choro ('lament' or 'cry') is the result of a confluence of various music genres that resulted in a rhythm of its own, despite its name, choro often has a fast and happy rhythm - it was the first genre to incorporate european and african elements in the new world.  

born in rio de janeiro, choro is considered the first urban popular music typical of brazil - it reflects the demographics of the country on 1880, as it incorporates various european dancing genres, mainly scottish waltz, polka, portuguese folk music, along with african elements.