What is it?

The core of the Membership


When purchasing the DJEMBESOLO PATTERNS course you will automatically be enrolled in the Membership and vice versa. At the difference of other courses this one is updated monthly with new content.

Who is it for?

  • You have sufficient knowledge to handle new informations by yourself.

  • You need vocabulary.

  • You want to organize your overall improvement on several aspects at the same time rather than following a single course from the beginning till the end.

  • Getting new material every month is a motivating perspective.

What do you get?

  • Patterns classified by their function.

  • Accurate transcriptions using the DJEMBESOLO font system.

  • Downloadable PDFs.

  • Downloadable backing tracks.

START & STOP signals

START and STOP signals on different types of rhythms - Played at a really slow tempo then a little faster.
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BRIDGES, WARMINGS and CONCLUSIONS

Beautiful sequences of WARMINGS including, BRIDGES and CONCLUSION signals played at a really slow tempo then a little faster.

Not totally familiar about some of the terms used here? Don't worry there is an explanation at the beginning of each chapter.
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SOLO PATTERNS

Functional to demonstrative SOLO patterns - Played at a really slow tempo then a little faster.
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EMBELLISHMENTS

Next to the the "sound-phrasing-dynamic" combo, embellishments is what makes anything shine. You should not embellish all the time but you got to know how to do it to be able to do it on purpose. Several techniques are used and sometimes combined:

  • Rebound Heel-toe (Palm-Fingertips).

  • Adding one or two notes - Used with groups of continuous notes, keeping the same starts and endings.

  • Replacing sounds - using muffled tones or sound effects such as Fingerslap, Palmtipslap - see Shapes & Sounds course.
Watch Intro Video

REST PATTERNS

If you are not already a DJEMBESOLO student you probably don't know what "REST" pattern means. Check the video below, you will understand what this is about. More in depth explanations are given at the beginning of this chapter.
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HERO STATEMENTS

HERO statements are patterns generally played at the beginning of a solo. Here the soloist introduces him/herself as a skilled and informed player.
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NOTATION

There is a lot of discussion about the use of notation with djembe music. Let's make it simple: As far as you don't misunderstand the purpose of notation by expecting that it should be a piece of art by itself, it will not take anything from you. It will help you to improve your feeling like in the video below where two very similar divisions of time are played within the same pattern!

If you are new to notation, the animated cursor running at the bottom of the video, will considerably help the reading process.
Watch Intro Video

Notation helps
to feel the difference

Complete material

  • PDF documents

    Every example comes with a downloadable PDF document.

  • Monthly updates

    The library is constantly updated. A listing of monthly updates is available at the top of the table of contents.

  • Bonus Audio Tracks

    Backing tracks and grooves are available to download.

You are not on your own

Questions make things go forward!

  • Conversation

    You can always start a conversation in any chapter of the library. Click the "conversation" button and type in your message.

  • Community

    Alternatively you can interact with other DJEMBESOLO students and myself, in the community section.

  • Requests

    You want me to create some content about a specific topic? Just post your requests in the Community area.

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Welcome to DJEMBESOLO PATTERNS!

    • Updates log

    • About the Membership area
  • 2

    Notation

    • Why Notation?

    • DJEMBESOLO font system

    • Symbols & Conventions - The binary logic

    • Symbols & Conventions - The ternary division

    • Symbols & Conventions - Transcription accuracy

    • Conclusion
  • 3

    START & STOP Signals

    • START & STOP SIGNALS - Definition

    • SHUFFLED 4/4 - YANKADI [STARTS & STOPS] #1

    • SHUFFLED 4/4 - YANKADI [STARTS & STOPS] #2

    • 12/8 Type 1 - DUNUMBA [STARTS & STOPS] #1

    • 12/8 Type 1 - DUNUMBA [STARTS & STOPS] #2

    • SHUFFLED 4/4 - YANKADI [STARTS & STOPS] #3 [NEW]
  • 4

    BRIDGES, WARMINGS & CONCLUSIONS

    • BRIDGES, WARMINGS & CONCLUSIONS - Definition

    • SHUFFLED 4/4 - YANKADI [BRIDGES] #1

    • SHUFFLED 4/4 - YANKADI [CONCLUSIONS] #1

    • 12/8 Type 1 - DUNUMBA [BRIDGES] #1

    • 12/8 Type 1 - DUNUMBA [WARMINGS] #1

    • 12/8 Type 1 - DUNUMBA [CONCLUSIONS] #1

    • 12/8 Type 1 - DUNUMBA [WARMING SEQUENCES] #1

    • 12/8 Type 1 - DUNUMBA [CONCLUSIONS] #2 [NEW]

    • SHUFFLED 4/4 - YANKADI [CONCLUSIONS] #2 [NEW]

    • SHUFFLED 4/4 - YANKADI [SEQUENCES] #1
  • 5

    SOLO Patterns

    • SOLO Patterns - Definition

    • 12/8 Type 1 - DUNUMBA [PATTERNS] #1

    • SHUFFLED 4/4 - YANKADI [PATTERNS] #1

  • 6

    REST Patterns

    • 1-NOTE and 2-NOTE patterns - Definition

    • BINARY [REST PATTERNS] #1

    • TERNARY [REST PATTERNS] #1

    • TERNARY [REST PATTERNS] #2 [NEW]

    • TERNARY [REST PATTERNS] #3 [NEW]
  • 7

    HERO Statements

    • HERO statements - Definition

    • 12/8 Type 1 - DUNUMBA [HERO STATEMENTS] #1

    • 12/8 Type 1 - DUNUMBA [HERO STATEMENTS] #2 [NEW]
  • 8

    Embellishments

    • EMBELLISHMENTS - Definition

    • [ADDING 1 NOTE TO A GROUP] #1
  • 9

    Coordination

    • COORDINATION - Definition

    • The 2-note patterns of the triplet #1

    • The 2-note patterns of the triplet #2
  • 10

    Sound files

    • LOOPS

    • START and STOP sequences

    • WARMING sequences

Launch price

Every plan comes with a 15 day money back guarantee. No questions asked.

DJEMBE PATTERNS + Fundamentals

To cover important fundamentals, such as sound technique, hand coordination, rhythm categories, beat divisions and rhythm singing, you can enroll in the Membership + Fundamentals bundle which contains the followings:


Bought separately the total value of these items is €347. The bundle will only cost you €249.
Membership + Fundementals