Djembe-Dunun Warm-Up & Strengthening Exercises

Monette Marino and Nasira Keita play a series of djembe and dunun exercises that are meant to develop your sound precision, movement precision, coordination, rolls and flams. Ideally, you can play along to this video everyday to build your strength and stamina (or at least once a week).
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These are the exercises:
8's-4's-2's-singles (all Tones).
8's-4's-2's-singles (all Slaps).
Bass-Tone 4x in dominant hand in 3/4 time, 1+a2+a... (adding single bass from opposite hand in between the 3rd and 4th set), then same thing in non-dominant hand (also adding the bass from the dominant hand in between the 3rd and 4th set).
Same routine as above but this time with Bass-Slap.
Sam routine as above but with Tone-Slap.
Tone-Tone-Slap-Slap with the dominant hand then with the non-dominant hand and alternate, speeding up if you can.
T-S (8x's) in dominant hand then 4 sets of 4-rolls (Slaps, Tones, Slaps, Tones), then alternate and do the same thing in the non-dominant hand but still roll from the hand you normally roll from. Rolls all start on the pulse. Speed up as you go if you can.
More advanced version of the exercise above is to change the rolls to 5 sets of 4-rolls crossing over the down beat.
Flam combos, B/T - T, alternating from L/R - L to R/L - R, where flam B/T is on the beat, single T is on the &.
Next, same as above but with B/S - S.
T - S/S combo where the single T starts on the & and the S/S flam is on the beat, alternating from L - R/L to R - L/R.
B - T/T combo same as above in regards to timing and handing as above, alternating from L - R/L to R - L/R.
Speed up on each of these exercises as you build your strength.

[@ubdrumcircles]

FABULOUS video

[@teucap5965]

This is so great, thanks for your videos!

[@theshakerman5757]

Thanks for the inspiration!!! You two are a blast!! :)

[@mikeyreed3080]

You two are the Best ! Always impressive . Thankyou .

[@EugeneSkeef230650]

Phenomenal! So inspiring. Thanks for your gifts to the world.

[@drumsonfire1]

Soooo helpful! Thanks for all you do!

[@milliehumphries3916]

Thank you sooo much for this video! Excellent! Great help! Best I found so far.

[@benkweston]

So awesome .. Thank you!

[@worfdog442]

Mo this is just what the doctor ordered...a million thank yous's!

[@dumdummy57]

Thank you ! Merci !

[@hrishikesh85]

Your video has helped me a lot with Djembe. Thank you sooo much for this! You are the best!! :-)

[@edwardmarcell2494]

I'm definitely trying this exercise. Love this video. Keep up the wonderful work

[@thebackyardyogi]

This is awesome and just what I need at home, I've just started leading community classes, so this will help me upgrade my skills too 🙏🏼💚

[@koseelanpadayachee9123]

best instructional video

[@ivoabdon1]

Ustedes son geniales!!! gracias por compartir!!!

[@salmaveli]

i love the warm up, just what i needed. You and Nasira are inspiring. Love from an aspiring Sudanese percussionist

[@mercurisita]

You two are amazing and beautiful!! Felicidades!!!! Gracias por compartir!¡!!!

[@ericmegginson6298]

Happy New Year and thanks for sharing

[@jonbanks653]

I try to do this exercise as often as possible because as a new drummer it is just what I need Thanks for this you ladies rock!

[@maximaxi4989]

Bellissimo.. Grazie😘💕

[@davidkral7317]

Thant's really nice!

[@paulmonkcom]

Great,! Really like your exercises... would be great to play some riddems with you guys, you've been taught well. Mamady was indeed a great man. Bless you both for spreading such great vibes. 8~)

[@chrisangel5798]

Nice one u guys. Thx for sharing something different to wk on the chops &

[@joshee340]

💯💯 awesome

[@yopp371]

You r exercises is very nice I work it !!!!! 😊😌

[@thierrynoel1675]

I've been practising on that video for a few weeks and that made me progress a lot. If you could make a different one with Nasira it would be awsome. Anyway, thank you for your vidéos, it's fun to play with, and you're always cheerful and you transmit your good mood. I wish I had a school like yours where I live. (from France)

[@debiedjembe]

just made my day :)

[@msteven9077]

happy new year

[@oktavianlowe692]

danke🙃

[@erockthedrums]

Assalamualaikum. Thank you

[@yopp371]

2 Masters woman😌😌😌👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

[@Italian-grammar]

Grazie Monette, il lavoro che continui a fare per la cultura musicale tradizionale del West Africa è molto importante e Mamady Keita sicuramente è felice sentendo che anche sua figlia continua le orme di suo padre. E' stato un eccellente ambasciatore dell'universalità della musica come strumento di pace e unione tra tutti i popoli della terra. Sarà sempre nel cuore di tutti noi, e lo ricorderemo sempre con amore e affetto così come lui ci ha mostrato si possa suonare e vivere della bellezza del ritmo e della comunione tra tutti i suonatori e i partecipanti in un ritmo , saluti da Roma, e dalla comunità italo africana di percussionisti e danzatori afro-italiani.

[@morhythm]

mille grazie!!!

[@crislorenzetti7199]

So keen to see and play with you in person in the UK for the wooden roots experience ❤😊

[@morhythm]

YES!!! Can't wait!!!

[@MaTTheWish]

PRO...

[@chrisangel5798]

Stamina.🤲👍

[@min-wanchou7506]

Cute Nasira, heyyy This rhythm is good, i call it papapapapapapapapapapapapapapapapapapa

[@eugenehuman1945]

What size is the djembe your using ? That a 12" or 15"

[@morhythm]

13"

[@yopp371]

Hi Master manette, woukd like to know, do you sell some djembé drum from mamadi...😌😌😌 With all my respect, my condolences 😔😔😔

[@morhythm]

Sorry, I do not have any djembes to sell.

[@yopp371]

Ok thank you masteress. 😌❤

[@76boromir]

Good exercises! The skin on this djembe has to be calf or cow, it sounds awesome!

[@morhythm]

Thanks. The djembe has horse skin actually :-)

[@jasonethridge4506]

@@morhythm Could you teach me how to play the percussion instruments?

[@morhythm]

@@jasonethridge4506 I teach classes online via Zoom, check my website www.morhythmdrumschool.org

[@jasonethridge4506]

@@morhythm What's your zoom link information?

[@morhythm]

@@jasonethridge4506 the link is sent via email once I receive payment via Venmo or PayPal.

[@user-fp8qt6pb9p]

👍🤣🤣🤣🤣😁😁😁😁😁😁

[@esthergarcia3726]

Lovely women african hearts

[@min-wanchou7506]

Monette bienvenu i need to tell you Mamady is Kirikou that's true. oh yes

[@min-wanchou7506]

he must come to read me on facebook i have a revelation to make him to chant