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 Base-2 hand drumming rhythms |
| Updated: Dec 11, 2003 |
This page has notation and difficulty ratings for hand drumming rhythms (mostly Middle Eastern) that can be done in four or eight counts.
This page is part of Kamuran's Guide for Doumbek Players.
"ARABIC" [easy] 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+- D T D t k T t k t k D D k D k T k - k == [easy-medium, syncopated] AYOUB / AYUB / AYUBE / AYUUB / AYYUB / ayyuub [easy, Egyptian] 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+- D t D t == Mas'ud: simple D t k D t == Nott D k k D k D t k D D == Mas'ud: "Zar" D t k d d == Steve: "Zar" #1; also see the base-3 Zar D T T D T == Jas: open Sombati D - k D K == Jas: simple also: [easy-medium] 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+- D k t k D t == Mas'ud: busy also: [medium] 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+- D k k D G == Jas: classic D k k d G == Nott D t k d G == Steve: "Zar" #2 BAYOU, BAYOUN?, BAYON? [easy, some syncopated, Egyptian, modern?] 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+- D - - D D - T - D - k D D - G - == [medium] HAGALLA (short) [easy, from Dieter Hanf via Ulf] 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+-
D - t k D - t k "HEARTBEAT" [easy; Peach Curry played this on "Dueling Turks"] 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+- d - D - t - k - == open d - D - t - t k d - D - t k t - KARATCHI / karAtshi [easy] 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+- D k k T D == Nott T k k T D == Jas T k t k T D == Jas T - - k T D == Mafufo TAYIR (Naqrah) [medium] 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+- D S WAHIDA / WAHIDAH - also Wahda, Wahdah [easy-medium] 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+- D - D M D t k t k t k == [easy] WAHIDA SAYRAH / WAHIDA SAYIRAH [easy, think Native American] 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+- D - t t == Nott D - T K == Jas For rhythms that can be done in four or eight counts, see the Base-4 page.
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Original page posted:
January 13, 2000. Last tweaked:
July 1, 2006.
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