How to Play Bossa Nova Piano in 5 Steps

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LESSON SUMMARY
In this lesson, you'll learn:
- How to play Bossa Nova jazz piano in 5 steps
- Step 1: The lead sheet for Girl From Ipanema
- Step 2: The left hand root position chords
- Step 3: Left hand chord shells
- Step 4: Bossa Nova "Open Position" accompaniment
- Step 5: Right hand harmony & fills
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Happy practicing!
Jonny May

Пікірлер: 110

  • @HelioLagoJr
    @HelioLagoJr4 жыл бұрын

    Hi Jonny! Nice lesson! As a Brazilian I'm proud seeing the Bossa Nova still is a style that's worth studying. I have a hint that will help your next lessons. Bossa Nova, as you already said, is all about rhythm. Bossa Nova was a junction between jazz and samba (also a Brazilian rhythm full of percussion instruments). When you play samba, there is a percussive instrument in particular that is very important, which the name is "surdo". The drums kick can simulate the sound of the surdo when hit this double notes you hear. This double kick is maybe de major responsible for Bossa Nova swing. When there is a bass with the gig, it usually plays the root and the 5th notes of the chords, simulating the sound of the surdo, and also the drum's kick. You also can try using this technique playing the piano. You can play the chords and the melody on the right hand and the bass line on the left hand. It might give more swing to the song. I hope I could help.

  • @louialigon6747

    @louialigon6747

    3 жыл бұрын

    Oh gosh, thank you for that cool comment.

  • @christiansanden8005

    @christiansanden8005

    3 жыл бұрын

    Agree

  • @Saibotz1

    @Saibotz1

    Жыл бұрын

    Isn't what he did using chord shells and extensions? Second half...

  • @hellohoney8565
    @hellohoney85659 күн бұрын

    🎉🎉👍👍👍👍👍👍 Thanks a lots,,,,,

  • @tracythibodeaux9345
    @tracythibodeaux93452 жыл бұрын

    Thank-you! I have the songbook and a piano, yet I have never gotten around to learning to play this music. You are a good motivator and teacher.😁

  • @PJ-nh2dc
    @PJ-nh2dc3 жыл бұрын

    I just discovered this style as a piano player and I am so pumped to learn it. It sounds great!

  • @boomerangfish3558

    @boomerangfish3558

    2 жыл бұрын

    please upload it because I need more music like this out there!

  • @spacewalden8358
    @spacewalden83584 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Jonny, great lesson ! More bossa please.

  • @davidhayes7596
    @davidhayes75962 жыл бұрын

    Thanks John. This transposes nicely for guitar. The piano is perfect for transposing. Great job. Keeping it simple is genius. Thanks

  • @godoyfg1
    @godoyfg14 жыл бұрын

    Nice. Your classes are really good. I'm looking forward to start soon 👍🏻

  • @juanluistorres5405
    @juanluistorres54052 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful!!! That's a really great lesson and beautifully explained, as a bossanova lover I really enjoyed it, thanks so much, maestro..!!!

  • @kingslyverghis8774
    @kingslyverghis87743 ай бұрын

    I love it I love it I love ittttt!!!!! I enjoyed it man!!! Love your playing!!!!!!!!!! Keep up!!! 🔥

  • @PianoWithJonny

    @PianoWithJonny

    2 ай бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @taymoorjarrahi1020
    @taymoorjarrahi1020 Жыл бұрын

    jonny i’ve progressed more in 1 week watching your style breakdowns than i have in the last 7 years. bless yeeee

  • @yumithelight4375
    @yumithelight43753 жыл бұрын

    This is great. Picking it up slowly 😁

  • @robertmichalscheck3072
    @robertmichalscheck30724 жыл бұрын

    Great song,classic.

  • @stephenk1353
    @stephenk13533 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Jonny. Really nice. I learn alot.

  • @jillytiffen6305
    @jillytiffen6305 Жыл бұрын

    LOVE it Jonny! Thank you..👏👏👌👌👌

  • @10908070605040302
    @109080706050403024 жыл бұрын

    Good on you man , thank you so much, from Ireland

  • @reginaldoabreu3374
    @reginaldoabreu33744 жыл бұрын

    Bravo! Congrats maestro

  • @olgamatt2467
    @olgamatt24672 жыл бұрын

    Always thank you!

