Modou at Drum Camp playing Tyzen with us

1:32 PM - Wed 23 July 2008

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sabar

5:01 PM - Wed 23 July 2008

Brilliant- with a real 'feelgood factor' Its like I was there haha!
Barrie

By BarrieCannon -

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5:19 PM - Wed 23 July 2008

That was the little session at the end of the afternoon you were feeling too tired - it was fun!

By Chandramoon -

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10:28 PM - Wed 23 July 2008

Hahaha, when i saw it i had to think at 'Men in Black' but now it is offcourse 'woman in black'. :-)

Btw, next time put off your glasses, it seems to me they were bothering you much in the beginning.

By logis -

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10:37 PM - Wed 23 July 2008

ha ha!! but then I'd drop my stick tee hee!

By Chandramoon -

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3:43 AM - Thu 24 July 2008

It looks like the rest of you each had a different rhythm as far as the empty hand goes.

That was pretty cool, I must say..:)

By LauriesAsylum -

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5:26 AM - Thu 24 July 2008

How well coordinated all the drummers are! Doesn't seem like a single one got out of tempo. That's a really good corps of drummers.

By drdog -

Sabar

10:21 AM - Thu 24 July 2008

Sabar drumming is very specialised in that you have to learn the EXACT rhythm for each drum for each tune. Even if you are playing a "simple" rhythm you have to know exactly where it comes in, where it fits in the overall tune and maintain it. Each song has a different recognisable introduction and signal at the end so you know how to come in and where to stop - you can here both in this example - the intro and the outro. The overall effect is a proper tune.

Many of the tunes have been passed down from generation to generation.

I know about 20 of them, about 3 parts of each so far and it's an endless amount to take in. He only visits each year for a few weeks in the summer which is why I trail around after him trying to learn as much as I can while he's around - it's not written down you learn it by a special language - each of the many sound techniques having a different word.

Different tunes are used for different ceremonies such as births, deaths, naming, calling people together etc.

By Chandramoon -

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7:43 PM - Thu 24 July 2008

I like it: Chandra, our woman in black!

By DeeJay -

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3:50 PM - Tue 29 July 2008

nicely done! all of you are so co-ordinated! i'm sure it took some practice : )

By strangecloud -

Sabar Drumming

4:22 PM - Tue 29 July 2008

Yes it does take practice and actually it takes years if you want to learn all the parts but even beginners can join in with just one part at a time to start with!

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