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Escorregando

Ernesto Nazareth

Style
Choro
Tradition
Brazilian choro
Form
Tango brasileiro
Key
C
Level
6
Played on
Keyboard

In the public domain. Source

Music

70bpm

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History

The title means "slipping," and it likely describes the second part, where a short figure repeats over and over and seems to slide across the keyboard. That passage makes it a real study in repeated notes. Nazareth dedicated it to the orchestra at Rio's Brahma bar, and it dates from around 1923 or 1924, but it only spread widely after Irmãos Vitale's edition about 15 years later.