25 Aug 2018 Silvio Acarajé – A Saga do Urucungo I first heard this album about 7 years ago and the first track in particular captured my ears… Still does. He released two great albums, this one and Capoeira Primitiva, a great album to practice the berimbau and learn lesser…
Mestre Silvio Acarajé – Capoeira Primitiva
06 Feb 2017 Mestre Silvio Acarajé – Capoeira Primitiva I’ve set myself a challenge to try and transcribe the toques in this album… This is a work in progress!!! tic – hit cabaça with baqueta. I got the album from Amazon EU a while ago, for £7.49, but I can’t…
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…
Mojubá Music Class – 11th of November 2015
11 November 2015 Mojubá Music Class We learned this variation today, which was first recorded by Mestre Ananias and now pretty much everyone plays it. Works for rhythms ending in dim, i.e. Angola, Jogo de Dentro, Miudinho, Banguela, Angolinha. From Sunday, we practiced this, São Bento Grande variation: And berimbau…
Santa Maria e Idalina toques with Mestre José Antonio
5 November 2015 Santa Maria e Idalina toques with Mestre José Antonio Learning toque Santa Maria (Mestre Bimba) with Mestre José Antonio Base tsh#tsh# dom dom dom dom dom dimdomdim tsh#tsh# domdimdomdim tsh#tsh# domdimdomdimdomdimdom dimdomdim Variations: tsh#tsh# domdomdomdomdomdomdom dom dimdomdim tsh#tsh# domtss domtss domtss domtss dom dimdomdim Santa Maria Variations…
How to paint a berimbau
06 May 2015 How to paint a berimbau There comes a time in every capoeirista’s life when they get to build a berimbau. That time is yet to come for me – but the time to learn how to paint one has arrived… A couple of weeks ago Mestre mentioned…
Berimbau Toques – Practice Video & MP3
30 Apr 2015 Berimbau Toques – Practice Video & MP3 Play the mp3 version while you read! Last week I was playing with Adobe Premiere, so I could make some Berimbau ringtones using the berimbau. I used my phone to record it. Then I thought wouldn’t it be useful if…
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…