This unique guide to world percussion features descriptions and performance techniques for 28 different instruments, plus exercises, traditional rhythms, and cultural information. 76 pages.
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This review is from: Drum Circle: A Guide to World Percussion (Book & Enhanced CD) (Paperback)
If you have a reason to lead a group or play with a group that uses hand percussion, this book and accompanying DVD will help you know the names and correct ways to play of the most commonly used hand drums and other global percussion instruments.
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useful CD-ROM,
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Watch percussion masters Chalo Eduardo and Frank Kumor play 28 instruments and demonstrate 52 exercises and rhythms on the easy-to-use Enhanced CD. The Enhanced CD works on any Windows-compatible or Macintosh computer and includes audio and visual demonstrations of all the written exercises and rhythms. The book highlights cultural history & significance of each family of instruments, including photographs, music notation of each rhythm (Traditional or Contemporary Time Unit Box Notation), plus new & traditional ensemble arrangements that you may perform with other drum enthusiasts! Hand Drums (Conga, Timbau, Djembe, Doumbek) Frame Drums (Tamborim, Tar, Bodhran) Frame Drums with Jingles (Pandeiro, Riq, Tambourine) Bass Drums (Surdo, Djun Djun, Tan-Tan) Single- and Multiple-Pitched Bells (Triangle, Cowbell, Agogo, Gankogui) Rhythm Instruments (Shekere, Ganza, Cabasa, Snare Drum, Maracas, Guiro) Instruments of Variable Pitch (Talking Drum, Cuica, Berimbau) Call Drums (Timbale, Repinique) Traditional World Drumming Ensembles (Middle Eastern, West African, Cuban Rumba Guaguanco, Brazilian-Maracatu Baque Virado) World Beat Ensembles (Call of the Drums, World Piece) With the Enhanced CD you may also: Slow down each rhythm for practice purposes and view a close-up of each hand position! Loop each rhythm over and over again! Use the Enhanced CD in your regular compact disc player for quick audio reference. Whether you want to play for pleasure, or need to expand your professional horizons, Drum circle: A Guide to World Percussion will lead you down the road to success (and drumming happiness).
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Easy to learn percussion,
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I find this book very easy to understand plus the cd-rom makes the learning experience a breeze! You'll be very happy with this book, i'm sure. I was!!
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Drum Circle: A Guide to World Percussion presents techniques, tones, history and rhythms for percussion instruments found on four continents. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Agogo Ganza Med, Bells Rhythm Variable Pitch Callers, Rhythm Track, Large Surdo Berimbau, Macmillan Publishers Ltd, New York, Claves Tumba Conga Quinto Bongos Timb, Shekere Djembe, Latin America, The New Grove Dictionary Of Music New!
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Drum Circle: A Guide to World Percussion presents techniques, tones, history and rhythms for percussion instruments found on four continents. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Agogo Ganza Med, Bells Rhythm Variable Pitch Callers, Rhythm Track, Large Surdo Berimbau, Macmillan Publishers Ltd, New York, Claves Tumba Conga Quinto Bongos Timb, Shekere Djembe, Latin America, The New Grove Dictionary Of Music New!
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- Percussion Instruments and Their History (World) (Fourth Revised Edition) by James Blades on page 33, and page 40
- Middle East Review: All the Central Asia States of the Former USSR, Plus Countries Such as Libya, Egypt and Algeria by Hunter Publishing in Back Matter
- South America by Rh Value Publishing on page 42
- The Art and Heart of Drum Circles by Christine Stevens in Back Matter
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