World Rhythms
Rhythm
Good rhythmic skills are essential to the world fusion musician. The following links provide tools to help the musician's quest towards better rhythm:
- African Drum Rhythms. Textbook and practice CDs for the djembe by Lennart Hallstrom.
- African Rhythm Exercises. Exercises and MIDI files of West African drum rhythms.
- Alessio Riccio. Drummer/percussionist from Firenze, Italy.
- Balinese Interlocking Rhythms. Exercises and MIDI files of Balinese gamelan.
- Chhandayan Tabla School. Founded by Pundit Samir Chatterjee. Classes are held in N.Y.C. Washington D.C., and Delaware.
- Conundrum Music. Drum resources on the net.
- Curso de percusion. Percussion Course in Argentina.
- Indian Rhythm Cycles. Exercises and MIDI files of North and South Indian Rhythms.
- PulseWave Percussion. Kim Atkinson's site dedicated to rhythm education, percussion of Africa, Brazil and the Caribean..
- Swar Systems. Publisher of the TaalTrax CD featuring 6 Indian instruments in more than 400 Mb of CD quality Wave files and 412 MIDI loops.
- World Rhythm Training. A large on-line presentation of training in the rhythms of Africa, Bali and India.
- World Fusion Rhythms. Fusing rhythms from many traditions.
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