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Overview of Bossa Nova Music in Brazil by Nina Ricci is a document available to read on EtoBox.

The document discusses the music style of bossa nova from Brazil. It originated in the late 1950s as a fusion of samba and jazz, distinguished by its rhythm and simple instrumentation using guitar and piano. A famous bossa nova song is "The Girl from Ipanema", written in 1962 with music by Antônio Carlos Jobim and lyrics by Vinicius de Moraes and Norman Gimbel. The form of the song is ABA and it uses the key signature of A Lydian, with a 2/2 time signature played by classical guitar and piano.

Author

Nina Ricci

Language

EN