It forms a part of a series of fourteen numbered compositions collectively titled Chôros, ranging from solos for guitar and for piano up to works scored for soloist or chorus with orchestra or multiple orchestras, and in duration up to over an hour.

4 was written), and the score is dedicated to Villa-Lobos's patron Arnaldo Guinle [pt], the brother of the dedicatee of Chôros No.

Marks Music Corporation in New York, and by Casa Vieira Machado in Rio de Janeiro.

[3] The outer, A section features a device called jeitinho brasileiro (Brazilian knack, or aptitude), involving a sensuous rhythmic delay.

[5] The accompanimental rhythm in the pianist's left hand is taken from the popular Brazilian dance type called maxixe,[6] while the sentimental melody is reminiscent of the modinha.