Daby Touré
Professor
An artist, musician, and singer from the Mauritania-Senegal-Mali region, Daby Touré grew up surrounded by the musical diversity of West Africa. Influenced from childhood by the Mandinka traditions of Mali, the rhythms of Senegalese mbalax, and the Diola music of Casamance, he also became familiar with the sounds of the Mauritanian Sahel (Arabic-Berber, Hassaniya, and Tuareg). Drawing on these deep roots and his experience on stage, he now offers a lively oral tradition, where traditional and modern styles come together. His methodology is based on sensitive listening and practice: it is not just a question of learning an instrument (guitar, percussion), but of appropriating the melodies and rhythms that have shaped his career, in order to relive them through oneself.
Lucas Mélo
Professor
Raised in a family of musicians, Lucas grew up listening to the rhythms and traditional music of Recife and Brazil. He taught himself classical guitar before studying jazz guitar at Cégep de Saint-Laurent. He is interested in blending traditional world music, especially in terms of rhythm. He currently performs with Instância, a guitar-mandolin duo that blends the warmth of Recife with the winter of Quebec, navigating between song and instrumental music.
Description
The guitar is part of the large family of lutes. This plucked string instrument, found in many musical cultures, is characterized by its great versatility and its anchoring in many popular, but also classical, traditions.
Repertoires explored with Daby Touré:
- Manding guitar (Mali, Mauritania, and Senegal)
Repertoires explored with Lucas Mélo:
- Brazilian guitar
Both teachers can also teach classical guitar.
Course objectives:
- Body posture and holding the instrument
- Technical exercises
- Traditional melodies learned by ear
- Traditional melodies from sheet music
- Ensemble repertoires
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Session of 10 courses: $500,00
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