Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Maria Inglese, an Italo-German artist, sings a famous song by Lucio Dalla, dedicated to the Neapolitan opera singer Enrico Caruso. Even though the song uses ti voglio bene, the generally less romantic version of "I love you," it was likely meant romantically here, as Caruso had fallen in love with and married a younger woman shortly before his death.
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
This is part of a film, Capriccio all'italiana shot in 1967-1968. This episode was directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini. The singer is Domenico Modugno, and you'll also see Totò. This was Totò's last film appearance.
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
A special video made for all the fans, directly from the recording studio of EROS in Milan.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Jake, Matt and John form Radio Smile, a new Italian Rock Band. They show us their new space and promise to keep all their fans updated on their activities.
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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