Category: music
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…
Berimbau Toques – Practice Video & MP3
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…
Mojubá Music Lesson – 16 April 2015
Mojubá Music Lesson – 16 April 2015 We practiced this São Bento Grande repique, amongst other things: tsh#tsh# dim dom dom x2 tsh#tsh# dim dom dom# dom dom dom dim dom dom dom dim dom dom I was on the berimbau tonight, but I filmed this to practice the pandeiro at home We continued learning…