The Girl From Ipanema is a far weirder song than you thought

[@AdamNeely]

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[@htctatoo100]

Was thinking Cherokee

[@kytehq]

something with undertale's music

[@birthdaydinosaur]

Adam Neely maybe some kendrick lamar (to pimp a butterfly) or meshuggah?

[@normorryd4297]

Sir Duke, by Stevie Wonder

[@elmer4090]

African polyrythmic drumming?

[@stadbab]

when i was in highschool i had a friend whose dog HATED this song. he was normally super friendly and sweet, but if you so much as hummed it around him he would start growling. that dog apparently had no appreciation for bossa nova.

[@ezzb]

That's actually hilarious. That a friendly dog would go crazy Whit the most chill sublime music genre ever

[@ThatsJustPeachy1871]

Elvis sang a song called Bosa Nova

[@aloevera420]

This is the funniest thing I've read all week

[@kairi123able]

my brain skipped over the word dog and i was so confused as to why your friend chose growling as their usual reaction to a disliked song

[@mariya_tortilla]

@@kairi123able same here

[@pedrokz8.0]

I'm a simple Brazilian, I see my culture on the title, I click

[@bluesfortheredsun]

sepultura!!!

[@joejordan5345]

You are simple, indeed.

[@repeteoliva2255]

same here o/

[@gio6iooo]

eu

[@isamartins81]

Nem acredito que vi 30 min de video e mal entendo inglês

[@A.l.a.c.]

In Portuguese the lyrics are much more romantic and talks about beauty, love, grace and simplicity. They are not expecting anything from the girl, like in the English version, they are just contemplating her passing as a moment of grace, beauty and lonely sadness for them. It's like a devotion. Vinícius was a very romantic Don Juan type of man. I love "Onde Anda Você", btw.

[@roguebossa]

Thank You.

[@TuaTeMauAkauAtea]

You said all truth about Portuguese idiom and bossa nova from Brazil it's another planet very far from statesonian version in english lirics. In english you have a romance between to souls in portuguese you have devotion complicity desire between 2 souls it's another dimension of express the human feelings 🎶🎵💋💋💋🍻🥂

[@stephaniemoura9325]

That’s the truth about any song in Portuguese when we try to translate to English, it simply doesn’t work.

[@reliablebow]

Thank you.

[@idontwantahandlethough]

FWIW, I don't speak Portuguese, and that's how I interpreted the song. There's no reciprocation expected from the dude, he's just like "wow, she's amazing. She's so amazing that merely witnessing her beauty is sufficient."

[@timothybruggeman9332]

After having studied Portuguese for a while and listening to the Portuguese lyrics, I was astonished to find that the lyrics are not a direct translation to the English lyrics you hear Astrud Gilberto sing. Here it is, translated literally: Look, such a sight, so beautiful, So filled with grace, It's her, this girl who comes and who passes, With a sweet swing, on her way to the sea. Girl with body of gold From the sun of Ipanema, Her swing Is more than a poem, Is a sight more beautiful Than I have ever seen pass by. Ah, why am I so alone? Why is there so much sadness? This beauty that exists, This beauty that is not only mine, That also passes by alone. Ah, if she but knew, That when she passes by, The world smiles, Is filled with grace, And becomes more beautiful, Because of love.

[@A.l.a.c.]

Uma pequena correção. Ao final: O mundo "inteirinho" (diminutivo de inteiro) se enche de graça = the whole world is filled with grace.

[@LucaAnamaria]

That's so beautiful!

[@Mando0Melkor]

Este comentário me faz pensar que traduções mais literais das letras devia ser mais comum. Eu sei que elas não são o ideal mas nesse caso e vários outros passa de verdade a mensagem.

[@ippanpedrozo1162]

@@LucaAnamaria wtf are you talking about lol???? this sounds like some incel pickup line lololol. the middle-aged dude is fantasizing about a young girl, staying around the area long enough to know she passes this exact spot every day. he's stalking her and thinking to himself "woe is me, im not fucking this sexy beach girl! she's so hot but i bet she doesn't know it! mmh, look at how her ass swings from side to side. if only this girl was MINE like and object or property. also, she's currently alone, so surely she's single!" it's cringe, and gross, and incel-y, and coomer-y

[@Scidarky]

​@@ippanpedrozo1162it makes more sense in portuguese

[@livs9899]

Video: **has something from Brazil in the title** Brazilians: Hah, you just activated my trap card!

[@ninetails0980]

You are right

[@pros_0143]

We're everywhere, in every form and name.

[@joaotd49]

Brasileiros estão a espreita em todos os videos do youtube só esperando alguem mencionar a gente

[@joaotrindade3118]

Vdd mano kkk

[@turma8eac]

You have summoned us!

[@rodrigomendonca1777]

strange fact: Tom and Vinicius wrote this song based on experiences they had in a bar in Rio de Janeiro that still exists and is in the neighborhood of Ipanema, they watched the same girl pass by this bar on the way to the beach and because they thought she was very beautiful they decided to write this song, this girl is still alive and is called Helô Pinheiro. Legend says that they wore drunk while watching Helô

[@goblinhairedguy]

Sounds all too likely, Rodrigo. Obrigada .

[@donaldcoulter6017]

I agree. Yet the guy doing the video reduces it to oogling girls on the beach

[@musicpoker7822]

i sat at THE table where this was written, and saw the "manuscript" framed and securely locked onto the wall. That was in the early 1980s, don't know if it's still there today...

[@brucecampbell6133]

​@@miguelvasques7854 Perhaps you've heard of Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso, Chico Buarque e Geraldo Vandre? Some of the most famous musicians and songwriters of the day that you speak of were harassed, arrested and thrown out of the country by the military dictatorship(s). The fact that they existed the same place in time had nothing to do with any imagined tolerance or magnanimity dos milicos ditadores.

[@gabrielpoubel1077]

@@brucecampbell6133 none of them are talented or innovative musicians, their fame comes from politic matters. Elis Regina would be a much better example.

[@Lizzy-tg5tz]

i feel like most americans label bossa nova as "elevator music" whenever they hear it which is so annoying to me cause it's such a gorgeous genre of music :( it's a perfect mix of some of my favorite parts of music. the syncopation, american jazz influence, and instrumentation are all amazing and just because it's not fast and exciting by pop standards, it's "elevator music"

[@phosphenevision]

@@calculator1841 clearly there's only one moron here, someone that has no clue about linguistics and feels like they can judge someone on perfectly valid use of language

[@sieteocho]

They're not entirely wrong. Bossa Nova is something very delicate. Botch it up, or play some cheesy derivative, and it fully deserves to be called elevator music.

[@TheCobraman45]

@@calculator1841 and I label you a troll.

[@relentlessmadman]

I live in America and I try to avoid elevators, because you usually find them in really tall buildings and hospitals! not because of the music!!!!

[@andyruiz6636]

Totally agree! And unfortunately for the most part, any instrumental music. (Not saying all instrumental music is great) but I listen to a lot of instrumental music from all sorts of genres and there’s always someone who calls it elevator music!

[@thhall459]

I was a Texan American living in Salvador Bahia Brazil when this song was released and on the airwaves. It powerfully blessed my 7 year old soul. I am still mesmerized by it at age 67. Your exposition today further explains why this song is so uniquely wonderful. Thank you. I am saddened by Astrud Gilberto's recent death. By a wonderful coincidence (for me), she was born in Salvador Bahia Brazil.

[@AndreGames1208]

Oh, and the lyrics are "o mundo inteirinho", not "o mundo sorrindo" "Inteirinho" is a diminutive for "whole"

[@anabremer3325]

Up

[@gabrielandrade9237]

up

[@StrangeCorvus]

down

[@camilaindriago1076]

Restart

[@ricepigs8981]

Up

[@thebrickthathitjasongrace2902]

As a Brazilan, it’s honestly just about a lovesick man who wishes a girl would notice him, he isn’t obsessed with her or anything he just is infatuated

[@13Blu]

infatuation is a form of obsession

[@thebrickthathitjasongrace2902]

@@13Blu something that continually preoccupies a person's mind defines obsession, unlike infatuation in which the person strives to be more like someone, an obsessed person spends all their time thinking about this one person.

