Marla Leigh is amazing. she is talented flute player, percussionist, and composer.
She is also a wonderful teacher and has inspired many groups… AUM …~
– Saul David Raye, internationally acclaimed yoga teacher
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Online Personal Study &Wellness Program
150 min/20 videos
Medical research studies indicate that drumming boosts the immune system and has many healing effects. Drumming and Chanting have been used for thousands of years to create and maintain physical, mental and spiritual health.
Come experience the healing medicines of these sacred art forms.
“Drumming tunes our biology orchestrates our immunity, and enables healing to begin”
– Dr Bittman
Drumming is emerging as a significant therapeutic tool for healers, yogis and therapists.
Enjoy Chanting and Praying through Music?
Are you a healer, therapist, yoga teacher, musician who desires to incorporate sacred music into your professional practice?
Love Music, Drumming, and Spirituality?
IF YOU ANSWERED – YES – TO ANY OF THE QUESTIONS ABOVE,
THEN THIS IS THE PROGRAM FOR YOU!
- This program will be taught on the frame drum, an ancient and mystical drum that was played by Shamans and High Priestess for healing in cultures worldwide.
- Have another drum? You are welcome to use other types of drums for this program as well.
- This is a VIDEO E-program. You can watch the videos anytime, go at your own pace and ENJOY the healing rhythmic journey.
- Each video is between 5 – 15min in length; Program totals around 2.5 hours of learning material!
Whats Included in the Program
-20 Vitamin Enriched Educational Videos (each between 5 -15 min long)
-2 Bonus Videos
-Password Protected Login
-Unlimited Access to program is guaranteed for One Year after Purchase
– All Registered Participants get a discount on one on one training sessions with Marla AND Cooperman Frame Drums
WHAT LEVEL PROGRAM IS THIS ?
This is a beginner – intermediate level program. The lessons are taught at a pace that is suitable for beginners, so if you are interested in this course, and have never drummed before, I highly encourage you to sign up!
The videos are also suitable for players with some drumming experience, as we are learning some cool, unique things like playing in 5- beat time cycles, solkuttu exercises, how to chant and drum, and … please read on..
HOW DO I SIGN UP
Please click on the registration button to sign up. After you sign up, you will receive an email from Marla within 72 hours, giving you your login details. If by chance, you do NOT hear from Marla within 72 hours, please contact her. Thank you.
Please note that program is offered at a special discounted price in honor of this being the FIRST program on Marla’s Frame Drum Online Academy.
Price of program will increase soon, so get in now at a good rate!
Picture from the video course…
Program Videos Include:
Free Hand Style Frame Drumming
Lesson #1 – Intro to the Program.
Lesson #2 – Free Hand Frame Drum Lesson – The Doum Stroke
Lesson #3 – Free Hand Frame Drum Lesson – The Ta & Ka Strokes
Lesson #4 – Free Hand Frame Drum Lesson – The Pa Stroke
Lesson #5 – Free Hand Frame Drum Lesson – The Brush Stroke
Lesson #6 – Free Hand Practice Rhythms & Importance of using a Metronome
Lesson #7 – How to apply the Frame Drum Free Hand Style playing techniques onto OTHER types of hand
drums (dgembe, dounbeck)
4 – Beat Rhythms for Chanting
Ta Ka Di Mi | Ta Ka Jo Nu
Lesson #8 Learn to play a commonly used Chanting Rhythm #1 Practice Session
(WATCH THIS VIDEO FOR FREE )
Lesson #9 – Lean to play commonly used Chanting Rhythm #2 & Practice Session
Lesson #10 – Learn to play a Variation on Chanting Rhythm #2 Variation (Split Finger) & Practice Session
Lesson #11 – Lean to play commonly used Chanting Rhythm #3 & Practice Session
Lesson #12 – The Voice Lesson – Learn key exercises to strengthen & open your voice
Lesson #13 – The Practice: Learn, Sing & Drum with the Ganesh Mantra (Ganesh is the remover of obstacles, yes!)
