July Darbuka Challenge

Day 3 Audio.

Team Turkish.
Warm ups.
Today we will start splitting the hands into different parts. The following exercise is the perfect place to start!

Right hand=Maqsum
Left hand=quarter, eighth and sixteenth notes.

Left hand isolation. Accent rhythms of your choice using only the left 'Ka' hand.

Team Arabia.
Warm ups.

All too often I have seen many ‘advanced’ level players with poor technique and tone. This is the reason I am always recommending technique practice such as the warm up drills and isolating the ‘Ka’ and ‘Slap’ etc. Please spend more time today on these techniques and try to get the nicest tone possible. Can you play a ‘Ka’ softly and with volume? Many drummers can’t! You should be able to play it very softly but still get full tone. Spend time on this now.

Some more drills...