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• Perucssioni N° 168 Dicembre 2005 - Antonio Gentile Edizioni Improductions Protagonista di questo me todo di tabla in DVD è Pandit Shankar Ghosh, uno dei grandi maestri della tradizione classica indiana del Nord. Nato nel 1935, Shankar Gosh è un grandissimo concertista a livello internazionale e soprattutto un grande maestro per le giovani generazioni. Nella parte didattica del libro Ghosh presenta con chiarezza tutta la-tecnica di base dei tabla, la loro accordatura e una lunga serie dia composizioni ritmiche (kaida, rela. laggi, ecc.), per ognuna delle quali illustra differenti varianti. Per un'ora e 15 minuti il maestro spiega e giuda lo spettatore nell'intricato mondo delle ritmiche indiane. Nella seconda parte del DVD il maestro Ghosh ci accompagna a Calcutta, capitale dei tabla. Al suo fianco visitiamo una fabbrica di strumenti e ci godiamo l'esecuzione di alcunft classici del repertorio india no a fianco di sarod, sitar, voce e tabla tarang. Decisamente sconvolgente, fa visita alla scuola dello stesso Ghosh, dove orde di bambini e adolescenti suonano con apparente disinvoltura ritmi indiavolati di incredibile complessità. Inclusa una sorta di sessione di verifica di ogni singolo allievo. Terrificante. Per saperne di più o per acquistare on line. • BATTEUR MAGAZINE (French magazine - January 2002) "Together with Tempo Ouest (association from Rennes, France), hence our friend Khalid Kouen ( the editorial staff says "hi" ), Improductions may have well produced the music method of the year." " A rigourous and precise teaching, with no overdone folklore, respectful of the music and its masters, finally impregnated with tradition." Alain Bouchaux • PERCUSSIONS MAGAZINE (French magazine - # 5 new series - April 2001) " This video is a remarkable tool towards the knowledge of Tabla, its natural environment, and, even more so, learning to play the instrument. " The booklet filled me with enthusiasm. It quotes the introductory documentary, offers a very reasonable history of Tabla, describes the drums, shows photos with the different strokes (essential !), explains the theka counting technique and carries the scores of the lessons and practise patterns described in the tutorial video; a map of the priciple gharana Tabla music schools and a glossary complete the package. The make-up is attractive, well corrected. It turns out to be an essential tool, especially for Music Schools. Bravo to the team who put this method together." Michel Faliguand • LE MAGAZINE DE LA LIBRAIRIE MUSICALE (French magazine - #4 April / May / June 2000) " More than just technical lessons for Tabla playing, this video gives a chance to see the methods used by Indian masters with their students and mesure the difference with Occidental ways of teaching. Chances are you will never work at your instrument as you did before watching this tape. " Jérôme Gotte
• BATTEUR MAGAZINE (French magazine - Special edition : Djembe Generation July / August 1998) " A thorough information and work tool for the beginner up to the most advanced percussionist. Bravo !" "Inza Diabate begins each rythmic lesson with, for every one (6, plus some calling patterns and doudou accompaniments), information on the geographical and socio-cultural background of the musical pieces. Professor Diabate is totally straightfoward. In other words : observe, listen, reproduce and make the rythmes he teaches you swing to the max !" Fred Soupa • GUIDE D'ACHAT - Oscar Music Superbe vidéo mi-pédagogique, mi-documentaire. Un véritable voyage, au coeur de l'histoire du Djembé (évolution, fabrication) et des techniques particulières de jeu par un musicien Griot du Burkina Faso. (12 rythmes de Djembé, 6 de Dunun rassemblés en 6 polyrythmie). De débutants à confirmés, avec une pratique d'orchestre par le jeu des polyrythmie. Une réussite ! • OSCAR MUSIC (French magazine - BUYERS GUIDE ) "A superb video, half documentary, half tutorial... A success."
