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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…


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