Guitar
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Chord dictionary →The guitar’s job in this band is harmony and a steady bed — clean chords and a relaxed right hand matter far more than anything flashy.
Roadmap
- 01
Chord shapes & the thumb–fingers split
Bass notes on the thumb, chord stabs on the fingers, moving independently. This split is the whole foundation of Brazilian guitar — get it relaxed before any pattern.
- 02
Bossa nova comping
The steady syncopated pattern under a bossa. Even, quiet, unhurried — the guitar is a bed, not a lead.
- 03
Samba feel & turnarounds
Pushing the same technique into a driving samba, plus the ii–V turnarounds our tunes lean on (watch the Am–D7 in Mas Que Nada).