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Music Hero, Jeff Matter

Music Matters mission is to provide people of all ages and abilities the tools to have a life long love of music.

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NEW: Play Congas DVD

For Immediate Release: Kalani Music introduces a complete guide to playing the conga drums, for students and teachers. PLAY CONGAS is a DVD that takes the student from the very basics of getting to know the conga drums, through tuning and techniques, to playing six popular and traditional rhythms on two drums. This DVD is [...]

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Strum & Drum 2013

Imagine yourself helping a group of children sing fun songs while playing ukuleles, drums, and percussion. How great would that be. Stop wondering and start strumming and drumming with us this Summer at Music Matters School in Batavia, IL (near Chicago). We’re launching an entirely new curriculum for school-age children (grades 4+) featuring island music [...]

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How to Tune your Ukulele

Tuning your ukulele is easy when you know how. This post shows you how to tune you ukulele using a tuner and using relative tuning (without a tuner). If you’re not familiar with the parts of your ukulele, watch this video that identifies the various parts of the ukulele by name before attempting to tune [...]

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Community Drumming Facilitation

Community Drumming Facilitation (CDF) is the art of helping a group succeed in creating music, using mostly drums and percussion instruments. CDF includes popular types of community drumming formats, such as drum circles, drum ensembles, guided  interactive drumming, and musical games. CDF is conducted by individuals and teams who are familiar with the instruments, the [...]

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DRUM FUN! Mods, Extensions, and Notes

Download this supplemental PDF (4.2 MB) document to get even more out of your DRUM FUN! experience. This supplement provides additional ideas and information not found on the DRUM FUN! DVD or iBook. In addition to getting more about each activity, you’ll find new information about preparation, presentation and processing these games with different populations. [...]

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To You – Much Aloha

This is an adaptation of a Hawaiian songs called “Pupu Hinuhinu.” The original song was written by Nona Beamer in the Hawaiian language (1950). It talks about a little shiny shell found at the seashore and is often used as a lullaby. I created these English lyrics for the verse for use as an appreciation [...]

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Djembe Jam – Part 2

Welcome to Djembe Jam, Part 2! The following videos show multi-part rhythm arrangements for two djembes and three dundun drums (kenkeni, sangban, and dundunba). Review them as many times as needed to learn the individual patterns. Put all the parts together to form your own West African drumming ensemble. See PART 1 of this course [...]

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Djembe Jam – Part 1

Welcome to Djembe Jam – Part 1 This page features lessons 1-7 of 11 videos that are part of this course. You will learn about the djembe, how to get ready for playing, how to tune your drum, as well as how to play the three tones that are commonly played in this versatile instrument. [...]

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Drum Circle Facilitation

Drum circles are accessible, entry-level learning opportunities for just about anyone who enjoys making music with others. The whole idea behind a drum circle is that it’s open to anyone who wishes to participate. Because the music in a drum circle is improvised, people have freedom to play as much or as little as they [...]

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