Geoff Childers
Geoff Childers
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Keeping Track of What You Learn
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How can you expect to remember all the drum beats, fills, and exercises you learn? You can't. Unless you write them down. Here are some tips for keeping track of the knowledge you accumulate.
Playing Darbuka to Recorded Music
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Jamming along to recordings is a great way to practice your chops on the doumbek!
Darbuka Lesson: Slaps (intermediate)
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This tutorial teaches the technique I use for slaps. It’s a little different than how most players do it - my slap is designed to minimize hand and finger movement so it conserves your energy and allows you to play faster. I resisted making this video for a long time because you really need to be able to *hear* a good slap, and I was afraid the microphone on my cell phone wouldn’t do an adequat...
10 Rhythms Every Darbuka Player Must Know, Part 3 of 3: longer Rhythms (Beginning)
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Part 3 of a 3 part beginner-level series on the 10 rhythms every darbuka player must know. This video introduces the rhythms: Ciftitelli Masmoudi Karsilama Once you're comfortable playing these rhythms at the speed shown in this video, I recommend grabbing a metronome and trying different tempos. Then try switching between different rhythms and staying in time.
10 Rhythms Every Darbuka Player Must Know, Part 2 of 3: 4/4 Rhythms (Beginning)
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Part 2 of a 3 part series on the 10 rhythms every darbuka player must know. This video introduces the 3 most common Arabic 4/4 rhythms: Beledi Maqsum Saiidi This beginning doumbek lesson teaches basic and filled versions of each of these rhythms. A 4/4 rhythm is four quarter notes long. Once you're comfortable playing these rhythms at the speed shown in this video, I recommend grabbing a metron...
Darbuka Skin Shoot-Out!
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This shoot-out compares 4 heads/skins for the doumbek: 1. Remo Skyndeep 2. Remo Ambassador 3. Power Beat 4. Goat Skin
Darbuka Lesson - Clockwise Split Hand (intermediate/advanced)
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Clockwise split-hand is a quick 4-finger roll that can be inserted in a pattern or strung together for fills. I call it "clockwise" because the order of hits moves clockwise around the darbuka head: right ring, right pointer, left pointer, left ring. It's a versatile technique that can be used in almost any beat.
Darbuka Lesson: Running Rhythms (intermediate-advanced)
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How to play running rhythms on the doumbek! "Running" is a way of playing rhythms that communicates energy, movement, and urgency. It can add excitement to your playing. Your right and left hands alternate to create a very filled-in sound. The play-along sections of this tutorial may be pretty challenging, so I encourage you to listen to the rhythms, pause the video, and use the notation to wor...
Darbuka Lesson: Pitch-Shifting Pops with Split Hand (advanced)
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Pops pitch-shifting split-hand = MAGIC! Split-hand technique allows you to do quick successions of pops, and moving your muting hand (the right hand for most folks) changes the pitch of the pops. This video teaches a few basic licks. Once you get the hang of the techniques, you can use them to create your own fills. I also offer some tips that can help with any use of split-hand technique. Basi...
Split Hand Double-Ka, part 2 (intermediate-advanced)
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This lesson shows further techniques with the Turkish split-hand double-ka, using the pointer and ring fingers on the left hand. It’s intended for players who are already have some familiarity with the double-ka and are looking for more exercises and ways to incorporate it into their playing. This video shows ways to use the double-ka in the rhythms: Beledi, Malfouf, Maqsum, and Saiidi. The dou...
Darbuka Lesson: Doum Rolls (Beginning/Intermediate)
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In this video I show a few uses for doum rolls on the darbuka, using rhythms like Beledi, Saiidi, and Ayoub. Once you have the concept down, you should be able to add them in nearly any rhythm. It's aimed at students in the late beginner to intermediate skill range. Some of the exercises might be a little too challenging for early beginners.
Darbuka Lesson: Flicks (Intermediate)
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This is a darbuka lesson on how to do single-finger and multi-finger flicks. They add variety to your playing and work great for spicing-up a drum solo. These techniques take a bit of coordination so this video is intended for players who have already mastered the basics.
10 Rhythms Every Darbuka Player Must Know, Part 1 of 3: 2/4 Rhythms (Beginning)
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Part 1 of a 3 part series on the 10 rhythms every darbuka player must know. This video introduces the 4 most common Arabic 2/4 rhythms: Ayoub Karachi Malfouf Khaligi This beginning doumbek lesson teaches basic and filled versions of each of these rhythms. A 2/4 rhythm is two quarter notes long and they are often played fast (especially Malfouf). Once you're comfortable playing these rhythms at ...
Darbuka Lesson: Doum, Tek, and Ka (Beginning)
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This beginning darbuka lesson shows how to get good basic sounds out of your drum and offers some pointers for avoiding common mistakes. It also teaches the common rhythm Beledi. You might be surprised how much the tone of your drum depends on how you do your basic hits. It's important to spend a lot of time mastering the doum, tek, and ka, before moving on to more complex techniques on your do...
Darbuka Tip: How to Practice Silently
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Darbuka Tip: How to Practice Silently
Darbuka Split-hand Lesson: Pointer-Pointer-Ring-Ring Rolls (Intermediate-Advanced)
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Darbuka Split-hand Lesson: Pointer-Pointer-Ring-Ring Rolls (Intermediate-Advanced)
Dropping the Pitch of Your Darbuka (Without Adjusting the Tuning Bolts)
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Dropping the Pitch of Your Darbuka (Without Adjusting the Tuning Bolts)
Darbuka Split-hand Lesson: The Double-ka (Intermediate)
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Darbuka Split-hand Lesson: The Double-ka (Intermediate)
Darbuka Lesson: 3 Kinds of Pops (Beginning-Intermediate)
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Darbuka Lesson: 3 Kinds of Pops (Beginning-Intermediate)
Monarch butterfly emerging from its chrysalis
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Monarch butterfly emerging from its chrysalis
Monarch caterpillar going into chrysalis to become a buttefly
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Monarch caterpillar going into chrysalis to become a buttefly

