Alessandra Belloni
INTERNATIONALLY
RENOUWED SINGER, PERCUSSIONIST DANCER
ALESSANDRA
BELLONI
REMO
Signature Series Artist – presents:
RHYTHM IS THE
CURE
HANDS-ON
TAMBOURINE & FRAME DRUM WORKSHOP
including special brush technique
with Alessandra Belloni's tam-brush made Regal Tip
Basedon her book Rhythm is the Cure with Mel Bay Publications
www.alessandrabelloni.com www.youtube.com/alessandrabelloni www.facebook.com/alessandrabelloni
REMO Signature Series Artist and designers of
brushes with Regal Tip
Alessandra Belloni
is the only woman in America (and in Italy) who uses this powerful tambourine
style combined with the singing and dancing, and she’s very proud to be able to
bring this ancient healing women tradition back to
life.
She’s also a REMO Artist, with her own line of signature series tambourines made by REMO.
The purpose of this workshop is to introduce general audiences to a very rich tambourine and folk
dance culture with an active current performance practice in Southern Italy.
Duringthe percussion workshop, the participants will learn:
* The basic technique of holding the drum, with emphasis on arm movement, wrist and elbow
technique, which requires a lot of strength, to create the bouncing sound of the triplets.
* Hand technique with the palm and the fingertips in both a basic and accented fast 6/8 rhythm.
* Tammorriata a 4/4 rhythm played on the large drum called the
Tammorra, originally from Naples with a strong African influence in the rhythm.
* Tarantella alla Montemaranese, a carnival dance from Montemarano (Naples) played
on the smaller tambourines with a very unusual syncopation on the 6/8. This
rite of Carnival dates back to the Roman celebrations in honor Bacchus, the god of wine.
·Pizzica Tarantata, a very fast 6/8 rhythm from Puglia, with different accents - which originated
as music therapy to cure the mythical bite of the tarantula. This wild rhythm,
played mainly by women on medium size tambourines with a double row of jingles
as they frantically danced for days during the Summer Solstice
·Brazilian rhythms with Southern Italian tambourine technique using also special Tambourine brushes
(Tam brush) especially designed by Alessandra Belloni with Pro-Mark.
The length of the workshops should be 2 to 4 hours, divided into two parts.
The tambourines for the workshops can be made available through REMO.
Alessandra Belloni Live at WOMA Jazz 2009
Tambourine
Solo
http://youtu.be/-h2pyzZBUBM
Tarantella&PizzicaTarantata\lesson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfCWGQ6URds
Tammorriata
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_RPEG4Ae9w
SOLO CONCERT AT MOUNT SHASTA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKbmO2c20fohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mR410cTt4Y&feature=share&list=PL90C87419399B6C55
RENOUWED SINGER, PERCUSSIONIST DANCER
ALESSANDRA
BELLONI
REMO
Signature Series Artist – presents:
RHYTHM IS THE
CURE
HANDS-ON
TAMBOURINE & FRAME DRUM WORKSHOP
including special brush technique
with Alessandra Belloni's tam-brush made Regal Tip
Basedon her book Rhythm is the Cure with Mel Bay Publications
www.alessandrabelloni.com www.youtube.com/alessandrabelloni www.facebook.com/alessandrabelloni
REMO Signature Series Artist and designers of
brushes with Regal Tip
Alessandra Belloni
is the only woman in America (and in Italy) who uses this powerful tambourine
style combined with the singing and dancing, and she’s very proud to be able to
bring this ancient healing women tradition back to
life.
She’s also a REMO Artist, with her own line of signature series tambourines made by REMO.
The purpose of this workshop is to introduce general audiences to a very rich tambourine and folk
dance culture with an active current performance practice in Southern Italy.
Duringthe percussion workshop, the participants will learn:
* The basic technique of holding the drum, with emphasis on arm movement, wrist and elbow
technique, which requires a lot of strength, to create the bouncing sound of the triplets.
* Hand technique with the palm and the fingertips in both a basic and accented fast 6/8 rhythm.
* Tammorriata a 4/4 rhythm played on the large drum called the
Tammorra, originally from Naples with a strong African influence in the rhythm.
* Tarantella alla Montemaranese, a carnival dance from Montemarano (Naples) played
on the smaller tambourines with a very unusual syncopation on the 6/8. This
rite of Carnival dates back to the Roman celebrations in honor Bacchus, the god of wine.
·Pizzica Tarantata, a very fast 6/8 rhythm from Puglia, with different accents - which originated
as music therapy to cure the mythical bite of the tarantula. This wild rhythm,
played mainly by women on medium size tambourines with a double row of jingles
as they frantically danced for days during the Summer Solstice
·Brazilian rhythms with Southern Italian tambourine technique using also special Tambourine brushes
(Tam brush) especially designed by Alessandra Belloni with Pro-Mark.
The length of the workshops should be 2 to 4 hours, divided into two parts.
The tambourines for the workshops can be made available through REMO.
Alessandra Belloni Live at WOMA Jazz 2009
Tambourine
Solo
http://youtu.be/-h2pyzZBUBM
Tarantella&PizzicaTarantata\lesson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfCWGQ6URds
Tammorriata
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_RPEG4Ae9w
SOLO CONCERT AT MOUNT SHASTA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKbmO2c20fohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mR410cTt4Y&feature=share&list=PL90C87419399B6C55