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Berimbau Toques
First Published in 2014Last modified May 2025 The best known Capoeira toques are Angola, São Bento Pequeno and São Bento Grande. Here I go through those and various others that I have learned. The notation is explained here. For further explanations of specific toques, follow the links provided. * Toques on YouTube (Recorded in 2015)…
Sereno eu caio
Buy the full album here and support the artist. (Dundak no longer exists… Not sure where this can be bought internationally on the internet anymore) Sereno eu caio, sereno eu caio Eu ralo tanto no cumbuco do balaio quero papai, quero mamãe, quero dindinha quero agulha, quero a dedal e quero linha rapaz (oi) que tenha dinheiro…
Camila, Gabriela
There are a few basic verses, which Pernalonga slightly changes and repeats throughout, so I just translated those. Diga pra mim como é o nome dela – Tell me what is her name É Camila, é Gabriela – It’s Camila, it’s Gabriela Êh, diga pra mim como é o nome dela É Camila, é Gabriela…
Mojubá class – 5th of October 2015 – Jogo de Dentro variations
Mojubá class – 5th of October 2015 – Jogo de Dentro variations Music! We practiced repiques for gunga, medio and viola, also then Jogo de Dentro. I put together this video which has pandeiro, berimbau variations and atabaque (from a couple of weeks ago) for jogo de dentro: Then we got to the part where…
Insanity – Shaun T
11 May 2015 – Insanity – Shaun T Last year I did T25 Alpha and Beta – and for Christmas I got T25 Gamma – and basically never really stopped doing it about 3 times a week or so, because I really enjoy it. I left my job, after 15 years, and having a bit…
Go Pro experiments
20 Sep 2015 – Go Pro experiments I know it’s been done to death but I also wanted to attach the GoPro camera to my body during capoeira games. So I did last night. Best part was learning some new effects in Adobe Premiere. Effects Adobe Premiere: Ghosting – Lumar Curve, Horizontal composite – Equalize.…