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  • @yoemichelp_yoe
    @yoemichelp_yoe 7 днів тому

    Thank you for your fantastic job. I have been able to follow along with you, which I have not be able to with others. It's a little bit funny that I am practicing the rhythms following you explanations without even having a Darbuka yet. (It's actually in its way to me, but I cannot wait to to start learning). All these rhythms I managed to practice on the back and on the side of an baritone ukulele...;) I also want to thank you for your insights about the printed Remo fish skin. I just purchased one of those. I will probably change the skin on my upcoming Sombaty Darbuka with this skin, so I feel even more motivated with a better sound from the beginning. I am also into Bulgarian rhythms and learning to play the kaval as well. I was trying to get the groove of your example of 9/8 Karsilama, but I could not feel it. I have had to discern some dances and what people do with their clapping hands, to be able to grasp the groove of 5/8, 7/8, and 9/8. then based on your version of Karsilama, and thinking it faster, this way make more sense to me: (let me know what you think please!): Dk Tk Dk Tkk - Dk Tk Dk Tkk. (1-2 1-2 1-2 1-2-3) It Would be very interesting to me how Bulgarians would play this rhythm on the Darbuka...

  • @michaelcook2459
    @michaelcook2459 Місяць тому

    💚

  • @kijasha
    @kijasha 2 місяці тому

    🙏🙏👌👌❤️❤️

  • @Abbotttdesign
    @Abbotttdesign 3 місяці тому

    Thanks a lot! Well articulated teaching!

  • @user-qw9uf7yd4z
    @user-qw9uf7yd4z 4 місяці тому

    what a cutie

  • @shabbaranks7968
    @shabbaranks7968 6 місяців тому

    Thank you

  • @fatihdarca9165
    @fatihdarca9165 6 місяців тому

    👍👍👍👏👏👏👏👏

  • @Daydream_Circus
    @Daydream_Circus 7 місяців тому

    Thank's for your very complete an clear videos ❤

  • @vasiliszaxaropoulos8726
    @vasiliszaxaropoulos8726 7 місяців тому

    😮😮😮🎉🎉

  • @daddycavefish
    @daddycavefish 7 місяців тому

    Are you still answering questions it’s an old video

  • @fatihdarca9165
    @fatihdarca9165 7 місяців тому

    👍👍👍👏👏👏👏👏👏

  • @fatihdarca9165
    @fatihdarca9165 7 місяців тому

    👍👍👍👏👏👏👏👏

  • @fatihdarca9165
    @fatihdarca9165 7 місяців тому

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  • @fatihdarca9165
    @fatihdarca9165 7 місяців тому

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  • @peterjosvai9804
    @peterjosvai9804 8 місяців тому

    1:00 Ayoub D D T 1:37 Ayoub D kD T + Dk kD T 2:19 Karachi T T D 3:04 Karachi T kT D + Tk kT D 3:40 Malfouf D T T 4:28 Malfouf D kT kTk 5:00 Khaligi D D T 5:48 Khaligi D kD kTk it'd be good if you copy-pasted the time values into the description :) your onscreen notation is perfect! GREAT lesson!! - -

  • @mehtapabu-qarn5249
    @mehtapabu-qarn5249 10 місяців тому

    I love your videos, its the best material I can find that teaches darbuka😊 I have a question: How would you structure what you play if you would just play in front of some people on your own? And how do you do that if you play together with people? So far I'm just having lots of fun practising at home, but if I was to do so in front of some friends, I wouldn't know how to..

