Many folks have no access to a qualified hand drum teacher or drumming community and need a little structure and instruction to develop their hand drumming skills. I offer a hand drumming and rhythm instructional course that helps you develop skills and a library of rhythms that are fun to play and will help you join in drum groups.

I use a Shareware Program called "Henry's Percussion Studio". Rhythm percussion patterns are often difficult to remember, and even more difficult to read. Percussion Studio solves these problems with its simple rhythm and drum notation system that lets you easily transcribe rhythms. It can play multiple instrument voices simultaneously, and each track is mutable so you can play along and learn individual djembe drum parts. The program comes with a set of standard rhythms, and you can add your own percussion instruments. It provides functions for automatic handset notation. You can also use Percussion Studio as a rhythm sampler with WAV files. The program allows simultaneous playing and editing, and plays note changes immediately.

The Rhythm player is FREE! an upgrade to an editor to save, edit, and create new rhythms is $29, a bargain for what this program offers!

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The Course is divided into two eight week lessons plans.

The Beginning course includes:
• Basic djembe technique Instruction
• Handing options for Rhythms
• Eight complete rhythm files
• Phone or email support
• Problem solving