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
Capoeira: Legendary Music of Brazil,Guilherme Franco,Lyrichord Discs Inc.,Brazil,Brazilian,Int'l & World Music,Pop,World Beat,World Music
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Capoeira: Legendary Music of Brazil
Guilherme Franco Manufacturer: Lyrichord Discs Inc. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000007N9N Release Date: 1998-06-16 |
Tracks:
- Sou Da Mina Do Sante
- Juna
- Juna Verdadeira
- Batida Nova Rapida
- Sao Bento Pequeno
- Parana U E Chant
- Jogo Praticado
- Sao Bento Grande
- Juna Ocarina
- Berimbau In 6/8
- Double Berimbau Solo
- Capoeira Chant Melody
- Bahiano Chant
- Pombagira Chant
- My Beat
- Electric Berimbau Jungle
- 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 WilliamsCustomer Reviews:
Not a cd to practice to........2001-01-10
A decent CD for any capoerista.......2000-01-10
I couldnt choose less then one.......1999-11-26
The only people that can play the berimbau are people that play capoeira, and this guy knows nothing bout capoeira hence, knows nothing bout playing our great berimbau
volume recorded too low.......1999-07-05
great anything that has the least bit to do with capoiera is.......1999-04-22
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