Here are some useful pages for those of you just getting into the world of the African djembe. First up is the djembe Wiki which contains a good amount of beginner knowledge and reference material.
Once you have your djembe then you are going to need to tune up. There are now modern drums on the market which have modern key tuning systems which make the process very easy. If you are a traditionalist though, you might not like that idea and might have a rope tuned djembe. If this is the case then you will need to learn to tune it up. This page has a good guide on tuning with ropes.
Finally, here is a very basic page, but one that shows you some basic rhythms to get you going.
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