CK LADZEKPO (3) - Drum Rhythm Principles of Percussion Polyrhythm from Ghana, West Africa

Best teacher ever. Continuously teaching African Music, Drum and Dance at U.C. Berkeley since 1973! One of the most knowledgeable researchers ever. Hands down the best translator between traditional West African spiritual concepts of life... and... YOU!!!!!!!

[@TheCALMInstitute]

This series is just phenomenal, thank you so much for posting. This is taught in such a fun approachable way - I am gonna come back to these over and over.

[@kusumagoromulticulturalart6547]

Proud of you. Ghana salutes you and Pascal. Such a natural duet communication. Never knew Pascal could play like that. We only knew him at the SPA-Legon for brass.

[@selo8050]

Mind blowing and informative

[@pholzer5]

I love it, thank you "Englebert Humperdinck" for posting!

[@TiqueO6]

4:49 great explanation of the basic structure of the all important bell pattern and the basic 2 feelings of 3 against two, one a downbeat feel and the other an upbeat feel. (I’ve sometimes taught that bell pattern mnemonically so to speak as: “down, down, down-up, up, up, up-down, down, down-up, up, up-“. In 12/8 against 4 beats of course! So I appreciate his use of the 'on-beat feeling' vs 'off-beat feeling' descriptions.)

[@vigorkali237]

Awesome I love this program

[@user-xg7ky9rf5f]

Master piece

[@TiqueO6]

6:28 He explains an eight across the pattern with his feet and upper body, too bad the camera didn’t back up sooner because he’s showing what he's explaining (you can hear his feet though); that there’s that kind of a bounce rhythm as a 'bottom' underneath the bell and that most Westerners were/are not quite getting to much less the 4 beats across the bell pattern (I had heard that bell-pattern called “Ácha” at some point. Does anybody else have a name for it? It’s so universal!). The feet are always the key.

[@udomatthiasdrums5322]

love this music!!

[@3rdavedrumshop282]

awesome!

[@kyraocity]

8:04 Do you use any 5:4 polyrhythms in Ewe?

[@africabeyond]

Opiafo !

[@TiqueO6]

When was this recorded?

[@evansamekudzi5612]

1973

[@elom717]

1994@@evansamekudzi5612

[@elom717]

1994

[@TiqueO6]

@@elom717 Thanks!