Tag: djembe class

  • “How to play Djembe” beginers drum class: Djagbe-Madan Drum Class/ Demo Thailand: slow


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76UhA3yTlu8 How to play djembe. Begginers Djembe calss. Begginers dunun class. This is the rythym arangement “Djagbe” (in Guinee) or Madan (in Mali) djembe and dunun class excerpts @ Rumpuree dance school in Thailand. taught by Michael Pluznick. Read More »

  • “How to Play Djembe”, Djembe class: Mali “Sunu” Djembe Solo tech. recital by MP


    http://www.earthcds.com/africa/west/mali Part number one Watch me, (Michael Pluznick) struggle in the deep Mali West African heat trying to remember..and recite djembe solo technjique for my master djembe teacher, “Old Master” Aruna Sidibe… everything Aruna has taught me in the prior 2 and 1/2 months of djembe class for this one piece! I pull it off,… Read More »

  • African Djembe class”, “How to play djembe” w/ Mali Master Djembe drummer Aruna Djembe solo (Pt.2)


    http://www.earthcds.com/africa/west/mali This is part #2 of my african drum lesson and djembe class deep in the Mali West African heat. I am trying to remember..and recite for my master djembe teacher, “Old Master” Aruna Sidibe… everything Aruna has taught me in the prior 2 and 1/2 months for this one piece! I pull it off,… Read More »

  • Leave your ego at the door please..


    Don’t let your ego in the way of making you a great drummer. A great freind and teacher  used to tell us before class. “Leave your ego at the door”. When we come together to drum, to learn or to play together it is important we come with respect for each other no matter what… Read More »

  • How to Play African Djembe and Dununs: Konowoulen 1 Sangban


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zR-qdijuXrs How to play  djembe and dunun drums by Michael Pluznick, a student of Bolokda Conde.  West African drumming from Guinea, West Africa. “Dununba”: Konolwoulen 1 sangban part with “movement” (eshauffman) Read More »

  • Mali Music, Dance and Drums: “Madan” (Djagbe in Guinea)


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMsJQvoN5iI Part#1 Madan (aka “Djagbe” in Guinea), a Mali djembe drum, song and African dance piece. West African dance Choreography and drum class from my private African djembe and African dance lessons in Mali West Africa. Read More »

  • West African Djembe Drum Class: Senefoli


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLi8nYaj0Ag West African djembe and dunun class and drum lesson taught by percussionist Michael pluznick at Rumpuree in Bangkok, Thailand. This African drum rhythm is from Guinea, West Africa. Read More »

  • Yankadi Beginners Djembe and Dunun class by Michael Pluznick


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFksCf5Avtk Yankadi rhythm from Guinea, West Africa taught in a beginners djembe drum and dunun class in Bangkok, Thailand. Michael shows both traditional and ballet (dununs down) styles of playing. Read More »

  • Guinea Lamban west african drum class by Karamba Diabate


    This is a video of a Guinea Lamban west african drum class given by my teacher and good friend Karamba Diabate at my home on Maui, Hawaii. He also demonstrates the dance moves for this piece as well. Read More »

  • Mali Suku (Soli) djembe solo technique class


    Here is my Mali Suku (Soli) djembe solo technique class with master Aruna Sidibe in Bamako Mali, West Africa. I am reciting  back to my teacher specific djembe phrases or “techniques” which are age old, and played by all drummers who play traditional Mali west african djembe drums. Read More »

  • getting the most out of your drum class


    Many of us take drum class after drum class which is great for imersion, for learning by being part of something on a continual basis. But I have noticed that many people will come back to the same class time and time again with out any progression or improvement. Are you getting the most out… Read More »

  • Bolokada Conde in class


    This is from a drum class given by Bolokada Conde star of Les Percussions Du Guinea, in Oakland at the Malonga  Center (formerly know as Alice Arts Center), In this video Bolokada shows the seeming simplicity of drumming. Read More »

Michael Pluznick