A Practical Guide To Hand Drumming And Drum Circles
Author | : | |
Rating | : | 4.78 (752 Votes) |
Asin | : | 0615274102 |
Format Type | : | paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2015-04-25 |
Language | : | English |
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- I also have a 2 hour DVD of 101 Drum Circle Rhythms for $17 here on - ASIN: B001IB5WBC - Drum Some!. - This book is intended for you to get more fun out of hand drumming, and drum circles. It's an outline that I use and then improvise from as needed. - Everything from a rockin' drum circle - to a healing drum circle, plus the many different ways to approach them. It gives you an easy to follow guideline for almost any form of drum circle. - It is a huge body of work for you to dive into. Working with music directors, educational teachers, music therapists, and medical professionals. Facilitated, specialty, hosted, and rhythmic drumming events. - I also include two chapters on open freestyle community drum circles which are often misunderstood or even misrepresented. Drum circles in night clubs, coffee shops, at businesses, corporations, and events. - The focus is on sharing as much information abo
You Can't Beat It Larry Smith When you think about it, it comes as no surprise that the drum is mankinds oldest musical instrument. You can readily see from S.L. Ratigan's Practical Guide to Hand Drumming that we're actually not that far removed from ancestors who sat around rapping out sounds eons ago. This is just some of the information in this very well crafted book, which covers the spectrum of drum. "This book has helped me a lot" according to tim terman. Here’s one of the great things about the book: I don’t know Ratigan, or didn’t. I simply contacted him to get my drum circle listed on his website Drum Circle Finder. His contact information is right out there, and when you contact him, he gets back to you. So, he listed us, Southport Drum Circle, and via return e-mail made a pitch for his book. I got it fi. T. vanWinkle said Ratigan emphasizes the drumming, not the drummer. Ratigan's book humanizes and humbles the mumbo-jumbo shamanic handdrumming and drum-circle types. He focuses on the personal experience of drumming, instead of trying to achieve the status of professional 'drummer' or 'facilitator'. I started hosting a drum circle as a beginner just to find some people to play with regularly, and Ratigan's book relates his considerable exper