Berlin frame drum school

Join the frame drum community, develop your musicality and indulge in the rhythmic flow! I’m Borys Slowikowski – percussionist, educator, and psychologist. I offer individual and group classes in modern frame drums, as well as drum circles, drumming retreats, and rhythmic couching for musicians.

The lessons are adjusted to the needs of student – whether it’s professional goals, hobby, meditative practice, self-development or boosting rhythmic skills.

If you already play frame drums, I will help you systemise your practice, develop your sound, improve dexterity and take your playing to another level.

If you have never studied any instrument before, I will guide you step-by-step, building up an ability to play, re-accessing your musicality and finding joy in making music.

There is no such thing as ‘lack of the sense of the rhythm’ or ‘lack of musical skills’. Everyone has capabilities to become a musical being.

Music is a basic human need, a practice crucial for individual and communal health. Developing one’s musicality for me means also developing one’s relationship with their body and sensuality. A method I use to teach rhythmology, is what I call Bodies In Pulse!-Pulse in Bodies! (BIP!/PIB!) that I have been researching since 2013. It relies both on developing rhythmicality through an intuitional somatic practice, and on deepening the understanding of rhythm.

Also when it comes to teaching drum techniques, I pay a great attention to the body: it’s posture, breath, presence, responsiveness. The whole playing system of Zohar Fresco is built around the topic of ergonomics of movement, which makes it quite unique in the world of traditional percussion. Being a somatic practitioner and dancer, I continue to research his approach, developing exercises which help to make learning more intuitive.