[@julesleodoro]

not really lovesick... it's more about being a middle-aged man, at the bar's sidewalk, watching a much younger woman passing by, and fantasizing a little bit. Creep-ish, but I agree that he is not obsessed with her

[@thebrickthathitjasongrace2902]

@@julesleodoro although it’s a middle age man singing, the story is through eyes of a young man

[@Gran69]

So he's a creepy pervert, got it

[@luciddreams4091]

Me watching this knowing nothing about music theory: mmm yes chords

[@ariesphinx]

hmm yes D flat u right

[@ps8364]

Hahaha!!!! 😂 You literally just basically explained what I was thinking! That was pretty hilarious

[@keshavleitan7800]

Underrated 😂

[@mendodave]

It’s totally over my head. This is the equivalent of diagraming a sentence where you take a perfectly good sentence and ruin it by dissecting into its individual parts and the whole meaning is lost.

[@BrianMChampion]

I know. Very interesting. But after playing guitar for a few years for my own amusement, and trying to learn increasingly more difficult songs, it's now only 98.3% over my head.

[@raullara9015]

morrendo aqui com as distorçoes numa letra tao deboa kkkkk como se fosse de terror e é literalmente uma gostosa andando na praia

[@luciaborges3283]

Né, tipo, é só eles tentando expressar aquela sensação de quando você vê alguém aleatório, acha atraente e tenta fazer contato mas a pessoa não te nota. Não poderia ser mais inocente

[@migueldantas3918]

A Única coisa estranha... É que reza a lenda que a era uma garota relativamente jovem , comparado a idade do compositor.

[@nomenaodisponivel12]

@@migueldantas3918 não é nem questão de rezar a lenda, era a Helô Pinheiro, que tinha 17 anos, enquanto Tom Jobim tinha 35

[@enricooler]

EXT JKKKK

[@roguebossa]

Oh my goodness yes. Sou bossa americano, mas nunca cantarei essa ou qualquer outra bossa em inglês, é um lixo.

[@CarlosAndradeVisom]

Hi Adam I am a recording engineer producer who has had the opportunity to record many times and befriend Tom Jobim and I must say that your observation on deletion, at the end of the video, was one of Tom’s highest priorities when playing and composing. It always called my attention how excited he would get when showing me a full chord from where he would Start to take notes out of so the chord would resonate better, opening space to melodies that would complement it. Congratulations. This was an amazing study.

[@andrewpearce5477]

Okay! That is awesome! You just changed my world.

[@LittLizard]

Que fantástico !

[@nnnnsaakadamanas218]

that really is awesome - what a privilege to record the man also :)

[@hyperdrivedoll2097]

Okay, if that's so, then name your favorite jazz song as a teenager and why you liked it, and also something you learned about the song later in life.

[@webgpu]

@@hyperdrivedoll2097 trying to delegitimize him?

[@rafaelbassvieira]

I'm a brazilian musician that spent almost 12 years in courses and conservatories here in São Paulo since my teens. I find very funny that I did not got such deep explanation os this classic here, the conservatory is a subsidiary of Berklee and the teachers hold the real book as the holy grail. Thank you for going after so many details about this song and respecting it's culture (I see your portuguese and salute you for it). Huge fan of your work and only wish you the best.

[@tomasbdepaula]

Souza Lima? Estudei lá também

[@chiaradina]

Super deep.

[@tombates1435]

I learned quite a lot from this video! Thanks so much! I subscribed 👍

[@PaulMenking]

Adam “it actually goes a little bit deeper than that” Neely

[@memejohnson4101]

That was also Adam said when his girlfriend said it is a big sausage you got.

[@AlexGeek]

Neelception - "We need to go deeper"

[@Kosmo999]

“He’s a .... .. ... highway child” - Jimi Hendrix

[@markjameldc1520]

That’s what she said

[@slangjo1]

"But wait! There's more!"

[@ronnie7075]

The Girl from Ipanema Sung by Astrud Gilberto in 1960. Became a huge hit in 1963. Astrud died in June 2023 aged 83 in the US. This song has always been one of my favourites. Thank you Astrud.

[@ace-smith]

did you comment this for likes without even watching the video

[@markcraven8386]

As for me, the definitive version. Heard it first when I was a very young kid, and from then it was ingrained.

[@musicstudio4252]

It was Stan Getz' recording session with Joao Gilberto. He heard Joao's wife sing and asked her to sing on the record. She had not recorded before.

[@NoriMori1992]

Aw, I didn't know she died last year 😞

[@brendamoon2660]

Astrud Gilberto was underrated. One of the great beauties of all time

[@melpot4296]

Its actually about this girl named Helô that Tom and Vinicius watched passing them as they were in a bar, she was so beautiful and just passed by everyone without needing anyone elses praise to confirm her beauty, which in itself made her even more beautiful. They were also drunk whilst writing. Edit: she’s actually still alive to this day, Helô, the woman the song is about

[@drowningin]

Let me guess, you're related

[@shiivainu9442]

Interesting, thank you for the info! Looked her up and I can't believe how young she looks in her 70s 😵‍💫

[@stevnated]

Yes, that is so cool!

[@FalkyRocket2222]

​@@drowningin no its a common story and they made sure to tell it in schools in 2016

[@D4rch0rs]

helô has unspoken rizz

[@yomama2376]

I was obsessed with bossa nova in middle school. Its so calming, interesting and beautiful. Portuguese is a wonderful language to listen to. Agua de beber and aguas de marco were my faves.

[@AGPBM]

Wait till u understand that Aguas de marc(march’s waters) is related to the end of summer and the natural tropical rains that Rio has in March. The huge depressing moment that made a beautiful music

[@hankkingsley9300]

Portuguese is just bastardized Spanish

[@gettylowpepe]

here, in brazil, we're close to the "Águas de Março", where's my birthday. And, i was born in a city famous for its pools... the joke's ready to use...

[@skaviva70]

Portuguese is a poetic sounding language. Very sexy, too.

[@Amberstargazerofearth]

Agree❤

[@otavionunes3643]

"Ah, por que tudo é tão triste?" - Ela cantava, com o maior sorriso no rosto

[@christiankliber]

@@gabriel.brasileiro Eu sou gringo e quero entender. Estou apaixonado pelo seu país....

[@mcfarofinha134]

@@christiankliber Brazilians have lived a bittersweet existance for as long as Brazil was a thing. A culture of smilling despite endless tragedy developed. This ambiguity and bittersweetness of the Brazilian way of life is, in my opinion, what makes Brazilian culture so interesting .

[@lenzi1982]

@@christiankliber if you still want more, theres this video that explains how music survived the sensorship by sounding very happy superficially kzbin.info/www/bejne/ionNp6qHecuhiqs

[@csantana1971]

@@christiankliber Brazil had censorship for many years so having the lyrics sounding like a perfect composition and the instrumentalism sound like “off”, or “unfinished” was the way Brazil displayed ambiguity…

[@lenzi1982]

@@ZamielPayne não tenho certeza, mas ouvi dizer que a original foi composta em ré menor e lá fora cantam em fá. não sei porque também não

[@niemand3774]

That song is often bashed to be "Elevator Music". Simply because everybody knows it. But it is far more! Thanks for making that clear!!

[@RealEfdee]

More because Bossa Nova is used a lot as elevator music. Everybody knows Help from The Beatles but nobody would call it elevator music.

[@jnm92]

I taught myself Brazilian Portuguese on Duolingo just to sing bossa ❤️

[@sthompson2839]

Ahh nice to hear someone else did that! I play piano and sing, and started learning Portuguese on Duolingo (many months ago) so I could sing Jobim songs with a good accent. I need to reboot on it though.

[@mitsuck7881]

Nice to see people apppreciating our language/music

[@jojoulinoloukanikaki8619]

excactly me too!!

[@alissonsilva6639]

Tive a sorte de nascer falando Português aqui no Brasil, aprendemos Inglês ao passar dos anos para cantar Queen, Beatles e etc I was lucky to be born speaking Portuguese here in Brazil, we learned English over the years to sing Queen and The Beatles too...

[@tomasfontes1699]

Isso é muito massa!!

[@wilderuhl3450]

This bears saying: your editors skills are underrated and under appreciated. Also great analysis

[@dantecusolito8513]

I think he edits his own videos, which is even more impressive.

[@Jorjik81]

This video is very psychodelc,

[@AdamNeely]

thanks, signed me, the editor

[@DougerArt]

this video is very psychodelc,

[@egeatacandogan4104]

@@AdamNeely Which program/programs do you use to edit?

[@carlosgraficario]

Tom Jobim até hoje é o segundo compositor e artista mais tocado no mundo, ficando só atrás dos Beatles. Só que eles eram quatro.

[@tomecabalzar5229]

que ele era um só na produção é completamente questionável né?

[@juliasevero480]

@@tomecabalzar5229 ele falou compositor e artista, não produtor, assim como os beatles não produziam sozinhos, não é? Acho que se ele não produzia sozinho não entra na questão. Acho q não entendi teu comentário

[@miguelvasques7854]

4?... 20...

