ALAN DWORSKY

GENTLE DJEMBE

FOR BEGINNERS

Hand Drum Tuition DVD

Let’s face it: playing djembe as it’s traditionally played can be really hard on your hands. This is the only DVD for beginning hand drummers—especially adult beginners—who want to experience the joys of playing djembe while going easy on their hands.

It was created by Alan Dworsky, the best-selling author of "How to Play Djembe" and two-time winner of DRUM Magazine’s readers’ poll for "Best Percussion Method Book." Each of the seven step-by-step lessons on the video starts like a private lesson and ends with Alan's entire class playing the rhythm, so you also get a sense of what it's like to play in a group. Proper playing technique is covered in depth and African rhythms are adapted to a Gentle Djembe style, so that you can play safely and comfortably no matter what your age. And each lesson has a matching play-along track, making the DVD a complete learning tool. Shot in gorgeous wide-screen format and endorsed by Arthur Hull as "the most non-intimidating way for beginning beginners to get started."