Product Description
By Mike Strand, ASCAP
This is a lead sheet with chord symbols and guitar fret boards, for a Latin or jazz group, large or
small. It serves as the foundation
for a variety of arrangements, contra facts, and improvisations.
To write this bossa
nova, I adapted and arranged material from the opening chorus of J. S.
Bachs "St. John Passion". "São
João" means "St. John" in Portuguese, in recognition of the Brazilian roots of bossa nova.
For me, Bachs rich and appealing chord progressions and choral
melodies, and the steady flow of the music in this chorus, as well as the
popularity of Bach among jazz musicians, justify this adaptation.
The audio sample is a jazz quartet: An iReal Pro jazz bossa nova accompaniment, combined with my tune from Finale
PrintMusic.
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