Picture from the video course…
5- Beat Rhythmic Mantras (Rhythms) for Meditation
Ta Di Gi Na Tom | Ta Ka Ta Ki Ta
Lesson # 13 – Introduction to 5 beat rhythms, numerology, and Solkattu, (Indian Vocal Percussion).
Lesson #14 – Rhythm #1 & Practice Session
WATCH THIS VIDEO FOR FREE
Lesson #15– Rhythm #2 & Practice Session
Lesson #16– Rhythm #3 & Practice Session
Lesson #17– Rhythm #4 & Practice Session
Lesson #18– Rhythm #5 & Practice Session
Lesson #– DrumMeditation Ritual (please sit by your alter for this)
BONUS VIDEO #1 – Easy Stretch Routine for Drummers
BONUS VIDEO #2 – Free Hand Frame Drum Solo
Please note that program is offered at a special discounted price in honor of this being the FIRST program on Marla’s Frame Drum Online Academy.
Price of program will increase, So get in now at a good rate!
Private Lesson with Marla!
OPTIONAL ADD -ON TO DEEPEN YOUR PRACTICE
As an add on option, Marla is offering discounted SKYPE lessons during the course of this program.
If this interests you, please email Marla for a prices. To better help you on your frame drumming journey, this is highly suggested, even one extra lesson can help you tremendously!
SPECIAL OFFER:
ALL REGISTERED PARTICIPANTS OF THIS PROGRAM RECEIVE
$20 off ANY SKYPE LESSON PACKAGE, or $15 off single lesson!
READ STUDENT TESTIMONIALS
(Click on image above to read student testimonials)
Music is my Medicine. 
I have been involved in music since I was born. My father was a Opera Singer/Doctor – and my mother was a Pianist – my great great grandfather was the violinist for the Zar..and…the story continues…
I began studying music at the tender age of 3. It has served as the one thing in my life that has always been there for me, as a way to express myself, and to find solace in the intense world that we live in. My mother unfortunately passed at a very early age, and I found myself going to my music more and more. I loved to improvise and make up my own songs since as early as I can remember. I would sit at the piano and sing my heart out, then run around my house playing flute (improvising) to the classical music my father was playing. It was these moments of pure extacy in music that created my passion and love for this, I feel blessed to still have the creative fire to explore, express, create, and most importantly, SHARE music with the world.
I first studied Classical piano (13 years), then Classical flute (20+ years of study) and then fell in love with percussion while I was studying Jazz Flute (yup, I wanted to be a Jazz Flautist) at California Institute of the Arts (Calarts). I went to Calarts as a flute major and ended up taking every type of world percussion class I could. It was there that I met my mentor and first frame drum inspiration, John Bergamo. – what a genius he was and I am truly grateful for meeting and studying with him for over a decade. I continued on to get my MFA in Percussion from Calarts – and the studying has never ended.
How did this happen? I just happened to go to a college that had one of the BEST world music departments in the world -I just happened to meet John Bergamo while at college , one of the worlds finest hand drummers – I just happened to also study over a decade of time with percussion masters Glen Velez, Randy Gloss, Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri, Alfred Ladzekpo, Kobla Ladzekpo, and Sriji. I also had the great fortune to be mentored under Layne Redmond during her last years. Can someone pinch me, my training was truly with masters in the field. What a blessing, what a gift, and its time to share it!
After college, I began to get more interested in spirituality – lived at an Ashram, and studied yoga and meditation and health/wellness. Living a concious, healthy live, became a way of being. (My suitcase always has a yoga mat, candle, as well as lots of drums..lol)
It is with great pleasure that I present this program to you – a program that combines my sincere passions and study of music and drumming with spirituality. I became fascinated with combining my passion for drumming with spirituality..exploring chanting, trance drumming, Shamanic inspired drumming practices and my own drum rituals.
Thank you for reading, and I hope you enjoy the program, make it take you on a beautiful healing journey…
~Marla
Thank you’s
Big THANK YOU to Robin Russel and her family for use of their home, the cool red couch where the videos were shot, and the beautiful land to create these videos in gorgeous Grafton, Vermont.
Big THANK YOU to Patrick Cooperman and the Cooperman Company for use of their drum for this program
Thank you to all my teachers. Forever grateful for your teachings.