African Drumming Workshop For Six

Our beginners two hour African Djembe drumming community workshop is led by a traditional African Facilitator

This energising team building / bonding experience swith other beginners starts with a short talk about African music culture and historiical context of djembe drumming. Working all together as a team learning basic technique of Bass Tone and Slap on the djembe and a really fun warm up exercise to get both hands quickly whizzing around the goatskin drum in time and sounding like one drum!. The main rhythm is introduced in a call and response style with everyone copying the drum masters hands and coming togehter powerfully to create the ancient Authentic rhythm. Always using sounds and song to phenetically learn the stages of the rhythm, in fun and energising, group bonding way. It builds incrementally towards playing the whole rhythm together making an amazing African musical Exerience that has been co created by all participants.

LOCATION: The Vatican Music Studios, E1 4ET. The nearest tube stations are Bethnal Green and Stepney Green.

DURATION: 2 hours.

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

Our African Drumming Workshop is held on Tuesday evenings at 6.45pm, and on the first Saturday of the month at 1.30pm. It is based in a 'Not For Profit' community setting, Children over 7 allowed with accompanying participating adult. Each class is limited to 25 participants and drums are provided. occasional time changes occur Refreshments are available to purchase during the tea break.