CHACARERA DE UN TRISTE

animated notation
4 videos
BONUS playalong and technique section

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A COURSE WITH

SANTIAGO ALVAREZ

Learn how to play the characteristic poly-rhythms of the up-tempo style chacarera on the chromatic harmonica. Santiago Alvarez will guide you through the melody and explain the important aspects of the rhythms and playing techniques.

Interesting facts about Chacareras
background information, tips and personal experience
typical argentine playing techniques
step-by-step instruction
videos with animated notation
a booklet with notation and tabs
BONUS: playalong recorded by Agustin Luna and technique section with additional 10 videos

This course is part of the ARGENTINE HARMONICA COMPLETE COURSE.

58 €

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CHACARERA, LEVEL 2

The Playing TECHNIQUES

octaves and delayed octaves, tongue slap, intervals

WHO IS THE COURSE FOR?

This video course is for all those who have already made their first experiences on the chromatic harmonica with songs or jazz standards and want to expand their playing with typical Argentinean playing techniques. Knowledge of sheet music is an advantage.

WHICH HARMONICA WILL YOU NEED?

For this course, you need a chromatic harmonica (key of C) with a minimum of 12 holes.

THE COURSE

In this course Santiago Alvarez explains how to approach the traditional chacarera on the chromatic harmonica. The history of this music will be presented to you through the song Chacarera De Un Triste. Chacarera De Un Triste tells the story of unrequited love, lively, wild and sensual.

In additional videos Santiago Alvarez gives you valuable tips on various playing techniques that Argentine harmonica players use to make their playing interesting and varied or to underline certain statements of a song.

You’ll also get a booklet with all of the notation and harmonica tabs, so that you can practice at your own pace, anywhere and anytime.

BONUS

As a free bonus you’ll receive a guitar playalong exclusively recorded by Agustin Luna from the TRIO ARGENTO (Santiago Alvarez, Mariana Mariñelarena, Agustin Luna).

A comprehensive technique section with 10 videos is also part of the course.

YOUR INSTRUCTOR

Santiago Alvarez’s playing is characterized by its lightness and his respect for the roots of traditional Argentinian music. He was born in Buenos Aires, and discovered his country's folk music at an early age. Today, he belongs to a new generation of young harmonica players who not only have a solid place in contemporary Argentinian music, but they are also helping the harmonica return to its own traditional sound.

Santiago Alvarez studied chromatic harmonica with Franco Luciani, and since 2010 he rekindled Argentinian folk music with Tanino Duo and Trio Argento. His first solo album "Domingo" was released in 2019. The album unites the urban tango with charmamé from the Argentinian coastal region. Santiago Alvarez teaches harmonica and folk music at the School of Popular Music (EMPA), and since 2014, he has been teaching the history of the tango and Argentinian folk music.

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