Pagode is a Brazilian style of music which originated in the Rio de Janeiro region as a subgenre of Samba. Pagode originally meant a celebration with lots of food, music and dance. In 1978 Beth Carvalho was introduced to this music, liked it and recorded tracks by Zeca Pagodinho and others. Location of Rio de Janeiro Coordinates: Country Brazil Region Southeast State Rio de Janeiro  - Mayor Cesar Maia (PFL) Area    - City 1,260 km² Population (2005)[1][2]  - City 5,613,000  - Density 4,781/km²  - Metro 11,620,000 Time zone UTC-3 (UTC-3) Website: www. ... Samba is one of the most popular forms of music in Brazil. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... Elizabeth Santos Leal de Carvalho (born May 5, 1946 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian samba singer, guitarist, and composer. ... Zeca Pagodinho is a Brazilian singer and songwriter working primarily in the genre of pagode, a type of samba. ...

Pagode developed in the start of the 1980's, with the advent of Grupo Fundo do Quintal and the introduction of three new instruments in the classical samba formation.

The banjo, whose introduction is mostly credited to Almir Guineto, is a banjo cavaquinho. The banjo has a different and louder sound than the cavaquinho; that loudness is an advantage in an acoustic roda de samba where there are lots of percussion instruments and people singing along. The banjo is one of the most characteristic instruments of the pagode sound. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... A four-string banjo For other uses, see Banjo (disambiguation) The banjo is a stringed instrument of African origin, early or original examples sometimes being called the gourd banjo. One predecessor to the banjo is called the Akonting. ... The cavaquinho is a small string instrument (like the ukulele) of the European guitar family with four wires or gut strings. ...

The tan-tan, whose introduction is credited to Sereno, is a more dynamic type of surdo, used to keep the main beat of the samba, the `heart of the samba', and played with the hands. The Surdo is the biggest and one of the most important drums in the Brasillian Samba Baterias. ...

The repique de mão, whose introduction is credited to Ubirany, is a percussive instrument used specially for rhythmic turnarounds.

Pagode is a natural evolution of samba, bringing funny and smart lyrics about malandragem, the Brazilian way of solving problems in a convenient manner and flowing through what can be a hard life. Malandragem could also be seen as a social evil, allowing behaviors that harm the good will of people, for instance cutting "movie" lines and leaving a "barzinho" without paying the bill could be seen as being "malandro", bringing a corrupt character about which brings a duality to the term. Malandragem is a Brazilian Portuguese term for the Bohemian lifestyle - an ethos of idleness, fast living and petty crime - traditionally celebrated in samba lyrics. ...