Historical Background
Discovering Southern Italian Folk Music and Dance Tradition
Singing style
The dance
The Tammorriata Festival
Observations
Tammorriata Lesson
Playing Technique
First Pattern
Second Pattern
Third Pattern
The Bounce Improvisation
Fourth Pattern
Fifth Pattern
Tammorriata Notation
Chant of the Black Madonna and Tammorriata
Leva Leva Notation
Pizzica Tarantata
History and Background on the Tarantella
Tarantella Trance Ritual
Journey to the Tambourine Festival
The Night of the Pizzica
Ten Years Later
The Drum
Playing Technique
Pizzica Tarantata Style Lesson
Pizzicarella notation
Pizzicarella notation
Tarantella (Pizzica Style) notation
Tarantella del notation
Performance technique
Singing and playing
The Tarantella di San Rocco
The Feast of San Rocco
Journey to Calabria
Tarantella Calabrese - San Rocco
Tarantella Ritmo di San Rocco notation
Montemarano and the Tarantella alla Montemaranese
Going to Montemarano
Meeting Giovannina
My Initiation to Carnival in Montemarano
The Music, Melodies and Harmonies of the Montemaranese
Tarantella Di Montemarano notation
The Dance
Tarantella alla Montemaranese Technique and Lessons
Tarantella Alla Montemaranese notation
Other Tambourine Styles and Techniques
Tarantella Calabrese e Siciliana
Tarantella Calabrese E Siciliana notation
Designing my Tambourines with Remo
Going to PASIC and meeting Remo
Designing my signature series tambourine with Remo