Playing the Frame Drum

Playing the Frame Drum
Author: Bill Woods
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications
Total Pages: 57
Release: 2014-01-14
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1619114518

This book and accompanying audio show you how to play the frame drum using your fingers and hand surfaces. The method uses text, photographs, and the audio examples to demonstrate the various strokes and rhythms. Three ways of looking at rhythms are presented: Middle Eastern, Western and Balkan, with over 160 demonstrated rhythms.

Hip Grooves for Hand Drums

Hip Grooves for Hand Drums
Author: Alan Dworsky
Publisher: SCB Distributors
Total Pages: 122
Release: 2012-08-05
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0985739827

You don't need a drumset to lay down a groove. All you need is one drum. It can be a djembe, a conga, or anything else where you can fit both your hands on the drumhead. Whether your goal is to play in a band, jam in the park, play in a church group, or just drum along with your favorite CDs, this book will show you how, step by step. Please note: audio files of the CD that comes with the print version of this book are not included in this ebook version (but are available separately).

Music in Ancient Greece and Rome

Music in Ancient Greece and Rome
Author: John G Landels
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 427
Release: 2002-01-31
Genre: History
ISBN: 1134704860

Music in Ancient Greece and Rome provides a comprehensive introduction to the history of music from Homeric times to the Roman emperor Hadrian, presented in a concise and user-friendly way. Chapters include: * contexts in which music played a role * a detailed discussion of instruments * an analysis of scales, intervals and tuning * the principal types of rhythm used * and an exploration of Greek theories of harmony and acoustics. Music in Ancient Greece and Rome also contains numerous musical examples, with illustrations of ancient instruments and the methods of playing them.

Adult Programs in the Library

Adult Programs in the Library
Author: Brett W. Lear
Publisher: American Library Association
Total Pages: 158
Release: 2002
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780838908105

Tying Programming to Your Library's Mission ; Developing Guidelines and Procedures ; Administrative Necessities ; Getting to Know Your Community5 Getting Funded6 Selecting a Topic ; Your Target Audience ; Identifying the Right Performer ; Choosing the Best Format ; Generating Publicity ; Producing the Program ; Evaluating the Program ; Looking toward the Future of Adult Programming ; Resource Directory ; Index.

When The Drummers Were Women: A Spiritual History of Rhythm

When The Drummers Were Women: A Spiritual History of Rhythm
Author: Layne Redmond
Publisher: Echo Point Books & Media, LLC
Total Pages: 582
Release: 2021-08-05
Genre: History
ISBN:

For millennia, the sacred drummers of pre-Christian Mediterranean and western Asia were women. In this inspiring book, Layne Redmond, herself a renowned drummer, tells their history. Artistic representations reveal that female frame drummers carried the spiritual traditions of many of the earliest recorded civilizations. During those ancient times, the drummer-priestesses held the keys to experience of the divine through rhythm. They were at the center of the goddess worship of matriarchal societies until the ascendance of patriarchal cultures and the loss of drumming as a spiritual technology. With wisdom and passion, Redmond chronicles our species’ deep connection to the drum, our rich heritage of inseparable spirituality and music, and the modern-day women reclaiming it. This book encourages readers—both women and men—to reestablish rhythmic links with themselves, nature, and other people through the power of drumming. Redmond illustrates her message with an extensive collection of images gathered during ten years of research and travel. Woven throughout the book are strands of ancient ritual and mythology, personal stories, and scientific evidence of the benefits of drumming. It is at once a history, a memoir, and a resounding call for spiritual and social renewal.

The Best Beginner Drum Book

The Best Beginner Drum Book
Author: Jared Falk
Publisher: Drumeo
Total Pages: 229
Release: 2018-09-06
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1999151917

If you want to have more fun on the drums, improve your skills faster, and play along to real music, then you need to build a solid foundation. The Best Beginner Drum Book gives you a clear path for getting started on the drums and skipping the frustrating obstacles that most new drummers face: setting up your kit, holding the drumsticks, learning notation, creating catchy beats and fills, learning musical styles, and playing your favorite songs.

Rhythm & Beauty

Rhythm & Beauty
Author: Rocky Maffit
Publisher: Billboard Books
Total Pages: 142
Release: 1999
Genre: Percussion instruments
ISBN:

Presents an introduction to the sounds, shapes, and histories of more than fifty percussion instruments.

Sound Designs

Sound Designs
Author: Reinhold Banek
Publisher:
Total Pages: 232
Release: 1995
Genre: Music
ISBN:

This text has plans for 50 musical instruments, including over 100 drawings and photographs. It teaches the reader how to build their own musical instruments, using knowledge of a variety of diverse cultures from around the world. It includes instruments such as: oil drum gongs, thumb pianos, cowbells, tube drums and willow whistles. All necessary materials can either be purchased or found in nature or a junkyard.