One Great Bossa Nova Technique - Helio Alves | 2 Minute Jazz

Brazilian jazz pianist Helio Alves shows you a useful tip on how
to get a great texture for your bossa nova piano playing.


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Hi everybody, Helio Alves here with Two Minute Jazz. One great
texture for playing bossa nova piano is to play the whole groove
in your left hand, and play the melody (or solo) in your right
hand. An important thing to remember is the quarter notes that
always have to be there, they always have to be present. Very
important part of the groove. That can be with or without the
roots of the chord. Basically the technique works like this: with
shell voicings, like the root 6 and 3rd or root 7 and 3rd.


So the quarter notes are very important. They're always there.
I'm anticipating the chords, too. Without a bass note. The
quarter notes are there. So that's a very cool technique to play
bossa nova, very nice texture and very useful. Thank you again
for listening. Happy practicing!


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