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Rhythm of the Week...Free Online Drum Rhythm Lessons

Editable music encyclopedia. Search on melody (pitch + rhythm), melodic contour, or just rhythm. Use SOAP interface, too. KEYBOARD search, CONTOUR search, DRAW NOTES search, MICROPHONE search, RHYTHM search.

Though he was born in the string quarry of Russia and refined in the purifying precincts of Juilliard, Zhurbin turned out to be a lover of gritty hybrids. The music he writes and plays is full of Brahmsian tone, Bartok lines, hiccupping Hungarian rhythms, Klezmer soul and the sexy plaintiveness of tango and the blues. ---Justin Davidson, Newsday. // Rustic dances and evocative soundscapes, all crafted from ... the gorgeously grainy purr of his fiddle. ---Steve Smith, Time Out New York. // Eclectic with an ear for texture...Throaty melodies supported by pizzicato rhythms, lush chordal figures and counterpoint. ---Allan Kozinn, New York Times. Eclectic with an ear for texture...Throaty melodies supported by pizzicato rhythms, lush chordal figures and counterpoint. ---Allan Kozinn, New York Times

Rhythm notation, free lessons and mp3 files of djembe and dunun rhythms

Konnakol (also spelled konokol) (Tamil: கொன்னக்கோல்) is the Carnatic music - South Indian classical - performance art of vocal percussion. It is also a comprehensive language of rhythm which allows the composition, performance or communication of rhythms

Trainings and workshops for percussionists, composers, musicians, dancers, educators, therapists, managers, facilitators, activists, and anyone who is interested in applying percussion, drumming, and rhythm in his or her work.

19 Bata Rhythms from Matanzas, Cuba. 116 Pages. Accompanies 2-disc, instructional DVDs "El Lenguaje dell Tambor: Bata Rhythms from Matanzas, Cuba."

Sorsonet: dance for girls. Soli: pre-circumcision dance. Soko: pre-circumcision dance. Ngoron (n'giri): Malinke/Soussou rhythm. Marakadon: Dance to welcome Maraka people's visit. Kakilambe: masked dance.

Facebook friend's drumcircles and facilitation page; includes lesson videos for djembe, drum circle rhythms, etc. Very good resource.

Cultural Context for Djembé Rhythms

Playing with microtiming is a remarkable feature of musical rhythm in the Western Sudan. Both African and Western musicians and musicologists have time and again wondered at the capability of Malian, Senegambian or Guinean drummers to excitingly place not

martinledjembefola writes, "I'm a musician and percussionist who has a passion for Africa and drums, especially djembe." He generously uploaded 16 djembe rhythm notations, 4 djembe lessons, and a legend for reading the notations, to Scribd ...11 months ago...and I'm the first to "like" his posts! Can you believe it? What riches he gave us!

Le kassa est un rythme Malinke très connu de la Guinée orientale. Le mot kassa signifie: silo à grains. Joué lors des récoltes dans les villages. Les musiciens jouent pour les cultivateurs qui sont souvent loin de leur village, et la musique les aide à travailler. http://www.martinledjembefola.com

Le sinte est un rythme de célébrations joué à Nalu par la tribu Soussou de la région Boke en Guinée.

Le soko est le rythme joué lors de la circoncision. Il provient de la région de Faranah du peuple Komando. De nos jours, le rythme est joué dans toute la Guinée du Nord. http://www.martinledjembefola.com

Dans le cours de l'histoire, la signification du rythme Tiriba a changé plusieurs fois. On peut facilement aujourd'hui distinguer trois phases. Dans sa phase originelle, le Tiriba était le chef déguisé d'une troupe de percussionnistes qu'il avait créée. De nos jours, il n'y a plus de Tiriba mais le rythme a survécu au fil du temps. Dans sa deuxième phase, le Tiriba était joué après l'initiation des jeunes filles, lorsque les mères et leurs filles dansaient ensembles. Dans sa troisième phase actuelle, le Tiriba est un rythme très populaire joué dans toutes les festivités, là où les gens dansent. http://www.martinledjembefola.com