How to play Tones and Strokes on Frame Drum by River Guerguerian from Share the Drum Book

SHARE THE DRUM: A Musical Methodology for playing Frame Drum and Doumbek by River Guerguerian. Also applicable to Djembe, Ashiko, Cajon and others. An innovative, comprehensive approach to learning finger style drums.
To purchase the book/course:
www.guerguerian...
​​​​​​The online course includes:
145 page downloadable and printable book
75 tutorial videos (4 hours worth)
Descriptions of how to play tones and strokes
Exploring body awareness
100s of tone building exercises
Creating internal pulses and subdivisions
150 rhythms from around the world
How to play with a metronome
Odd time rhythms exercises for refinement of finger dexterity & rolls
Derivations of traditional rhythms
10 album audio tracks to play along with
Think of this book as a systems approach for unifying your mind and body in all your musical endeavors. If you are a beginner, you will learn the language and concepts behind rhythm as you teach your hands how to do what you want them to. If you are already an accomplished drummer, you will find useful tools for tightening up your technique, embellishing and soloing, and expanding your comfort zone within a broader range of musical styles.
It is structured with careful consideration as to how to entrain the body to deliver each tone with intention and how to sequence each tone in every possible variation. There is a natural progression to the concepts presented, the complexity of the exercises, and even the ordering of the rhythms in the back sections.
Whether this is your first intro to studying percussion or whether it is a passion you have been working on for a long time, and whether you are looking to become a drummer or just enhance your understanding of meter in music, River Guerguerian’s unique teaching methodology, which is thoughtfully delineated in this book, will surely inspire, inform, and initiate you into new levels of groove.
This book comes from years of research and travel, and from teaching thousands of people in workshops, weekly classes, and private lessons. River has been playing frame drums for over 30 years. He has traveled internationally, has performed in the world's greatest concert halls, and has recorded on over 200 albums and film soundtracks.
Happy playing!
www.ShareTheDrum.com

[@WORLDDRUMCLUB]

Wonderful instruction. I'm going to recommend this to my drumming students.

[@RiverGuerguerian]

That is very kind of you. Thank you.

[@johnfarley4201]

Absolutely wonderful. Thank you so much.

[@RiverGuerguerian]

Thank you for watching and Drumming

[@betinalindsey5662]

He is a teacher I would recommend fully. I have lots of KZbin's on the frame drum and I was having a challenge figuring the beats because everyone's hands moved so fast. The colors really help. Thanks so much.

[@RiverGuerguerian]

Thank you so much! Glad you are enjoying.

[@farshimelt]

About 17 yrs. ago, I spent a couple of days in Asheville and took a lesson with River. the first thing he told me was to pull the sound out of the drum. I was playing with my thumb following through on the stroke. By pulling my thumb up after the stroke, the Dum opened up and the drum sounded alive. If you play a snare drum, it's the same idea. Release the sound.

[@RiverGuerguerian]

Thank you so much George. Great to hear from you.

[@rhondabryant6873]

This is so wonderful! I have huge frame drums in my elementary music room that have only been used in place of gathering drums for my youngest students. Can't wait to put them to actual use - thank you!

[@RiverGuerguerian]

Thank you, so glad this video has helped.

[@aliciahackett4945]

Wow! So much more technically in depth lesson comparatively to others.

[@RiverGuerguerian]

Thank you so much!

[@sparkledarkle.]

Thank you so much for your excellent and clear instructions.

[@RiverGuerguerian]

Thank you. Glad it is helpful

[@dakotalake9084]

Your attention to detail is wonderful for a beginner, thank you!

[@RiverGuerguerian]

Thank you so much!

[@sandolorsilverdollar]

thank you . its a lot to do with freedom to create , individuality

[@AdamMaalouf]

Yeah River! The world needs more of these videos!

[@RiverGuerguerian]

Thank you!

[@priyagangwani1789]

You are AMAZING and a very good teacher ❤️❤️

[@RiverGuerguerian]

Thank you so much!

[@PeterLevitov]

amazingly thorough video, I wish I had this years ago, priceless info, thank you River!

[@RiverGuerguerian]

Thank you!

[@astamalciute]

Thank you for creating this video. I am a beginner and this video is very helpful. Well done :)

[@RiverGuerguerian]

So glad you are finding this helpful. Happy Drumming.

[@alinoori9056]

I'm a Sufi reciter I have medium manual frame drum.... It's also helpful but need more sir... A humble student

[@RiverGuerguerian]

Thank you so much. We have weekly Livestream classes every Wednesday evening. There are discounts available during the pandemic. More info here... www.ashevillepercussionfestival.com/online-classes

[@alinoori9056]

@@RiverGuerguerian thanks for the info

[@RiverGuerguerian]

@@alinoori9056 my pleasure

[@darvaish4552]

a lot of good tips, questions for which i didn't had no answers, thanks a lot for your kind and free help

[@RiverGuerguerian]

thank you

[@angelrocco2024]

thankyou for this :) just recently bought a frame drum off of ebay :)

[@RiverGuerguerian]

Thank you. Glad to hear it.

[@bayareaconsult4115]

Thank you good tutorial 🙏

[@RiverGuerguerian]

Thank you. Glad you like it.

