Rhythm and Drumming Links

 

RockHouse Foundation : Getting drums into the hands of kids in need

Elie Kihonia Master conga & Ngoma player /teacher : Congolese Drumming :Central & West African Drumming specialist

Everyones Drumming : Incredible handcrafted drums

Pittsburgh Drum Circles : Three Rivers Thunder

Arthur Hull
World class facilitator and bringer of rhythmic truth.

Kalani
Master Facilitator/Teacher/ Book Author

Mike Deaton : Fantastic facilitator, musician/Virginia

Moe Jerrant : Beat Stress Drum Circle Programs Eastern, PA gift to rhythmic truth

Deke Kinkaid : Wonderful facilitator, kit player/upstate NY

Jonathan Murray : Phenomenal facilitator/Community builder from MD. FunDrumCircles!

New Rhythms Foundation : Drumming program for those with Parkinsons. Groundbreaking work here.

Magbana : Michael Markus djembe master NYC.

Glen Velez
Master Frame drummer

Daveed Korup
Master Dumbek player/ Facilitator/Teacher/ Book /DVD Author

John Yost : Rhythm Revolution John Yost is a facilitator, rhythmatist and educator

Primal Beat Percussion Master Drum maker Rob Wandell's site great drums here!

Jeff Stewart : Facilitator from lovely Sudbury, Canada

Sabar Technique
Basic Sabar technique for beginners. This includes the names of the the six basic strokes and how to play them, how to hold the stick, and how to hold or carry the drum.

Anlo-Ewe Drumming
Foundation Ghanian Drumming Course

Kamuran's Guide for Doumbek
The guide features many rhythms, a few articles, and many links. Each rhythm is in easy-to-read notation and has a difficulty rating.

Taiko Drumming
Japanese Taiko Drumming Resource

Djembe and Mande Resource
This page is devoted primarily to the drumming, culture and other musical traditions of the Mande peoples of West Africa. It will also include material relating to the culture and music of other parts of Africa as well as information concerning drum traditions in other parts of the world.

African Rhythm Exchange
This is where you can find - as well as
contribute to - notation for the drums
of the West African djembe tradition!

West African Percussion Page
Educational Sound files for West African Percussion Patterns

Cultural Context for Djembe Rhythms

Djembe-L FAQ
Dedicated to fostering the knowledge, understanding of West African drum, dance, tradition and connecting our community.

Dunun Practice Patterns

Uruguayan Candombe Drumming
The purpose of this website is to introduce you to this wonderful Afro-Uruguayan rhythm, its origin, its sound, images, and many of the people involved.

Drumjourney.com
This site is dedicated to the promotion and support of community drumming and world hand drumming. Explore hand drums of all cultures as a vehicle for healing, personal and community spirit

Rhythmweb
Devoted to rhythm, world rhythms, and perussion in world music

Djembe boom-boom
a (non commercial) site with rhythm-notations (audiofiles included !! ) - illustrated guide to reskin a djembe and MUCH more.

Rhythm Exchange
rhythm notation for djembes, bass drums and bells

Dancing Hands
Collection of Scores, notation and transcription
of rhythms

Yankadi
Tune your djembe

ArtDrum
Another description of how to tune your djembe

BongoCentral
One more fantastic description of how to tune your djembe