Beginning Djembe: Essential Tones, Rhythms & Grooves
Berklee Press
ISBN13:
9780876391686
$18.25
(Berklee Guide). Learn to play djembe! This hands-on workshop will help you produce a good sound, play with healthy technique, and learn the essential concepts, sounds, and rhythms of West African djembe drumming. Extensive play-along online videos will help you practice every technique in the context of a traditional African djembe ensemble. Teaches: correct, effective djembe playing technique and posture; three fundamental sounds of the djembe: bass, slap and tone; exercises and play-along videos to help you develop good tone, facility, and memorize essential rhythms and their variations; traditional djembe rhythms from different regions: Sofa, Dundungbe, Soli, Guinea, Fare, Kuku, Mane, and Sinte; notated djembe ensemble parts, including for djembes and dunduns; techniques for soloing; historical, regional, and traditional cultural conext of the djembe; how to tune, maintain and care for your djembe; and more! Video clips are accessed online using the unique code in each book.
- | Author: Michael Markus
- | Publisher: Berklee Press
- | Publication Date: Apr 01, 2016
- | Number of Pages: 48 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 0876391684
- | ISBN-13: 9780876391686
- Author:
- Michael Markus
- Publisher:
- Berklee Press
- Publication Date:
- Apr 01, 2016
- Number of pages:
- 48 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback
- ISBN-10:
- 0876391684
- ISBN-13:
- 9780876391686