African Rhythms Applied To The Drum Set | Tosin Aribisala

In this lesson, Tosin Aribisala explores the world of modern African grooves through styles such as afrobeat, makossa, and soukous. To make it easier on you, Tosin will break down each groove into its many separate components so you can master them quicker once you get to putting everything together. He'll also play a few tracks showcasing these ideas so you can hear them in a musical context!
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Chapters
0:00 - Intro
0:06 - Song "New Moon"
6:01 - Introduction
8:53 - About the Lesson
11:22 - Page #1
25:22 - Page #2
30:21 - Page #3
40:30 - Play Along "Oro Ajoso"
46:29 - Tips by Tosin!
50:02 - Q & A!
1:00:26 - Song "Mase Gbagbe"
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LESSON INDEX: 0:06 - Song "New Moon" 6:01 - Introduction 8:53 - About the Lesson 11:22 - Page #1 25:22 - Page #2 30:21 - Page #3 40:30 - Play Along "Oro Ajoso" 46:29 - Tips by Tosin! 50:02 - Q & A! 1:00:26 - Song "Mase Gbagbe" Enjoy! :)

[@CarlosAugustoScalassaraPrando]

:)

[@leandroarroyo5631]

Drumeo That is almost as a songo .He incorporates a lot of caribean stile.😎🇵🇷

[@luckas1]

Drumeo Cool !! nice!!!! i love drumming!!!!

[@sevenfacecomplex]

Leandro Arroyo where is there songo?

[@leandroarroyo5631]

sevenfacecomplex To me sownds like a litle mix of songo stile.I apologize if I'm wrong. 🇵🇷

[@eudesbarber]

I'm Brazilian and I was very, very happy when the interviewer asked him for an artist to be inspired by African music and he recommended fellow musician Seu Jorge. I don't know if you know, but Brazil is in South America, but the richness of African music is so great that he nominated a Brazilian musician, although Africa is so rich in great musicians. Thank you Drumeo for bringing this guest and I would like to recommend that fellow drummers listen to the Brazilian drummer Kiko Freitas.

[@familytreemusic]

Seu Jorge is an extraordinary artist. Panamericafrica, mano. Muito Axè!

[@ofdrumsandchords]

Of course, everybody knows Kiko Freitas in France ! (kidding). I'm a fan of Joao Bosco, and I'm very impressed by his musicians. But his partido alto is quite difficult, and most drummers in Europe or USA don't play the samba with the right feel (I include myself), because you must play the pandeiro and listen to real Brazilian music, not Steve Gadd.

[@mikesmith2586]

At 5:17 he did the one thing every human should do when you slip up in life and drop a stick: laugh and grab another one. No one is impervious to mistakes; it's those slight imperfections that make us human. Amazing drummer.

[@GorcStew]

Dunno how he kept all that busy stuff going on while he was fumbling with his stick I would've totally lost it lol

[@tosinoparinde9563]

Rellay good Drumbeat 🤘👍💛 ❤️💕

[@Joe-zk7ps]

Amazing drumming! I love African rhythms- they're everything: funky, rocking, chill, intense, driving, laid back, jazzy, soulful, hip hop roots, and so forth. Love the sound of this kit too. So many patterns, techniques, beats, fills, sounds, grooves, and approaches to learn here. It's fucking great.

[@mbalazamataafonso886]

My God! he is a true African drummer, he spoke of the Makoss style of Congo and others of Central Africa ... my Respect Tosin

[@isoarska8235]

I am from Afghanistan and this lesson was amazing I learned alot. Big thnx for you guyz

[@TosinAribisala]

That's good to know. Cheers, Iso.

[@tosinkingfishercheeseburge8901]

Really good drum beat

[@brianmcguire5175]

At 5.16 counter there seems to be some kind of failed drum stick trick. Actually what I think what happened was that his grip was so loose and relaxed that very moment , all while he was phrasing absolutely wonderful right hand sweeps on the toms as melody counter part to the rest of his limb's beat playing, that the stick came free of his hand and he then very impressively co ordinated his right hand to recapture that flailing stick thus rescuing it for continued use and all the while never loosing a beat! It looked like a stick trick but when , and out of disbelief, I re watched found that his stick came loose during a sweeping technique he was using to execute his tom melody and he rescued the stick live and in the moment instead of letting it drop and reaching for another that was holster next to him. Very cool and honest moment that , upon further inspection, is super impressive and fun to re watch over. Great spirit in this guys playing and approach to set playing and music all together. Glad I watched, and re watched!

[@ronigbzjr]

What a wonderful class and such a wonderful drummer! I'm not even a drummer myself, I'm a composer, but the knowledge he imparts here is invaluable for any musician.

[@andytheindividual3862]

the drumming community is a sharing community! Love that, undeniably true.

[@skimanization]

Tosin is not only a great drummer but a great teacher of African drumming on a drum set or traps. I'm not a drummer but learned so much from this video. Thanks for sharing.

[@rhythmantic]

Really slick smooth rolling grooves and learning these patterns will help with independence between all four limbs.

