Welcome, drummer, to the Village Heartbeat website!
Baba Olatunji said: “Rhythm is the soul of life. Everything and everyone vibrates and is alive with rhythm.”
How Do You Teach Drumming? (audio interview)
We offer different ways to find your path into rhythm...
VHB Whole Person Drumming® Classes
Zorina Wolf's drumming classes are designed to allow anyone to learn the basics of drumming in an hour and a half, regardless of previous musical experience. Classes won’t make a virtuoso out of you—that requires a lot of dedication and practice. But they will allow you to be enchanted by the magic of drum orchestration (when two or more drums and percussion instruments are in dialogue with one another). Classes enable you to understand how these rhythmic parts fit together…and how they open the door to groove!
Fall Class Series—Introduction to the Basics of Drumming
Introduction to Baba Olatunji’s rhythms
Basic technique: Bass tone, and slap
How to sing and play the drum—opening to the mystery
Winter Class Series—The Mystery of 6/8
Basic 6/8 patterns
Bell patterns and their relationship to the drum
Understanding the feel of 3 and 2
Spring Class Series
Learning drum orchestration--building a repertoire
Drum and dance
Performance as a part of community building
Summer Intensive Series
3 hour classes for stamina building
Learning more complex rhythms
Learning with different kinds of drums
NOTE: These series can be taken sequentially or in any order – we always go back to the basics in the first classes of a series.
Drumming Classes for Groups and Organizations
Village Heartbeat rhythm workshops can be customized to meet the needs of any organization, to foster team building, creative play, and emotional intelligence in the workplace. Contact VHB to explore options for groups of all sizes in a variety of formats.
