The Bossa Nova - Introduction To Brazilian Grooves (Drum Lesson)

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The Bossa Nova is one of the most iconic latin drum beats - and Mark Kelso is here to show you everything you need to know to get it under your belt. Similar to jazz drumming, the skills you develop from latin drumming will translate over to other genres. So even if you don't play latin music, don't skip over this!
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[@next-next-finish]

"this looks deceptively simple" - this guy nailed it, very well explained.

[@63Baggies]

Completely agree with you Gustavo, the animate charts also helps a lot too.

[@roym6980]

Dude I tell my metal head friends to follow this groove on the snare only and they can't do it. Lol then they get mad that it's a simple groove and talk trash. Fk love this groove

[@RandyHanley]

a cool thing that he does that many teachers fail to miss is explaining the sound very well. Great video.

[@next-next-finish]

btw for the ones looking for the bossa nova references he talks about in the video: antonio carlos (tom) jobim, joão gilberto, astrud gilberto. hope this helps.

[@MariaAlexeeva]

And Rosa Passos :)

[@next-next-finish]

+Maria Alexeeva good catch! :¬

[@scottmckenna9164]

You read my mind.

[@mkall]

oh you cant even imagine how much it helps, thanks

[@timothycroke5307]

Never heard of Mark Kelso up until last week. Now I can’t get enough. Great player and instructor. Just incredible.

[@sk0tb0t31]

This guy is so completely genuine and very good at teaching.

[@McAdow]

I played and listened to these tunes for years- I loved the point of the emphasis on the "3"- I never heard that before but it seems so obvious when I think about the feel in those tunes. Great video. Good reminder to listen on a different level when learning a song, to get to the bigger feel.

[@Gabriel_carvalhon]

como é bom ver a cultura do meu pais ser reconhecida mundialmente, parabéns pelo trabalho drumeo, muito bom !!

[@phcalmon7491]

pode crer!

[@felipeabreu2769]

é nois! We have a lot of problems, but music is one thing that we can be proud of

[@jpedrao4331]

Br é nois

[@fabianosupren20]

Queria ver o pessoal de fora ensinando pisadinha kKKKK

[@fxaxb6837]

@@fabianosupren20 ai seria foda

[@yasminnogueiradesa8240]

Até que enfim um baterista americano tocou bossa nova como um brasileiro. Claro, ainda no básico, mas já é algo.

[@jcsk8]

Teach students to count bossa nova and samba in 2/4, not 4/4. That´s well give them a better taste of the feel. Most of those songs were written in 2/4.

[@DRUM761]

Thats really a good point mate, chears from Brazil é noix hehe

[@jorgeneri]

Good point, bro.

[@amathesaxylady]

I find that most Latin and Caribbean music is in 2/4 but westerners often find it hard to count or feel it so when I arrange music I tend to write it as cut common time, which is more or less the same thing. Somehow they get that!

[@amathesaxylady]

Chris Scott when I say westerners I mean those that read and play western music. I get what you mean and agree but I find that writing it in 2/4 but using the cut common sign seems to make more sense to them. So they read it correctly. Whether they get the feel is another thing.

[@amathesaxylady]

Chris Scott for a lot of people that read western classical music, 2/4 is a march! Lol

[@MarceloLangame]

Great to see a north american drummer playing Bossa Nova so well. Thanks from Rio. :)

[@davidpenzone1078]

This is a totally awesome lesson. Opens my eyes to the variety of ways to play the drums.

[@thecoreybrown]

That just blew my mind at 11:55!! So amazing! Thank you!

[@perpetualgrimace]

Uh...so I may have been playing cross stick wrong for like 20 years.

[@colincaron2651]

James Ferrell same

[@allnatty3407]

Damn

[@yoyoz333]

i dont think there is a definitive rule to the cross stick pattern. for example i learnt to play the 16ths on the ride while the hi-hat pedal was playing each "&"

[@lucaslamonica511]

@@yoyoz333 same

[@ericandcoley1909]

Amazing lesson. I love the vibe of the teacher and his passion for bossa nova drumming.

[@landmarker]

Thanks Drumeo, and thank you Mark for this beautiful introduction to the Bossa Nova.

[@blujay2084]

Loved the stuff with brushes, rods, hands, etc. Very nice.

[@boredmenofficial4504]

the bass drum sounds absolutely amazing

[@christocr]

I was thinking the same thing. Very tight, punchy bass drum sound.

[@lukerogers151]

This was a serious help! I really enjoyed it. Thanks Mark and Drumeo.

[@DrumeoOfficial]

Thank YOU for watching!

