The Bossa Bassline
There's not always going to be a bass player there to lay down a nice bossa groove for you so you need to learn how to do it yourself. Learn a basic bossa bassline in this lesson and how to comp effectively over the top of it to achieve a relaxed and effortless sounding latin feel.

Lesson Objectives
To learn how to play a bossa bassline and to comp effectively with it in various harmonic rhythms.

Benefits of Achieving the Lesson Objectives
Just think of all the duo gigs you can get now that you can play a nice bossa bassline! Being able to play a basic bossa groove is an essential skill for the jazz pianist.

Lesson Stats
When added: 5/26/07; Duration: 10 minutes; Tunes used in lesson: Blue Bossa, Black Orpheus.

Prerequisites
Moderate keyboard proficiency. Ability to read notation.

Quizzes
Quiz 1: practice building the bossa bassline.

Practice Sessions & Playalongs
Practice Session 1: write out the bossa bassline to the tune Black Orpheus.
Practice Session 2: write out the comping to the bassline that you wrote out in practice session 1.
Practice Session 3: play the written out bassline and comping pattern from practice sessions 1 and 2.
Practice Session 4: play the bossa bassline and comping pattern while just reading the lead sheet to the tune Black Orpheus.

Includes play-alongs for all practice sessions in MIDI, Band-in-a-Box™ and GarageBand formats.

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