How to play darbuka. Course for beginners

Welcome to the video course How to play Darbuka for Beginners by Artem Uzunov.

Created by Artem Uzunov
Last updated: December 15, 2020
Language: English
Subtitles: English, French, German

Description

This level is designed for those who are just beginning to try and play this instrument. We will see how to  hold the darbuka properly, how to play basic strokes,  perform various exercises. Step by step. From slow to fast.
And, of course, we will learn  to play basic Arabic rhythms, solo patterns, as well as play full-fledged compositions!

We recommend you to use Darbuka Rhythms app by Artem Uzunov, where you can choose the rhythm you need and practice it with desired speed.  Let’s play!

Language: English
Subtitles: English, German, French, Russian
Production: Artem Uzunov
Remaster for Bellystream.TV: Vladimir Kluchenkov

Course structure

8 videos • 2h 49m total length
1. Lesson one
22m

In this first video of the course for beginners How to play darbuka by Artem Uzunov you will learn how to hold darbuka properly, what is Dum, Tek, Ka, te, ka and pause. Then you will have practice in hits (each hits combination will be played slowly and faster).

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2. Lesson two
24m

In the second video of the course for beginners How to play darbuka by Artem Uzunov you will start to learn arabic rhytms and try to play them. You will learn: maksum, baladi, saidi, malfuf and fallahi rhytms and their variations. You will have the opportunity to firstly play them slow and then faster.

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3. Lesson three
27m

In the third video of the course for beginners How to play darbuka by Artem Uzunov you will start to learn arabic rhytms and try to play them. You will learn: masmoudi, khaleegy, wahda, wahda kebira and chiftetelli rhytms and their variations. You will have the opportunity to firstly play them slow and then faster.

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4. Lesson four
24m

In the next video of the course for beginners How to play darbuka by Artem Uzunov you will continue to learn arabic rhytms and try to play them. You will learn: samai, sombati, karachi and waltz rhytms and their variations. You will have the opportunity to firstly play them slow and then faster.

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5. Lesson five
23m

In the video #5 of the course for beginners How to play darbuka by Artem Uzunov he will show you different rthytm combinations. You will learn combos of: Malfuf and Maksum, Masmoudi and Baladi, Ayoub and Karachi, Saidi variations, Ayoub and Khaleegy, Wahda Kibira and Chiftetelli, Maksum and Fallahi, Jerk and Konga, Waltz and Karsilama, Wahda Kebira and Sombati as well as Maksum variations. You will have the opportunity to firstly play them slow and then faster.

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6. Lesson six
17m

In the video #6 of the course for beginners How to play darbuka by Artem Uzunov you will learn the first 9 solo patterns. You will have the opportunity to firstly play them slow and then faster.

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7. Lesson seven
11m

In the video #7 of the course for beginners How to play darbuka by Artem Uzunov you will continue to learn solo patterns and get to know another 6 of them. You will have the opportunity to firstly play them slow and then faster.

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8. Lesson eight (final)
18m

In this last video of the course for beginners How to play darbuka by Artem Uzunov you will learn two full fledged compositions.

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