Rhythm starts at 10:50

I admire anyone who can play an instrument and/or read music. The world would be sad without these beautiful people. My only contribution is to support them.

from 2007.... and probably the most clear and best explained guitar tutorial Ive seen. =)

Bossanova has been one unique sound that has stuck with me since childhood - thanks for the lesson

just got a classical guitar - promised myself I would learn bossa chords one day - and this is exactly what I was looking for. Many thanks - you are an excellent teacher.

Best explanation yet for beginners to Bossa Nova.

Don’t be bothered by the negative comments, people are so impatient, then maybe they know it all already. THIS is a proper lesson for guitarists who really want to get the bossa structure and chording.Thanks for doing this., very useful.

Very good and well explained. A suggestion: For those that do not need the detailed explanation go to 14:42 to see and listen the final chord progression and rhythm

2am and wow makes me feel like grabbing my guitar!!!sweet!!!👍🏾💯

for those of u who don't have enough patience to really listen to what the man has to say, u are losing out on one of the greatest tutorials i've seen on youtube. of course this is quite advanced stuff.

14:45 played at speed

11 years ago and it's still useful

You're our biggest fan! I'll write in tomorrow to our support team to get a response to your other question. Thanks again for he awesome comments!!

Thank you so much for the "thank you so much!!!"!!! Glad you're enjoying the videos!

This gentleman produces such a fine tone.

Hi All! Don't forget that music is for anybody! This is the language among Us everybody can understand...just learn and play!Do your best.Thx for the vid.martin

Sore fingers and a numb wrist, I'm a fking noob at guitar and the sound I'm making makes me so proud. Worth itttt.

Glad you liked it. Thanks for watching and please come back!

Great free lesson on how to learn Bossa Nova style. I am really thankful for putting these free video lessons on youtube. I hope that you will continue sharing your talents in music and continue putting up free lesson on youtube...

Just found this lesson. It was a little intimidating at first and I thought no way. But I stuck with it and am probably about 5 days from almost nailing this lesson after 3 weeks of dedicated practice. I am so encouraged. Thank you for breaking it down for novices such as myself. I've never been able to afford guitar lessons and lessons like these are close to my heart. It is so encouraging and makes me excited to get to my practice session. You make it look so easy. It might sound strange but I try to envision your hands attached to my wrists while making these chords. Cannot thank you enough for the challenge of this awesome video. I am in love with these chord voicings. Almost certain I would not be able to master these 9 beautiful chords without this lesson. I didn't even know they exist. Cannot wait to get to lesson 2.

This is the best Bossa Nova lesson.

Your very welcome. Appreciate you appreciating my work!

Hi ! I've watched some "Bossa Nova lessons", for fun more than anything else cause I'm playing Bossa Novas since 1982, and your video is the more complete that I've seen. The person that watch this video can only understand, probably not why X chord is played like this or that, but how to play it, and that's the principal thing. Congratulations. BYE !

It is people like you who motivate us to continue what we do.

GREAT tutorial for learning basic Bossa nova! Exactly what I needed so I could jam with some jazzers!

Very hip and clear lesson on jazz chords! Great demonstration and explained very well.

@JammerVideo It refers to a chord progression method, where we assign numbers against a list of tones. If you Google "2-5-1 progression," you'll find fuller descriptions for free. Here is a basic 2-5-1 chord progression: Dmin --- Gdom --- Cmaj (min = minor, dom = dominant, Maj = major). Hope that helps!

Some tricky chords to play, gotta learn more of these jazz chords. Love Bossa Nova!

Your are welcome Alex. Have fun with the Bossa technique!

Many thanks for giving us your time that its very valuable, for free. God bless you.

You are one of the best KZfaq teacher. What you are showing is very helpful. Thanks

came here and just wanted to learn to play 13th chords, thanx so much for taking the time to hook-it-up. You may not realize it but your helping a lot of people, especially now with the economy tanking, really appreciate it man. Keep kickin-ass.

bossa nova is one of the best rhythms

I really enjoyed this lesson. Very useful! I appreciate how you teach this jazzy chords since they are pretty difficult (at least for my slow hands). Also, the dual camera was pretty good because sometimes I find quite difficult to understand the rhythm. Maybe I would like to have heard you more time playing to figure it out the whole compossition but anyway it was a great video. Thank you. Edit: it would be great if the chords are in the beginning of the video so anybody can practice the lesson without losing time searching the chords.

It is hard to find a teacher that can cram as much into one 2 part lesson. Keep em coming.

Good to know! Thanks for your input. Hope you found it informative too.

i love bossa nova so much...my heart drops when he plays the 2, 5, 1

Excellent video, thank you !! - nice with some qualified teaching

Wow, what a great tutorial! Thanks for explaining everything clearly

Emma, just go 13 seconds into the video, press the stop button and you'll see all the chord diagrams quite clearly displayed. This music is very beautiful and advanced but sounds like you have a real passion so go for it!

this is awesome to put to a 7/8 time signature by repeating the bas a second time. thanks for the vid man, im jammin out now!

Glad you found it helpful! Thanks for watching!

You are an excellent teacher. Thank you demystifying those chords and progressions!

