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Summary: The body needs to be straight and balanced to play the djembe. Learn how to use good posture to be a better drummer in this free African drum video from a musician.

Views: 542 | Tags: drums, african, djembe, sounds, percussion, drumming, tones, kuku, doundoun, songba, slaps

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Using the Body for African Drumming

So this clip, I want you to understand that you have the body, for example your hand, you play the drum, you have many knuckles and you have to use them. This is one knuckle, second, third, and this one here, and this one here, and this one here. So everything have to be balance to play the drum. You cannot stay like this because you cannot reproduce the sound. So you need to be straight and make sure all the hand you'll use them. You use all the arm, the harm to play the drum. It’s not only the hand, you have to feel really good and you can breathe with the sound and make sure you have a good posture when you're playing the drum. If you're playing crookedly, nobody will dance because you cannot reproduce the sound. So you need to know how to reproduce the sound.

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