Description

This book was created by Grand Master Drummer Mamady Keita, from Guinea, West Africa for his international schools, the Tam Tam Mandingue Djembe Academy, International Schools of Percussion. Specifically, this is curriculum and instruction for traditional djembe and dunun (djembe orchestra) music. It also includes instruction on djembe and dunun technique. This volume features 63 traditional djembe rhythms in box (aka "matrix") notation as well as Western stave notation. In addition, each rhythm features oral history (ethnographic information) as well as maps showing geographic origins.