Playing djembe as it’s traditionally played can be really hard on your hands. The Gentle Djembe for Beginners series is the only set of DVDs for beginning hand drummers - especially adult beginners -who want to experience the joys of playing djembe. Each of the step-by-step lessons on Volume 3 starts like a private lesson and ends with Alan’s entire class playing the rhythm, so you also get a sense of what it’s like to play in a group.

West African rhythms - including kpegisu and dunumba - are adapted to a Gentle Djembe style, so that you can play safely and comfortably no matter what your age. Each lesson also has a matching play-along track, and the DVD contains a PDF file with charts of all the patterns, so the the video is a complete learning tool.