Samba Bass Lines with Flavio Lira

Brazilian bassist and educator Flavio Lira stopped by the Lessonface HQ recently, and taught us some samba bass lines. Check out the video. 

Get the Notation

Download the exercise file here: [lfassetembed]8835[/lfassetembed]

Play Along 

And play along with this groovy backing track that Flavio shared:

Coming Soon: Salsa

Stay tuned for a salsa tutorial from Flavio coming up shortly! If you can't wait, book lessons with him here.

Thank you Flavio!

About Flavio Lira

Flavio Lira, from Curitiba, Brazil, plays acoustic and electric bass, 7-string acoustic guitar and also works as a composer, arranger and producer. He works with groups in a wide variety of musical styles such as samba, caribbean music, choro and jazz. Based in Boston, Flavio Lira attends Berklee College of Music with a scholarship in the Bass Performance major. He performs internationally. >> Learn more. 

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Download the exercise file here: PDF icon lessonface_samba_tutorial.pdf

I Can't download it

Greetings from Germany

Peter Lau

Flavio Lira

Hi Peter, would you try right-clicking then save-as? Cheers!

Hello,

There seems to be a mistake in the "partido alto groove"'s fourth measure as the time add up to 4.5 beats.

Thanks for the sheets in any case.

Cheers

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