Advanced Jazz Guitar Techniques : The Blue Bossa Nova for Jazz Guitar

[paulpenelly]

you are a joke. this is fucking stupid. not correct. not advanced.

[nico1haupt]

what was this?

[clarkewi]

Gorgeous. I love this song and always wanted to know how to play it properly. Great lesson. Thanks!!!

[xxxxTanoxxxx]

Advanced?!! O_o ...

[woodyhkcc]

This guy sucks, doesn't have the right tone, doesn't have the right feel. Expert Village? A joke.

[rumpledilskin]

Many of your chords are incorrect, you haven't got the turn around, and it doesn't have the right feel.

[prsshred39]

someone take this man's guitar playing license away. dear god.

i'm a bassist and i'm better at playing guitar than this fool..

btw, as Guilleins clarified, it's a D-7b5, not E. Also, the F-7 is only for one bar of four, then it goes to a Bb7. Also, you forgot the minor 2-5 turnaround at the end, another D-7b5 to G7#5 in the last measure.

he earns some points back for knowing what a 2-5-1 is though. some.

[diamondboy214]

If you're ever going to play this one out....do not watch this guy at all. always play the cm7 in 8th position with a slide into it, sounds better. yeah...i dont need to go on...

[OldSchoolSkill]

Yeah... this dude definitely is calling some wrong chords.

Anyone who needs the real chords can find them in the Real Book.

[Dimitriasdfghjkl]

Can you pluck the strings a little more violently? Thanks.

[clichaj]

If you are a student of this guy, GET A NEW TEACHER!!! If you are this guy, STOP TEACHING!!!

[enricocrosato]

WTF! Every time I see a terrible video I know for sure it's from Expertvillage!

FUCK YOU!

[DnnPablo]

this isn´t expert, and this teaches nothing

[vanackerethijs]

this one hell of a badass vid, takes guts to upload this :)

[LiberoMan]

"Expert" Village haha :P

[Vebbster]

That's the stupidest thing I've ever seen.

it's a god damn Dminor7(b5).

[santioga]

The rhtythm is not even bossa!!!! how can you dare to upload this?

[santioga]

IF YOU SAY YOU ARE A PROFFESIONAL GUITAR INSTRUCTOR, DEFINITELY YOU ARE NOT 

[MrDomlalonde]

It's a good thing that he specified he was a professional guitar instructor because i would not have noticed.

[SilenceXCore]

lololol This mean i'm an advanced player? lol no way.

[elfyboy123456]

it wouldnt be youtube if it wasnt crammed full of ungreatfull dicks. just forget them and keep on pickin

[vegasholdemrules]

whatta bunch of diks...this guy puts something on here for free and you guys diss him like this...sorry you are all so great...go piss up a rope!

[bertrent1]

Whao!!! hahaha... Don't post a simple chord progression as Advanced Jazz!!! What a downer hehehe!!! By the way, it is Ab7 because you were in Cm and the modulation is to Db so it's -II V is Ebm7 and Ab7. Don't forget that nowadays lots of people printing music don't know their left from their right foot. By the way, the Cm's II/V is Dm7b5 and G7. Make sure that when you teach something you do it right. Bye

[cripindeth]

its not THAT advanced ¬¬

[joelkeaton]

this suks c0ck

[pierreain]

Ok ! Let's say that there can always be a better advanced teacher, there can be best style .. etc.

But please, how can you teach such a simple 16 bars tune and forget the last 2 chords of the turn... How can it be possible ? If you ever played this tune with an other musician or just listen to any of the million interpretation in the world you would have realised the bug !!! Please do !

[aquarian444]

The hobos downtown play better than this douche

[djbot]

expert village is trash, who the fuck is this "professional"

[burcht93]

also, minor (b5) = Half diminished.

[roge69charger]

This is the way Long Island and else where Wedding Bands Play. And usually on a Strat. That's why I hate Weddings, And, many other reasons besides.

[motorf1madness]

Good intentions, but these are basic chords. Cm bar chord, 3rd fret.......beginner's stuff. Definitely not advanced.

[bubula00]

thanks

[johnnyguitarcarson]

Yeah......

those chord voicings are not adaquate for Bossa Nova, and Blue Bossa is a Jazz number, and Jazz means no bar chords 99.999 % of the time.

If you want to learn real Jazz guitar check out Esmond Selwyn.

Esmond has a fantastic online course , for those who really want to learn.

[surfinjazzy]

Mmmm, good intention but not so great of a video.

For a professional he seems to be lacking a firm grip on harmonic analysis.

[XLuckieX]

Do you get money for this?

