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Drum Class of 2007

Fall 2007 Class Schedule and Information.

The Fall Term for Ensemble Drumming for Bellydance 1 will be on Tuesday evenings, October 1 through November 20, with November 27 as a possible make-up day. Class hours are 7 to 8:30 pm.

Classes are held at Pratt school, 66 Malcolm Ave. S.E. 55414. You can register through the Minneapolis Community Education website, or call Pratt School at 612-668-1122. Registration should be available online beginning in September.

Drum Class Resources.

The resources on this page are used in the Ensemble Drumming for Bellydance class that we teach.

Here is a page of Basic Drum Rhythms.

Here is a page of Recommended Recordings and other learning resources for drummers.

These are the handouts for the first term class, available as pdf files for printing.

Basic Drum Rhythms   Suggested Resources   Recommended Recordings

These are the term 2 class handouts.

Basic Rhythms in Music Notation   More Arabic Rhythms   Variations on chiftelli and Saidi

Suggested Instructional Videos and Drum Solo Albums

Technique Building Exercises   Varying Rhythms   Snap Crackle Pop

More Rhythms in Music Notation

These are mp3 audio files of the basic rhythms.

beledi   ayub   maqsum   saidi   bolero   chiftetelli   syrto (Greek 3-3-2)

masmoudi 2 beat   masmoudi 3 beat   karsilama   karsilama2

More practice files.

By special request - Super Beledi.

Transition Practice Files

4 Masmudi, 8 Beledi.     4 Beledi, 8 Ayub.

8 Beledi, 4 Chiftetelli.     8 Ayub, 8 Malfuf.

4 Beledi, 8 Malfuf.

At the end of the class year, the drum class performs in the Pratt school Spring Show, usually in late May. In Spring 2007 they provided the drumming behind Totally Northern Tribal, a Minneapolis tribal style bellydance troupe. The class also performed a drum solo, a medley of the basic dance rhythms.

To download an mp3 music file - right-click on the link. Depending on your browser, you should have a menu choice something like, Save Target As (Internet Explorer) or Save Link As (Firefox on Linux). If you use Opera and click on the link, it should give you a choice to play it or download it.

Depending on how your browser deals with pdf files, a similar procedure may be needed to download those.

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