IQ Plus Percussion 6″ Traditional Rope-Tuned Djembe IQ-W004-01

Katia de Peyer $ 44.99
Description The djembe is one of West Africa’s best known instruments.  Traditionally, the various rhythms played on a djembe are only played at a certain time for a specific reason.  For instance, djembe drumming could accompany the passage into adulthood or marriage.  It was also played to honor specific groups of people or professions.  The djembe has definitely settled into Western culture in the last century, and it holds a prominent place in much of modern pop music. IQ Plus djembes are great tools for group music therapy such as self-improvement and team building.  They are also excellent instruments for teachers to gather children in class or to accompany school dances.  Young children will enjoy moving or dancing along while the djembe is being played or they can create many easy rhythmic patterns by themselves.  Children can improve their hearing ability and learn to incorporate their own rhythms into a piece of music.  The djembe is another excellent instrument for developing hand-eye coordination and time keeping.  Playing with an IQ Plus djembe will allow children to express their energy through music or to create fun group music sessions.    IQ Plus 6″ Traditional Rope-Tuned Djembe Features:   –  Constructed of environmentally friendly rubber wood –  Head made from natural hand selected goatskin – An excellent instrument for developing hand-eye coordination and time keeping –  Variety of choices of size and color finishes
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1. My Dance, Our Symphony
2. New York
3. 16 Langford Place
4. The Chamber Music Society
5. Musical Roots
6. Horovitz, Milhaud, and Mozart
7. Life in New York
8. Musical Colleagues and Friends
9. Challenges
10. Carnegie Concert Hall and the World of Musicians
11. Porto Vecchio
12. A Music Festival at Sea
13. The Assisi Festa Musica Pro
14. Castello di Duino and a Turning Point
15. The Washington Sinfonia
16. More Musical Colleagues and Collaborations
17. Sweet and Sour
18. Master Teacher, Master Passeur

Acknowledgements
Newspaper, Text and Photographic Credits
Appendix A: Gervase de Peyer, Principal Clarinet
Appendix B: Select Recordings
Appendix C: An Extract from Portraits 1: Gervase de Peyer
Select Bibliography
About the Author

About the Author

Katia de Peyer’s first book Dancing with MySelf, Sensuous Exercises for Body, Mind and Spirit (Nucleus Publications, 1991; La Source Press, 2026) introduced her method of inner-centering through movement, hailed by Diane von Furstenberg as a whole new attitude about exercising. Her second book Enjoy Your Healing Power (La Source Press, 2025) is an intuitive, helpful guide for developing our healing power.  A ballet dancer born in Paris who lived in Spain to further her studies in flamenco, Katia moved to New York in the late sixties to start a successful career as a personal trainer. There she met the virtuoso clarinettist Gervase de Peyer in 1976.  She and Gervase married in 1980 and lived for two decades in the US and then in the UK until Gervase’s death in 2017.  Katia continues her work as a writer and healer in London and New York.

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