- Performance group practice:
Location: 2040 West Henderson Road, Columbus, Ohio 43220
Time: 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
- 2. Private lessons: Price varies depending on the location.
- $45/hr. My location 1164 Lockbourne Rd, Columbus, Ohio 43206
- $ 55 /hr at your location or somewhere else on half hour driving from my location
- Private lessons are one hour (first one is usually 70 mn). They are customized to your level and what you want to do with djembe! Things that may include would be:
- Getting three clearer sounds (Slap, Tone, Bass)
- dununs – alternate bell parts
- improvisation
- singing traditional songs of the rhythms
- traditional djembe rhythms
- playing in alternative settings (poetry, if you are more interested in learning especially West African (Guinea) Rhythms from my homeland.
What you’ll learn
The basics of how to play the djembe, through to a full polyrhythmic Guinean rhythm
A serval Guineans rhythm:
- Kuku – traditional fishing rhythm
- Kassa – traditional farming rhythm
- Djaa – Youth dating rhythm
- Sofa – Warrior rhythm before colonization in Africa
- Soli – Happy mother dance for initiations.
- Tiriba – Initiation rhythm etc. History and cultural context of Djembe and the rhythm we are learning Some basic solo ideas.