Samba de Verão is a bossa nova composed in 1964 by brothers Marcos and Paulo Sérgio Valle and is one of the most well-known Brazilian songs, performed and recorded around the world.

Renowned artists have already interpreted this theme, among them: Caetano Veloso, Diana Krall, Andy Willians, Emílio Santiago, Bebel Gilberto, Astrud Gilberto, Roberto Menescal, Walter Wanderley, Chet Baker, Oscar Peterson and many others.

Lyrics of this song in Portuguese:

“You saw that love I’ve never seen anything like it
And it passed, didn’t even stop, but it only looked at me
If you come back I’ll go after you, I’ll ask, I’ll talk
I’ll say that love was made to give
Look, it’s like summer, the heart is warm
It suddenly jumps to see the girl who’s coming

She always comes, she has that sea in her eyes
And you’ll see, it has to be, there’s never anyone to love
Today, yes, say yes, I’m tired of waiting
I didn’t even stop or sleep, just thinking about giving myself
I ask but you don’t come, okay
So I let you speak, I just say to the sky, but you come”

Here, music students will have several opportunities to put into practice many of the things they have learned through improvisation. Bossa nova is a very fertile ground for advanced learning of harmony.

In this backing track, we have drums, bass, piano and guitar. The tempo is 130bpm, a speed well suited to this rhythm.

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