Right-hand pattern · Bossa beach
Bossa chords
Long-short, long-short, leaning ahead: soft Brazilian chords. Musicians call it syncopated chords, bossa (1, 2&, 3, 4&).
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How Bossa chords goes
One bar over a C chord: a row for each key, a column for each step, the finger on each note. Over another chord, move the same shape to its root.
Syncopated chords: Chords that land between the beats: that pop push.
Songs with Bossa chords
Each one opens with this pattern in its player.
Often comes next
The patterns songs move to after Bossa chords, from verse to chorus.
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All patternsQuestions about Bossa chords
What is Bossa chords on piano?
Long-short, long-short, leaning ahead: soft Brazilian chords. Musicians call it syncopated chords, bossa (1, 2&, 3, 4&), one of the syncopated chords patterns: chords that land between the beats: that pop push.
How do I play syncopated chords · bossa (1 · 2& · 3 · 4&) with the right hand?
Over C major it is E4 (1) + G4 (2) + C5 (5), then E4 (1) + G4 (2) + C5 (5), then E4 (1) + G4 (2) + C5 (5), then E4 (1) + G4 (2) + C5 (5); the number after each note is the finger (1 is the thumb). Over any other chord, move the same shape to that chord's root.
What songs use Bossa chords?
It is heard in 284 songs of the library, as the main groove of 11 songs, such as Let Her Go, City Of Stars (from La La Land), Charlie Brown, Happy Together.
Is Bossa chords easy?
It is an easy pattern, in 4/4, usually around 104 beats a minute.