... scene? And normally what patterns are used in playing reggae... Hi Ryan, There are no roots of djembe in reggae music. Reggae's main beat is produced with...
Well, I can Lub-dub prety well and dun gum pa ta OK too. I know that there are all kinds of rythms out there but I was wondering which one or ones would be the...
That said, just listen to the kaganu beat in Ewe drumming, and you've got that --chakka--chakka feel of reggae straight off. If you're interested in knowing...
When I first started drumming, I wanted to *know* a lot of rhythms so I could play. My first teacher suggested that I go outside and play to the traffic and...
Greetings Ken and ALL! O. So you like have the basics, then. Unless you are particularly good at learning everything at once it might be best to focus on what...
Since you don't have a teacher, I recommend you get some recorded djembe music and listen to how the masters play. Mamady Keita http://www.ttmusa.org/ ...
I just saw this info at http://www.chidjembe.com/fkusacdbookvideo.html <http://www.chidjembe.com/fkusacdbookvideo.html> I cannot find via google where to get a...
... Check out the WAP pages on http://home.wanadoo.nl/paul.nas/ <http://home.wanadoo.nl/paul.nas/> I'd be surprised if most of those rhythms aren't annotated...
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the djembe-l group: What's your favorite rhythm? o Fanga o KuKu o Mendjiani o Kassa o Yankadi o Macru o...
djembe-l@yahoogroups....
Jun 2, 2006 6:19 pm
19874
Greetings Folks! I received this AD from these folks and decided to pass it along to ya'll. There's a video of them plus videos of other fun people performing...
hi Ed, I remember ethnomusicologist Eric Charry, the founder of djembe-l, showing this film at one of the Summer Jembe Institutes at UNCG in the late 90s. He...
DJEMBE DRUMMING DAY WORKSHOPS with IRIÉ BI DO from Ivory Coast JUNE Sat 24th - Intermediate Sun 25th - Beginners 10.30am to 4.00pm at Stark Hill, (off Back...
Hello drumming friends! I'm currently working on my dissertation on Brazilian ritual drumming, and I'm looking for myths and legends surrounding the middle...
I would first like to say that if your a percussionist in a band, you should have an arsenal of instruments not just a djembe. There are many rhythms that come...
LeonMobley@...
Jun 3, 2006 10:49 pm
19879
... However ... skin and ... goat skin ... I know a griot from Burkina Faso who does indeed use a cow skin on his djembe. It is tuned very high and he claims...
From: "sfdjembeman" <sfdjembeman@...> ... Since my original posting, I was this very day chatting to a drummer from Sierra Leone who has a djembe headed...
Greetings Folks, Interesting reference from Leon awoke the reggae geek in me... I believe the Third World song Kumina comes from what's ostensibly their first...
... goat skin ... I had a performance on friday with my band, and the lead soloist had indeed a calf skin on his djembe. He could play half as loud again as ...
Djembe-L member, Albert Prak, published an indepth study, "The Physics of Djembe Sound," http://djembelfaq.drums.org/v20a.htm. I suggest a revisit of this...
Greetings Tai and ALL! Thank You for the back story and wonderful amplification of Leon's comments about the group Third World, JAH know they're one of my ...
HI, I have looked up a bunch of Djembe recordings on the net (I really, really suck: so much so that I am going to go through the hastle of taking a class...
Hello, Was not Satta Amassagana sung by The Abyssinians? The title and lyrics are in the Amharic language and make reference to the ancient coptic church in ...
paul_laucd88@...
Jun 5, 2006 9:21 am
19887
Babatunde Olatunji always taught one 'beginners' rhythm first, and I played it for a long time until I could get good hand coordination and sound. And that...
Ken, You ask a lot of great questions! In re Djembe recordings. In my opinion, it is hard to capture the power and depth of tone and resonance of a properly...
Hi Ken, Without hearing your drum it is difficult to tell you whether it is at a good pitch or not, but normally drums don't come tuned all that tight, and...
Greetings Ken and ALL! There are no stupid questions, there Are some stupid answers and none of those around here as everybody is giving good advice in this...
