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Akiwowo – World Drumming Song and Classroom Arrangement

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Akiwowo – Chant and World Drumming Arrangement

Learn all the drumming parts below.

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Akiwowo (Aki Wo Wo) is a song popularized by Nigerian Sing/Drummer Babatunde Olatunji. This arrangement was produced and performed by World Drum Club founder, Kalani Das and features Djembe, Dundun, Agogo, Caxixi, Ukulele, and Bass. World Drum Club is an online resource for drum and percussion lessons in a variety of styles, including latin, brazilian, west african and more. Kalani teaches lessons for beginners, intermediate and advanced players, as well as music therapists and music educators. Drummers of all kinds can enjoy percussion lessons for congas, bongos, cajon, dundun, djembe, shakers, rattles, cowbell, and a wide variety of hand percussion instruments. Music educators can use this channel to help teach their students about rhythm, timing, pulse, steady beat, dynamics, phrasing, meter, poly-rhythms, practice, ensembles, soloing, techniques, and playing world music. Support WORLD DRUM CLUB, for http://patreon.com/kalani. By supporting WDC, you support music education and the growth of quality drumming around the globe. Patrons get more access to videos, notation, and downloads and may message Kalani directly. Percussionists who are serious about their own education join WDC as part of their self-enrichment program.

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Afro-Cuban Bell Pattern

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Kalani teaches a special rhythm used in Afro-Cuban music. It’s called the Afro-Cuban 12/8 bell pattern and it might pose a challenge for you if you’re not at least a little experienced in drumming and work music. After listening to the podcast, make sure to visit the WORLD DRUM CLUB YouTube channel and subscribe. Then make you way over tot he WDC Patreon Site and become a Patron! Patrons are important because they’re the ones who make World Drum Club possible. WDC is a 100% viewer-supported channel and all contributions go directly to the creation of new educational media – for YOU and others who are interested in WORLD DRUMMING.

Afro-Cuban 12:8 Bell Pattern

World Drum Club #39

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This episode of WORLD DRUM CLUB features two lessons from the WDC YouTube Channel:

  1. How to Choose a Djembe – You discover what to look for in a profession djembe. I talk about how to find the perfect djembe that will serve your drumming needs and help you to sound as good as possible for years to come.
  2. Marco: Three rhythms for djembe. I play three different rhythms for djembe from the popular book and DVD, West African Drum and Dance – A Yanked-Macrou Celebration. These djembe patterns are in 4/4 and will work with just about any world music groove. Learn the djembe, then move on and learn the dundun patterns to complete the ensemble.

Make sure you subscribe to the WDC YouTube Channel and support the program through the Patreon Page. Patrons get access to lessons that none one else sees.

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Look for the WDC Logo on YouTube and iTunes.

 

The Sound of Change

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Look for the WDC Logo on YouTube and iTunes.

This is the show about change! We changed the name from Kalani LIVE to the WORLD DRUM CLUB podcast.

We’re excited to bring our listeners more music, rhythms, and world drumming via the podcast – and we’re also happy to be tied into the World Drum Club YouTube channel. Our WDC members are growing all the time and we’re producing more member-only content for our supporters at http://patreon.com/kalani.

About the podcast:

World Drum Club Podcast provides music education for people who want to learn more about world drumming and world music. We demonstrate sounds, techniques, rhythms, and music from West Africa, Brazil, the Caribbean and beyond. World Drumming is very popular in Music Education, Music Therapy, and Recreational Music Making settings. The WDC Podcast helps drummers, educators, therapists, and facilitators create more musical experiences for their students, clients, and participants.  The World Drum Club podcast is produced in association with the World Drum Club YouTube Channel, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoHRTcC-DTYaHdIbErwyDxQ, and the World Drum Club Members site at http://patreon.com/kalani.

Kalani LIVE becomes WORLD DRUM CLUB

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Since we launched WORLD DRUM CLUB earlier this year, the responses has been amazing. The YouTube Channel has a steady stream of new subscribers and our Patreon Members are growing. (Thank you Members!)

Since the Kalani LIVE podcast covers much of the content from WORLD DRUM CLUB, we decided to merge them into the new WORLD DRUM CLUB podcast. If you’re a Kalani LIVE subscriber, you don’t have to do anything. The feed can your subscription will stay the same.

What listeners see, is the WORLD DRUM CLUB logo and title, rather than Kalani LIVE.

We’re excited about this change and look forward to bringing more world drumming and music education resources to music teachers and drumming enthusiasts all over the world.

Send us your WORLD DRUM CLUB request and become a WDC MEMBER.

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Kalani LIVE Becomes WORLD DRUM CLUB
Look for the WDC Logo on YouTube and iTunes.
Look for the WDC Logo on YouTube and iTunes.

Producing Better Media and Therapeutic Drumming

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This episode gives you a few resources for producing better audio and videos to share with your fan, students, friends, and family. Kalani gives you two ways to create therapeutic drumming experiences for yourself and others. You learn about rhythmic breathing, also called resonant breathing, as well as a mindfulness-based approach to active music making for health and wellness outcomes, reducing stress, and increasing a sense of wellbeing.
Visit Kalani at http://kalanimusic.com and listen to the EVOLVE podcast at http://kalanidas.com

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Universal Rhythms, Grounding, and Shaker

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There are rhythms that appear throughout the world, in different countries and styles of music. Learning how to recognize and reproduce these rhythms is something that percussionists do as part of their craft. Playing rhythms and music requires that we learn how to create grooves, and that requires that we tune in to micro-timing and the feel of the music. Even playing the shaker can be a deeply musical act. Learn how to get started and make progress in this episode. Kalani also talks about the Therapeutic Drumming Course and World Drum Club at YouTube and Patreon. <P>

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Doing More with Less

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There are some really simple strategies that anyone can use to manage more productive and satisfying outcomes. Kalani talks about how to make progress towards a goal, how to facilitate with a light touch, and how to get more from your participants without over-managing or over-working. This episode is all about doing more with less.

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Spring News 2016

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