Guembri

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Start playing the guembri.

Five short lessons to take you from a brand-new instrument to playing your first cycle and your first fretted notes. Read at your own pace; the tuner and synth are linked when you need them.

  1. 01The instrumentWhat a guembri is, how it's built, how to hold it.5 min
  2. 02Tune your guembriD — D — G, by ear or with the built-in tuner.5 min
  3. 03Your first cycleOpen-string D on each of the four beats, krakeb steady underneath.10 min
  4. 04Reading the cycleHow a Gnawa cycle of 12 sub-pulses and 4 beats becomes the grid you see in every tab.10 min
  5. 05Your first fretted noteMove the left hand down the neck — five reference positions on string 1.12 min