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Instructor
John Proulx
Workshop
Advanced
00:43:32

If you’re an intermediate/advanced pianist and would like to strengthen your Bossa Nova rhythms, this workshop is for you!

Each of these lessons will comprise of a Bossa comping rhythm, an exercise, and a song example. The final lesson will be a combination of rhythms used throughout the workshop over the Brazilian classic, “Girl From Ipanema”.

Course Objectives
  • Learn 5 Bossa comping rhythms
  • Practice each rhythm with an exercise and song example
  • Combine all rhythms over a minor blues
Learning Focus
  • Rhythm
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