Campanari Liguri, old traditions and ancient secrets

To sound the bells there are many ways to perform beautiful melodies you must use techniques passed down from father to son for centuries.
Thanks to this wonderful art, have come down to us traditions and events that regulate the life of ancient villages around the towers.
One of the most common techniques in Liguria is the keyboard, which is beaten by wooden Pestles real hallmark of CAF.
It is a technique for playing relatively recently, needed to play concerts with more than 6 bells or suitable for play things very fast.
Then there is the technique of using "cordette" old bell ringers and is almost disappearing because no longer finds no one who is able to continue.
This technique involves using Bell percussion strings that are placed in the hands and feet of the CAF.
Bells is a very complex art and Liguria, with its centuries-old churches and ancient times, with its bell towers built just to enable melodies with these techniques, is a sort of open-air Museum of this tradition.
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