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Set a metronome to click on beats 2 and 4 (Brazilian style). Play the full pattern. If you mess up, stop, breathe, and start again on beat 1.
Here is the standard pattern:
You don’t need to be a jazz virtuoso to play it. You need : a reliable, repeatable Bossa Nova guitar rhythm pattern.
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Do not try to learn Bossa Nova in a day. Spend 15 minutes a day with the PDF on your stand. Play along with a metronome set to a slow 70 BPM. In one week, your right hand will develop muscle memory. In one month, you will sound like you are floating on a Copacabana breeze.
Keep your thumb going. Add only your middle finger plucking the B string on the "& of 1" and the "a of 2." Do not add the G or high E yet.
Download the "Bossa Nova Guitar Rhythm Pattern PDF" below. Print it. Laminate it. Make it your bible.