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January 2013, "São Bento Grande de Angola"

XX  O Θ Θ
tsts dim dom dom

Note:

  • X ("ts" sound)=Dobrão lightly touching the arame and cabaça is on your belly.

  • O ("dim" sound)=Dobrão is pressed into the arame and the cabaça is away from the belly.

  • Θ ("dom" sound)=Dobrão is away from the arame and the cabaça is away from the belly.

  • _ ("shake" sound)=Sound is created from a the single shake of the caixixi

 

"Sao Bento Grande de Angola" is a bit of an aggressive rhythm. It shows a high game with improved and objective strikes. A hard and fast game. Many masters introduce this beat during the "rodas de angola(circles of angola); to release the game.

Tis sound dim/dom/dom is made by three descending melodic motion, starting with an acute(high note); and heading to base(low note).

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