Category: music
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Asa Branca – Luiz Gonzaga
08 March 2019 Asa Branca – Luiz Gonzaga Asa Branca – Luiz Gonzaga Written in 1947, Asa Branca is one of the most well known songs in Brazil – I’d be surprised if there’s anyone there who hasn’t heard or doesn’t recognise the unmistakable introduction. By learning this song I also learned the baião strumming…
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Ladainha – Brasília
Ladainha – Brasília On the 21st of November 2018’s music class, Mestre Poncianinho spoke about different types of ladainhas: geographical, historical… And our homework was to write a geographical ladainha. Most of it just came out while still in class and then Mestre Poncianinho helped polish it, how to best sing it and also the…
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Eu não vou no mar – Mestre Zé Baiano
Eu não vou no mar Eu não vou no mar Eu não vou no mar Porque eu não sei nadar Eu sai da minha terra Ai deixeu pra ir mais lá Atravessei o oce(i)ano Sem saber nadar Lá de trás da minha casa Tem um pé de gravatá Atravessei o rio cheio Sem saber nadar…
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Silvio Acarajé – A Saga do Urucungo
25 Aug 2018 – Silvio Acarajé – A Saga do Urucungo I first heard this album about 7 years ago and the first track in particular captured my ears… Still does. He released two great albums, this one and Capoeira Primitiva, a great album to practice the berimbau and learn lesser known toques. Urucungo was…
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Tem areia
(this version doesn’t mention Iemanjá, it’s a shorter version but I can’t find the fuller version anymore, it’s been deleted. This song originates from Ubanda, this version(possibly the one Capoeira version came from?) and this one – in homage to Iemanja, goddess of the sea. There are different versions of it in Capoeira too, and…