 Ta
Ke Ti Na
Austrian composer and percussionist Reinhard Flatischler developed
the Ta Ke Ti Na process, a completely new way of learning and
understanding music, in 1970. The principles and working methods of
the Ta Ke Ti Na process were developed for more than ten years out
of research groups with participants from all backgrounds. Because
of its broad approach, Ta Ke Ti Na is used in a variety of different
fields including music schools and conservatories, prisons, theater
schools and in the treatment of intense pain.
Learning rhythm and music with the Ta Ke Ti Na process always means
learning for life, too. Everything that hinders us living a
fulfilled life is reflected in the circle as rhythmic disability and
can be transformed by the rhythmic evolution that unfolds in the Ta
Ke Ti Na process.
Emotion and rational thought, intuitive feeling and cognitive
action, passivity and activity, outer movements and inner silence
begin to integrate. The mind becomes silent and the core being is
allowed to surface.
Ta Ke Ti Na works equally for professional drummers or for total
beginners. It is a radically new vision of rhythm, that infuses
existing knowledge with new approaches to create an inexhaustible
source for learning drums or other instruments, arranging and
composing music. Through Ta Ke Ti Na, the student gains direct
access to the rhythmic worlds of Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
This in turn leads to increased competence and creativity in the
related rhythms of classical music, jazz, and hip-hop.
A New
Paradigm for Learning through Rhythm
 Ta
Ke Ti Na, the musical group process, uses
stepping, clapping and the
rhythmic voice
as a
means of entering into the world of
rhythm. Rhythm “mantras” combined with precise stepping patterns
open the door to inherent rhythmic knowledge.
Using the body as the main instrument, Ta Ke Ti Na develops
essential and fundamental musical skills in a joyful and a relaxed
way.
The leader of the Ta Ke Ti Na process guides the group of
participants as an open system that fluctuates between falling out
of rhythm and coming back into
rhythm–learning
at the edge of chaos and order.
The
group and a drummer hold the basic rhythm allowing each individual
the freedom to learn in his/her own pace. By knowing that one can
fall out and come back to the basic rhythm at any time, each person
is able to stay connected to the ongoing process in his/her own way.
This can open trust towards rhythm and life along with developing a
natural rhythmic orientation and connection to the silent
information underlying every kind of musical creation.
Participants learn to create on several different rhythmic levels at
the same time, for example: independent left-right/ hand-feet
movements. As a result, an awareness is increased that is able to
perceive music and daily life from a different perspective. Active
and passive, rational and emotional, melodic and rhythmic layers are
experienced simultaneously.
This is the power of
“simultaneity.”
Our
abundance of different rhythm concepts, are rooted in
Rhythm Archetypes
or “primal rhythmic images” anchored in the consciousness of all
human beings. The Ta Ke Ti Na process leads participants to the
rediscovery of these primal rhythmic entities. The leader of the
process provides a field in which the participant is able to learn
from his/her own wisdom.
The
Leaders…
 REINHARD
FLATISCHLER
Born
in 1950 in Vienna;
Graduate of Viennese Music University with a concert diploma in
piano;
Founder of the Ta Ke Ti Na process;
Reinhard teaches at music universities in Vienna, Zürich, Hamburg,
Hanover and Universitade Anhembi Morumbi (Sao Paulo);
Scientific member of the International Society for Music
in Medicine;
Reinhard’s book, “The Forgotten Power of Rhythm”, will soon
be followed by “The Ta Ke Ti Na Rhythm Book” which will include a new
learning program for rhythm on CD ROM.
Leader and composer for “MegaDrums,” an international percussion
project that includes Airto Moreira, Zakir Hussain, Glen Velez, Leonard Eto (KODO)
and others;
Musical leader of the research project “Rhythm and Pain
Therapy” conducted
with physicians of the “German Pain Colloquium”
 CORNELIA
FLATISCHLER
Born
in 1966, in Zurich;
Co-Leader in all Ta Ke Ti Na trainings and workshops worldwide;
Teaches on various European music schools and universities;
Member of “MegaDrums” group;
Ten years of intense training in Tai Chi, Chi Gong and
Tao Yoga
For more information
or to be put on the mailing list, please contact Cedar Mountain
Drums at (503) 235-6345, or
e-mail us.
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2237 E. Burnside St.
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