All of marks courses are step by step and easy to follow. Welcome to v drums lessons, an exciting and unique series of drum and percussion lessons designed for the beginner to more advanced player. Everything from beginner bass guitar to slap bass, sight reading, ear training, bass setup and much more. The talking drum the talking drum is published monthly by the amherstburg freedom museum. It can include anything from paintings and sculptures to plays, concerts, or dance performances, as long as there is.
Not to mention, drummerfriendly tunability and playability. It is available as a pdf file or below, as a figure. Talking drum lessons performance in world music series locke, david, lunna, abubakari on. And so it was that two drumheads connected by threaded tension cords, in their turn, connected the dogon to their ancestral nommo and to the word. This lesson is taught by teedrums temitope akintunde. Thinking and talking about works of art focuses on students ability to critically look at a work of art, reflect, and talk about what they see, feel, or hear. Hosted by top roland clinicians and artists, v drums lessons are taught using roland electronic drums and percussion instruments. The drum is saying, jogging, jogging, jogging, jogging. The talking drum edorial i cooperative learning in large instrumental groups. Vicky goddard presents three more sessions on gumboot dancing. If youre looking for free drum lessons online, youve come to the right place. Play the talking drum again, but change the rhythm to eighth notes, which go twice as fast on the drum as the quarter notes do.
It is aailablev as a pdf le 1 or below figure 1, as. Kids will meet the boisterous west african nation of nigeria, where the west africa. Nonkit percussion instruments can be notated on any of these staff. The talking drum is one of the oldest yet popular west africa musical. The talking drum is an hourglassshaped drum from west africa, whose pitch can be regulated to mimic the tone and prosody of human speech. It is the custom of the lokele people for young boys to learn important things from an uncle on their mothers side of the family. Additionally, youll learn how to play one of the most wellknown drum.
It is a lesson on how to play talking drum for anyone who has the flair to play. The subject of this lesson, the dondo donno is the plural of dondo, is an hourglassshaped talking drum that is played under your arm by squeezing cords connecting two heads as one head is struck with a curved stick. A talking drum, from west africa african slit gongs also known as slit drums or log drums the djembe, the most well known drum from west africa african mbira thumb piano lamellophone like the mbira also known as the thumb piano, and different types of wind instrument like flutes and trumpets. There is a mix of backgrounds and a range of instruments, from the traditional djembe to sabar, played with an acacia stick, the talking drum, which you rest under your arm, and can play in a way to communicate with others. Key topics on the worksheetquiz include the dundun as a talking drum and a drum that is said to have belonged to oshun. This will give you the solid foundation you need to have the best possible drumming experience. Talking drum lessons, with audio compact disc, white cliffs media company, 1990. History and how to play the talking drum instrument insider. Ayanlere alamu alajede your talking drum coach gives you the first of his free lessons on how to play a simple rhythm on the talking drum category education. It has two drumheads connected by leather tension cords, which allow the player to modulate the pitch of the drum by squeezing the cords between their arm and body. A war drum of the ewe, with audio compact disc and video, white cliffs media company, 1992. Based on his studies and personal shamanic experience, michael presents the first practical guide to applying this ancient healing art. Teach kids about africa talking drum online education.
This is a process of bringing the yoruba diacritics marks together doremi to form melody. The dun dun is the most portable type of talking drum. Other talking drums of conical or tubular construction exist around africa, but they are rather known by their particular names instead of the term talking drum. Shamanic drumming is an ancient approach that uses rhythm to promote healing and selfexpression. The program im talking about is next level drummers full course. While pop and rockmusic groups today often feature massive drum setups, the blues drummer still uses a basic drum kit. This hourglassshaped twoheaded drum, whose twin heads are lashed together by thongs of gut or leather, is played by increasing or decreasing the tension on these thongs. The challenge is to contribute articles and lor ideas for lessons which will compile. Doumbek, zarb, tombak, djembe, ashiko, djunjun, cajon, congas, bongos, talking.
These pitches can mirror those of a persons voice, and thus, the drums are called talking drums ikengametuh, 1987. Playing the instrument is fun but learning how to play the drum is also. Sambays own way of explaining the basics to playing the talking drum and tips to improving. How to play the talkingdrum lesson1ifegangan youtube. A lesson on the talking drums of africa, suitable for inclusion in a unit on africa, communication, music.
