Other Books on African Drumming
CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN DRUMSET STYLES - BOOK I - SOUKOUS
CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN DRUMSET STYLES - BOOK 2 - Bikutsi
CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN DRUMSET STYLES - BOOK 3 - MBALAX
African Rhythms for Drumset Bk & CD
West African Rhythms for the Drumset
Babatunde Olatunji African Drumming
FUNKIFYING THE CLAVE: AFRO-CUBAN GROOVES FOR BASS AND DRUMS Bk & CD
FUNKIFYING THE CLAVE: AFRO-CUBAN GROOVES FOR BASS AND DRUMS Video
AFRO-CUBAN COORDINATION FOR DRUMSET Video
AFRO-CUBAN COORDINATION FOR DRUMSET Bk & CD
ESSENCE OF AFRO-CUBAN PERCUSSION
Conversations in Clave
Afro Caribbean Drum Grooves
Afro Cuban Drumming
Traditional Afro-Cuban Concepts in Contemporary Music
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Book 3 takes contemporary African Drum set playing to a new level of complexity and beauty with Senegambian rhythms inspired by Sabar drums, wrestlers, and the Islamic Wolof language. Mbalax was popularized worldwide most notably by Yousou N'dour and his band Super Etoile de Dakar. This book contains examples in 4/4 and 6/8 time signatures as well as how to merge the two time signatures. Also the unison percussion arrangements called Bak(s) (Bawk) are featured. The two audio CD's that come with the book feature a live Senegalese percussionist playing with the author on many of the examples. The audio also contain a play-along section with the Senegalese percussionist without the drum set so that the student practicing the material can play with authentic percussion to better feel the exercises in the proper context.
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