• The Tombak Ostad Madjid Khaladj This is yet another excellent work by Ostad Madjid Khaladj. It contains 2 DVDs and a Booklet. In first DVD Ostad Khaladj introduces Tombak and basic and advance techniques and gives step by step lesson in 6/8 suite composed by Ostad Hosain Tehrani father of modern Tombak. If you are a beginner, you can use these lessons to learn how to play tombak and if you already play Tombak, you can use these lessons to improve your techniques or if you are a fan of Ostad Khaladj like me, you can watch a master player playing this suite with perfection and become totally intoxicated. Second DVD contains a documentary showing Iranian master craftsman making a Tombak to Ostad Khaladj's specification and Ostad Khaladj shows you how to select and skin Tombak. This DVD also contains a solo concert by Ostad Khaladj Titled "Invitaion au voyage". In this concert Ostad Khaladj plays Tombak, zang-e-sarangoshti, Dayre and Daf. In this concert you can enjoy an excellent artistic work by a master musician and learn about these heavenly Iranian instruments. The booklet contains information about Tombak and it's origin and information about Ostad Hosain Tehrani and also contains information about instruments used is the concert contained in the second DVD and all the notes for the lessons in first DVD. We highly recommend this package. It is a must for anybody interested in Tombak or Persian Music. We would like to thank Mr. Philippe Nasse of Le Salon de Musique, Improductions for sending us this superb work. Hormoz Dilmaghani - Juin 2005 http://www.tombak.co.uk • The Tombak - Songlines N° 31 July/ august 2005 - Now you can play the Persian goblet drum! This is the fourth percussion documentary-instruction DVD from Philippe Nasse and his team (following samba, djembe and tabla) and it is the right up there with the best others efforts in the series. There is only one thing it does'nt have- the artistry of accompanying is not really covered, so the instrument's contribution to a wider musical setting is almost skipped over... Then, again, you'd be unlikely to be checking out this product if you weren¹t already familiar with the tombak (goblet drum). The Tombak is the chief percussion instrument of Persian classical music it is a perilously difficult instrument to master, capable of all the complexity of the tabla and is the strongest surviving member of an historically larger family of Persian instruments. Khaladj is the perfect teacher - clear, patient and precise, the two hours of carefully graded instruction he gives will keep you busy for a lifetime. And the second DVD has a documentary about the construction of the instrument, plus a solo recital by Khaladj of great range (and featuring others instruments). The booklet is full of information a student or inquisitive type might actually want : transcriptions, interviews and pictures.You have to admire the quality of this package - it's the exact opposite end of the spectrum from ³ you can play guitar with these three chords ' publications. It seems Nasse is making traditions of teaching traditions - as deeply as possible without actually sitting at the master's feet. Barak Schmool Songlines N° 31 July/ august 2005 www.songlines.co.uk • Initiation Method for the Tombak, persian Percussion - MadJid Khaladj DVD : Le Salon de musique, 2004, Doppel-DVD,engl., franz., span., Spielzeit 172 min, Booklet engl/franz.. 