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Djembefola - http://www.djembefola.com
Ireland based community site and West African percussion resource, providing free video lessons. Requires free registration. |
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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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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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Bongocentral - Ethnic Percussion and Gifts - http://www.bongocentral.com/
Selling instruments and skins; Elaborate guide to re-skinning hand drums. |
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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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Rhythms For Djembe And Friends - http://www.fam.tuwien.ac.at/~schamane/data/audio/rhythms/
Some traditional, some new rhythms, notated in several formats (i.a. ASCII, GIF, PNG, PDF, and PS) including sound samples in MIDI, MP3, and OGG and links to other sites. |
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Rootsy Records - http://www.rootsyrecords.com
Djembe Record Label and Resource Site devoted to traditional djembe drumming. Educational material and field recordings of master drummers. Sound samples and video clips. |
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Online Resource Guide - http://www.djembe.org/
An open, and interactive links guide to the on-line djembe community. |
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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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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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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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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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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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Fundrums Community Drumming - http://www.fundrums.org
Ireland based community resource with articles on drumming for health and special needs groups |
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Djembe.co.uk - http://djembe.co.uk/news.php
Community site with discussion forum, chat, calendar, links, and listings of workshops. |
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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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http://www.silvercircle.org/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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VoyeuRhythmic - African Percussion - http://www.africandrumming.com.au/
Drum (djembe and other) and dance classes in Melbourne, Australia. Biography of the founder. |
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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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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. |
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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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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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Hawkdancing African Djembe Drums - http://www.hawkdancing.com/djembe.shtml
Online shop selling African Djembe drums, accessories, and supplies. Offers extensive instructions for repairing and (re)heading a Djembe. |
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The Rhythm Reference Project - http://www.rhythmreference.com/
Audio and video recordings of 50 traditional West African rhythms for purchase, including breaks, djembe and dunun parts, and more. |
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Djembemoves - http://www.djembemoves.de/start_engl.htm
German group focusing on traditional African drumming and dance courses. Their site features background information and original images. They also sell instruments from Guinea. |
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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. |