Dindi
Antonio-Carlos Jobim
Bossa NovaEb4/4
82
chords
19
different scales
9
tonal centres
First bars
Ebmaj7Dbmaj7Ebmaj7Dbmaj7
Dindi has eleven sections and eighty-two chords, and almost no dominants — only fourteen. It's the opposite of most bossas: nearly everything is major or minor, still, open.
And that's where the difficulty lies. With no dominant pushing, the player has to create the movement, choosing among nineteen different scales across nine tonal centres. A slow tune is where the wrong choice is most exposed.

