kuku

Kuku (coucou) djembe rhythm. Emerson and ousmane (on douns) show you how to play the kuku like they play it in Guinee. Recorded in Kotu Quarre (Gambia) 2009.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• djembe
• africa
• percussion
• drumming
• gambia

[ConradJacob]

how does he get those different Tone sounds by hardly moving his fingers/hands?

[drumsticks100]

@ConradJacob Its where you touch the goatskin mostly and of course how you touch the skin, short and leaving the skin to ressonate or stop it ressonate by pressing a bit longer.

A skilled drummer only thinks about the melody and his fingers will produce the right sound. Een beetje eelt op de vingers door veel spelen helpt nogal ;-))

[joshufett]

@ConradJacob I have learned that tone and slap on the djembe is all in your intention. like drumsticks100 said on a tone you press a bit longer.. your hand on a tone will be rigid.. you want almost a plop sound on the drum your hand on a slap will be loose giving it a ping.. it just takes practice.. lots of it..

[emersonfofana]

Hello,

I'm Emerson in the video. I'm giving djembe lessons in Denmark where I live now.

Thanks for all the comments!

[lucazambo1]

naaaaaaaaaaa



[1t2r3u4t5h6]

such good drumming , lovely to my ears, but also showing very well the patterns on the duns too,,,,, I will be looking at all you r work now,, so refreshing wonderful :D

[ConradJacob]

oké bedankt!

[ConradJacob]

cant stop loving this video!

[ConradJacob]

geweldig! lekkere groove!