[@goununo]

Exato...como os 3 mosqueteiros....também eram 4.

[@fluxoff]

Tom Jobim is&was a genius.

[@jimslim7278]

I love how you play the sound of chords etc. simultaneously whenever you mention them. Useful for someone like me who doesn’t know music theory as well as I wish I did.

[@felipevargas7912]

As a brazilian i highly recomend for those who want to know more the sound of bossa the album Chega de Saudade. This is one of the most influential albuns for music in Brasil

[@chrislarry05]

yes!

[@santisouk1924]

By which artists??

[@tainabeber5169]

@@santisouk1924 João Gilberto

[@kevin_dasilva]

I have some bossa phases that I get into and out of, but that album... Chega de Saudade - João Gilberto (1959) is one of the ones that I am ALWAYS putting on. Every couple of months I feel the need to go back and listen to it. Quick story for those who don't know and please correct me if I happen to be wrong here. I believe that before that 1959 album there weren't many famous artists recording with more than 1 microphone. You would "mix" the sound by placing musicians strategically in the recording room, and the vocalist would have to stay in front, and usually push his voice forward almost opera-like. The new tech of getting 1 mic for voice and 1 mic for guitar gave people like João Gilberto the ability to experiment with lower voices, giving rise to his now very famous whispering-style of singing. Every video i've seen of him live has that very same what seems to be an AKG 414, super close to his face. In 2020 we can listen to something from 60 years ago and take these details for granted. The album is less than 25 minutes long and has around 10 songs, it goes by in a breeze... One of my favorite albums from that time period

[@alxdregomes]

@@kevin_dasilva now that's impressive, also been having bossa phases and it really is one of those things that makes me happy for being born in brazil

[@jerrysalfi4474]

Gilberto’s simplified chords in the bridge is what gives the vocal space to breath creating the sadness of the lyric. That’s the essence of the song. For a vocalist, Gilberto has allowed that emotion to come through. The jazz progression takes that away by making you feel that you’re marching through the chord progression. Gilberto is the way to go if you want the song to have feeling.

[@griiseknoen]

I had the exact same thought!

[@bryanchandler3486]

I can't help but think of the American jazz equivalent being Herbie famously mishearing Miles telling him not to play the "butter" notes

[@beenaplumber8379]

It is a bit heavy handed (the jazz). Had I not heard this analysis, I wouldn't have understood why. Heavy handed music diminishes the listener's own experience. Gilberto's harmonies give space to the vocalist, yes, but they also give space to the listener. My own emotions emerge instead of feeling like I'm being told how to feel. It feels more like my own experience, which gives it a deeper authenticity to me, as a listener. Add Astrud's gentle voice, wow!

[@mitsostim07]

The important thing is deletion, as the guy in Harvard said, it let's your ears "imagine" different worlds :)

[@captainred441]

Those deconstructed chords - great explanation, thanks!

[@arthurbellon9446]

YOU, MORTAL!!!! have summoned the Brazilian internet troupe. We are many and we warmly greet you

[@alexisventura7191]

Y e s

[@mariafausti3128]

S i m

[@sofia-wn2xv]

sim kkkkkkk

[@jovem.4286]

Sim

[@HosheaManein]

Overproud???😏

[@jscotlandr]

A brilliant video. The use of the Bernstein clip on deletion tied everything together wonderfully. That and your commentary on it's importance highlighted the examples of "dropped" chords and the inversions missing the root note (which was played by the base) and showed how they contributed to the song's unique feel. Thank you for this delightful and educational experience.

[@Thelaretus]

The Portuguese announcements for each part of the video are very Spanish-esque (or, as we call it, Portunhol); Martina's pronunciations, though, being a Brazilian's raised in the US, sound slightly exotic, but charming and correct.

[@aureliontroll2341]

Yeah

[@diasvitor200]

That's something to be expected from someone who speaks English in a country where many speak Spanish as a second or foreign language (and also as their first language). And, yes, her pronunciation is quite correct and exotic with a hint of Portuguese from the northern/northeastern part of Brazil. Once, talking to a very nice North American old lady about a text written in Spanish where Portuguese was expected, she told me I might be confused because both languages are very similar (indeed). The only surprising fact to that conversation was that I am a Brazilian Portuguese native speaker and I can really tell one language from the other. :)

[@jjhassy]

thank you

[@taimunozhan]

I find it a bit odd how she seems to pronounce the NH in "souzinho" a bit more like a velar nasal (like the NG in English 'singing') than as a palatal nasal (the more usual realization of Portuguese NH, Spanish Ñ, French/Italian GN). Perhaps a [ŋʲ] rather than a [ɲ]. Also, perhaps there's a very short schwa diphthong at the end of her open O's /ɔ/.

[@lucascastro2732]

eu como brasileiro AMO um delicioso sotaque 😋

[@bettorup_]

Fun fact: The 'quiet singing' style of Bossa Nova music originated out of necessity. Many jam sessions between young (American Jazz-influenced) Brazilian musicians happened at crowded apartments late at night. The quiet singing and corresponding chill style of Bossa Nova was literally born of not wanting to wake the neighbors.

[@brandonangeles8274]

didnt it also have to do with joao gilbertos innovations? he used to get made fun of for singing "through his nose"

[@tidigimon]

Would love to read more about this

[@bettorup_]

@@tidigimon kzbin.info/www/bejne/bmKZdo2XfaqriK8

[@nickrenneker_music]

? Nolyn, this makes sense but wondering, do you have support, corroboration, for this concept of Brazilian musicians needing to sing softly - not to wake, ....or is this your idea alone? Just curios, thanks.

[@brandonangeles8274]

@@nickrenneker_music Caetano Veloso's book "Tropical Truth" explores both ideas. He talks a lot about these night time meetings in Nara Leao's apartment (the 'Muse of Bossa Nova') as well as Joao Gilberto's singing innovations which preceded these meetings. Compare his version of Chega de Saudade in 1959 with Elizete Cardoso's in 1957 and you can see the development of this technique. The apartment jam sessions didn't come into fruition until at least the beginning of the 60s...

[@nicolaipinheiro9849]

I'm a brazilian musician and I'm usually a bit defiant towards people talking about brazilian music because in my experience they never quite seem to get the subtlety of it or even, sometimes, their facts straight, but this video is the absolute opposite of that : precise, subtle and inspiring. Cheers from a brazilian fan.

[@Seekthetruth3000]

What do you think about Paul Mauriat's version of Brazilian music?

[@Marcus538]

I knkyw what you mean Im a big baden Powell fan and brazillian music in general

[@guysmiley7289]

Worry about your president. He's dooming the world with the deforestation. That happens, no one talks about Brazilian music.

[@Maplicito]

@@guysmiley7289 That's pretty out of right field - why even mention that in a discussion like this? I wouldn't bring up Trump every time an American discusses something.

[@moki2093]

Guy Smiley ew politics shoo

[@johnforde7735]

Bossa Nova became really popular in Japan. Gilberto particularly enjoyed performing for Japanese audiences later in his life.

[@iamthinking2252_]

There’s also a decent portion of Brazilian Japanese as well

[@AtlanticGRW]

Brazilian here, one of my favorite aspects of bossa nova is that It's, weirdly, hugely influential in Japan, some people say finding Brazilian records there is even easier than here, also, a lot of Nintendo background music is bossa nova/samba, specifically, the 3ds Mii theme sounds a lot like "summer samba".

[@andreteixeira8546]

Most cafes and book offs (2nd hand bookstores) here in Japan play bossa nova all the time.

[@user-ut9ln4vd5m]

_pizzicato five_

[@DonDaniellllll]

Have you ever heard ''New Wave bossa nova'' from Zelda Majora's mask? And Also there is a Japanese Singer called Sayuri Kokushou, listen to '' ふり返してSomeday'' and '' 大きい猫 - big cat'', its basically bossa nova based. You can find her albuns to download in this link ''jpop80ss.blogspot.com/search/label/SAYURI%20KOKUSHO'' The first song is from 1987 BALANCE OF HEART album, and the second one is from 1989 Sakana Album. I'll definitively like these songs. Também sou br, mas escrevi em inglês pra geral entender.

[@Grace-hw9jk]

That's so interesting. I know there's a decently sized Japanese population in Brazil, maybe some of them moved back to Japan and brought their Brazilian music with them.

[@adamkelly3116]

It might be connected to Brazil's large Japanese diaspora. Largest in the world I think

[@physiobr9227]

Omg music theory is so hard, that music was made in a bar in front of the beach, how come there is so much architecture behind it, they were not thinking about it but there it is

[@Nina27BD]

Well...they were geniuses.... E músicos, o que provavelmente faça com que seja beeem mais fácil pra eles fazer música mesmo num bar... (do que pra mim, pelo menos, que não sei nada de música no sentido de acordes e tons, harmonia melodia e essas coisas...)

