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 Base-6 hand drumming rhythms |
Updated: 10 Mar 2009 |
This page has notation and difficulty ratings for hand drumming rhythms (mostly Middle Eastern) that can be done in multiples of six counts.
This page is part of Kamuran's Guide for Doumbek Players.
ANCESTRAL SPIRIT [medium, syncopated] 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+-5-+-6-+-7-+-8-+- 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+- D - - T T - T D D T - D T T - ** From a devotional song called "Spirit of the Ancestors" on the CD "Fire Dance" by Brian Keane and Omar Faruk Tekbilek. BASIIT [medium, Andalusian] 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+-5-+-6-+- 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+-5-+-6-+- D k D t k T k t k D k t k CHAUCKA / CHAKA / CHAKA 12 [medium; from Daveed and Durr, 1992] 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+-5-+-6-+- 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+-5-+-6-+- D t k t k T t k t k D t k T t k D K == Daveed D k k D k k D k k k D k k D k k D D == see below ** Nott: from Daveed; [medium-tough] D t k t k t t k t k D t k t t k D t == Jas D t k t k T t k t k D t k T t k D T == Mas'ud; Nott: Durr MAQMAQ / MOQMOQ [medium, via 'Uncle' Armando Mafufo] 1-+-2-+-3-+- 4-+-5-+-6-+- 1-+-2-+-3-+- 4-+-5-+-6-+- D k t k t k D k t k t k D k t k t k D D - Full version: Part 1 is as above. 1-+-2-+-3-+- 4-+-5-+-6-+- D k t k t k D D - == Part 2 k D - D - - . . . . . . == Part 3 HEY! - - - . . . . . . == Part 4 Put it all together... Part 1 (do three times), Part 2 (three times), Part 3 (three times), Part 4 (once) Total: 22 measures. MOROCCAN / SOUFI [medium, syncopated, trance rhythm?] 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+-5-+-6-+- 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+-5-+-6-+- D - - K - k D - - - K - D - - K - K D - K - K - == Mas'ud (Soufi) D - - k - k D - - - K - D - - k - k D - K - K - == Daveed (Moroccan) D - d K - K D - - - K - D - d K - K D - K - K - == me D - d K - K D - d - K k D - d K - K D K T - t k == me ** For me, this is OK as a trance, maybe a bit busy. But I *really* like how this sounds when it's played fast - say, five times in 15 seconds. MOROCCAN 6 [tough] 1-+-2-+-3-+- D k k G k k == line 1 of 5 D k k G k G == line 2 of 5 D k k G k D == line 3 of 5 D k D D D D == line 4 of 5 D k G k G k == line 5 of 5 [medium] 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+-5-+-6-+- D k k D k k D k T k T k == Carmine MUDAWWAR [easy-medium, syncopated] 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+-5-+-6-+- D - T - D D D - - - T - == count 4-6-2 PERSIAN 6/8 [easy-medium] 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+-5-+-6-+- D t k t T t - [medium] 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+-5-+-6-+- D r r T t t t D ttt K D t K D ktt K D k T RENG / Shish Hasht [medium] 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+-5-+-6-+- D - - - K T D - T K T K == Carmine ** Per Carmine, shish is Farsi for 'six' and hasht is Farsi for 'eight' SAMAH [medium-tough] 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+-5-+-6-+- D - T T D - - - D D T T == line 1 of 3 D - T - - - T - D D T T == line 2 of 3 D - T - - - T - D - - - == line 3 of 3 SAWT 12 [medium, syncopated] 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+-5-+-6-+- D - - - T - - D d - T - == Jas (open) also: [medium] 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+-5-+-6-+- D k t k T k t D d k T k == Jas (filled) ** Jas says the full version has 2 parts. Part 1 is the filled version above and Part 2 is the same, but delayed by a 1/16 note. [tough] SERTO [medium, syncopated] 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+-5-+-6-+- 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+-5-+-6-+- D - - k D - - k T k - - D - - k T - - k t k - - SHA'BIA [special, from Jas] 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+-5-+-6-+- 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+-5-+-6-+- T K T K D K T K T K T K == drum 1 (heart) G - D - K G - K D - - - == drum 2 (lung) ** Heart = [easy-medium]; Lung = [medium] Jas says, "This is a Moroccan polyrhythm, unusual in Middle Eastern music and hardly a polyrhythm by the standards of continental African rhythm." SHEESHTOSH [medium, Persian] 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+-5-+-6-+- 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+-5-+-6-+- D - k t k - D - t - - - T - k t k - D - t - - - == Jas: "should swing" D - k t k - D - k - - - T - k t k - D - k - - - == me D - t k t - D - t - - - T - t k t - D - t - - - == me SUDASI [easy-medium] 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+-5-+-6-+-7-+- 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+-5-+- D - - D D - - D D - T - == Carmine D T K T D D T K T D D K T K == Carmine (filled) SUFI, MOROCCAN [tough] D k G k G k == line 1 of 5 D k k G k k == .. D k G k G k == .. D G k G k k == .. D k k G k D == line 5 of 5 WHIRLING DERVISH [tough] 1-+-2-+-3-+- 1-+-2-+-3-+- 1-+-2-+-3-+- 1-+-2-+-3-+- D - d D - d D - t k - k D t k t k - YUGRIG [medium] 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+-5-+-6-+- D - t k T - t d T - - - ** I'd consider playing the second Doum with the off-hand. For rhythms that can be done in three or six counts, see the Base-3 page.
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January 14, 2000 • Links tested: December 5, 2009
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