Percussion Workshops
Music and percusion workshops can be performed in a one-to-one or group setting.
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Learning basic beats and rhythms.
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It is amazing how quickly, with a few small simple tricks, you can simply produce percussive beats and rhythms, and how many people are shocked to see themselves suddenly making music.
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Beginning by using hand drums, tambourines and shakers I will show you how to perform simple beats which once then combined make patterns and rhythms. Then more harmonic instruments can be added.
I can also bring along a small PA system allowing us to sing and dance to our favourite tunes.
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EVERYTHING IN NATURE IS VIBRATING.
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Our body has a whole number of rhythms:
Heartbeat - normally between 60 and 75 beats per minute (Resting 60 / Average activity 72)
Breath - normally 14 to 16 breaths per minute
Cranio-sacral pulse - 8 to12 times per minute
Gastrointestinal tract - contracts once a minute
Stomach - contracts every three minutes
Brain waves - waking state 18 to 22 cycles per second
Body temperature - changes from day to night
All these rhythms will be affected by the drumbeat.
When we are in a state of stress our heart beat can increase to 87 beats per minute. When we are deeply relaxed this rate will fall to around 57 beats per minute.
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The regular rhythm of the drumbeat will entrain our heartbeat to its rhythm. In a session it is possible take a person's pulse to determine their heart rate then begin playing at that rate. Over a period of ten minutes the drum beat can be reduced to a lower rate to help the person relax.
(Article written by Simon Heather who is Principal of The College of Sound Healing.)
