Other drumming groups
in South Wales
Llanelli: www.movesandgrooves.co.uk
Bridgend: www.slappingskins.co.uk
Samba Tawe(Swansea): www.sambatawe.org.uk
Samba Galez (Cardiff): www.sambagalez.info
Instrument suppliers
Knock on Wood offer an
extensive range of world music instruments and resources www.knockonwood.co.uk
Ghana Goods are based in Bristol, and supply fairly traded, high
quality instruments members.aol.com/ghanagoods
Soar Valley supply all sorts of instruments, in particular Kambala
drums at very good prices www.soarvalleymusic.co.uk
World Tribal supply fairly traded West African and Brazilian
instruments www.worldtribal.com
Goldcoast Arts supply fairly traded instruments from Ghana and
good quality skins www.goldcoast-arts.com
Rhythm
and drumming resources on the web
West
African Percussion Pages is without doubt the best, and is totally free www.paulnas.eu/wap
Server Hosted African Rhythm Exchange a good range of rhythms, again
free www.djembe.net/share/
African Drum Beat some free stuff but most of it's on subscription
www.african-drumbeat.co.uk/
Djembe Boom Boom has some audio as well as scores http://home.tiscali.be/djembeboom/
Notation Playback Rhythm Exchange more audio resources www.djembe.net/nprx.shtml
Dancing Hands Percussion Group plenty of rhythms for free
www.dancing-hands.de/index2.php?datei=rhythmen&%20sprache=en
Cultural
Contexts for djembe rhythms good site explaining what individual rhythms are
used for and where they originate from http://home.acceleration.net/clark/PaperVu/context.htm
Drum Bum loads of stuff www.drumbum.com/
Djembe-L FAQ lots of information from the Djembe-L group www.drums.org/djembefaq/
Internet groups
west_african_drumming_uk "This
group is designed primarily for people living in the UK and the Republic
Of Ireland who have an interest in West African Drumming and other activities
such as dance, song, and related instruments"
http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/west_african_drumming_uk/
Djembe-L "Djembe-L is the
premier, global mail list dedicated to the ongoing development and maintenance
of a knowledge base regarding the drum and dance musical culture of
West Africa" http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/djembe-l/
Articles
Djembe tuning http://www.goldcoast-arts.com/stuff_tuning.htm
Re-skinning a djembe www.bongocentral.com/rope.htm
Servicing your djembe www.drumdojo.com/world/africa/djembe/djservice.htm
Shaping The Djembe Bearing Edge www.drumdojo.com/world/africa/djembe/djedge.htm
A Guide to the Jembe by Eric Charry http://echarry.web.wesleyan.edu/jembearticle/article.html
Djembe strap tutorial www.pacifier.com/~drum/art/html/straptut.html
Where does all that bass come from? www.drumdojo.com/tech/helmholtz.htm
Djembe skins www.drumdojo.com/world/africa/djembe/djskin.htm
Tinnitus www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/articles/article.aspx?articleId=365§ionId=1061
Other links we like
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