Gentle Djembe for Beginners - Dancing Hands Music

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Gentle Djembe for Beginners DVD, Volume 1
Learn to Play
by Alan Dworsky

If you're a beginner who wants to learn to play powerful rhythms in a way that's easy on your hands, this video is for you. Watching it is like getting private lessons and taking my Wednesday night beginners class. Each of the seven step-by-step lessons on the DVD starts with me explaining a rhythm while I play it and ends with the whole class playing it, so the rhythm never stops. And each lesson has a matching play-along track.

Running time: 1 hour with play-alongs

Arthur Hull
Author of "Drum Circle Spirit"

Joanne Crofford
Boomtown Drums

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Gentle Djembe for Beginners DVD, Volume 2
Deepening the Groove
by Alan Dworsky

Like Volume 1 in the Gentle Djembe series, Volume 2 gives you the feel of private lessons along with the thrill of playing in a group. In this DVD, you'll be getting a whole lot funkier, while still going easy on your hands. You'll learn to combine a backbeat groove with a variety of West African rhythms, and you'll learn a new technique for adding texture and momentum to your playing.

Running time: 1 hour with play-alongs

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Package Deal: Gentle Djembe for Beginners DVDs, Volumes 1 & 2
by Alan Dworsky

This special package bundle includes both Gentle Djembe for Beginners DVDs.

Gentle Djembe for Beginners DVD, Volume 3
Playing in 6/8 Time (available July 2010)
by Alan Dworsky

In Volume 3, you'll enter the polyrhythmic world of 6/8 time, while still going easy on your hands. You'll learn patterns adapted from powerful West African rhythms--including kpegisu and dunumba as well as one of the most popular 6/8 bell patterns. Like the first two Gentle Djembe videos, Volume 3 provides clear, step-by-step instruction with the feel of private lessons. And in addition to the usual play-along tracks, this DVD includes a PDF file with charts of all the patterns.