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Why People Play African Drums
How a Djembe is Made
Making Bass Sounds on a Djembe Drum
Tones on a Djembe Drum
How to Slap a Djembe Drum
Six Sounds of a Djembe Drum
Kuku Rhythm on a Djembe Drum
First Djembe Part for Kuku Rhythm
Second Djembe Part for Kuku Rhythm
Songba Drum Beats for Kuku Rhythm
Kenkini Drum Beats for Kuku Rhythm
Doundoun Drum Beats for Kuku Rhythm
Playing Two African Drums Together
Playing Slap & Press on African Drums
Hand Exercises for Djembe Drumming
Advanced Hand Exercises for Djembe Drumming
Exercises for Djembe Drumming Balance
Learning New Sounds on a Djembe Drum
Playing Low African Drums
Using the Body for African Drumming
African Drumming Performance
Summary: Relax the hand when slapping a djembe drum. Learn how to pull the hand off of a djembe to make slap sounds in this free African drum video from a musician.
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"In this clip we're going to talk about slaps. The slap, you need to be relaxed a little bit. You need to be relaxed for all of the drum, when you're playing it. But, the hand needs to be relaxed more, and it's like, a little bit open, and you let the fingertip touch the drum. And make sure that you pull off your hand very fast on the drum, to reproduce the sound. This is the slap. You can also say ba, da, ba, da, ba, da. So when you play the drum, you need to speak clearly. Like the drum, you're replacing your mouth, so you need to speak clearly."
eHow Article: How to Slap a Djembe Drum
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coopwood1 said
on 7/23/2009 This is a very helpful video series for someone like me - a beginner with little sense of natural rhythm... :-)