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Junior 30 Djembe (45 player) Class African Drumming Pack

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KS1 KS2 KS3 7+ yrs
Weight: 150.00 (kg), Stock: 22
“We were very pleased with the service you gave, delivery was excellent and our order was delt with very quickly.”-Teacher, St Pius X RCVA Primary
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Description

 

The Junior 30 Djembe Class African Drumming Package gives you everything you need to get a class of 30 up and drumming quickly and sustainably and the quality is such that itï¾’s a genuinely long term resource. Our djembes are already standard-setters for quality and value and here weï¾’ve added lots of free extras to create a really affordable and complete class resource.  Where else can you get a whole class playing together for ï¾£35 per student?  And thatï¾’s not counting the free 16 piece percussion pack.
 
The package contains 15 of our standard plain 40cm djembe, 10 of our 50cm djembe and 5 of our 60cm djembe, each with their own strong, padded, waterproof hats.
 
Playing head diameters are as follows:
 
40cm - 8-9"
50cm - 9-10"
60cm - 10.5-11.5"
 
For added tonal range and to make it possible to involve more players, the 15 piece percussion basket contains 5 genitri shakers, 5 sets of coconut clapsticks and 5 natural agogos.
 
 
 
There's also a packet of wooden wedges - see "Maintenance" below for instructions.
 
Andy Gleadhill's brilliant African Drumming Guide is also included so that there's everything the group needs to get up and drumming quickly. After discount schools save approx 38% off RRP.
 
How it's Played

 

Andy Gleadhill's African Drumming Book, which is included in the package, will tell you everything you need to know to set up the group, get started and develop to performance standard through staged lesson plans. The CD contains recordings by a primary school group of all the exercises included in the Book. No musical training or knowledge of musical notation is required - just some enthusiasm!

 
Traditionally

 

If you ever need to use the drums in SEN settings or wish to set them up so that they don't need to be held between the knees traditional style, have a look at our djembe stands (under "drum accessories"). They're very good value and they take all the weight of the drum and allow you to angle it for comfort. There's one size for 40cm and 50cm djembes, one for 60cm djembes and one for 65cm.
 
Other accessories are available from the website, including a wide range of drum carry bags.
 
Delivery to UK mainland addresses is approx ï¾£51.
 
What it goes well with

 

Try adding a dundun to fill out the bass and add some harmonies.
 
How it's Made

 

All our drums and drum accessories (and in fact all of our instruments) are made in Bali. The drums are made from a single piece of mahogany, which is first of all shaped and hollowed using a lathe. From that point on the entire process is carried out by hand - fine-tuning the internal shape for best tonal quality, skinning and stringing, fine-tuning, quality control and packing for the journey a third of the way around the world.

 

 
How to look after it

 

No real maintenance is required but don't let the drum skins get damp (or they'll go very flat-sounding) and don't keep the drums close to radiators or heat sources as these can cause the wood to dry out and crack. Keep the drum hats on the djembes when they're not in use and this will guard against most accidents.
 
If you find the pitch of any of the drums is lower than you'd like (and this can happen over time or in humid or cold conditions), then there are two quick ways of adjusting the pitch:
1. Try warming the skin gently, either with the hands or with a convection heater (or hair dryer) set on "low". Be careful not to over do it. Warming the skin causes it to contract and this increases its tension and therefore its pitch.
2. Use several of the small wooden wedges that are included in the pack, inserting them between the wood of the drum and the strings as far down the body of the drum as you can. The further you push them in, the more you'll increase the tension of the strings, and the more tension there is in the strings, the higher the pitch of the skin. Or if you prefer to do it the way the master drummers do it, see the following link: http://www.hawkdancing.com/Wooddrum/tuningadjembe.html.

 

 
 

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