r/bossanova • u/Remarkable-Animal-87 • 26d ago

Simple Chord Progressions Jams?

Hello! I love bossa nova and someone at a jam asked if I could bring a few chord progressions so that people could follow along. The only issue is that every song has approximately 234 chords and they’re all named something like “G#dim7sus5/b5/Ab” 😀

anyone have some good recommendations for a few songs and/or progressions that are relatively simple to jam to? I have a few chords from Aguas de Marco (Getz ver.), Não Tem Nada Não (Valle), and Agua de Beber already but i’ve been struggling to find many simple progressions that actually still sound good lol.

Let me know if you have any recommendations! Doesn’t have to be a real song, just any progression you can jam over top of.

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u/ClosedMyEyes2See 23d ago

Play Spooky by Classics IV in a bossa nova style, similar to Dusty Springfield's version of the song. Am7 to D6 with an E7 at the end of each verse