Foundations and FUNdamentals - 🍏🌶️
Learning Basic Tones and Positioning for Rhythm Bliss
In this section you’ll learn proper posture and alignment for mindful hand drumming, how to hold your drum and basic hand drumming techniques as originally taught to me by master drummer Babatunde Olatunji. Our goal is to drum mindfully for health and wellness and therefore we play the drum quietly and gently in order to protect our ears and joints. You will get an opportunity to practice the basic techniques learnt in the section, along to meditative musical accompaniment.
Your Instructor
Hailing from Santiago, Chile, Alexandra Jai is a hand drumming and yoga teacher, rhythm facilitator, accompanist, and performer with over 30 years of experience. Following a transformative and deeply healing drumming immersion with Nigerian Master Drummer Olatunji Babatunde in her late teens, Alexandra plunged heart-first into the study of global percussion traditions and the rich cultural tapestry of rhythm. A lifelong student of rhythm and movement, Alexandra Jai studied traditional African, Afro-Cuban and Middle Eastern hand drumming from master drummers across the globe. Alexandra, along with her partner Michael, founded Rhythm Bliss to spread joy, serenity, and healing by blending the ancient art of hand drumming with yoga philosophy in a way that's easily accessible and relevant to our hectic, modern lives.
Your Rhythm Adventure Awaits!
The Basics - Foundations and FUNdamentals
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StartProper Posture and Positioning and How to Hold and Anchor Your Drum (if you have one) (7:10)
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StartThe Basics for Lap and Djembe/Conga & Tribute to Babatunde 🍏 (29:03)
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StartHow to use a Frame Drum For Rhythm Bliss (7:21)
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StartReviewing the Basics - Prerecorded Live Class with Chair Yoga Stretch 🍏 (24:52)
OPTIONAL: How To Read Rhythm Notation
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