Drumdojo

Cha Cha Cha: Another dance that is very popular in this country in the club scene and even in international ballroom dancing as well as the Latino dance scene is the Cuban dance known in English as the...

Pete Lockett looks at the Rhythms of the Maghreb and how to clap properly Most people have quite a vague idea of the specifics of African drumming. If you were asked what the distinction...

This is a sort of fun question. Consider playing a snare drum in a drumset. If we divide a measure of 4/4 music into 1/8th notes, in our box notation we will have 8 boxes to fill. Since generally a snare...

Composed Rhythms of Ostad Nasser Farhangfar Peyman Nasehpour © 2002 Abstract Tonbak (a kind of goblet drum) is the chief percussion skinned instrument of Persia. Great masters of tonbak, especially...

TUMBAO Tumbao is an even pattern of 1/8th notes played in a band on the bass and conga drum. Unlike some hand-drum traditions where a given name refers to a certain rhythm (usually associated with a...

Preface The following is a collection of information and miscellaneous lore that the author has collected from a variety of teachers and sources including "being shown a thing or two" by a couple of authentic...

Attaching hardware Drilling for lugs. Once the shell is finished, the final operation will be drilling the finished shell for hardware. You need to drill a hole for the drum vent (I...

Conga Maintenance Conga drums are quite strong and stable and do not normally require a lot of maintenance. Conga heads are usually made of cowhide or water buffalo hide and are quite thick and strong....