Vodou Drumset: Drumset Applications of Traditional Afro-Haitian Rhythms

James Armstrong; Travis Knepper

ISBN 10: 0825845939 ISBN 13: 9780825845932

Publisher: Carl Fischer Music Publisher, 2002

Synopsis

Most drummers have an understanding of two of the three major African-derived rhythmic traditions: Cuban and Brazilian. Vodou Drumset has been designed by authors Armstrong and Knepper to introduce the third influential African-derived tradition to the drumset player's repertoire. Afro-Haitian rhythms (including traditional styles, such as Ibo, Nago and Vanvalou) represent an enormously rich, but often neglected tradition that will add a new, nearly endless range of possibilities to the store of techniques and materials available to a creative modern drummer. This book, which includes a play-along CD, contains a host of materials that will be useful to drumset players, drum loop designers, the aspiring ethomusicologist and other persons curious about the unusual varieties of rhythmic practice and drum techniques.

About this title

About the Author:

James Armstrong holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Central Michigan University and a Master of Music Performance from Bowling Green State University. He is a specialist in West African and Caribbean folkoric drumming, and has done extensive field research and performing throughout the United States and West Africa. He has recorded and toured with the Robert Hohner Percussion Ensemble, as well as several jazz and popular artists throughout the United States, Asia and Canada. Currently, Mr. Armstrong is a lecturer and Director of Percussion Ensembles at Cornell University and remains active as a performer and clinician throughout the U.S. and abroad.

Travis Knepper is an independent drumset artist and percussionist in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. He attended the University of North Texas, where he recorded and performed with the award winning 2 O'Clock Lab Band. A specialist in West African, Caribbean, South American and American Folkoric drumming, Mr. Knepper is currently the percussion instructor for the Argyle Independent School District in Argyle, Texas.

About this edition

• Publisher: Carl Fischer Music Publisher
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0825845939
• ISBN 13: 9780825845932
• Binding: Sheet music
• Number of pages: 79