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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)…
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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…
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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.…
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Mojubá class – 09 September 2015
Mojubá class – 09 September 2015 Tonight’s class had SO MUCH CONTENT and it was very challenging. Mestre Joel got mentioned, and I don’t have any of his music (apart from songs in Mestre Acordeon’s album, and I wondered who they were from). On Mestre Acordeon’s album: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-SkYMXqs9Y Can’t find his album on for sale…
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Mojubá class – 06 September 2015
Mojubá class – 06 September 2015 In capoeira class the move of the day was, in pairs: player 1 – negativa, role, stand up (keeping upper body low) into low ponte -> tesoura player 2 – same until low ponte, then volta por cima, go under tesoura Music class was special!!! Ololade brought a roll…