How to Find African Dance Music

Traditional African Music is rich in drum beats and other percussion instruments which makes it excellent dance music. Finding good African dance music is a task that can be approached from different angles. Read these tips to discover the options for finding African dance music.

Instructions

1. Purchase CDs or other recorded formats. African dance music is readily available online through music providers such as Amazon. Much like the different African cultures, the African dance music differs across the continent, so listen to samples of music before purchasing.

2. Record your own music. Tape performances of African dancers or drum performers. Ask permission first, but as long as you are not selling the recording, it should not be a problem to record.

3. Buy African dance music at cultural events like Kwanzaa karamu feasts, from dance troops, dance studios or at concerts. African performers often sell their music at their performances or on a website.

4. Learn dance routines or workouts set to African music. DVDs such as Rick Levy's "African Drumming and Dance" and "Joneeba! The African Dance Workout" use African dance music as background music.

5. Take African drum or other instrument lessons and learn to play African dance music. The different types of African instruments fall into several categories with idophones or self-sounding instruments being the most well-known after the drum which is a membranophone.

Tips & Warnings

• Call dance studios that teach African dance and ask for suggestions.