Category: music
Mojubá Music Lesson – 11 March 2015
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…
Urban Ritual Roda + Pandeiro
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…
Lenda Viva/Mandei caiá meu sobrado
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…
São Bento Grande Variation
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…
Mojubá lessons – 16 to 22 February 2015
Mojubá lessons – 16 to 22 February 2015 This week was all about s-dobrado Monday: was taught to look at hand when doing it, and also various techniques for teaching nervous system to learn it. This is what it will look like after I have practiced it for hours and hours! Can a 43 year…