BOSSA NOVA is beautiful! (and why every guitarist should know the basics)

man just had a private guitar lesson with Dominic Miller, SO COOL!

I love how you put the tabs on the screen

As a Brazilian, it is curious but at the same time fascinating to see the enchantment that Bossa Nova causes among foreigners. We were practically born learning this rhythm. If you increase this same beat to 160bpm, you will be entering SAMBA. Congratulations on the content Paul. I've learned a lot from you over the last few years!!

Bossa nova made jazz style chords and theory a lot more accessible for me. Definitely worth learning

The lesson here is that if you make a video about Dominic Miller’s playing, he may show up at your house and give you an amazing music lesson.

As a brazilian I must point: this groove is present not only in bossa nova, but in almost everything else in Brazil. It's the "relaxing" approach that gives the correct tone to it, like a warm sunset at the beach, and Dominic nailed the concept. This and the insane chord progressions, of course. 😅

Hats off to a "Bossanova haunted" Dominic Miller... the humility in sharing his passion is a breath of fresh air in these times of "in your face" attention seeking music. Thank you Paul for a wonderful presentation.

I love how Dominic, during any of the live-jam test runs scattered throughout, is watching Paul's face intently as he plays. He's immediately trying to connect with the emotion and presence of the other musician, even for a soft Bossa Nova jam sesh. Smiling when he sees how much fun the other person is having with it. Music is so valuable.

I'm a nubie at 75; and wanted to know a little bit of jazz chords. This video is the perfect starting point, for my musical journey, via Bosa Nova. Thanks Paul, AND Dominic.

Dominic was the first non-Brazilian person I've seen to really get Brazilian music. Rhythm and touch is everything. You take a musician like Arthur Menezes playing amazing Rock/Blues and the Brazilian groove comes out even in a completely different genre. Dominic is spot on, including his comment about having to feel it.

Dominic nailed it. This is how Bossa Nova should be played. Less is More.

That jam switch at 6:10 and Dominic saying "That's great" has to feel like a dream haha, amazing video

Some guy on the internet + Dominic Miller = magic. Wonderful collaboration. Big thumbs-up.

Man… playing bossa nova in a a steel string guitar feels so wrong 😂 anyway, as a Brazilian, all I can say is that Dominic was spot on this beautiful music feeling and rhythmic patterns.

Hey Paul, let me tell some things based on the video. As a Brazilian born and raised during the 90's, I started my musical journey listening to Rock Bands such as Nirvana, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Guns and Roses and The Jimi Hendrix Experience, but then one day I realised that if I wanna be a serious musician, I needed to know about Brazilian Music, and so I asked myself about how strange is to symple have almost no idea about the music from my homeland. I started my trip into Brazilian Music through a famous record called Clube Da Esquina (1972), that I really suggest you give a listen to, and then I started learning about Bossa Nova. Nowadays for me the Blues and Bossa Nova are the best "schools" for begginers on the guitar. You know, it's quite hard to start on guitar learning something like Yngwie Malsmteen songs, but there are things that are easier to play technically, but are very interesting too, so the Blues helped me to start a sense of improvisation, and Bossa Nova helped me to create a more intimate relationship with the guitar. With Bossa Nova I worked a lot with harmony, improvisation on an more advanced level (playing through changes, using lots of different scales), rhythm, and also the songs feels better to play even without a band, so this makes you get more confident about your playing. Imagine yourself trying to play For The Love of God on an acoustic guitar (without an amp, an distortion, you got it), while you're hangin' with your friends anywhere... this may not work well, so it's cool to have an alternative that may be usefull anytime. Don't forget, Bossa Nova is extremely romantic and this can be a great idea to play some Bossa to your loved one. I was an extremely angry guy and Bossa Nova helped me cool down, it's trully relaxing. I'll left here some suggestions for you guys to take a listen to these players: Toninho Horta (my all time favourite guitar player, completely blew my mind even more than Hendrix and anyone you can name), Dori Caimmy, Romero Lubambo, Juarez Moreira, Lula Galvão, Marcos Valle, João Bosco, just to name a few. Check out on my channel a video I recorded of Toninho Horta playing one of his wonderful songs, Waiting For Angela, in a Bossa style that I recorded years ago. After he turned my greatest hero, I had the luck of becoming a close friend of him. Life is great! I loved your video and also your channel. Cheers from Belo Horizonte!

My old friend Levi loved bossa nova. He played side flute and anytime I’d play some basic bossa nova chords he’d soar with that. RIP Levi. Bossa nova is timeless.

What a generous man Dominic Miller is to share his knowledge so easily and in such a humble way! Respect!

Amazing content. I’m Brazilian. And I remember learning guitar and wanting to play Tom Jobim and Toquinho, the complexity is crazy. But once you get it it’s no coming back. It’s a beautiful sound. The Brazilian guitarist always have that little pinch, that little flavor on their playing that resembles bossa nova a little, kiko Loureiro took a lot of his riffs base on his knowledge of Brazilian music. Great content Paul!

Great tip not being shy about playing single notes while the chords are held back. Makes life a lot easier. Otherwise one would ruin one's hands trying to do the impossible.

I never comment but had to because there’s a connection in this video. You each provided a new perspective to each other and it didn’t go unnoticed either direction. I need more of this format! Just talking and playing guitar