82 S., Preis: 45 euros, Tel: (0033) 344088814 Nach und nach wurden in den letzten Jahrzehnten die großen Trommeltraditionen der Welt durch immer besseres Lehrmaterial für die westliche Musikwelt erschlossen, aber die wichtigste Trommel der persischen Musik, die Tombak, deren Spieltechnik auf einem hohen Niveau steht, mit dem der indischen Trommeln vergleich bar, führt immer noch ein Schattendasein, was auch mit der religiösen und politischen Situation im Iran zusammenhängt. Diese neue, hervorragende Einführung in die Welt der persischen Percussion von Madjid Khaladj füllt diese schmerzliche Lücke. Khaladj lebt in Paris, wurde 1962 im Iran geboren und ausgebildet, spielt das Instrument seit seinem siebten Lebensjahr. Wie praktisch jeder Spieler der aus einem massiven Block Walnußholz gedrechselten pokalförmigen Trommel ist er von der Schule des bedeutendsten persischen Trommlers des 20. Jahrhunderts geprägt: Hossein Tehräni, dessen Enkelschüler er ist. Auf der ersten DVD präsentiert er nach der Vorstellung der Bauweise der Trommel, der Bedeutung ihres Namensund ihrer Anschlagsarten auf ruhige, meditativ zelebrierende Art verschiedene Übungen, die auf Tehräni zurückgehen und dann zu langen rhythmischen Suiten, einer im sechssch lägigen Takt und einer „Fantasie" mit zahlreichen besonderen Spieltechniken, zusammengesetzt werden. Alles ist in französischer oder englischer Sprache (leider nur spanische, keine deutschen Untertitel) gut erklärt und durch die Kameraperspektive von oben, aus derSicht des Spielers, gut nachvollziehbar. Alles findet sich im ebenfalls zweisprachigen 80 Seiten dicken Beiheft wieder, samt Notation, Glossar, historischen und biographischen Abrissen und einem ausführlichen Interview mit Khaladj. das tiefe Einblicke in das allgemeine und persönliche Umfeld bietet. Die virtuosen, sehr differenzierten Anschlagsarten mit vielen Wirbeln und Fingertechniken sind auch auf anderen Trommeln, vor allem Rahmentrommeln, anwendbar - zwei von ihnen, Daf und Dayre, stellt er vor. Auch wenn es derzeit noch relativ schwierig sein dürfte, eine Tombak zu bekommen, ist es faszinierend, Madjid Khaladj beim Spielen zuzusehen, der seine spirituell anmutende Hingabe an sein Instrument ausgezeichnet vermittelt - das ist auch für Nicht-Trommler interessant. Die zweite DVD vertieft mit einer Dokumentation über die Herstellung des Instruments (in der Khaladj liebevoll selbst das Trommelfell aufzieht), und dem Ausschnitt eines Solokonzerts, in dem er über die traditionellen Spielweisen weit hinausgeht - hier ist ein hochkarätiger Virtuose am Werk! Eine in Produktion und Inhalt vorbildliche und ausführliche DVD-Lehrmethode, die trotzdem Appetit auf mehr macht. Content: **** Produktion:*** MICHAEL WEIL |
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Tombak - suite • Perucssioni N° 165 Settembre 2005 - Antonio Gentile MADJID KHALADJ TheTombak Edizioni Improductions Per la prima volta, forse, nella storia del Dvd un percussionista persiano ci rivela la grandiosa arte del tombak (spesso chiamato anche zarb), ovvero uno dei più antichi tamburi a calice creati dall'uomo. In questa imponente opera di oltre due ore il mostro Madjid Khaladj espone con chiarezza cristallina la difficile arte del tombak. Tutti i colpi fondamentali e i principali abbellimenti vengono illustrati in sequenza. Date le nozioni di base, si passa allo studio di due brani di repertorio, che permettono sia di approfondire lo studio della tecnica di base sia di approcciare esempi fondamentali di interpretazione stilistica. A questo punto seguono ben 25 minuti di concerto a solo del maestro Madjid Khaladj, che si esibisce non solo allo zarb, ma anche al daf e ad altri strumenti tradizionali della musica classica persiana. Questo già potrebbe essere sufficiente, ma per i più esigenti sono stati inseriti anche 21 minuti di documentario sulla costruzione artigianale dei tombak. Il Dvd è corredato di un lussuoso booklet 80 pagine con trascrizioni, riferimenti storici, organologici, musicologici e culturali, discografia selezionata e foto. Le edizioni Improductions si confermano al top della professionalità e della qualità nei Dvd didattici. Per saperne di più o per acquistare on line.
