Hand Drumming Rhythms

 The sub-pages contain a list of rhythms we perform or are currently learning to perform.  Hopefully we’ll have recordings of each either by the group or by one of the members self-made recordings.  Some of the rhythms may have written Drumming Notation and this notation is a form of the Leo Brooks format.
  • Kpanlogo - An African Rhythm by the Ga people of Gana
  • Soli des Manion - An African Rhythm typically used during circumcision rituals
  • Mahi - A Rhythm from Haiti
  • Djansa - A Rhythm from Mali used for all sorts of festivities
  • Djolé - From Guinea, a mask dance
  • Kassa
  • Kassagbe - A Malinke rhythm likely related to Kassa and agricultural rhythms
  • Kotéba - A Bonkolo style of drumming played with a small stick or twig
  • Kuku - A women’s dance from Guinea/Ivory Coast
  • Illesa - A Cuban rhythm popular in secular music
  • Sinte (Sinté) - A rhythm from the forest region village Boké
  • Kakilambé