Michael Pluznick » beaded gourd http://michaelpluznick.com Percussion, World Music, and Multimedia Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:54:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 My hand made Shekeres: Shekere Art by Michael Pluznick http://michaelpluznick.com/2010/03/05/my-hand-made-shekeres-shekere-art-by-michael-pluznick/ http://michaelpluznick.com/2010/03/05/my-hand-made-shekeres-shekere-art-by-michael-pluznick/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:43:49 +0000 admin http://michaelpluznick.com/?p=733

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This is the shekere I was hired to create (make) for Mickey Hart formerly of the Grateful Dead. It took me hundreds of hours to complete this one and only! It now travels with Micky Harts traveling percussion museum.

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http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/michaelpluznick click this blue link to listen and preview any songs of this new CD! This new song is called Bembe Djembe from the Rythym Intergration CD. The peace is the Afro Cuban folkloric “Bembe” or Havana style Guido 6/8 by Michael Pluznick with Afro Cuban traditional Santos (Santeria/Lucumi/Yoruba) chants by Priest Pedro De Jesus and family. Filmed in and around California coastline by Michael Pluznick. Chris Walker lead drum, Tika Morgan back [...]]]> http://michaelpluznick.com/2010/02/18/bembe-djembe/feed/ 0 How to Play Shekere (Sekere) Volume#2 “Diansa” excerpts http://michaelpluznick.com/2010/02/16/how-to-play-shekere-sekere-volume2-diansa-excerpts/ http://michaelpluznick.com/2010/02/16/how-to-play-shekere-sekere-volume2-diansa-excerpts/#comments Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:43:16 +0000 admin http://michaelpluznick.com/?p=349

Danza *(Diansa /Djeansa/Dansa) a west african djmebe drum, dunun and dance piece from Mali and also Guinea is transcribed to Shekere’s by Michael Pluznick. Short exerpts are frpm the up and coming “how to Play Shekere (Sekere) volume #2. Group applications for playing the Shekere or beaded gourd

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