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Summary: The bembe is a great drumming technique to incorporate in the songo drum beat pattern. Learn more about bembe from a professional drum teacher in this free drumming video.
Peter Van Dyck is a professional drummer and drum teacher. He received his training from Berklee College of Music, where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in music.read more
"Okay let's take a look at how the Bimbe is involved in the Songo groove. The Bimbe is being played on the bass drum and it's the and of two if we're talking numerically. And chuck a da um. Chuck a da ah. If we're talking laymen music mumbo jumbo. Okay and then the rest of the groove is really what's happening with the snare drum. We're filling up the space so we have two clicks here. Alright? And then we have also again two clicks that surround the second quarter note on the high hat. And then we just repeat this."