[Ansemguy]

the sound is so not right for jazz or bossa, for that matter, And some of the chords are wrong. Still, if played on a right guitar, it'll sound nice enough to get some ladies at least.

[Cometsamba]

Advanced with all those honky bar chords? Sounds more like a lounge-latin rhythm than a real Bossa

[jagjaghuh]

advanced? Pff

[mcaro011]

The video and instructor was fine. - But, the comments on here below are idiotic. If all of the critcs on here were so "advanced" they would be famous already, or at least posting their own video instructional videos right? So to all you critics, post you own video, or I'll assume you just suck and live in your Mom's basement rent free.. jerks! !.

[2doorsdown]

@mcaro011 its true. he is terrible, for a 'professional' that is. You don't have to prove rose smell better than shit. Its really quite obvious i thought.

[mcaro011]

@2doorsdown : Well you are entitled to your opinion, but I see nothing wrong the tutorial at all - Depending on where the student is in his/her develpopment, it could be considered advanced - I'd surley like to see some of the critics on here show me how its done.- Anyway, so far, all I see are comments from folks that can't make their own instructional videos, so what credability is there...just opinions from some angry ppl. The video is fine.

[mcaro011]

The video and instructor was fine. - But, the comments on here below are idiotic. If all of the critcs on here were so "advanced" they would be famous already, or at least posting their own video instructional videos right? So to all you critics, post you own video, or I'll assume you just suck and live in your Mom's basement rent free.. jerks! !.

[musiccalgary]

That's the worst bossa playing I've ever seen.

[BahamutNull]

bossa? where?

i thought, this is "i show u some seperate chords without rhythmic connection, and name them, even wrong. Typical case of rockbased guitarist taking a (latin!) standard and -pow- becoming an advanced jazztechnician all of a sudden.

There are so many of these souls, confusing guitar with music...

[meatwizard]

ATTENTION: Please look elsewhere if you want to learn this tune.  A real book is a good start.

novicevillage is a fucking joke. sorry about the language.

[BossBassist]

i thought he did a rather good job really....maybe they dont on everyone but he outlined the chord progression and showed what it sounded like....thats what he was meant to do

[meatwizard]

@BossBassist Um, well, except that he calls a Dm7b5 an Em7b5 TWICE. Once and it's an honest, albeit shocking, mistake for a guitar teacher to make.

He called the wrong chord TWICE. It's a ii V i in C minor. The ii chord in that progression should be second nature to this guy. You know, someone teaching jazz?

You say, "that's what he meant to do," yet that glaring mistake negates the whole purpose of the video.

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[musiccalgary]

Ummm, no he didn't. He attempted to.

[BahamutNull]

If thats, what he was meant to do, than this shouldnt be named "advanced jazzguitar etc.

Im not even gonna ask, where this is exactly "advanced" and what i exactly "learn about " like the description said. Just one thing:

There is no thing like "advanced jazz guitar technique".

Jazz is about music, so there is at least "advanced jazz playing", no matter what instrument. And if this vid is for beginners, it should be clear, that this is guitarplaying, not jazzplaying, let alone "advanced"

[pasqualemassaro]

ahah ah

[Guilleins]

It's D-7(b5) not E, and its Ab7 not G#7, and that's not advance jazz guitar

[spyinfiltrator]

@Guilleins I have sheet music in which it is G#7. Why do you say it would be Ab7?

[ceilingkatt]

@Guilleins he said G7 sharp 5

[crossfixation]

this proffesional guitar instructor sucks asdf

[ghaws]

I thought the video was good. It was succinct, even if it wasn't exactly, "advanced" (far from it really). If it were labeled "intermediate", it would be spot on.

And to all you h8ers out there, learn how to play the guitar before you start talking a bunch of ****, you all suck at life.

[norcaltosocal]

why do jazz guitarist use so many diffrent chords when playing?

[Konrad111111]

@norcaltosocal

maybe because then they sound different? speak of variety

[Joty1280]

because a musician should know about music

[guyglowmore1]

golly all the neg comments. i think you have an nice touch and it's not an easy song to learn, especially with so many different approaches and chord shapes to choose from.

[fishqwer]

This is probably one of the easiest jazz tunes to learn. I would argue that it is even easier than playing a jazz blues (if you make all the changes that is).

[funkifyyourlife]

This is easily the worst version of Blue Bossa that I've ever heard or seen. My students do this tune better than this.

[lwoods95757]

That's not advance jazz guitar...

