Sona Jobarteh & Band - Kora Music from West Africa. AFRICAN MUSIC FOR MEDITATION III: KORA INSPIRATIONS. How to Play African Guitar Lesson Fingerstyle.mp4. How to play congolese guitar seben rythmic #1. How to Play African Guitar Lesson Fingerstyle.mp4. West African Music for Fingerstyle Guitar. 107 minutes - Level 3 - Detailed tab/music PDF booklet on the DVD Review: Two excellent new instructional DVDs, taught by versatile, globe-trotting Spanish musician Fernando Perez. World Music For Fingerstyle Guitar introduces a truly diverse selection of styles across its two hours and six compositions - Into The Balkans, Samba Para Ti (Brazil), Ame (Japan) Malawi Dance, Kalani (Hawaii) and Tango/ Habanera (Argentina/Cuba).
Each tune is taught one phrase at a time, with split screen enabling close inspection of what both hands are doing. Being a guitar player in the farfrom-advanced category, I found the Malawian lesson with its "sixth string up one-step to F" tuning the most immediately accessible, but a bit of serious practice should reward any player with a whole new guitar vocabulary. On West African Music Perez goes much deeper into musical tradition, with tunes directly learned from griots alongside his own compositions. African Guitar 11 Afro Rhythm Guitar and old 80's tune afro picking.
African picking style tutorial. Ancient Traditions – Future Possibilities: Rhythmic Training Through the Traditions of Africa, Bali, and India. Digging Deeper: African Guitar 101 | 2014-06-13. African music is extensive and this introduction should be considered just the tip of the iceberg. Africa comprises 55 countries—each with its own unique style—so it would be impossible to summarize an entire continent’s worth of music into this lesson. People outside of Africa tend to lump the varying sounds and grooves together the way someone might think of rock music. Both Elvis Presley and Metallica can be placed under that label, but are completely different in nearly every imaginable way.
Many African songs include several short interlocking parts that fit together like a musical puzzle. It’s worth noting that African guitarists often play Strat-style guitars, and playing with a clean tone that’s enhanced with a touch of chorus and slapback delay will give you a more authentic sound. The first three examples feature both rhythm and lead soukous-style guitar parts. You can see the chord progression in Ex. 1 is a common I-IV-V-IV in the key of D. Click here for Ex. 1.