Product Number:
30390BCD
Format:
Book/CD Set
Skill Level:
Intermediate-Advanced
Notation Type:
Standard Notation
Pages:
56
Binding:
Saddle Stitched
Size:
8.75 x 11.75
ISBN:
0-7866-8577-8
ISBN13:
978-07866-8577-6
Publisher:
Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
Date Published:
1/14/2014
This book and accompanying audio show you how to play the frame drum using your fingers and hand surfaces. The method uses text, photographs, and the audio examples to demonstrate the various strokes and rhythms. Three ways of looking at rhythms are presented: Middle Eastern, Western and Balkan, with over 160 demonstrated rhythms.
Preliminaries
What is a Frame Drum?
Playing Frame Drums
A Note To Left-Handed Players
Holding the Drum
Basic Right-Hand Strokes
Thumb Stroke
Notation
Ring Finger Stroke
More Notation
Alternating Strokes
Full Hand Stroke
More Notation
Stroke Combinations
Basic Left Hand Stroke
A Word of Encouragement
Getting into Position
Ring Finger Stroke
More Notation
Multiple Strokes per Rectangle
Middle Eastern Rhythms
A Bit About Middle Eastern Rhythms
Masmudi
More Notation
Representing the Absence of a Stroke
More on Middle Eastern Rhythm Cycles
Dum, Tek, and Ka
Names of Rhythms
Western Music Theory
Beats and Measures
Notes and Rests
Quarter Notes and Quarter Rests
Tempo
Divisions of the Beat
Syncopation
Longer Rhythms
Eight-Measure Rhythm Patterns
Syncopated Rhythms
Stroke Combinations
The mr Combination
Tmr, Rmr, and Fmr Combinations
Tmr+, Rmr+, and Fmr+ Combinations
The RI Combination
The RIr Combination
The RIr+ Combination
The RImr Combination
The UL Combination
More on Syncopation
Simultaneous Strokes
Three Beats Per Measure
Quarter Notes
Odd Rhythms
Fives
Sevens
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