Hand Drumming for Beginners

During this class you will learn the basics of playing hand drums, with a focus on djembe style drums. You will learn the different sounds that you can make with your drum, and how to use those different sounds to develop basic rhythms.

We will talk about the different kinds of hand drums and what to look for if you are interested in buying a drum. We will discuss “drum circle etiquette”, and play some basic rhythms with the instructor’s direction.

We will also discuss common hand drum notation, and touch on time signatures, but we won’t go too deep in the weeds on those things.

Registration Includes

In additional to time drumming in a group, you will go home with numerous handouts explaining everything we discuss in class, as well as additional resources.

You should bring…

If you have a hand drum, please bring it along. If you don’t have a drum, but want to learn, we’ll have drums to use in the class.

Skill Level

If you have a drum, or would like to try drumming, but ‘don’t know what you are doing,’ then this class is for you! The goal is to build your confidence, knowledge and ability so that you can seek out drum circles wherever you are in the world and be comfortable joining right in!

Best for Ages…

13 years or older