Djembe and dundun rhythms for West African percussion and dance
Roots Jam
1. Collected Rhythms for Hand Drum and Percussion
2. West African and Afro-Latin Drum Rhythms
3. Arrangements for West African Drum & Dance
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--a beginning hand percussionist having trouble memory the drum beats you learn? Possibly you've ne'er taken a djembe lesson or knowing music notation, and need a book with several basic manual and djembe rhythms in easy rhythm notation to get you started. Or you've taken a few hand drum lessons or workshops and now need much patterns and exercises to support you practicing.
--an intermediate djembe player looking to go on the far side the basics and "put it all together"? Are you available now to discover much just about junjun (also called dundun or dunun) and bell parts? Or possibly you just need a solid collection of traditional West African drum rhythms in drum musical notation notation, to hone your skills between workshops or performances.
--a kit percussionist who's looking to expand your chops into the increasing genres of earth beat, fusion, reggae, or latin groove music--or to explore the roots of funk, jazz, and blues? Possibly what you need is a handy reference for playing African drums or African-based drum beats which you can adapt and apply creatively to the kit drum components of your choice.
--a performing or advanced drummer looking for a quick reference of ensemble arrangements for African and Latin dance rhythm arrangements, dundun patterns, or lead djembe solo parts? Possibly you want to share your drum cognition with others, and can use additional rhythm parts and techniques to do your lessons or group repertoire much effective. You'll besides find here unique transcriptions, distillations and compilations of traditional patterns, to help you compose or arrange innovational percussion pieces and adaptations.
Think just about it: the cost of this book is what you would-be pay for one short workshop--yet it offers enough high-quality material to fill a year or much of workshops!
Roots Jam 3: Arrangements for West African Drum & Dance (2007)
This all-new collection of rhythms helps you take the next step in playing West African drums for dancers, in a group, or just for fun. Whether you are a beginner or lead soloist, you wish find here a valuable reference for basic djembe accompaniment parts, bass drum (dunun) and bell patterns and variations, and lead djembe solos.
Where Roots Jam 2 is much comprehensive, this latest compilation is much selective, drawing on the author's past five years of intensive study and practice to choice complete and cohesive ensemble arrangements for 16 of the most popular traditional West African dance rhythms. You wish besides find new material to assist you in mastering traditional and jury-rigged djembe solos; understanding basic downbeat, upbeat and far-out temporal arrangement structure; and choosing from among the most absorbing bell and clave patterns for your own jams or arrangements.
Roots Jam 3 features notation for 27 innovational compositions for djembe, dununs and percussion. Audio tracks for these are accessible in mp3 or audio CD format, on with recordings of all 16 traditional West African rhythms. The traditional pieces are superimposed instrument by instrument to facilitate your learning of each part; then the ensemble is featured on with lead solos for listening or playing along. All tracks are recorded digitally exploitation Percussion Studio software; the effect is close to live in quality, yet much precise to ensure the clarity of your listening and learning experience.
16 traditional West African dance rhythms in Roots Jam 3:
Djole Kassa Mendiani Soli Doundounba Kuku Sinte Sorsornet Fula Fare Lafe Sofa Tiriba Guinea Fare Makuru Soko Yankadi Nowick Gray's most recent professional activity as a percussionist has enclosed study in West Continent and elsewhere with master teachers who are at the top of the field, including Famoudou Konate and Mamady Keita. He has been arrangement the music and playing dununs and lead djembe for West African dance classes several times a week, and acting several with dance troupes and an Afro-fusion percussion band. He has besides instructed regular drum classes in Victoria, BC as well as workshops in such diverse locations as Tasmania and Thailand.
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Roots Jam (1): Collected Rhythms for Hand Drum and Percussion (1996) is accessible in several print and electronic versions. This earlier version of Roots Jam contains hundreds of rhythms from the African, Latin, and rock traditions, and from innovational improvisations. Notation features emphasis on several key beats in a pattern, duets, breaks, exercises, popular styles. Tips on drum groups, jams, all-night drumming, and trance dance. order now
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Roots Jam 2: West African and Afro-Latin Drum Rhythms is the second volume (2002), an updated and dilated companion to the 1st volume. It offers you, in one economical package:
- convenience of a comprehensive rhythm source - Now you can find over 125 African, Afro-Latin, and Middle Eastern rhythms in a single source. Arrangements of traditional rhythms have been wide researched and compiled, offering you several dependability and flexibility.
- flexibility of traditional/creative arrangements - You can choose among primary parts and variations for djembe, junjun (or conga/surdo) and percussion.
- audio/visual practice guides -
- Simple box notation based on Olatunji "gun-go-pa" know-how indicates several drum notes, rests, and handing, and does it easy for you to see and line up multiple parts.
- Full-length practice CD allows you to match sound with notation and play on with (or solo over) popular traditional rhythms and arrangements.
- tools for self-learning -
- Explanatory material helps you understand underlying pulses and dynamics of polyrhythmic percussion.
- This book wish change you to record what you hear and play by exploitation simple written notation, which you can then easily share with others.
- Exercises and generic patterns (for all skill levels) include djembe, junjun, bell and clave parts.
- Guidance on tradition and improvisation, time signatures and handing, intentions and excellence, new directions for our rhythm culture.
- Linked resource lists: music, books, websites, online rhythms.
- ease of use and reference - Ring-bound, 8 1/2 X 11 pages open flat for play-along reference. Rhythm index organized alphabetically, by region/culture, and time signature. Audio CD has 28 demo and play-along practice tracks keyed to rhythms and page numbers.
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All 3 volumes of Roots Jam are besides accessible in ebook format, for quick reference on your computer. These are just Microsoft Word documents (also accessible in Adobe Athlete PDF format for all platforms), which allow quick search or custom printouts. The Roots Jam 2 ebook besides contains live links to resources and a set of mp3 files; these demonstration audio tracks are besides available, with several extended loops, on an elective audio CD. The Roots Jam 3 ebook likewise may be ordered with elective audio CDs or mp3 files on CD-ROM.
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If your order includes several Roots Jam 1 & 2 ebooks, you wish besides get a free bonus chapter, containing 27 pages of additional rhythms, exercises, and helpful tips.
The free Bonus Pack
includes galore much rhythms compiled from various sources, plus innovational compositions, exercises, and valuable drum lore. 27 additional pages, in Word or PDF format.
Roots Jam wish do the perfect gift for any percussionist you cognize -- including yourself!
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Roots Jam is a compilation of hand drum rhythms that is well presented, with an easy-to-understand-and-use notation that appears to be gaining several acceptance as a standard for hand-drum rhythm notation. This foundation has allowed me, a beginner, to use Roots Jam as one of my primary education books. I extremely recommend this book to any one who hand drums.
--A.E. Rice, Albuquerque, New MexicoAbout Roots Jam 2...
What a monumental effort! Combining theory, rhythms, scholarship, personal research, exercises and philosophy as well as technically combining text and audio examples. This is a comprehensive, clear and low-cost reference for over 80 African rhythms and 40 others. The book besides contains a new and important contribution; the identification and classification of generic rhythm patterns.
--Jean Vaucher, Montreal
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