  • @sophiacharai
    @sophiacharai2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much you sound great and your a genius to Share your pedagogy step by step !! Im a singer and workinprogress to play piano when im singing

  • @getmoneyandbitches
    @getmoneyandbitches3 жыл бұрын

    this is genuinely so helpful i was so confused why videos would say a minor chord when they notes were so spaced apart not like a normal triad

  • @fredrickandreas2390
    @fredrickandreas23904 жыл бұрын

    Keep up the good work 👌

  • @fe-dor
    @fe-dor7 ай бұрын

    To professional sound by simple steps. Inspiring lesson.

  • @shiraitzhaki4231
    @shiraitzhaki4231 Жыл бұрын

    Amazing tutorial!!

  • @fatimabarreto1634
    @fatimabarreto16342 жыл бұрын

    From Brazil to the world! I love this rhythm.

  • @mnsv1720

    @mnsv1720

    4 ай бұрын

    I like this rhythm, which is a mix of samba and jazz, but I wouldn't change it for samba de roda.

  • @josealejandroreyesamaya257
    @josealejandroreyesamaya2572 жыл бұрын

    gracias mil. desafortunadamente es el único video en la playlist de latin piano, es una pena que no haya más clases de latin jazz

  • @solomony4339
    @solomony43394 жыл бұрын

    Nice teaching bossa nove...tq sir

  • @nejibzarrouki356
    @nejibzarrouki3564 жыл бұрын

    Merci beaucoup

  • @lackneetschang7260
    @lackneetschang726010 ай бұрын

    Love this❤

  • @GaryMCurran
    @GaryMCurran4 жыл бұрын

    Of course, you can also add a backing track my Band In A Box. I really would like to see what you could come up with using tracks from them without any of the piano parts, and instead using parts you play yourself. I can't read bass clef, so i use Arranger Keyboards and BIAB, and I've come up with some pretty good stuff. I think your students would be happier with the end result, albeit a bit limited because BIAB expects you to play the song the way you've entered it.

  • @zeljkopetergrilec
    @zeljkopetergrilec4 жыл бұрын

    Very,Very Good Jonny may

  • @perfectbeat
    @perfectbeat4 жыл бұрын

    Nice!

  • @johnprice3341
    @johnprice33414 жыл бұрын

    I’m going to try to play a lot of 7th chords without 5ths now

  • @Kassiusday

    @Kassiusday

    3 жыл бұрын

    Great idea !! Will do the same !!!

  • @donaldfewell8908

    @donaldfewell8908

    3 жыл бұрын

    I like your choicer to omit the 5ths. I like to use a flatted 5th, Gb-Bb- C-E before resolving to F major 7. This chord is a dominant seven flat five chord.

  • @jao6678
    @jao66782 жыл бұрын

    Ótima aula

  • @cirquedecheveuxpopofcolort4502
    @cirquedecheveuxpopofcolort45024 ай бұрын

    ❤❤❤❤wow amazing

  • @takahashishotaro8404
    @takahashishotaro84044 жыл бұрын

    Where can I download your bgm playing in the beginning of the video? So beautiful.

  • @SHULEMPRODUCTIONS
    @SHULEMPRODUCTIONS3 жыл бұрын

    Hey dude, nice channel!

  • @fabiogohan8863
    @fabiogohan88633 жыл бұрын

    Vejo mas não acredito *sensacional*

  • @ADCruzYT
    @ADCruzYT3 жыл бұрын

    Weird. I got an ad from Piano with Jonny before the vid by Piano with Jonny

  • @kamnovak5268
    @kamnovak52682 жыл бұрын

    nice work

  • @lucianoruas-brazilianpiani529
    @lucianoruas-brazilianpiani5292 жыл бұрын

    Congrats for The vídeo!!! Have You heard about the double function left hand played By some Brazilian pianists?

  • @Acetmg22
    @Acetmg222 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful video

  • @TachyBunker
    @TachyBunker4 жыл бұрын

    1:12 his left hand is playing FACE

  • @Klanggreifer

    @Klanggreifer

    3 жыл бұрын

    Recognizing this was the starting point for me to learn the notes of the chords. Turned out very helpfull. xD

  • @annette_l
    @annette_l11 ай бұрын

    Спасибо

  • @DENNIHDX
    @DENNIHDX4 жыл бұрын

    Hi jonny.plise one tutorial wonderfool word Armstrong of stride🙏🙏😅

  • @lastorianostra8173
    @lastorianostra81732 жыл бұрын

    JONNY, I'm damn sure if you were my neighbor I would have become a piano genio nowadays!!!

  • @florlynpalacol1874
    @florlynpalacol1874Ай бұрын

  • @keilab7150
    @keilab71504 жыл бұрын

    Getting the rhythm is very hard for me personally lol. I have trouble putting both hands together. Practice makes perfect Ig 😤🙏

  • @Sky-on2cy

    @Sky-on2cy

    3 жыл бұрын

    I got so used to doing the same thing with both hands, now I have to figure out how to get them working independently, yikes. Good luck!

