Category: capoeira

  • Saci Pererê

    Saci Pererê This is one of the songs from Mestre Curió’s Capoeira Angola album. I have extracted it and transcribed the lyrics for my singing practice. I also added a range of images found on the internet (If I’m infringing any copyrights let me know, will either remove it or credit the artist. I’m not…


  • Mojubá Music Lesson – 3rd June 2015

    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


  • Pai é pai mãe é mãe

    Simple song but I adore it! Pai é pai – Dad is dad mãe é mãe – mum is mum sou xodó de papai – I’m my dad’s sweetheart/darling sou xodó de mamãe – I’m my mum’s sweetheart/darling Tricky to translate ‘xodó’ literally: apple of someone’s eye, pet – think affectionate terms (not pejorative). Someone…


  • Ninho de Cobra

    Vivo no ninho de cobra, – I live in a snake’s nest sou cobra que cobra não morde – I’m a snake other snakes don’t bite uma cobra conhece outra cobra, – a snake knows another não precisa dizer quem é cobra – no need to say who a snake is x4 Eu vivo no…


  • Mojubá Music Lessons – 24 May 2015

    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…