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 Base-5 hand drumming rhythms |
Updated: 11 Mar 2009 |
This page has notation and difficulty ratings for hand drumming rhythms (mostly Middle Eastern) that can be done in multiples of five counts.
This page is part of Kamuran's Guide for Doumbek Players.
AQSAQ SAMAI [easy-medium, syncopated] 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+-5-+- D - T K - D - T - T == count 5-5; ** you could also count 2-3-2-3 CURCUNA (pronounced "JOOR-joo-nuh") [medium, syncopated, Armenian] 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+-5-+- D - k T k D - T - k == Kesslari; count 5-2-3 also: 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+-5-+- 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+-5-+- D - - T - D - T - - == Carmine (basic); Jas #2 D k k T k D k T k k == Carmine (filled) D - T k - D - T - - == Jas #1 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+-5-+-6-+- 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+- D - - k t k t - - k t k D - K - D - K - == Daveed DAVEED 15 [easy-medium, 15 count, modern?] 1-+-2-+-3-+- 1-+-2-+-3-+- 1-+-2-+-3-+- 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+-5-+-6-+- D k k T k k T k k D k T k T k FARSEE 5 [medium-tough, modern?] 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+-5-+- 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+-5-+- D - t k - k - D t - T - t k - k D - t - == Jas: Durr invention? FIFTEEN [medium, 15 count, syncopated] 1-+-2-+-3-+- 1-+-2-+-3-+- 1-+-2-+-3-+- 1-+-2-+-3-+- 1-+-2-+-3-+- D - - K - - T - - k t t D - T NUBAR [medium-tough] 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+-5-+- 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+-5-+- D k k T k k D k t k T k k D k t k D k k == unknown SAMAI [medium] 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+- 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+-5-+-6-+- 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+-5-+-6-+- 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+- D t k t t t k t k D t k T T D - D - T T t k t k t - D t k t k t t k t k t t k t t D - D - t t t k t k t t == Nott D t k t k T - T t k t k D - D - T t k t k t k == Daveed D - D - T t k t k t k D t k t k T - T t k t k == Daveed ** Per Daveed, the last one above is "Wynnie's version". Apparently she likes the way it sounds with the first half played second! The four lines above are repeated below on a 10-count scale: 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+-5-+- 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+-5-+- D tkt t tktkD tkT T D - D - T T tktkt - D tktkt tktkt tkt t D - D - t t tktkt t D tkt k T - T tkt k D - D - T tkt k t k D - D - T tkt k t k D tkt k T - T tkt k samaa'ii thaqill / SAMAI THAQIL / SAMAI [medium, syncopated] 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+-5-+- 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+-5-+- D - - T - D D T - - == Carmine (Samai) D t k t k T t k D D T t k t k == Carmine (filled Samai) D - T k - D D T - T == Jas D t k T k S t k D D S t k T k == Jas SHOUSH 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+-5-+- D t k t k D T == [easy-medium]; Carmine D t k k D T == [medium] SLOW FIVE [medium] 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+-5-+- D - k t - k t t D - D - k t - k t k D - == me TAKE FIVE [syncopated] 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+-5-+- D k - T k D k == me (and the Dave Brubeck Quartet, 1959) TURKISH 5 [easy-medium] 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+-5-+- D k t k t == Jas, Nott; [medium] D - k T - k T K D - == Daveed (Slow) D k T k T == Daveed (Fast #2); [medium] D k t k K == Daveed (Fast #4) D k T k K == Daveed (Fast #5) D k D k k == Daveed (Fast #6) D k k D k == Daveed (Fast #7) D k k T k == Daveed (Fast #8) D k T k k == Carmine ** So, if someone asks me for a Turkish Five, I should ask them [1] do they want the second Doum on beat three or beat four and [2] which beats should be accented... OK.
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Original page posted:
January 14, 2000 • Last tweaked:
April 19, 2009
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