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Activities: Txalaparta Tailera - Workshop
The Txalaparta is an instrument made up of one or more thick wooden boards that is played by two people. The players, called Txalapartariak, use short wooden sticks to hit the boards following a set of rules for rhythm.
New Txalaparta workshop till Christmas 2008!!!
We are organising a txalaparta workshop to be started as soon as possible. We have a professional tutor available for a few months, so now is the chance to get those rhythms going...Please contact us if you want to come.
Our tutor has passed us some information about the workshop itself...
"Aurtengo udazkenean, 2008, txalaparta ikastaroa egitekoak gara Londreseko Euskal Etxeko egoitzan. Ikastaroa arratsaldean egingo dugu lanegunez, betiere larunbateko aukera zabalik utzita. Iñaki Lopez de Luzuriaga txalapartaria arituko da irakasle bi orduko workshopetan hiru hilabeteko iraupenaz.
Landuko ditugu ttakuna, ttukuttuna eta horiei lotutako konbinazioak, eta horretarako Londreseko Euskal Etxean moldatu dugun txalaparta erabiliko dugu.
We are arranging a txalaparta workshop this autumn 2008 at the venue of the Euskal Etxea in London. The workshop is to be held in the evening on workdays, while Saturdays are open to schedule too. The course will be conducted by txalaparta player Iñaki Lopez de Luzuriaga in two hour workshops due to last for three months.
Ttakuna, ttukuttuna and related combinations will be dealt with, using for the purpose the txalaparta set we fashioned with so much care in the Euskal Etxea.
Txalaparta (pronounced cha-la-PAR-ta):
It’s an ancestral percussion instrument played by two, who beat their sticks on the boards arranged horizontally at a roughly thigh high. Although in the old txalaparta fashion the device was kitted with one or two wooden boards, the instrument has grown ever more complex in materials and variety. The players try new combinations and patterns, while struggling to keep up the balance (more info in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Txalaparta)"
Tailerra momentu honetan geldituta dago irakaslerik ez daukagulako. Dena den, aintzinako euskal musikatresna hau ikasi edo ta jotzeko gogoa badaukazue, idatzi hondorengo helbidera:basquesociety@btconnect.com
This workshop is in Standby at the moment due to a lack of teachers. If you are interested in learning how to play this ancient basque percussion instrument or if you can help us, please send us a mail:basquesociety@btconnect.com
Below, we enclose a selection of some truly awesome videos of Txalaparta playing we found in YouTube. We hope you enjoy them as much as we do.
Anima zaitez!!
Euskal Elkarteko Musika taldea