How to play Corcovado | Como tocar Corcovado | Guitar Tutorial | (Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars) 

Dude, I've been playing bossa since 1963. My original sheet music was stolen. Found this. Got as far as the first chord and had to stop to write this. Finally 😎

Woah I’ve always felt this was so hard but you make it so simple. I can finally play this! Thank you!!

0:20 chords 3:42 whole tune with rhythm Thanks a lot for the lesson !!!

Learning to play this song change my life.

Havent played seriously in 30 years. Dug out my old cheap classical guitar after seeing this vid. It took a while but I finally got through the whole tune. Thanks for the inspiration !!!

Brilliant Guitarist excellent teacher makes the chords seem easy!

Fabulous lesson Michael. Thank you!❤

thanks for the lesson i enjoyd it

Great lesson!!!!!

Great sound! I am considering dedicating a few evenings/years(!) to becoming somewhat accomplished at this genre. It's so calming, provides excellent atmosphere to an evening with candle light, in an intimate setting.

I’ve been playing guitar since the late 60s. Mostly rock, pop, and country. This style is a new challenge! Lots of new chord shapes… I WILL get this! Great lesson - THANKS!

Thanks Mike beautiful lesson makes many guitarists happy seeing tune played in the flesh.

I have been playing for only a month but, every bossa nova song comes so easy to me like they are inside my brain, maybe its because I've listened to them a million times or maybe because they match with the greek rhythm in music( l am greek) but, anyways thank you so much sir for teaching such a beautiful piece

thank you so much for this!! super helpful

Thanks Michael. I thought this song would be too hard, but I was able to learn it because of you.

Bonjour Michael, Formidable!!! My favorite album. I will practice and get back to you. Daniel

loved this, so easy. Tks for sharing ! Abraço !

Thank you! Very clear and linear!! Really useful!

Great very clear

Thank you for displaying the chords out so clearly. Now there is no excuse! My problem is not the strumming rhythm it is which chords to use.

This is great! I had the chart of these chords from years ago and seem to have lost it. Here it is - the most simplified version I’ve come across. Love the way you don’t waste time with ‘…now put your little finger on the blah,blah blah string of the fourth fret…’ etc. keep ‘em coming Dude and I’ll be back!

Great lesson. It would be nice to hear you play the version at the correct speed though.

Wonderful .Felicitaciones desde Lima -Perú .Gracias por compartir.

Thank you for this lesson. Love this tune, looking forward to Girl from Ipanema!

Thank you for explaining it step by step, well done!

Hi vert pleasant to hear you

Nice lesson great refresher on how to play that pattern, I have learned and forgotten it about a half a dozen times! Perfect.

Brilliant Brazillian music made simple and accessible . Love 'em. Keep it up. Thank you. I've subscribed.

Super👍🏻

*_UGH!!! FINALLY!!!!_* I've been trying to find this lesson with the intro for YEARS... and *_you_* finally brought it! And with the correct chords to boot! All the other people online would skip the entire intro altogether -- and I kept thinking *_'maybe they have a different version than I do?_* ... But I grew up on the Getz/Gilberto album version, which obviously starts off with Astrud singing, so this is the only version I'm familiar with. Man oh man... thank you SO much for *_FINALLY_* showing up on my feed (after years of trying to figure out the intro chords).

Michael, many thanks for a wonderful, clear and very instructive lesson!

An excellent tutorial! Thank to you I feel like I have a shot at learning this song, as well as some very cool chords.

So it took me about 3 months but I got it down and can sing along English version...working on portuguese lyrics now.....thank you for this great tutorial!

We had the album with this song when I was a kid in the 60s. Getz and Jobim hooked me on bossa nova. Thanks for the quality of your arrangement and teaching style.

Thank you very much from Paris, France, with your excellent tutorial.

Thank you for the lesson! I know these lessons take a lot of time and effort... so thank you.💯

Thank you so much for sharing.

And 1 hour later, done! You are friggen great, man✌️

Wonderful! Thanks, Michael. I've been wanting to learn this song for years. You've made it so easy by breaking it down and explaining the strum pattern clearly. Just subscribed!

Thank you! Very nice. Greetings from Mexico!

Thank you

Excelente Michael !! Muy precisa y didáctica tu forma de enseñar !! Será mi proximo tema a aprender !! También mi nombre Miguel, saludos desde Agua de Oro, Sierras Chicas, Provincia de Córdoba, Argentina !!

This is an excellent tutorial of one of my favorite bossa nova songs. It’s just so peaceful. I wanted to learn this song to help me relax and cope abit. Thank you so much, I thought it would be harder to play, but you really made it easy to follow! Again Thank you so much!

Thanks for the lesson. Now I can do it!!

Tough one!

Great !!! thanks !!

Great video! Thanks for your wisdom!🙏

Great Lesson Michael. I have been playing this tune for years but you spotted some minor chord transcription nuances that I had missed ! Well done and great Bossa rhythm also. Thank you.