  • @harrisstewart2023
    @harrisstewart20234 жыл бұрын

    Great tutorial, I'm struggling to get the rythym correct when I put the melody along with the bass line, any tips to help get the rythym??

  • @allegretto1862

    @allegretto1862

    4 жыл бұрын

    Place the melody + the 1st and 3rd time together, and when it's good add the eighth notes. :)

  • @godoyfg1

    @godoyfg1

    4 жыл бұрын

    Normally I listen to the drum kick or the bass line . Just take your time . Practice slowly then at the normal time of the music .

  • @Kassiusday

    @Kassiusday

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@allegretto1862 and what tips you suggest for beginners to get independence of both hands .., when you have played guitar is exactly the opposite what is required in fact !! But is exactly also for this independence feature that am motivated to learn further piano .... I am telling since so many different human beings have succeeded I should be able to succeed as well .... ( be patient is also a good quality as musician ).

  • @Pussycat6939
    @Pussycat69393 жыл бұрын

    Where can I get the backing track?

  • @simonsmatthew
    @simonsmatthew4 жыл бұрын

    Great! One thing, don't get this rootless G-flat7 (9.51); there is no E-flat or A-flat in G-flat7? Perhaps this is more a pentatonic over g-flat bass with passing notes (e natural from the g-flat 7 chord) and C (chromatic passing note).

  • @andrewsmith4356

    @andrewsmith4356

    4 жыл бұрын

    It's a G-flat 13 (Rh plays 13th (same as 6th degree of G-flat scale), 3rd, 9th (same as 2nd degree of G-flat scale) and 7th (the e natural). This is a common voicing for 13th chords serving a dominant or secondary dominant function. For example, a C13 voiced like this would RH a,e,d, b-flat (in descending order). Chopin used this chord a lot near big cadences and resolutions (in major keys).

  • @simonsmatthew

    @simonsmatthew

    4 жыл бұрын

    ​@@andrewsmith4356 Thanks for your reply. Seen a lot of V-11 (maj) s' in Chopin (eg Ab triad over a b-flat bass - which would be a V11(maj) of E-Flat); any 13th examples you particularly like in Chopin?

  • @andrewsmith4356

    @andrewsmith4356

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@simonsmatthew I don't have any off the top of my head that I prefer, but one that stands out sonically is in the 1st Ballade, after frenzied development section, where the E-flat major theme returns in a big way. The B-flat 13 chord is pretty unmistakable there. As to your reference of something like a V-11 in Chopin, I am less aware of those, and it seems like the chord over the bass note could just be a passing chord over a pedal bass note; but now I'll keep my eye out for places like that. Cheers.

  • @simonsmatthew

    @simonsmatthew

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@andrewsmith4356 Thanks! I know the piece, but I don't play it. I will look out for it. I agree V11 (maj)'s in Chopin arise from contrapuntal voice leading motion, ie things like accented passing notes. They are everywhere in Chopin, but I like its use in the the late B major nocturne (62/1). The bass in the middle section also seems to be close to bossa nova.

  • @theCJstott
    @theCJstott3 жыл бұрын

    Joao Gilberto wrote Girl from Ipanema

  • @christiansanden8005

    @christiansanden8005

    3 жыл бұрын

    Jobim is the composer

  • @donaldfewell8908

    @donaldfewell8908

    3 жыл бұрын

    Joao recorded this, along with Gil Gilberto, Stan Getz, and Astrud Gilberto singing. Enjoy! :)

  • @bryanbenson6551
    @bryanbenson65516 ай бұрын

    God damnit Jonny...you...you're good, you.

  • @StephaniePeds
    @StephaniePeds Жыл бұрын

    What is the songbook you are using?

  • @FranciscoPereira-px6mu
    @FranciscoPereira-px6mu3 жыл бұрын

    I'd like to listen you play the entire music without interruption.

  • @ericrakim278

    @ericrakim278

    3 жыл бұрын

    Melhor pegar um brasileiro tocando bossa, eu entrei por curiosidade aqui e de bossa esse doido não entende nada. Ele toca qualquer coisa menos bossa !

  • @schanchina
    @schanchina4 жыл бұрын

    At 9:49, the fill, is it Gb dominant 7 instead of G dominant 7?

  • @MrHoladog

    @MrHoladog

    3 жыл бұрын

    The dots disagree with the dialogue?

