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 Central Asian drum rhythms |
| Updated: Sep 7, 2004 |
These are from Deirdre and Boru's Drumming Cheat Sheet - Central Asian Rhythms and are listed here with their approval. They designated each rhythm only by a letter to reflect the fact that the rhythms have no names.
On this page, I've arranged them by length (3 to 16 counts) and complexity (easier ones first).
This page is part of Kamuran's Guide for Doumbek Players.
Note that I have no idea how likely it would be that any of these rhythms would be played on a Middle Eastern or African drum...
=L=
[easy] 1-+-2-+-3-+- D - t k t k == also see Zar
=E=
[easy] 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+- D - t k t k t k == also see Wahida
=Q=
[easy-medium] 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+- D - r - D - t k == also see Ayoub
=C=
[easy-medium] 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+- D - - - k k k k
=B=
[easy-medium] 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+- D - - - t k k -
=D=
[medium, syncopated] 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+- D - - D t k t k
=F=
[medium, syncopated] 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+- D t - - k D D - D k - - K d d - == me
=K=
[medium-tough, syncopated] 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+-5-+- k k - t k t k - D -
=J=
[easy-medium] 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+-5-+-6-+- D - t - t - - - D - t - == similar to Samai Darij
=A=
[easy-medium, syncopated] 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+-5-+-6-+-7-+-8-+-
t k t k - - D - D - - - T - - -
(play this so it sounds like a four-count)
=G=
[medium-tough, syncopated] 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+-5-+-6-+-7-+-8-+- D - t t - D - t t - D t t - T -
=I=
[tough] 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+-5-+-6-+-7-+-8-+- D t k t k D t - D D t k D t k t == count 5,3,4,4 or 5,3,5,3
=N=
[easy-medium] 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+- 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+-5-+-6-+- D - - - D - - - t k t - D - - - t - - - (play this so it sounds like a five-count)
=O=
[easy-medium] 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+- 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+-5-+-6-+- D - - - D - - - t k t - D - t - t - - - (play this so it sounds like a five-count)
=M=
[tough, syncopated] 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+-5-+-6-+- 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+-5-+-6-+- 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+- D - - - t k t - - - D - - - t k t - - - D - - - t k t - - - T -
=H=
[tough, syncopated] 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+-5-+-6-+- 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+-5-+-6-+- 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+- D - - - - t k t k - D - - - - t k t k - D - - - t k t k T - - -
Here are links to the other rhythm pages on this site...
Thanks for reading!
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Original page posted:
December 11, 2003. Last tweaked:
July 1, 2006.
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