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Berimbau Toques
First Published in 2014Last modified May 2025 The best known Capoeira toques are Angola, São Bento Pequeno and São Bento Grande. Here I go through those and various others that I have learned. The notation is explained here. For further explanations of specific toques, follow the links provided. * Toques on YouTube (Recorded in 2015)…
Mojubá Lesson – 13 April 2015 – Mestre Waldemar
Mojubá Lesson – 13 April 2015 – Mestre Waldemar sequence to practice player 1: rabo de arraia, au over tesoura, land into negativa -> tesoura player 2: esquiva -> tesoura, face opponent landing from au, go under the tesoura Music lesson We are learning Mestre Waldemar da Paixão. Mestre Waldemar’s songs originate from literatura de…
Mestre Acordeon B2B talk at SOAS
Mestre Acordeon B2B talk at SOAS – 09 April 2015 I started following http://b2bjogacapoeira.com/about/ (domain is parked) Mestre Acordeon’s Berkeley to Bahia journey with great interest back when it first started on Facebook, in 2013 – it combined two – well three – of my favourite activities. No, wait! When I start breaking it up…
Mojubá Music Lesson (Atabaque) – 09 April 2015
Mojubá Music Lesson (Atabaque) – 09 April 2015 Mestre Poncianinho showing some atabaque rhythms, and toque barravento on the berimbaus at the end. toque de barravento: dom#tsh#dom#tsh# dom#domdomdom (add extra dom for repique) Atabaque – 1st one: tum x5 ta x5 (I think…) I found this (in Portuguese) Que e Barravento – What is Barravento…
Louvação/Chula
29 March 2015 – Louvação/Chula Louvação (meaning praise)/Chula follows the ladainha. The leader will sing and the chorus responds. Starts with “iê” and ends with “camará.” This can be as long or as short as the leader wants and precedes the start of the first game. What is sung depends, but usually praises a region,…
Maracangalha
I have tried to find Mestre Curió’s music to buy on the internet – I love Mestre Curió’s Capoeira Angola album so much I’d like to show my appreciation by buying it. No luck so far. If anyone knows of anywhere I can purchase it from, let me know! I can only find it on…