These are recordings of master drummer, Fara Tolno, playing all the breaks and accompaniments for 50 popular West African rhythms.
Here is what you get:
Sample Track: Sonsornet
Breaks and Parts for 50 Rhythms with 36 alternate versions
Ballet and Traditional styles
Djembe Kan solo performance by Fara Tolno, 10 minutes
(50 rhythms, 86 total tracks, 201 parts, 144 min.)
File size: 151 mb
- Each track begins with the authentic break for that rhythm
- After the break, the 1st accompaniment for 20 seconds, on a
high drum
- Break, then the 2nd accompaniment for 20 seconds, on a
medium drum
- Break, then the 3rd accompaniment for 20 seconds, on a low
drum (for rhythms that have a 3rd part)
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Break, then all Djembe accompaniments played together
to hear how they fit
- Break, then all Djembe parts with traditional dun dun parts,
to hear the whole rhythm
- Bonus track featuring a 10 minute Djembe Kan by Fara Tolno.
- A .pdf file with the cultural context for each rhythm and the notation for all parts is included in the download.
Note: All parts including the shekere (shaker) are played by master drummer Fara Tolno. Each part is recorded individually and then layered on top of one another for the full ensemble.
A video sample of Fara's Djembe Kan at Immersive.
(If there is no play button, double click to start)
The audio of this full djembe Kan is included in the
Djembe Accompaniments Collection
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