Drumming at Cactus,South Africa

I enjoyed playing a couple of rythms at Cactus,a mexican restuarant and pub in George,South Africa...unfortunately the owner didn't enjoy it as much as the rest of the people there, so I had to can it after a couple of rythms...

Muhammid....Sorry it took so long!!!

Hey there,

This is Muhammid.

He was at Zanzibar(Club in South Africa) when I bumped into him.

All the way from Egypt, heres Muhammid

Drumming at Zanzibar club in S.A

Hi there,

I LOVE my drums...I take them wherever I go.
As you can imagine, lots of other people love them too...so I get to play in all sorts of places.

This is a club in George,South Africa called Zanzibar...here are a couple of clips for you(Hope to see you there sometime...)

Drum Circle with Master Drummer

I am Really Sorry about the quality of these clips, but the sound is great...
I hope you enjoy it....

Tribal Rhythm2

This is the Tribal Rhythm that My friend Bev taught me....it comes straight from the Transkei in South Africa. Its a typical African Tribal rhythm found in far apart villages.

If you want to know more about the Transkei go to www.wildcoast.com.

I hope this clip is easy to understand.
Dan

Tribal Rhythm1

This is a tribal trance rhythm I learnt from my 61yr old friend(Beverly) in East London...

The trick of this rhythm is to keep playing the same rhythm without any change for as long as possible...its quite easy to get lost in the rhythm as I hope you will find out.

In my next clip I will give more detail in how to play this Awesome rhythm.

Ta-ka-doem-ta African Drum Rhythm Rounding Off

This is a quick tip how to play the African "Ta- Ka- Doem- Ta" Rhythm, with a nice rounded off sound.

This method of "Rounding Off" can be used with any rhythm you play, in fact you will see it many many more times on this blog.
It has a nice whole sound, and really fills up the space between the notes that you play.

I hope this video is explained well, Enjoy.

Djembe Basic Notes Rythm

On the last clip I showed the 3 basic notes found on a Djembe Drum,

This is the actual rhythm that you can play using only those 3notes.
I have added a couple of tones here and there but you will get the idea.

Don't worry if you are not as fast in the beginning, the point isn't speed, as long as you are consistent in playing the CORRECT rhythm.