How To Play Tony Allen's First Pattern of Afrobeat on Drums | Afrobeat Drumming | Fela Kuti

Here's a quick introduction to Tony Allen's first pattern of Afrobeat, a style of drumming he invented.
Here's a PDF with a transcription of the groove and a bit-by-bit breakdown of the incremental learning method I talk about in this video.
https://wp.me/a1Y53c-1xH
Check out Tony Allen's explanation of the pattern here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jN1C6PCRoQ

00:00 Intro
01:54 Hihat pattern
04:06 Bass drum pattern
04:42 Snare pattern
05:56 Incremental learning process
09:11 Open hihat shenanigans
11:32 Outro

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