The berimbau is the soul of capoeira. The basic parts of it is:
+ Vêrga, the wooden body
+ Cabaça, the gourd resonator (3 types: Gunga[Biggest], Médio[Medium], Viola[Small])
+ Arame, the wire
+ Baqueta, the stick used to strike the arame
+ Dobrão, the coin/stone used on the berimbau
+ Caxixi, the shaker
I included an amazing website of all the toques, or rhythms, of capoeira, so make sure to listen to them and practice!
One thing I looked for all over google for were the flourishes for the berimbau which I had absolutely no luck with. So here are some that I picked up:
(Key: O = Open | X = Buzz | C = Closed)
1) XXOOXO // can be followed up by #2
2) XXOOOOC
3) OCCCO
I was told once that Viola Cabaça were mostly flourishes and was only sometimes playing the actual rhythm for what it was.
Play them at various speeds and within rythms, #1 is used on this site's song many times so listen for what it sounds like, also these are on the Virtual Capoeira site that I posted so make sure to check them out.
If you find others in your playings post comments with them.
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
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1) Dobrao = Coin, if it's a stone, I believe it's 'pedra'.
2) I picked up some nice variations on SBGdRegioanl from a music workshop I went to yesterday. Remind me, and next time I see you, I can show you some stuff. Think I've got a decent way to write rhythms too, just can't translate it to typing yet.
3) Berimbau isn't like a katana. It's pretty stupid to say..... run into a burning school to get a berimbau, when you can get one online for like $40 :P hahaha
--Palmito
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