Communique #12: At Home Drum Lesson

It was weirder than I'd expected, making a drum lesson video, and so this first effort feels a bit awkward.  However, here it is.  In future videos, I plan to cover some of our other songs, and some particular techniques, but more importantly, I will cover topics that you guys ask for.

It would be cool if you shared your efforts on the Drum Arabesque Facebook group.  Upload short videos, or even stories of your home practice.  Let's keep the classroom happening.


Link to: Youtube Drum Class Video -

Link to: Youtube Frame Drum Lesson

I will share a rhythm story with you, to get things started.

I work as a gardener, (among other things...), and I spend a fair number of hours on a very noisy ride on lawn mower.  With my ear-muffs on, the roar of the engine is reduced to a distorted bass tone, but it has a rhythmic aspect to it.  

Quite often I feel it plays in a gypsy nine beat.

One two Three four Five six Seven Eight nine

So my practice continues as in my mind I rehearse solo patterns over this roaring rhythm of nine.


Rhythm is everywhere.

From my home in the borderlands,

Morgan.

Communique #11: The Wind Up Drummer

This is the current version of the new song, as we played it on February 29th, 2020.  The ending is incomplete at this stage, but I will update this file as we finish the song together.

The Wind Up Drummer

Solo A (wind up) 
(T T T T – KTK - ) Solo A

Solo A over Baladi A x 12 
(D-D-ktkt-D-tkt---) Baladi A

[Stop: 2 beats]

Baladi B x4 
(DD-TD-T-) Baladi B

Solo B x2 over Baladi B        

(D--kt---D--ktkt-D--kt---D-D-T---

D—kt---D--ktkt-D--kt---D--D--T-) Solo B

Malfuf x16 

D--D--T-

D--D--T-

D--D--T-

D-D-T--- 

Baladi B x4

Zaffa group x2 

D-tkt-t-D-T-T---

D-tkt-t-D-T-D-T-

D-tkt-t-D-T-T---

D-D-D-D-tktktktk-