Category: lesson
New songs with Mestre José Antônio
29 June 2016 New songs with Mestre José Antônio Mestre Zé Antônio has been in Europe for the last month or so. He came to Mestre Poncianinho’s event Vivência cultural 2016 and then went off to various events in Europe. This week is his last week and then he’s going back to Brazil. Tonight’s class…
Mojubá’s official toques
05 April 2016 Mojubá’s official berimbau toques Angola, São Bento Pequeno, São Bento Grande, Jogo de Dentro, Iúna, Cavalaria, Apanha a laranja, Abaré. For our own roda, 2nd arrangement: Gunga: São Bento Pequeno 2 (aka Angolinha, Angola Dobrada) tsh#tsh# domtss# domtss# dim Médio, opposite of gunga: tsh#tsh# dim dim dom (São Bento grande 2) Viola:…
Abaré – Mestre Poncianinho
13 March 2016 – Abaré – Mestre Poncianinho In Mestre Ponciano’s album, Guarani, there’s one particular toque that I have been wanting to play along to for quite a while: Abaré. It’s a word in tupi-guarani (one of the native inhabitants of Brazil) and in this context it means ‘friendly people’. This version from music…
Mojubá Music Class – 11th of November 2015
11 November 2015 Mojubá Music Class We learned this variation today, which was first recorded by Mestre Ananias and now pretty much everyone plays it. Works for rhythms ending in dim, i.e. Angola, Jogo de Dentro, Miudinho, Banguela, Angolinha. From Sunday, we practiced this, São Bento Grande variation: And berimbau orchestra start for each berimbau: