Jovino Santos Neto
Three-time Latin Grammy nominee Jovino Santos Neto, a master pianist, composer and arranger, is among the top Brazilian musicians working today.
June 19 · 2024
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- Insensatez (E.Elias) - Chord Chart
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- Wave (J. Gilberto version) - Chord Chart
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Learn to accompany vocalists for “Insensatez” (How Insensitive) and “Wave”. We explore voicings and general accompaniment principles in the Bossa Nova style.
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Hey Jovino, I really enjoyed this seminar and I’m sorry I missed the live version. I have been working on playing How Insensitive for a few years. I’m now singing it in Gb minor and accompanying myself, so don’t have a drum as in your beautiful playing with the Elain Elias version. I am using the rhythm of the guitar Gilberto/Getz used which is quarter note, quarter note tied to eighth, dotted quarter note. When I get to my improv, my left hand is playing bass note, 5th, 3/7 shell voicing. It is not as floating and as beautiful as your seminar. Any thoughts or suggestions for me to create a more lyrical interpretation. Thanks, and understand this is hard to explain in writing. Margy
Hi Margy,
Thanks for your question and my apologies for the delay in answering. I am traveling a lot these days.
Anyway, if you don’t regularly play with a drummer, you could use a groove generator like eBatuque, https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ebatuque/id1554007194
This app provides a wide variety of groove patterns which you can control ( tempo, instruments, texture). You can use this to develop an internal sense of groove, so you can play more lyrically and have your chords float over the groove without losing the pulse.
Regarding your voicings, remember that in this style you try to avoid redundancies. If your vocal melody is already on a note, you don’t ned to add that note to your chord. This creates a more transparent sound. Also, avoid playing all the notes at once, as a block chord, and focus on soft arpeggios of syncopated notes instead.
Check out the harmonic flexibility I mentioned in my seminar and see what you can create.
Let me know if this is helpful, and I hope you enjoy our PianoGroove videos!
Cheers,
Jovino