Baião (Portuguese pronunciation: [baˈjɐ̃w]) or "baiano" is a Northeastern Brazilian music genre and dance style based on a syncopated duple meter rhythm, based around the pulse of the zabumba, a flat, double-headed bass drum played with a m…
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Baião (Portuguese pronunciation: [baˈjɐ̃w]) or "baiano" is a Northeastern Brazilian music genre and dance style based on a syncopated duple meter rhythm, based around the pulse of the zabumba, a flat, double-headed bass drum played with a…
01 · What it is
Music
Vocal, percussive, or instrumental sound tradition carried by community performers.
02 · Where & name
Brazil
Written in its own script on record as Baião.
03 · How it is doing
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Documented in open cultural records, but no cited field assessment of its current vitality has been added here yet.
04 · Proof & reuse
1 cited source
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What is baião in plain words?
Baião (Portuguese pronunciation: [baˈjɐ̃w]) or "baiano" is a Northeastern Brazilian music genre and dance style based on a syncopated duple meter rhythm, based around the pulse of the zabumba, a flat, double-headed bass drum played with a… In local script on record, it is written Baião.
Where is baião practised or documented?
Sources on this page place baião in Brazil.
What is the current condition of baião today?
□□□□ (Not yet assessed): Documented in open cultural records, but no cited field assessment of its current vitality has been added here yet.
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Cite as: "baião." folkroom, https://folkroom.org/art-forms/baiao, text CC BY-SA, with attribution.
Baião (Portuguese pronunciation: [baˈjɐ̃w]) or "baiano" is a Northeastern Brazilian music genre and dance style based on a syncopated duple meter rhythm, based around the pulse of the zabumba, a flat, double-headed bass drum played with a mallet in one hand and a stick in the other, each striking the opposite head of the drum for alternating high and low notes, frequently accompanied by an accordion and a triangle pattern. The baião rhythm is integral to the genres of forró, repente and coco (or embolada). Baião was popularized via radio in the 1940s, reaching peak popularity in the 1950s.
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baião is music genre and type of dance, according to the structured record cited below. This entry was generated automatically from that record and has not yet been reviewed by a person familiar with the tradition. 1
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