Hand Drums for Beginners: An Easy Beginning Method

by John Marshall

Overview

This book teaches everything you need to know to get started playing djembe, conga, pandeiro, dumbek, frame drum, and riq. Starting with an introduction to the various families of drums throughout the world and to basic drum notation, the author takes you from holding each instrument to playing appropriate world rhythms on each. You'll learn about Nigerian Frekoba; West African Djoli; the Latin clave and Samba; Moroccan folk rhythms; Arabic Dawr Hindy and much more! The easy, step-by-step approach will quickly have you playing rhythms from all over the world. A CD demonstrating all the examples and for playing along is available!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780739003237
Publisher:	Alfred Music
Publication date:	01/01/2000
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	48
Product dimensions:	8.60(w) x 11.50(h) x 0.20(d)

About the Author

John Marshall (1845–1915) was a classicist, translator, and educator whose work received rave reviews within its field. Marshall translated Greek and Latin works and served as a professor of philosophy at the University of Edinburgh. He later became the rector at the Royal High School in Edinburgh.