The creative process of Suite populaire brésilienne took many years, as the different movements that make up the suite were never conceived to be put together. All pieces in this suite have a certain sentimental and melancholic tone (the word chôro comes from the Portuguese term chorar, which means “to cry” or “to complain”). In this sense, as other typical choros, all dances have a generally steady tempo and follow the typical rondo form pattern where the first phrase is repeated.