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14.85The biggest stylistic mistake
Thinking:
“Bossa = jazz chords + Latin rhythm.”
That is too crude.
The sound depends on:
- restraint
- independence
- light articulation
- syncopation
- melodic lyricism
- harmonic color that does not interrupt the groove