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Baião — Guitar

On the acoustic guitar, a chord progression comes to life as full, ringing shapes, with the low string anchoring the bass and the rest filling out the harmony. A steady pulse from Brazil's Northeast, baião has a syncopated swing — that is, with accents landing off the strong beat — that gets any gathering dancing. On this page you'll find the genre's typical strumming patterns, the rhythmic shapes that give the music its unmistakable groove.

Grooves

Baião thumb-bass figure

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