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Fourteen courses across eleven instruments, four teachers, and the community — for less than the price of one course a year.

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One subscription gives you all our courses and all our teachers.

  • Start where you are. Begin with World Percussion Fundamentals to learn the basics. Explore our intermediate and advanced courses if you already know how to play.
  • The most popular hand drums. Cajon, frame drums, darbuka, riq, udu, congas, bongos, Iranian daf, tonbak, calabash and pandeiro.
  • An international team of teachers. Each teacher brings their own background and specialist knowledge.
  • The WPA Community. Ask questions, share what you are practising, and meet other students around the world.

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The fourteen courses

Every one of them is included, from the first day of your trial. Tap any course to read more about it.

World Percussion FundamentalsWorld Percussion FundamentalsEleven instruments — the place to start Glen Velez with frame drumThe Art of Frame DrummingGlen Velez — the godfather of modern frame drumming Complete Cajon 1Complete Cajon 1All you need to get started on the cajon Frame Drums BeginnerFrame Drums BeginnerGet started on frame drums Riq BeginnerRiq BeginnerThe Middle-Eastern tambourine, from the first stroke Udu BeginnerUdu BeginnerGet started on the African udu drum The Complete Pandeiro Guide, Part 1Complete Pandeiro Guide, Part 1Matthias Haffner — the pandeiro from the basic sounds up Iranian DafIranian DafNaghmeh Farahmand teaches the Iranian frame drum Complete Cajon 2Complete Cajon 2Advanced cajon techniques and concepts Frame Drums Advanced 1Frame Drums Advanced 1Advanced techniques and concepts on frame drums Frame Drums Advanced 2Frame Drums Advanced 2Advanced playing styles and applications Riq AdvancedRiq AdvancedTaking your riq playing to the next level Udu AdvancedUdu AdvancedIntermediate and advanced udu techniques The Complete Pandeiro Guide, Part 2Complete Pandeiro Guide, Part 2Matthias Haffner — advanced rhythmic applications

Your teachers

Each one brings their own background and specialist knowledge.

David KuckhermannDavid KuckhermannGermany — cajon, frame drums, udu, multi-percussionGrammy-nominated percussionist and founder of the Academy. Cajon, frame drums, udu, darbuka, riq and more, taught with a clear, structured method.
Glen VelezGlen VelezUSA — frame drumsThe godfather of modern frame drumming. Sound vocabulary, vocalisation, snaps and rhythmic phrasing.
Naghmeh FarahmandNaghmeh FarahmandIran — dafIranian percussionist from a musical family, teaching the daf: technique, the riz, and Kurdish and Sufi rhythms.
Matthias HaffnerMatthias HaffnerGermany — pandeiroThirty years of Brazilian percussion, teaching the pandeiro from the basic sounds through samba, choro, forró and beyond.

Monette Marino Keita (djembe), Kirill Osherov (tonbak), and more teachers joining soon.

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