    • @geoffchilders
      @geoffchilders 10 місяців тому

      Thanks for the kind words. I suppose what I would play in front of people depends on what the scenario is. Am I playing a drum solo for a dancer, jamming with other musicians, or something else? It might be good to learn the drum parts to some songs; you don't need to learn them note for note, but just be able to groove with the beats the song uses. Once you've learned the beats from my "10 Rhythms" videos, you should be able to figure out the beats to lots of classic bellydance songs.

  • @trexautopsymusic
    @trexautopsymusic 11 місяців тому

    Thank you for these! I'm currently favouring the thumb myself but greatly see why the rest of these pops are valuable expressions worthwhile mastering...or at least attempting to. PS am I correct in assuming you also deeply appreciate middle eastern progressive metal fusions too?

    • @geoffchilders
      @geoffchilders 11 місяців тому

      Who do you like for middle eastern progressive metal fusion? I make music in that subgenre, but I'm not that familiar with who else is doing it.

  • @reginazable
    @reginazable Рік тому

    hi. After one and a half months, still practicing the 4/4ths. Can i, according to the first, write the hits and practice walking maksoum and walking baladi, following the basic rythms?

  • @mikein60fps30
    @mikein60fps30 Рік тому

    Nice, sounds good and is fun to practice, a double : win , win. Thanks for the vid, glad its still up after all this time... -Cheers

  • @marshwetland3808
    @marshwetland3808 Рік тому

    Never heard of anyone else doing this, but I do it. I like it with some of my favourite latin music, like Celia Cruz.

  • @D.2023
    @D.2023 Рік тому

    03:58 but relaxing the fingers to "limp" condition makes all neighbour fingers to strike the drum as well *(they also get limp - and gravity and inertia makes them to strike the drum)... When i try to strike Ka with the limp ring finger - my limp middle finger lands a strike too. Same problem with the index, my my middle finger also lands and produce a double strike. How do you isolate the ring and index fingers from the rest of hand? Selective "limping" keeping middle finger stiff "at demand"? I dont get it, I can relax all the fingers at the same time - or none.

    • @geoffchilders
      @geoffchilders Рік тому

      You want to keep your middle finger fairly straight. It should be straight enough to avoid hitting the drum but still relaxed.

  • @bernardinelermite1133
    @bernardinelermite1133 Рік тому

    Let aside the natural skin, I'm positively impressed by that Remo Skyndeep. Unfortunately it doesn't exist in 22 cm / 8.6" 🙁

    • @lahdomusic
      @lahdomusic 5 місяців тому

      It does! On darbuka planet. Search for the website

  • @bernardinelermite1133
    @bernardinelermite1133 Рік тому

    Cool ! I was a bit anxious to start my self-teaching (I'm a night-owl), but this will greatly help me. Thank you ! 😊

  • @bernardinelermite1133
    @bernardinelermite1133 Рік тому

    Best darbuka tutorial on the darbusphere, wa-'llahi ! 👍🏼

  • @bernardinelermite1133
    @bernardinelermite1133 Рік тому

    Wow, soooo cool !! Thank you for sharing !

  • @bernardinelermite1133
    @bernardinelermite1133 Рік тому

    My brain happens to work just like yours, lol. I'm presently learning the frame drum, and the darbouka is already showing up in my not-so-far future. That's why I have started writing down what I learn too. It took me quite a while to figure out the "silent" parts of the beat pattern (4 beat times becoming 8, or even 16) and this video came right on spot ! Thank you for sharing.

  • @bernardinelermite1133
    @bernardinelermite1133 Рік тому

    Thank you so much for the very detailed tempo structure ! 👍🏼

  • @user-ie1mg3or1l
    @user-ie1mg3or1l Рік тому

    Indeed, a question: the rythm I most love, the debka appears nowhere. Why?

