To play the djembe with ease, you must understand that speed and the ability to play loud when necessary are not only questions of effort. They depend on how you use movement to your advantage. Many players believe that playing at a professional level means playing harder. In reality, ease is what allows power, speed … Read more
“The African approach to rhythm does not flourish through tempo control, but through the physical sensations produced by movement.” Beginning in the late 1980s, with the arrival of Famoudou Konaté in Germany through the initiative of Paul Engel and Sylvia Krönwald, a new pedagogical approach aimed at Western students began to take shape. The emphasis … Read more
This masterclass is based on a simple idea: creating a new djembe rhythm every week. Over the course of a year, I created a collection of 52 djembe rhythms. The Origin of the Project Over the years, I noticed something about the way I naturally play the djembe. There are moments when I sit down … Read more
Real djembe solo playing is not about knowing more patterns, but about knowing how to connect them. The DJEMBESOLO PATTERNS masterclass, included in the DJEMBESOLO MEMBERSHIP, contains a large amount of material and provides a complete vocabulary for real djembe solo playing. However, this volume can make it difficult to know where to start and … Read more
DJEMBESOLO PATTERNS contains a large amount of material, and many students eventually ask the same question: where should I start and how should I organize my progression? Why a roadmap If you are working through DJEMBESOLO PATTERNS, you may at some point encounter the same situation many students have mentioned to me. The course contains … Read more