What is boss-nova?

boss-nine , freely translated, means "trends of charm". This style of music dates back to the late fifties in the UPScale beach areas of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. Music is born from Samba, but still very different from her, because Bossa-Nova has a great inspiration from jazz. The term concerns dance and music, but music eventually became more popular for listening than dance.

Many people prefer to listen to the sounds of boss-nova rather than dance to them. Some people even claim that North America has tried to transform South American music into dance madness. About 1960 until 1965 in the United States was a short fad Boss-Nova and some groups still dance. The dance has swaying movements and has some samba and rumba steps. The signature of the dance is the peace of the body, except for the soft swaying hips while the knees are bent.

Bossa-nova allows the dancers to write your own steps to fit into the rhythm. Waltz or Fox-Trot steps can also be used with dance, if they are short, smoothslides. Thanks to this flexibility it is easy for beginners.

While Samba began as a working class music, Bossa-Nova was associated with rich. The song "The Girl from IPanema" remains the most famous examples of this genre. Most of the classic songs Boss-Nova concern the topics of beaches, women and love. The genre began in the Brazilian beaches of IPanema and Copacabana.

Boss-nova music includes samba similar toes, although samba usually has more drums. It is often played on classic guitar and sometimes piano. At the end of the sixties, the genre became more political content, giving him more characteristics similar to samba.