*** Online Lessons *** | Jarrod Cagwin

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LIVE ONLINE LESSONS AVAILABLE

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I am available for private online lessons via video conferencing. I am equipped with professional video and sound for high quality transmissions. My preferred platform is by Zoom meeting for best quality and recording possibility for you.

To schedule a lesson, please contact me at: jcagwinperc@gmail.com

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Online lessons that I offer:

General Frame Drum (Beginner to Advanced)

These lessons can be applied to a multitude of different kinds of frame drums (Turkish Bendir, Syrian Mızhar, Western Bodhran, etc..). I focus on proper hand position and body posture to promote the best musical expression from the student. Intricate hand techniques are explored (Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Italian, South Indian, etc...)

Mizhar Frame Drum Solo: Jarrod Cagwin & Eckermman Drums

Mizhar Frame Drum Solo: Jarrod Cagwin & Eckermman Drums

A short clip with a 55cm Eckermann Superconductor deep shell Mizhar. This drum has a thin and hard goat skin, which gives very crisp and precise articulation. Depending on tuning this drum can have a very deep and long tonal sustain, or a very crisp attack and dry sustain as shown in this clip. These models (Superconductor and Conductor) are unique in design that creates very clear expression from these hand crafted frame drums. more info at: www.eckermanndrums.com & www.jarrodcagwin.net

Jarrod Cagwin - Bendir #hayyamsessions Vol.1

Jarrod Cagwin - Bendir #hayyamsessions Vol.1

Hayyam Sessions Vol.1 Bilal Karaman & Jarrod Cagwin Recorded & Mixed by Sinan SAKIZLI @ Hayyam Stüdyoları, İstanbul 2014 Deezer: http://www.deezer.com/album/8958973 iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/tr/album/hay... Bilal Karaman: Guitars Jarrod Cagwin: Percussion

Mizhar Solo

Mizhar Solo

Eckermann 55 Conductor Series

Working on Etude with students in Vienna

Working on Etude with students in Vienna

End of Workshop weekend and my "TAKADIMI's" are getting a bit "FUNKY-DIMI". But having fun with my students working on a couple measures (29 & 30) of one of my training Etudes for frame drum. It is actually two bars of 4/4 but with phrase syncopations across: 6 - 5- 1 - 4 - 5 - 5 - 5 - (1) Without pulse underlines phrases look like this: Tarikitataka TaThom - Thom - Ta Takadimi TaThom - Thom - TadikinathTadikinath - I use western music notation as well as South Indian Solkattu Script notation for my teaching (based from Ramnad Raghavan & Russel Hartenberger) Both are equally important for learning rhythm and phrasing!!!!

Teaching in Vienna Rabih Abou-Khalil Il Ritorno del Languore

Teaching in Vienna Rabih Abou-Khalil Il Ritorno del Languore

working with my workshop students this weekend in Vienna, playing along with a 9/8 song from Rabih Abou-Khalil we recorded in 2003 called Il Ritorno del Languore on the album Morton’s Foot. The pattern I am teaching on frame drum is a bit intricate and requires a lot of discipline to play correctly and not rush through the last part of the rhythmic phrase. On the recording / cd can be heard Rabih, Michel Godard, Luciano Biondini, Gabriele Mirabassi, and myself. @jarrod_cagwin @rabihaboukhalil @eckermanndrums #framedrum #framedrums #drumteaching #percussion #handdrum #jarrodcagwin #eckermanndrums

2 Hand "Suspended / Cradled" Technique

These lessons focus on playing the drum cradled between the two hands and floating. This is the most traditional position for frame drums from various cultures. Various drums, techniques, and rhythmical styles include Persian Daf, Turkish Bendir / Daire, Azerbaijani Gaval / Dayrehe, North African Tar & Moroccan Bendir, + JCagwin hybrid techniques.