learning rhythm through West African Music - Tutorial 4 (Yankidi part 1)

West African music is centered around rhythm. Whether you are just starting off your music studies, refining your rhythmic skills, or studying the music of Africa, this is a great set of tutorials for you. Unlike other "how to" videos on African rhythms or drumming out there, these tutorials are not geared around making drumming easy, but toward breaking down and analyzing these rhythm patterns to enrich your understanding and appreciation of the deeply complex, sophisticated, and beautiful music of West Africa.
Yankidi is a two-part courtship dance from the general area of modern-day Senegal. In tutorials 4 and 5, we will discuss the two main drum parts for the first part of the dance, which is slower and more lyrical that the second part. In this tutorial (no. 4), we will discuss the rhythm pattern of the bass drum, known as the djun djun. Notice that we will be dividing each of the beats in 4/4 meter into triplet subdivision. If this sounds confusing, check out tutorial 2 on triplet subdivision. See the link below.
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Enjoy this one, and see you in tutorial 5 for the djembe part. Musical blessings and peace to you!
Judy

[@DjembeMatt]

Sweet 👍👍👍
Nice Breakdown!!!

[@damionbujan6218]

Isn't there supposed to be a rest symbol between the last two triplets.
Not in the middle of the two triplets, but in the middle of each one