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The impact of African songs is around us. The grooves that move our bodies on the dancing flooring share the spirit of African rhythm. Indigenous instruments, is meticulously sampled local…
Read More »African Music Has Been Around For Centuries
African Music Has Been Around For Centuries African music has been around for centuries. It was first brought to Europe by the Portuguese, who took it to their colonies in…
Read More »Types of Percussion Instruments : Percussion Instruments: Claves
The last percussion tool I'' ll talk about below are the claves or clave specifically one of them. Now this is a strong piece of timber. Although in some cases…
Read More »How To Choose The Right Drum Set For Your Child
It is very important to have a good drum set for your child. A child’s first drum set should be one that is easy to use and that can be…
Read More »Snare Drum Double Hit Variations : Left Hand Isolated Double Drum Beats: Strokes 1, 2 & 3
Here we have double left strokes on one, two, and three, right, left, right, left, right, left, right, left. The first second and third times we are going to play…
Read More »How To Play West African Drums : Playing the Bass Djembe African Drum
MAN: Sometimes, in the djembe ensemble, you also have the third accompaniment player play what's called a bass djembe. It depends on which rhythm you're doing and it depends on…
Read More »High Hat Drum Tips : High Hat Drum Beats: Two-Handed 16th Notes
Our next high hat pattern will also involve using sixteenth notes, but we're going to split them up among two hands. So rather than oney and a twoey and, we're…
Read More »Snare Drum Double Beat Variations : Isolated Double Drum Beats: Stroke 1, Left Hand
Here is double left stroke one. So now we're going to be putting the double on the alternate hand, the left hand. The second stroke in total, but the first…
Read More »Djembe, Chinese harp, and piano – progress at 7 years old
Hi, my name is Tomahawk and I study three instruments and today, I'm gonna show you what I know I've been playing the djembe for two and a half years…
Read More »How To Play West African Drums : Playing Sounds on Djembe African Drums
MAN: We also have some other types of sounds that you can make on the djembe. These are not traditional but because the djembe is such a versatile instrument now,…
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