Learn African Fingerstyle Guitar with Niwel Tsumbu
Get ready to improve your groove. Over four days, unlock the essence of African fingerstyle guitar – rich, rhythmic, and deeply rooted in tradition. Your journey begins with four daily, immersive video lessons delivered straight to your inbox.
Your Curriculum
Day 1: Introduction to Rumba Music
Day 2: Slowing It Down
Day 3: Unlocking African Melodies
Day 4: The Congolese Interval Approach
Why Learn African Fingerstyle Guitar?
Long before the arrival of the six-string European guitar the African fingerpicking technique had developed over centuries on many of Africa’s tradtional stringed instruments like Congo’s nandé harp, Mali’s ngoni or Senegal’s econtin. Adapted onto guitar and unaffected by the local introduction of the plectrum this ancient method remains influential until today.
- Day 1: Introduction to Rumba Music – Learn a Congolese fingerstyle classic, “Mokoli Na Kufa” by Tabu Ley Rochereau.
- Day 2: Slowing It Down – Master the details of “Mokoli Na Kufa” at a slower tempo with a metronome.
- Day 3: Unlocking African Melodies – Discover how African melodies are rooted in simple scales, making complex sounds accessible.
- Day 4: The Congolese Interval Approach – Explore intervals, particularly the 6th, a hallmark of Congolese guitar legends like Franco Luambo Makiadi.
Discover the tribal guitar techniques of Congo and you’ll unlock the secret to understanding the African chord melody approach.
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