Did hear that I'll be moving to Dubreka and my teaching job at the Institute of Fine Arts on Monday. This has been a very long delay to the start of the school year.
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Dec 11 - More Drums + Some News!
When I arrived in Guinea 10 weeks ago I had no idea I'd spend all this time learning about Guinean traditional music. In my mind I was just going to learn to play the djembe drum. But I got really excited when I heard the Dunduns/Kankadis/Bahbahs/and the Sangbans. It's amazing how complicated this music is. I find I can play any of the parts - UNTIL YOU ADD THE BEAT! I'm afraid my musical mind is so western-ized that this non-western music really blows me away. Wow. Working on it though. Picture is an example of using bottle caps and a chart my brother made to notate the rhythm.
Did hear that I'll be moving to Dubreka and my teaching job at the Institute of Fine Arts on Monday. This has been a very long delay to the start of the school year.
Did hear that I'll be moving to Dubreka and my teaching job at the Institute of Fine Arts on Monday. This has been a very long delay to the start of the school year.
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