    • @geoffchilders
      @geoffchilders Рік тому

      I haven't encountered that one before. Is it common in Bellydance music?

    • @user-ie1mg3or1l
      @user-ie1mg3or1l Рік тому

      @@geoffchilders The debka or dabke is the most popular dance between árabs as well as jews, research Debka Rafiah, Bnot a Kfar or Debka Oud (these are the most popular among jewish but there are thousand debkas) As Far as I know It Góes: Dum dum tá dum tá dum dum but I know that this IS Just the mais structure and I lack the filling... THANKS for answer!

    • @user-ie1mg3or1l
      @user-ie1mg3or1l Рік тому

      *main structure

    • @user-ie1mg3or1l
      @user-ie1mg3or1l Рік тому

      Forgot tô point isn't nothing related tô belly dance, I do believe is one of the oldest rythms and is danced on lines that, depending on the amount of dancers curls upon itself

  • @user-ie1mg3or1l
    @user-ie1mg3or1l Рік тому

    Beautifully explained. THANKS you! I am crippled on the right hand but, being stubborn I am suceeding. And right now Very happy that finde your channel

  • @lorrainekomsan9006
    @lorrainekomsan9006 Рік тому

    Amazingly clear instructor i love your tutorials

  • @ShimmerBodyCream
    @ShimmerBodyCream Рік тому

    Thank you friend

  • @yongshanghu9588
    @yongshanghu9588 Рік тому

    你好,先生。谢谢你上传的视频。祝你身体健康,为我们分享更多的视频。

  • @trexautopsymusic
    @trexautopsymusic Рік тому

    excellent lesson/tutorials bruv. So damn useful been applying these to darbuka and very very elementary riq. Super useful sir. Thank you for these!

  • @zıpkın_balık_avı
    @zıpkın_balık_avı Рік тому

    sounds like Your darbuka is animal skin ... bass thick sound is coming on Dums , thanks for your efforts

  • @nadialotus1305
    @nadialotus1305 Рік тому

    Thank you

  • @HumanLiberty
    @HumanLiberty Рік тому

    Great tip! You can also use the same principal to create a cool wah-wah effect with one hand while playing.

  • @DmitryKrasnikov
    @DmitryKrasnikov Рік тому

    what is the model of darbuka he played on?

    • @geoffchilders
      @geoffchilders Рік тому

      It's a Gawharet El Fan sombaty plus. You can find them on Arabinstruments.com

  • @joeboulosmusic3074
    @joeboulosmusic3074 Рік тому

    Thank you for the video. Are you able to give the spellings for the people mentioned!

  • @FoxRiverBridge
    @FoxRiverBridge Рік тому

    I only this is an old video but I absolutely love the way the information is presented

  • @FoxRiverBridge
    @FoxRiverBridge Рік тому

    This is super helpful for me in studying Arabic rhythms! Exactly the type of teaching I needed

  • @msticdrumr
    @msticdrumr Рік тому

    Sweet tutorial!

  • @maddysinclair5232
    @maddysinclair5232 Рік тому

    your instructions are really clear - love that you take the time to teach the basics - thank you so much Geoff!

  • @ramzydaisy8822
    @ramzydaisy8822 Рік тому

    Great explanation

  • @cengizbaysoy656
    @cengizbaysoy656 Рік тому

    ı am from turkey but I have never seen a teacher who teaches well. I want to thank you very, very much. you are wanderful😊

  • @KarimMostafa_KarimPhoto
    @KarimMostafa_KarimPhoto Рік тому

    I'm half Egyptian and my father bought me a Darbuka in Alexandria like 30 years ago. First now I actually started to learn :) And wow, so much fun even when you start to learn the basic :)) Thanks for great tuts.

  • @Ramzeen8822
    @Ramzeen8822 Рік тому

    Thank you

  • @ramzydaisy8822
    @ramzydaisy8822 Рік тому

    No 1

  • @ramzydaisy8822
    @ramzydaisy8822 Рік тому

    Very very clear

  • @denus_valdes
    @denus_valdes Рік тому

    Great work Muallim!

  • @kentonseydellaolcp4785
    @kentonseydellaolcp4785 Рік тому

    How about level of playability over the original issue drum head? Or the effort to produce the same level of sound. I've only tried a Remo Skindeep Fishskin on my El Fan Sobotie Plus and while I liked the looks and texture it seemed to take more effort to get good sound over just hearing my finger falls. I went back to the oem head.