Els Grallers i el Toc de Castells!

The “Grallers”

In each team of human towers there is a group of people who play two different musical instruments; these people are the “Grallers”. They play a music named “Toc de Castells” while the constructions are being built.

The musical instruments which the “Grallers” play are “La Gralla” and “El Tabal”. “La Gralla” is a wind instrument and “El Tabal” is a percussion instrument. Here you can see a photo of each other:

 

“Els Grallers” are really important in a human tower team because they play the music that will tell each component of the group what is going on with the construction.

The “Toc de Castells”

The “Toc de Castells” is the music which is played. It is composed by differentiated parts: first, it starts with a warning that the construction is starting, secondly the tone changes while the human tower is going up. Until the human tower is going to be “carregat” (everyone will be on it), it sounds a suspense notes. When the “enxaneta” has made the “aleta” and the human tower is going down, it sounds a happier tone.  

By this way, every of the components in the human tower know in which moment is the construction and what is going on event thought they can look at it. If the human tower falls down, the “Gralles” and the “Tabal” stop playing.

I let you here a video in which you can listen the “Toc de Castells”, enjoy!