• Percussioni N° 163 - Juin 2005 - www.percussioni.net Jacquin è francese di nascita, ma un sambista al 100% dal punto di vista musicale. Partecipa regolarmente al carnevale di rio fin dal 1990 ed è uno dei principali animatori del movimento sambista in Francia. Questo metodo rappresenta quanto di più rico e ben fatto sia mai stato pubblicato sull¹argomento fino a oggi. nella prima parte l¹autore presenta tecniche e pattern dei principali strumenti del samba carioca : surdos, caixas, repeniques, tamborim, agogo, ganzà, pandeiro e cuica. ogni strumento viene spiegato singolamente e in relazione agli altri. Chiamate, frasi e abbellimenti vengono chiariti in dettaglio. nella parte finale gli strumenti più importanti vengono ulteriormente approfonditi, illustrando pattern più moderni o tipici di alcune delle scuuole di samba più famose. Dove necessario, i ritmi sono suonati prima a velocità normale. Le spiegazioni di Jean-Christophe sono di una chiarezza cristallina. la seconda parte del DVD consiste di un documentario girato da Bruno Ginestet durante le prove des carnevale di Rio 2001. Il girato comprende la preparazione musicale, construzione degli strumenti e l¹allestimento dei costumi e dei carri. il pathos del più grande spettacolo del mondo coinvolge anche lo spettatore più apatico. A corredo di tutto, troviamo anche un libretto contenente una detagliata storia del samba in Brasile, la trascrizione di tutto cio che viene suonato nel DVD, un breve glossario dei termini usati nel samba, lo schema di una bateria e di un concorso di scuole di samba, e anche una collezione di foto a colori del carnavale. Una vera enciclopedia. Un must per tutti gli appassionati. Antonio Gentile • RIM SHOT (French magazine - January 2002) " Revelation upon revelation : with these videos, the specialists and aficionados will be totally satisfied, as will the beginners and newcomers. Each and everyone will find there sare, so vast is the of information, clear and logical the presentation and constant the effort to remain understandable to all. " • SONGLINES The world music magazine november/december 2002 " Full marks. " In the hearts of rios Baterias improductions An exemplary intyroduction to Brazilian samba, complete with book and percussion lessons. So much work has been put in this samba DVD (wich also available on VHS) that it immediately becomes the ultimate introduction and most comprehensive reference work on the subject. But what is it ? Well, its a 70 minute documentatry on the baterias (parading percussion blocs) that provide the rhythms of the samba schools of Rio de Janeiro, followed by 85 minutes of detailled instruction on how to play the relevant percussion instruments. The accompagnying 70-page booklet provides information on history and notation, plus contacts; a discography and more. The documentary conveys the majesty of carnival - a positive affirmation of life and the greatyest show on the earth - the sensuality and freedom of samba, the stunning views of Rio, yet the approach never gets over-romantic. there's as much sweat as sequins, and the practical, down-to-the earth stuff is all covered. How do groups of 300 percussionists support the thousands of costumed dancers in each samba school's contribution to the five day parade ? What are the social organisations that allow this to happen , how are they funded, who wins and loses ? Footage and preparation and performance from famous premier-meague groups Mangueira, Imperatriz, Viradouro and Portela suck you into samba's spawning grounds. And you could not be untouches by some of the personal stories. Jean-Christophe Jacquin's tutorial in samba is concise and highly detailled - finally, an experienced professional teacher/performer presents the true depth on the subject with clarity and structure, tailored to the needs of the non-Brazilian student. Essential advice is abundant, many pitfalls are discussed and careful guidance steers you logically through the multitude of techniques, phrases and musical nuances. This builds on the cultural context provided earlier, and wrole set could serve a model of style, quality and well-directed instruction. " Full marks. " Barak Schmool.