[@Eszz2384]

Oh my god! I have a new favorite drummer. His technique is so aggressive. So powerful

[@aandretrain5089]

From what I have heard so far, this drummer is a nothing short of awesome.

[@lio899]

On the best drummer I have seen here. Great fondations and perfect groove...

[@rickyharris3776]

I been waiting for something like this

[@AwesomeBoyGame]

My guy Tosin ARIBISALA I can’t stop loving his African Nigerian drum beat that really touched my hart ❤💚💜🇳🇬🥁🪘🔥

[@raydrysdale2726]

45mins... That groovy solo sounds so chaotic and yet it fits, without being too OTT. Love it!

[@GeraldLawMusic]

I've learned about so many great drummers through this page. Keep the lessons coming!

[@adriancollins9771]

I love it

[@infosec4u]

TGrove! First time hearing you Sir! Mind Blown! I have been truly blessed and inspired by your master class. You are a natural teacher and have an infectious passion with a laid back personality that drew me right in. I got a "Soul Vaccination" that I dropped what I was doing and sprinted to my set...played for hours! Thanks bro!

[@Lifewithleon110]

This guy is AMAZING can’t stop listening to this 👏🏾

[@TheColoradoHomes]

Drumeo... You guys rock! Thank you for the incredible opurtunity to improve our selves!

[@Shona_thecatalyst]

Mehn! Tosin you're like super cool! Greetings from Lagos Nigeria.

[@holygroove2]

Tony Allen was an interesting person to see. His rehearsal process. This is so cool to hear the differences between American sensibility and (in this case) Nigerian approaches. Good stuff!

[@pepperkoll2230]

I love this drummer!!! greetings from Greece!!!

[@antkn33]

Captivating. I love this style of music

[@shanejohn7711]

Such tasteful playing. Loved every bit of it. Love all the way from Sri Lanka 🇱🇰.

[@dikbeats2720]

One of the greatest drummers/teachers you'll see

[@markgriskey]

Love this. So nice to hear such a detailed breakdown

[@SoloNecr0zis]

Now that's some groove! I'm a huge Fela Kuti fan but for some reason I never really looked into his son's music. You should have the godfather of afrobeat drumming, the great Tony Allen !

[@jrcarlyon680]

Reading this comment in 2022 🥲

[@ericjames9286]

I've always love you egbon ...you are making African proud.. You are the best...

[@blodfred7227]

Great work brotherly, you are one in a Million you make me proud .

[@sporebyosoch]

Always wanted some lesson for this kind of rhythms. Thank you sir

[@AdrumaVictoria16]

Tosin you are everything!

[@DruGaTecH]

Thanks for bringing him out drumeo!

[@hidden1049]

The fact that drumeo did this is blowing my mind... 🤩😍😘

[@tdrum21]

Great grooves & music. Thanks for this! 🥁🎶🎉

[@ConTeNudaGamer]

Incredible, so effortless.

[@skateforzero357]

I love this lesson so much. The rhythm section in a lot of western music (aka white people music, which I am) feels so "straight" and predictable. There's just something about African drumming that immediately makes you bob your head. It's like having a conversation, or water moving down a stream. It's so fluid.

[@yunarukami14]

Agreed

[@ChaseZonfa]

I just found this video, but I have to wonder if Neil Peart saw it before he passed - I feel like he would have enjoyed watching it with the fascination he had for African rhythms.

[@SeanYurick]

Awesome examples, beautiful story, therapeutic music, thank you

[@techtactics788]

African and Afro-Cuban have similar patterns. Afrobeat is Fela. (Tony Allen) Afrobeats is the other popular genre in most Nigerian music videos. The latter is heavily 2,3 clave or 3,2 claves. Others may use a soca variation. Then there's makossa variations used also. There's Nigerian fuji music which is also more difficult as you have to mimic a talking drum.

[@halimdrummer777]

Thank you very much DRUMEO!!! 👏 👏 👏 👆 👍 🆒

[@gp19]

Rimshots on that snare bring a smile to my face :)

[@leventevancsa3978]

Love it! Great style

[@tosinoparinde9563]

Tosin Really Good Drumbeat 🤘🤎💕💓 🌹 That Nigerian beat on fire 🔥🔥🔥🔥😱😱😱😱🤯🤯🇳🇬🇳🇬🤯😱😱😱

[@officialNEDAlife]

Ok so I love this video ! Very smooth guys ! Thank you !

[@marlon_fm]

Oh my. This lesson was amazing!

[@cresptonoshua7565]

im glad to comes across ur channel...been looking out for some drumming pattern to incoperate into my music production and i stumble on ur great channel...kudos to Tosin,i have alot of knowledge to take from you and thanks to DRUMEO

[@se77e_73]

Sem palavras pra esse camarada...Groove pesado!!! Parabéns, isso sim é África!

[@mbalazamataafonso886]

Nossa África tem Ritmos pesados, ele só não toco o sebene!!

[@theokatman]

loved this drummer great stuff

[@btmore1]

Nice work Tosin Oba Ilu. Keep up the good work.

[@perpetualgrimace]

Excellent lesson! Some challenging and groovy patterns here.

