Check out these Bossa Nova chords! Bossa nova is a Brazilian genre of music that emerged in the 1950s and ’60s combining elements of samba—a popular music genre within Brazil—with American jazz traditions. Listening to Antonio Carlos Jobim sparked something in me the first time I heard it and I’ll never forget it. Bossa Nova has so many beautiful qualities from the harmony to the syncopated rhythms. Check out the Frank Sinatra and Jobim record. It’s absolutely incredible and the arranging on the