• Ali Alaoui -The Darabuka Songlines - DVD and Word cinema Get yourself a pair of capable hands. This is now the fifth high-quality percussion documentary / instruction DVD release from French director Philippe Nasse. The fascinating rhythms of a large part of the Arab world are demonstrated by the capable hands and patient manner of Moroccan master percussionist Ali Alaoui, who takes us on a tour of the darbuka’s beginnings in Morocco. We get to see the instrument played in a wide variety of settings – with the Gnawa musicians, in classical Arab orchestras, in popular music and with the Muslim brotherhoods parading in the streets. Such a well-thought-out presentation prepares you perfectly for the clear and essential teaching of extensive techniques on the instrument, as well as on the riqq (tambourine) and bendir (large frame drum). The camera work is perfect, allowing the student to see from the players viewpoint – and when it comes to some tricky Moroccan ensemble pieces, cunning split screen effects and some good mixing allows you to track each element of the polyrhythms without any confusion. The booklet actually contains far more information than the DVD so, whilst it does not actually contextualise the use of each rhythm, the adaptations for drumset and will inevitably inspire you in one way or another. Everyone interested in the darbuka should get this DVD – as a percussion teacher I have rarely seen such a complete instructional tool. Barak Schmool • Gert Kilian mit Aly Keita: "Le Salon de Musique" ist ein Gast-Beitrag von Uschi Billmeier, Djembe! Schule München Eine äußerst sehenswerte, hörenswerte und zum umfassenden Selbststudium über das westafrikanische Balafon einladende Kassette mit 2 DvDs und einem Buch hat Gert Kilian mit Aly Keita in der Edition „Le Salon de Musique“ herausgebracht. Es ist der 6. Band der Edition, deren Herausgeber Phillipp Nasse sich zum Ziel macht, ethnische Percussioninstrumente und Improvisationsstile vom kulturellen Kontext und Ursprung her zu zeigen, und von hervorragenden Musikern in deren eigener Lehrmethode zugänglich zu machen. Dazu enthält dieser Band zwei Dvds und ein Buch. Das Konzept geht wirklich auf: Ein Dokumentarfilm über das Balafon zeigt Aly Keita, einen Meister des pentatonischen Balafons, seine Familie und sein Dorf, in seiner Heimat Mali. Wir erfahren alles über das pentatonische Balafon, und wer es wann, wo, wie und warum baut und spielt. Wir sehen grandiose Spielszenen und Situationen, die den Reichtum der allgegenwärtigen Musik im afrikanischen Leben einfangen, und die Spielfreude und brilliante technische und musikalische Kompetenz der Musiker zeigen. Die zweite Dvd gibt in hervorragend durchdachter Didaktik, und von der Kameraführung und durch Notenpartituren im Buch in optimal unterstützter Weise, die Spielanleitung für 5 Stücke mit insgesamt 18 Patterns und 5 Melodien. Dabei wird die Musik aufgeteilt in Pattern für die rechte und die linke Hand. Es beginnt mit einfachen, zum sofortigen Mitspielen anregenden Ostinati und wird später auch fortgeschrittene Musiker herausfordern. Schnell wird klar, dass dies alles nicht nur für Trommler und Malletspieler interessant ist, sondern für alle, die mit Rhythmus UND Melodie beschäftigt sind. Der Schritt zur Improvisation wird fast zwingend, wenn man die Pattern studiert und in ihrer Struktur erfasst und versteht. Wo es musikalisch hingehen kann sehen wir in den Duostücken von Aly Keita und Gert Kilian, und dann nocheinmal in den virtuos gespielten Solostücken von Aly Keita. Im Buch mit vielen sehr schönen Fotos aus Afrika findet man nocheinmal kompakt alle Informationenüber das Balafon, ein Interview mit Aly Keita, und alle Noten zu den Stücken. Resüme: ein Gesamtkunstwerk, das sehr gut aufgebaut und sehr schön gestaltet ist, dem ethnischen Instrument sehr nahe kommt und dabei noch den Bogen zwischen den Kulturen und zwischen Tradition und Moderne aufspannt: Chapeau!!! Gert Kilian mit Aly Keita: "Le Salon de Musique" ist ein Gast-Beitrag von Uschi Billmeier, Djembe! Schule München (www.djembeschule.de) © Uschi Billmeier, Mai 2009  |