[@MaximinoSantos]

Unfortunately (or not - I think not) the best schools of Bossa Nova are in Japan nowadays. They knew, learned (with us), loved, understood and still playing originally (as Brazilian classics). Keep your cultures, guys! Keep drumming Thanks Drumeo.

[@zilganoff1674]

im confused by how you write, but i like your comment (is this about segregation or sharing cultures?????????????????????????)

[@pirocenter]

As Brazilian Drummer a proud to see it !

[@asteroid684]

Awesome class! Jorge Ben Jor, Chico Buarque and Gilberto Gil are my favorite Brazilian musicians!

[@joe_tipakuah4880]

great lessons! Im a great freshie for drums actually and now im learning these kinda beat..sounds awesome,happy,musical,and mind peaceing..greetings from Borneo,Malaysia..Drumeo fan..

[@WhelanDrums]

Me too Joseph Pepel. So awesome!

[@DaniOrttiz]

You want Brazilian music? Calls Kiko Freitas to record a masterclass @ Drumeo. (:

[@quicolic]

At the first minute of this video i tought the same, hahaha.

[@amandiobrito4863]

+quicolic for sure...Kiko or Marcio Bahia...

[@DaniOrttiz]

Also Edu Ribeiro and many others . (:

[@carlm.8149]

Thanks so much man I've been looking everywhere for a beast Brazilian drummer!

[@DaniOrttiz]

You're welcome. (:

[@richardpine8011]

Mark is a fabulous teacher. Love his music and his Drumeo vids. A good bossa nova is one of the most rewarding things to play.

[@rhythmharmony2923]

Bossa Nova, one of my favourite music styles! This one is a reason why to learn to play the drums. :D

[@Ybw200owns]

I've been trying this for days. this video finally made the pieces fit

[@natalieranson7461]

Thank you so much! Your video was the one that finally got me to understand what my drum teacher is trying to get me to learn, i totally got it now!!

[@lucca123ful]

Yes,yes,and yes!Shout out from Brazil

[@jieunk6510]

well explained. thank you so much for this awesome session! This quote is kinda stuck in my head. "We think it's not fun to play because it is simple. Don't think like that. think this is just a beautiful form of music."

[@davidpomella6786]

As I love the Bossa Nova beat this is a great lesson to learn how it done....

[@JorgeCasagrande]

Muito bom ver o nosso Brasil sendo multiplicado com grandes nomes como você

[@thiagomanobatera]

Jurim Moreira, Kiko Freitas, Téo Lima ,Rafael Barata e Erivelton Silva um abraço a todos os Bateras Brasileiros !!!

[@vinisena2010]

Muito bom cara, obrigado por ensinar os ritmos de meu país. Very good, dude! thks for teach us about our grooves (Brasil).

[@manictree5436]

Is that meant to be negative?

[@souravbanik2663]

I have played some bossanova drum beats. After checking this video,it sounds so more interesting. Will master some beats. Thanks Drumeo.

[@chrisl5711]

This is an excellent video. Well done in explaining how to play it. Simple and to the point.

[@kaucaldas]

Drumeo should call a Brazilian drummer to teach it. His playing is not that bad, but could be better. And his explanation could be definetly way better!!! Hope to see a good and brazilian version of this video

[@johnknight9150]

I like the idea of using a stick in one hand and a brush in the idea. If you have trouble playing a bit heavy handed, that could really help get around it.

[@DanielBaeder]

I'm really happy to see that many people has interest in Brazilian music. Thank you Drumeo, however the content is not accurate. The guy has a poorly knowledge about Brazilian rhythms and how we Brazilians adapt all Brazilian percussion instruments to the drums. As many coments here describe, bossa nova and samba is in 2/4, among many other mistakes. I don't want to be hard on the guy, but a little more preparation for the task of teaching something he doesn't master, some good drum classes, even with some great north americans that really knows brazilian music, like Mark Walker for ex, would help a little. Nowadays, anyone can find good infos about brazilian music, to be honest it is a little weird to have this guy speaking about Brazilian music like that in the internet age, sorry to say. It would be nice to see some good brazilian drummers teaching on this channel for sure. Here are some guys you could call: Mauricio Zotarelli- he is in NY, it's easy. Celso de Almeida Edu Ribeiro Paulo Braga. Kiko Freitas Thank you for the great channel you guys put together, I watch lots of videos and drummers because of you guys. Take care.

