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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)…
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.…
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…
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…
Mar Calmo – Mestre Calango Biriba
Mar Calmo – Mestre Calango Biriba Mar calmo não faz marinheiro forte Mar calmo não leva a jangada pro mar A vela precisa de vento forte, marinheiro. Jangada vai onde vento levar. (not 100% sure on this verse. Did my best to transcribe correctly) Marinheiro não viaja sobre a sorte. Marinheiro é guiado pelo luar.…
Vaqueiro Malvado
Vaqueiro Malvado – adapted by Mestre José Antonio Ô que vaqueiro malvado! x3 (chorus) Que vaqueiro malvado – what a cruel cowboy Que entrou no meu roçado – who entered my patch, replace ‘roçado’ with ‘cerrado‘ for a variation. Botou fogo na catinga – set fire to the ‘catinga’ (dry land vegetation) Cortou (Queimou) o…