How to Play Muffled Slaps on Djembe | African Drums
Male 1: We're going to learn how to play the Muffled Slap on the Djembe. This is not as common, but sometimes it's used with the bass Djembe parts, or…
Read More »What Is the Djembe? | African Drums
Speaker 1: Today we want to give you an overview of the Djembe. The djembe is a very popular drum from Africa. It has a goat skin on the top….
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Advanced Djembe Drum Solos | African Drums
Speaker 1: Here is another idea for an intermediate or advanced solo idea to play it on the djembe with the accompaniment. I'm gonna play a basic djembe accompaniment and…
Read More »How to Prepare to Play the Djembe | African Drums
Speaker 1: Before we even play the drum, we have to learn how to hold the djembe drum and what position to be in so that you can be comfortable…
Read More »Djembe Kuku Rhythm 1st Accompaniment | African Drums
Okay, we are going to show you the first accompaniment for Kuku, from Guinea, West Africa for the Djembe. When we say first accompaniment we mean the higher drum, not…
Read More »Djembe Kuku Rhythm 2nd Accompaniment | African Drums
Now we're going to learn how to play the second part to Cuckoo from Guinea, West Africa. This is for the second Jim Bay accompaniment, so, it's a little bit…
Read More »How to Play Djembe Warm-Up Exercises | African Drums
Man: Before we learn the African rhythms let's learn some warm up exercises on the djembe drum. This will help get you in tune with the rhythm and get yourself…
Read More »Beginner Djembe Drum Solos | African Drums
Speaker 1: Okay, we want to give you some basic djembe solo ideas. Maybe you're new to improvising and you don't know exactly, how do I play the improvised solo?…
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