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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.
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