As always, your postings are enthralling. I love your passion for instruments, music, craftsmanship, Italy, the Mediterranean and North African regions, cooking, and your overall “nerdiness,” which I absolutely share. I don’t play hand drums (yet), however, your piece has inspired me to order one of these wonderful craftspeople’s tamborellos!
Have you seen/read this Smithsonian Folklife piece in the feminine legacy of the Italian frame drum? Having experienced a bit of your scholarship, my guess is you have. I personally have a lot of “research”/more reading to do after reading it and watching the videos:
I hadn’t seen that piece but I’ve extensively researched the subject. I (and many other people active in Italian traditional music scene) have very mixed feelings on the work of A.Belloni. Probably this is not the place to get into it but send me a DM if you wanna know my thoughts.
The fact that most frame drummers were women until a couple of generations ago is definitely a very important piece of the story and unfortunately something that has been a bit forgotten…
What a wonderful tour of your world of tamburellos and frame drums. LOVE the pizzica music, and remember how much I have loved Rhiannon's version of one on "Calling Me Home". The making of the instruments is fascinating to watch, and I noticed they moved quickly over lots of the details of putting them together. I suppose they are guarding their secrets of success . . . as they should. Look forward to you playing your new instruments at a concert soon . . . hope to see y'all again soon.
As always, your postings are enthralling. I love your passion for instruments, music, craftsmanship, Italy, the Mediterranean and North African regions, cooking, and your overall “nerdiness,” which I absolutely share. I don’t play hand drums (yet), however, your piece has inspired me to order one of these wonderful craftspeople’s tamborellos!
Have you seen/read this Smithsonian Folklife piece in the feminine legacy of the Italian frame drum? Having experienced a bit of your scholarship, my guess is you have. I personally have a lot of “research”/more reading to do after reading it and watching the videos:
https://folklife.si.edu/Contents/Item/Display/14006
I hadn’t seen that piece but I’ve extensively researched the subject. I (and many other people active in Italian traditional music scene) have very mixed feelings on the work of A.Belloni. Probably this is not the place to get into it but send me a DM if you wanna know my thoughts.
The fact that most frame drummers were women until a couple of generations ago is definitely a very important piece of the story and unfortunately something that has been a bit forgotten…
What a wonderful tour of your world of tamburellos and frame drums. LOVE the pizzica music, and remember how much I have loved Rhiannon's version of one on "Calling Me Home". The making of the instruments is fascinating to watch, and I noticed they moved quickly over lots of the details of putting them together. I suppose they are guarding their secrets of success . . . as they should. Look forward to you playing your new instruments at a concert soon . . . hope to see y'all again soon.