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West African Drumming Classes
Ongoing 6 week class series for Beginners and Intermediates!
Description:
A 6 week training curriculum that will help students sharpen their drumming skills by learning drumming techniques, rudiments, and African rhythms.
Prerequisites:
- General understanding of how to sit and hold a drum.
- Basic ability to use a hand drum to make 3 basic sounds, bass, tone, slap.
- Ability to start and stop with a signal
- Ability to listen to and watch basic rhythms played and play back those basic rhythms without too much trouble.
Course Goals:
- Learn to relax while playing.
- Learn and practice numerous warm up exercises that you can use at home.
- Learn several rudiments and hand techniques that will greatly improve your sound and stamina.
- Learn to hear and feel the music while playing
- Call and response and improve timing
- Learn history, regions, purpose, and how to play West African rhythms:
- Learn traditional handing of rhythms
- Learn solo techniques
- Learn the code of the Djembe, ghosting, and practice techniques to use at home
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