Baião (music)
See also: Baião
The baião is a popular rate/rhythm of music of the area Nordeste of the Brésil
History
This folk musical genre of the Nordeste was transformed into urban popular music with the beginning of the year 1940 thanks to the work of the singer and type-setter Luiz Gonzaga, considered as the Rei C baião (“king of the baião”) and Humberto Teixeira, also called the Doutor C baião (“doctor of the baião”).The baião was probably born in a particular way to play the Lundu by violeiros (players of Viola, musical instrument of the family of the Violon) in the rural area of Nordeste, for then becoming a music of dances.
The large revealing one of the baião sung Brazilian popular music was Luiz Gonzaga. The majority of the songs in baião which had success on the Brazilian market consist of baiões sung by Luiz Gonzaga, Carmélia Alves, 4 Azes E 1 Coringa and Luiz Vieira.
On the other hand, the instrumental baião of Waldir de Azevedo opened the way with the diffusion of the rate/rhythm everywhere in the world.
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