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Baiao

Baião is a 19th century folk dance from Northeastern Brazil that was popularized in the mid-1900s by singer Luiz Gonzaga. It has a steady 2/4 beat and is played with instruments like guitar, accordion, and zabumba bass drum. The zabumba plays a repeated syncopated beat while the accordion and guitar provide chords, mimicking the zabumba rhythm. Baião became as popular as the samba in Brazil in the 1950s and influenced genres like forró and coco.

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Baiao

Baião is a 19th century folk dance from Northeastern Brazil that was popularized in the mid-1900s by singer Luiz Gonzaga. It has a steady 2/4 beat and is played with instruments like guitar, accordion, and zabumba bass drum. The zabumba plays a repeated syncopated beat while the accordion and guitar provide chords, mimicking the zabumba rhythm. Baião became as popular as the samba in Brazil in the 1950s and influenced genres like forró and coco.

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BAIÃO

HISTORY

• Baião is a 19th century folk circle dance from the North-


East of Brazil.
• Original instrumentation was the guitar (later accordion or
sanfona), triangle and zabumba (bass drum).
• In the mid to late 40s the baião and the forro (fast version)
were transformed and popularized by Luiz Gonzaga
(Brazilian singer and accordionist) who moved to Rio,
entertaining a growing population of emigrant North-
eastern labourers and performing on the radio.
• Luis Gonzaga developed Baião to a steady 2/4 beat
throughout and the dance prospered. It became as popular
as the samba in the 1950’s.
• The baião rhythm is integral to the genres
of forró, repente and coco (embolada)
INSTRUMENTS
CHARACTERISTICS

• The Zambomba plays a repeated syncopated beat on beat 1 and Bass pattern
the 4th quaver of the measure.
• This gives it almost a clavé feel.
• It is counted in 2/4 time.
• The accordion plays the chords and follows traditional European
harmony. Typical accordion part

• They tend to use extended chords like 7th or 9th chords.


• The bass part of the accordion follows the Zambumba rhythm.
• The guitar plays the chords along with the accordion.
• The vocals are sung in Portuguese.
Chord chart

MUSIC

Famous songs include: Abri a porta


and Ohla a Pisada

Typical groove

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