Big Tamale: The Roots Jam African Drumming Collection

Learn and remember djembe rhythms the easy way, with visual box notation. Whether you are a beginning drummer mystified by complex traditional polyrhythms, or an advanced drummer seeking a ready resource of new rhythm inspirations, Big Tamale provides you with an essential and comprehensive toolkit of beats, lessons, and tips for practice and performance.See at a glance how ensemble parts and polyrhythms fit together.Use the easiest handing for ballet dunun parts.Recognize the basics of creative or complex hand drum solos.Compare and draw from multiple ethnic drumming traditions.Mix and match fun ensemble arrangements and breaks.Access audio tracks to match the written notation.Nowick Gray is a drumming performer and teacher with thirty years of experience playing West African rhythms. His popular Roots Jam rhythm books, YouTube videos, audio compositions and instructional web pages have helped beginning, intermediate and performing drummers understand and play traditional African-based rhythms since 1996.Big Tamale has the whole enchilada: the complete Roots Jam drum rhythms series (4 volumes), plus an entertaining account of the lessons learned by a newbie drummer in Friday Night Jam.Empower yourself to take that quantum leap, to the full ecstasy and power of the drum. Pick up your copy of Big Tamale today by clicking the Buy Now button at the top of this page. Read more