Drum Atlas Africa Purchase Here
Africa is widely regarded as the birthplace of drumming. The powerful rhythms of this continent have influenced musicians all over the world. Drum Atlas:
Africa gives you all the musical tools you need to incorporate African rhythms into your drumset playing. Youll learn traditional rhythms from each region of Africa, as well as modern styles that are popular in Africa today.
One of the challenges with learning African music is translating the sounds of traditional percussion instruments to the modern drumset. This book makes the transition easy by showing you how to approximate the different percussion sounds using your drumset and, also, ways to augment your set by adding secondary percussion instruments for a wider range of sounds. Youll even learn how to collaborate with other drummers and percussionists to create authentic-sounding multi-drummer performances. This book is designed for intermediate to advanced drummers who are already familiar with musical notation and basic drumset technique. Whatever your musical style, youll benefit from the rhythmic concepts and exercises contained here.
The included CD demonstrates all the book's examples and compositions and also features duet parts for you to play along with.
Africa is widely regarded as the birthplace of drumming. The powerful rhythms of this continent have influenced musicians all over the world. Drum Atlas:
Africa gives you all the musical tools you need to incorporate African rhythms into your drumset playing. Youll learn traditional rhythms from each region of Africa, as well as modern styles that are popular in Africa today.
One of the challenges with learning African music is translating the sounds of traditional percussion instruments to the modern drumset. This book makes the transition easy by showing you how to approximate the different percussion sounds using your drumset and, also, ways to augment your set by adding secondary percussion instruments for a wider range of sounds. Youll even learn how to collaborate with other drummers and percussionists to create authentic-sounding multi-drummer performances. This book is designed for intermediate to advanced drummers who are already familiar with musical notation and basic drumset technique. Whatever your musical style, youll benefit from the rhythmic concepts and exercises contained here.
The included CD demonstrates all the book's examples and compositions and also features duet parts for you to play along with.
Hand Drums for Beginners Purchase Here
This book teaches everything you need to know to get started playing djembe, conga, pandeiro, dumbek frame drum and riq. Starting with an introduction to the
various families of drums throughout the world and basic drum notation, the author takes you from holding each instrument to playing appropriate world
rhythms on each. You'll learn about Nigerian Frekoba; West African Djoli; the Latin Samba; Moroccan folk rhythms; Arabic Dawr Hindy and much more! The easy,
step-by-step approach will quickly have you playing rhythms from all over the world.
A CD demonstrating all the examples and for playing along is included. Recommended for ages 14 through adult.
This book teaches everything you need to know to get started playing djembe, conga, pandeiro, dumbek frame drum and riq. Starting with an introduction to the
various families of drums throughout the world and basic drum notation, the author takes you from holding each instrument to playing appropriate world
rhythms on each. You'll learn about Nigerian Frekoba; West African Djoli; the Latin Samba; Moroccan folk rhythms; Arabic Dawr Hindy and much more! The easy,
step-by-step approach will quickly have you playing rhythms from all over the world.
A CD demonstrating all the examples and for playing along is included. Recommended for ages 14 through adult.
World Beat Encyclopedia: Guitar Purchase Here
Exotic rhythms from around the world are used in over 400 examples for guitar, with strumming, single-line, and fingerstyle variations of every beat pattern.
Features rhythms of West Africa, North Africa, the Caribbean, India, Latin America and beyond, all in standard music notation and TAB.
Exotic rhythms from around the world are used in over 400 examples for guitar, with strumming, single-line, and fingerstyle variations of every beat pattern.
Features rhythms of West Africa, North Africa, the Caribbean, India, Latin America and beyond, all in standard music notation and TAB.