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Capoeira Angola is more than just movement,
it is also music, and to have knowledge of music is required
by every performer of Capoeira Angola.
The music has many functions in Capoeira Angola.
It brings life into the game through its rhythm, but it also
tells about the game and its long history. The music is important
with regard to the spirituality of the art; it helps us to
liberate ourselves, both those who play the music and those
who play capoeira.
To learn to play instruments and to sing is
not easy for everybody. This is due, among other things, to
our Danish way of understanding music, rhythms, harmonies
and expressions. Capoeira music has the advantage that its
rhythms are relatively simple, that it works with different
kinds of harmonies and that it makes room for everybody.
NB: Regarding lessons in music: It is very important
to follow the teacher’s instructions, and not to fetch
the instruments or put them back your self, since damage to
them can occur easily.
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