[@renanmateus8905]

O ouvido do Tom foi treinado desde pequeno pelo pai, que era maestro, o pai tocava notas aleatórias e ele tinha q advinhar qual era, nao é como se ele tivesse só estudado numa faculdade. Ele aprendeu a falar a "língua" musical ainda criança.

[@banana-uo3be]

And they were probably drunk

[@raimarulightning]

Many of the best "pop" or non-classical musicians make music that sounds good and don't really worry about the music theory. Famously, the Beatles couldn't read sheet music when they started, and even today, Paul and Ringo aren't especially book-heavy in their approaches. All this is to say that music theory is good for some, but isn't a requirement for making good music. Make something that sounds good and people will want to listen to it. The theorists will come in afterwards to try and explain why.

[@roxyiconoclast]

@@raimarulightning in the case of Jobim, however, he was trained in composition as well as playing various musical instruments.

[@ArmandoMorel]

Weird fact: the name "Ipanema" comes from the Tupi-Guarani language "Ypanema", which means "stinky water"

[@wayneurquhart1967]

The Girl from Stinky Water would have been the most recorded song in history, not the second.

[@fydstar]

@@wayneurquhart1967 there must be more songs that have hidden translations?

[@ninetails0980]

Realmemte é um fato estranho

[@ypob2007]

Nossa língua é estupidamente diversa

[@icatsuaamiga]

Praia de Ipanema

[@dfreeman120]

I played this song on a tour of Japan in 75’ as the MD/ keyboardist for the great Astrid Gilberto. Was great to know her ❤

[@worrykills]

Great story! Portuguese lyrics much lovlier

[@wiseSYW]

"thing more beautiful when remove useless thing" "Juliet sun"

[@jonasshofler6456]

Julisun

[@pedraumbass]

jun

[@Yesh77777]

JS

[@euchre90]

@@Yesh77777 Bach?

[@TheZenytram]

Sun

[@alemwm]

Here I am, a Brazilian, learning things that I never imagined about this song, from this guy from another country. Congrats, man, congrats. Saravá, Tom. Saravá, Vininha.

[@seumemel]

Pô, bom demais! O nível da pesquisa do Adam é incrível! Tô doido pra uma legenda pra poder espalhar esse vídeo. Vou tentar tirar um tempo pra isso.

[@riiprafa]

@@seumemel Bro, se juntar umas 5/6 pessoas dá pra legendar rápido. Eu animo

[@Bentroen_]

@@riiprafa Tô dentro também!

[@carguy3460]

Great info in the vid, however, if you just go to a nearby beach, you will understand everything you need to know about the song :)

[@rebeccapaiottidasilva4054]

Lol Me too

[@fm00]

As a Brazilian, this is just another comment starting with "as a Brazilian" so I can legitimize my Brazilian-ish statement (loved the video btw)

[@SeanMacLachlan]

As a Brazilian, I find your comment very amusing kkk

[@JackWiIIman]

As a Brazilian,

[@jeffreymatias5879]

I do the same with Portuguese but nobody talks about us lmao

[@fernandosamachado]

@@jeffreymatias5879 It'd be nice if he did a video on fado

[@jeffreymatias5879]

@@fernandosamachado that would actually be interesting. I'm learning Fado guitar now and it's not as straightforward as I would've hoped

[@odd-eyes6363]

I'm in Ipanema right now, having lunch at the "Garota de Ipanema" restaurant, watching a video about the song that named it and where it was supposedly written. I created a whole atmosphere for myself and didn't even realize it.

[@dsnodgrass4843]

Martina da Silva appreciation comment (for the algorithm): It's wonderful to see a singer who so clearly enjoys her work, and yet can be very patient and careful in highlighting the passages your lessons required. She's a real find; don't lose touch with her.

[@jeffreygleaves2931]

I know nothing about music and yet I watched every minute of this completely mesmerized. I'm still trying to figure out why. It was like listening in on wizards explaining how the cast their spells.

[@batya7]

"It was like listening in on wizards explaining how the cast their spells." Exactly... and I know something about music!

[@JuliusChannel]

because of the master editing.. even to someone who doenst understand theory music, the nice editing makes it more understandable :D

[@ayliea3974]

Jeffrey Gleaves I love your response. As I've research the mythology of my Finnish ancestry I have discovered that embedded in their cultural beliefs was the power of music, singing especially, to cast a spell. The Finnish mythological hero, Vianamonen, attained his power and status by singing a very powerful song. He was the most powerful wizard through the power of song. So that's why all my parents and all of my relatives sang. A lot!

[@vitaminq4348]

"... like listening in on wizards explaining how they cast their spells." How close to truth you skim.

[@willman18696]

haha same here

[@DanielVCOliveira]

"I didn't come to explain, I came to confound." -Abelardo Barbosa, o Chacrinha Basically everything made in Brazil brings more questions than answers.

[@danielfranch2494]

Case in point: our current government.

[@kikisintong6339]

HAHAHA

[@geameliai4500]

That's even true for beekeeping

[@joaofrancisco7289]

O funk mantém essa tendência

[@lmppadilha]

Surpresa que não tem um "quem é brasileiro dá joinha" aqui na sessão de comentários

[@LeoBercoff]

What a meticulous job! Thanks for sharing!

[@elainealcantara8382]

Funny thing I see when english speakers sing this song is they often ignore the "a" in "a caminho do mar", which basically changes the meaning of the song in portuguese. "Caminho do mar" means something like "a path/road/route to the sea" whereas "a caminho do mar" means "on her (in the song) way to the sea". So just a tip: don't neglect the "a" :)

[@philtaylor3098]

Don't be so harsh on people. Not everyone in a native Brazilian speaker.

[@kohlinoor]

As a person who speaks both languages, the "a" is quite hard to hear, since it doesn't have its own syllable within the lyrics, and is (rather lazily, in keeping with the vocal style) squished onto the end of balanço. In fact, until I checked the lyrics just now, I wasn't really aware of it's existing at all! Obviously, it's important for singers to check the lyrics, but if that little auditory nuance can be missed in some Brazilian recordings, they can hardly be blamed for the omission, particularly if they don't speak any Portuguese.

[@elainealcantara8382]

@@philtaylor3098 it was never my intention to be harsh on non-Portuguese speakers and I'm sorry if you felt that way. It was more of a friendly tip.

[@squirlmy]

@@elainealcantara8382 apparently someone was overwhelmed by the thought "I've been singing this wrong for years!" lol 😆

[@mariliademelocosta]

@@philtaylor3098 But she gave a good tip here. It changes the meaning. She wasn't harsh, she just pointed out something important! =D

[@RicardoAlmeidatm]

The translations of bossa are not bad, even people in Brazil don't know what "bossa" is.

[@eneastavora1943]

"Bossa" is better translated into english, as "swing", so "Bossa Nova" "New Swing"

[@laylarsa]

Bossa Nova shouldn't have a translation, just like we don't translate Blues or Jazz. Bossa Nova is Bossa Nova. They need to learn to pronounce it, not translate it.

[@sandalero]

@@laylarsa isnt bossa nova the "new wave"?

[@oestrategista2707]

@@sandalero "Wave" in Portuguese is better translated as "Onda". We only say "Bossa" when referring to Bossa Nova.

[@jqojsi3529]

eu sei :)

[@charleslambert3368]

Wait. Has Adam now got a business model that lets him do the in-depth analyses that he's always wanted to, but that's been impossible due to copyright issues?

[@CogoGaming]

I don't understand your comment. Are you referring to the copyright issues or? Would you explain it to me please?

[@MarcusWoodOfficialVideos]

I wondered this as well! Maybe in this case it's in the public domain?

[@MarcusWoodOfficialVideos]

@@CogoGaming Adam Neely previously talked about how under KZbin's current system, he was unable to make the sorts of music education videos he wanted to, because in order to do in depth analysis of tracks, he wants people to use their ears and listen. But by using recordings, it would trigger KZbin's algorithms and claim all his revenue, even though under copyright law he is allowed to for educational purposes.

[@benwest5293]

@@MarcusWoodOfficialVideos the song may be in the public domain, but performances of it aren't necessarily. For example, Mozart is public domain, but a performance of it may be owned by whoever performed it

[@MarcusWoodOfficialVideos]

So then he's unable to sustain himself, but it seems he's found a way to do it!

[@marilyn8178]

You are absolutely amazing! Could listen to you all day. Thankyou for enlightening us.

