Considered the oldest and most traditional toque. Used for the Angola game, a generally slower paced rhythm…

Banguela is a slower rhythm created by Mestre Bimba. It is a “jogo de floreios”, not in the sense of acrobatics…

This rhythm is often called “São Bento Grande de Regional” or simply “Regional”.

A medium-paced and graceful game, it is played traditionally by “formados” (graduated students)…

Mestre Bimba’s Santa Maria is different from the Santa Maria in Capoeira Angola.

Mestre Bimba strove to preserve the cavalaria rhythm in honour of the past when capoeiristas used it to…

Also known as São Bento pequeno or Inverted Angola (because it replaces the high note of the Angola toque with the low and vice versa)…

This rhythm comes from the traditional Sambas de Roda of Bahia and is perhaps the oldest of the toques listed…

A slow to moderate rhythm, Idalina was also created by Mestre Bimba, and is often heard in regional rodas…

Amazonas is a rhythm created by Mestre Bimba. It has no traditionally-associated game…