Hands On Drumming!
Hands On Drumming!
Paulo Mattioli teaches how to play djembe (a West African goblet drum) in this four-video series.

Hands On Drumming! Volume 1, Number 2 (1996)

01 January, 1996
Using a player's-eye-view camera, Paulo Mattioli teaches hand-drummers djembe techniques, tones, and notation. Players are also introduced to the Guinean rhythms of kassagbe (a celebratory rhythm from the coast) and kassa (a family of rhythms for the grain harvest).

Hands On Drumming! Volume 1, Number 4 (1996)

01 January, 1996
Using a player's-eye-view camera, Paulo Mattioli teaches hand-drummers djembe techniques, tones, and notation. Players are introduced to two Guinean rhythms: tiriba (a rhythm of welcome) and mindiani (a rhythm for the dance of the virgins).