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Do you play the alternating bassline on a bossa...

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Let's face it, the only real Bossa sound is on nylon strings. However, many pro players play bossa on their jazz guitars, usually archtops. It's probably more a question of what not to do - i.e....

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Are you referring to Harmonic minor or ?? For example, D hm over A7.

All of Me - A7 on measure #28 (9th?)

Be creative. If you want to accent that pattern, then do something chordally with it or counter it somehow. Don't double the exact bass part, that's already taken care of.

Do you play the alternating bassline on a bossa with bass player?

For Ab7+ 4 x 4 5 5 x x 3 2 1 x x Ive drifted away from the shells thing for this old school pre bop stuff. The shell voicing thing is not really how most people played rhythm back in the 30s....

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I would've thought E13 can't have A in it. I propose to call that E mixolydian :numbness:

All of Me - A7 on measure #28 (9th?)

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So then, if I double the tonic note (or 5th), you folks will consider these harmonic delinquents to be legal and allow them into the chord club? As in: C-G-C or C-G-G (or inversion: G-C-G)

What do you call power chords with chord symbols?

Let the bass play the bass. Covering all the parts just because you can is what piano players do.

Do you play the alternating bassline on a bossa with bass player?

I think it sounds quite nice. Quite honestly, if you're an amateur and you stay away from jazz nazis, you could probably do all right with your style. One thing I think you will find is if you...

Not really sounding very 'jazzy'. Is it in the playing technique?

E13 as in E G# B D F# (A)* C# *usually omitted in voicings Yes ‘that’ was a typo for ‘than’ Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

All of Me - A7 on measure #28 (9th?)

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Solo - Not so much these days. Just a subtle accent on 3. Bass on 6th string, so some chords inverted. But as long as the bassline is strong… Gilberto didn’t do it, so I don’t. In a band I...

Do you play the alternating bassline on a bossa with bass player?

Nonsense. There is a clear and obvious solution. T H U N D E R D O M E Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

What do you call power chords with chord symbols?

Playing the changes vs. playing over the key center

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What do you call power chords with chord symbols?

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Is this an overlooked part of Metheny's sound?

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