How to Play the Dundun Kuku Rhythm | African Drums

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This is how to play the DunDun part for the rhythm Kuku from Guinea West Africa. The DunDun accents and it plays off the beat and inside Kuku you have many variation but we're gonna keep it very, very basic today just so you can get hold of the rhythm and be able to repeat it.
The bell starts on 1, hitting the DunDun plays after 1. So if I say 5, 6, 7, 8... I start on the bell, ka, ka and then I hit the drum with the bell. I say 5, 6, 7, 8... And it's really not a lot of notes on the DunDun at first, the basic pattern rides with the bell 5, 6, 7, 8, 1... 1... 1. - A little faster 5, 6, 7, 8, 1. - Hear how is feels a little syncopated? Let's try it a little faster. 5, 6, 7, 8, 1... 1, 3, 4, 1, 3, 4, 1.
Traditional Kuku he DunDun player will look at the dancer and actually improvise a little bit. So I;m gonna play a couple very simple variation, but if you get confused you just stick with the basic pattern. 5, 6, 7, 8, 1... Now... Again, nod every time.
And can even get even more creative. 1, 2, 3, 4. - And you just have fun, relax, and this is how you play the DunDun part for Kuku.

[@ZackGomez198035]

This is an excellent class to show how to play the dundun. There are many African drums that are usually carved from a single wooden log (the Ganda entenga, Yoruba dundun and igbin, and Akan atumpan, and the Shona ngoma).

[@michaelbliss4103]

+Zack Gomez dose it have to be tuned? just thought you may know.

[@dew2912]

Everybody has to start somewhere. This video serves as a nice introduction... Thank you!

[@stevenbeste8766]

Michael you are a naturally gifted teacher!

[@africatruefiresounds2175]

Thanks well explained

[@chakachocolate3014]

playing drum or music is a serious business and i hate to say that music is not for everybody . playing music like any other job , you need a training at least a basic training . learning is very important ,

[@dianecamara]

Who rattled Justin Vega's cage then? This is a perfect basic bell pattern for Kuku.

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[@fulani5]

nice kuku explanation,but it also has a lot of other patterns

[@nephiilim]

do west africans count in english?

[@neverbesmart4516]

No

[@aicMadSeason]

I hate how people tell you how to play an instrument. An instrument can be played however you want to. Just like jimi Hendrix turning the blues into electric blues. How else do you discover?

[@victorlyons4279]

+aicMadSeason but everything has basics, yes you can expand upon that yourself but its good to have a starting place for most people

[@rirk1111]

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