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Samba originated as a musical genre stemming from Brazil in the early 20th century. More common now is knowing samba as a dance style as well as a musical genre. It is often performed in the Portuguese language and samba meant “popular music”. The process of establishing Samba as a musical genre began in the early 1900s and it had its inaugural landmark in the song “Pelo Telefone”, launched in 1917. Upon listening, there is a polyrhythmic nature to the instrumentals, as well as a simple melody that repeats. Listening to this makes you want to get up and move your feet, a natural reaction due to the syncopated rhythms often present in Samba music. “Pelo Telefone” translates to “on the telephone”. The common repeated phrase is