Bass Musician Magazine - SPECIAL August 2013 Latin Issue | Page 47

Fig. 2 Like the Songo, the Samba is played in cut time. The bass
is punching the bass drum pattern on beats 1, 2&, 3 and 4&. We
have tied notes to create long sounds. Keep it up because this is a
very consistent groove.

Fig. 3 The Bossa Nova is played at a moderate tempo. The
groove is in common time (4/4). Like the Samba, the bass is
punching the bass drum patterns on beats 1, 2&, 3 and 4&. We
have the same technique of tied notes to create long sounds.

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