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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)…
Maracangalha and Mestre Curió (Guest appearance by Mestre Ousado)
18 March 2015 – Maracangalha and Mestre Curió Today we learned this song in our music class, and much more! I extracted the above from this AMAZING album. The more I listen to it, the more I want to listen to it! I’m going to play it continuously until I know it off by heart.…
Mojubá Music Lesson – 15 March 2015
Mojubá Music Lesson – 15 March 2015 Mestre talked about the three different types of São Bento Grande. I only knew the first one, which is the one most people know about. This is a master class from Mestre Bimba, on his version of São Bento Grande, I like to play along to it or…
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…