Jambo Rafiki! Welcome to

African Drumming 101with Ms. Bernat :)

Welcome!!

Twaingia, twaingia (2x)

Wageni twaingia, leo twaingia (2x)

(We are entering, together we are entering”)

There are 55 countries

and 2000-3000 different

languagesin Africa

Many different styles of music

Instruments-Drums Conga Bongos

Tumba Timbales

Djembe

Accessory InstrumentsAgogo Bells Basket Shakers Guiro (weer-o) Claves

Cowbell Axatse (uh-HA-chee) Shell Shakers

Drum Circle

How To Play DrumsOpen Stroke –Sound will ring

Damp Stroke-Drum does not ring, fingers stay on

Slap Stroke-Closer to the rim

Bass Stroke-Middle of drum, lower sound

Finger Stroke-tap with fingers

Heel Stroke-palm of hand R-Right L-Left

Basic Drum Patterns

“Cheeseburgers and Fries”R L L R L B O O B O

“Drum, I can Drum, I can Drum” B O O B O O R R L R R L

“Kamares”-Kenyan Circle Game“Drum, I can Drum” Pattern

Leader:“Kamares, Kamares” Response:”Kamares” (2X)Leader: Na____Wasiki huizi (calling dancer)

Response:Ana ringa ringa sanaAnato res kamaresAnato res kamares

Ana dunda dunda dunda dundadunda dunda kadoosh!

KamaresVideo

Twaingia with Drums

“Cheeseburgers and Fries” Drumming

African Drumming Videos

• GhanaDrumming (West Africa)

• SouthAfrica

• Drum and Dance notice how the dancers move with the music

Let’s Dance-Zumba!

Waka Waka-Shakira

She’s actually Latin American, from Colombia, but the song is about Africa.

Do you hear the word “Jambo”?

Lion King Cast Sings on Plane

Super Cool Video!

LionKing

Danke and Totsies!(Thank you and Goodbye!)