This is a way I was taught on how to make a caxixi.
I am by no means a professional, but at least this is one way, and you can develop/discover other ways from here. Or simply ask your Capoeira instructor how!
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This is a samba de roda rhythm. It is by no means the only one, but it is a basic one that will fit into the rhythm. It is usually played a lot faster.
RIGHT LEFT RIGHT LEFT RIGHT LEFT
RIGHT RIGHT LEFT RIGHT LEFT RIGHT LEFT
MIDDLE EDGE EDGE EDGE MIDDLE EDGE EDGE
MIDDLE EDGE EDGE [...] [...more]
FASTER CONTEMPORARY DRUM BEAT
This rhythm is sometimes used in Puxada de Rede, and also near the end of contemporary rodas when they start to speed things up.
This is the basic beat, but if there is another drum the other will play variations which will make the rodas sound great!
RIGHT LEFT RIGHT [...] [...more]
MACULELE
This is the basic maculele beat. It is usually played with many variations, more drums and a lot faster. But this is just an example so that you will be able to learn it.
The hit of the sticks comes in on the first two beats (in the verbal annotation).
VERBAL ANNOTATION:
LEFT RIGHT RIGHT [...] [...more]
PUXADA DE REDE
This is one of the drum rhythms that we use for our puxada de rede demonstrations.
When the puxada gets a bit faster we usually use the fast contemporary drum rhythm (see the other drum sections).
VERBAL ANNOTATION:
DOUBLE RIGHT LEFT RIGHT DOUBLE
DOUBLE RIGHT LEFT RIGHT DOUBLE DOUBLE
EDGE MIDDLE EDGE EDGE [...] [...more]
CAPOEIRA DRUM RHYTHMS
This is a simple drum rhythm that is used all over the world.
The drum is not traditionally used in the traditional regional roda. It is used in mainly contemporary and angola rodas.
ANNOTATION:
RIGHT LEFT RIGHT RIGHT (HAND)
EDGE EDGE MIDDLE EDGE [...] [...more]
Santa Maria
This rhythm is the ‘hino’ de capoeira, the anthem of capoeira. In the associacao de capoeira mestre bimba, bahia brazil, we play this anthem before every class to pay homage to the mestres of the past, and of course mestre bimba. There are many variations that can be added, but it is [...] [...more]
Apanha laranja no chao tico tico
VERBAL ANNOTATION:
TICH TICH DOM DOM DOM DOM, TICH TICH DOM DOM DOM DIM
TICH TICH DIM DIM DIM DIM, TICH TICH DIM DIM DIM DOM
This rhythm can be vastly varied and is very similar to SANTA MARIA in the regional section.
However this is more of [...] [...more]
AO PE DE MIM TEM UM VIZINHO
AO PE DE MIM TEM UM VIZINHO
QUE ENRICOU SEM TRABALHAR
MEU PAI TRABALHO TANTO
MAS NUNCA PODE ENRICAR
NAO DEITAVA NUMA NOITE
QUE DEIXASSE DE REZAR HA HA
AGUA DE BEBER…
Close to me there was a neighbour
Close to me there was a neighbour
that became rich without working
My father worked very much
but he could never [...] [...more]
BARRAVENTO
VERBAL ANNOTATION:
DOM DOM NNN
(The NNN is when the pedra or dobrao is pressed against the wire but the vaqueta itself does not hit, it is in the act of pressing the dobrao on the wire that makes a note).
Barravento is the state just before a candomble follower will be taken over by a [...] [...more]