General review on various popular music styles where the strings play a significant role. European folklore, American musics (tango, salsa, boleros.etc) and modern trends (blues, rock, swing, funk)
- The stringed instrument as a rhythmic element:
- Patterns and exercises to become a rhythmic element or base.Review of traditional rhythms and patterns that allow us to have greater ease and rhythmic knowledge to apply to different music we play.
- Introduction to Chop, our revolutionary technique to convert our instrument to something percussive.
- Introduction to improvisation. First steps to do more than reading the score.
- The modern popular music: blues, rock, funk. A fun way to transform our instrument in another.
- Sample of unusual instruments: Trumpet violin, phonoviolin, scarf violin , rebec, ukelin, water violin, harps, saw, etc..
(Course for medium levels of violin, viola and cello.)
Diego Galaz violinist, founder and director of the FESTIVAL OF UNUSUAL INSTRUMENTS AND PERFORMERS INSTRUMENTS which organizes the City Council of Burgos, the only one of this genre in Spain. More information at: http://www.diegogalaz.com
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Diego Galaz: “Los instrumentos de cuerda: más allá de la música clásica”ES
Diego Galaz: “Los instrumentos de cuerda: más allá de la música clásica”