[@skinlayers]

You're going to make me cry. My late father was a Jazz and Blues musician who spent much of his life transcribing different recordings because he was dissatisfied with the transcriptions in The Real Book. I have boxes of his transcriptions that I need to scan and make available.

[@alejandrocorona1766]

oh please do

[@RanBlakePiano]

Gabriel Totusek Tell us more

[@zannajoyce6698]

That is exciting news.

[@skinlayers]

@@RanBlakePiano This being KZbin, I made a 3 1/2 min video explaining. kzbin.info/www/bejne/kGjJgpdmpt6seKc

[@lauracrimsonmusic]

What a great thing to do

[@PedrodeFarias]

As a Brazilian I absolutely loved this video. The cultural analysis was absolutely perfect and respectful. Thank you, man! Or, like we talk here in brazillian northeast... Valeu aí, macho!

[@GlassyVI]

macho, dizem isso no nordeste? wtf xkmelsmdmx

[@PedrodeFarias]

@@GlassyVI a gente usa mais "mah" ou "Mash". Mas é aqui entre Ceara, RN e Pernambuco sim. rs

[@joatanpereira4272]

Northeast*

[@joatanpereira4272]

@@GlassyVI acho q só no Ceará, aqui no RN a gente não usa

[@MariaLuiza-tp2dc]

@@GlassyVI aqui em Salvador bahia não mas considerando o jeito que a linguagem varia aqui no nordeste é capaz que em qlqr outra cidade falem isso ashshsh

[@billmoran3812]

I’m old enough to remember this song when it first came on the American music scene. It was exciting, as it differed so much from American Contemporary music.

[@joseaugustosoriano5094]

sorry, but I can't control myself when I see someone say America/American like it's just the US, America is the whole continent (both North and South, just a division like sometimes you say South Asia or things like that, it's still the same continent), the song was made in Brazil, which is in America, so it was already on "the American music scene"

[@mayconalves4862]

@@joseaugustosoriano5094 cala a boca chatao

[@jasonjmarchi]

Superior to MOST crappy American music.

[@henriquepacheco7473]

@@mayconalves4862 não, o cara tá certo, deixa ele ser

[@scottalbers9314]

How is "haunting" "weird"?

[@BednariksGhost]

Rest in peace, lovely Astrud Gilberto ❤

[@startingthisband4657]

"We're going to be analyzing it in the key of F" while standing in front of a giant A.

[@onkelpappkov2666]

A & Neely

[@DeathlyShadow12]

It was a temporary key change

[@Viviantoga]

That's pretty standard, whenever I'm dealing with giant A-----'s all the most prominent thought in my mind is "ffffffffffffffffff-"

[@neaituppi7306]

He had just said America.

[@toddbigelow9640]

Guessing it was for A section, as in from AABA, since he metioned starting with the A section.

[@utah133]

I never thought the song was weird.. I just always loved it for the uniqueness of it.. It puts me in a pleasant mood. Someone called the feeling elicited by the song as "a melancholy ecstasy."

[@camdenkrumal]

YES i feel the very same way. truly beautiful

[@vitorhorstduque8522]

Fun fact: this song is about an actual girl. Her name is Heloísa Pinheiro.

[@arvaakuka8568]

Everyone already knows this

[@danielhertzmaybe]

@@arvaakuka8568 I didn't though, don't speak for me

[@ajavisk]

Even more fun fact: She appeared in Playboy with her daughter

[@IsaacHoweiner]

Arvaa Kuka Are you sure? I had no idea until I played the song

[@brxnv_]

@@arvaakuka8568 i didn't and i'm brazilian

[@SA_SovereigntyForPatriots]

Adam, what a great teacher you are. Thank you very much for sharing your academic insights of this iconic song.

[@emillauridsen4447]

"Perfection is not when there's nothing left to add. Perfection is when there's nothing left to take away"

[@jamesrogers2963]

like that!

[@GRAYgauss]

I hate how bossa nova, funk, jazz, or any number of really intricate genre's get classified as elevator music/background music. "Why you listening to elevator music bro!?"

[@the_metamancer]

Just turn on some hard bop and that'll solve the elevator music misconception, but create a new one in them saying "it's just noise"

[@joshentertainment2]

Funk became commercial music

[@wokeil]

uhm you're hanging out with the wrong crowd. I put a jazz song on and people are like "oh that's nicee"

[@Goyote]

Ugh... The worst was listening to Herbie Hancock's watermelon man in a shopping mall toilet. It was a bitter sweet experience.

[@wurttmapper2200]

It is used in elevators because it is relaxing lol. Listen to wathever you wish regardless what people say.

[@greenUserman]

As a South American, it is really weird for me to hear the prejudice of bossa nova as elevator music in the US. Here bossa nova is seen as very cerebral and sophisticated. I guess understanding the lyrics helps a lot. Because lyrics of bossa nova tend to be sad and poetic, which doesn't fit the notion of having it as light background music.

[@mattshank22]

Latin music is indeed sophisticated. Most of the music I play along to is jazz. I don't care what others think as most of them are uneducated about music and prefer to stay with genres rooted in 2's and 4's versus the more unique use of 3's, 5's and 7's in Jazz and Latin. Cool to hear your perspective man.

[@Caedynna]

As a North American, Pop music is annoying to me lol it's overplayed and all the same IMO. Though I do still have the thought of "elevator music" with bossa nova, I really really do enjoy the sound of it.

[@dillotank9421]

Don't take it personally. American elevator music respects no one.

[@johnellis1783]

Try not to take it personally--no music is immune to being dumbed down here--and it could be worse. After elevators, the last venue in the devolution of music is as a background hook for pharmaceutical commercials. Once there, no one will ever want to hear it again.

[@mohnmann]

Man, it's the same here in europe sadly, people that don't play instruments themselves are so dumbed down by the pop shit playing on the radio all day that they don't really listen anymore i think.

[@cristinaheimlich3486]

It completely makes sense for brazilians. That’s exactly the way we express ourselves. It’s poetry. However the images you share - specially the samba ones - are far from way from reality. Ipanema is for us something like haven - the perfect beach (at least for us from 60’). Absolutely gorgeous music.

[@vernonfischer6856]

Hi Adam, Thanks for researching and discussing "The Girl From Ipanema" I'm a 71 year old pro guitarist and have played for sixty five years. I was exposed to Bossa Nova in the early Sixties when I was 12 years old. I can understand some of the confusion surrounding this song by Antonio Carlos Jobim and Vinicius Moraes. It took me a while to understand, play and sing it with some authenticity. The song is basically the lament of a middle - aged man who is sitting in a beach side bar seeing a beautiful girl who passes by daily on her way to the beach. She is desirable to him and many others as well. He is attracted to her but she never seems to notice him which saddens him intimating a possible mid-life male crisis. Vinicius Moraes, a man, and the songs lyricist was in his mid-forties and Jobim was in his mid-thirties when they created this song in 1962. I think the confusing thing for most people is the fact that a woman is singing a man's lament and that they have only heard the most popular recorded version sung by a woman, Astrud Gilberto and never heard the original version sung by her husband,a man, Gaio Gilberto who was intended to be the vocalist on the American recording made in New York with saxophonist Stan Getz. As for the Bossa Nova music style rhythm you might want to look at the Original Score. I noticed that you were showing a score that had a 4/4 time signature whereas the original was scored and played in cut time, 2/2 or possibly 2/4. After all the song was most likely intended to be danced to and since people have two feet it makes sense to have a duple metered rhythm with the chord root and fifth tones on beats one and two respectively and syncopating the chord tones on the & ah following the beat. Bossa Nova is often described as having a side to side swaying rhythm as opposed to a Swing forward and backward rhythm motion and 2/2 accomplishes this nicely. At that time when it was created, especially in Brazil and in pretty much most of the rest of the world's bars which was where folks congregated to socialize dancing was an important part of socializing! Remember there was a dance associated with this music called The Bossa Nova. I learned to play Bossa Nova from guitarist Emily Remler, a graduate of Berklee College of Music and a Down Beat Magazine Poll winner, who I studied with from 1993-96 and who help get Astrud Gilberto out of retirement and back on the stage. Emily played in Astrud's Band for about four years. Emily often told me that American musicians tended to play the Bossa Nova rhythm to frantically by over or miss syncopating it thus losing much of its character and charm. I appreciate your thoughts on the harmonization and phrasing of the tune. Emily tended to play the song using this chordal approach if she was teaching from the Real Book: FMaj9 , G7, Gmin9, Gb7#9, Fmaj9 F#Maj9, B7 etc but would have played it in Db if performing with Astrud on a nylon string guitar.

