Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy Tuscan
What are the names of the notes in Italian? Alessio, a music teacher from Pisa, starts off his music lessons by explaining how these names originated in a Tuscan monastery in the 11th century.
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!
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
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
Pippo and Palla are two little fish who have just met. In fact, Pippo's owners thought they'd be doing him a favor by giving him a companion so he wouldn't be lonely. But the two have struck up a bizarre relationship...
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Pippo is listening to a bit of music on his shell headphones and is pretty much oblivious to what's going on around him. But Palla, who is still not used to the sounds of the house, gets alarmed by all the strange sounds he hears.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Palla teaches Pippo how to make little farts and explains that they can be smelled outside the aquarium. Chris gets blamed for them, but he's playing his video game and is oblivious to everything.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Chris doesn't want to talk about his flunked math test, only about his date with Margherita at the pizzeria. Chris's infatuation makes Palla remember his own love affair with Sardy. Pizza Margherita is named after an Italian queen, who loved her pizza with just tomato sauce and mozzarella.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
A cartoon in which two aquarium fish worry about the kids of the house who are going on a school trip.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Summer heat brings on unnerved parents, a power failure, chaos, and amused fish.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
The parents are arguing and Palla worries that it will end in divorce, and this could mean being flushed down the toilet. Luckily, the parents patch things up.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Somehow Pippo and Palla get kidnapped and they begin to worry about ending up in a can!
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy Sicilian
Adriano introduces us to his girlfriend, Vladi. She is pretty, sociable and speaks five languages. He talks about their common interests and hopes their relationship will last forever.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy Sicilian
Adriano, a big Palermo soccer fan, highlights important dates and the many name changes for Palermo's beloved stadium.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy Sicilian
Adriano and his girlfriend Vladi demonstrate Jive dancing, a dance that in Italy goes by the name "Boogie Woogie".
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