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Dunun - http://www.dunun.com/2002/
Freelance webdesigner's showcase, with photos and video snippets (requires Flash player or plugin). |
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Tam Tam Mandingue USA - School of Djembe - http://www.ttmusa.org
Non-profit organization founded by Mamady Keita offering classes, workshops, and performances, and instructional material for purchase. |
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Djembefola - http://www.djembefola.com
Ireland based community site and West African percussion resource, providing free video lessons. |
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Fore-Fote: African Djembe Drumming, Music and Dance in Black and White - http://www.fore-fote.com/
African djembe drumming, music, dance performance and instruction from Guinea, West Africa. Official site of the Fore-Fote band, including video material. |
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Cultural Context for Djembe Rhythms - http://home.acceleration.net/clark/PaperVu/context.htm
List of rhythms with their background (country, ethnic group, occasion for playing) |
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Bongocentral - Ethnic Percussion and Gifts - http://www.bongocentral.com/
Selling instruments and skins; Elaborate guide to re-skinning hand drums. |
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A Guide to the Jembe - http://echarry.web.wesleyan.edu/jembearticle/article.html
Eric Charry's famous article on the history and evolution of the djembe in West Africa. |
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Djembe-L FAQ - West African Percussion Resource for Djembe - http://djembelfaq.drums.org/
A compendium of the Djembe, including Frequently Asked Questions about the djembe, from re-skining to playing, chanting and dancing. |
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Djembe and Mande Music - http://tcd.freehosting.net/djembemande/
About the drumming, culture and other musical traditions of the Mande peoples of West Africa, with articles, rhythms, CD liner notes, references, reviews, and links to other sites. |
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Drumrhythms.com E-learning center - http://www.drumrhythms.com
On-line Lessons for percussion with video, audio, and notation available several formats; some free demo lessons (requires Flash). |
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Mailing List Djembe-L @Yahoo - http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/djembe-l/
Mailing list dedicated to ongoing development and maintenance of a knowledge base regarding the drum and dance musical culture of West Africa. |
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Djembe Dunun Drumset - http://djembe.drumset.free.fr/
Maarten Schepers' website, about his instructional books, traditional rhythms, and drumset adaptations, with sound samples and pictorials. Also offering the Malinke Percussion Discography, and djembe and dunun classes in South of France. |
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Djembe Secrets - http://www.djembesecrets.com/
Video lessons for djembe by Tim Irrgang offered as DVDs and workbook, and as on-line membership courses. |
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Djembe Boom Boom - http://home.scarlet.be/djembeboom/
Notations of rhythms with some audio samples; Illustrated photo-guide to reskin a djembe. |
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The WAP Pages - http://www.paulnas.eu/wap/
West-African Percussion rhythms from Guinea and surrounding countries: notation and soundfiles of about 100 rhythms. |
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Hawkdancing African Djembe Drums - http://www.hawkdancing.com/djembe.shtml
Online shop selling African Djembe drums, accessoiries, and supplies. Offers extensive instructions for repairing and (re)heading a Djembe. |
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Rhythmweb Djembe Page - http://www.rhythmweb.com/djembe/
This page on the rhythmweb devoted to the djembe contains a nice selection of information and links to start surfing the web. |
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Beenhakkers Percussion - http://www.beenhakkers.com
Percussion workshops for team building, community building, conferences, celebrations, companies and (big) groups; in Central and Northern Europe. |
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Southall, Chris - http://www.drumdance.co.uk/
UK Shamanic Drummer and Djembe Maker. Provides information about tuning and reskinning a djembe, workshops, some sound samples, and items for sale. |
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Skin to Skin - http://www.skintoskin.co.uk/
Drumming ensemble based in Dorset. Classes and workshops. Guide to re-skinning a djembe. |
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Tubab Muso Westafrican Percussion - http://www.tubabmuso.nl/english/
Instructions, teaching material, rhythms, sound samples, and links to software (requires Javascript). |
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Vuka Vuka - http://vukavuka.free.fr/
Website of the French band Vuka Vuka who plays traditional Manding music. Lots of video material on concerts and rehearsals. |
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Yankadi - http://www.silvercircle.org/yankadi/
Site about Djembe and hand drumming with tips and instructions for buying, tuning, and playing. |
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Percussion Inibara - http://home.planet.nl/~inibara/
Multi-lingual site. Instructions on re-skinning a djembe and a dundun, with photos. The band Inibara (Netherlands). |
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Mali crossover - http://www.drbobsh.net/mali_crossover.htm
Instructions of how to do a modified Mali weave using a 4 vertical cross-over pattern for tuning (with illustrations). |
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Liewil's Djembe Pages - http://users.telenet.be/willie.camerman/
History of the djembe and the traditional rhythms, CD reviews, book reviews, maintenance tips and photos taken at concerts. |
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The J&V Percussion Site - http://users.telenet.be/jv/
Selling the percussion generator, light version is freeware. Percussion catalogue with rhythm notations. |
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Djembe.co.uk - http://djembe.co.uk
Community site with discussion forum, chat, calendar, links, and listings of workshops. |
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African Drum Rhythms Educational Tools - http://www.djembe.net/
Online rhythm exchange "S.H.A.R.E."; Notation playback freeware and djembe font to download; Information about instructional books and CDs by Lennart Hallstrom. |
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S.H.A.R.E. - Server Hosted African Rhythm Exchange - http://www.djembe.net/share/
Nice attempt to bring together all djembe rhythm notation sources on the web. |