  • @christopherwilliams2092
    @christopherwilliams2092 Жыл бұрын

    Fun

  • @rplens
    @rplens3 жыл бұрын

    👍👍👍🙏

  • @marcelomatos8172
    @marcelomatos81724 жыл бұрын

    Brazil

  • @user-gv6rn5py7u
    @user-gv6rn5py7u4 жыл бұрын

    👍👍👍👍👍👍👍❤️

  • @atlenorheim8063
    @atlenorheim80633 жыл бұрын

    where is the rest of the song?

  • @Geodxn

    @Geodxn

    3 жыл бұрын

    i guess you have to join up to get it

  • @anniestube46
    @anniestube463 жыл бұрын

    So left hand is I, vii, iii, V, I, vii, iii?

  • @louiepapio
    @louiepapio3 жыл бұрын

    Is there a downside to skipping step 3

  • @jhn1987
    @jhn19874 жыл бұрын

    Great lesson! But what about the second part of the song?

  • @GaryMCurran

    @GaryMCurran

    4 жыл бұрын

    What about it? The same technique is used there. Take his 7th, ninth, third and fifth parts of the chord and move them around some in the order you're playing them to 'spice up' the 'B' part of the song. The basics are still the basics.

  • @jhn1987

    @jhn1987

    4 жыл бұрын

    Gary C The chords on the second part of the song seem more complex as they have more alterations.

  • @GaryMCurran

    @GaryMCurran

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@jhn1987 So, the technique is the same. Do you know the basic concept of chord structure? A Major chord is the Root, Third and Fifth, i.e., for a C Chord, C-E-G. A C7 chord is C-E-G-Bb, while a CMaj7 is C-E-G-B. The Chorus gives you a couple of more chords, the B9 chord, the Am7 chord, the Abm7, but you work those chords the same way you would work the first set. The B9th is B-D#-F#-A-C#. So, play B-D#-F#-A. The Am7 chord is A-C-E-G. Substitute the same technique. Finally, the Abm7 is Ab-B-Eb-F#. Playing them as 1-3-5-7 the same was as Jonny showed for the other chords will get you the basics. However, the Chorus is sometimes a little more upbeat, so you can alter those chord patterns to give you a more rhythmic style, but for now, just play it the way Jonny showed you. You can also visit his website for more information, although since I haven't been there, I can't tell you what all he has on it.

  • @christiansanden8005

    @christiansanden8005

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@GaryMCurran No, its more complex, i played that song 1000 times both on guitar and piano, there are several change of keys, second part is in fact fantastic

  • @christiansanden8005

    @christiansanden8005

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@jhn1987 Agree

  • @joseluissolorzanomora6398
    @joseluissolorzanomora63985 ай бұрын

    Chica

  • @goatkoala573
    @goatkoala5733 жыл бұрын

    The original key of the song is D#m

  • @hautboisjc
    @hautboisjc3 жыл бұрын

    What if you have a bassist and you’re playing Bossa in a band?

  • @skrubz9282

    @skrubz9282

    2 жыл бұрын

    Chill with a warm tone, play all the way

  • @luziamoreiramoraes7837
    @luziamoreiramoraes78373 жыл бұрын

    Apesar do vídeo ser um ano amei essa aula

  • @chakataux
    @chakataux4 жыл бұрын

    ブラジウ音楽 BossaNova My LOVE 新保ism

  • @carlotapuig
    @carlotapuig4 жыл бұрын

    Are you not sitting too low?

  • @sebthi7890
    @sebthi78904 жыл бұрын

    a leechy? ok... vitamins are always welcome

  • @Kassiusday

    @Kassiusday

    3 жыл бұрын

    YEAA vitamin C is good against covid !!!

  • @sebthi7890

    @sebthi7890

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Kassiusday ok, let's play leechiii baassanowva 😝

  • @donaldfewell8908

    @donaldfewell8908

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Kassiusday Really? That's cool! I've had covid twice and I really don't want to catch it a third time. Stay safe and sray well, everybody! :)

  • @jp_1life
    @jp_1life2 жыл бұрын

    Not really Nice to mi little board

  • @nt7604
    @nt76043 жыл бұрын

    Too fast cant follow the tutorial

  • @PianoWithJonny

    @PianoWithJonny

    3 жыл бұрын

    You can use the gear icon in the lower right side of the video to slow it down!

  • @lucasBarjas
    @lucasBarjas Жыл бұрын

    idk what style you're playing but that's not bossa nova dude

  • @girlhag

    @girlhag

    9 ай бұрын

    yeah he’s definitely playing it in a more jazz like way