African-American Funk

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Three-Against-Four Polyrhythm

These exercises will guide you through a fusion of African and American elements. On the American side, we have shuffle and shuffle-funk. On the African side, we have the rhythms from Cameroon known as mangambe and bikutsi. Playing these exercises…

By Jonathan Joseph and Steve Rucker Excerpted from Exercises in African-American Funk
Jun 18, 2021
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