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• • • One of the styles that many players explore when expanding their knowledge of jazz is Latin jazz. Genius colorpage hr7x. With its syncopated rhythms, driving grooves and fun chord progressions, Brazilian jazz guitar is one of the most popular sub-genres of the music that we know and love.

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To help you get your fingers around the different grooves that make Latin jazz sound so good, here are 10 common rhythmic patterns from both the Brazilian and Cuban music traditions. Though isn’t technically Latin music, such as salsa and other Cuban grooves are, we’ve included both countries in this lesson since they are the most commonly used non-swing styles that you find in the jazz genre. Since they are so popular, having an understanding of both Brazilian and Cuban grooves on the guitar will go a long way in preparing you for any jazz jam or gigging situation. For those of you that have studied Brazilian rhythms before, you’ll be used to reading them in 2/4 time.

But, to make it easier to read for those with a jazz and rock/pop background, the examples in this lesson are written in 4/4 time. So, grab your guitar, turn up your amp and let’s dive into 10 classic Latin jazz guitar rhythms! DOWNLOAD PDF Latin Jazz Guitar Rhythms 1 – Bossa Nova We’ll begin with the first Brazilian based rhythm in this lesson, the Bossa Nova.

Songs like,, and have long been part of the jazz repertoire. While there are many variations of this pattern, this is a basic Bossa guitar pattern that will allow you to confidently and authentically play any Bossa tune. The key to playing this rhythm, and any Brazilian rhythm, is putting the accents in the right place. In this particular pattern, the chord on the & of 3 should be accented, meaning that it is a bit louder than all of the other chords and bass notes in the progression.

Listen & Play. Latin Jazz Guitar Rhythms 4 – Reverse Samba Take the samba rhythm you just learned, which was a Bossa 1 and Bossa 2 combination pattern, and reverse the order of each bar. When doing so, you play the reverse Bossa first followed by the original Bossa pattern in the second bar to form the longer reverse samba pattern that you see below.

Once you have this pattern under your fingers, try playing over a Brazilian jazz tune and switching between both of the samba rhythms that you have learned up to this point. Listen & Play.

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