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Mojubá Music Lesson – 11 March 2015

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Mojubá Music Lesson – 11 March 2015 São Bento Pequeno Variations tsh#tsh# dim dom x2 tsh#tsh#dim tsh#tsh#dom tsh#dimdomdom tsh#tsh#dimdimdimdim dimdomdom Then some amazing Iuna variations I haven’t quite got yet! Too advanced for me right now! Also we are learning these two songs and history behind them (Photos are from Mestre Poncianinho’s A3 notebook) Jurema … Read more

Urban Ritual Roda + Pandeiro

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09 March 2015 – Urban Ritual Roda + Pandeiro On Saturday 07/03/2015 I went to the Urban Ritual open roda for the first time. This roda happens on the first Saturday of every month, organised by Mestre Fantasma and his students at the ‘Corbet Place Bar and Lounge’ in East London, from 18:00. It’s an occasion … Read more

Lenda Viva/Mandei caiá meu sobrado

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Lenda Viva (Living legend) – Mestre Boa Voz (chorus – in rodas usually only the chorus is sang, the chorus was the original capoeira song which Mestre Boa Voz – and others, see below – expanded upon) Mandei, caiá meu sobrado – I asked for my hut to be whitewashed Mandei, mandei, mandei – I … Read more

São Bento Grande Variation

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25 Feb 2015 São Bento Grande Variation In tonight’s class we practiced this variation, amongst other things. Mestre Poncianinho was playing the berimbau extra amazingly tonight, it was an audio-visual treat!!! Shame I didn’t record the class!!! tsh#tsh# dim dom dom x2 (São Bento Grande basic) tsh#tsh# dim dom dom domtss# dim dom dom First … Read more