❤

[@simonbackpack]

This should be the top comment

[@julianabercot224]

Slayed 🇧🇷

2/4 - the second beat is the strong one

[@paulapostal4110]

It wouldn't surprise me if you were the only one to grasp the entire video.... 😂

[@RafaelSolaPACalsaverini]

Brazilian here: this is one of the best analysis of Bossa Nova I've ever seen. Good grief... This is musicology material. One could easily turn this video into a grant proposal for a PhD in musicology. Shit, Adam... You should come to Brazil (after the pandemic is over, shit is dire right now over here) and do more videos on Bossa Nova.

[@mellowgeekstudio]

SPA! 😁 I second your comments. Besides he is the only American KZbinr I know who can pronounce the proper Portuguese J instead of the Spanish one.

[@renanterezan9922]

É memo

[@diogoepronto]

I would like to see him analyzing other genres of Brazilian music that are less Americanized like choro, frevo or sertanejo

[@ManelRuivo]

tottally agree! im in awe! too good for a gringo! hahaha

[@renanterezan9922]

@@diogoepronto Mano, ia ser daora ver ele comentando uns modão de viola

[@rafalopes575]

As a Brazilian, I’m delighted to watch such a complete and detailed analysis about a part of our music. Obrigado, Adam!!!

[@gregorygan2077]

As a Brazilian, I can attest that there's nothing weird with the song, and changing its arrangements to be more palatable to an American audience is ok. I'm happy we don't do identity politics like you Americans do. Do not problematize this. Thank you for the appreciation of the song. And by the way, stop attacking white affluent people who enjoyed it too, plenty of white Brazilians love the song and samba too. Brazilian is not a race.

[@roguebossa]

As an American player of bossa nova, I cannot stand bossas sang in English, it just doesn't ring right to me. I guess I'm just a Joaozinho

[@sanctu4ry2421]

Finalmente um comentário sensato! Sério, quando ele começou com o argumento de "partituras diferentes" e letras que foram cortadas só para se adequar ao contexto que ele estava dizendo, ja dava pra perceber que era bait kkkk e tbm pela amor de Deus, é difícil dás pessoas entender que músicas como essa que retrata um lado mais "poético ou filósofo" sempre tem várias formas de interpretação no próprio idioma? Que dirá em outro idioma kk

[@JohnValentine-f1s]

Yeah, Americans be like that sometimes. Looking for (or imagine) problems wherever. And Adam is kinda known as being 'wokey' but he's still a good knowledgable guy ;)

[@Cooe.]

Lol get out of here with this nonsense. Brazilians do dumb identity politics PLENTY.

[@guilherme1272]

You have no idea how CUTE it sounds to us Brazilians when people sing properly in Portuguese with just a little "grace accent"" Congratz to the singer!

[@joemiller947]

The singer is a native speaker of Portuguese

[@guilherme1272]

@@joemiller947 nice! Where from?

[@edoo.dribeiro]

@@joemiller947 but not the Brazilian Portuguese. It makes a MASSIVE difference.

[@joemiller947]

@@edoo.dribeiro já sei, mas ela tem um pai americano e uma mãe brasileira, ela é uma falante nativa de português brasileiro

[@PublicUniversalFriend2]

agreed

[@gpeddino]

It's unfortunate that bossa nova gets a bad rep as "elevator music". It's a beautiful genre with several masterpieces. Try João Gilberto's debut album "Chega de Saudade" (the title track was translated to English as "No More Blues"). It pretty much cemented the genre's main features.

[@alex-E7WHU]

Have you got a link for that.? I would like to hear it very much. 👍

[@gpeddino]

@@alex-E7WHU Here you go: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fKbQYYeDYrV0nK8

[@alex-E7WHU]

@@gpeddino thanks gui, much appreciated. 👍

[@jimnaz5267]

It seems to me that Jobim was the real father of the Brazilian Popular Sound, what beautiful melody and harmony.

[@lvlheadedrebel]

Elevator music to the uninitiated. That song is in my top ten faves. It's so beautifully haunting. Boss Nova is my favorite music genre hands down.

[@gabrielladias420]

Hearing Adam Neely speak portuguese warms my heart. Muito fofo!!

[@davimolinari345]

@fjf sjdnx shut up, go back to your sad little life and leave Brazilians alone

[@batmanarkhamvengeancetm6358]

@fjf sjdnx what's that got to do with the topic at hand?

[@danielmoraes743]

fofinho demais nee

[@Margar02]

My husband calls my nephew "fofinho" :) because he was such a round and cuddly baby. My husband lived in Brazil for a couple of years. We will travel there together some day...

[@danielmoraes743]

@@Margar02 it means cute as well as 'round' hahah

[@alexleonardmusic]

Bridge: F# Maj7 to B7 (fourth movement), A Major7 to D7 (Fourth movement), Bb Maj7 to Eb7 (fourth movement). After the half-step up progression found in the first two chords the following is essentially a iii-vi-ii-v in the key of F Major. The A Major7 has the root of the iii chord (it is simply a quality change to Major) to the D7 which is the vi dominant. Then the Bb Major7 (IV, essentially the ii chord) moving to the Eb7 which is the common “back door dominant” substitute for the V7 chord. The bridge then ends with a very clear iii-vi-ii-v progression.

[@HelioLagoJr]

Adam, as a brazillian I can surely say that this video is a tribute not just to Tom and Vinicius but to the music overall. Bossa Nova doesn't belong to Brazil anymore; it belongs to the people, to you, to me and to all time music lovers. And congratulation for the effort of trying to speak the subtitles in portuguese. That's a charm.

[@exinnixe6839]

Repetition legitimizes Repetition legitimizes Repetition legitimizes Repetition legitimizes Repetition legitimizes

[@Laurabeck329]

GlOrIa

[@reedplaysgames]

RReeppeettiittiioonn lleeggiittiimmiizzeess

[@sphinx1659]

-OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORIA

knock knock knock "leonard!", knock knock knock "leonard!", knock knock knock "leonard!"

[@LiMCRiMZ]

Some day he'll throw everybody off and start saying it once every time lmao

[@IanJacintoSax]

The Girl from Ipanema in Db sounds so much more majestic than in F (at least to my ears). Maybe I'll try that in my next jam session with the homies. ....though my pianist hates anything in Db 😂

[@elcucumber2847]

tell him it's C#!

[@thebreakfastman4638]

el cucumber you can write it either way...

[@GuyNamedSean]

Db is a hell key to play piano in.

[@samvitpremsinghal9460]

el cucumber interesting thing is with me first learning Indian classical music C# makes more sense than Db coz lots of classical music in india is played in C#.

[@joelwagg8314]

@@GuyNamedSean Interesting, cos I think Db is one of the better keys. In my personal experience, I prefer having all flats to having some flats (Ab is probably the worst, although none are too bad)

[@sergiocomputacao]

Absolutely incredible analysis. It took an american guy to explain this brazilian musician the theory behind ambiguity and deletion of bossa nova. TY!

[@roguebossa]

I'm american but a Joaozinho, I was peeved for years about the dumbing down of bossa nova and set out to play in the roots styles of Gilberto and Nara Leao to somehow reassert the real charm of the thing. How about Gilberto/Getz instead of Getz/Gilberto🙃 Just sayin'

[@Makirio]

I thought this was going to be a fluff clickbait video. I feel humbled and admire the musical educational experience you've given us. Thank you!

[@Chewbaccalotexv]

As a Brazilian from Rio de Janeiro and someone with some music and history background i just want to thank you for putting a lot of research and bringing precise information to the video and your audience.

[@porfiriodev]

Exatamente

[@daltonbedore8396]

can Brazilians comment on the Internet without exlaiming that they are indeed, from Brazil?

[@daltonbedore8396]

(just funning around btw)

[@erics8757]

Does ANY song require over a half hour of scrutiny?

[@Chewbaccalotexv]

@@daltonbedore8396 hahahaha now I'm seeing all the comments below. Well i think it's the same with Italian or French when its about food, or even Brazilian when foreigners talk about soccer or Ayrton Senna, people can get quite nationalist, anyway it's funny, I'm sure every Brazilian that wrote "as a Brazilian" thought that they would be the only one doing so

[@DrRick-dq4bb]

I have always LOVED the "The Girl From Ipanema." The Bossa Nova style of music is truly unique; it is different from Jazz. Unique is different than "weird."

[@FaDoArthGamesPro]

i recommend listening to other Tom Jobin and Vinnicius de Moraes songs, they are all like that

[@ohyeah3365]

💯

[@lolikbolik4818]

Emotionally constipated find everything "weird".