[smartwood11]

embarrassing

[ray123ification]

2 5 1's so what? dreadful really dreadful

[Fleshjam]

Bossa Nova is NOT jazz! It's a totally different universe than jazz. If you studied guitar you should know that Mr Professional Guitar Instructor. Expert Village up your ass.

[latterkickhodet]

everyone else seem pretty okay with traditional bossa nova being classified as jazz.

[Joty1280]

jobim was a jazz player...

so i'd say it's: jazz+soft samba rhythm+ debussy harmonies

[Radwalls]

WTF does this have to do with anything?

Cool you can play chords.

[jazzbass10]

Sikiminin experti, that Dm7b5 chord played as tapping all the bottom 3 strings in first string after not changing positing in Fm7.

[Obsession225]

i hate expert village

[diligomusic]

then why watch the videos??

[boswell255]

because failBlog doesn't have enough fail!

[metalstring346]

He kept saying Em7b5, when its actually Dm7b5, expert village for you..

[Gmarkey1104]

Yup you're right, I played this for my school's jazz band and it's definately a Dm7b5

[eggymoo]

Maybe he says D but it sounds like E cos the sound's pretty poor.

[violinoscar]

This is very basic stuff; the way he is playing it.

He did not even take the time to point out that 'Blue Bossa' is a 16 measure form.

Said nothing about chord inversions, alternating bass which is basic to a bossa rhythm.

Voice leading, chord substitution...

I would not like this expert in my band!

[jefferzone61]

This is the 'public option' Blue Bossa, because every American (and several million wannabes) has a right to learn jazz or bossa nova - and real instruction is sooooo expensive, it might cut into the heroin and sunglasses funds....

[ROGEBRASIL]

fraquinho!

[nirrocker]

in my ass.. to..

[sat8vai14]

expert village ...my ass

[kladdizter]

expert village......jesus

[remingtonride]

"Advanced"? Almost all simple bar chords!

[0MrRib0]

...

I feel i'm pretty clued up when it comes to gutiaring- but must say this doesn't explain anything it just shows you a piece of jazz music and does NOT explain anything of how the chords are built or even SLOWLY how to play the chord itself. Its RUSHED badly explained pretty tough stuff- how the hell is a beginner meant to learn anything from this?!?!

[manux532]

i think that is why it says "advanced" in the title....

[0MrRib0]

so what?

advanced guitar should still be taught well!

lol

[Pdvil]

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[shinzembi]

I don't really like to bag out vids on youtube, but as this is an 'instructional' video I should point out that you got the form wrong!!!!!!!! There is an extra bar of Cm7, usually followed by a 1 bar II - V turnaround (Dm7b5 - G7#9). Also its a Dm7b5 not an Em7b5! Some of your voicings and other nomenclature are pretty questionable as well! 'Expert village' has once again managed to underwhelm me...

[davemawston6]

shinzembi, you couldnt be more right! this was a joke

[joeleke64]

exactly.. Em7b5? that guy calls himself an expert, he can't even call out the chords he's playing..

and another thing.. I am the farthest thing from a jazz musician (although I do like it and wish to learn more to become one).. and even I have learned Blue Bossa.. this couldn't possibly be advanced..

[pekisi]

had to play this song with

Friends got the notes by ear

im not a jazz player, this is not difficult...

[4251268]

Oh, sorry jazz players if this is not advanced enough for you... I guess you're too good for the rest of us... hahahahaha naaaah just kidding.

[JonyzazO]

this guy don't play lika an expert ''bulshit''

[DanielleMcOrmond]

This really isn't advanced... but then I'm a Jazz player so maybe it's harder for people who play mostly outside the genre.

[7bloodi]

get out of your ass man

[DanielleMcOrmond]

Say what you want about me, but the fact still stands that this isn't advanced Jazz.

[slatkica911]

o man, you r so in basics

[stemajor7]

Expert village is all about the views. Doesnt matter about content. I suspect the more views it gets, the more revenue it gets from advertising.

[vracan]

definitely NOT advanced!....even for rock!!

[mousen]

redneck skinhead nazi playing relaxing bossa nova on guitar

[matategil]

is this really advanced? X_X im watching some expertvilalge videos and all sucks... try another thing guys haha

[737flyhigh]

John at expert Village . the Third chord is Dminor7Flat5 not eminor7flat5 . you keep calling it e m7f5 which is an error . How much do u want for that fender

[mecha890]

lol

[Giggles154242]

What? Advanced??? He's just playing bar chords. Come on!

