Djembe Drums Percussion Instruments

Djembe Drums Percussion Instruments

The djembe drum, originally from West Africa, is a 20-30 inch tall chalice-shaped wooden drum covered with goat or antelope hide. It is played with bare hands.

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The WAP Pages

- West-African Percussion rhythms from Guinea and surrounding countries: notation and soundfiles of about 100 rhythms.
Mamady Keita

- Official site of master drummer Mamady Keita. Biography, discography, filmography, and a calendar of events and workshops.

Vuka Vuka - Website of the French band Vuka Vuka who plays traditional Manding music. Lots of video material on concerts and rehearsals.
Mali crossover - Instructions of how to do a modified Mali weave using a 4 vertical cross-over pattern for tuning (with illustrations).
Dunun - Freelance webdesigner's showcase, with photos and video snippets (requires Flash player or plugin).
Gamton Records / Publishing - Djembe and other world music. With juke-box to listen to samples.
Rhythmweb Djembe Page - This page on the rhythmweb devoted to the djembe contains a nice selection of information and links to start surfing the web.
Djembemoves - German group focusing on traditional African drumming and dance courses. Their site features background information and original images. They also sell instruments from Guinea.
Mailing List Djembe-L @Yahoo - Mailing list dedicated to ongoing development and maintenance of a knowledge base regarding the drum and dance musical culture of West Africa.
Beenhakkers Percussion - Percussion workshops for team building, community building, conferences, celebrations, companies and (big) groups; in Central and Northern Europe.
Hawkdancing African Djembe Drums - Online shop selling African Djembe drums, accessoiries, and supplies. Offers extensive instructions for repairing and (re)heading a Djembe.
Djembe Boom Boom - Notations of rhythms with some audio samples; Illustrated photo-guide to reskin a djembe.
Online Resource Guide - An open, and interactive links guide to the on-line djembe community.
The J&V Percussion Site - Selling the percussion generator, light version is freeware. Percussion catalogue with rhythm notations.
Yankadi - Site about Djembe and hand drumming with tips and instructions for buying, tuning, and playing.
Southall, Chris - UK Shamanic Drummer and Djembe Maker. Provides information about tuning and reskinning a djembe, workshops, some sound samples, and items for sale.
Djembefola - Ireland based community site and West African percussion resource, providing free video lessons. Requires free registration.
Percussion Inibara - Instructions on playing djembe and dununs, re-skinning drums, and i.a. hearing damage, tinnitus and earplugs. Information about the Dutch band Inibara. Partly multilingual.
Tam Tam Mandingue USA - School of Djembe - Non-profit organization founded by Mamady Keita offering classes, workshops, and performances, and instructional material for purchase.
Djembe and Mande Music - About the drumming, culture and other musical traditions of the Mande peoples of West Africa, with articles, rhythms, CD liner notes, references, reviews, and links to other sites.
S.H.A.R.E. - Server Hosted African Rhythm Exchange - Nice attempt to bring together all djembe rhythm notation sources on the web.
Tubab Muso Westafrican Percussion - Instructions, teaching material, rhythms, sound samples, and links to software (requires Javascript).
Djembe-L FAQ - West African Percussion Resource for Djembe - A compendium of the Djembe, including Frequently Asked Questions about the djembe, from re-skining to playing, chanting and dancing.
Skin to Skin - Drumming ensemble based in Dorset. Classes and workshops. Guide to re-skinning a djembe.
Djembe Dunun Drumset - Maarten Schepers' website, about his instructional books, traditional rhythms, and drumset adaptations, with sound samples and pictorials. Also offering the Malinke Percussion Discography, and djembe and dunun classes in South of France.
Djembe Secrets - Video lessons for djembe by Tim Irrgang offered as DVDs and workbook, and as on-line membership courses.
Rhythms For Djembe And Friends - Some traditional, some new rhythms, notated in several formats (i.a. ASCII, GIF, PNG, PDF, and PS) including sound samples in MIDI, MP3, and OGG and links to other sites.
Rootsy Records - Djembe Record Label and Resource Site devoted to traditional djembe drumming. Educational material and field recordings of master drummers. Sound samples and video clips.
The Rhythm Reference Project - Audio and video recordings of 50 traditional West African rhythms for purchase, including breaks, djembe and dunun parts, and more.
Bongocentral - Ethnic Percussion and Gifts - Selling instruments and skins; Elaborate guide to re-skinning hand drums.
VoyeuRhythmic - African Percussion - Drum (djembe and other) and dance classes in Melbourne, Australia. Biography of the founder.
A Guide to the Jembe - Eric Charry's famous article on the history and evolution of the djembe in West Africa.
Liewil's Djembe Pages - History of the djembe and the traditional rhythms, CD reviews, book reviews, maintenance tips and photos taken at concerts.
Cultural Context for Djembe Rhythms - List of rhythms with their background (country, ethnic group, occasion for playing)
African Drum Rhythms Educational Tools - Online rhythm exchange "S.H.A.R.E."; Notation playback freeware and djembe font to download; Information about instructional books and CDs by Lennart Hallstrom.

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