The Tammorra and Tamburello - South Italy
With Salvatore Meccio and Massimo Laguardia
Like almost all percussion instruments, the tammorra and tamburello are social instruments. Whether in private or group lessons, the aim is to teach students to play these drums in a group situation, in keeping with the way that they are played in Southern Italy.
What better way to begin the practice of these instruments than by making one yourself? Lessons also cover how to make your own instruments. For those who wish to do so, it is also possible to order drums from Italy. Regardless, the first lesson is free and instruments will be available to help you discover the unique universe of Southern Italy’s percussion.
1) Presentation: skin, wood, sounds (and making your own instrument if you wish)
2) Various basic strikes with different parts of the hand (left and right hand)
3) Elementary rhythmic figures
4) Tarantella and tammurriata rhythms (Sicily, Pouilles, Campania and Calabria)
5) Composition with different rhythmic styles and expressive techniques
6) Accompanying traditional songs, with personal improvisation
7) Using these instruments in other music genres
Details (in french)
Salvatore Meccio
Salvatore Meccio was born and raised in Sicily, where he was first immersed in the countryside tradition of a small village and then an urbane culture in Palermo. These places were as rich with old traditions as with new cultural fusions, and provided musical and poetic inspiration. It was in this context that he learnt the art of writing songs in dialect and to accompany himself with the guitar, tammorra and the tamburello.
Inspired by the grand Sicilian masters, such as Alfio Antico and Massimo Laguardia, and the Italo-French master Carlo Rizzo, he developed a style of playing the tammorra and tamburello based on the techniques from Sicily, Pouilles, Campania and Calabria.
After having performed worldwide on different stages, in schools and at various festivals, he arrived in Geneva, where he now resides. He is ready to share his musical knowledge with beginners through to advanced students.
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Ateliers d'ethnomusicologie - 10 rue de Montbrillant, 1201 Genève |
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Monday : 7-9 pm (beginners 2 ) - Tuesday : 5.30 to 9 pm Wednesday : 8-10 pm (alternate beginners and advanced) - Saturday 9-11 am (intermediate) - All the lessons : 1 week upon 2 - |
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Group lesson: 150 frs / month (2 lessons / month) Private lesson : 200 frs / 120 minutes (2 lessons / month) |
Salvatore Meccio, 021 824 30 62 (after 7pm) / 079 776 61 01
E-Mail : meccioarte@gmail.com
Salvatore Meccio's websites :
www.myspace.com/tammorraband ou www.myspace.com/salvatoremeccio
