TaKeTiNa Rhythm Process
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The TaKeTiNa Rhythm Process, developed by Austrian percussionist Reinhard Flatischler, is a musical, meditative group process for people who want to develop their awareness of rhythm. In a TaKeTiNa process, there are three different rhythmic layers -- represented by the voice, claps, and steps -- that continue simultaneously. Vocalization and clap rhythms, accompanied by the berimbau, constantly change while the steps, supported by a surdo drum, remain the same. The surdo stabilizes the basic rhythm of the steps, while call-and-response singing serves to destabilize and re-stabilize the rhythmic movements. In this process, the simultaneity of stabilization and destabilization creates a disturbance that allows participants to repeatedly fall out, and then fall back into rhythm.[1] Participants are guided into the experience of rhythm archetypes, rhythmic images anchored deep in human consciousness.[2][3] According to Flatischler, the support of the group allows the individual participant to go into his or her own process, building deep musical and personal trust.[4]
TaKeTiNa is used in academic and clinical settings and in corporate trainings worldwide.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ Flatischler (1996), [Reinhard] (1996). The effects of musical rhythm on body and mind: The interaction field of the ta ke ti na rhythm process, MusicMedicine 2 (in German). Michigan, USA: MMB Music Inc., 344-351.
- ^ Stroh (1997), Stroh, Wolfgang Martin (1997). Zur psychoanalytischen Theorie der Weltmusik [The psychoanalytic theory of world music], "Step across the border": Neue musikalische Trends--Neue massenmediale Kontexte (in German). Hamburg, Germany: Arbeitskreis Studium Populärer Musik.
- ^ Stroh (1997), Stroh, Wolfgang Martin (1997). "Das "rhythmische Urwissen" und die Archetypen [Primordial rhythmic knowledge and archetypes]" (in German). Musiktherapeutische Umschau: Forschung und Praxis der Musiktherapie 18 (4): 308–317. ISSN 0172-5505.
- ^ Haddad (2004), Haddad, J. (2004). "Ta ke ti na: an interview with Reinhard Flatischler" (in English). PERCUSSIVE NOTES 42: 36–41. ISSN 0553-6502.
- ^ Hafke (1996), Hafke, Christel (1996). "Body-Percussion: Elementare Rhythmuserfahrung mit TaKeTiNa [Body-Percussion: Elementary Rhythm Experience with TaKeTiNa]" (in German). Musiktherapeutische Umschau: Forschung und Praxis der Musiktherapie 28 (3): 14–17. ISSN 0027-4747.
[edit] Further Reading
- Flatischler, Reinhard. (1992). The Forgotten Power of Rhythm: Taketina. Mendicino, CA: Life Rhythm.
- Flatischler, Reinhard. (2007). Rhythm for Evolution: Das TaKeTiNa-Rhythmusbuch. Mainz, Germany: Schott.
- Peyse, R. (1998). "Primal rhythm - ancient healer: TaKeTiNa with Reinhard Flatischler." [HTML document]. Retrieved December 10, 2007 from the World Wide Web: http://www.randypeyser.com/flatischler.htm
- Rothman, T. (2001). "Ta Ke Ti Na - Listening to the Pulse of Life." [WORD document]. Deutschwaldstrasse, Austria: Ta Ke Ti Na Institute. Retrieved December 10, 2007 from the World Wide Web: http://academic.evergreen.edu/curricular/transcendentpractices/allprogram/Winter%20Ta%20Ke%20Ti%20Na.doc
- Toms, J. W. (December, 2007). Cultivating enlightenment. In "New Dimensions Newsletter," [HTML document]. Retrieved December 11, 2007 from the World Wide Web: http://www.ndbroadcasting.org/data/newsletter/200712.html.
