Capoeira: Legendary Music of Brazil

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Listening to this music without actually seeing the astounding acrobatics and physical movement of the capoeira martial art form is sort of like listening to a movie soundtrack without the movie: you miss the visual aspect, but it allows you to hear the music more fully. Guilherme Franco plays the Brazilian berimbau, a kind of bow with a metal string that is struck with a stick. The sound is like no other percussion instrument; it buzzes, it sustains, it alters pitch like a bent note on a steel-string guitar. Capoeira is a mix of solo pieces ("Juna," "Juna Verdadeira"), pieces accompanied by other instruments (drums on "Sao Bento Grande" and "My Beat," rattle on "Batida Nova Rapida," and flute on "Juna Ocarina"), and full-out songs. But this catalog only hints at the richness of this recording and of the sound the berimbau makes when Franco's stick strikes the string. --Genevieve Williams

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Capoeira: Legendary Music of Brazil
Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
  • Not a cd to practice to.
  • A decent CD for any capoerista
  • I couldnt choose less then one
  • volume recorded too low
  • great anything that has the least bit to do with capoiera is
Capoeira: Legendary Music of Brazil
Guilherme Franco
Manufacturer: Lyrichord Discs Inc.
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

BrazilBrazil | South & Central America | International | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | International | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Jazz | Styles | Music
World DanceWorld Dance | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music
ASIN: B000007N9N
Release Date: 1998-06-16

Tracks:

  1. Sou Da Mina Do Sante
  2. Juna
  3. Juna Verdadeira
  4. Batida Nova Rapida
  5. Sao Bento Pequeno
  6. Parana U E Chant
  7. Jogo Praticado
  8. Sao Bento Grande
  9. Juna Ocarina
  10. Berimbau In 6/8
  11. Double Berimbau Solo
  12. Capoeira Chant Melody
  13. Bahiano Chant
  14. Pombagira Chant
  15. My Beat
  16. Electric Berimbau Jungle
  17. Berimbau Solo

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Listening to this music without actually seeing the astounding acrobatics and physical movement of the capoeira martial art form is sort of like listening to a movie soundtrack without the movie: you miss the visual aspect, but it allows you to hear the music more fully. Guilherme Franco plays the Brazilian berimbau, a kind of bow with a metal string that is struck with a stick. The sound is like no other percussion instrument; it buzzes, it sustains, it alters pitch like a bent note on a steel-string guitar. Capoeira is a mix of solo pieces ("Juna," "Juna Verdadeira"), pieces accompanied by other instruments (drums on "Sao Bento Grande" and "My Beat," rattle on "Batida Nova Rapida," and flute on "Juna Ocarina"), and full-out songs. But this catalog only hints at the richness of this recording and of the sound the berimbau makes when Franco's stick strikes the string. --Genevieve Williams

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Not a cd to practice to........2001-01-10

I have been practicing Capoeira for almost two yeas now and I have to say that this is a pretty good cd with some very interesting rhythms. This is definitely not a very good cd to practice to but it is great for those who enjoy the sounds of the berimbau and the songs of Capoeira.

4 out of 5 stars A decent CD for any capoerista.......2000-01-10

The review below claims that Guilherme Franco knows nothing about capoeira, but on the CD insert it says that Franco was trained under Paulo Gomes, a student of Mestre Bimba. The berimbau is also an important jazz instrument outside of the capoeira roda, and Franco's band Pe de Boi captures the spirit of the instrument. This CD has a broad range of tracks for both regional and angola, unfortunately no tracks for maculele. The chant tracks were lost on me, my group uses different chants in our rodas. This CD is a good representaion of the music of capoei Les premiers paysans

Les premiers paysans

Les premiers paysans
Authors: Karine Delobbe
Catalog: Book
Media: Relié
Release Date: 18 November, 1999
Publisher: Pemf/Publ.Ecole Mod.Fran.
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