Basic Bossanova Guitar Course

In this online guitar course, students will learn the essentials of bossa nova rhythms and fundamental concepts for simple improvisation. Discover the smooth, syncopated grooves that define bossa nova, and master techniques to create authentic Brazilian sounds. Through step-by-step lessons, you'll explore iconic chord progressions, rhythmic patterns, and easy improvisation ideas to bring this vibrant style to life on your guitar. Perfect for beginners and intermediate players looking to add bossa nova flair to their playing!

Basic Bossanova Guitar 1

Here you learn the basics of bossanova guitar by understanding what a clave is and you learn a first simple clave and how you work with it. This tutorial is the first of a basic bossanova guitar course.

Basic Bossanova 2 - Rhythm Guitar Patterns

Here we are building some cool but still easy rhythm guitar patterns upon the basic clave which you can hear in the backing track.

Here we are making our first steps of soloing to a simple bossa nova track with the chord progression I-7 / I-7 / II-7b5 / V7 in the key of Am. The key to any improvisation is that you learn to follow the chord progression and the chords while you are playing. And here I give you some very first and easy exercises to train that.