Description
Conga Joy Live! DVD, an instructional resource for hand drum students and teachers.
Bill Matthews, author of The New Conga Joy, brings us his new DVD, Conga Joy Live!, with 57 African and Afro-Caribbean rhythms for the players of djembes, congas and ashikos. Also on the video: hand technique and drum tuning.
The rhythms are presented in 3 sections:
| 21 Primary Rhythms - These contain the rhythmic principles found in most African drum music. | |
| 4/4 Heartbeat Fanga High Cascara Jam Rumba Tumba Cona Jam Djembe Jam Train Jam Rolling 4/4 Samba High Funk Jam | Samba Low Boom Boom Jam Rolling 6/8 Three Pulse Jam Bubble Beat 6/8 Swing Long Bell Jam 6/8 Wave Short Bell Jam Yanvalou Jam Solid 6/8 |
| More Rhythms for One Drum | |
| Kahkilambe Lead Kpanlogo Rhythm Ghanain Rhythm Congolese Rhythm Malinke Djembe Guaguanco Adv. Guaguanco Adv. 2 Basic Cuban | Samba Pacha Lead Djembe Support Rokway Style Haitian Rhythm Bomba Rhythm 6/8 Rhythm Basic Cuban 6/8 Bembe Low Drum |
| Rhythms for Two Drums | |
| Guaguanco Guaguanco Folklorico Mozambique Popular Mambo Plena Samba | Calypso Afro Blue Naningo 2 Drum Bembe 4 Againt 6 Santos |
Watch a lesson from the DVD
This extensive resource (with a running time of 1 hour and 45 minutes) introduces the hand drummer to the powerful rhythms of African and her Diaspora (Ghana, Cuba, Haiti, Liberia, Mali, Congo, Guinea and more).
Box notation provided for every rhythm for easy-to-follow study.
Conga Joy Live! is sure to prove itself as an indispensable resource for students and teachers of African rhythms all around the world.