You make relatively complex music seem relatively straightforward! The chord change on the 'and' of 4 is so characteristic of Bossa, and particularly of this tune. Great teaching, and very nice playing too. Thanks!

Excellent! Or should I say muinto bon!

Great tutorial, it will take me a few weeks but is now in sight...thank you!

Thank you for this lesson. Very helpful.

Thank you Michael, really I was waiting for something loie this. Not too difficult. Relaxed playing. WIll follow other tutorials. Gracias

You give the best tutorial.

Excellent tuition Michael!! Enjoyed this and Wave. Thanks.

Great !

Man, your bossa nova tutorials are incredible! Ive been trying to play songs like this for a while but never found an easy way to follow along and digestible chords, but you changed that man. Thank you so much! It is really helping me out! Keep up the incredible work man

Nice!

Simply fantastic. Thank you!

Thank you very much, everything is simple, accessible and clear. 🔥🔥👍

Thanks!

Excellent. And I am very impressed by your relatability - and playing and teaching skills of course. Really really good video.

GREAT JOB

Thank you so much! You are an excellent teacher.

THIS is what I've been looking for! Thank you!!! * gets to work *

Grazie mille ! una lezione perfetta!

thank's for the great lesson. I think that the Ab9 actually is a A-7, I distinctly hear a natural C (minor third) in the album version, and there is also a A7#5 after the D-7 the second time. Let me know what you think

Love it!!! O . M . G 😁 Bossa Nova 👍

The anticipation is a subtle, yet sophisticated, syncopation that helps give bossa nova its 'lilt.'

Nice to see your video, and find another person with an interest in bossa nova. I started working on corcovado about two years ago, and found no two versions of the chords that were the same. The one I thought closest to the the "correct" version (if there is such a thing) had a few difficult chord fingerings that I was able to work out simpler fingerings for. I think a few of your chords are different yet again, so I will review my version to see which of your diffeeent chords may fit better, sound-wise.

Thanks a lot

This is wonderful! I've been trying to play this for literally 50 years, Your tutorial is making it possible. Some of the chords and hand stretches are tricky for my old hands and stubby fingers so I have some alternative fingerings you might find helpful for some of your students. For the 1st four chords I keep the exact same hand position, with my 2 finger always on the bass note, my hand merely sliding down the fret board one fret at a time. On the Gm7 the fingers are a little crowded with the 1 finger tucked in behind the 3, but it's so much easier to go to the C9. Also, I was having a really difficult time lifting my ring finger for the change from the F Maj7 to the F6. I could never get a clean chord. Maybe because I'm left handed or that finger just refuses to be trained. So instead I just exchange my 3 finger for my 4 finger on the G string for the F6. Don't know why but it's so much easier for me and I get a clean chord every time. Thank you for this lesson. You are the best. Also the chords played on the upbeat is a eureka moment tip!

Bravo et merci ! C'est vraiment excellent ! Très clair sur les accords et les rythmes.

Ótima explicação.

Awesome thank you

Really Smooth. Thank you... I was a musician in my youth. Last year, I picked up guitar and started to explore this beautiful instrument. I play five minutes each day which turns into an hour or more. Bossa Nova is attainable for even me as a beginner. So good.

🚬😎 really cool , new fan

Amazing lesson, skillful guitarist

Excelentes consejos y que ayudan a conservar el sonido rítmico correcto del Bossa Nova. Gracias y ¡Felicitaciones!

Excellent lesson! Thank you!

I love you man thanks

Merci Michael de votre aide, je suis bien content de pouvoir jouer maintenant cette belle bossa....Joyeux Noël! Dominique

Nicely done!, clear & Simple!!.

Thank you Michael! This was lovely!

Great lesson. Thanks.

You got a new subscriber

Très bonne explication

Great lesson, thanks!!

that video is really instuctive and very useful. Thanks a lot!

Amazing, muito bom man

Very nice

This is one of the best if not The Best lesson on Corcovado. Very clear the way you explain it and the video also is easy to follow. Been wanting to learn this for a long time. Where do you teach? Online or in person also? I am in S. CA. Thanks for the great tutorial. Bravo.

Estupendo! Thanks!

Thanks for the lesson, this is the base patern but not enouth for playing interesting guitar part

Thanks!! I used to sing some Bossa Nova and have been playing more guitar now, so I remembered how much I loved Corcovado, so here I am :) I was actually surprised how instinctual (with your excellent tutoring!) it was for me to play! Guess it got in my bones from singing it. Do you teach Águas de Março? That's another favorite of mine. Thank you sooo much, this is fun!

Merci pour le cours 👌🎸👍🎃

Lovely

👍👍👍

Hi Michael. Lovely lovely chords. Could you please sign post the pdf. I cant seem to find it on your website. Thank you :)

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