For Beginners and Intermediate Groups
Author: Ianto Guy Thornber 


The Djembe Guide is a resource book for anyone, from novice players to the leaders and members of intermediate-level groups.
It assumes no prior knowledge of the djembe, or of music, but guides the reader on a course of learning, from first steps and simple exercises through easy patterns for small groups, and on to playing genuine West African multi-part rhythms in a drumming ensemble.

Rhythms and exercises combine elements of oral tradition and simple tablature, to you don't have to read a musical score.
The book includes chapters on the background to this fascinating drum and its recent rise to popularity outside the homelands of West Africa, and gives advice on finding, tuning and maintaining a drum of your own.
With its enclosed CD, simple tablature and profuse illustrations, this guide really works to get you drumming.

• Le Djembe' Volume 1 (book/CD)
• Daniel Genton: Djembefola
• World Percussion Vol.1: Djembé (DVD)