TaKeTiNa Rhythm Process

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. [ Flatischler (1996), cite book
last = Flatischler
first = Reinhard
authorlink= http://flatischler.com/
editors= R. Pratt & R. Spintge
title= The effects of musical rhythm on body and mind: The interaction field of the ta ke ti na rhythm process
series= MusicMedicine
volume = 2
pages = 344-351
year= 1996
publisher= MMB Music Inc.
location= Michigan, USA
language = German
isbn= ] Participants are guided into the experience of rhythm archetypes, rhythmic images anchored deep in human consciousness. [ Stroh (1997), cite book
last = Stroh
first = Wolfgang Martin
title = Zur psychoanalytischen Theorie der Weltmusik [The psychoanalytic theory of world music]
series = "Step across the border": Neue musikalische Trends--Neue massenmediale Kontexte
year= 1997
publisher= Arbeitskreis Studium Populärer Musik
location= Hamburg, Germany
abstract = Reinhard Flatischler and Wolfgang Strobel have used thepsychoanalytic theory of archetypes as the basis for postulatingmusical universals. Their attempts are examined critically withreference to the rise of world music.
language = German
isbn= ] [ Stroh (1997), cite journal
last = Stroh
first = Wolfgang Martin
date = 1997
title = Das "rhythmische Urwissen" und die Archetypen [Primordial rhythmic knowledge and archetypes]
journal = Musiktherapeutische Umschau: Forschung und Praxis der Musiktherapie
volume = 18
issue = 4
pages = 308–317
issn = 0172-5505
url = http://www.pressekatalog.de/ebinr/2839.html
language = German] 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. [Haddad (2004), cite journal
last = Haddad
first = J.
date = 2004
month = August
title = Ta ke ti na: an interview with Reinhard Flatischler
journal = PERCUSSIVE NOTES
volume = 42
pages = 36–41
issn = 0553-6502
url = http://www.pas.org/Publications/
language = English] TaKeTiNa is used in academic and clinical settings and in corporate trainings worldwide. [ Hafke (1996), cite journal
last = Hafke
first = Christel
date = 1996
month = May-June
title = Body-Percussion: Elementare Rhythmuserfahrung mit TaKeTiNa [Body-Percussion: Elementary Rhythm Experience with TaKeTiNa]
journal = Musiktherapeutische Umschau: Forschung und Praxis der Musiktherapie
volume = 28
issue = 3
pages = 14–17
issn = 0027-4747
url = http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:iimp:&rft_dat=xri:iimp:article:citation:iimp00011977
language = German]

References

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.

External links

* [http://taketina.com/ International TaKeTiNa site]
* [http://villageheartbeat.com/ TaKeTiNa in the mainland US]
* [http://geckomoon.com/taketina/ TaKeTiNa in Hawaii]
* [http://taketina.net/ TaKeTiNa teachers worldwide network]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dn1tEGmabuQ TaKeTiNa video]
* [http://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/hpr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1220&Itemid=70 Hawaii Public Radio interview]
* [http://www.abc.net.au/rn/rhythmdivine/stories/2008/2363088.htm ABC Radio (Australia) interview]
* [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taketina German Wikipedia TaKeTiNa article]
* [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taketina&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=6&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dtaketina%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1B3GGGL_en___US233 German Wikipedia TaKeTiNa article [translated via translate.google.com]