Michiel Moerkerk

In the Intermediate Classroom Lesson 33 you can find this new groove. I always enjoy playing this one. You can create variations and it is nice to play this groove with dynamics. A lullaby song will folow soon. Stay tuned and enjoy!

This variation is a good one to start 2023. Have you mastered this one? Close your eyes and play! You find this video in the Intermediate Classroom Lesson 32. Tuning Bminor but as always nice in other tunings to. Annitché.

This video lesson is the first variation for this groove. I will share 2 more variations soon. You find it in the Intermediate Classroom Lessons 31. Enjoy.

This new video is a very nice n’goni tune. A follow up video with a few variations coming soon, so stay tuned. You find this video in the Intermediate Classroom Lesson 30. Annitche.

This video is a follow -up. A nice variation to color your ngoni music. Are you ready? Go to Sweetening Out the Groove, lesson 21. Annitché.

A new groove or not? Yes it is a new one! And very nice to combine it with The Sea. That is why you’ll find it in the Sweetening Out page. It will enrich your n’goni playing. This groove can be very powerful. Sweetening Out the Groove page, Lesson 20. The tuning is Bminor- the … Read more

Ready to sing with us? This new upload is a ngoni melody inspired by the Sofa rythm. Sofa is a djembe rythm from Guinee. Back in the days the rythm was played for the warriors on horseback. My friend Eef Bresser learned it from Bemba Bangoura. We have put our own spin on it. You … Read more

I invite you to subscribe for our Newsletter. Once in awhile i am going to send you the planet ngoni newsletter with … something new. Like a new tuning or extra information about a groove and much more. I would be happy if you subscribe. Thank you. Annitché. Kind regards, Michiel

*english below Maak je eigen kamale n’goni! Onder begeleiding van Eef Bresser en mij maak je je eigen instrument. Een kamale n’goni met authentieke materialen zoals kalebas en bamboe stok. De bamboe stok geeft een prachtige natuurklank. Het maken van je eigen instrument is heel tof en geeft een extra dimensie. Je legt jezelf er … Read more

This month i was able to make two beautiful kamale n’gonis. Together with my friend and fellow worker Eef Bresser we build two 10 string kamale n’goni. We built them in the autentic Mali style, with bambu neck. The bambu neck gives the nature sound. The gourds we used are from Niger. Very thick and … Read more