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This encyclopedic website is amazing:
http://tontinkan.net/en/index.htm
Not only can you hear rhythms in entirety, but also a breakdown of the individual instruments comprising the whole.
Also provided are meaning, use and history of the individual rhythms. Especially interesting to learn how they are entwined with culture . . . a rhythm for everything.
I've just begun an exploration in translating these rhythms to the kit, i.e., the Dununba assigned to the bass drum. It will be difficult and many times exercises in coordination, something I haven't tried hard to improve for decades. It just feels like doing it this way has some real application and meaning. I'm sure there are books and videos out there teaching how to apply African rhythms to the drum kit, but this seems like a fun way to go about it . . . also interesting to hear modern day influences in these rhythms, like the so-called Bo Diddley beat and the military roll-off.
http://tontinkan.net/en/index.htm
Not only can you hear rhythms in entirety, but also a breakdown of the individual instruments comprising the whole.
Also provided are meaning, use and history of the individual rhythms. Especially interesting to learn how they are entwined with culture . . . a rhythm for everything.
I've just begun an exploration in translating these rhythms to the kit, i.e., the Dununba assigned to the bass drum. It will be difficult and many times exercises in coordination, something I haven't tried hard to improve for decades. It just feels like doing it this way has some real application and meaning. I'm sure there are books and videos out there teaching how to apply African rhythms to the drum kit, but this seems like a fun way to go about it . . . also interesting to hear modern day influences in these rhythms, like the so-called Bo Diddley beat and the military roll-off.
