# Ary Barroso — Aquarela do Brasil

Ary Barroso’s Aquarela do Brasil (1939) is No. 1 in our Samba ranking. The full verdict, and where to hear it.

- **Released:** 1939
- **On one list:** Samba
- **Updated:** 2026-08-30
- **Artist:** [Ary Barroso](https://waxonia.com/artist/ary-barroso/)
- **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/track/ary-barroso--aquarela-do-brasil/

## What we say

### No. 1 in [Samba](https://waxonia.com/genre/samba/)

The samba-exaltação, written in one night during a rainstorm, and the tune the rest of the world means when it says Brazil. Grandiose, and it earns it.

## Analysis

6 sections, no single moment the energy jumps to.

- **Tempo:** 92.3 BPM — holds throughout
- **Dynamic range:** 9 dB — moderate range, typical of a modern master
- **Length:** 3:00

- `0:00` A · **intro**, sung — opens the record below its own average energy — playing: vocals, other
- `1:18` B · **lift** (bar 30), instrumental — a short rise that does not resolve — a fill or a transition, not a build — playing: drums, other
- `1:28` A · **breakdown** (bar 34), instrumental — energy falling away mid-record, percussion thinning — playing: other
- `1:49` C · **steady** (bar 42), sung — holding a level — the groove, neither rising nor falling — playing: vocals, other
- `2:07` C · **peak** (bar 49), sung — sits at the top of this record's range — playing: vocals, other
- `2:28` A · **outro** (bar 57), instrumental — the closing fall — playing: vocals

**What is playing.** Separated into parts by a source-separation model, so each lane is the instrument it names.

- **drums:** the drum kit, separated from the mix
- **bass:** the bass part, separated from the mix
- **vocals:** the voice, separated from the mix
- **other:** everything else — synths, guitars, keys, strings

Measured from the YouTube master on 2026-08-29. Section labels describe how the energy
moves, not musical form. Anything we were not confident enough to state is omitted
rather than hedged.

## Listen

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Ary%20Barroso%20Aquarela%20do%20Brasil) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=OJfOG6pbnvI)

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