[@DipanjanBasu14]

Thank you for such a lesson! Thank you!!!

[@Fabelnegros]

Awesome groove ! Greetings from Mauritius !!

[@MikeLumer]

Tosin! Caught you years ago at Bohemian Caverns. Most excellent.

[@skriptico]

great teacher, great lesson. no doubt.

[@MrVipulLal]

Brilliant! Loved it

[@JulianFernandez]

Mix is spot on!

[@WilmersondaSilva]

@Drumeo, make a lesson about the Brazilian Rhythms with Kiko Freitas, please.

[@haydenhack]

So awesome man...I just sent this to my drummer in our Band HighLife...It will inspire..

[@vinyljunkie07]

Superb video, thanks for the upload

[@eugeniovasquez3780]

intro song is uplifting and this was fun to watch and learn. thx!

[@steveogregg6940]

Loved it. learned a lot. Thanx.

[@linowaldo9205]

Great lesson, great job

[@Lekelarge]

I salute you sir, I'm so bless

[@smilingdrum]

Thank you so much for this absolutely Great drum lesson AFRICA!!!!!!

[@adamcenturione8631]

this is ancestral powers that was outstanding.

[@Raychristofer]

This is a baaad man its def favorite solo drum demo here. big respect.

[@pedrowojciechowski8669]

That was incredible

[@DruGaTecH]

Hey finally a Nigerian...Haha...Nice

[@luckyimo7064]

nigeria 🇳🇬 all the way ✌🏽✌🏽✌🏽

[@Poulet39]

Yeah afrobeat, thank you to promote this fantastic drummer.

[@enricomenconi7015]

Please, do a brazilian edition! Here we have a lot of rhythms, not just samba and bossa nova

[@bmansinibr]

Awesome!

[@joshuajosiahcolumbus]

Wow this cool, I love the diversity, great stuff 👌🏼

[@justinbarr9440]

This guy is a beast with the finger control! 😲

[@mspinrad]

Appreciate a great lesson on a style I was not familiar.

[@christophermashiyane8656]

This is a great vid. So much info

[@brittanym4218]

I love it

[@zvuisr]

incredible!!!

[@bigtoere]

Fantastic performance,congrat

[@baconcake3852]

2:44 - The lick

[@cherianbiju]

Yassss😂

[@paulthepole]

African drumming, afrobeats, West Africa is fenomenal!

[@MegYork]

Lovely!

[@maxcohen13]

The man's got some sick drumming skills.

[@Murlock987]

Quite a long ago, someone asked in the comments if you could make a video where you show the real sound of the drums, without all sound processing behind. Like raw drum, sounding natural, as if we were the drummer of the video. Jared answered that it could be interesting. So do you plan to make it ? :) Thank you for reading ! (btw thank you for the lesson, awesome video as always, Tosin Aribisala has such a great groove !)

[@DrumeoOfficial]

I still like that idea. Its just hard to give you something that is "unprocessed". We'd have to work to make it sound that way as there is no way to not process it when we take an analog signal and run it into digital channels, then upload to KZbin where they also add compression. So nothing would be as natural as you just coming to Drumeo and listening to the kit! :-)

[@crashtv3347]

More feeling bro God bless you

[@santanagonsalves6461]

Amazing Drummer!

[@richardolatunde]

Brilliant! Feel, technique, poise, its all there - thankyou!....And don't mind the haters(wow there is 33 thumbs down..reaally???)

[@jacobgede6645]

Nicee lesson ,but need time to learn for beginner like me,another great lesson from Drumeo,thanks Drumeo & Tosin Aribisala

[@McBignLargeBJ64]

i guess if you want your kid to be great at an instrument just name him tosin huh?

[@itecnus3490]

lmao

[@TOSINGER]

You better believe it :) :D

[@isabadpassword]

And have him be black

[@eduardogoncalves9311]

36:29 That's pretty djenty

[@tosinoparinde9563]

18:12 Rellay good Drumbeat

[@BpgaMusic]

STRAIGHT FIRE!!!!!!

[@budhiharlow4945]

Absolutely fabulous class!! Is there a class with multiple sessions for Tosin's African Drum Set? I am a pro Djembe player who lived in Senegal during the 90's and spent the last 35 years of my life steeped in these rhythms and especially in their origins as African Dance Percussion (Djembe, Bougarabou, Sabar, Siko, Kpanlogo, Ewe-Gahu, Ashiko, ........so much more).

[@budhiharlow4945]

The concept of Perpetual Motion is a key to opening up the Dance Flow.

[@robertociai6205]

Tosin incredible drummer

[@simplecityaltitudenyc3487]

Blessup!!!

[@dikbeats2720]

The fill at 1:01:37(ish) is having it off and yet looked so chilled. Super tasty!

[@Dxapin]

Love you

[@cloud_c5222]

nice melody 🔥🔥

[@GaoGMol]

Guy is light on his hands... It's like he doesn't have to move a muscle to make the stick work. slick stuff.

[@hidden1049]

This is beautiful 😋

[@AltoLivelloGuru]

GREAT!

[@hanskristianfloden3224]

Awesome :D Nice Drumming :D