[@themetaversedrummer]

This is one of the best lessons from Drumeo imo

[@ThiagoGomesdrumcam]

Hey Guys! I appreciated that you give to Brazil the previlege of being represented on this so important channel. But, here goes a tip from a Brazilian drummer: call a brazilian drummer. haha i know Mark have a excellent intension, but are some important gaps in his explanation. How about you call Kiko Freitas or Edu Ribeiro to explain with knowledge more in-depth. I hope you guys don't get me wrong, i just wanna help!! All the best for you, guys!! you're so important to us!!

[@S.Wieland]

Super cool idea, playing it incorporating the hand^^

[@hectorkilicosierra4589]

Excellente , no tan solo edifica con el Drum, sino que tiene cultura general de su Musica. goood , very good.

[@oreoandoz7723]

Love this vid, and so love the bossa nova! One thing drumeo yt vids don't do that would be SO helpful is put the notation at the bottom of the screen, as well.

[@WildBill1911]

I'm learning this style of drumming. Sometimes on the djembe sometimes on the 5 piece set. Beautiful music!

[@thomasmoje5926]

Wow great video. Bossa Nova patterns deceptively simple yet when played properly: elegant. As an aside: I like to use snare drums with wood batter hoops for that ideal 'cross-stick' sound.

[@fredstoneblasted]

sorry, but we don´t count like this...we play 16 notes on conduction (Hh or Ride), the bass drum play the first and the last 16 note at each tempo, and then we play a lot of combinations of clave on snare drum using the four positions of 16 notes in a tempo. Afterall it still being a good start for who doesn't know the samba fill.

[@zilganoff1674]

shaddap you!

[@leonardoluca9043]

Call Robertinho Silva, Kiko Freitas, Edu Ribeiro. They are awesome brazilian drummers!!!!

[@espiquitin]

Excellent!!! Let's do Vinicius!!! Great complement the colliders , the brushes and the rods!!! Thanks!!!

[@slac1965]

Nice! You are playing like a Brazilian.

[@victorbertoni2847]

Nice lesson, but samba and bossa nova have a different rhythmic interpretation when it comes to the notation. If you think of samba and bossa nova as binary (2/4) makes it easier to feel the strength of the so called 3rd beat in this video, it would be the second tempo of every bar. But again, great work!

[@Jediael61]

Wow I love Brazilian vibe I’m getting from it ❤

[@langadubazana]

Loved this! If drumeo got Edu Ribeiro on I would die happy!

[@thiagomanobatera]

Chama o mestre Jurim Moreira pra gravar uma aula de Samba e Bossa Nova aí no Drum Meo 😃

[@GSA_Drums]

Great teacher and great lesson. Go drumeo.. Now I'm off to practice :)

[@renegade.refuge]

Thank you so much for posting this thorough instruction/guidance!

[@Cherr1]

Outstanding! Really excellent, specific, and extremely helpful tips.

[@rhythmharmony2923]

Thank you so much! I've really enjoyed this lesson. Great job! If I could hit the like button more than once, I would.

[@mikegoggins9758]

Awesome thanks Mark Love the idea of fingers and brush 👍👍👍👍👍

[@DamonMacready]

Very musical approach. I enjoyed your lecture.

[@msilvaprof]

Bossa is currently in 2/4. Don't ashame the brazilian musicians. Listen to Samba (Teleco-teco or Syncopated Samba) before Bossa nova, and learn about the percurssive voice divisions.

[@Rhowski]

love the socks. thanks for video!

[@efltube]

Thank you StevieT now I can do Bossa Nova Core

[@lindamcdermott2205]

Thanks for great history lesson And the beat. Helped this pianist!

[@kevinotoole9576]

lol you guys gotta adjust the volume between the drums and his voice, great lesson, thank you

[@DimeCrisBag]

If you are just seeing this video right now (or whenever): Bossa Nova (Samba and lots of other rhythms we have) -> TWO beats. 2/4, 2/2, whatever (It depends on how many notes per beat you are going to use on your music. As with ALL written music. This is not a brazilian music specificity)

[@mapleboyalex]

Beautiful! I'm not a drummer but I was able to really get into this :) very cool stuff

[@kelslee13]

Memo Acevedo is the best!!!! 💛💛

[@paolomaggi8188]

Wonderful way of explaing !!!! Thank you

[@bostjanlaba]

Man! What beautiful sounds he makes :)

[@DRUM761]

