Category: Rhythm & Technique

Technique guides, instrument features and practice tips from the African Drumming blog.

Here you’ll find posts on hand position, tone, timing and rhythm patterns for djembe, balafon, dun and other percussion instruments used in our classes, plus tips for building consistent practice habits.

Close-up of a handcrafted djembe drum with carved hardwood body and natural skin head.
Guide
Understanding Polyrhythms: A Simple Framework for Layering Rhythms
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Motor Skills
Rhythm & Technique
Rhythmic Relay – Enhancing Coordination and Motor Skills
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Rhythm & Technique
Balafon Bliss in Ghana 🎵🇬🇭
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Rhythm & Technique
A Special Message from Burkina Azza 🪘
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Habit hacks
Rhythm & Technique
Habit Hacks to Improve Your Drumming 🪘
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seperewa ghana
Rhythm & Technique
New instrument – The Seperewa
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djembe
Rhythm & Technique
✨ 5 FUN FACTS ABOUT THE DJEMBE ✨
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Woman drumming
Rhythm & Technique
Practise makes perfect
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Rhythm & Technique
Musical Mondays – Guiro & Thumb Bells
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Rhythm & Technique
Musical Mondays – Cajon
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Rhythm & Technique
Musical Mondays – Tongue Drum
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Rhythm & Technique
How to play Kiss Kass
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a man playing african dunun drums set in the park
Rhythm & Technique
What does a Dun sound like
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Rhythm & Technique
Continuing our 12/8 theme with a Short Bell Pattern
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Rhythm & Technique
ETW: PATTERN: The Foundation of Creative Freedom
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Man Drumming
Rhythm & Technique
Dexterity and Freedom
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Rhythm & Technique
Djembe Solo Tip No 1.
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African drumming djembe class in Melbourne with group playing and clapping together outdoors
Rhythm & Technique
The TONE
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