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  2. Samba - Wikipedia

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    Although the primacy of the country's first samba school is contested by Portela and Mangueira, [85] [151] Deixa Falar was a pioneer in spreading the term in its quest to establish a different organization from the carnival blocks of that time [152] and also the first carnival association to use the group in the future known as bateria, a unit ...

  3. Samba (Brazilian dance) - Wikipedia

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    Samba is a lively dance of Afro-Brazilian origin in 2/4(2 by 4) time danced to samba music. The term "baby" originally referred to any of several Latin duet dances with origins from the Congo and Angola. Today Samba is the most prevalent dance form in Brazil, and reaches the height of its importance during the festival of Carnaval. [1]

  4. Brazilian Carnival - Wikipedia

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    The typical genres of music of Brazilian carnival are, in the Southeast Region in general, mostly cities of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo: the samba-enredo, the samba de bloco, the samba de embalo and the marchinha; and in the Northeast Region including Pernambuco (mostly cities of Olinda and Recife): frevo and maracatu, and Bahia (mostly the ...

  5. Música popular brasileira - Wikipedia

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    Música popular brasileira (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈmuzikɐ popuˈlaʁ bɾaziˈlejɾɐ], Popular Brazilian Music) or MPB is a trend in post-bossa nova urban popular music in Brazil that revisits typical Brazilian styles such as samba, samba-canção and baião and other Brazilian regional music, combining them with foreign influences, such as jazz and rock.

  6. Music of Brazil - Wikipedia

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    BBC Radio 3 Audio (60 minutes): Candomble, Samba and Renato Rosa. Accessed 25 November 2010. BBC Radio 3 Audio (60 minutes): Rio, the samba and Mart'nalia. Accessed 25 November 2010. BBC Radio 3 Audio (60 minutes): Maracatu, ciranda and Mangue bit. Accessed 25 November 2010. BBC Radio 3 Audio (60 minutes): Coco music, the pifano flute and ...

  7. Bossa nova - Wikipedia

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    Bossa nova (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈbɔsɐ ˈnɔvɐ] ⓘ) is a relaxed style of samba [nb 1] developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [2] It is mainly characterized by a calm syncopated rhythm with chords and fingerstyle mimicking the beat of a samba groove, as if it was a simplification and stylization on the guitar of the rhythm produced by a samba school band.

  8. Samba-canção - Wikipedia

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    The name is somewhat arbitrary, adopted by the music industry, that is, publishers and record companies, and some composers. Like many popular songs of the world, Samba-canção (plural 'sambas-canções')'s principal theme is the love relationship, typically moaning for a lost love. Tempo is moderate or a little slower.

  9. YouTube Music - Wikipedia

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    YouTube Music is a music streaming service developed by the American video platform YouTube, a subsidiary of Alphabet's Google.The service is designed with an interface that allows users to simultaneously explore music audios and music videos from YouTube-based genres, playlists and recommendations.