Girl from Ipanema
Imaj7 — ii7 — V7 — Imaj7
Classic bossa nova changes
Genre
Bossa Nova chord progressions
Brazilian genre combining samba and jazz
What makes it sound like this
Harmonic fingerprints.
- Extended chords
- Chromatic movement
- ii-V substitutions
- Syncopated rhythm
Where it lives
Common keys.
The tonal centres bossa nova keeps coming back to — usually because they sit well on the instruments the style was built on. Each key page carries its full diatonic chord set, and links its relative minor for the darker corners of the genre.
4 progressions
The changes bossa nova runs on.
Written in roman numerals, then spelled out in the key of C. Every chord links to its own page; where the pattern has a full progression page of its own, that link is on the card.
Vocabulary
The chords that define the sound.
Not just which qualities bossa nova reaches for, but those qualities built on the roots the genre actually plays in. Every chord links to its shapes, audio, and voice-leading notes.