Oct 17 - First lesson

The housekeeper knocked on my hotel door this morning to tell me that my djembe teacher was downstairs. Djembe teacher?  I had no idea I even had one!  Turns out my new djembe was the talk of the community and one of the staff had a brother...  So now I have a teacher.  I zipped back upstairs to get a trip and video camera.  (Wouldn't hurt to go back and review the rhythms etc.)  We worked about an hour and it was great fun.  I know it takes a lifetime to learn an instrument well - but I'm hoping I get get a good hold on it in 10 months.  This is a completely oral tradition.  I believe that the SikLik project could be helpful in notating the rhythms and heritage.