[davidarlette]

He does, but he also plays some extensions that most rock players wouldn't know. eg I'd have to think about Am7b5. If you're a jazz player maybe it's not advanced, but then why are looking for lessons on youtube rather than a jazz school? :-)

[Hb35Jazz]

OMG, this is soooooooo....! advaaaanced.... |-(

[kitzpo]

this guy is sadly hilarious

[LeeChavezMusic]

Thanks for giving me no information at all! Like, finger placement would've helped!

[scodug]

this guy makes me not want to play at all

[hhxdog]

i thought this was ADVANCED GUITAR PLAYING ,,,,lol

[AndrewBertuglia]

wow sooo-00-ooo bad

[fishqwer]

This is awful. Anyone could do this, he's just reading straight out of a fakebook. He doesn't even get the chords correct; he calls the d half diminished (or mi7 flat 5) an e minor. Also, if you listen carefully, at 1:28 he cuts out a couple bars of cmi7. If you know the song, you know that it ends on two bars of cmi7 and begins on two bars of cmi7, but he skipped the intro bars and went straight to fmi7

[fishqwer]

also, his feel is awful. It doesn't have the med. up bossa feel at all.

[fishqwer]

not to mention that at 1:02 he is not even in time, he sounds like he's plaing take 5. Also, he calls the A flat7 a G sharp 7, which is not even in the key of D flat (which is what the key change modulates to) How many mistakes can a "proffessional" guitar instructor make in 2 minutes...

[FFFOFFwojo]

teeheehee

[Xmalibur]

Hi Im a bald guy who eats motorcycles and teaches guitar you got a problem with that lol

[neffrocks]

I would consider this beginner or MAYBE at the most, intermediate. Listen to a version of Pat Martino playing 'Blue Bossa.' That's advanced.  His comping is outstanding. Try to play this song without ever repeating the same chord voicing. That's what my jazz teacher used to tell me to practice. It helped me a lot.

[guitarandfood123]

this isnt advanced at all....

[dominite2000]

after the f minor chord its a d minor 7 flat 5 not e

[cocain93]

haha i thought i was the only one that caught that

[hanglooser]

Yo that's the guy from future weapons from discovery :P.

Nice vid

[nrnftribute]

if you guys cant catch the chords maybe you shouldnt watch the video

[ftoscano676]

bacone!!!!!!!!!!!

[pesadilla38]

hard to learn with so little time, but that was the shit, lmao this guy looks so hardcore and he busts out playing some soothing bossa nova. i love that stuff though.

[banjorol]

blue balls-sack

[cuahtemoc83]

i m sick of these goddamn parasite expertvillage videos... not that they re bad...but beacause you dont get to explain nor learn anything extensively within 2 minutes. So why dont you leave a bit of space for others on youtube?

[deepfriedpankakes]

anyone who thinks this id good playing can go suck a dick listen to a real guitarist

[utubestas]

like who? please don't say Yngwie Malmsteen...

[deepfriedpankakes]

Like Tal Farlow or Joe Pass, or John Scofield or Wes Montgomery.

Not everyone listens to only one kind of music my friend, some people are eclectic.

[rokimbo]

hey man if you go to brazil with that rhythm you only gonna get a kick in your ass

[banjorol]

lmfao

[rockforlife35]

dude you rock! thanks a lot man.

[musiclover199019]

this guy sucks.how come there is alot of his video in youtube. sick men!!!!!!!!!

[GaryWilliams74]

It's not ADVANCED, there are no TECHNIQUES, it's not really a LESSON, it's barely a BOSSA rhythm. But it is FREE!

[pebolooks]

This is NOT advanced guitar playing at all.

[JMOLIVES]

How can u give advanced jazz lessons if u are wrong with the easiest tune of the real book ??? u missed the turnaround dm75b-g7 ( or g9+/9b).

I think u should do it again for honesty, we all make mistake, jazz man try to learn from them...

[guitaress1]

I understand the nervous thing, but what kinda disturbs me is that you cut 2 full measures out--at the end there's either 2 bars of Cm-- or a bar of Cm and a turnaround bar of Dm7b5 to G7-- BEFORE the form starts again. It's a 16 bar form.

[slegolego]

that's what i want!

thanks

[KelloggsCornflake]

I'm getting sick of all these expert village videos. They're spamming all tere vids on youtube and they're all on the first pages...and they suck ballz.

[guitarlover38]

In my opinion, none of them are experts. Other than their claims of being experts, did you notice there are conveniently no actual performance videos like the real pros?

[letshavewhat1111]

why because you suck ballz much better

[migitara50]

Just a nervous mistake...

its indeed a Dm7b5

Good you pointed that out!

[jmsbk12345]

Surely when you say Em7b5, it is infact a Dm7b5