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Txalaparta ...
the Txalaparta is a percussion musical instrument. Origin is unknown and therefore the theories about his birth are many, varied and diverse: from instrument to be called between villages, up system to warn the opening of the cider, and more.
It consists of a series (usually two) placed horizontally on a insulating materials (old cans on the remains of the beard of corn), which when hit with sticks produce a series of sounds, usually syncopated .
txalaparta The origin of this aura of legend, but historical records fast. One hypothesis explains that the cider was born in Basin Urumea in Gipuzkoa, where some sagardozale was the occurrence of strokes on the boards of the press.
txalapartaris Say the sound of small sticks of ash (makilak) tap on the planks of wood, can be heard within a radius of 5 km.
txalaparta Others believe that is a musical instrument-related work, as it may be the nozzle, related to the "Rhythm sticks" and "kickers." As mentioned comparison of rhythm sticks Malay-Polynesian.
use to hit a surface for warning is still in force in many cultures.
The survival of the use of txalaparta to warn the fishermen, was once an element constantly repeated, and so survived.
What is it? How do I use?
The Txalaparta often consist of many tables of different woods, thicknesses and lengths ... a beep disturbing and original. They are usually one or two boards of well seasoned wood, chestnut, alder or cherry. The size is usually between half and two meters in length, this fact will be marked according to the tone we want to convey. The width of the planks must be around 20 inches and the thickness can vary between 2 and 7 inches but the most widely used is to measure 6 inches.
makilak The suits also called, will have an average of 50 inches long and 4 cm in diameter in wood ash, elm and acacia.
The txalaparta played by two people (jotzaileak), but can be added to the party which fit along the boards. The txalapartaris receive different denominations. One is known as tukutun and is what makes the beat, the rhythm, the other, known as Herrena hit the stick with varying intensity in different parts or areas of the table. One imposes order and balance and the other encarda to break until you get to balance impossible to destroy.
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for me ... is the sound of my land, jaiak of those days where you wore bloomers, the sandals and scarf and came off in the morning with the crew to enjoy the holidays, and always sounded in the background the sound of wood who brought recollections of those green forest, moist, leafy part of the land that I love and miss ...
currently groups Txalaparta carry the sound of all the countries included in their records, and resonate in the hearts of all Basques who we were ...
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