This class is in-person at Artichoke Music (in SE Portland). Limited to 12 Students. Classroom is located upstairs(front classroom).

Registration FOR THIS CLASSis via email directly from TRACY KIM: Please email:

TRACYKIMMUSIC@gmail.com

This class meets every Wednesday for six weeks starting October 7 2026.

Here are the dates: October 7, 14, 21, 28, November 4, 11

The time is 6-7pm

Location: The upstairs front classroom

CLASS DESCRIPTION:

Let’s get jamming on Bossa Nova and the music of Antonio Carlos Jobim.

This class will is for the student who wishes to learn(or improve) Bossa Nova the beautiful Bossa Nova Guitar. Taught by Tracy Kim, who has been teaching and playing this style for over 25 years.

Guitar will be the focus and used to for demonstrations. However, All Instruments are welcome to join in! PDFs with TABS will be emailed to students and will be used for Guitar and Ukulele. Standard notation is included for all other instruments.

Student will also receive a link to TRACY‘s custom interactive Play Along For each song!

This term is a special introduction to Bossa Nova- perfect for the beginner and a great review for the intermediate players. Each class is 60 minutes and will focus on a different song(or two) each week.

For each song, students will learn the melody, chords(lots of amazing chords!), and comping(accompaniment). As a bonus, Tracy will also discuss and teach chord melodies from this list of select songs.

The songs for this term:

1. So Danco Samba

2. Girl From Ipanema

3. Black Orpheus(Manhã de Carnaval)

4. Meditation

5. How Insensitive

6. Wave

7. Corcovado

8. Jardin d’Hiver

9. Watch What Happens

10. Also, Laufey’s “From the Start” To demonstrate how the Bossa Nova is used in popular songs today.

These songs have been hand selected by Tracy especially for the beginner/intermediate players.

Please Note: You can do a $50 drop-in rate per session(upon availability).

Please contact Tracy via email: tracykimmusic@gmail.com if you would like to “drop-in”.

Join his online music community to get access to his complete lesson archive:

www.patreon.com/tracykimmusic

Registration is by email only: TracyKimMusic@gmail.com

PLEASE NOTE THIS CLASS IS NOT “SOLD OUT”