Directory of Djembe Resources

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The djembe drum, originally from West Africa, is a 20-30 inch tall chalice-shaped wooden drum covered with goat or antelope hide. It is played with bare hands.

Resources in This Category

• 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.

• African Drum Rhythms Educational Tools

  http://www.djembe.net/
  Online rhythm exchange "S.H.A.R.E."; Notation playback freeware and djembe font to download; Information about instructional books and CDs by Lennart Hallstrom.

• Beenhakkers Percussion

  http://www.beenhakkers.com/
  Percussion workshops for team building, community building, conferences, celebrations, companies and (big) groups; in Central and Northern Europe.

• 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)

• 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.

• Djembe Boom Boom

  http://home.scarlet.be/djembeboom/
  Notations of rhythms with some audio samples; Illustrated photo-guide to reskin a djembe.

• 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.

• Djembe Secrets

  http://www.djembesecrets.com/
  Video lessons for djembe by Tim Irrgang offered as DVDs and workbook, and as on-line membership courses.

• Djembe.co.uk

  http://djembe.co.uk/news.php
  Community site with discussion forum, chat, calendar, links, and listings of workshops.

• Dunun

  http://www.dunun.com/2002/
  Freelance webdesigner's showcase, with photos and video snippets (requires Flash player or plugin).

• Gamton Records / Publishing

  http://www.gamton.de/
  Djembe and other world music. With juke-box to listen to samples.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Mamady Keita

  http://www.mamadykeita.com/
  Official site of master drummer Mamady Keita. Biography, discography, filmography, and a calendar of events and workshops.

• Online Resource Guide

  http://www.djembe.org/
  An open, and interactive links guide to the on-line djembe community.

• Percussion Inibara

  http://home.kpn.nl/dijk0941/
  Instructions on playing djembe and dununs, re-skinning drums, and i.a. hearing damage, tinnitus and earplugs. Information about the Dutch band Inibara. Partly multilingual.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• The WAP Pages

  http://www.paulnas.eu/wap/
  West-African Percussion rhythms from Guinea and surrounding countries: notation and soundfiles of about 100 rhythms.

• VoyeuRhythmic - African Percussion

  http://www.africandrumming.com.au/
  Drum (djembe and other) and dance classes in Melbourne, Australia. Biography of the founder.

• 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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