Dance & Hand Drums: Music Maitri

Latin Percussion LPA630 Aspire™ Tunable Djembe

Casablanca Carved Tabla Set with Case

Schalloch Hand-Hammered Aluminum Darbuka

Dance
Dancing is the expression of rhythm and melody by the whole human body. The patterns of the movements are rhythm. The actual movement is melody. In tap dancing and flamenco dancing, the sounds made from movement are also melody. Rhythm, melody, movement and sound were expressed brilliantly in ancient dance, in ballet, modern tap, and now inspired by dancers like "Stomp" who make a collage of sounds, rhythm and melody on the floor and with things like brooms and garbage cans. Young children are the most natural dancers. Some of these young dancers, in terms of freely expressing rhythm and melody, manifest their musicality in the most brilliant ways. It is our job as adults, to allow children their birthright of musical experience through natural dance. Unfortunately, many young children who naturally love to dance, stop dancing freely if adults give them self-conscious dance instruction. We suggest that natural and spontaneous so-called "free form" dancing be promoted for as long as possible. Don't forget, the most trained and talented professional dancers strive to express dance as though their movements were all spontaneous and natural. How fortunate if natural dance were never squelched at all, but allowed time for expression, even in the lives of the most disciplined and accomplished dancers. Give a young natural dancer opportunities to dance freely. Help them feel free to move to music, without giving them too much attention and without any instruction what-so-ever, until specific demonstration is requested. As in singing, listening is the key to true musicality in dancing.

Hand Drums
A good drum will teach someone who can really hear the drum, how to play it. Hands and fingers become dancers that make patterns on the surface of a real hand drum. Melody and Rhythm are the results of the dance that hands do with the drum. Hand drum playing and dancing go together so well, because they are basically the same.

Hand Drums from around the World

Grover 14” and 18” Bodhran Set

Casablanca Hand-Painted Drum	Remo Mondo Tombek with Bracket	Latin Percussion LP799X Galaxy Giovanni Series Djembe	Pearl PJW340 Wood Djembe
Casablanca Tunable Carved Copper Drum	Casablanca Aluminum Drum With Case	Latin Percussion WB2040 World Beat Caribe Conga	Latin Percussion LP720X Djembe
Latin Percussion Performer Series 11” Quinto	Remo Poncho Sanchez Conga Conga	Latin Percussion M654S-KR Raul Rekow Custom Fiberglass Tumba	Latin Percussion LP259X-1 Original Fiberglass Conga
Nino Oriental Tone Block	Casablanca Medium Metal Talking Drum	Overseas Connection Ghana Talking Drum with Stick	Earthenware Medium Ceramic Hand Drum

Music Teaching Tools

Giardinelli Music

Amazon.com World Hand Drums