Exceptional. I have been watching it often and learn something new every time. Just what i was looking for. Plus the narrator's voice is soothing

Nice video, many thanks!

Excellent video!!!!!

I could never really explain it like this, but I get everything you're saying and play just like you!

Rob, thanks so much for taking the time not only to post this video, but to illustrate the chord diagrams and to show the tid-bit stuff, like the muting of the melody strings against the ringing bass note. I'm trying hard to learn some bossa, and you're making it really easy and fun. Thanks again!

Cool. Thanks for the comment. Be sure to check out Part 2 too.

After 3 hours I'm just starting to get a flow with the chords great tutorial to many impatient people don't under stand this takes slow practice

wow!!! where have u been all my life? I play those cords all the time just because they sound cool....now i know why...thank you

oh wow this is magnificent tutorial - no question about the techniques, but the patient, detailed explanations and your calm teaching voice is sure commendable. On behalf of many bossa students in the world, keep up the good work!

Wonderful Wonderful lessons. Very good clear concise TEACHING. Nothing worse than a good lesson with a teacher that stumbles in their lesson. A+

I love the sound of chord changes so smooth n mellow wow

Instead of saying the chord fingering you could have inserted the chord chart in the corner so it could have been more easily followed.

Nice and ewhaustive tutorial! And that right hand manicure! A real guitar player!

I really hate these people who've said *"YOU TALK TOO MUCH"* or *"JUST PLAY"*. You guys have *ZERO* respect for the uploader. He's clearly giving us an insightful idea on how you play and how it sounds vs the normal chords.

I was simply looking for an explanation of the bossa rhythm and came across your video, so I learned a sweet progression in the bargain. Very nice work. Very clear. How can anyone dislike this?? I don't understand people.

this must be one of the best guitar video. thank you for not dumbing down the harmonic theory :D

this took me months to learn, most difficult chords Ive taught myself yet, but well worth the effort. thank you

Thank you for this video tutorial, it was well explained and nice to follow, I stopped the video a few times to write down the chords ( that was intresting for learning the names and the fingerings). I took also a chord diagram and it was superb to follow...congratulations

beautiful Bossa nova

ps.s i am amazed how how much comment this video has rcvd. the dude and company freely u/l a 16 min very complete lesson, and just as many people complain as compliment. Sort makes the experts not want to bother with helping people.

one of the best tutorial I have come across! Exactly what I was looking for!

I found this video extremely helpful! Thank you for introducing me to Bossa Nova Guitar :)

Very helpful video, I can now play this progression smoothly thanks to the video.

Oh My Gosh you im very blessed that you posted these videos !

Like it. Trying to learn more about chord substitution; this sheds some light on it.

I like the explanations. Great for my pace. Thanks!

Part 2 just went up yesterday Andrew. Check it out when you get the chance. We'll be putting it into the playlists today, but you can find it now if you search.

Brilliant video, thank you so much for posting!

:) Glad you enjoy our videos!

We will continue to as much as possible. Thanks for your comment. It's nice to be appreciated & hope that our videos help you with your playing. Keep coming back...

Hi, I normally play the simple 3 chord simple stuff but next month I have to play a jazz gig which I never done in my life!! This is information super. No problem with the video etc. If they ask me back I'll let you know but at least I'm in with a chance. Thanks a million!!

a last.... basic simple instruction for the beginners like me, thanks man

Wow. Such an eye opener. Thank you, Sir.

Great introductory video! Brilliant!!!

This is way cool! I'm halfway through and I already know how to fake a bossa nova! Very nice video. Thank you!

many ungreatful people here. thanks a lot man

for anyone who tries to use thiis progression. to make this prgoression fit in time with most jazz since most jazz is 8 bar, play each chord 4 beats but the last 2 chords just 2 beats each, or all chords 2 beats and the last 2 chords 1 beat each.

right pace, clear and uncluttered and really really helpful. thank you

Cool. Thanks so much for the comment.,

everyone who wants to learn bossa nova should go to bossa nova guitar either on youtube or the internet

awesome video! really helpful, i can finally play some bossa nova!

very good explanation of use of altered chords and the bossa beat .. thx

fantastic video, very informative, a King Kong of a teacher

New motivation on my life!

oh wow, I have been doing this since I was a kid, learning from blues musicians, and never knew that this was the style I was playing

Love your teaching style. Thanks

Your nails are just fine. It would be good to 'hear' a short variation of chords in the beginning with the Bossa beat so we know what we're fixin to learn. You play beautifully and you have the perfect voice for instructional videos. Thank you!

@NahumPoeticGuitar Thank you, this is one of our most popular free lessons here on KZfaq. You can download more on Songmaster-dot-com or look for us on Amazon Video on Demand and iTunes ('ivideosongs').

Thank you guy ! Awesome lesson. Really clear and fun.

Great video. Thanks for the tutorial!

great video, my first bossa, thank you man!

Really nice man. I play the sax, but I've shared this with Guitar friends

very very good you are the teacher

Thank you for sharing your teaching. Great!

Me orgulho de ser brasileiro quando vejo amantes da bossa nova

Nice, gonna go through this tomorrow. Just just starting into all the number chords and jazzy ones. Got some riffs already going.

Enjoyed the video.