Choro15, welcome to the forum! Your first post is a good one. If you can post some examples, this is the better place here to do it: https://www.pgmusic.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=postlist&Board=6&page=1

BIAB does have two Choro styles (at least in my version which has everything they make): a slow and a fast version. Both are MIDI-based from 2007. Go to your style picker and Filter by Choro. I get these: Whisper at 80bpm with an even sixteenth-note pulse, and Choro2 at 220 bpm with an even eighth-note pulse.

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Jim, Choro is a very rich heritage with widespread variations. This video should help:


As a wind instrument player, I find Choro music difficult because there aren't a lot of places to breath! You generally find flute or clarinet playing the melody, but accordion and piano etc. might be better suited. Most music I hear has a smallish guitar added, either a cavaquinho or maybe ukulele.

In contemporary jazz, I know one musician who plays this music, the Dutchman Hendrik Meurkens. He plays vibes and harmonica.

I do not pretend to understand all of the Choro tradition but since I compose samba and Bossa Nova music, I can hear their origins in this genre.

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