Here is a page of basic Bossa Nova patterns, which I wrote up for a couple of my students. I’ve included the standard pattern that will be familiar to a lot of people, a Partido Alto-type pattern, some one-measure patterns, and several warm-ups.
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Thanks for that. Very helpfull