Bossa Nova Rhythm Part 2

Rob Schumann: So this is Bossa Nova rhythms part two and in part one we had looked at some jazz voicings that you will typically see in all the jazz standards and apply that to a Bossa Nova style of comping that was sort of simplified version that we did in part one, what we were just getting into some of the syncopation and the accents on beats one, that you typically see with this style. So today we are just looking at some more typical chords, some very typical Major, Minor, 2-5-1's, and then we will make that rhythm comping a little bit more difficult and this would be a little bit more interesting. So let's go over the chords that we are using first, many of these shifts you would be familiar from last time. Then we will just take a look at the right hand rhythms that we are using in this case. So we are starting with what's known as a Major 2-5-1, and basically that means that we are starting on the two chord of a particular key. So in this case we are going to end up resolving to some kind of E Flat Major chords, you could say this is in the key of E Flat. So we are starting off on the two chord, which would be F. So in this case I am going to play an F Minor 9, which is just an extension so you could think of it as functioning as an F Minor 7. So you notice we have got the second finger here on the eighth fret of the fifth string. First finger on the sixth fret of the fourth string and the third and fourth finger here on the eighth fret of the second and third string. So I will try to be good about naming those frets since we don't have any markings on nylon string guitar. So there is an F Minor 9 and then we are going to go to a 5 chords. So this would be the five of that E Flat Major that we are going to resolve to. So for this we are going to play a B Flat 13. So that's another extension that you could think of over a dominant 7 chord. So in this case I have got the first finger on the sixth string on the sixth fret, second finger on the fourth string sixth fret; third finger going to the seventh fret of the third string and fourth finger going to the eight fret of the second string. That's going to give me my B Flat 13 and then I am going to end this section on an E Flat Major 9 and this I am going to let go for two bars. This is just an extension of a Major 7 chord. So this is the one chord that we are resolving to. So here I have got the second finger on the sixth fret of the fifth string, first finger on the fifth fret of the fourth string, third finger on the sixth fret of the second string and fourth finger on the seventh fret of the third string. You can see these fingerings in the tab at the beginning of the video also. So that chord basically has all the important notes in it, it leads out the fifth. So it's an E Flat Major 9. So that gives us our Major 2-5-1. Then we also have a Minor 2-5-1 in this progression as well. This is going to be a Minor 2-5-1 in D. So we are going to start on the two chord of Minor, which is always a Minor 7 Flat 5. So in this case it's going to be an E Minor 7 Flat 5, you can also call this an E half-diminished chord. So that's going to be right here, the first finger on the seventh fret of the fifth string, second finger on the seventh fret of the third string, third finger on the eight fret of the fourth string and fourth finger on the eight fret of the second string. So that gives me an E Minor 7 Flat 5. Now I am going to go to an altered dominant chord and so as we discussed in part one when you are in a Minor 2-5-1, you have to alter those dominant chords. So in this case we are going to have an A 7 Flat 13 chord. The only difference between that and that B Flat 13 that we played is, basically, I am going to take this fourth finger and drag it back a fret. So we are here in A. So the first finger is going to be on the fifth fret of the sixth string, second finger is fifth fret of the fourth string and the third and fourth fingers are on the sixth fret of the third and second string. So that gives me an A 7 Flat 13 chord, just an altered dominant and then I am going to end on basically a D Minor 9 chord. So that's the same extension that we have with that F, now we are in D. So I have the second finger on the fifth fret of the fifth string, first finger is back here on the third fret of the fourth string and the third and fourth fingers are also on the fifth fret, third and second string. So those were all the chords that we will be using and that you will notice that I played in the example at the beginning. So I am going to teach you how to play exactly what I played at the beginning of the clip. So now with the rhythm that we are doing, basically every chord is going to have one bar to itself except for that E Flat Major 9, which I will go ahead and give two bars to. But we are going to basically have a two Major pattern, so it will change between chords. So on this F Minor 9 chord, here is the pattern that I am going to be playing, one more time. What I am doing is I am hitting with the thumb and the fingers, the middle four strings, and then I am cutting off those treble notes just like we did in part one, where I am muting them and then I am hitting it again on B2. Then on the end of 2, we are going to drop the second finger down and grab the fifth of the chord. So that's the eighth fret there on the sixth string so I am grabbing a C note, so that's the fifth of F. Then I immediately come up and hit the treble strings again with my fingers and then I am going to also hit on the last eighth note of the bar. So I have... You can see that notation right on the tab at the beginning. So the only place that we really cut off any notes like with this sticcado style is that first beat, everything else is just sort of strummed through. Now we are going to have a different rhythm when we go to the next bar on this B Flat 13 chord. For this, we are going to start with the bass note, just with the thumb and then pluck the rest of the chord on the end of one. Then on B3, we will go ahead and hit the whole chord and then mute those top notes and then we are going to let the chord strike through again on B4. So basically, there my bass notes are just playing half notes, one, two, three, four and I just have a little bit of syncopation and the treble notes. So now we are going to go to our E Flat Major 9 chord and that's going to have both of these patterns in it because it's going to go forward two bars. So there is the chord and I will start out with... Notice the second finger drops down to grab that fifth. So there is the first bar of it and then I will go back up to the root note and then drop it back down. So there is the second bar where I hit the bass note first, then I drop, hit down in the fifth and pluck like that. So there are two majors, one more time. So in context, let's play that whole major 2-5-1. Then go into the Major 9. Now we are ready for the Minor 2-5-1 that comes next, so I am going to go to up my E Minor 7 Flat 5. I have got the first pattern that we looked at. Now here is an interesting thing, notice the name of the chord E Minor 7 Flat 5. So the 5 is flatted. So that means that instead of dropping my bass down to the normal fifth, like I have been doing on my five string chords, I have got to drop back a fret because this would be a because; the Flat 5 of E would be a B Flat. So I have got to drag my first finger back here to the sixth fret of that sixth string. So in that case, I am just dropping back a fret to grab that. Then I am going to take that bass note down one more to A to grab the A 7 Flat 13 and do that second pattern. So together that looks like this... Then we are going to end up on the D Minor 7. Now we are going to do something little different on this D Minor 7. Instead of holding that for two bars like we did, the other one chord that we went back to, we are going to throw a little cadence on here. So we are just going to go... So notice for the second pattern, I went back up to that E Minor 7 Flat 5, and then to the A 7 Flat 13, but I did in just one measure. So went to the E and then jumped down for beats 3 and 4 to that A 7 Flat 13. Then I am going to go b