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Roots Jam 2: West African and Afro-Latin Drum Rhythms (Volume 2)
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Product Description Learn and remember djembe rhythms the easy way, with visual box notation. Whether you are a beginning drummer mystified by complex traditional polyrhythms, or an advanced drummer seeking a ready resource of new rhythm inspirations, Roots Jam 2 provides you with an essential and comprehensive toolkit of beats, lessons, and tips for practice and performance. See at a glance how ensemble parts and polyrhythms fit together. Compare and draw from multiple ethnic drumming traditions. Mix and match fun ensemble arrangements and breaks. Access audio tracks to match the written notation. Nowick Gray is a drumming performer and teacher with thirty years of experience playing West African rhythms. His popular Roots Jam rhythm books, YouTube videos, audio compositions and instructional web pages have helped beginning, intermediate and performing drummers understand and play traditional African-based rhythms since 1996. Roots Jam 2, “an ultimate drumming reference,” gives you a comprehensive collection of Afro-Cuban, Haitian, and Brazilian rhythms such as samba and rumba, along with a West African rhythm collection from Guinea, Mali, Senegal, Ivory Coast, and Burkina Faso. Learn parts for kenkeni, sangban, dununba; congas, djembes, ashikos; and shekere and batucada instruments such as agogo bells. A bonus section of Middle Eastern rhythms is also included. Empower yourself to take that quantum leap, to the full ecstasy and power of the drum. Pick up your copy of Roots Jam 2 today by clicking the Buy Now button at the top of this page. Review A great internet find - covering all aspects of multicultural drumming and percussion -with collected rhythms, investigations into the wherefore of drumming, occasional philosophical bytes and a distinctive light and engaging style that makes this book recommended for anyone interested in drumming anywhere. This and Nowick's other two books are my ultimate drumming reference. --Wanasai, Library Thing review What a monumental effort! Combining theory,rhythms, scholarship, personal research, exercises and philosophy as well astechnically combining text and audio examples. This is a comprehensive, readableand affordable reference for over 80 African rhythms and 40 others. The bookalso contains a new and important contribution; the identification andclassification of generic rhythm patterns. --Jean Vaucher, Montreal About the Author Nowick Gray is a drumming performer and teacher with thirty years of experience playing West African rhythms. His popular Roots Jam rhythm books, YouTube videos, audio compositions and instructional web pages have helped beginning, intermediate and performing drummers understand and play traditional African-based rhythms since 1996. Nowick has studied with a number of African drumming masters including Famoudou Konate, Mamady Keita, and Babatunde Olatunji; toured with Western African and Brazilian drum and dance ensembles; organized all-night jams and trance dances; played music for yoga and breathwork classes; recorded with electric jam bands; and played tabla for Indian kirtan.
