done with the thumb for us.
In the beginning just like a quarter note which is......
Depending on the chord, you're going to do this bass note in different strings on the
guitar of course in different positions. This is an 'A' for the guitar player. Right?
If the chord is a 'D' you're going to do the same thing like this
So in the beginning, you have to just be comfortable doing this. It may be.. it may
look like a simple thing to do, but it's hard to do this steady. You have to do
that steady. Think about those drums are giving the tempo of the song for the
whole ensemble. They have to be extremely steady, and that's what we have
to try to do. So the bass of the chord...
simulating the big drums. The other three fingers in Bossa Nova normally we
play with the thumb and those three fingers here - this, this and this - and
those are going to provide not only the sound of the chord, but also the
rhythm of the tambourines. Tambourines are those little drums that
they have a high pitch, and they cut a lot. I have something
here that's not a tambourine, but that's something fun for you to
understand. They would do something -
This is the basic pattern for the Samba, which comes to the Bossa Nova also. So I'm
gonna try to do this on the guitar. I'm gonna just make it a little slower so
you guys can understand well. Can you see there? And th the tambourine would be like...
So we take this and put it here in those three fingers, in this case of this chord
with those three fingers here. Let's do it slower even.
As always, we have to try to be very steady with the rhythm. I'm very always concerned about the
tenderness of the rhythm, because that's what's going to make the thing to swing
right, you know. So if you put it together the tambourines with the surdo, which is...
...you have the Bossa Nova rhythm which is -
so I I would say to you is a very good idea and I did that a lot, is to try to
do those things separate so you can really concentrate on what you're doing
I know this seems very simple,
It doesn't matter if you play slower or faster - what matters is to be steady.
If you start slower like...
That's it - that's the beginning to start a whole world of beautiful music which
they call Bossa Nova, and this is the beginning of everything. If you start
here and we're going to go over all the chords and other rhythms and
other progressions and everything, and it's going to be fun and nice for you
and for me too! So thank you very much for watching and "Boa sorte com a música"