[@gamzegulmus2993]

Thank you 🙏

[@mirabelka.opolska]

Hilarious! Thank You for this ❤️

[@RiverGuerguerian]

Thank you :)

[@sutiyosowijanarko1854]

Genius

[@RiverGuerguerian]

Thank you!

[@TheFeliceSkye]

Wow this was a very thorough and easily to understand lesson. Thank you for this. I really hope you respond to this comment. I am searching for guidance on what I can do about effectively playing the frame drum with my arthritic hands. I have drastic ulnar deviation and deformity in a couple of my fingers. As well as limited range of motion in my wrists. I have been attempting to modify playing by using a mallet in my dominant hand since due the the crookedness of my hands and the inability to lay my palms flat or flair/flex out my fingers, I can’t achieve the nice doom sound I’m looking for. When I try, it just falls flat and sounds dead or I just miss the drum completely. LOL. It really sucks, but I’ve always loved beating on things and find it very therapeutic and a natural inclination (my dad is a self-taught drummer, so it’s in the blood). I’m not sure if you can help me or maybe direct me to someone that could. I really won’t to play and refuse to let my disability stop me. Thank you again 💗 Oh and for reference, I have a Pearl HipKit which is essentially a tunable frame drum (with snare attachment) on a strap that you can wear. Wearing it is more comfortable to play than holding it or resting my hand on it. I can attach the strap to a traditional frame drum, which I plan to buy later.

[@TheFeliceSkye]

Thank you River for having Rima reach out to me about my questions. God bless you💗

[@RiverGuerguerian]

@@TheFeliceSkye Hello Felice. Thank you so much for the lovely comment, and for sharing everything that is going on with you. It gives me a greater insight of whom this material reaches. I am glad Rima had reached out to you. Please let me know if you have any other questions. happy drumming and happy spring...

[@TheFeliceSkye]

@@RiverGuerguerian will do. Thanks again 💗

[@aibhunza798]

River you really nice

[@RiverGuerguerian]

Thank you!

[@aibhunza798]

How are you doing today?

[@RiverGuerguerian]

Life is well, Thank you. Hope for you also.

[@RiverGuerguerian]

Life is well. Hope for you also.

[@_xSAVIORx_]

Good time and all the best! Can you please tell me where to look for models of frame drums? Usually in the search on the Internet they offer meinl and remo. I would like to consider more professional frame models.

[@RiverGuerguerian]

Hello and thank you. I have my own series through Cooperman Hand Drums. They are called River Tar Drums. If you email our outreach community director Rima she can help you with that. Her email is [e-mail]

[@TerraNovaSpirit]

🙏🏼🇨🇦🌺🌹🌸❤️🙏🏼

[@markgalasso245]

Who makes that drum please? What kind of head is on it also? & what size? That drum sounds really great. Where can one be purchased? Thank you

[@RiverGuerguerian]

That is a Cooperman Drum. It's about 20" and made out to my specifications. It has a Renaissance head and special bearing edge. If you want more info, please contact our outreach community director Rima Luna and she can order one for you - [e-mail]

[@danmihaescu4687]

Hi! Great videos! I really want to sign up for the course. When I was researching frame drum courses a few months ago, I didn't find yours, but I'm glad I did now. I was wondering - in the course, do you also teach other techniques like finger rolls, snapping and others, which are used to enrich the drum rhythms?

[@RiverGuerguerian]

Hello. Nice to hear from you. Yes, some of the rhythms in the second half of the book/course include variations with rolls. There is a section on different exercises to work on finger dexterity and rolls. Just a little with snaps in the videos but they are included in the rhythms. We hope to include a little "how to" snapping video soon.

[@danmihaescu4687]

Great! Thank you.

[@drthunda]

Is that a synthetic head or natural?

[@RiverGuerguerian]

Hello. That is a Cooperman Frame Drum made out of oak with a synthetic skin. It's part of the Asheville Rhythm River series.

[@drthunda]

Thank you I appreciated your lesson it was all very clear. I have listened to many videos and think I like the sound of synthetic a little more. Those Coopermans sound awesome :)@@RiverGuerguerian

[@RiverGuerguerian]

Thank you so much. Yes, I like the synthetic ones for performances because they are consistent and durable. I still use some skin drums when I am in my studio. And yes, Cooperman Drums are amazing!@@drthunda

[@KIRRRRU19]

hi, what microphone are you using to record the drum with?

[@ashevillerhythm7628]

That's a Peluso P12 Tube Microphone. Modeled after the vintage AKG C12. Sounds great on all percussion stuff. And.. API preamps :)

[@KIRRRRU19]

Asheville Rhythm thank you, sounds amazing. I’ve been trying to capture my Remi drums with various mics but can’t get it properly captured at all

[@KIRRRRU19]

Is the secret using a tube mic? Or specifically the mic you mentioned? (It’s really f expensive :( )

[@RiverGuerguerian]

KIRRRRU19 hello. Not necessarily the tube mic. Has to be a fast responding mic but yesterday still get a decent and thick low end. That’s important to me. A large diaphragm condenser mic, tube or not, seems to get a rich low end, but don’t get one that sounds too flat on the top end. The P12’s, C12, 414’s, etc seem to have a nice lift on the top end without sounding brittle. And also, for my album recordings I add a ribbon mic to thicken the midrange :)