Baiao

Presented by Alessandro Sorbello http://www.alessandrosorbello.com Jaider performs 'Baiao for you' filmed live in 2002 see Jaider's Channel on here http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=5E42240FB4732DB0

The baião is a Northeast Brazilian rhythmic formula that became the basis of a wide range of music. Forró, côco, and embolada are clear examples. The main baião instrument is the zabumba, a flat, double-headed bass drum played with a mallet in one hand and stick in the other, each striking the opposite head of the drum.

The basic baião rhythm is (shown here in two bars): |ox.Ox.ox|ox.Ox.ox| where o is a soft mallet strike, O is a loud mallet strike, and x is a stick strike.

The baião originated with the native peoples in the Northeast but now incorporates elements of indigenous, mestizo, African, and European musics. Grossly, the indigenous elements are flutes and wooden shakers; African-influenced baiãos are accompanied with atabaque drums and include overlapping call and response singing; and European influences include dance music such as the polka, mazurka, schottische, and quadrille, as well as Portuguese contest singing and accompaniment with one or two pandeiros playing the baião rhythm.

The baião is most associated with the State of Pernambuco, just north of Bahia. Despite the relatively small area that confines its popularity, a great variety of music is associated with baião. One only need listen to Gilberto Gil from Bahia, Luiz Gonzaga and Selma do Côco of Pernambuco, and any "repentista" singer from the region such as Perdal Lins and Verde Lins. Although samba and bossa nova are largely considered Brazil's national musics, no complete understanding of Brazil's music and culture can be had without taking into account the baião and its influences as far south as São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.

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[hsfrosa]

@lacorrosivo tb não consegui perceber um baião ai, mas talvez a dificuldade seja por causa do instrumento utilizado. A viola tem um som mto agudo, a pulsação do baião que marca mto fica sumida sem um som mais grave.

[phillllllllll]

CARA PARABENS ...SOM MUITO BOM MESMO !!!

[xen0genesis]

beautiful~

[betokkikke]

Muy bueno e intenso!!!

[lacorrosivo]

putz, tá longe de ser baião isso ai viu...

[6CENOURA9]

espetacular!!! uma salva de palmas !!! :D

[Taeygo]

Toca muito msm