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19861 djembesilo Send Email Jun 1, 2006
7:14 am
... 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...
19862 ksveader Send Email Jun 1, 2006
7:15 am
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...
19863 Amanda Pickering
boumboumboumus Send Email
Jun 1, 2006
8:30 am
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...
19864 HappyShel Weisman
happydjembe Send Email
Jun 1, 2006
5:18 pm
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...
19865 Linda Reichert
grapicz4u Send Email
Jun 1, 2006
5:19 pm
This site you can see videos and hear the beats http://african-drumbeat.co.uk/almost3.htm <http://african-drumbeat.co.uk/almost3.htm>...
19866 Reverend R Clark
onelover_1 Send Email
Jun 1, 2006
5:23 pm
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...
19867 Gutierrez, Rick
rgutz2004 Send Email
Jun 1, 2006
5:26 pm
Can someone score all the favorite rhythms? I'd like to try them. Thanks, Rick...
19868 jembe jim
jdaviqwerty Send Email
Jun 1, 2006
5:32 pm
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/ ...
19869 Ed Haggard
edhaggard Send Email
Jun 2, 2006
6:25 am
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...
19870 urdab58 Send Email Jun 2, 2006
6:27 am
... i'll get right on it...give me a day or 2... [Moderator&#39;s Note: Collectively, I give them a score of 9.6 <grin>. -1L,R]...
19871 Roger Graham
roger_w_graham Send Email
Jun 2, 2006
4:16 pm
... 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...
19872 rootsyrecords Send Email Jun 2, 2006
4:17 pm
There are 8 choices. Be my guest: http://www.rootsyrecords.com/HtmlFiles/polls.php <http://www.rootsyrecords.com/HtmlFiles/polls.php> Enjoy, Jeremy...
19873 djembe-l@yahoogroups.... Send Email Jun 2, 2006
6:19 pm
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...
19874 Reverend R Clark
onelover_1 Send Email
Jun 2, 2006
10:40 pm
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...
19875 Chuck Cogliandro
mkdrum1 Send Email
Jun 3, 2006
1:20 am
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...
19876 jennymensah2000 Send Email Jun 3, 2006
10:49 pm
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...
19877 kris
katsukok Send Email
Jun 3, 2006
10:49 pm
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...
19878 LeonMobley@... Send Email Jun 3, 2006
10:49 pm
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...
19879 sfdjembeman Send Email Jun 3, 2006
10:49 pm
... 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...
19880 Roger Graham
roger_w_graham Send Email
Jun 4, 2006
3:08 am
From: "sfdjembeman&quot; <sfdjembeman@...> ... Since my original posting, I was this very day chatting to a drummer from Sierra Leone who has a djembe headed...
19881 Taiwo Adelaja
taiadelaja Send Email
Jun 4, 2006
4:11 pm
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...
19882 Merlin@...
merlinsythove Send Email
Jun 4, 2006
5:51 pm
... 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 ...
19883 HappyShel
happydjembe Send Email
Jun 4, 2006
5:52 pm
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...
19884 Reverend R Clark
onelover_1 Send Email
Jun 5, 2006
9:20 am
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 ...
19885 ksveader Send Email Jun 5, 2006
9:21 am
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...
19886 paul_laucd88@... Send Email Jun 5, 2006
9:21 am
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 ...
19887 drumwoulf Send Email Jun 5, 2006
5:24 pm
Babatunde Olatunji always taught one 'beginners&#39; rhythm first, and I played it for a long time until I could get good hand coordination and sound. And that...
19888 Steven Courtright
scourtright2000 Send Email
Jun 5, 2006
5:25 pm
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...
19889 djembesilo Send Email Jun 5, 2006
5:26 pm
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...
19890 Reverend R Clark
onelover_1 Send Email
Jun 5, 2006
5:46 pm
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...
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