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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)…
Berimbau makes a guest appearance
17 Oct 2016 A Sepultura song came up randomly on my music player giving me a light bulb moment and the inspiration for this list. If you can think of any add to the comments list or ping me! Note that this isn’t in any way a scientific or extensive list, however, I did find…
Sobrado de mamãe é debaixo d’água
O sobrado de mamãe é debaixo d’água – mum’s hut is under water O sobrado de mamãe é debaixo d’água Debaixo d’água, por cima da areia – under the water, above the sand Tem ouro, tem prata – there’s gold, there’s silver Tem diamante que nos alumeia – and diamond that lights us Tem ouro,…
Meu cajueiro – Mestre Poncianinho
This and other songs by Mestre Poncianinho are available on Coração Cantador e-book. Meu cajueiro – Mestre Poncianinho [coro] Meu cajueiro ê, meu cajueiro á Tem fruta madura E história pra contar O cravo brigou com a rosa Na beira do caminho A rosa saiu chorando O cravo ficou sozinho (this verse is based on…
Learning Tom Zé
Learning Tom Zé I grew up vaguely aware of Tom Zé’s but it wasn’t something I listened to studiously at any period of my life, like I did with Chico Buarque, Elis Regina. I listened to Rita Lee a lot more than Tom Zé, for example. Then David Byrne from Talking Heads discovered him and…
Nzinga – Tabareu e Pitombeira
After Mestra Janja’s visit at our last event in June 2016 I have been listening to Nzinga’s album. These two songs caught my ear as being easy to learn, trance like, therefore good for the roda and also very interesting. They both referred to things I didn’t know the meaning of, giving me an excuse…