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07 June 2015 – Mestre Marcelo Angola On Friday class, 5th of June 2015, Mestre Marcelo Angola came to Dance Attic to do a workshop. He lives in Sweden, and his daughter, who lives in Bahia, is spending a few months with him here. Mestre Marcelo Angola is a student of the illustrious Mestre Curió … Read more
Mojubá Music Lesson – 3rd June 2015 Jogo de dentro variation (on photo above) using keyboard notation tsh#tsh# dim dom dim x3 tsh#tsh# dim tsh# dom dim dom dim dom dim (from 2:20) base: dim dom dim dom dom variation: dim dom dim dom dom dom
Mojubá Music Lesson – 24 May 2015 We practiced these ‘São Bento Pequeno’ repiques Below the toque and the repiques in Mestre Poncianinho’s notation. In keyboard notation – the (tss#) is for advanced tsh#tsh# dim dom to do the repique: tsh#tsh# dim (pause and miss the dom) – now the 3 repiques domtss# domtss# dim … Read more
06 May 2015 How to paint a berimbau There comes a time in every capoeirista’s life when they get to build a berimbau. That time is yet to come for me – but the time to learn how to paint one has arrived… A couple of weeks ago Mestre mentioned that if anyone wanted to … Read more
30 Apr 2015 – Berimbau Toques – Practice Video & MP3 Last week I was playing with Adobe Premiere, so I could make some Berimbau ringtones using the berimbau. I used my phone to record it. Then I thought wouldn’t it be useful if I could record all the berimbau toques I practice regularly to … Read more