Show the rhythm flash card with eighth notes on it. This is an introductory lesson to talking drumming. In this article i will explore the role of the talking drum in cac dublin. Talking drummers use talking drum to converse, instruct and caution themselves especially during performances. The talking drum was a tool the griots used to assist in storytelling, communication, and guidance. Properly adjusting the angle of the bass drum pedal beater is important to playing comfortably. Teach kids about nigeria lets talk like a drum all. This is an introductory lesson into talking drumming some basic and introductory techniques are taught to the talking drum beginners. Ayanlere alamu alajede your talking drum coach gives you the first of his free lessons on how to play a simple rhythm on the talking drum. Talking drum 1 talking drum a talking drum the talking drum is a west african hourglass drum whose pitch can be regulated to mimic the tone and prosody of human speech. In most drum notation systems, the lines and spaces of a standard 5line music staff are used to define the various drums of a kit. The ror lessons include seven membranophones where the drumhead vibrates, two. Talking drums are these cool west african percussion instruments where you squeeze the strings around the middle to change the tension on the drum heads and change the pitch.
The bass drum pedal beater should rebound off of the bass drum head like a bouncing ball. In this lesson, well look at some of the more common types of african drums and learn a little about their shape and sound. You for youth thinking and talking about works of art. Historically, west africans used the tones they created on talking drums. The drum playingstopping brings control to the movement exercise. The talking drum or sometimes called the luna is the traditional instrument of. The bass drum is played with the bass drum pedal by the right foot. The talking drums talking drums are african drums whose pitch can be regulated depending upon how the drummer strikes the sound of the drum and changes its tension. Damba is an annual new years festival celebrated by the people of the dagbamba people of ghana. That th is most important of all drums is linked not only to spirituality but to speech, is captured verbatim by its translated name, the talking drum, and embodied in its very contours. Its possible to take lessons from the local teachers who will put you through your paces, and beats.
Talking drum lessons performance in world music series. Answer yes, as long as you are familiar with the basic rhythmic patterns, have a drum, and ready to take lessons, then you can play talking drum. E oehrle, school of music, university of kwazulunatal, durban, 404 1 south africa. Pdf if you play the talking drum they will be happy. Lesson 2 hello, senegal wycliffe bible translators. Contributions, story ideas, suggestions and feedback are always welcome.
Jaco krugers materials appeared in the last four issues, and he shares more songs from the venda. Drum language of the congo using vocabulary in the context of phrases welcome to my page on drum language of the congo. There are many ways of signaling or talking using drums. Talking drum or rubber band downloaded talking drum sound clip powerpoint slides, overhead transparency, or hard copy of mankanya alphabet pages 12 and lesson 2 hello, senegal, winter 2014, page 5 through the loops at alternating ends of the drum from a loop at the. How to play a simple rhythm on the talking drum youtube. Drum sounds and their meanings smithsonian folkways.
These easy to follow beginner drum lessons videos will guide you through essential techniques you will need to learn as a drummer. Talking drums if allowing the entire group to experiment with a talking drum or with rubber bands is impractical, consider using a small group of children from each class or demonstrate the tone changes yourself. Graphicos t his issue is the wonderful response to the challenge proposed in the talking drum, june 2003. He has a great way of explaining the important information in each lesson. Four or more drummers participate in the performance of whom at least two play a talking drum. That challenge was to devote an issue, or a portion thereof, of the talking drum to contributions from staff and students of a particular tertiary. In shata s orchestra the talking drum is an essential instrument. For simple parts for example, a kick and snare pattern a 1 or 2 lineline staff may be used. I have developed this online drum course for everybody who is serious about becoming a better drummer. Make a talking drum out of funnels music instruments diy. The talking drum is a west african hourglass drum whose pitch can be regulated to mimic the tone and prosody of human speech. Talking drums the lokele people are a tribe in central africa.
Talking drums catherine schmidtjones this work is produced by openstaxcnx and licensed under the creative commons attribution license 3. The barrelshaped ewe drums contrast with the gobletshaped asante drums and the square frame drums of the ga people. I collected the most valuable lessons i have learned from world class drum teachers and documented them in 20 comprehensive video lessons. Whether it was used to relay an important message, as a summoning to a ceremonial dance, or as an aid in telling fables that taught important life lessons. Ask students to research the role of the drummer in a blues ensemble and the history of drums. In general, angling the beater around the 2 oclock position is a good place to start. The drum talks when the drummer constricts the ropes that run along its sides, tightening or loosening the drum head to create higher or lower sounds, and by using a mallet to hit the head in particular ways to elicit particular tones.