Taiko Dojo Drumming

[deborah]

I am fascinated by ancient cultures and thought I would share this video of Taiko Dojo Drummers.

I am curious if anyone remembers being a Taiko Dojo Drummer -- it is a 4,000 year old art form.

It tells all about it on this KQED TV Special

ENJOY!

 

[Ailish]

Wow - that was seriously very cool! I love drumming - and they look like they're having so much fun!


I have no specific memories of Taiki Dojo Drumming - but have been very attracted to African drumming. It would be interesting to hear from anyone who has memories of a lifetime as a drummer. It's not something you hear about often.


Thanks for sharing!

 

[soulfreindly]

Not Taiko , but drumming at the drumming circles I have been to I just feel like I am communicating with the sound.. which was how it was used .. I do know of two lives as North American Indian. --- confident nice lives.. except for the lose of some pf my children.. A woman in one and a male chief? at least a warrior --dieing in battle.


One man who I see at some of the drumming circles , who has been really into native stuff from an early age, was my wife ... and i had the hots for him for awhile there.LOL ...


Soulfreindly

 

[deborah]

I have memories of both Asian and American Indian drumming.


There is something sacred about the sound. Does anyone else connect with drumming from another culture or your own?

 

[Shiftkitty]

No specific memories, but I was in a new-age shop in Mountain View, California once that had some African-style goatskin drums. While waiting for my friend to find beads with just the right vibe for what she was making, I absent-mindedly started a small, rolling little rhythm with just my thumb, middle finger, and ring finger. It was strange the way the vibrations of the drum seemed to resonate with something intangible deep inside. If they hadn't been asking 80 bucks for the thing, I would have bought it.


Now that I think of the way I was drumming, it's similar to a particular guitar strumming style that I was told was soooooo hard to master, but that came naturally to me. I can't remember what it was called, but I got high praise from a couple of traditional Mexican musicians.

 

[Totoro]

I saw something similar on cable TV back in the early 90's and I was really fascinated with it back then. I like drumming like that, especially poly-rymthic drumming, but I don't really connect with it on any personal / spiritual level.


As far as ethnic instruments go though, I've always really felt connected to Asian wind and stringed instruments.

 

[Lady2]

I have memories of both Asian and American Indian drumming.
There is something sacred about the sound. Does anyone else connect with drumming from another culture or your own?

I agree that there is something sacred about the sound -


I don't have any specific memories at this time involving drumming, though currently in this life I play the Bodhran drum. :thumbsup:

 

[Cryscat]

One time when I was in a workshop (in a conference room, in a hotel), we were all drumming and I swear, I heard Native American chanting as we were drumming (the members of the workshop were not saying anything, just drumming) . I wasn't the only one either. Almost all the members heard the chanting.


These guys always are great:


The Drummers of Burundi WOMAD 2005

 

[Shiftkitty]

okay, wow! I was just planning on watching maybe one or two minutes of that, but I got hooked all the way! Easy to get lost in that. Most people I know use quiet, smooth, gentle music to relax and meditate by, but that really had me by the primal spirit! When it was over, it felt like the sudden silence had shaken me awake. Thanks for sharing that link!

 

[Cryscat]

You're welcome Shiftkitty! I saw them live at WOMAD sometime in the 1990's and it stayed with me. Video only gives a taste of what live is like.

 

[deborah]

Loved it! And the fact that they have the drums on their heads!


Awesome performance. Then when they put them on the floor - riveting. Thanks for posting.