[@minibelt3222]

Meu amigo, primeiramente, samba não é jazz

[@marvinracer88]

It is different from jazz because it is a whole other thing. Idiots like the one in the video just try to force it to be a "sub-jazz" thing. It isn't. Not everything comes from the USA, that's why he finds the bridge "odd".

[@johnwheeler4791]

I just happen to stumble across this video and wow! What a wonderful, theoretical analysis of the iconic song. The explanation of deletion, regarding the chords used by Gilberto was great insight, all in the quest of compositional poetry, brilliant. Thanks Adam.

[@pedromarcal5100]

6:30 just to add something to this point, bossa nova was seen as this white american whashing because of the political scenario that was happening during the period this style was born, the bossa nova was mostly criticised in that period because most of the other artist were creating songs which criticized the government, while the high class listened to bossa nova which had nothing to do with politics. Another point is in that period the american culture was rising in the musical scene due to a moviment called tropicalismo which affected not only music but art overall

[@ianhfl3164]

Well put, and very important to note--thank you!

[@AmruthNiranjan99]

Thank you for this additional context!

[@shayneoneill1506]

Reminds me a little of the critique of the impressionist artists. While europe at the time was in a time of very grave violence and everything was burning down from world war 1 and death was everywhre, Monet and his people where painting fucking daffodils. And ithat angered the hell out of a lot of artists.

[@m.davies9215]

@@shayneoneill1506 I think that's rather interesting. It seems strange to me that artists were mad at them, since the impressionists were the ones who essentially liberated artists from the traditions of the establishment, giving artists a lot more creative freedom, and bringing respect to alternative art styles. It's what allowed for the surreal beauty of a lot of war art, in styles that would have been ridiculed thirty years earlier. Anyway, you make an interesting point.

[@ptose]

it must be said that Pixinguinha was accused of using jazz (or better, american) elements in the early 20s or even before (songs like Carinhoso and Rosa were written in 1917)

[@Hollylivengood]

Does anyone else notice that Stevie Wonder thinks not a problem to play a song In two different keys because he cares about his audience enough to do that? This is why we love the guy.

[@DaffyDuckTheWizzard]

Grave mistake Andam. You've summoned them! The Brazilian horde has come to flood the comments section!

[@joaoppagnan]

Só vai dá os BR aqui agora aushauhsua

[@stangel123]

Here we are

[@guipenovich2478]

Kkk

[@caua8308]

aeeekeekkekekekeke

[@monowavy]

oi oi oi!

[@OleensEmbroidery]

What fun! Informative and stimulating video.

[@luizcadu]

If I can add my 2 cents on this: Jobim himself claims that he was more influenced by Debussy than by Jazz... this repeating sequence (mantaining the structure but changing the key) in the bridge may be (we'll never know for sure) more "impressionistic" than jazzy. There is actually a passage in "The Afternoon of a Faun" that kinda reminds me of this section in The Girl from Ipanema, melodically and harmonically. Jobim was notorious for taking classical pieces that influenced him and transforming it into something entirely new (some even accused him of "stealing"). How Insensitive was inspired by a Prelude by Chopin. Double Rainbow (aka Children's Games, aka Chovendo na Roseira) is inspired by Debussy's "Rêverie". So I think that the key to this harmonic mistery may be more connected to French Impressionism than to American influence or other styles of music. My master's subject is about Claus Ogerman's arrangements on Jobim's work, I love to share information about this, anyone who's interested just drop a line! Fantastic job and thanks, that just makes us Brazilians so proud!

[@davemiller5685]

ISSO! preciso. Voçe comprende a bossa nova estetico completamente - impressionismo tem mais o iqual influencia do que jazz.

[@luizcadu]

@@davemiller5685 Obrigado, amigo!

[@davemiller5685]

I am interested in discussion surrounding the recording "Urubu" and specifically the song Bôto. The orchestration is mind blowing in how masterfully Mestre Ogerman uses the cello section counter to the upper strings, the bass clarinet parts, the low register flute parts, the ostinato bass part. Then the melody harmony combinations defy genre classification. The lyrics convey a mythological; folkloric quality. Finally, the words themselves are musical. Especially the names of the animals of the Amazon eco-system. Papagaio conversa com Jereba, se homen foi feito pra voar ... Um boto casado com sereia, navega um rio pelo mar...

[@boboala1]

Luiz, I'd like to see a video on this topic you mention as I love Jobim and Debussy!

[@SofiaCavalcante]

Estadunidenses sempre achando que tudo é sobre eles kkkkk

[@donnytello1544]

For anyone that doesn’t understand, to simplify, the song the girl from ipanema contains scale switches that should work, but do. It’s basically jazz, except it doesn’t sound wrong, it doesn’t follow the guidelines of “wrong sound played at the right time”, and it’s creating affects that come from a much simpler idea. It’s like a perfect genius, simplified, and misread, which is why it’s so catchy

[@Adjel1]

What about "Desifinado"? That song should *not* work, but it does!

[@donnytello1544]

@@rafaelagra3012 exactly

[@WitchKing-Of-Angmar]

To simplify it the most, it is because the main F concert contains a A, F natural, and a C. So some instruments play in different keys, whereas a clarinet and tenor saxophone and trumpet all play in Bb (flat). During this type of chord, the F natural, played by the Alto Saxophone and French horn/Mellophone, is a melafeziac. It can be heard through the two other notes. In that A, F, and C harmony hold, the F is just an addition, on the pyramid of sound it only needs to be the background. In the 1950's, we would play it really loud during class, and the teacher would freak out and call us melafeziatics. Now referring to the chord in this, it is a Fmin7th or something along those lines, and that F can be taken out, and you will still here the product of the main sound.

[@donnytello1544]

@@WitchKing-Of-Angmar yes that’s a more simple but technical way to put it

[@WitchKing-Of-Angmar]

@@donnytello1544 but it combines letters in it, which is easy to understand typically, although you would need to know the circle of fifths and fourths. A-natural, D-natural, G-natural, C-natural, F-natural, Bb, Eb, G#, C#, F#, B-natural, E-natural, and back around to A. Than fourths would be reverse except for the first two and going to the 5th, hence the 4 notes up with A. Well in order for that you would need to know how the system of just going up works on instruments, there is chromatic G, G#, A, Bb (in the circle of fifths it is A#), B, C, C#, D, Eb (would be D# in the circle of fifths), E, F, F#, and back to G. Then there is all state patterns or what you do if you go up on your Bb scale : G, A, B, C, D, E, F#, and high G. Now if that made any sense, then you now can understand the circle do fourths or just each fourth. In piano, their is typically a (7) in the corner of one of their chord progressions such as (Fmj7) meaning F concert, in the major dominant key, and 7th. Now that 7th is the 7th note you play in the F concert. The F meaning to start on D for an alto saxophone aka what I play, 3 half steps (half steps being chromatic, going down 3 chromatic so G, F#, F, E meaning that three half steps down from G is E, and G concert for alto saxophone starts on the letter E). You guys should watch Jaboody dubs on their Rudolph dub over...god I'm just like that snowman haha. Anyway, for a trumpet it is 2 half steps upward, Bb instruments such as Tenor saxophone, Bass saxophone, and Subcontrabass saxophone (literally 9,000 dollars I doubt anyone will ever have a Subcontrabass saxophone), Trumpet, a Bb trombone (very not common), Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, and octocontrabass clarinet which is the subcontra of the clarinet section. All those instruments are in Bb, so a F concert for them is actually G as the note they all start on. Flutes, Piano, and Violins all have the exact note as the concert pitch, so while everyone else "transcribes" (goes half steps down or up to meet the same pitch as everyone else) the notes or scale, they have it right on. C concert instruments. Chapter 2: Now that you do or don't understand all that he'll of knowledge to have in mind, a 7th or in this detainment "4th", is meaning the 4th of each scale will be the note that changes. So if it says Fminor4th it means that the fourth note will be brought down a half step. I'm still a little rusty on remembering but I believe that is what major or minor is, I am a saxophone player after all not piano chord progressor. I typically need it for improvisation in jazz. I guess this is what I meant by simplifying, or telling an entire lesson.

[@vicarrighi]

Girl sings: "ahh.. why everything is so sad?.." *meanwhile has the biggest smile ever.* lmao

[@gpcampello]

AMBIGUITY

[@loweche6]

There is an old mantra with country music singers:"sadder the song, bigger the smile"

[@danielperes9309]

THE EXPERIENCE OF LIFE IS MADE OF A CONSTANT STREAM OF LAYERED FEELINGS SO WHY MUSIC SHOULDNT BE LIKE THIS

[@samuraibeluga3749]

happiness cant exist without its counterpart. reminds me of nat king cole´s smile, which has a message of almost "rebellion" against sadness, its almost as if hes saying, smile IN SPITE of sadness.

