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…
Orquestra de Berimbaus do Morro do Querosene
19 Feb 2015 Orquestra de Berimbaus do Morro do Querosene I was searching for the different types of berimbau arrangements in the roda as a result of yesterday’s music class – The first one being gunga: angola, medio: sao bento pequeno, viola: sao bento grande + improv. when I found…
How to fix a fractured a berimbau
24 November 2014 How to fix a fractured a berimbau I bought a new berimbau during last week’s event. My fourth one! My very first one was given to me by my husband, for my birthday in 2011, with a cabaça media (medium). The verga is very heavy and solid…
Toque de Angolinha and Mestre Waldemar
26 October 2014 Toque de Angolinha and Mestre Waldemar Another Sunday and another new toque to practice. This one is called Angolinha. Or Waldemar (da Paixão). So I learned a new toque and also about Mestre Waldemar. I heard about him before, in songs mostly. His presence as a Capoeira…
Toque de Iúna
19 October 2014 Toque de Iúna Toque de Iúna by Mestre Bimba (Iúna is an old viola guitar rhythm used in the sambas of the Recôncavo, Bahia) – the toque that’s taken me the longest to figure out. I first started trying to learn in March 2014 (half-heartedly, I admit,…
Toque de Cavalaria
12 October 2014 Toque de Cavalaria Today I think I finally understood this toque during music practice. We started with the stripped down version of it: dom dom dom domdimdom x2 dom dom dom dom dom dom domdimdom dom dom dom dom domdimdom So, once we did a lot of…
Toque De Santa Maria
14 July 2014 Toque De Santa Maria Santa Maria: Toque de Santa Maria é o toque usado na capoeira para o jogo de navalha, seja esta no pé ou na mão. Used in a game with a razor, on hand or foot. O toque de Santa Maria também é usado…
Faca de Ticum by Mestre Guimba
04 June 2014 Beautiful capoeira song by Mestre Guimba – Faca de Ticum Chorus: (Knife of Ticum is the knife that killed Besouro) Faca de Ticum é faca que matou Besouro Faca de Ticum é faca que matou… Ticum is a type of wood found in the Northeast Brazil. It…
Mojubá Workshop – When Kay met Capoeira
01 Jun 2014 Mojubá Workshop – When Kay met Capoeira I attended Mojuba’s capoeira workshop this weekend. They were a very memorable, special, 10 hours(currently these are private: Day one, Day two), which I shall treasure for the rest of my life. The icing on the cake happened on day…
Toque de samba de roda – Berimbau
03 March 2014 Toque de samba de roda – Berimbau After training I practiced the berimbau, then a song with toque de samba started to play and I thought it was about time I learned to play this toque. I did some ‘research’ and at first I thought it went…