Sambaião on cavaquinho
Sambaião on cavaquinho: the strumming pattern “samba meets baião”, in 2/4, with audio on its own page. On the cavaquinho a chord progression comes out bright and rhythmic; the four high strings pack the notes close together, so each shape sounds compact and lively.
Sambaião blends samba's sway with the pulse of baião — that is, a danceable rhythm from Brazil's Northeast with very distinctive accents. On this page you'll find the style's strumming patterns, the hand rhythms that capture this meeting of two Brazilian traditions.
Grooves
SambaiãoMy Chords & Scales: Build the genre's repertoire: saving chords and scales to the Notebook is part of Pro · open in Chord and Fret