The tip today is about syncope or musical syncopation , which is a rhythmic figure that happens a lot in Brazilian music , especially in samba , but also in bossa nova . I travel a lot around and have seen many people misunderstanding the bossa nova pattern and the samba, killing syncope . I 'm going to show now what it should NOT be done , okay?

I’ll play the WRONG way! I'll even ask to make a warning here: WRONG WRONG! I’m playing the WRONG way here.

Notice that the bass note is coming before the chord . . .

The bass note is coming first and the chord after it. This is WRONG WRONG okay ? The right way to the bossa nova syncopation is by playing the chord on the up beat, the suspension.

. . and then you play the bass on time.

So the chord, it will always come before the bass, Okay? Don’t forget to give us a "like" . .

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