[@Kiamgo]

All the explanations are really kind. But the matter can be simple: the girl forgot to express the lyrics

[@tsicisum]

BROOOO, thank you for this gift!!! This video is just incredible

[@viveviveka2651]

Jobim's own versions, with him playing the piano, are worth a close look. He was a more sophisticated composer, musician, and poet than most seem to realize.

[@cooljcapya]

I get really irritated when people call bossa nova elevator music. Its some of the grooviest and deep music out there and a lot of people don't put respect on it. Great video!

[@cernovlasy]

I agree. Bossa Nova also sounds great in dentists' waiting rooms.

[@alondathomas293]

Scrubert: That's true----bossa nova is real beautiful music and a genre all on its own. And I've always thought The Girl From Ipanema was a genuinely haunting but beautiful tune, just like another tune "Quiet Nights, Quiet Stars" which is also hauntingly beautiful and sad-sounding.

[@smithp2437]

I agree, its one of my favorite genres, but its still elevator music lol

[@OrgPuddle]

It infuriates me

[@toomuchtomate]

I'm Brazilian and I call it elevator music as well hahaha

[@yesthisisshi]

I feel like bossa nova gets a bad rep as "elevator music" but its so good :(

[@G_Cs]

>"I feel like bossa nova gets a bad rep as "elevator music" but its so good :(" Yeah, the Bossa Nova bad reps should have done a better job; pretty soon it will be the bad "rap"pers in elevator music. Bossa Nova elevator music matters!

[@miguelfernandez9839]

Brazilian elevators are way cooler.

[@rodolfoleao8603]

Yeah, you're totally right... Or, how the kids like to call it nowadays: "boomer music"

[@sonikku956]

@@G_Cs You can enjoy rap and bossa nova you know

[@brown2889]

Who says elevator music sucks? I love it!

[@ralphtyson9104]

When you mentioned the video's length i immediately thought "no way", however I was totally fascinated and watched all the way through. Thank you for your insights and sharing your vast knowledge.

[@RobMullerUnderground]

My goodness, her voice has such a beautiful timbre and warmth. It's mesmerizing.

[@Myllkka]

@@JuniorJr... so?

[@NOWtheband]

@@Myllkka - Exactly! :-) Pissing on a parade is not good.

[@FallenLight0]

@@JuniorJr... Você tá falando que ela tem sotaque inglês falando português? Ou sotaque de brasileiro falando inglês? Por que primeiro eu achei que era nem era brasileira pelo sotaque falando as palavras em português.

[@tiago4561]

@@JuniorJr... Seguinte, você é tóxico mesmo. Não é por causa do sotaque que ela canta mal, na verdade, ela canta muito bem. Obviamente que o sotaque em inglês não é muito legal, mas ela tá melhor do que muitos, no começo até duvidei se era americana ou brasileira

[@tiago4561]

@Tommy Valley Yes sir, u'r right. I'm a Brazilian, and I can confirm that he's toxic af. Maybe he has some kind of fear of our music being stolen, idk. Even as a brazilian I didn't know if she really was American, because she speaks portuguese really well.

[@RossBraccoMusic]

As a fingerstyle guitarist who loves playing this song in F: whoa. Playing it in D-flat nudges you into much subtler and quieter places which seem more suited to the bossa nova principles you discuss here. I think I’m a convert.

[@milanstevic8424]

F strikes me as too pop, just by the frequency alone. bossa nova has to be subtler than that. it should play like a trick, a shadow, throwing the syncopated rhythm at its listener, while pretending to be repetitive, and on the other hand delivering a dense but minimal harmonization through whispers. in my mind, good bossa nova is like a michelin-star dish -- nothing too extravagant on the outside, pretty, tidy, decent, okay, then the show starts when you take a bite, and for the remainder of the course you can't exactly pinpoint what makes you so mad about it.

[@UkeCan1]

Milan Stevic : What an amazing description!

[@ssmusic214]

@@milanstevic8424 Db puts finger style solo guitar melody way too high or too low without re-tuning. And to re-tune guitar after each song on the live gig is a pain.

[@rongarza9488]

I have no idea what any of you are talking about. All notes are separated by the 12th root of 2. To say that a certain key "tastes" different from another key is a fantasy. (2 is double and the 12th root splits the octave exponentially. There is no magic in "black" keys)

[@Demonicacid]

@@rongarza9488 did you make the mistake of assuming equal temperament to be the only definition for notes?

[@TheFlyingBrain.]

Martida's voice has such a wonderful floating quality. And her smile is just way out there. I really enjoyed the music lesson. Thank you!

[@prepperjonpnw6482]

Is her name Martina? Or Martida?

[@nate_storm]

@@prepperjonpnw6482 it’s Martina

[@IdaKiss]

Maybe. But Astrud's personality gives a special quality to the song. She sings poetry, not just a song with lyrics.

[@LeoPellegrino-tx5lc]

This video interested me into listening to this song on my own. I listened to the Getz/Gilberto version. I immediately fell in love with astruds voice. I started listening to her music and other bossa nova singers. Now I love bossa nova all thanks to this video, so thank you!

[@sunspotj]

Can we just take a moment to appreciate this woman's beautiful voice?

[@dsnodgrass4843]

I took not only one, but several. Martina is a real find.

[@lilettex0421]

I kept rewinding to listen to the clips over and over haha. Her voice is so full and smooth and crisp

[@victorgusmao4352]

her voice is pretty good but she cant speak portuguese realy well that ruins the flow of the music

[@moapaname]

Does she have a KZbin channel?

[@JohnDoe_69]

@@victorgusmao4352 I doubt anyone that isn't fluent in Portuguese would notice, it's very good.

[@rcireland]

Martina has such a beautiful voice.

[@frogindeed]

I didn't know the girl but now consider me seduced!

[@bryanleigh6497]

The older you get the more you'll think about her wall of white flawless teeth with something of the sadness of the Ipanema guy 😬

[@frogindeed]

@@bryanleigh6497 Haha. But I don't have that to look forward to because I'm already THAT old.

[@ottodrone6173]

I quite liked the trippy version she was singing with the warbly swirling organs.

[@mmbrazil]

The story behind the song is that Tom and Vinicios would often sit a bar in Ipanema to drink and chat, this beautifull girl called Helo Pinheiro, which became a famous TV actress, would always pass by on her way to the beach. And they composed a song for her.

[@meldixj]

And she was underage by the time. That wasn't considered as creepie at the time, as it is today

[@claudiabarbosareis5087]

Hélio Pinheiro was never actress. She is ,until TODAY making a living from the song.

[@thebelissima64]

@@claudiabarbosareis5087 She was a TV host actually.

[@chocolat2934]

Something that should not be forgotten is that the lyrics in portuguese dont sexualize her, they barely describe her, its more of an ethereal poetic lyric, which is why i hate the english verson@@meldixj

[@Cafecomironia]

​@@meldixjIt was entirely platonic, just the fascination of an old poet. If we consider the 1960s, at that time my grandmother had been married since she was 14 and already had 8 children. The mentality changes, thank God!

[@vennettegloud3128]

Thank you for breaking this down so informatively. My understanding of music is mostly by instinct. It’s been blazing hot lately hee is so cal this summer. Listening to Getz’s, Jobim, and the Gilbertos totally cooled off the entire environment….it’s kinda phenomenal. Try it one day when it’s hot.

[@lauragraham1122]

LOVE IT! I'm not a musician, but I was about 2 years old when Girl from Ipanema hit the states... and my Dad, a jazz man played it constantly!! He also used to enjoy playing chords along with it as I used to sing to it having no idea what I was saying. This is my first and favourite piece of music. Pop would talk similarly about chords and time measures with his friends as you have done here. He would've loved to have heard this. Thanks for helping bring good feeling memories back to the forefront of my thoughts. :-)

[@mitsuck7881]

Never knew it was this famous outside Brazil, happy to see people from outside enjoying our music

[@joecool4335]

33 minutes? i’m ready.

[@Firstamongstslowbois]

It’s everywhere

[@tylerhackner9731]

SO ready

[@calvindelaney7114]

I’m not

[@arthuralves4977]

It feels so weird to see someone foreign I admire talk about my country's music. I like it.

[@cursh2059]

Same...

[@shanok3]

That makes us two, friend

[@miza000]

Nicely weird, I would say.

[@kenzosteinmetz4308]

idem

[@Narut0Kur0saki]

Bro this is a world classic, what do you mean?