Drumeo you should had called a brazilian drummer, or at least somebody that is REALLY into brazilian music. Dont get me wrong, i like this dude and there is nothing really wrong with him or the class but i think i should wrote something about it as a brazilian person and musician. 1-One of the best things to really feel the new lesson or new learning is to bring somebody born in the same land of the rhythim. Its like, jazz or other US drum stuff, i like to watch the americans doing it first so i can learn and get contextualized. Witch is really important, rhythms are a antropology class too, and thats a big part of the playing (my opinion) Otherwhise its all about some exercise sheets of papper and repetition but u guys know it is NOT like this anyway, The only case for not learning that way is if u arent able to and u guys are!!! (its always better that way) 2-Brazilian ostinatos usually are in 2/4 not in 4/4 (there are all kinds of tempo actually) but 2/4 is the main stuff around, and bossa is in this group. bossa drums has surged from a mix of jazz drum influence, and samba percusion rhythms. basically Bossa is a jazzy way to play slow samba and give it a feel for the harmony through the drumset with samba ostinatos and new guitar ideias for the melody and harmony, but its not the best and only brazilian rhythm. Its just the most globalized one. You should check Maracatu Drums ostinatos to see a real deal about drumming hard and thinking out of the box. Other thing is, there is no such thing as brazilian or bossa claves, because claves are a name for a tipical latin percussion that do that rhythhm of the clave and it is called clave (lol), clave its a latin american stuff, but not brazilian. U guys have this way of calling things claves but it is not right at all, u should just say ostinato well... Sorry for my english guys, im rusty tried my best to pass this more contextualized ideia of what bossa really means. Didnt mean to be rude, just add in this comments

[@Telver]

Very informating and cool video! Thanks Mark and Drumeo!

[@laurdessvalentino5849]

awesome lesson! This guy knows his stuff

[@brianfleury5935]

This is gold.

[@peterknispel4020]

Great lesson on this unique rhythm.

[@salthedrummer1]

Mark great job explaining the grooves and you really have a nice groove and feel. Thank you love what you’re doing keep up the good work 🥁👍✌️😎🙏

[@austing.8870]

Funny enough, I actually play my cross-sticks kind of weird. I use tip end out because I can't stand the feel of dings in the gripping area, but I get a lot of body because I come up about 2 inches on the head, so the stick is still hitting on the thicker part of the shaft.

[@michaeltorres1263]

Eyyy, me too. I (and I guess you too) get the same sound he's getting using the butt end.

[@P43L1j0]

Very basic indeed... but you did it pretty good. Correct concepts and good references. As a brazilian drummer i say, congrat's!

[@mithunjeba007]

I love this playing, and I got more idea THANK YOU

[@aBachwardsfellow]

- another "very simple error" is the idea that there's only one place for the tip or butt of the stick to contact the drum head. By moving the stick contact point around to different places on the head you can get a wide variety of sounds. Experiment with both the tip end and butt end in different places - moving in closer to the center gives a more robust sound, farther from the center gives a lighter sound ..

[@duckygirl617]

this helped so much thanks

[@thebarak]

Funny how some of us can play really difficult things and yet have our brains challenged by a Bossa.

[@rodolphodesouzaalves6209]

Quem for BR, curte aí!

[@eumarquinhos]

Muito bom, e bem explicado. Very good, and a well explained.

[@TerrellTJD]

I've already loved this groove & awesome video

[@superleony]

Thank you very much. I learned alot today

[@claudiia811]

disculpe puede sacar el bossanova con algunas variaciones y darle mas groove al genero por fa gracias.

[@aristoteliskovatsis1678]

This helps me a lot...nice job drumeo...keep going☺

[@techgeek72]

fresh and smooth

[@levimattos9557]

Oh God,thanks.The song brazilian is the best world!

[@tracezachdaniels4264]

SO SHWEEEETTT...much love Tee with LIONS NAMED LEO.[the music worldwide} SOOOO COOL..GREAT VIDEO.!!

[@ufuomamarkson6384]

Really been following d wonderful tutorials. Great job bro

[@leooliveiradrum]

Kiko Freitas, Cuca Teixeira, Edu Ribeiro. These are the guys, listen to them.

[@patricknuernberg4580]

hahahahhaah

[@nacionalistacascagrossa]

E Duda Mendes tb esse cara é foda.

[@rgbg2008]

Great explanation - Thank you!

[@sargonshlimoon1666]

Thank you mark & drumeo .

[@henriquewuensch]

Awesome video, like always, but that technique sounds nothing like tamborim, thanks you for being such a amazing musician!

[@pedrodesouza6743]

Try "tá tranquilo tá favorável" it would be a great help

[@IuryBenicio]

huhdsauhhdsahu br é mt zuera

[@grungeman86]

Nailed it, what a great video.

[@producermind9030]

Man. Smashed it.

[@Breno6181]

Some times I forget that The BOSSA NOVA born (was created) here in my small home town JUAZEIRO, BAHIA, BRAZIL. TOO MUCH PRIDE!

[@rianrobinson3832]

This was EXCELLENT