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Creator wants us to drum. He wants us to corrupt the world with
drum, dance and chants. After all, we have already corrupted the
world with power and greed....which hasn't gotten us anywhere -
now's the time to corrupt the world with drum, dance and chants."
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Roots
Jam
1.
Collected Rhythms for Hand Drum and Percussion
2.
African and Afro-Latin Drum Rhythms
Are
you...
--a beginning hand drummer
having trouble remembering the drum rhythms you learn?
Maybe you've never taken a djembe lesson and need a book
with some basic instruction and djembe rhythms to get you
started. Or you've taken a few hand drum lessons or workshops
and now need more rhythms and exercises to keep you practicing.
--an intermediate djembe
player looking to go beyond the basics and "put it all
together"? Are you ready now to learn more about junjun
(dundun) and bell parts? Or maybe you just need a solid
collection of traditional djembe rhythms in drum tablature
notation, to hone your skills between workshops or performances.
--a kit drummer who's
looking to expand your chops into the expanding genres of
world beat, fusion, reggae, or latin groove music--or to
explore the roots of funk, jazz, and blues? Maybe what you
need is a handy reference for playing African drums or African-based
rhythms which you can adapt and apply creatively to the
kit drum components of your choice.
--a performing or advanced
drummer looking for a quick reference of ensemble arrangements
for African and Latin dance rhythms, dundun patterns, or
lead djembe parts? Maybe you want to share your drum knowledge
with others, and can use additional rhythm parts and techniques
to make your lessons or group repertoire more effective.
You'll also find here unique transcriptions, distillations
and compilations of traditional patterns, to help you compose
or arrange original pieces and adaptations.
Think
about it: the price of this book is what you would pay for
one short workshop--yet it offers enough high-quality material
to fill a year or more of workshops!
 
Roots
Jam:
Collected Rhythms for Hand Drum and Percussion
(1996) is available in both print and electronic versions.
This earlier version of Roots Jam contains hundreds of rhythms
from the African, Latin, and rock traditions, and from original
improvisations. Notation features emphasis on different
key beats in a pattern, duets, breaks, exercises, popular
styles. Tips on drum groups, jams, all-night drumming, and
trance dance.
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Roots
Jam 2: African
and Afro-Latin Drum Rhythms is
the second volume (2002), an updated and expanded companion
to the first volume. It offers you, in one economical package:
- convenience of a comprehensive
rhythm source - Now you can find over 125 African,
Afro-Latin, and Middle Eastern rhythms in a single source.
Arrangements of traditional rhythms have been widely
researched and compiled, offering you both reliability
and flexibility.
- flexibility of traditional/creative
arrangements - You can choose among primary parts
and variations for djembe, junjun (or conga/surdo) and
percussion.
- audio/visual practice
guides -
- Simple
box notation based on Olatunji "gun-go-pa"
method indicates different drum notes, rests, and
handing, and makes it easy for you to read and line
up multiple parts.
- Full-length
practice CD
allows you to match sound with notation and play along
with (or solo over) popular traditional rhythms and
arrangements.
- tools for self-learning
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- Explanatory material
helps you understand underlying pulses and dynamics
of polyrhythmic percussion.
- This book will enable
you record what you hear and play by using simple
written notation, which you can then easily share
with others.
- Exercises and generic
patterns (for all skill levels) include djembe, junjun,
bell and clave parts.
- Guidance on tradition
and improvisation, time signatures and handing, intentions
and excellence, new directions for our rhythm culture.
- Linked resource lists:
music, books, websites, online rhythms.
- ease of use and reference
- Ring-bound, 8 1/2 X 11 pages open flat for play-along
reference. Rhythm index organized alphabetically, by
region/culture, and time signature. Audio CD has 28
demo and play-along practice tracks keyed to rhythms
and page numbers.
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Both volumes of
Roots Jam are also available in ebook
format, for quick reference on your computer. The Microsoft
Word documents allow quick search or custom printouts. Roots
Jam 2 also contains live links to resources and a set of
mp3 files; these demonstration audio tracks are also available,
with some extended loops, on an optional audio CD.
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can save up to $12 by
ordering any of these book options in combination.
If your order includes both ebooks, you will also
get a free bonus chapter,
containing 27 pages of additional rhythms, exercises,
and helpful tips.
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make the perfect gift for any drummer you know -- including
yourself!
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About
Roots Jam...
Roots
Jam is a compilation
of hand drum rhythms that is well presented, with
an easy-to-understand-and-use notation that appears
to be gaining some acceptance as a standard for
hand-drum rhythm notation. This foundation has allowed
me, a beginner, to use Roots Jam as one of
my primary instructional books. I highly recommend
this book to any one who hand drums.
--A.E.
Rice, Albuquerque, New Mexico
About
Roots Jam 2...
What
a monumental effort! Combining theory, rhythms,
scholarship, personal research, exercises and philosophy
as well as technically combining text and audio
examples. This is a comprehensive, readable and
affordable reference for over 80 African rhythms
and 40 others. The book also contains a new and
important contribution; the identification and classification
of generic rhythm patterns.
--Jean Vaucher, Montreal
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Roots
Jam: Collected Rhythms for Hand Drum and Percussion (1996)
Table
of Contents
- Introduction
The Rhythm Notation
Acknowledgements
Scores by Timing
Twos
Fours
Threes
Three-Four
Odd Times
Arrangements
Lesson Notes and Featured Rhythms
Bell and Percussion Patterns
Breaks
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- Duets
Arranged Ensembles
Sequences
Styles
Dance List: a personal selection
Resources
Practice Exercises
Basic Drumming Exercises and Rhythms
Of Drum Groups and All-Night Jams
References
Index
About the Author
How to Order
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Roots Jam 2: African and Afro-Latin
Drum Rhythms (2002)
Summary
of Contents
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Roots
Jam 2 begins with an introduction to the RHYTHM
NOTATION, time signatures, and hand drum technique, followed
by a more in-depth exploration of the foundations of polyrhythmic
percussion.
The
main body of the book consists of COLLECTED RHYTHMS for
ensemble, from the African, Afro-Latin, and Middle Eastern
traditions.
Chapter
4 is a virtual RHYTHM WORKSHOP, which distills from the
actual rhythms an essential toolkit for drummers, with a
wide variety of generic and standard patterns and exercises.
Chapter
5 takes us beyond the rhythms to the qualitative side of
RHYTHM CULTURE: WHERE WE GO with this music.
Finally,
a selected list of RESOURCES and references (with online
links) serves as a guide for further enjoyment and study.
[Thanks
go to the Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance and Columbia
Basin Trust for supportive funding for this project.]
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Free
audio drum clips and online sound studio
If the rhythm notation used here is unfamiliar to you, then
you'd probably like to hear how some of the basic rhythms
sound. The Rhythm of the Week lessons
feature drum samples in mp3 and streaming RealAudio
formats, for free download or live play online. Roots
Jam 2 comes with 28 sound files (audio CD option,
or mp3 files with ebook) linked to key patterns and popular
ensemble pieces.
Many
of the rhythms on this site are taken from the original
80-page collection of rhythms for hand drum and percussion,
Roots Jam. Not all of
the drum patterns in these lessons or in the books have
sound files. So for any drumming beats (or your own drum
rhythms) that you'd like to hear with the help of digital
audio, try out the following free drum sampler - your own
online rhythm machine, in .wav or midi formats.
Paste
notation or compose any rhythm and hear live sound!
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