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 Base-7 hand drumming rhythms |
| Updated: Jan 17, 2003 |
This page has notation and difficulty ratings for hand drumming rhythms (mostly Middle Eastern) that can be done in multiples of seven counts.
This page is part of Kamuran's Guide for Doumbek Players.
DAWR HINDI [easy-medium, 17th century Persian?] 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+-5-+-6-+-7-+- D t k t D t k t t k == Nott D T T D - T - == Jas: count 3-4 D T k T k D t k T t k == Jas: filled DEVRA HINDI [easy-medium] 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+-5-+-6-+-7-+- D - k D k T - == Jas, Kesslari ** Jas says "medium - slow"; I think he means medium volume, slowly GREEK 7 [medium-tough] 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+-5-+-6-+-7-+- D k k D k D k D k t k T k T ** count 3-2-2-4-3 KALAMANTIANO [easy-medium, Greek] 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+-5-+-6-+-7-+- D k t k D k D k D k t k D k G k == [medium] LAAZ / LAZ [easy-medium, 7 count] 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+-5-+-6-+-7-+- D - D - D k t == me: open D k D k D k t k D k D k D k t k == Jas D k D k T - k == Kesslari also: [medium] 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+-5-+-6-+-7-+- D - t k - k D - t k t - t - == Nott: "Laaz"; (** also see Saidi) MUHAJJAR [medium-tough] 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+-5-+-6-+-7-+- 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+-5-+-6-+-7-+- D t k D t k D t k t k T t k t k D t k == part 1 t k T t k t k T t k t k T t k T t k == part 2; Jas, Nott D tkD tkD tkt k T tkt k D tk t k T tkt k T tkt k T tkT tk == both on one line also: [medium, from Jas] 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+-5-+-6-+-7-+- 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+-5-+-6-+-7-+- D D D - T - D - T - T - T T == count 4-2-2-6 ZENKOV [tough, Russian] 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+-5-+-6-+-7-+-8-+-9-+- 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+-5-+-6-+-7-+- 1-+-2-+-3-+-4-+-5-+- D - T - D - T - k D k D k T - k D - T - k ** Jas, Kesslari: 9-7-5 or 2-2-2-3-2-2-3-2-3
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January 14, 2000. Last tweaked:
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