In one short film, I show Geraldine Zongo, from Cameroon, practicing the traditional African water drumming technique in a swimming pool in Paris.
A self-taught grasp of both modern jazz drumming technique and the harmonic and structural principles of bebop gave Crombie's natural musicality and ear for melody extra dimensions of breadth and depth.
A characteristic metal drumming technique is the cymbal choke, which consists of striking a cymbal and then immediately silencing it by grabbing it with the other hand (or, in some cases, the same striking hand), producing a burst of sound.
Taylor had pioneered thrash music's double-bass drumming technique, and played on Motörhead's seminal albums between 1975 and 1984 before rejoining the band in 1987 for a five-year period.
Peraza, who also played with George Shearing and other jazz greats, was known for combining a blindingly fast drumming technique with a flamboyant style that audiences loved.
The use of hand drumming techniques within his electro / post electro was just amazing.
Starr is considered to have influenced various modern drumming techniques, such as the matched grip, tuning the drums lower, and using muffling devices on tonal rings, as well as placing the drums on high risers for visibility as part of the band.
Drumming was written in 1971 after a visit Reich had made to Ghana to study traditional drumming techniques, and the piece begins with a section for four tuned bongos that has a distinctly African feel.
For example, if we were discussing drumming techniques and you can see that someone participating in the discussion is a drum instructor vs. a 13 year old kid Googling answers, you'd have the proper context in which to have a potentially valid discussion.
In 1970 Reich won a scholarship to study west African drumming techniques in Ghana.
