Courses
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Djembe Course 06 : Djembe Solo Course
How to Play Djembe for Advanced Players The focus of this course is soloing on djembe. You will learn solo chains, groups of phrases tied together that tell a story from beginning, to climax, to ending. You will also learn various exercises and techniques for advanced players. You must complete the advanced course before taking…
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Djembe Course 07 : Dunun Course
What Are Dunun? The dunun are a set of two or three double-sided barrel shaped drums played with sticks, placed either sideways with one player on each drum, or placed vertically on the ground in what is called ballet style, with one player playing all the parts. Ballet style is commonly used for performances. When…
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Djembe Course 08 : Djembe Dynamics
In this course we will be working on many of the factors and forces that shape our drumming experience – holistically, physically, and dynamically, as well as other important aspects of drumming.
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Djembe Course 09 : Professional Level Djembe Course
This course is for musicians, advanced players, and people who play a variety of styles. It features longer and more difficult compositions. You will be learning many creative, new and interesting ideas to use and incorporate into your playing be it professional, jamming or just for fun. This might be challenging in some ways, but…
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Djembe Course 10 : Drum Circle and Creative Drumming
This course is for anyone interested in jamming, and/or freestyle, hybrid, and fusion styles of drumming. It combines creative non-traditional rhythms, and solo techniques and ideas. No experience or special abilities are needed for most of the rhythms, which are perfect for drum circles, jam sessions, healing events, and people of any age, including children.…
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Djembe Course 11 : Advanced Dunun
In the new advanced Dunun course we will be learning some very interesting, somewhat lesser known and also more involved pieces on the dunun as well as variations to many other pieces. We will also be exploring how to get more creative on ballet style dunun and less linear.Michael shows Arrangements for both ballet and…
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Djembe Free Lessons
In this free section you will find several short video demos of drumming pieces being played in duos, trios, and multi part collages where one person plays all of the parts and solo techniques, so you can hear and see what parts are like when they are played together. This section will be added to weekly…
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Djembe Lesson Quickies
In this section you will find “quick and simple” shorter lessons that get directly to the point for those that just need a quick look, a refresher or do not need to focus on a lot of detail. We will still be using slow break-downs and build-ups as well as playing parts, phrases and rhythms…
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Djembe Library: Bonus Demos
Enhance your experience with a complimentary video library featuring bonus demonstrations of various Djembe patterns.
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Djembe Library: Collage Videos
Explore our free video library showcasing multiplayer Djembe patterns and rhythms presented in engaging collage-style videos.