Drumming

March 3rd 2011 media type="youtube" key="MKZFnAmqET0" height="510" width="640" I've watched this a lot. Love the beat and the talking drum.

media type="youtube" key="ql6o703Vrnk" height="510" width="640" The sound quality on this isn't great, you have to make sure you pick up on the xylophone pattern in the background or else it doesn't flow well.

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Not to be outdone. Video isn't great but the sound is better. The beat is very similar to the men's one prior to this. This style seems to be a lot of high slaps, you rarely see any lows at all on the djembe. This has become my favorite style I've seen. I also like how, just like the last one, it seems like the whole performance is a series of conversations between similar but distinct layers of beat patterns. A must watch!

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Guinea again, but much more subdued. Xylophone is the star throughout.

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Yes clearly a trend is forming.

media type="youtube" key="a1-9Q8KKquA" height="390" width="480" Nice pattern.

media type="youtube" key="eYY4WhdlS2c" height="390" width="480" This gets even better as it goes on. The 3rd set sounds like the Yankadi beat. I want to go and play...

media type="youtube" key="EFYD3Ebt07w" height="390" width="640" These guys sound pretty good.

media type="youtube" key="ECh9vwT59Hc" height="510" width="640" Starts off with a familiar beat.

March 4th

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This is also I don't know what to do. I want to go and play. Yankadi.

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