Daouda Doumbia is a old master drumer from Segou came to Mieruba Art Center today to spend few ours with our teacher Modibo COULIBALY for a Master Class. During those few ours Daouda and our teacher exchanged a lot about many traditional rythms and melodies. Kômô was one of those rythms which attracted all of us the most by its melody and history.
Seydou Balo and Drissa Kone play Ngri in Bamako. They each solo with their own unique style.
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Seydou and Drissa both play with their own unique style. It's nice to see the contrast.
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Matche and his teacher Souleye Sidibe play djembe solo for Dansa. Matche plays in a very "Bamako" style and Souleye plays in a very "Wassolon" style.
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We love these videos where two p...
Daouda Doumbiya sings songs and plays some very nice phrasing for a handful of djembe rhythms in Segou, Mali.
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Daouda sings some songs that are easy to hear.
He plays phrases that...
Malik Drame plays Bara music on bonkolo at a Bamana festival in Segou Mali. Funky!
Bonkolo predates Djembe for the Bamana people. Today, in Mali, ancient rhythms like Bara get played on djembe, too. It's good to ge...
Drissa Kone and his chums play a rhythm called Sumalen - and man, is it ever groovy!
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This is a very musical rendition of Sumalen. It's a pleasure to watch.
There are very few video...
This video is from the Kangaba area south of Bamako. The guy's name is Khalifa Berthe, but he is known as "Mao." Before his death, Mao was one of the main drummers from Kangaba., He sure can play!
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A procession plays Korojuga music and enters a compound in Segu, Mali.
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In this video we see the group play a rhythm with a cycle of 5 notes. This is rare in Mande music.
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Seydou Keita plays djembe tastefully at this ceremony in Bamako. Do you know the name of this rhythm and dance?
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Seydou is a younger guy with great energy, but unlike many young djemb...
Seydou Balo plays two rhythms from his home region of Wassoulou.
First Sogoninkun and then Ngri.
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Seydou and konkoni player Madou Diakite take us through different movements of th...