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.

The full analysis of this song

  • The scale for every chord
  • The triads
  • The arpeggio
  • The reason behind the choice
  • The player in all 12 keys
  • Thiago's commentary
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