Difficulty: Newbie
Italy
Giuditta sings a song about a beautiful turtle. The song tells about how the turtle ended up being such a slow animal.
Difficulty: Newbie
Italy
The "Ninna nanna del chicco di caffè" [Coffee Bean Lullaby] was first performed at a musical festival devoted children's songs, the Zecchino d'Oro, in 1970. It is still sung today by many Italian mothers to lull their babies to sleep.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy Sicilian
Adriano tells us about the famous southern Italian folk dance, la tarantella. He also tries dancing it himself.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy Lucano
Serena finishes showing us the music store by guiding us through the guitar section, as well as the section dedicated to the instruments of the orchestra. She closes by a quick visit to the sheet music department.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy Lucano
Serena takes us to another part of the music store. This time she shows us the percussion instruments.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy Lucano
Serena takes you to a music store in Rome. The first instrument she shows us is the piano.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
In this second and final segment of La Bohème, Anna, as Lucia, goes on to tell us about her life. What will become of her?
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Anna takes us to Paris, to a cold, dark attic room where she tells the beginning of the tragic but very romantic story of La Bohème.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy Lucano
Our Maratea friends sing two very famous songs, by two equally famous singers, which continue to be sung by successive generations. We're talking about "Azzurro" [Blue] by Adriano Celentano and "L'italiano" [The Italian] by Toto Cutugno. Have fun listening!
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy Sicilian
Ezio Lottieri, a lover of music and especially the Rolling Stones, always carries his harmonica with him. In this video he tells about his experience at the Dedalo Festival 2009, where he met the well-known artists Davide Ravera and Patrizia Ferrarini. Ezio performed various songs with these two artists at the Festival in Caltabellotta.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy Sicilian
Ezio recalls that Davide, a well-known artist, asked him to join him in playing a song at a festival. Davide had written the piece and it's called "Road to Hell." Obviously Ezio accepted.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
As Mimmo and Franca enjoy the beach and swimming in the clear water, he tells her about his childhood in the town they can see from where they are sitting.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
The second part of Via dell’inferno (Hell Road/Road to Hell) where songwriter Davide Ravera creates an atmosphere of cold winter, tears, music, freedom, longing for home, and beginning again.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy Tuscan
Alessio shows us how, now that we have the clefs, we can read music intuitively. And he explains why three different clefs are used in music.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy Tuscan
Our music lessons continue with Alessio, who shows us the special tool for deciphering the notes on a pentagramma (staff). If the chiave (clef) changes, so do the names of the notes!
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