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Rhythmic Memory Game 🧠

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This drumming rhythm game promotes attention and memory skills, whilst also  encouraging adaptability and quick thinking.
It’s an engaging way to challenge students to stay focused and actively participate in a collaborative rhythmic experience.

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Mindfulness Listening Game

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This drumming game not only promotes mindfulness but also encourages teamwork, communication, and creativity. It provides an opportunity for students to engage in a rhythmic dialogue, fostering a sense of community and shared experience.

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Cajon Workshops

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Cajons are box shaped drums that originate from Africans in South America.

Today, it is the national instrument of Peru and is popular in folkloric music traditions from Cuba to southern Spain, as well as contemporary music.

This workshop is presented by Tawanda, who has travelled and lived extensively across Africa and the Americas, and is a renowned cajon maker.

The workshop goes through the evolution and journey the instrument has taken across the globe and celebrates the different ways it is played from region to region and the shared meaning it has for those who play it.

Recommended session length: 30-75 minutes, depending on the age group.

Enquire here or Learn more with this video below.

On the 1st Day of Christmas🎄

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“On the first day of Christmas, we felt the rhythm!”
We put this pack together to give the aspiring young drummer everything they need to get going.
Young Drummers Pack Includes:
50cm All Rounder Djembe or 50cm Plus All Rounder djembe – Your choice of djembe finish; light or dark.
Batik practice cover: To protect the djembe head and muffle the sound for a quieter practice
Aslatua shaker: Aslatua are played by holding and shaking one gourd in the palm while swinging the second gourd around, creating both sandy shaking sounds and percussive clicks when the two connect.
Your drum comes with a free Drum Care and Tuning Guide.
Check out our Christmas collection and bring some festive vibrations to the holidays and keep an eye on our stories for our 12 days of specials.
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We want to share your videos 📹

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Every day we share your videos with our community of over 500,000 followers across our social media accounts and we love doing it!
It’s just one way that we can continue to celebrate West African drumming and culture.

Sometimes these videos go viral with millions of views and thousand of re-shares.

We now have a new submission form which makes it easier for you submit your videos for us to hopefully share.
So if you have an impressive video of djembe drumming, dunun drummers, percussionists, African dancing, West African culture, conga & bongo players, African singing or drum making, then we want to see it!
The more creative and vibrant, the better.

Simply click on the link at the bottom of this post, enter as much information as you can about your video and then we will do the rest.
Hopefully we will be able to share your video across our social media platforms (Facebook, Instagram & TikTok).

We can’t wait to see your amazing videos!

 

🪘 VIDEO SUBMISSION FORM 🪘

New classes starting at Wangaratta

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DRUMMING CLASSES IN WANGARATTA!!!

Happy to announce African Drumming is kicking off classes in Wangaratta this month
Venue: HP Barr Reserve Community Centre, Schilling Drive, Wangaratta
Day: Monday nights starting Monday 23/3
Time: 7:30pm (classes will run 7:30-9:00)

Your teacher is the wonderful Brianna Slattery who has been living further up the central coast in NSW for many years. Brianna is a qualified school teacher and African Drumming Certified L1/ 2 graduate … she has been playing Djembe for many years and is excited to connect with the local Wang and Beechworth drummers.

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What does a Dun sound like?

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Top End Duns are hard to find … good quality hardwood dun shells are also hard to find, even when searching the Sahel in West Africa….

We always get excited when an extra special set hits the scene. Here’s an incredible set of hardwood duns from Burkina Faso. Made from Premium Heartwood Djala from Banfora Region.

The sound projection and quality is undeniable with these duns! Kenkenni really cuts through and the dun will play in to an ultra low bass.

Here’s a video of Simon playing on this incredible set.

Continuing our 12/8 theme with a Short Bell Pattern

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Rhythmic Challenge for the morning is another 12/8 bell pattern ( to continue the theme for this month.)

Get familiar with the “short bell” pattern on one hand (or wok or any other kitchenware you have handy!) 

1 2 3 4 1
x . x . x x . x . x . x x

Now play away from the beat on your other hand.

1 2 3 4 1
x x . x x . x x . x x

You can see a diagram of the different bell patterns on last week’s blog entry, here!

It is tricky, but when you land it, it is so satisfying! Really does something to the pathways in your mind and body.
Something is growing internally and something is discovered, quite an exciting experience!

Hope to see you on Thursday 6:00pm – 8:00pm (and Saturday 10:00am-12:00pm) this week for four hours of rhythmic insight at Simon’s Dexterity Workshop. Dan will be supporting us all on dun as we go on a polyrhythmic journey into our bodies and minds to massage out the rhythmic gristle!