Berimbau Toques The most well known Capoeira toques are Angola, São Bento Pequeno and São Bento Grande. Here I go through those and various others that I have learned. Our group has its own official toques when it comes to the roda, click here for more information. The notation is…
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…
Toque de Amazonas
28 Jan 2015 Toque de Amazonas We learned this tonight. Well, it was my first time playing it, other students knew it! So I should say, I learned this tonight and the group practiced it. Amazonas is really good fun to play – I think it might now be one…
Toque Idalina
10 Dec 2014 Toque Idalina tsh#tsh# dom dom dim dom dom tsh# dim Idalina game – game with blade, of any size. Created by Mestre Bimba aula de berimbau 11 (toque idalina): https://youtu.be/3Qmwfyc-b8k
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…