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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)…
Meu baião de terreiro
On Sunday’s (3rd Dec 2023) Mojubá music class we were going around the group and people were singing songs of their choice and this song I hadn’t heard before came up. There was a bit of a caboclo theme going on and this song fitted nicely. Mestre Poncianinho explained that brada = announce. Caboclo announcing…
Sou das estrelas – Mestre Gajé
19 Oct 2023 (Song starts at 27:20) Mestre Pastel sang this at the Sambando e Gingando Mojubá event and I can’t get it out of my head, so I’m writing it down here. Sou das estrelas – Mestre Gajé [Chorus 1] Sou das estrelas, eu sou da lua Sou da poeira, menino, moleque de rua…
Mestre José Antônio songs
A few of Mestre José Antônio’s (Barracão Da Capoeira) beautiful songs. No canto da Iúna Sela a ventania Simbora meu mano Deixa meu gunga dizer Limoeiro de sinhá Olha o balanço das ondas Canarinho Cantador Lavadeira de Maré Meu Barracão Engaço Vaqueiro Malvado Eu já vou me embora (Minha Senhora) No canto da Iúna (Sang…
Lelé Capoeira coming at you from new domain!
Dear readers/subscribers, Due to major server issues (too slow, too unreliable) I had to move to a new server. I also finally got a better domain name!!! From now on this site lives at the aptly named lelecapoeira.com domain. Hopefully you should all still get new posts emails as before – if you got an…
Peleja de Riachão Com o Diabo – Leandro Gomes de Barros
Peleja de Riachão Com o Diabo – Leandro Gomes de Barros (Literatura de Cordel) Sections of this epic poem from literatura de cordel have been incorporated into Capoeira, where Riachão and the Devil (diabo) have a defiant dialog/word battle : Mestre Traíra – Riachão do Diabo and Sílvio Acarajé amongst others… Leandro Gomes de Barros…