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Capoeira amongst other things is a dance, and you can not dance without music . . .
 
The live percussion orchestra, including a mixture of Afro-Brazilian instruments when played in harmony can create an amazing communal energy which fuels the Capoeira artist. This is accompanied by a live chorus of question and answer repetitions and synchronised clapping. Giving the sound a real tribal community feeling. When all the elements are right no  video recording can do true justice to the energy that the Capoeira roda emits.
 
The more excited the chorus gets the more inspired the players become.
 
Most masters like to start the roda with a poem or a Ladainha telling a story and setting the tone for the game that follows. Sometimes however they may want to to just sing in order to feel the music within them and perhaps to make a small spiritual gesture to protect them within the roda.
 
 
 
If music is food for the soul, then the soul of a Capoeirista will always
 remain very well fed.
 
(Mascote 2009)
 

 

Nowadays Capoeira music has been developed and enhanced from the primative tribal roots from which it came, but still maintaining its original traditions. With access to modern musical knowledge and structure, new Capoeira music and songs are being developed on a regular basis. Alowing an great musical outlet for Capoeira artists.

 

This flow of new Capoeira music keeps the art form fresh, interesting and relevant to its new generations of practitioners.

Each annual yearly event is often accompanied by a new song developed by one the of the visiting masters. These new songs are often remembered as the theme tunes to thaose particualr events and are associated with the positive feeling that surrounding those happy times.

 

Some times Capoeiristas like to get together to play music and jam outside the roda. Perhaps to practise new songs that can be used in future rodas.