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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)…
10 May 2024 – Mestre Gajé visits Mojubá
Mestre Gajé came to visit Mojubá tonight and sang a lot of his songs. It was very special! José Isidro de Carvalho, known as Mestre Gajé, was born in 1951 in Conceição da Feira, Bahia, Brazil. He is a Capoeira icon through his art, represented by his powerful songs. Well known in Mercado Modelo (Salvador,…
Minhá Sabiá
Minha Sabiá Minha Sabiá was adapted from a 1962 samba song, Sabiá Roxa by os Tincoãs. I don’t know who brought it to Capoeira. I published the Capoeira version chords on Ultimate Guitar a while ago. It’s a beautiful song, and I wanted to make an arrangement for it. I learned GarageBand last week and…
Meu baião de terreiro
On Sunday’s (3rd Dec 2023) Mojubá music class we were going around the group and people were singing songs of their choice and this song I hadn’t heard before came up. There was a bit of a caboclo theme going on and this song fitted nicely. Mestre Poncianinho explained that brada = announce. Caboclo announcing…
Sou das estrelas – Mestre Gajé
19 Oct 2023 (Song starts at 27:20) Mestre Pastel sang this at the Sambando e Gingando Mojubá event and I can’t get it out of my head, so I’m writing it down here. Sou das estrelas – Mestre Gajé [Chorus 1] Sou das estrelas, eu sou da lua Sou da poeira, menino, moleque de rua…
Mestre José Antônio songs
A few of Mestre José Antônio’s (Barracão Da Capoeira) beautiful songs. No canto da Iúna Sela a ventania Simbora meu mano Deixa meu gunga dizer Limoeiro de sinhá Olha o balanço das ondas Canarinho Cantador Lavadeira de Maré Meu Barracão Engaço Vaqueiro Malvado Eu já vou me embora (Minha Senhora) No canto da Iúna (Sang…