Berklee Press

Essential Tones, Rhythms & Grooves

Author: Michael Markus
Format: Softcover Video Online
Instrumentation: Djembe

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 context 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.